2014 SIP Final Presentations: Agenda

Saturday, August 16, 2014 - Oakes College, UC Santa Cruz

Legend:
Start–End times (Talk duration + Time for Q&A and transition to next speaker)
[Project code (link to page containing SIP research project descriptions)] Title of talk [Link for online talks / Mac vs PC for rest]
Speaker[s] (High-school[s])


08:45–09:00 - Welcome & Introduction (Raja GuhaThakurta)
Oakes 105


Session 1A (Oakes 105)
Session chair: Elisa Toloba

09:00–09:16 (13+3)
[AST-06] Studying the Nature of Dwarf Elliptical Nuclei and Globular Cluster Satellites [Link to talk]
Jason Chu (Harker) & Lea Sparkman (Castilleja)

09:16–09:32 (13+3)
[AST-07] Irregularities in Dwarf Eliptical Galaxy Rotation [Link to talk]
Ajinkya Nene (Lynbrook) & Alice Wu (Harker)

09:32–09:48 (13+3)
[AST-09] How Galaxies Grow in Their Old Age [Link to talk]
Ellis Miranda (Santa Cruz) & Maggie Wang (Gunn)

09:48–10:01 (10+3)
[AST-10] Galaxy Evolution [Link to talk]
Aaron Huang (Lynbrook) & Pranav Sekhar (St Francis)

10:01–10:14 (10+3)
[PHY-03] Comparing Supernova Feedback Models [Mac]
Rohan Choudhury (Monta Vista)

10:14–10:30 (13+3)
[PHY-03] Characterizing the Gravitationally Bound Regions in the Bolshoi Dark Matter Simulation [Link to talk]
David Lin (Harker) & Elina Sendonaris (Harker)


10:30–10:45 - Coffee break
Oakes Quad


Session 2A (Oakes 105)
Session chair: David Williams

10:45–10:59 (11+3)
[AST-08] The Spectral Shape of Emission from Accretion Disks Around Supermassive Black Holes [Mac]
Austin Tuan (Phillips Academy)

10:59–11:13 (11+3)
[AST-08] The Effect of Dust on Light from Active Galactic Nuclei [Mac]
Christine Cho (Castilleja)

11:13–11:27 (11+3)
[AST-08] The Nature of Variability of the Ultraviolet and Optical Spectral Energy Distribution of Active Galactic Nuclei [PC]
Jhunel Ambat (Bellarmine)

11:27–11:45 (15+3)
[AST-01] Lithium-rich Red Giant Stars in Globular Clusters [PC]
Jerry Hong (Palo Alto) & Andrew Zhang (Harker)

11:45–12:00 (12+3)
[AST-03] The Development of a Web Application to Analyze Exoplanet Atmospheres [Link to talk]
Adele Bloch (Palo Alto) & Omkar Savant (Bellarmine)

12:00–12:15 (12+3)
[AST-05] Uranus Interior Models [Link to talk]
Kate Wang (Castilleja) & Shivaram Yellamilli (Saratoga)


12:15–13:45 - Lunch break
Group Photos & Brief Remarks
Oakes Quad


Session 3A (Oakes 105)
Session chair: Jessica Werk

13:45–14:03 (15+3)
[AST-14] Finding Stellar Companions to Kepler's Exoplanet Host Stars [Mac]
Deepti Kannan (Saratoga)

14:03–14:15 (10+2)
[AST-14] Determining Spectral Types of Companions to Kepler's Target Stars Using ShARCS Grism [Mac]
Rahul Balakrishnan (Harker)

14:15–14:31 (13+3)
[AST-02] Chemical Abundances in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds [Link to talk]
Kiana Borjian (Castilleja) & Evan Lohn (Harker)

14:31–14:45 (11+3)
[AST-11] Analyzing the Wisps in the Crab Nebula [Link to talk]
Kiran Bhadury (Cupertino) & Evan Tang (St Francis)

14:45–15:00 (12+3)
[AST-12] Flux Calibration of Keck/DEIMOS Spectra: Extracting Physically Meaningful Information for Andromeda and Milky Way Stars [PC]
Nikita Vemuri (Archbishop Mitty)

15:00–15:15 (12+3)
[AST-13] Spectral Typing of Andromeda's SPLASH Sample [Link to talk]
Caroline Chang (Ardenwood)


15:15–15:30 - Snack break
Oakes Quad


Session 4A (Oakes 105)
Session chair: Junce Zhang

15:30–15:45 (12+3)
[PHY-04] Evaluation of Photosensors for High Energy Gamma Ray Telescopes [PC]
Wings Yeung (Castilleja)

15:45–16:00 (12+3)
[PHY-01] Proposed Model of ARPES Line Shapes for High Temperature Superconductors [Mac]
Rohit Dilip (Irvington)

16:00–16:15 (12+3)
[PHY-02] ARPES Analysis of Topological Band Insulators [Mac]
Anchit Narain (Clovis North)

16:15–16:30 (12+3)
[ELE-02] Multiphysics Modeling and Thermoelectric Testing of Semiconductor Nanowire Networks [Link to talk]
Megan Xu (Castilleja)

16:30–16:45 (12+3)
[ELE-01] Optical Waveguides for Solar Power Transmission [Mac]
Kailas Vodrahalli (Harker)

16:45–17:00 (12+3)
[ELE-01] S2F: Efficient Waveguides [Link to talk]
Sahil Hasan (Lynbrook) & Vinay Reddy (Monta Vista)




Session 1B (Oakes Learning Center)
Session chair: Sharmila Bhattacharya

09:00–09:15 (12+3)
[EEB-07] Plant Phenology and Climate Change in Santa Cruz County [Mac]
Tej Gokhale (Homestead)

09:15–09:30 (12+3)
[EEB-09] Cascading Consequences of Rapid Trait Change in an Invasive Fish [Link to talk]
Rosie Crisman (Castilleja)

09:30–09:45 (12+3)
[EEB-09] Stickleback of California [Mac]
Danielle Jacobsen (Castilleja)

09:45–10:00 (12+3)
[EEB-05] Dietary Variation Across Raccoons [Mac]
Nancy Hung (Presentation)

10:00–10:15 (12+3)
[EEB-02] Diet Composition of Dolphins [Mac]
Elina Vanuska (Notre Dame Belmont)

10:15–10:30 (12+3)
[EEB-08] Does Increased Genetic Diversity Predict Positive Fitness-related Traits in Wintering Population of Golden-Crowned Sparrows? [Link to talk]
Hersh Sanghvi (Bellarmine)


10:30–10:45 - Coffee break
Oakes Quad


Session 2B (Oakes Learning Center)
Session chair: Claire Dorman

10:45–11:03 (15+3)
[MCD-02] Chromatin Dynamics During Hematopoietic Stem Cell Differentiation [Mac]
Tara Thakurta (Castilleja) & Hannah Zhang (Palo Alto)

11:03–11:16 (10+3)
[CHE-02] Optimizing an Anode for Use in Microbial Photoelectrochemical Cells [Mac]
Sarah Dunn (Castilleja)

11:16–11:34 (15+3)
[BME-01] Towards a Novel Model for the Prognosis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients [Mac]
Jane Choi (Castilleja), Anjali Ganguly (Evergreen Valley), & Anjini Karthik (St Francis)

11:34–11:47 (10+3)
[BME-04] A Tool for Uploading Cancer Genomic Data [Link to talk]
Andrew Si (Lynbrook)

11:47–12:02 (12+3)
[BME-04] Mining Phenotypic Data [Mac]
Illina Yang (St Francis)

12:02–12:15 (10+3)
[EMS-03] A Study of Nutrient Cycling in an Estuary Infested with the Japanese Mud Snail [PC]
Namit Mishra (Bellarmine)


12:15–13:45 - Lunch break
Group Photos & Brief Remarks
Oakes Quad


Session 3B (Oakes Learning Center)
Session chair: Jessie Perez

13:45–14:03 (15+3)
[EEB-10] Evolutionary Processes in Sea Urchins [PC]
Tian Lun Lee (Lowell) & Ashley Schmit (Homestead)

14:03–14:18 (12+3)
[MCD-01] Genetic Characterization of Yeast Histone Regulatory Proteins Ada1 and Ubp10 [Mac]
Shreyan Jain (Bellarmine)

14:18–14:36 (15+3)
[BME-02/03] Developmentally Restricted Stem Cells [Link to talk]
Emma Gellman (Kirby) & Fiona Grishaw-Jones (Santa Cruz)

14:36–14:54 (15+3)
[EEB-03] Whisker Growth Dynamics of Sea Lions and Seals [Link to talk]
Niki Flamen (Castilleja) & Dorrie Tang (Saratoga)

14:54–15:12 (15+3)
[EEB-01] Euphausiid Larval Abundance within the Central California Current: Like Taking Data from a Baby [Link to talk]
Kelsea Caldwell (Willow Glen) & Allison Yeh (Carlmont)


15:15–15:30 - Snack break
Oakes Quad


Session 4B (Oakes Learning Center)
Session chair: Jay Kim

15:30–15:45 (12+3)
[EEB-06] Conservation of Southwestern Atlantic Reef Environments [Link to talk]
Anup Krishnamraju (Mission San Jose) & Kavya Tewari (Castilleja)

15:45–16:00 (12+3)
[EMS-01] Seismic Imagery of Underwater Sediments in the Elkhorn Slough [Link to talk]
Zixin Chen (Mission San Jose)

16:00–16:15 (12+3)
[EMS-02] Sediment Production and Distribution at Midway Atoll [Mac]
Shayanna Ahuja (Menlo)

16:15–16:30 (12+3)
[BME-05] Seq-ing Answers to Primate Brain Evolution with Pluripotent Stem Cells [PC]
Kacey Fang (Harker)

16:30–16:45 (12+3)
[CHE-01] Graphene Quantum Dot-Supported Palladium Nanoparticles: Defect-Mediated Electrocatalytic Activity in Oxygen Reduction [PC]
Vamsi Gadiraju (Harker)

16:45–17:00 (12+3)
[MET-01] Tracking Parallel Mutation Trajectories Conferring Increased HIV-RT Drug Resistance [Mac]
Sahana Rangarajan (Harker)