This year, the Leaders' Meeting will take place on October 28! The agenda for the meeting is found below:

2022 PHYSICS LEADERS’ MEETING AGENDA

October 28-29, 2022

Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of Missouri

Friday, October 28

Morning: Physics Room 236.  Zoom link TBD for virtual attendees

8:00 -8:30 am Coffee and Snacks

8:30 - 9:15 am Paul Miceli: State of the Department

9:15- 9:30 am Paul Miceli (for Suchi Guha): Graduate program overview

9:30 - 9:45 am Silvia Bompadre: Undergraduate program overview

9:45 - 9:55 am Emma Burton: SPS news

9:55 - 10:05 am David Beckwitt: PAGSA news

10:05 - 10:20 am Break

10:20 - 10:35 am Deepak Singh: MRSEC and collaborative projects

10:35 - 10:50 am Gavin King: Ice lithography

10:50 - 11:15 am Andrew Meng: “Switching Behavior of Epitaxial AlN and AlScN Thin Films on Si(111)”

11:15 - 11:45 am Leaders only discussion prior to afternoon Deans meeting

Lunch (11:45 – 12:50 pm): Physics Library, Room 223A & 236

Leaders & alumni, faculty, and students.

During lunch, Room 236: Leaders/Alumni panel with students

Afternoon: Physics Room 236

Student Presentations:

1:00 – 1:20 pm: Corey Valleroy (Advisor: Prof. Carlos Wexler) “Molecular dynamics simulation study of sodium dodecyl sulphate on single walled carbon nanotubes in aqueous solution: surfactant coverage and water penetration”

1:20 – 1:40 pm: Alexander Daykin (Advisor: Prof. Paul Miceli) “Disorder in Hydrogenated Graphene Revealed by X-ray and Neutron Scattering”

1:40 – 2:00 pm: Break

2:00 – 2:20 pm: Dillon Balthrop (Advisor: Prof. Maria Mills) “Measuring the effects of C-terminal deletion in mycobacterial type IA topoisomerases using magnetic tweezers”

2:20 – 2:40 pm: Ehsan Faridi (Advisor: Prof. Giovanni Vignale) “Atomic-Scale Spin-Wave Polarizer Based on a Sharp Antiferromagnetic Domain Wall”

2:40 - 3:00 pm: Charles Mentzer (Advisor: Prof. Aigen Li) “Spatially Resolved PAH Emission in the Protoplanetary Disk around HD 97048 and HD 169142”

3:00 – 3:30 pm: Break/Leaders Discussion for presentation awards

3:30 – 4:30 pm: Dean Cooper Drury

4:30 pm: Adjourn

Friday Evening:

Les Bourgeois Bistro (14020 W Hwy Bb, Rocheport, MO 65279) Directions Google Map

6:00-9:00 pm: Reception and Banquet

Program:

Paul Miceli and John Shumway:

• Presentation of 2022 Physics Leader’s Awards for Outstanding Student Presentations
• Presentation of Faculty Enhancement Awards

Paul Miceli with Ronald Boain and Catherine Rangel-Boain:

• Presentation of Boain Dissertation Award for best doctoral dissertation

Paul Miceli:

• Introduction and presentation of Physics Distinguished Alumni Award to Dr. Robert Guenther
• Remarks from Dr. Guenther

Saturday, October 29

Morning: Physics Room 236

9:00 -9:30 am               Coffee and snacks

9:30 -10:30 am             Leaders and Faculty discussion

10:30-10:45 am            Break

10:45-12:00 pm            Leader’s discussion: Letter to the Dean, Other topics, new members


12:00 pm                       Adjourn