Association of Korean Physicists in America

Program:

Friday, January 20, 2012

08:30 - 09:00 Registration, coffee and breakfast

09:00 - 10:30 Session 1: Welcome and Introductions
Convener: Prof. Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))

09:00 Welcome and logistics
         Prof. Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))
09:10 Welcome Message from UTA Associate VP for Research and Dean of College of Science
         Prof. Pamela Jansma (UT Arlington), Prof. Krishnan Rajeshwar (University of Texas at Arlington)
09:30 Introduction to AKPA and KSEA
         Eun Suk Seo (University of Maryland (US))
10:00 Research Activities of UTA Physics Department
         Prof. Alexander Weiss (UT Arlington)

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30 Session 2: Nuclear Physics in the US and In Korea
Convener: Eun Suk Seo (University of Maryland (US))

11:00 Introduction to Institute for Basic Science and Rare Isotope Science Project
         Prof. Sun Kee Kim (Seoul National University)
11:45 Frontiers of Nuclear Theories for the Physics with Rare Isotope Accelerators
         Prof. Cheung Ryong Ji (North Carolina State University)

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
13:00 - 13:45 Physics and Buddhism (This lecture is in Korean!)
                    Prof. Changhie Hahn (Changwon National University)

14:00 - 15:30 Session 3: Astronomy, Space and High Energy Physics - I
Convener: Prof. Sunkee Kim (Seoul National University/Korea Basic Science Institute)

14:00 Recent Updates and Current Issues in Cosmic Ray Physics
         Eun Suk Seo (University of Maryland (US))
14:30 X-Ray Astronomy: A Brief Introduction
         Prof. Sangwook Park (University of Texas at Arlington)
15:00 Recent Updates on Higgs Searches in ATLAS
         Prof. Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 - 18:00 Session 4: High Energy Physics - II
Convener: Prof. Sangwook Park (University of Texas at Arlington)

16:00 Recent Updates on Higgs Searches in CMS
         Sung Won Lee (Texas Tech University (US))
16:30 Performance of The ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker
         Taeksu Shin (Hampton University (US))
17:00 Time-of-Flight PET Detector based on Silicon Photomultipliers and its Challenges
         Dr. Chang Lyong Kim (GE Health Sciences)
17:30 Current Status and future plans of Fermilab Facility and Its role on KoRIA
         Young-Kee Kim

18:00 - 18:30 Break

18:30 - 21:00 Symposium Dinner

Saturday, January 21, 2012

08:45 - 09:30 Coffee and Breakfast

09:30 - 11:45 Session 5 - The Wrap-up: Solid State, Nano, Bio Physics
Convener: Prof. Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))

09:30 Gas Electron Multiplier Detectors and its Application in High Energy Physics
         Seongtae Park (University of Texas at Arlington)
10:00 Spin liquid and spin glass states in frustrated magnets
         Prof. Seunghun Lee (University of Virginia)
10:30 Hyperspectral Imaging Measurement of Nanomaterials as a High-Resolution Single-molecule Sensor
         Dr. Kyuwan Lee (Bio-engineering Department, U. of California, Berkley)
11:00 Discussions: Toward strong collaboration with Korea and KoRIA
11:30 Wrap-up and farewell
          Prof. Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))

11:45 - 13:00 Refreshment and Brunch

13:00 - 14:00 UTA Planetarium Show - The Astronaut