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
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