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2019 Fellows' Poster Session & Abstracts

First-, second- and third-year students present their research during the annual Fellows' Poster Session.The annual Fellows’ Poster Session affords attendees a unique opportunity to gain exposure to the breadth of research supported by the DOE CSGF program. Each fellow is provided space to present his or her latest findings, and the session is divided into two groups so all participants have the chance to view the displays and ask questions of their peers.

Group I — Presenting 5:15-6:00 p.m.

Biology
Poster Number Name Title
1 Jenelle Feather Metamers of Deep Networks Reveal Divergence From Human Perceptual Systems
3 Kayla McCue Modeling Pre-mRNA Splicing With a Stochastic Grammar Framework
5 Anda Trifan Structural Factors Controlling Orientation of K-Ras G-Domain Membrane Binding
Computer Science
Poster Number Name Title
7 Christiane Adcock Multilevel Monte Carlo of Higher Moments Using Task-Based Parallelism
9 Julia Ebert Bayes Bots: Distributed Bayesian Decision-Making in a Robot Swarm
11 Brett Larsen Toward an Understanding of the Algorithmic Utility of Recurrent Connections
13 Melissa Queen DNA: The Future of Computation and Data Storage
15 Caitlin Whitter Preconditioning Techniques for the Marginalized Graph Kernel
Earth Science
Poster Number Name Title
17 Riley Brady Skillful Multiyear Predictions of pH Variability in the California Current System
19 Ryder Fox Impact of Cloud Microphysics on Idealized Hurricane Intensity
21 Kelly Kochanski Machine Learning in Earth System Modeling
Engineering
Poster Number Name Title
23 Morgan Kelley Chance-Constrained Optimal Scheduling of an Air Separation Unit for Demand Response Under Uncertainty
25 Logan Kunka A Ghost-Cell Immersed Boundary Method for High-Speed Reacting Flows
27 Sean Marks Enhanced Molecular Simulations of Ice Nucleation
29 Amaresh Sahu Lipid Membranes: Continuum Theory and Simulation
31 Cristina White Neural Networks Predict Fluid Dynamics Solutions From Constrained Data Sets
Mathematics
Poster Number Name Title
33 Priya Donti Matrix Completion for Low-Observability Voltage Estimation
35 Kelly Moran Bayesian Joint Modeling of Chemical Structure and Dose Response Curves
Physics
Poster Number Name Title
37 Jacob Bringewatt Polynomial Time Algorithms for Estimating Spectra of Adiabatic Hamiltonians
39 Brian Cornille A Comparison of Galerkin and First-Order Systems Least Squares Finite Element Formulations of Electron Magnetohydrodynamics
41 Jennifer Coulter A Computational Investigation of Hydrodynamic Electron Materials
43 Kimberly Cushman Extracting Excited States From Lattice Correlation Functions
45 Steven Fromm Exploring General Relativistic Hydrodynamics with Particle Methods: Efficient Simulations of Neutron Star Mergers
47 Daniel Jacobson Aggregation of Brownian Particles at a Reactive Boundary
49 K. Grace Johnson The Path to Ab Initio Nonadiabatic Dynamics on Multichromophore Systems
51 Jonas Kaufman Ion Ordering and Structural Phase Transitions in Layered Intercalation Compounds for "Beyond Li-Ion" Batteries
53 Alicia Magann Digital Quantum Simulation of Quantum Dynamics and Control
55 Ian Ochs Charge Transport and Current Due to Wave-Particle Interactions in Plasmas
57 Jesse Rodriguez 3-D Woodpile Structure Tunable Plasma Photonic Crystal
59 Kevin Silmore Collective Mode Brownian Dynamics: A Method for Fast Relaxation of Statistical Ensembles
61 Steven Stetzler A Cloud-Native Shared Computing Environment for Large-Scale Analysis of Astronomy Data Sets
63 Steven Torrisi Two-Dimensional Forms of Robust CO2-Reduction Photocatalysts
65 Annie Wei Quantum Algorithms for Hemisphere Jets
67 Malia Wenny Using Coordination Chemistry to Manipulate Liquid Structure and Free Volume

Group II — Presenting 6:15-7:00 p.m.

Biology
Poster Number Name Title
2 Yuexia Lin A Numerical Model of Vibrio fischeri Growth and Intraspecific Competition
4 Kari Norman Trait Data as a Tool for Understanding Biodiversity Change
6 Laura Watkins Proton-Induced Conformational and Hydration Dynamics in the Influenza A M2 Channel
Computer Science
Poster Number Name Title
8 Peter Ahrens Array Metaprogramming in the Julia Standard Library
10 Edward Hutter Communication-Optimal QR Factorization: Performance and Scalability on Varying Architectures
12 William Moses Optimizing Nondeterminacy: Exploiting Race Conditions in Parallel Programs
14 Lawrence Roy Characterizing and Synthesizing CPA-Secure Block Cipher Modes
16 Paul Zhang Spherical Harmonic Frames for Crease-Aligned Cross Fields
Earth Science
Poster Number Name Title
18 Justin Finkel Transition Path Properties of a Stratospheric Vacillation Model
20 Sarah Greer Prestack Phase Corrections Using Local Seismic Attributes
22 Benjamin Toms Entering the Realms of Decadal Predictability: Using the Ocean to Predict the Atmosphere Years Into the Future
Engineering
Poster Number Name Title
24 Miriam Kreher Multiphysics Coupling Along a Nuclear Fuel Rod With Single-Batch Monte Carlo
26 Thomas Ludwig Electrolyte Structure and Solvent-Adsorbate Interactions at the Electrochemical Interface
28 Samuel Olivier High-Order Mixed Finite Element Discretization for the Variable Eddington Factor Equations
30 Clay Sanders Frequency-Response Structural Design Using an Error in Constitutive Equations Strategy
Mathematics
Poster Number Name Title
32 Robert Baraldi Basis Pursuit Denoise With Nonsmooth Constraints
34 Anya Katsevich Microgrid Reliability Under Uncertainty: Static and Dynamic Analysis
Physics
Poster Number Name Title
36 Kaley Brauer Unlocking the History of the Milky Way: The Origin of Highly R-Process-Enhanced Halo Stars in Now-Destroyed Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxies
38 Matthew Carbone Exploring the Applications of Machine Learning to Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy
40 Gabriela Correa Achieving Sub-Pixel-Resolution Electron Counting With Direct Electron Detectors
42 Emily Crabb Computational Study of the Effect of Lithium Salts on Lithium Superoxide Clustering in Li-Air Batteries
44 Sarah Elliott Automating with PACChem: Thermochemistry for Core Combustion Species
46 Olivia Hull Extending Surface Hopping to Plasmonic Systems: a Multiconfigurational Approach
48 Dipti Jasrasaria A Stochastic Approach to Redfield Theory for Dynamics of Large Open Quantum Systems
50 Harshil Kamdar Assembling the Milky Way
52 Claire Kopenhafer What Goes Around Comes Around: The Circumgalactic Medium and its Relation to Star Formation
54 Quentarius Moore Predicting Tribochemically Induced Reactions of Two-Dimensional Materials
56 Nicholas Rivera Novel Nanophotonic Light Sources
58 Andres Salcedo Prospective Cosmological Constraints From Combining Stacked-Cluster Weak Lensing With Cluster-Galaxy Cross-Correlation and Galaxy Auto-Correlations
60 Sukin Sim Toward a Guided Design of Parameterized Quantum Circuits for Hybrid Quantum-Classical Algorithms
62 James Sullivan Testing Neutrinos in HACC
64 Michael Tucker Type Ia Supernovae: Excluding Single Degenerate Progenitors
66 Zachary Weiner Constraining Inflation With Gravitational Waves From Preheating
68 Blake Wetherton Validation of Anisotropic Electron Fluid Closure Through In Situ Spacecraft Observations of Magnetic Reconnection