Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the NRC Postdoctoral Program at
NBS/NIST 

![](media/image1.pct){width="2.0in" height="0.9104166666666667in"}The
11th Annual

Sigma Xi Postdoctoral Poster Presentation

**11 am to 3 pm,Thursday, February 19, 2004**

Hallway outside Lecture Rooms A and B

*\>\>\>Refreshments will be served\<\<\<*

**List of Poster Authors and Titles (preliminary)**

Category code: Biotechnology and Biology (B), Chemistry (C), Engineering
(E), Materials Science (M), Physics (P), Mathematics and Statistics(MS)

# [Author, poster number]{.underline}

Anopchenko 54

Balss 24

Becker 35

Bui 5

Bullock 44

Caliskan 49

Cheng 31

Chiche 16

Chowdhuri 66

Cotrell 14

Damage 37

DeLongchamp 32

Deng 69

Dodder 8

Dumke 68

Dunmire 30

Edgu-Fry 56

Fertig 46

Fisher 27

Forster 36

Fry 50

Gorman  52

Grossman 1

Hacker 42

Holbrook 34

Horníková 2

Howerton 20

Hu 61

Jablonski 6

Julthongpiput  59

Kano 57

Keller 60

Kharchenko  18

Kim  48

Krogmeier 70

Landis 29

Lee 39

Lufaso 11

Ma 63

Machkour-Deshayes 17

Martinez  51

Matheu 22

Meier 65

Morgan  33

Nemes 23

Nikoobakht 15

Norman 47

Nygaard 38

O'Brien 7

Pathak  13

Pencer 4

Polarized 12

Polk 3

Qiao  19

Quinn 55

Ratcliff 53

Reiner  58

Reyes 45

Stafford 28

Stapleton  10

Stephens 21

Vajk 62

Vogt 41

Walls 40

Wetzel 26

Wilder  9

Woodward 64

Workum  25

Wu 67

Zhang 43

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| **#. (Category)    | **Abstract Title**                              |
| Author**           |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 1.  \(P\) J.M.     | Realization of a quantum random walk with       |
|     Grossman       | ultracold atoms                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 2.  (MS) Adriana   | Evaluation of Inter-laboratory Comparisons      |
|     Horníková      |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 3.  \(C\) Brian J. | Planar Micro-Machined Micro-Reference           |
|     Polk           | Electrodes                                      |
|     Stabilizing    |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 4.  \(B\) Jeremy   | Influence of Cholesterol and Temperature on the |
|     Pencer         | Thickness of SOPC and DOPC Unilamellar Vesicles |
|                    | measured by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering      |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 5.  \(E\) Son H.   | Internet-based Surface Metrology Algorithm      |
|     Bui            | Testing System                                  |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 6.  \(M\) Erin L.  | Surface Effects in Chemically Amplified         |
|     Jablonski      | Photoresists: Environmental Stability and       |
|                    | Segregation                                     |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 7.  \(M\) Kristen  | Structure-Property Relationships of Thermoset   |
|     Wilson O'Brien | Methacrylate Composites as a Function of Resin  |
|                    | Matrices, Nanofillers, and Nanofiller Surface   |
|                    | Chemistries                                     |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 8.  \(C\)          | Quantitation of Intact Proteins by Matrix       |
|     Nathan G.      | Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization            |
|     Dodder         | Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 9.  \(B\)          |   Organogelators and their application in       |
|     Elizabeth A.   | bioactive dental composites                     |
|     Wilder         |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 10. \(C\)          |   Determination of Brominated Flame Retardants  |
|     Heather M.     | in Household Dust using GC/ECNI-MS              |
|     Stapleton      |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 11. \(M\) Michael  | Crystal Chemistry and Structure-Property        |
|     Lufaso         | Relationships of Dielectric Ceramic Materials   |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 12. \(P\) Wangchun | Polarized Neutron Reflectometry of a Patterned  |
|     Chen           | Magnetic Film with a ^3^He analyzer and a       |
|                    | Position Sensitive Detector                     |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 13. \(M\) Jai A.   |   Purely Elastic Flow Instability, Curved       |
|     Pathak         | Streamlines and Mixing in Microfluidic Flows    |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 14. (MS) David L.  | Centrifugal Buoyancy Effects on the Linear      |
|     Cotrell        | Stability of Spiral Poiseuille Flow             |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 15. \(M\) Babak    | Controlling The Growth Direction of ZnO         |
|     Nikoobakht     | Nanowires (NWs) on c and a -Plane Sapphire      |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 16. \(M\) Arnaud   | Peel test revisited using novel high throughput |
|     Chiche         | methods                                         |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 17. \(E\) Nadia    | Deconvolution method applied to the study of a  |
|                    | surface current density in a low voltage        |
|  Machkour-Deshayes | breaker arc thanks magnetic measures            |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 18. \(M\) Semen B. |   Non-Linear Transport Properties of Carbon     |
|     Kharchenko     | Nanotube Filled Polypropylene                   |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 19. \(E\) Guixiu   |   Changing the Way of Manufacturing \-\--       |
|     Qiao           | Approach to Realize Mass Customization          |
|                    | Manufacturing                                   |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 20. \(C\)          | Standard Reference Material Development for     |
|     Samuel B.      | Dietary Supplements derived from Ginkgo biloba  |
|     Howerton and   |                                                 |
|     Catherine A.   |                                                 |
|     Rimmer         |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 21. \(B\) Jean S   | Exploring the Effects of Electrospinning        |
|     Stephens       | Processing Protocols on Fiber Surface           |
|                    | Morphology and Polymer Chain Conformation       |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 22. \(C\) David M. | Automated Construction of Pressure-Dependent    |
|     Matheu         | Gas-Phase Kinetic Models:  New Pathways for Old |
|                    | Problems                                        |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 23. \(M\)          | Hydration-kinetics and Water Content of Cement  |
|     Norbert M.     | Quasi-Elastic Neutron Spectroscopy Studies      |
|     Nemes          |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 24. \(C\) Karin M. | Separations by Temperature Gradient Focusing    |
|     Balss Chiral   |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 25. \(P\) Kevin    |   Monte Carlo Simulations of the Equilibrium    |
|     Van Workum     | Polymerization in the Stockmayer Model          |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 26. \(C\)          | Significant Parameters in the Optimization of   |
|     Stephanie J.   | MALDI-TOF-MS                                    |
|     Wetzel         |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 27. \(P\) B. M.    | Search for the Radiative Decay Mode of the      |
|     Fisher         | Neutron                                         |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 28. \(M\)          | High Throughput Measurement of the Elastic      |
|     Christopher M. | Modulus of Polymer Thin Films                   |
|     Stafford       |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 29. \(B\)          | Simultaneous Optical Coherence and Confocal     |
|     Forrest A.     | Fluorescence Microscopy Imaging of              |
|     Landis         | Poly(e-Caprolactone) Tissue Engineering         |
|                    | Scaffolds                                       |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 30. \(P\) David    | Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in a        |
|     Dunmire        | Microfluidic Device                             |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 31. \(P\) Guangjun | Synthesis of Bioconjugated Magnetic             |
|     Cheng          | Nanoparticles for Magneto-Raman Study           |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 32. \(M\) Dean M.  | Engineering the electrochromism of              |
|     DeLongchamp    | layer-by-layer assembled films                  |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 33. \(B\)          |   Fabrication of a microfluidic flow-through    |
|     Nicole Y.      | immunoassay for simultaneous detection of       |
|     Morgan         | multiple cytokines                              |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 34. \(C\) R. David | Characterization of Colloidal Material from     |
|     Holbrook       | Natural and Engineered Waters \-- Investigating |
|                    | Structure-Function Relationships through        |
|                    | Microanalysis                                   |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 35. \(B\)          | Quantitative Response Measurement of Cell       |
|     Matthew L.     | Substrate Interactions via RT-PCR               |
|     Becker         |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 36. \(M\) Aaron M. | High-Throughput Adhesion Testing of             |
|     Forster        | Combinatorial Libraries with Multi-lens Arrays  |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 37. \(M\) Yu Zhang | Damage Modes in Dental Crown Multilayer         |
|                    | Structures                                      |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 38. \(P\) Nicolai  | Superfluid Atomic Fermi Gas With a Vortex       |
|     Nygaard        |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 39. \(M\) Yu-Hsin  | Relaxation Behavior and Optical Transmission of |
|     Lee            | Nylon/Clay Nanocomposites Monitored During      |
|                    | Compounding by an Online Dielectric Sensor      |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 40. \(M\)          | Development of a Combinatorial Rheometer for    |
|     Howard J.      | Polymer Formulations                            |
|     Walls          |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 41. \(C\) Bryan D. | Water absorption in thin photoresist films      |
|     Vogt           |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 42. \(C\)          | Monolayer Formation on Semiconductor and Gold   |
|     Christina A.   | Surfaces for Molecular Electronics              |
|     Hacker         |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 43. \(C\) Wenhua   | Informatics Infrastructure for Combinatorial    |
|     Zhang          | and High-throughput Laboratory Research Built   |
|                    | on Open Source Code                             |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 44. \(M\)          | Matrix Decompositions and Entanglement Dynamics |
|     Stephen S.     |                                                 |
|     Bullock        |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 45. \(B\)          | Selective Adhesion of Antibodies on Patterned   |
|     Darwin R.      | Polyelectrolytes within Microfluidic Networks   |
|     Reyes          |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 46. \(P\) Chad     | Superfluid-to-Mott-Insulating Transition in a   |
|     Fertig and Ken | One-Dimensional Atomic Gas                      |
|     O'Hara         |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 47. \(M\)          | Scattering Methods Applied to High Throughput   |
|     Alexander I.   | Materials Science Research                      |
|     Norman         |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 48. \(M\) Jae-Hyun |  A simple methodology for observing mechanical  |
|     Kim            | properties of nanocomposite Part 1: interfacial |
|                    | properties in an Epoxy Clay Nanocomposites.     |
|                    | Part 2: Investigation of interfacial properties |
|                    | in E-glass fiber model composites               |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 49. \(B\) Gokhan   | Salt dependence of RNA collapse transition      |
|     Caliskan       |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 50. (P)  D. Fry    | Optical Anisotropy in Viscoelastic Carbon       |
|                    | Nanotube Suspensions                            |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 51. \(M\)          |   Porous Tin Oxide Nanostructured Microspheres  |
|     Carlos J.      | for Sensor Applications                         |
|     Martinez       |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 52. \(E\) Jason J. |   Models and Control Approaches for the         |
|     Gorman         | Microassembly of Microelectromechanical Systems |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 53. \(P\) W.       | Magnetic Structure of ZnCr~2~O~4~               |
|     Ratcliff       |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 54. \(M\) O.       | High-Frequency Dielectric Relaxation in         |
|     Anopchenko     | Trehalose-Glycerol Mixtures                     |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 55. \(M\) George W | Computer Modeling of Crack Propagation in       |
|     Quinn          | Biaxially-Stressed Glass Disks                  |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 56. \(P\) Erge     | A New Optical Tweezers Technique Using a        |
|     Edgu-Fry       | Holographic Crystal                             |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 57. \(M\) Kenji    | Dielectric and Conductive Properties of         |
|     Kano           | Poly(Methyl Methacrylate)/Single Wall Carbon    |
|                    | Nanotube composites                             |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 58. \(P\) Joseph   |   Hydrosomes and Optical Tweezers: What can we  |
|     Reiner         | do with the world's smallest test tubes?        |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 59. \(M\) Duangrut |   Micropatterning of Organosilane               |
|     Julthongpiput  | Self-Assembled Momolayers with Gradient         |
|                    | Surfaces for Advanced SPM Nanometrology         |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 60. \(C\) Jennifer | Organochlorine contaminant concentrations in    |
|     Michelle       | healthy versus debilitated loggerhead sea       |
|     Keller         | turtles                                         |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 61. \(E\) Tengjiao | Line-edge roughness and side-wall angle         |
|     Hu             | measurements of nanoscale patterns by small     |
|                    | angle X-ray scattering                          |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 62. \(P\) Owen     | Quantum Percolation in a Two-Dimensional        |
|     Vajk           | Heisenberg Antiferromagnet                      |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 63. \(E\) Li Ma    | Modeling, Simulation and Prediction of Rockwell |
|                    | Hardness Indentation                            |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 64. \(P\) F.       | Low Dimensional Magnetism in the Molecular      |
|     Matthew        | Magnet Cu(pz)~2~(ClO~4~)~2~.                    |
|     Woodward       |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 65. \(M\)          | Effects of Materials Chemistry and Morphology   |
|     Douglas C.     | on Conductometric Sensor Signals                |
|     Meier          |                                                 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 66. \(M\) Zema     | ZrBe2H0.6: an investigation into the            |
|     Chowdhuri      | two-dimensional diffusion of hydrogen using     |
|                    | neutrons                                        |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 67. \(M\) Tao Wu   | A new synthetic method for controlled           |
|                    | polymerization of HPMA using a microfluidic     |
|                    | system                                          |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 68. \(P\) R. Dumke | Photoassociation spectroscopy of the lowest     |
|                    | triplet potential of Na~2~                      |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 69. \(B\) Yan Deng | Dynamical adhesion force of cells on            |
|                    | biomaterial substrates                          |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| 70. \(B\) Jeff     | Probing the Optical Properties of Single        |
|     Krogmeier      | Quantum Dots                                    |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+