Format: eight 12-minute talks, plus 3 minutes for questions. Part II will be on Monday June 10 at 3-5pm, in Weniger 304 3:00 – 3:15 Novela Auparay: The Seebeck Effect in Metals and Semiconductors Advised by Janet Tate 3:15 – 3:30 Mo Brethower: Implementing the Autocorrelation Transform for Nanosecond-Scale Optical Pulse Resolution Advised by William Hetherington 3:30 – 3:45 Ben Howorth: Detecting ZnS Thin Films on Si Substrates Using X-ray Diffraction Advised by Janet Tate 3:45 – 4:00 Ben Norford: Acoustic Backscatter Surveys over Methane Vents along the Cascadia Continental Margin Advised by Anne Trehu, CEOAS 4:00 – 4:15 Casey Hines: Practical Implementation of a Physical Vapor Deposition System in a Research Environment: An in-depth look at the implementation of a thermal evaporator system Advised by Janet Tate 4:15 – 4:30 Sean Van Hatten: Calibration Methods for an Aerolab 375 Sting Balance to be used in Wind Tunnel Testing Advised by Roberto Albertani, MIME 4:30 – 4:45 Afina Neunzert: Exploration of charge-transfer exciton formation in organic semiconductors through transient photoconductivity measurements Advised by Oksana Ostroverkhova 4:45 – 5:00 Thomas Ferron & Thomas Windom: Surface Polarization Reflection Advised by William Hetherington