1. Program
  2. Program - Contributed Talks

Program - Contributed Talks

Contributed Talks

Note: All talks are 10 mins long with 4 mins for Q&A

Day 1 (July 23rd, 2025) – 10:00-11:30 [Room: 1102]

Session 1A (Chair: Tony Noble)

  • Birgit Zatschler [10:00-10:15], Laurentian University:
    • Efficiency improvements for SuperCDMS background simulations
  • Gillian Godden [10:15-10:30], University of Toronto:
    • Incorporation of Optical Cherenkov and Transition Radiation into SuperCDMS Background Simulations
  • Yilda Boukhtouchen [10:30-10:45], Queen’s University:
    • Detecting dark matter composite states
  • Ezri Wyman [10:45-11:00], Queen’s University:
    • Thermal Simulations for the Scintillating Bubble Chamber Dark Matter Experiment
  • Lilianna Hariasz [11:00-11:15], Simon Fraser University:
    • Exploring precision signals of light dark matter
  • Sydney Plante [11:15-11:30], University of Regina:
    • Beta-Delayed Charged-Particle Emission from 20Mg

Session 1B - 10:00-11:30 (Chair: Jennifer Ogilive) [Room: 2109]

  • Prarthana Pasricha [10:00-10:15], Carleton University:
    • Dose evaluation of multiple GammaTiles in heterogeneous brain model using egs_brachy
  • Kassandra Richards [10:15-10:30], Simon Fraser University:
    • Investigating Collagen Mechanics and Structure Using AFM
  • Prarthana Pasricha [10:30-10:45], Carleton University:
    • Introducing MiRADS: A novel system for micron-scale analysis of energy deposition
  • Kaitlyn Sims [10:45-11:00], Toronto Metropolitan University:
    • Anti-Correlated Noise Reduction in Triple-Energy Photon-CountingAngiography
  • Nahid Ghomimolkar [11:00-11:15], University of Manitoba:
    • Improved coil design for TRASE MRI
  • Jamie Tien [11:15-11:30], Toronto Metropolitan University:
    • Investigation of Dual-Energy Photon-Counting Techniques to Reduce Anatomical Noise in Peripheral Artery Disease Interventions

Day 1 (July 23rd, 2025) – 13:30-15:00 [Room: 1102]

Session 2A (Chair: Nikhil Arora)

  • Yukari Uchibori [13:30-13:45], University of British Columbia:
    • Measuring the Expansion History of the Universe
  • Syeda Lammim Ahad [13:45-14:00], University of Waterloo:
    • Uncovering the growth history of the largest cosmic structures using hydrodynamic simulations
  • Naadiyah Jagga [14:00-14:15], York University:
    • Stellar mass growth of galaxies over time with JWST: Spatially Resolved vs Unresolved Photometry
  • Vivian Yun Yan Tan [14:15-14:30], York University:
    • The Progenitors of Milky Way-like galaxies in the early universe
  • Emilie Storer [14:30-14:45], McGill University:
    • Searching for the First Stars from One of the Most Remote Islands on Earth
  • Parisa Nozari [14:45-15:00], Queen’s University:
    • Using New ALMA Band 1 to Study Dust Properties in Orion Protostellar Cores.

Session 2B 13:30-15:00 (Chair: Neha Panchal) [Room: 2109]

  • Nahee Park [13:30-13:45], Queen's University:
    • Status of cosmic-ray balloon experiment, HELIX
  • Elspeth Cudmore [13:45-14:00], University of Toronto:
    • The Ricochet Reactor CEνNS Experiment: First Light and Experiment Progress
  • Zoe Brisson-Tsavoussis [14:00-14:15], Queen’s University:
    • Fiber Optical Modules: a Novel Detection Apparatus for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
  • Heather McCallum [14:15-14:30], Queen’s University:
    • The Use of Activated Carbon in Sequestering Polonium from Copper for Dark Matter Studies
  • Melissa Diamond [14:30-14:45], Queen’s University:
    • "Effectively" expanding dark matter search reach

 

Day 2 (July 24th, 2025) -13:30-15:00 [Room: 1102]

Session 3A (Chair: Robert Knobel)

  • Laura Thomson [13:30-13:45], Queen’s University:
    • Geophysical approaches in Arctic Glaciology
  • Navneet Kaur [13:45-14:00], Lakehead University:
    • Three-Dimensional Photonic Sensor for Trace Chemical Detection in Food and Environment
  • Irina Babayan [14:00-14:15], Queen’s University:
    • Simmering: Sufficient is better than optimal for training neural networks
  • María Rosa Preciado-Rivas [14:15-14:30], University of Waterloo:
    • Simulating a superposition of spacetimes with optical media
  • Monika Azmanska [14:30-14:45], McMaster University:
    • Multiphase and Domain Complexity in the Charge Ice Candidate Tb2NbScO7
  • Laureline Kirsch [14:45-15:00], University of Ottawa:
    • High-Frequency Ultrasound Sensing with CO2-Written Microcrack Fibre Gratings

Session 3B - 13:30-15:00 (Chair: Melissa Diamond) [Room: 2109]

  • Heather Russell [13:30-13:45], University of Victoria:
    • Searching for long-lived particles at the Large Hadron Collider
  • Adrienne Scott [13:45-14:00], University of Victoria:
    • Machine learning for event selection in the search for singly- and doubly-charged Higgs bosons with the ATLAS detector
  • Mira Quinn [14:00-14:15], University of Regina:
    • Exploring Fundamental Nuclear Interactions with GRIFFIN
  • Maryam Bibi [14:15-14:30], Memorial University of Newfoundland and Mount Allison University:
    • The Role of Vector-Like Quarks in Rare B-Decays
  • Arina Tseragotin [14:30-14:45], University of Manitoba:
    • Mass Advanced Manufacturing and Testing of Front-End Electronic Bases and Power Modules for the MOLLER Main Integrating Detector
  • Denise Kamp [14:45-15:00], McMaster University:
    • Dynamical instability as a PT-symmetry breaking phase transition in a rotating Bose-Einstein condensate

Day 3 (July 25th, 2025) – 13:30-15:15 [Room: 1102]

Session 4 (Chair: Alexandra Perdersen)

  • Alice Curtin [13:30-13:45], McGill University:
    • Building more equitable spaces in STEM for marginalized youth through game-based learning in an informal astronomy program
  • Nerissa Mulligan [13:45-14:00], Queen’s University:
    • Inclusive by design: Inclusive teaching strategies for engineering classrooms
  • Emma Godbout [14:00-14:15], Queen’s University:
    • Beyond the Launchpad: Rocketry, Representation, and Reimagining Physics Through Indigenous Leadership
  • Encieh Erfani [14:15-14:30], Perimeter Institute:
    • Void of Voids: Exclusion, Exile, and the Hidden Struggles of Displaced Women in Physics
  • Yukari Uchibori [14:30-14:45], University of British Columbia:
    • Why Flexibility Matters in Physics
  • Carolina Cruz-Vinaccia [14:45-15:00], McGill University:
    • Disrupting the Standard Model: Physics Students Building Belonging and Identity through Equity Work
  • Zachary Kenny [15:00-15:15], McDonald Institute:
    • Representation in your hands: How a community-created card game can help young people see themselves in physics.