CASST 2025

Canada/Eastern
Classroom Building/2-C203 (Laurentian University)

Classroom Building/2-C203

Laurentian University

Christine Kraus (SNOLAB)
Description

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The Canadian Astroparticle physics Summer Student Talk (CASST) competition is for undergraduate students to show their work and will include networking opportunities and professional development sessions. Participation in person or virtually is welcome. Prizes will be awarded for best talks. 

All summer students who are not currently engaged in graduate studies or have a graduate degree are encouraged to attend and submit an abstract. A final programme will be posted following registrations. Talks will be 10  - 12 minutes in length plus a few minutes for questions. Final talk length to be determined based on number of abstract submissions

The competition is co-sponsored by SNOLAB and the McDonald Institute. 

    • 8:00 AM 8:30 AM
      Virtual Attendance: https://laurentian.zoom.us/j/92444987052?pwd=wBcChhl9V5JW75oQ2fHKWSWZu6YONw.1

      https://laurentian.zoom.us/j/92444987052?pwd=wBcChhl9V5JW75oQ2fHKWSWZu6YONw.1

      Meeting ID: 924 4498 7052
      Passcode: 605095

    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Breakfast and Gathering 30m Classroom Building/2-C203

      Classroom Building/2-C203

      Laurentian University

    • 9:00 AM 9:15 AM
      Welcome: Introduction and Logo Contest Classroom Building/ 2 - C203

      Classroom Building/ 2 - C203

      Laurentian University

      Convener: Christine Kraus
    • 9:15 AM 9:30 AM
      CUTE: Cryogenic Underground and Totally Epic 15m
      Speaker: Dev Chauhan
    • 9:30 AM 9:45 AM
      Characterizing Bellows Nucleation Events in the PICO-40L Dark Matter Direct Detection Experiment 15m
      Speaker: Mujtaniba Islam
    • 9:45 AM 10:00 AM
      Leveraging FTIR for Compound Identification at SNOLAB: A Spectral Library and Python Tool Integration 15m
      Speaker: Cameron Van Der Zyl
    • 10:00 AM 10:15 AM
      Modelling Sensor Performances Across Applied Voltages in the NEWS-G Experiment 15m
      Speaker: Sarena Sandhu
    • 10:15 AM 10:30 AM
      Direct Detection of "Dark Matter" in the SNO+ Neutrino Detector 15m
      Speaker: Oluwasemoore Tijani
    • 10:30 AM 11:00 AM
      Break 30m Classroom Building/2-C203

      Classroom Building/2-C203

      Laurentian University

    • 11:00 AM 11:15 AM
      Radon mitigation, removal, and testing at SNO+ 15m
      Speaker: Julia Gorovitz
    • 11:15 AM 11:30 AM
      Automation of a Solid State Cloud Chamber 15m
      Speaker: Xavier Mara
    • 11:30 AM 11:45 AM
      Keeping it Cool: The SuperCDMS Chilled Water System 15m
      Speaker: Zainab Ali
    • 11:45 AM 12:00 PM
      Improving SNOLAB Radon counting sensitivity with low-background ZnS 15m
      Speaker: Peter Qin
    • 12:00 PM 12:15 PM
      Deep Underground, Cold and Quantum: Installing Superconducting Qubits at CUTE Facility 15m
      Speaker: Ayesha Iqbal
    • 12:15 PM 12:30 PM
      Prepare for Trouble and Make it Bubble: My Term on the PICO Experiment 15m
      Speaker: Cody O'Neill
    • 12:30 PM 1:30 PM
      Lunch 1h Classroom Building/2-C203

      Classroom Building/2-C203

      Laurentian University

    • 1:30 PM 1:45 PM
      Introduction to outreach workshop Classroom Building/2-C203

      Classroom Building/2-C203

      Laurentian University

      Convener: Juliette Deloye
    • 1:45 PM 2:00 PM
      Introduction to EDI Activity Classroom Building/2-C203

      Classroom Building/2-C203

      Laurentian University

      Convener: Christine Kraus (SNOLAB)
    • 2:00 PM 3:00 PM
      Workshop: Career Options - examples and questions Classroom Builiding / 2- C203

      Classroom Builiding / 2- C203

      Laurentian University

    • 3:00 PM 3:30 PM
      Break 30m Classroom Building/2-C203

      Classroom Building/2-C203

      Laurentian University

    • 3:30 PM 3:45 PM
      Particle Tracking and Event Reconstruction using Gas Electron Multipliers for DarkLight 15m
      Speaker: Huajian Yang
    • 3:45 PM 4:00 PM
      The LiNEAr Project: Liquid Nitrogen Excluding Argon 15m
      Speaker: Sahara Rahimani
    • 4:00 PM 4:15 PM
      DDA Purification for 0vbb Search 15m
      Speaker: Noah Fenlon
    • 4:15 PM 4:30 PM
      From Dark Matter to Dying Stars: Evaluating SuperCDMS’s Sensitivity to Supernova Neutrinos via CEvNS 15m
      Speaker: Lily Hines
    • 4:30 PM 4:45 PM
      Argon Removal with Zeolites: The Role of Simulations and the Problems We Face 15m
      Speaker: Brayden Bouffard
    • 4:45 PM 5:00 PM
      Denoising Germanium Detectors using Machine Learning 15m
      Speaker: Tara Searcy
    • 5:00 PM 6:00 PM
      WORKTIME: Logo contest - EDI Activity - Networking Classroom Building/2-C203

      Classroom Building/2-C203

      Laurentian University

    • 8:00 AM 8:30 AM
      Virtual Attendance: https://laurentian.zoom.us/j/92444987052?pwd=wBcChhl9V5JW75oQ2fHKWSWZu6YONw.1

      https://laurentian.zoom.us/j/92444987052?pwd=wBcChhl9V5JW75oQ2fHKWSWZu6YONw.1

      Meeting ID: 924 4498 7052
      Passcode: 605095

    • 8:30 AM 9:00 AM
      Breakfast and Gathering 30m Classroom Building/2-C203

      Classroom Building/2-C203

      Laurentian University

    • 9:00 AM 9:15 AM
      Detecting the unseen: Neutron unfolding with Helium-3 counters 15m
      Speaker: Kishan Chaudhary
    • 9:15 AM 9:30 AM
      Anomaly detection in the LAr calorimeter readout system 15m
      Speaker: Emma Rancourt
    • 9:30 AM 9:45 AM
      Sensor Calibration Using Americium-Aluminum in the NEWS-G Experiment at SNOLAB 15m
      Speaker: Qwin Goodwin
    • 9:45 AM 10:00 AM
      Time of Flight Calibration for HELIX 15m
      Speaker: Lily Moss
    • 10:00 AM 10:15 AM
      Radium Dials 15m
      Speaker: Keegan Paleshi
    • 10:15 AM 10:30 AM
      Background Reductions and Fill of the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Detector 15m
      Speaker: Cheyanne Monk
    • 10:30 AM 11:00 AM
      Break 30m Classroom Building/2-C203

      Classroom Building/2-C203

      Laurentian University

    • 11:00 AM 11:15 AM
      HALO neutron bursts corresponding to novas 15m
      Speaker: Zoe Shipp-Wiedersprecher
    • 11:15 AM 11:30 AM
      NEXO Stave Testing for 0νββ Decay 15m
      Speaker: Marharyta Sulaieva
    • 11:30 AM 12:00 PM
      Workshop: Quantum Computing Workshop Classroom Builiding / 2- C203

      Classroom Builiding / 2- C203

      Laurentian University

      Convener: Yusuf Ahmed
    • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
      Lunch 1h Classroom Building/2-C203

      Classroom Building/2-C203

      Laurentian University

    • 1:00 PM 1:15 PM
      The CUTE Way to Detect Neutrons 15m
      Speaker: Brianna Binoy
    • 1:15 PM 1:30 PM
      Spectral Characterization of Hafnium Source for Use in the LoLX Experiment 15m
      Speaker: Ethan Coulthard
    • 1:30 PM 1:45 PM
      Reducing Backgrounds Using Gamma-Gamma Coincidences 15m
      Speaker: Abhipsha Sahu
    • 1:45 PM 2:00 PM
      Building the RAMP towards locating the Electron Capture of Lutetium 176 15m
      Speaker: Arina Tseragotin
    • 2:00 PM 2:15 PM
      The invisible infrastructure 15m
      Speaker: Bilal Nasseem Muhammad
    • 2:15 PM 2:30 PM
      Searching for Neutrinos from Gravitational Wave Events with HALO 15m
      Speaker: Irina Nitu
    • 2:30 PM 2:45 PM
      Break 15m Classroom Building/2-C203

      Classroom Building/2-C203

      Laurentian University

    • 2:45 PM 3:00 PM
      WORKTIME: Logo contest - EDI Activity - Networking Classroom Building/2-C203

      Classroom Building/2-C203

      Laurentian University

    • 3:00 PM 4:30 PM
      Workshop: Outreach Classroom Builiding / 2- C203

      Classroom Builiding / 2- C203

      Laurentian University

      Convener: Juliette Deloye, Rachel Richardson
    • 4:30 PM 5:00 PM
      Awards and Closeout Classroom Building/2-C203

      Classroom Building/2-C203

      Laurentian University