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 2024
AprD. McClain, "Ion Trapping for CRES Events: A GOLIATH Upgrade to the He6-CRES Experiment," APS April Meeting 2024: Quarks to Cosmos, Sacramento, CA, USA
JanD. Melconian, "$^6$He-CRES: Recent progress and future plans," XLV Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Cocoyoc, Morelos, Mexico
 2023
DecV. Iacob, "Precise half-life measurement of $^{29}$P," 6th Joint Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics and the Physical Society of Japan, Waikoloa Village, HI, United States
FebD. Melconian, "$\beta$ decay as a probe of new physics: an overview of the fundamental symmetries research at the CI," UT Knoxville Physics Seminar, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA
 2022
DecD. Melconian, "Precision $\beta$ decay: nuclei," Fundamental symmetries LRP Town Hall Meeting, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
NovD. Melconian, "Technical developments for fundamental symmetry measurements," Nuclear Structure Town Hall Meeting, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
OctD. McClain, "Toward the Future: Upgrading the $^6$He-CRES Experiment with an Ion Trap," 2022 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics, New Orleans, LA, United States of America
OctD. Melconian, "Expanding RIB Capabilities at the Cyclotron Institute: $^3$He- LIG production with an Isobar Separator LSTAR," APS DNP, New Orleans, LA, USA
 2021
NovV. Iacob, "V_ud from superallowed nuclear β+ decays: new high-precision experimental results," 11th International Workshop on the CKM Unitarity Triangle (CKM 2021), (Virtual meeting), Melbourne, Australia
JunD. Melconian, "Using trapped atoms and ions for fundamentally cool physics," REU seminars at the CI, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
JunD. Melconian, "Towards measuring the Fierz interference parameter in 6He β decay from a Penning trap using the CRES technique," 2021 CAP Congress, Virtual, Canada
MayV. Iacob, "Precise branching ratio measurement for the superallowed $\beta^{+}$ decay of ${ }^{34}\mbox{Ar}$," 6-th Workshop of The Hellenic Institute of Nuclear Physics (HINPw6), 14-16 May, 2021, (Virtual workshop), Athens, Greece
AprV. Iacob, "Experimental tests of isospin symmetry breaking in superallowed beta decay," APS April Meeting, April 17 - 20, 2021, (Virtual meeting), College Park, MD, USA
FebD. McClain, "Modifications to the $^6$He-CRES Experiment for Ion Bunching and Trapping," SSAP, College Station, Texas, United States
FebM. Nasser, "Commissioning the Texas A&M University Penning Trap via Offline Mass Measurements," SSAP, College Station, United States
 2020
OctP. Shidling, "High-precision half-life measurement of 29P," Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP) 2020, It was remote via zoom., College Station, TX, USA
OctD. Melconian, "Searching for BSM physics via the precision frontier: $\beta$ decay experiments using atom and ion traps," NSCL/FRIB Virtual Nuclear Science Seminar, MSU/NSCL, East Lansing (virtually), USA
FebM. Nasser, "Automation and Computation of TAMUTRAP," Stewardship Science Academic Programs 2020, Washington, DC, United States
FebD. McClain, "Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy in a Penning Trap," Stewardship Science Academic Programs 2020, Washington DC, United States
 2019
NovD. Melconian, "Status of the superallowed data set," Fundamental Symmetries Research with Beta Decay, The Institute for Nuclear Theory, Seattle, WA, USA
OctD. Melconian, "Polarized angular correlations in $^{37}\mathrm{K}$: Recent results from TRINAT," APS Division of Nuclear Physics Meeting, Crystal City, VA, USA
AugM. Nasser, "Automation and Computation of TAMUTRAP," CENTAUR SAC Meeting, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM, United States
AugN. Schroeder, "$\beta$ decay simulations in TAMUTRAP," CENTAUR Scientific Advisory Conference, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
AugD. McClain, "Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy Simulations with Kassiopeia," CENTAUR SAC Meeting, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
AugD. Melconian, "Angular correlation measurements at ISAC: using the atomic nucleus to search for BSM physics for 20 years," ISAC 20 Symposium, TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada
MayG. Chubaryan, "Advanced technique for investigation of the properties of Superheavy nuclei. ," The present and the future of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements, Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Research, JINR, Dubna, Russia
MayP. Shidling, "Gas cell for TAMUTRAP: Texas A&M University Penning trap facility," Brown-bag lunch series, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
AprD. Melconian, "Outlook for the determination of $V_\mathrm{ud}$," Workshop on Precise beta decay calculations for searches for new physics, ECT*, Trento, Italy
AprD. Melconian, "Outlook for the determination of $V_{ud}$," Atomic nuclei as laboratories for BSM physics, ECT*, Trento, Italy
FebD. Melconian, "Fundamental symmetry tests using atoms and ions," Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
 2018
OctV. Iacob, "Precise Half-Life Measurement of S-30," Fifth Joint Meeting of the Nucl. Phys. Divisions of the American Physical Society and Physical Society of Japan, Waikoloa, HI, US
OctL. Duran, "Mass measurements of $^{23}\mathrm{Na}$ and beamline upgrades for the TAMUTRAP facility," American Physical Society - Division of Nuclear Physics (APS-DNP), Waikaloa, HI, USA
OctP. Shidling, "TAMUTRAP facility: A Penning trap facility for weak interaction studies," American Physical Society - Division of Nuclear Physics (APS-DNP), Waikaloa, HI, USA
OctD. Melconian, "In situ characterization of $\beta$ scattering at TRINAT," American Physical Society - Division of Nuclear Physics (APS-DNP), Waikaloa, HI, USA
OctP. Shidling, "TAMUTRAP facility: A Penning trap facility for weak interaction studies," 7th International Conference on Trapped Charged Particles and Fundamental Physics (TCP2018), Traverse City, TX, USA
SepD. Melconian, "Fundamentally cool physics with trapped atoms and ions," Physics Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
AugP. Shidling, "Ion trap application: Fundamental weak interaction studies using ion traps," 25th Conference on Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry (CAARI), Grapevine, TX, USA
JulL. Duran, "Mass measurements of $^{23}\mathrm{Na}$ and beamline upgrades for the TAMUTRAP facility," Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
JulL. Duran, "Mass measurements of $^{23}\mathrm{Na}$ and beamline upgrades for the TAMUTRAP facility," LAUNCH Undergraduate Research Summer Poster Session, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
JulD. Melconian, "Trapped atoms and ions for tests of the charged electroweak interaction," Center for Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
JulV. Iacob, "Precise half-life measurement of the superallowed beta emitter S-30," Carpathian Summer School of Physics 2018, Sinaia, Romania
JunP. Shidling, "TAMUTRAP: Texas A&M University Penning trap facility," Brown-bag lunch series, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
JunD. Melconian, "A precision measurement of the $\beta$ asymmetry parameter using laser-cooled $^{37}\mathrm{K}$," 7th Symposium on Symmetries in Subatomic Physics (SSP 2018), University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
MayD. Melconian, "$\beta$ decay asymmetry measurements with trapped atoms," 13th Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics (CIPANP 2018), Palm Springs, CA, USA
AprG. Chubaryan, "Secondary heavy ion beams as a tool for investigation of fussion mechanism ," Spontaneous and Induced Fission of Very Heavy and Super Heavy Nuclei, ECT*, Villa Tambosi, Villazzano, Trento, Italy
MarD. Melconian, "Nuclear $\beta$ decay: using the atomic nucleus to probe symmetries of the weak interaction," Joint APS/AAPT/SPS meeting, Tarleton University, Stephenville, TX, USA
 2017
AugD. Melconian, "First mass measurement using TAMUTRAP," Brown-bag lunch series, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
JulD. Melconian, "Using trapped atoms and ions for fundamentally cool physics," Talk for the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
AprD. Melconian, "Fundamentally cool physics with trapped atoms and ions," Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
JanD. Melconian, "Precision measurement of the positron asymmetry of laser-cooled, spin-polarized $^{37}$K," April Meeting of the American Physical Society, Washington, D.C., USA
 2016
OctB. Fenker, "Precise measurement of the positron asymmetry in the decay of spin-polarized $^{37}$K," American Physical Society - Division of Nuclear Physics (APS-DNP), Vancouver, BC, Canada
OctD. Melconian, "Status of the TAMUTRAP facility at Texas A&M University," American Physical Society - Division of Nuclear Physics (APS-DNP), Vancouver, BC, Canada
SepD. Melconian, "Single Event Effect Microchip Testing at the Texas A&M University Cyclotron Institute," Radiation Technologies Event – New Developments and Current Challenges with Radiation Technologies, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA
AugD. Melconian, "Probing fundamental symmetries via precision correlation measurements of $\beta$ decay," High Sensitivity Experiments Beyond the Standard Model, Quy Nhon, Vietnam
JunD. Melconian, "Fundamentally cool physics with trapped atoms and ions," Talk for the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
 2015
JunB. Fenker, "Measurement of the nuclear polarization in optically-pumped $^{37}\mathrm{K}$: Progress towards a measurement of the $\beta$-asymmetry parameter," 6th International Symposium Symmetries in Subatomic Physics (SSP 2015), Victoria, BC, Canada
AprD. Melconian, "Nuclear physics with trapped atoms and ions," "Pizza and Profs" presentation for the Texas A&M University Honors Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
 2014
DecD. Melconian, "A new correlation Penning trap for fundamental physics at Texas A&M," 6th International Conference on Trapped Charged Particles and Fundamental Physics (TCP 2004), Takamatsu, Japan
DecM. Mehlman, "Current status of the TAMUTRAP facility," 6th International Conference on Trapped Charged Particles and Fundamental Physics (TCP 2004), Takamatsu, Japan
OctM. Mehlman, "Current status of the TAMUTRAP facility," American Physical Society - Texas Section 2014 Fall Meeting, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
OctP. Shidling, "Half-life and branching ratio measurements of $T=1/2$ mirror nuclei," American Physical Society - Division of Nuclear Physics (APS-DNP), Waikaloa, HI, USA
OctB. Fenker, "Measurement of the $\beta$-asymmetry in the decay of magneto-optically trapped, spin-polarized $^{37}\mathrm{K}$," American Physical Society - Division of Nuclear Physics (APS-DNP), Waikaloa, HI, USA
OctP. Shidling, "TAMUTRAP: an ion trap facility for weak interaction and nuclear physics studies," American Physical Society - Division of Nuclear Physics (APS-DNP), Washington, HI, USA
SepD. Melconian, "Measurements of correlations in $\beta$-decay using laser and ion traps," Solvay Workshop on Beta-Decay Weak Interaction Studies in the Era of the LHC, Brussels, Belgium
AugD. Melconian, "$\beta$-decay correlation measurements using ion and laser traps," 15th International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics (CGS15), Dresden, Germany
FebD. Melconian, "Probing properties of the weak interaction using trapped atoms and ions," University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
 2013
DecD. Melconian, "Precision measurements of $\beta$-decay correlation parameters from trapped atoms and ions," X Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Applications (LASNPA), Montevideo, Uruguay
NovD. Melconian, "Precision $\beta$-decay studies using trapped atoms and ions," NSCL, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
OctP. Shidling, "Report on current status of TAMUTRAP facility," American Physical Society - Division of Nuclear Physics (APS-DNP), Newport News, VA, USA
OctR. Behling, "Report on the measurement of the beta asymmetry parameter, $A_\beta$, of $^{37}\mathrm{K}$," American Physical Society - Division of Nuclear Physics (APS-DNP), Newport News, VA, USA
OctD. Melconian, "Fundamentally cool physics with trapped atoms and ions," Physics Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
OctB. Fenker, "Nuclear spin polarization of $^{37,41}\mathrm{K}$ by optical pumping," Texas Section of the APS, Brownsville, TX, USA
FebD. Melconian, "Nuclear physics with trapped atoms and ions," Saturday Morning Physics, Physics Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
 2012
DecP. Shidling, "TAMUTRAP facility for weak interaction physics," DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Delhi University, New Delhi, India
DecP. Shidling, "Precise lifetime measurements of $T=1/2$ nuclei," DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Delhi University, New Delhi, India
DecR. Behling, "Update of the $^{37}\mathrm{K}$ Experiment," ISAC Science Forum, TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada
SepD. Melconian, "The state of the art for extracting $V_{ud}$ from nuclear $\beta$-decay," 7th International Workshop on the CKM Unitarity Triangle, Cincinnati, OH, USA
JulD. Melconian, "Weak (and ridiculously weak) interactions as tests of fundamental physics," Talk for the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
JunD. Melconian, "Polarized $\beta$ decay observables from laser-cooled atoms: progress and outlook for fundamental symmetry tests," Canadian Association of Physicists Congress, Calgary, AL, Canada
MayM. Mehlman, "Texas A&M Penning trap facility — program for the study of the fundamental weak interaction (TAMUTRAP)," 11th Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
MayD. Melconian, "Isospin-symmetry-breaking effects in nuclear $\beta$ decay," 11th Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
AprD. Melconian, "Isospin-symmetry-breaking effects in nuclear $\beta$ decay," April APS Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA
 2011
SepD. Melconian, "Isospin symmetry breaking in the $\beta$ decay of $^{32}\mathrm{Cl}$," XXXII Mazurian Lakes Conference on Physics, Piaski, Poland
AugP. Shidling, "Physics with stopped beams at TRIP-TRAP facility," Joint ATLAS-HRIBF-NSCL-FRIB User Workshop, NSCL, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
AprD. Melconian, "Probing symmetries of the weak interaction via the $\beta$ decay of laser-cooled, polarized $^{37}\mathrm{K}$," Indiana University Cyclotron Facility Seminar, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
AprP. Shidling, "Precise lifetime measurement of $^{37}\mathrm{K}$," April APS Meeting, Anaheim, CA, USA
 2010
NovD. Melconian, "Correlation measurements in nuclear $\beta$ decays," Violations of Discrete Symmetries in Atoms and Nuclei, ECT*, Trento, Italy
SepD. Melconian, "Experimental status of $V_{ud}$ and near-term future prospects," 6th International Workshop on the CKM Unitarity Triangle, University of Warwick, Warwick, United Kingdom
AugD. Melconian, "Precision $\beta$-decay studies using neutral atom traps," International Conference on Nuclear Physics, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
AugD. Melconian, "The $\beta^+$ decay of $^{37}\mathrm{K}$ as a multi-faceted probe of fundamental physics," The 2nd International Ulaanbaatar Conference on Nuclear Physics and Applications, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
 2009
OctD. Melconian, "Probing fundamental properties of the weak interaction: atomic meets nuclear meets high-energy physics," University of Texas - Austin, Austin, TX, USA
OctD. Melconian, "Upgrade of a right-handed current search using highly-polarized, laser-cooled $^{37}\mathrm{K}$," American Physical Society - Division of Nuclear Physics (APS-DNP), Waikaloa, HI, USA
JulD. Melconian, "Fundamentally cool physics," Talk for the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
JunD. Melconian, "The Cyclotron Institute upgrade at Texas A&M and polarized correlation studies with $^{37}\mathrm{K}$ at ISAC/TRIUMF," Workshop on Atomic Physics with Rare Atoms, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
FebD. Melconian, "Symmetries in Nature: A glimpse into the beauty and art of science," Saturday Morning Physics lecture, Physics Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
JanD. Melconian, "$\beta$ decay correlation studies using very cold, highly polarized sources," XXXII Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Cocoyoc, Mexico
 2008
SepD. Melconian, "The $ft$ values of $\beta$-decaying nuclei: How can nuclear physics continue to reduce the uncertainty in the value of $V_{ud}$," Exotic Nuclei and Matter 2008, Ryn, Poland
 2007
OctD. Melconian, "Scalar and right-handed current searches using trapped atoms," American Physical Society - Division of Nuclear Physics (APS-DNP), Newport News, VA, USA
AugD. Melconian, "UCN $\beta$ decay," TRIUMF Town Meeting, TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada
JunD. Melconian, "Nuclear $\beta$ decay, $V_{ud}$ and the CKM mass-mixing matrix," 2007 Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Congress, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
MarD. Melconian, "Probing fundamental properties of the weak interaction: Some recent experimental progress," Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
MarD. Melconian, "Probing fundamental properties of the weak interaction: Some recent experimental progress," Physics Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
FebD. Melconian, "Probing fundamental properties of the weak interaction: Some recent experimental progress," Dan Melconian, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
FebD. Melconian, "Ideas for research at the Cyclotron Institute at Texas A&M University," Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
FebD. Melconian, "Correlation measurements using laser-cooled, polarized $^{37}\mathrm{K}$," CAP-DNP Winter Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference, Banff, AL, Canada
 2006
MayD. Melconian, "Superallowed $\beta$ emitters and unitarity of the CKM mass-mixing matrix," 8th Annual Meeting APS Northwest Section, Tacoma, WA, USA
MarD. Melconian, "Standard model tests of the weak interaction using the $\beta$-decay of laser-cooled $^{37,38m}\mathrm{K}$," Dan Melconian, Kellog Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
 2005
OctD. Melconian, "The $\beta$ decay of laser-cooled $^{37,38m}\mathrm{K}$ as a probe of new physics," Los Alamos National Laboratory P-25 Seminar Series, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
SepD. Melconian, "Search for right-handed currents in the $\beta^+$ decay of laser-cooled, polarized $^{37}\mathrm{K}$," Joint meeting of the DNP-APS and Physical Society of Japan, Maui, HA, USA
 2004
DecD. Melconian, "Searching for right-handed currents in the $\beta$-decay of laser-cooled, polarized $^{37}\mathrm{K}$," TRIUMF Users Group Annual General Meeting, TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada
FebD. Melconian, "Testing fundamental symmetries using the $\beta$-decay of $^{37,38m}\mathrm{K}$ from a neutral atom trap," Dan Melconian, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
FebD. Melconian, "Testing fundamental symmetries using the $\beta$-decay of $^{37,38m}\mathrm{K}$ from a neutral atom trap," National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
JanD. Melconian, "Testing fundamental symmetries using the $\beta$-decay of $^{37,38m}\mathrm{K}$ from a neutral atom trap," Center for Experimental Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
JanD. Melconian, "The TRIUMF neutral atom trap physics program," TRIUMF seminar, TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada
 1998
OctD. Melconian, "Detection system for a $\beta^+$-$\nu$ correlation experiment in a magneto-optical trap," American Physical Society - Division of Nuclear Physics (APS-DNP), Santa Fe, NM, USA



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