Conference Posters at WKU

Offprints of conference proceedings articles and journal papers are given on the offprints page. A more complete list of all publications is given on the bibliography page.

2008- 2009 DRAO: Gibson

2009-2010 GALFA-HI: Gibson WKU: Bell NAIC: Gibson DRAO: Gibson

2010-2011 GALFA-HI: Gibson KHR: Bell SESAPS: Bell SESAPS: Newton KAS: Newton PAC: Bell WKU: Newton NCUR: Newton

2011-2012 GALFA-HI: Newton GALFA-HI: Gibson Argonne: Jolly AAS: Newton AAS: Bell AAS: Gibson PAC: Bell WKU: Bell POH: Bell

2012-2013 KAS: Spraggs SESAPS: Howard LRSF: Spraggs IPAC: Gibson WKU: Spraggs WKU: Hughes KSEF: Spraggs

2013-2014 KAS: Hughes KAS: Spraggs SESAPS: Hughes SESAPS: Spraggs SESAPS: Gibson CSIRO: Gibson AAS: Gibson AAS: Hughes AAS: Spraggs WKU: Hughes WKU: Spraggs KAAS: Spraggs KAAS: Hughes

2014-2015 KHR: Spraggs NRAO: Gibson KAS: Spraggs WKU: Spraggs

2015-2016 IAU: Gibson AAS: Spraggs CUWiP: Spraggs WKU: Spraggs

2016-2017 AAS: Hughes WKU: Wilkerson

2017-2021 AKARI: Gibson (sabbatical + hiatus)

2021-2022 KAS: Beauchamp WKU: Beauchamp

2022-2023 SESAPS: Beauchamp WKU: Beauchamp KAAS: Beauchamp

2023-2024 WKU: Humphrey

• ``Constraining Properties of Evolving Cold Interstellar Clouds''
  Humphrey, K., Gibson, S. J., & Noriega-Crespo, A.
  54^th Annual Western Kentucky University Student Scholar Showcase
  Bowling Green, Kentucky, 2024 April 6
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + 1-page PDF + Big JPEG + Small JPEG

• ``Exploring the Dust Population in Cold Diffuse Clouds''
  Gibson, S. J., Hirashita, H., Bell, A. C., Spraggs, M. E., Noriega-Crespo, A., Carey, S., Reach, W. T. & Brunt, C. M. 2017, in The Cosmic Wheel and the Legacy of the AKARI Archive: From Galaxies and Stars to Planets and Life, P7-03,
  Tokyo, Japan, 2017 October 17-20
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + 1-page PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF
  • ``Flash'' talk: 1-page PDF
  • Proceedings Article: ArXiv Preprint

• ``A Hands-On Radio Telescope for WKU''
  Wilkerson, P., & Gibson, S. J., Cantrell, H., Boyles, J., Hicks, S., Harper, D., Carter, T., Brown, R., Stewart, J., Thornberry, B., & Pierce, J.
  47^th Annual Western Kentucky University Student Research Conference
  Bowling Green, Kentucky, 2017 March 25
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + 1-page PDF + Big JPEG + Small JPEG

• ``Properties of Cold HI Emission Clouds in the Inner-Galaxy ALFA Survey''
  Hughes, J. M., Gibson, S. J., Noriega-Crespo, A., Newton, J. H., Koo, B.-C., Douglas, K. A., Peek, J. E. G., Park, G., Kang, J.-h., Korpela, E. J., Heiles, C. E., & Dame, T. M.
  229^th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
  Grapevine, TX, 2017 January 6
  Listed in: 2017, Bull. Amer. Ast. Soc., 49 [#229, #340.36]
  • Abstract on NASA ADS Service

• ``Constraining the Properties of Cold Interstellar Clouds''
  Spraggs, M. E., & Gibson, S. J.
  APS 2016 Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics
  The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2016 January 15-17
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF

• ``Constraining the Properties of Cold Interstellar Clouds''
  Spraggs, M. E., & Gibson, S. J.
  227^th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
  Kissimmee, FL, 2016 January 7
  Listed in: 2016, Bull. Amer. Ast. Soc., 48 [#227, #347.16]
  • Abstract on NASA ADS Service
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF

• ``A Global View of Molecule-forming Clouds in the Galaxy''
  Gibson, S. J., Howard, W. S., Jolly, C. S., Newton, J. H., Bell, A. C., Spraggs, M. E., Hughes, J.. M., Tagliaboschi, A. M., Brunt, C. M., Taylor, A. R., Stil, J. M., & Dame, T. 2015, in IAU Symposium 315: From Interstellar Clouds to Star-forming Galaxies: Universal Processes?, S315p264
  Honolulu, HI, 2015 August 3-7
  • Abstract on NASA ADS Service
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + 1-page PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF
  • ``Flash'' talk: 1-page PDF
  • Proceedings Article: ArXiv Preprint

• ``Constraining the Physical Properties of Interstellar Gas Clouds''
  Spraggs, M. E., & Gibson, S. J.
  45^th Annual Western Kentucky University Student Research Conference
  Bowling Green, Kentucky, 2015 March 28
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + 1-page PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF

• ``Cold H I Filamentary Structure and Magnetic Fields near the Galactic Plane''
  Gibson, S. J., Koo, B.-C., Douglas, K. A., Newton, J. H., Peek, J. E. G., Park, G., Kang, J.-h., Korpela, E. J., & Heiles, C.
  NRAO Filamentary Structure in Molecular Clouds workshop
  Charlottesville, VA, 2014 October 10-11
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + 1-page PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF
  • ``Flash'' talk: 1-page PDF

• ``Properties of Cold Galactic Interstellar Clouds''
  Spraggs, M. E., & Gibson, S. J.
  44^th Annual Western Kentucky University Student Research Conference
  Bowling Green, Kentucky, 2014 March 22
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + 1-page PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF

• ``A Multi-Wavelength Analysis of Cold Evolving Interstellar Clouds''
  Spraggs, M. E., & Gibson, S. J.
  223^rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
  National Harbor, Maryland, 2014 January 9
  Listed in: 2014, Bull. Amer. Ast. Soc., 46 [#223, #454.27]
  • Abstract on NASA ADS Service
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF
  • Gatton Academy Press Release
  • Institute for Astronomy & Space Science Highlights

• ``A Survey of Hidden Molecular Clouds in the Milky Way''
  Hughes, J. M., Gibson, S. J., & I-GALFA Consortium
  223^rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
  National Harbor, Maryland, 2014 January 9
  Listed in: 2014, Bull. Amer. Ast. Soc., 46 [#223, #454.19]
  • Abstract on NASA ADS Service
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF
  • Gatton Academy Press Release
  • Institute for Astronomy & Space Science Highlights

• ``Column Density Maps of the I-GALFA H I Survey: Evidence for Dark Gas?''
  Gibson, S. J., Koo, B., Douglas, K. A., Newton, J. H., Peek, J. E. G., Hughes, J. M., Spraggs, M. E., Park, G., Kang, J., Heiles, C., & Korpela, E. J.
  223^rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
  National Harbor, Maryland, 2014 January 9
  Listed in: 2014, Bull. Amer. Ast. Soc., 46 [#223, #454.01]
  • Abstract on NASA ADS Service
    
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + 1-page PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF
  • Institute for Astronomy & Space Science Highlights

• ``Dark Gas in the Interstellar Medium''
  Gibson, S. J., Spraggs, M. E., Hughes, J. M., Koo, B.-C., Park, G., IGPS Consortium, & I-GALFA Consortium
  80^th Annual Southeast Section of the American Physical Society (SESAPS) conference
  Bowling Green, Kentucky, 2013 November 22
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF

• ``Properties of Cold Galactic Interstellar Clouds''
  Spraggs, M. E.
  11^th Annual Kentucky Science and Engineering Fair
  Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, 2013 March 30
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + 1-page PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF

• ``A Search for Hidden Molecular Clouds in the Milky Way''
  Hughes, J. M., & Gibson, S. J.
  43^rd Annual Western Kentucky University Student Research Conference
  Bowling Green, Kentucky, 2013 March 23
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + 1-page PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF

• ``Properties of Cold Galactic Interstellar Clouds''
  Spraggs, M. E., & Gibson, S. J.
  43^rd Annual Western Kentucky University Student Research Conference
  Bowling Green, Kentucky, 2013 March 23
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + 1-page PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF
  • *** Won Best Poster in Session Award ***
  • Awards List [PDF, see page 4]

• ``Mapping Dark Atomic and Molecular Gas in the Galaxy''
  Gibson, S. J., Bell, A. C., Newton, J. H., Howard, W. S., Jolly, C. S., Spraggs, M. E., Hughes, J. M., Brunt, C. M., Taylor, A. R., Noriega-Crespo, A., Reach, W. T., Carey, S., Koo, B.-C., Park, G., Dame, T., IGPS Consortium, & I-GALFA Consortium
  Infrared and Submillimeter Probes of Gas in Galaxies: From the Milky Way to the Distant Universe Conference
  IPAC / California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 2013 March 18
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + 1-page PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF
  • ``Flash'' talk: 1-page PDF

• ``Properties of Cold Galactic Interstellar Clouds''
  Spraggs, M. E.
  49^th Annual Louisville Regional Science Fair
  University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 2013 March 9
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + 1-page PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF
  • *** Won Best Senior Poster in Physics ***
  • *** Won 5th Best Poster Overall ***
  • Awards List + Photos [PDF, see page 4]

• ``Properties of Cold Galactic Interstellar Clouds''
  Spraggs, M. E., & Gibson, S. J.
  98^th Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science
  Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, 2012 October 20
  • Electronic Poster: Full PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF

• ``Dust Infrared Emission in an H₂-Forming, Perseus-Arm Cloud''
  Bell, A. C., Gibson, S. J., Noriega-Crespo, A., Reach, W. T., Carey, S., Miville-Deschenes, M., Boulanger, F., Brunt, C. M., Taylor, A. R., Martin, P. G.; & Douglas, K. A.
  8^th Annual Posters on the Hill day with members of U.S. Congress
  Washington, D.C., 2012 April 24
  • Electronic Poster: Full PDF + 1-page PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF

• ``Dust Infrared Emission in an H₂-Forming, Perseus-Arm Cloud''
  Bell, A. C., Gibson, S. J., Noriega-Crespo, A., Reach, W. T., Carey, S., Miville-Deschenes, M., Boulanger, F., Brunt, C. M., Taylor, A. R., Martin, P. G.; & Douglas, K. A.
  11^th Annual Posters at the Capitol day with Kentucky state legislators
  Frankfort, Kentucky, 2012 January 26
  • Electronic Poster: Full PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF

• ``GALFA-H I: The Inner-Galaxy ALFA (I-GALFA) Low-Latitude H I Survey''
  Gibson, S. J., Koo, B., Douglas, K. A., Kang, J., Park, G., Peek, J. E. G., Korpela, E. J., Heiles, C., & Newton, J. H.
  219^th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
  Listed in: Bull. Amer. Ast. Soc., 44 [#219, #349.29]
  Austin, Texas, 2012 January 11
  • Abstract on NASA ADS Service
    
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + 1-page PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF

• ``Dust Infrared Emission in an H₂-Forming, Perseus-Arm Cloud''
  Bell, A. C., Gibson, S. J., Noriega-Crespo, A., Reach, W. T., Carey, S., Miville-Deschenes, M., Boulanger, F., Brunt, C. M., Taylor, A. R., Martin, P. G.; & Douglas, K. A.
  219^th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
  Listed in: Bull. Amer. Ast. Soc., 44 [#219, #349.28]
  Austin, Texas, 2012 January 11
  • Abstract on NASA ADS Service
  • Electronic Poster: Full PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF
  • *** Won the Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award for Exemplary Research Presented at an American Astronomical Society Poster Session ***
  • WKU Press Release

• ``GALFA-H I: Candidate Sites for H₂ Formation in Cold H I Emission and Other Tracers''
  Newton, J. H., Gibson, S. J., Douglas, K. A., Koo, B., Kang, J., Park, G., Peek, J. E. G., Korpela, E. J., Heiles, C., & Dame, T. M.
  219^th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society
  Listed in: Bull. Amer. Ast. Soc., 44 [#219, #349.24]
  Austin, Texas, 2012 January 11
  • Abstract on NASA ADS Service
    
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + 1-page PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF

• ``Examining the Interstellar Medium for the First Stages of Stellar Formation''
  Newton, J. H., & Gibson, S. J.
  24^th Annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR 2011)
  Ithaca, New York, 2011 April 2
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF

• ``Seeing the Spiral from the Arms: Modeling the Interstellar Medium of the Milky Way''
  Bell, A. C., & Gibson, S. J.
  10^th Annual Posters at the Capitol day with Kentucky state legislators
  Frankfort, Kentucky, 2011 February 10
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF

• ``Determining Properties of H I Emission Regions in the Interstellar Medium''
  Newton, J. H., & Gibson, S. J.
  96^th Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science
  Bowling Green, Kentucky, 2010 November 13
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF

• ``Determining Properties of H I Emission Regions in the Interstellar Medium''
  Newton, J. H., & Gibson, S. J.
  77^th Annual Southeast Section of the American Physical Society (SESAPS) conference
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2010 October 21
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF
  • *** Won Marsh White Award for Outstanding Student Presentation ***
  • Physics on the Hill Newsletter Article [PDF, see page 3]

• ``Seeing the Spiral from the Arms: Modeling the Interstellar Medium of the Milky Way''
  Bell, A. C., & Gibson, S. J.
  77^th Annual Southeast Section of the American Physical Society (SESAPS) conference
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2010 October 21
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF

• ``Seeing the Spiral from the Arms: Modeling the Interstellar Medium of the Milky Way''
  Bell, A. C., & Gibson, S. J.
  40^th Annual Western Kentucky University Student Research Conference
  Bowling Green, Kentucky, 2010 February 27
  • Electronic poster: Full PDF + Big GIF + Small GIF