Bethany Little

University of Rochester
Physics and Astronomy
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bethany@pas.rochester.edu

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 Education and Training
2009-present  Graduate student in Physics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
2011 MA in Physics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
2005-2009   Bachelor of Science in Physics at Houghton College, Houghton, NY

Research and Teaching Experience
2010-present  Quantum Optics Research, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Working for John Howell
Summer 2010  Instructor for Physics 122, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

2009- present  Physics TA, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Spring 2011: Workshop TA for PHYS 143 20th Century Physics (Honors) (Prof. Eberly)
  • Fall 2010: Workshop TA for PHYS 141 Mechanics (honors) (Prof. Wolfs)
  • Spring 2010: Workshop TA for PHYS 123 Waves and Modern Physics (Prof. Bodolato)
  • Fall 2009: Workshop TA for PHYS 122 Electricity and Magnetism (Prof. Gao)
2006-2009   Design and Construction of a Variable Temperature Atomic Force Microscope, Houghton, NY
  • Worked with Brandon Hoffman
2008 Employee of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
  • Worked with Mark Yuly (Houghton) and the Matthews group (MIT)

2007   REU Student at Cornell
  • Worked with Brandon Hoffman and the Baker group (Cornell Center for Materials Research)

2007- 2009  Physics TA, Houghton College, Houghton, NY
  • Fall 2007: Lab TA for PHYS 151 General Physics I
  • Spring 2008: Lab TA for PHYS 152 General Physics II
  • Mayterm 2008: TA and Lab TA for PHYS 140 Physics of Music
  • Fall 2008: Lab TA for PHYS 151 General Physics I
  • Fall 2008: TA for Mechanics I
  • Spring 2009: Lab TA for PHYS 152 General Physics II
  • Spring 2009: TA for Mechanics II
2006-2007   Physics Tutor, Houghton College, Houghton, NY
2001-2009   Piano Teacher Cambridge, Ontario and Houghton, NY

Presentations and Publications
Daniel Haas, Bethany Little, Steve Thomson, Steve Wallace, June Matthews and Mark Yuly, "The (n,2p) Reaction as a Probe for the Pre Pre-existing Nuclear Delta++ Component," LANSCE TA-53 Student Poster Session, Accelerator Operations and Technology Office, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM., August 11, 2008.

Bethany Little and Brandon Hoffman. "A Study of Tailored Oriented Microstructures in Thin Silver Films using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD)," XXVII Annual Rochester Symposium for Physics Students, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY., April 5, 2008.

Bethany Little and Brandon Hoffman, "Design and Construction of a Variable Temperature Atomic Force Microscope," XXVI Annual Rochester Symposium for Physics Students, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY., April 21, 2007

Aaron Vodnick, Michael Lawrence, Bethany Little, Derek Worden, and Shefford Baker. "Synchrotron Characterization of Texture and Stress Evolution in Ag Films", in Materials in Transition: Insights from Synchrotron and Neutron Sources, edited by C. Thompson, H.A. Durr, M.F. Toney, D.Y. Noh (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Volume 1027E, Warrendale, PA, 2008), D01-01.

Bethany Little, Daniel Ballard, Derek Worden, Kurt Aikens, Brandon Hoffman, Shefford Baker, Aaron Vodnick, Michael Lawrence, "Study of Tailored Oriented Microstructures in Thin Metal Films using SEM and EBSD" 2007 REU Research Packet (97)