Quantum Engineering

Thursday, 10/17, Marquez Hall 322 @ 10AM Joel Howard Senior Quantum Engineer at Rigetti Computing Precision Hamiltonian Engineering of Flux-Tunable Superconducting Qubits Joel Howard received his master’s in applied physics at Mines. Working with Drs. Meenakshi Singh and Zhexuan Gong, he developed fast entangling gates on a two-transmon system in collaboration with the Quantum Electrodynamics […]

Thursday, 10/31, Marquez Hall 322 @ 10AM Ryan Bilotta Northrop Grumman Quantum Characterization, Verification, and Validation (QCVV) Papers: https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12064, https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.01928, https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.07301 Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/msun8t2p

Thursday, 11/21, Marquez Hall 322 @ 10AM Fateme Mahdikhany Photonics Engineer Icarus Quantum This talk regards Icarus' work designing photon sources for quantum communication networks. Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/msun8t2p

Tuesday, 12/03, Stratton Hall 313 @ 10AM NICHOLAS MATERISE Physicist Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Dr. Materise will be presenting on the work that he does as a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he designs and measures superconducting circuits for quantum computing and simulation. Join us in Stratton Hall 313, or on your computer […]

In lieu of a Quantum Engineering Seminar this week, we will be hosting a casual beginning of semester social gathering. Join us for snacks and conversation about quantum or anything else!

We are excited to welcome Zlatko Minev of IBM via Zoom to give seminar this week! Dr. Minev is the technical lead and manager of Qiskit Leap and Qiskit Metal, two groups within IBM that focus on quantum software development and quantum hardware. Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/msun8t2p, (password: 108375 if necessary)

John Gaebler Quantinuum This will be an in-person (Labriola 202) seminar and available via Zoom (https://mines.zoom.us/s/97076035397). Abstract: I will discuss the motivation for running random circuit sampling algorithms (RCS) on current quantum computers and present some recent RCS results from Quantinuum. I will also briefly introduce the basics of trapped-ion quantum computing architectures and challenges […]

Jeff Broderick, Chief Scientist at Epilog Laser, will speak about his work in industry and academia. Join us from 9:00 am - 10:00 am in Labriola 202 or join via Zoom  (https://mines.zoom.us/s/97076035397)

Vescent Photonics Vescent specializes in cold atom science, optical clocks, and laser stabilization - all of which closely support the local quantum ecosystem. Join us from 9:00 am - 10:00 am in Labriola 202 or join via Zoom  (https://mines.zoom.us/s/97076035397)

Due to unforeseen circumstances, our seminar speaker, Zach Newman, from Octave Photonics will not be able to attend this week. Instead, we will be hosting a discussion of the recent Microsoft Majorana 1 results. We will watch some videos from Microsoft and third party reviews, then critically discuss the impact of these results on the […]

Sara Sussman, Post-doctoral fellow at Fermilab Dr. Sussman currently works on open source SoC-based qubit control and superconducting qubit device design/fabrication, and she previously worked on the Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector. Join us from 9:00 am – 10:00 am in Labriola 202 or join via Zoom  (https://mines.zoom.us/s/97076035397)

no seminar - Spring Break

Jake Davidson, NIST Quantum Networking Hardware two ways: Quantum Repeaters and Quantum Transducers. Join us from 9:00 am – 10:00 am in Labriola 202 or join via Zoom  https://mines.zoom.us/s/97076035397

Wednesday, April 9th - Quantum Engineering Seminar When: 9:00 am - 10:00 am Where: Labriola 202 or join via Zoom (https://mines.zoom.us/s/97076035397) What: We are excited to welcome Zach Newman, one of the co-founders of Octave Photonics! Octave Photonics specializes in fabricating and packaging cutting-edge nonlinear nanophotonic components. This talk was rescheduled from Mines Quantum Week, […]

Israel Hernandez. Illinois Tech Abstract: One of the key challenges in dark matter detection lies in developing highly sensitive detectors capable of identifying low-energy depositions resulting from interactions between light dark matter and target materials. In this context, materials that support low-energy phonon excitations hold significant promise. Building on this, we investigate energy transport in […]