Events
Quantum Engineering
Quantum Engineering Seminar
Unless specified otherwise, all seminars will take place in CoorsTek 282 on Wednesday 9-9:50 AM.
1/14 - Intro Meeting
We will not have a guest seminar speaker this week. If you are registered for seminar for credit, please plan on attending in-person this week to learn about the format changes for this semester. Join us in CoorsTek 282 (or join virtually https://mines.zoom.us/j/91334869078)
1/21 - Taylor Wagner, Technergetics
We are excited to welcome Taylor Wagner, a Superconducting Research Engineer at Technergetics. Taylor received his PhD in Physics from Colorado School of Mines in 2024, and he also participated in the NSF Research Traineeship in Quantum Engineering.
1/28 - Andrew Marino
Our original speaker had to reschedule due to personal reason, so we will hear from Valentina Lee Capan later this semester. Instead, our seminar this week will be given by Andrew Marino, a current graduate student at Mines. He will talk about his work on the commissioning of the superconducting array for low energy radiation at FRIB. This is a new experiment using superconducting tunnel junction (STJ) radiation detectors implanted on-line with rare isotopes to search for physics beyond the Standard Model, initially targeting scalar and tensor current contributions to the weak force.
Join us in CoorsTek 282 (or join virtually via Zoom https://mines.zoom.us/j/84080909580).
2/4 - No Quantum Engineering Seminar - Career Days
2/11 - Bora Basyildiz, PhD student studying physics at the California Institute of Technology (CalTech)
2/18 - Kylee Shiekh, PhD student, Virginia Tech
We are excited to welcome Kylee Shiekh, a PhD student studying engineering education at Virginia Tech. She completed her undergraduate degree in computational and applied mathematics before receiving her master’s degree in quantum software engineering, both from Colorado School of Mines. She works on many projects related to AI ethics, while also working on how qualitative research may be improved via natural language processing (NLP).Â
2/25 - Lee Capan
We will be hearing from Valentina Lee Capan, a graduate student working in the Wakefield Acceleration and Radiation Generation research group at CU Boulder. She also has experience working at CERN and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.Â
3/4 - No QE Seminar
Join us in CoorsTek 282 (or join virtually via Zoom https://mines.zoom.us/j/84080909580).
3/11 - Quantum Engineering Seminar will be held this week on Friday
3/13, Friday, 10:00-11:00, CK282 - Special Quantum Engineering Seminar
Time and Location: Friday 03/13 10am at CK282 (in person).
Speaker: Sahel Ashhab, Executive Researcher at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Tokyo
Title: Understanding and utilizing multiphoton interactions in circuit QED
Abstract: The remarkable advances in superconducting qubit and resonator technology over the past two decades have allowed the realization of a variety of quantum optics phenomena that had been studied theoretically in the preceding decades but could not be realized with other physical systems. At the same time, these advances stimulated new ideas enabled by the newly emerging experimental capabilities. I will talk about a few of our research results that belong to this category. In particular, I will talk about engineering interactions in which photons are emitted and absorbed in bunches. I will present some of our recent simulation results pertaining to generalized squeezing that is induced by such high-order nonlinearities in quantum optics. Our simulations suggest that higher-order squeezing results in oscillatory dynamics, in contrast to second-order squeezing, which can in theory continue indefinitely to generate infinitely squeezed states. The simulations also exhibit an unusual dependence on whether the number of states in the simulation is odd or even. Finally, I will talk about a situation in which perturbation theory can be applied near a singular point, where conventional wisdom says that perturbation theory cannot be applied.
About the Speaker: Sahel Ashhab is an Executive Researcher at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Tokyo, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2002. His research interests include quantum information, superconducting circuits, Bose-Einstein condensation and the use of machine learning techniques for physics applications.
Join us in CoorsTek 282 (or join virtually via Zoom https://mines.zoom.us/j/84080909580).
3/18 - No QE Seminar - APS Global Summit
3/25 - No QE Seminar - Spring Break
4/1 - No Seminar
4/8 - No Seminar
4/15 - Linsey Rodenbach, Nvidia
We are excited to welcome Dr. Linsey Rodenbach from Nvidia as our seminar speaker this week. Dr. Rodenbach received her PhD in Physics from Stanford University. She then worked at Zurich Instruments as an application scientist for quantum technologies. She now works as the Developer Relations Manager in Quantum Computing – Higher Education and Research at Nvidia. Coffee and snacks will be provided!
Join us in CoorsTek 282 (or join virtually via Zoom https://mines.zoom.us/j/84080909580).
4/22 - Sean Braxton
4/29 - Dr. Stefanie Tompkins
5/6 - No Quantum Engineering Seminar
Join us in CoorsTek 282 (or join virtually via Zoom https://mines.zoom.us/j/84080909580).
Quantum Lunch is a weekly gathering where we come together to enjoy lunch and engage with academic presentations. Each session features a speaker who delves into a specialized topic, fostering discussions in a relaxed atmosphere. Whether you’re looking to deepen your understanding, exchange ideas, or simply connect with fellow students over a meal, Quantum Lunch is the perfect opportunity to achieve that.
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Event Details:Â https://oreconnect.mines.edu/rsvp?id=1594713
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