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Linking Quantum Sensing Technologies across Disciplines
NRT LinQ: Linking Quantum Sensing Technologies across Disciplines
A Convergent Quantum Sciences and Engineering Graduate NSF Training Program
Our Vision
The NSF-funded Research Traineeship Linking Quantum Sensing Technologies across Disciplines (
NRT LinQ
) project aims to foster a rich scientific community in St. Louis built on engagement, professional development, and peer collaboration, in order to achieve a diverse, quantum-technology-enabled workforce.
We are targeting late-stage graduate students who have research interests in “quantum sensing” broadly defined to become a
Participant
or a
Trainee
in the NRT LinQ team. Both groups will have access to newly-developed resources, such as professional development workshops, and interdisciplinary connections to propel them to rewarding professional careers.
Our Plan
To prepare our graduate students for the quantum workforce, we will develop new interdisciplinary course content and build connections across research and technology-transfer platforms. Through learning across disciplines, we will improve the language fluency of our graduate students in quantum science and engineering, as well as research in three broad areas: “looking out” beyond the Earth and into the universe; “looking in” to meso- and microscopic domains of quantum material phenomena; and “looking at new (phenomena)”, wherein we strive to use the processes and procedures of quantum sensing to access unmeasured and novel realms.
Participants
are all STEM graduate students from WashU, UMSL, SLU, and Harris Stowe State University, who are able to access these NRT LinQ-enhanced opportunities for education and professional training.
Trainees
(4th year graduate students, ideally) are WashU STEM graduate students who will be eligible for short-term funded collaborative research or professional development internships (information below).
Our Impact
The St. Louis and Midwest regions have needs for a technologically-trained workforce, especially with the development of new quantum-enabled research themes in sensing. Our NRT LinQ team will support 40 Trainees with funded internships, who will be part of a larger group of over 100 Participants, all of whom benefit from new educational and professional training. Beyond that, our outreach efforts into the St. Louis community at large will allow new learning opportunities and training for Missouri and other Midwestern state teachers and educators to bring quantum science into their own classrooms.
Awards and Notables
A quantum launch
5.19.19
NSF funds training program to boost regional quantum workforce
7.28.22
Matthew Lew
Assistant Professor of Electrical & Systems Engineering and Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy)
mdlew@wustl.edu
314-935-6790
Professor Matthew Lew designs our single-molecule probes pushing the measurement limits to the quantum noise limit.
Sheretta Butler-Barnes
Dean’s Distinguished Professorial Scholar, Professor of Developmental Psychology
sbarnes22@wustl.edu
314-935-8318
Kathi Beyer
External Evaluator
kmbeyer@wustl.edu
Keith Stine
Department Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UMSL
Irma Kuljanishvili
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Physics at SLU
Harvey Fields
CO-PI and Site Director for MOLSAMP, Associate Dean for Student Success
Charlie Stewart
Program Coordinator for NRT LinQ
charlenes@wustl.edu
314-935-7324
Research
Putting the Moon under a quantum diamond microscope
Putting the Moon under a quantum diamond microscope
12.19.25
The Ampersand
Research
Superconducting qubit foundry accelerates progress in quantum research
The foundry gives the wider research community access to Lincoln Laboratory’s expertise in fabricating quantum circuits.
7.13.23
Our Partners
Collaborating Universities:
Harris Stowe State University - Office of STEM Initiatives
Saint Louis University - Department of Physics
University of Missouri- St. Louis - Department of Chemistry
Companies:
Raytheon
Impossible Sensing
Gateway Quantum Electronics
National Labs:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Evaluation:
Katherine Beyer
PhD Internships (for WashU students)
Scientific Collaborations
Click here to see a list of the possible internships with academic labs
Professional Development Opportunities
Click here to see a list of industrial professional development opportunities
Visit!
Cupples II - Office of Lead PI Sophia Hayes and Program Coordinator Charlie Stewart
Crow & Compton Hall- Physics Building and Seminar Rooms
McKelvey Hall- McKelvey School of Engineering
This material is based upon work supported by the NSF under Grant No. "2152221"
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