How to Teach "Quantum" in the Age of the Second Quantum Revolution

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Quantum mechanics is among the most challenging scientific topics and students constantly struggle to master basic concepts.  Yet, we are in the midst of a second quantum revolution, which will be responsible for many of the key physical technological advances for the 21st century. 

The future STEM workforce need to be familiarized with quantum concepts as well as gaining hands-on experience in the instrumentation widely used in emerging technological areas (e.g., nanotechnology and biomedicine). 

 

Join us as we share experiences in the teaching of quantum topics at different levels; K-12, technical college, and university (from freshman to senior and graduate student levels). 

The topics include: 

  1. lecture classes and easily understandable and affordable experiments with single and entangled photons; 
  2. how to improve students’ learning, especially at large enrollment, and how to evaluate what the students learned; 
  3. how to elicit average students’ interest; 
  4. training technicians; 
  5. K-12 education, outreach activity and public engagement using animations, educational websites, software simulation tools and games devoted to “quantum”. 

This symposium will comprise of a presider overview, 30-min invited talks,  15-min contributed talks and posters.


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  • Date: 16 May 2023
  • Time: 08:30 AM to 05:30 PM
  • All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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  • Co-sponsored by University of Rochester
  • Starts 01 May 2023 05:09 PM
  • Ends 16 May 2023 07:00 AM
  • All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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  Speakers

Bahaa Saleh & Matthew Posner of UCF & Optonique

Topic:

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, APPROACHES AND TOOLS

QUANTUM EDUCATION II: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT (early afternoon session, 1p.m.-2:45 p.m.),
Chair – Bahaa Saleh, University of Central Florida

1. 1 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
#19. “Sustainable education in the age of the second quantum revolution: fifteen years of the University of Rochester NSF supported efforts”, Svetlana G. Lukishova, N. Bigelow, University of Rochester (United States).
2. 1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
#24. “Online lab course using photons”, Y. Pathak, Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany) and Digital Teaching Lab, Max Planck School of Photonics (Germany) and Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision
Engineering IOF (Germany); Rudrakant Sollapur, J. Ziebell, Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany); R. Geiß, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF (Germany); T. Kaiser, F. Setzpfandt, A. Tünnermann, T. Pertsch, Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
(Germany) and Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF (Germany).
3. 1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
#25. “Experimental elective course for Master students”, Rudrakant Sollapur, Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany); F. Eilenberger, Fraunhofer-Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF (Germany); T. Pertsch, F. Setzpfandt, Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany) and Fraunhofer-Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF (Germany).
4. 1:45 p.m. – 2 p.m.
#32. “Development of a multi-perspective approach to quantum education through analog experiments”, Stefan Aehle, Working Group Teaching Methodology in Physics and Astronomy, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany); P. Scheiger, Working Group Teaching Methodology in Physics and Astronomy, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany) and Physics Education 2 Research, 5th Institute of Physics, University of Stuttgart (Germany); T. Reinsch, Physics Education Research, 5th Institute of Physics, University of Stuttgart (Germany).
5. 2 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
#121. “Quantum education as a cornerstone of curriculum and workforce development: perspectives and Insights into current initiatives at the Virginia Tech Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering”, V. Chekuri, M. Fuhrer, I. Wildemann, C. Wu, Virginia Tech Innovation
Campus (United States); B. Sarabi, W. Scales, L. F. Lester, Virginia Tech Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering (United States); V. Kovanis, Virginia Tech Innovation Campus (United States); Ravi Raghunathan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ (United States).
6. 2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
# 129. “Quantum Engineering degree programs for the future national QIS workforce”, Thomas A. Searles, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago (United States).
7. 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
#69. “Should we trade off higher-level mathematics for abstraction to improve student understanding of quantum mechanics?”, James K. Freericks, Georgetown Univ (United States). 

 

QUANTUM EDUCATION III: APPROACHES AND TOOLS (late afternoon 3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.)
Chair – Matthew T. Posner, Optonique


1. 3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
#27. “Measuring Wigner functions of quantum states of light in the undergraduate lab”, J. Álvarez,
Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) and University of Oxford (United Kingdom); A. Martinez, Alejandra Valencia, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia).
2. 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
#43. “Activating teaching with analog experiments to distinguish entanglement and hidden parameters”, Philipp Scheiger, S. Aehle, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Research Group
Teaching Methodology in Physics and Astronomy (Germany); T. Reinsch, University of Stuttgart, Physics Didactics Research (Germany).
3. 3:45 p.m. – 4 p.m.
#83. “Quantum mechanics in a quicker, more intuitive, and accessible way”, Edward F. Deveney, S. Serna, E. Demirbas, Bridgewater State Univ (United States).
4. 4 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
#78. “Qureka! Box: An educational tool for hands-on Quantum Computing”, Araceli VenegasGomez, Qureca Ltd. (United Kingdom); J. Christen Gracia, Universidad de Monterrey (Mexico) and QURECA SPAIN S.L. (Spain); R. Kienhoefer, M. Prokop, QURECA SPAIN S.L. (Spain); M. Kaur, Qureca Ltd. (United Kingdom).
5. 4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
#9. “Teaching quantum to high school students”, Donn M. Silberman, Optics Institute of Southern California (United States).
6. 4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. 
#47. “Educating decision makers on resource allocations for quantum technologies”, Russell Manfield, A. White, M. Harvey, University of Queensland (Australia).

Prof. Svetlana Lukishova of University of Rochester

Topic:

INVITED SPEAKERS SESSION

1. 8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m.
#48. “Quantum optics laboratories with motorized components”, Enrique (Kiko) J. Galvez, N. S. DiBrita, Colgate Univ (United States).
2. 9 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
#134. “Polarization and entanglement of photons as basis for explaining quantum physics”, Alexander I. Lvovsky, Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom).
3. 9:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. 
#53. “Quantum optics experiments in undergraduate labs”, Heather Lewandowski, University of Colorado (United States).
4. 10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
#56. “Quantum education - how to teach a subject that nobody fully understands?”, Mo Hasanovic, Indian River State College (United States).





Agenda

Find the agenda via 

https://etop.creol.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2023/05/SESSIONS_ETOP_QUANTUM_May_11_2023.pdf


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