Building a Quantum Engineering Undergraduate Program
Building a Quantum Engineering Undergraduate Program
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DOI：
10.1109/te.2022.3144943
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发表时间：
2021-08
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2.6
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A. Asfaw;A. Blais;K. Brown;Jonathan Candelaria;Christoph M. Cantwell;L. Carr;J. Combes;D. Debroy;J. M. Donohue;S. Economou;Emily Edwards;M. F. Fox;S. Girvin;A. Ho;Hilary M. Hurst;Z. Jacob;Blake R. Johnson;E. Johnston-Halperin;R. Joynt;E. Kapit;J. Klein-Seetharaman;M. Laforest;H. Lewandowski;T. Lynn;C. McRae;C. Merzbacher;S. Michalakis;P. Narang;W. Oliver;J. Palsberg;D. Pappas;M. Raymer;D. Reilly;M. Saffman;T. Searles;J. Shapiro;C. Singh
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A. Asfaw;A. Blais;K. Brown;Jonathan Candelaria;Christoph M. Cantwell;L. Carr;J. Combes;D. Debroy;J. M. Donohue;S. Economou;Emily Edwards;M. F. Fox;S. Girvin;A. Ho;Hilary M. Hurst;Z. Jacob;Blake R. Johnson;E. Johnston-Halperin;R. Joynt;E. Kapit;J. Klein-Seetharaman;M. Laforest;H. Lewandowski;T. Lynn;C. McRae;C. Merzbacher;S. Michalakis;P. Narang;W. Oliver;J. Palsberg;D. Pappas;M. Raymer;D. Reilly;M. Saffman;T. Searles;J. Shapiro;C. Singh
贡献：提供了建立量子工程教育计划的路线图，以满足美国国内和国际劳动力的需求。背景：快速发展的量子信息科学与工程（QISE）行业将需要具有量子意识和精通量子的学士级工程师。研究问题：提供可针对整个学术生态系统量身定制的灵活框架的最佳方式是什么？方法：召开了由来自学术界、政府、行业和国家实验室的 480 名 QISE 研究人员参加的研讨会，以借鉴最佳实践；代表性作者制定了该路线图。研究结果：1) 对于具有量子意识的工程师，描述了所有 STEM 学生都可以学习的第一门量子工程课程的设计； 2）对于精通量子的工程师的教育和培训，无论是面向所有STEM专业的量子工程辅修课程，还是直接融入各个工程专业的量子轨道，都非常详细，只需要三到四门新开发的课程来补充现有的STEM课程； 3) 制定了可在任何高等教育机构（包括社区学院和军事学校）实施的概念性 QISE 课程； 4) QISE 提供了绝佳的机会来纠正工程领域持续普遍存在的包容性和公平问题。提出了这样做的计划，以及量子工程教育如何提供一系列优秀的教育研究机会； 5) 概述了量子硬件的实践培训计划，这是任何量子工程项目的关键组成部分，涉及多种技术，包括光学、原子和离子、低温和固态技术、纳米制造以及控制和读出电子学。
Contribution: A roadmap is provided for building a quantum engineering education program to satisfy U.S. national and international workforce needs. Background: The rapidly growing quantum information science and engineering (QISE) industry will require both quantum-aware and quantum-proficient engineers at the bachelor’s level. Research Question: What is the best way to provide a flexible framework that can be tailored for the full academic ecosystem? Methodology: A workshop of 480 QISE researchers from across academia, government, industry, and national laboratories was convened to draw on best practices; representative authors developed this roadmap. Findings: 1) For quantum-aware engineers, design of a first quantum engineering course, accessible to all STEM students, is described; 2) for the education and training of quantum-proficient engineers, both a quantum engineering minor accessible to all STEM majors, and a quantum track directly integrated into individual engineering majors are detailed, requiring only three to four newly developed courses complementing existing STEM classes; 3) a conceptual QISE course for implementation at any postsecondary institution, including community colleges and military schools, is delineated; 4) QISE presents extraordinary opportunities to work toward rectifying issues of inclusivity and equity that continue to be pervasive within engineering. A plan to do so is presented, as well as how quantum engineering education offers an excellent set of education research opportunities; and 5) a hands-on training plan on quantum hardware is outlined, a key component of any quantum engineering program, with a variety of technologies, including optics, atoms and ions, cryogenic and solid-state technologies, nanofabrication, and control and readout electronics.