ExpandQISE: Track 2: A Quantum Science Education and Research Program for HBCUs: Exotic Physics and Applications of Solid-State Qubits

非技术描述：量子信息科学与工程（QISE）被广泛认为是实现改变游戏规则的科学突破和变革性新量子计算，传感和通信技术的关键驱动力，以确保国家安全和保持美国的经济竞争力。和行业，以有效地推进QISE前沿通过从事多元化的劳动力。然而，历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）缺乏对学生进行QISE培训所需的师资力量和实验室基础设施。这个为期五年的项目旨在通过与东北大学密切合作，在霍华德大学（HU）建立一个广泛的QISE研究和培训计划来填补这一关键空白，东北大学的量子研究和教育计划已经建立。合作的国家实验室和行业有：国家标准与技术研究所（NIST），国家可再生能源实验室（NREL），IBM，Quantum Design和Qnami。该项目的科学重点是量子位或量子位的建模、发现、理解和应用，量子位或量子位是QISE生态系统的关键组成部分，就像经典位是现代电子革命的基础一样。这一努力也将为其他HBCU和少数民族服务机构（MSI）在整个美国提供路线图。推动自己在QISE中的领导角色。技术描述：该项目正在与东北大学密切合作，并与国家实验室（NIST和NREL）和行业（IBM，Quantum Design和Qnami）合作，在HU开展充满活力的QISE研究和培训计划。研究和培训活动围绕着三个高度相互关联的重点。(1)研究量子比特与电磁场、自旋、离子、量子点和其他系统相互作用的混合结构，以更深入地理解和推进量子传感和转导技术。(2)合理设计和深入评估二维基质材料中的缺陷量子位，包括自旋轨道耦合、声子、核自旋和温度的影响。和（3），使用商用低温扫描金刚石-氮-空位磁力计（SNVM）-美国MSI的第一台此类磁力计-以前所未有的分辨率和灵敏度对量子系统进行低温纳米级映射和探索，以解开奇异电荷和自旋现象的基本原理，并实现改进的量子位设计。本科生，研究生和博士后学生和教师在胡积极参与实验和理论研究和培训活动，在项目的所有三个推力切割。QISE劳动力发展工作包括：涉及HU学生和教师的研讨会，以激发对国家实验室和R1大学各种QISE培训计划的认识;与国家和行业合作伙伴合作的机会，包括访问IBM云量子计算和东北大学的集成EQUAL平台，用于生长，制造和表征量子比特材料和设备的实践培训;和，新的QISE课程的发展，以支持在胡专业QISE硕士学位课程。外展活动包括建立一个门户网站，介绍QISE的最新发现，并录制每月项目研讨会和电子暑期学校的录像，以教育和吸引公众参与QISE主题。该项目由多学科活动办公室（MPS/OMA）和技术前沿计划（TIP/TF）联合资助该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Non-Technical description: Quantum information science and engineering (QISE) is widely recognized as a key driver for realizing game-changing scientific breakthroughs and transformative new quantum computing, sensing, and communication technologies for ensuring national security and maintaining the economic competitiveness of the U.S. It is necessary to build partnerships between academia, national laboratories, and industry in order to effectively advance the QISE forefront by engaging a diverse workforce. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), however, lack the needed faculty strength and laboratory infrastructure for QISE training of students. This five-year project aims to fill this critical gap by establishing an expansive QISE research and training program at Howard University (HU) in close partnership with Northeastern University, where quantum research and education programs are well-established. Collaborating national laboratories and industries are: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), IBM, Quantum Design, and Qnami. The scientific focus of the project is on modeling, discovery, understanding, and applications of quantum bits or qubits, which are the key components of the QISE ecosystem, much as the classical bits underlie the modern electronics revolution. This effort will also provide a roadmap for other HBCUs and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) throughout the U.S. to propel themselves toward leadership roles in QISE.Technical description: This project is pursuing a vibrant QISE research and training program at HU in close partnership with Northeastern University and collaborations involving national laboratories (NIST and NREL), and industry (IBM, Quantum Design, and Qnami). The research and training activities are centered around three highly interlinked thrusts. (1) Investigation of hybrid structures of qubits interacting with electromagnetic fields, spins, ions, quantum dots, and other systems to gain a deeper understanding and advancement of quantum sensing and transduction technologies. (2) Rational design and in-depth evaluation of defect qubits in two-dimensional host materials, including effects of spin-orbit couplings, phonons, nuclear spins, and temperature. And (3), low-temperature nanoscale mapping and exploration of quantum systems using a commercial cryogenic scanning diamond-Nitrogen-vacancy magnetometer (SNVM) - the first of its kind at an MSI in the US—with unprecedented resolution and sensitivity for unraveling the fundamentals of exotic charge and spin phenomena and achieving improved qubit designs. Undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students and faculty at HU are participating vigorously in experimental and theoretical research and training activities, cutting across all three thrusts in the project. QISE workforce development efforts include: workshops involving HU students and faculty to ignite awareness about various QISE training programs at the national labs and R1 universities; opportunities to collaborate with national and industry partners, including access to IBM Cloud for quantum computing and Northeastern University’s integrated EQUAL platform for hands-on training in growing, fabricating, and characterizing qubit materials and devices; and, development of new QISE courses to support a professional QISE master’s degree program at HU. Outreach activities include the creation of a web portal to highlight recent QISE discoveries and video recordings of monthly project seminars and e-summer schools to educate and engage the public in QISE topics.This project is jointly funded by The Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (MPS/OMA) and Technology Frontiers Program (TIP/TF).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.