Newsworthy
News Release from AAPT https://www.uta.edu/news/news-releases/2024/10/03/uta-professor-honored-for-science-education-leadership
The Quantum for All project is focused on integrating STEM lessons. Background expertise comes from multiple sources including the PI who is one of 3 people highlighted in this article on STEM from UTA. UTA STEM
NSF Discovery Files Podcast (8.26.24) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apL0uE_dt84
UTA Shorthorn 7/25/24 https://www.theshorthorn.com/news/uta-spearheads-quantum-for-all-science-initiative/article_a7904858-4ab9-11ef-80de-cfabba58ed1b.html
UTA spearheads Quantum For All science initiative _ News _ theshorthorn.com
UTA website (7.24) https://www.uta.edu/news/news-releases/2024/07/10/bringing-quantum-tools-to-high-school-classrooms
UTA website (9.22.23) https://www.uta.edu/news/news-releases/2023/09/22/quantum-information-science
The Conversation (9.11.23) https://theconversation.com/quantum-information-science-is-rarely-taught-in-high-school-heres-why-that-matters-210112
University of Texas Arlington (7.21.23) https://www.uta.edu/news/news-releases/2023/07/20/on-a-mission-to-bring-quantum-physics-to-high-school-classrooms
Dallas Morning News (7.10.23) https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2023/07/10/its-your-future-high-schoolers-and-teachers-learn-quantum-at-ut-arlington-camp/
PDF QuantumLearningprint_DallasMornNews QuantumLearningprint_7.10.23 p. 2
Arlington Independent School District (7.4.23) https://www.aisd.net/district-news/quantum-is-for-all/?fbclid=IwAR3L1Zbx3F-u9rMitAIZZHPjADUD6uKXd7fmB3PmxTw-pZwmUGUSxHxgFng_aem_AQijAA0zELxkMLXUBJanAHAgZSUZILJ7k2Umzu0a3LtmjfmlhjJc0D66POrpNvZl3eU&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
PDF ‘It’s your future’_ High schoolers and teachers learn quantum at UT Arlington camp
University of Texas Arlington (8.4.22) https://www.uta.edu/news/news-releases/2022/08/03/uta-physics-professor-leads-national-quantum-initiative-for-high-school-teachers
Arlington Independent School District https://www.aisd.net/district-
Dallas Morning News https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/06/17/ut-arlington-researchers-aim-to-help-teachers-bring-quantum-physics-into-the-classroom/
An article published by APS details background information on the "quantum trek" of Karen Matsler https://aps.org/publications/
Q2Work is hosting a workshop Feb. 24 aimed at people working on designing, implementing, and/or scaling quantum education programs. The list of speakers is attached Q2Workshop Speakers
Chicago Quantum Exchange Summit 2021, Education and Workforce Panel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiTHzHZVJ6I&t=2032s
The National Quantum Initiative Program was signed into law January 2019. It was designed to invest in our future technology workforce pipelines by preparing our current students K-12. There was a recognition that national efforts were going to be necessary in order to maintain a role in quantum information, systems, and technology applications.
Latest release (Dec 2020) summarizing National K-12 Efforts
https://www.quantum.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/SummaryQ12KickOffEvent.pdf
On behalf of the Interagency Working Group on Workforce, Industry and Infrastructure, under the NSTC subcommittee on Quantum Information Science (QIS), the National Science Foundation invited 25 researchers and educators to come together in March 2020 to deliberate on defining a core set of key concepts for future QIS learners that could provide a starting point for further curricular and educator development activities. The group outlined 9 Core Concepts for QIS Learning. For more information on the meeting: https://qis-learners.research.illinois.edu/about/
- Quantum information science (QIS) exploits quantum principles to transform how information is acquired, encoded, manipulated, and applied. Quantum information science encompasses quantum computing, quantum communication, and quantum sensing, and spurs other advances in science and technology.
- A quantum state is a mathematical representation of a physical system, such as an atom, and provides the basis for processing quantum information.
- Quantum applications are designed to carefully manipulate fragile quantum systems without observation to increase the probability that the final measurement will provide the intended result.
- The quantum bit, or qubit, is the fundamental unit of quantum information, and is encoded in a physical system, such as polarization states of light, energy states of an atom, or spin states of an electron.
- Entanglement, an inseparable relationship between multiple qubits, is a key property of quantum systems necessary for obtaining a quantum advantage in most QIS applications.
- For quantum information applications to be successfully completed, fragile quantum states must be preserved, or kept coherent.
- Quantum computers, which use qubits and quantum operations, will solve certain complex computational problems more efficiently than classical computers.
- Quantum communication uses entanglement or a transmission channel, such as optical fiber, to transfer quantum information between different locations.
- Quantum sensing uses quantum states to detect and measure physical properties with the highest precision allowed by quantum mechanics.
