TY - JOUR KW - Electrical and Electronic Engineering KW - Education AU - Abraham Asfaw AU - Alexandre Blais AU - Kenneth Brown AU - Jonathan Candelaria AU - Christopher Cantwell AU - Lincoln Carr AU - Joshua Combes AU - Dripto Debroy AU - John Donohue AU - Sophia Economou AU - Emily Edwards AU - Michael Fox AU - Steven Girvin AU - Alan Ho AU - Hilary Hurst AU - Zubin Jacob AU - Blake Johnson AU - Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin AU - Robert Joynt AU - Eliot Kapit AU - Judith Klein-Seetharaman AU - Martin Laforest AU - H. Lewandowski AU - Theresa Lynn AU - Corey McRae AU - Celia Merzbacher AU - Spyridon Michalakis AU - Prineha Narang AU - William Oliver AU - Jens Palsberg AU - David Pappas AU - Michael Raymer AU - David Reilly AU - Mark Saffman AU - Thomas Searles AU - Jeffrey Shapiro AU - Chandralekha Singh AB -

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.

BT - IEEE Transactions on Education DO - 10.1109/te.2022.3144943 N2 -

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.

PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) PY - 2022 EP - 220 T2 - IEEE Transactions on Education TI - Building a Quantum Engineering Undergraduate Program UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9705217 VL - 65 SN - 0018-9359, 1557-9638 ER -