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New course PHYS 391/590 on Ideas in Quantum Science and Technology

In Spring 2024, the course “Ideas in Quantum Science and Technology” will introduce quantum concepts, technologies, and careers to Mason undergraduate students of science, engineering, K-12 education, business, policy, and ethics. The course will be taught by Jessica Rosenberg, QSEC Education Director and Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy. No prior math, physics, or quantum knowledge is needed.

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QSEC Physicist receives Mason’s first DOE Early Career Award

Fereshte Ghahari Kermani is a 2023 Early Career U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Research awardee. Photo by Evan Cantwell/George Mason University

QSEC faculty member Fereshte Ghahari Kermani, Assistant Professor of Physics, recently received U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Award, which highlights the significance of her contributions to the field of condensed matter physics. She is the first Mason faculty member to receive this honor. Ghahari will look specifically at quantum electronic properties of charge carriers in graphene nanostructures.

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Mason represents Virginia at the 2023 Quantum World Congress

George Mason University was the only university representing Virginia at the 2023 Quantum World Congress (QWC) underscoring its commitment to quantum advancements. QSEC played a pivotal role in rallying faculty and students to make a strong showing and enrich the program of QWC. 

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QSEC Researchers Receive NSF Funds for Quantum Teaching in Both Elementary Classrooms and College

QSEC research groups, led by Dr. Nancy Holincheck and Dr. Weiwen Jiang, has been recently awarded for research funds by NSF on quantum teaching and learning in elementary classrooms and college, correspondingly.

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QSEC Faculty Receives NSF Funds for Quantum Computing Research

QSEC faculty members Dr. Fei Wang, and Dr. Weiwen Jiang, Dr. Jessica Rosenberg, and Dr. Mingzhen Tian has been recently awarded for research funds by NSF on simulation of non-Markovian quantum dynamics and Enabling Temporal-Reliable Quantum Learning, correspondingly.

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Mason represents Virginia at the 2022 Quantum World Congress

George Mason University was the only university representing Virginia at the 2022 Quantum World Congress (QWC). Representing Mason at QWC, QSEC galvanized faculty and students to make a strong showing and enrich the program of the conference.

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QWC Session: Quantum in your classroom

Quantum in your Classroom is an introduction to quantum science for elementary, middle, and high school teachers. Come learn about what quantum is, why it is important for your students, and where you can find resources to integrate it into your classrooms. No prior knowledge of quantum is required. Future professional development opportunities will be available to participants.

Speaker: Jessica Rosenberg, Nancy Holincheck | George Mason University

Tuesday, November 29, 2022,  5-7 pm at Quantum World Congress

https://www.quantumworldcongress.com/bootcamps/gmu

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Seminar: PostPandemic Tool for Quantum Materials and vice-versa

PostPandemic Tool for Quantum Materials and vice-versa

Speaker: Kenneth Burch

LASE | Laboratory for Assembly and Spectroscopy of Emergence | Boston College

Friday, October 28, 2022,  3:45 pm

Zoom: https://gmu.zoom.us/j/96092544292

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Research Grant: experimental and theoretical studies of iron pnictides through zero field nuclear magnetic resonance

 

QSEC members Dr. Karen Sauer’s team have recently received a grant from NSF to continue the experimental and theoretical studies of iron pnictides through zero field nuclear magnetic resonance.

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QSEC faculty collaborates with NIST, ANL and ORNL to discover a new topological magnetic state

 

QSEC member, Professor Nirmal Ghimire of GMU leads a group of materials science experts from Mason, NIST, ANL, and ORNL to discover a quantum phenomenon that has the potential to become a building block of future electronic technology emerges at high temperatures from a mechanism not before realized, the result of which is published on Science Advances, doi:10.1126/sciadv.abe2680.

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