I missed this last year, but Yale has established a Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering. Who will be the first to file out a tax for with “Occupation: Quantum Engineer?”
Update: Oh, and I missed this one too. The University of Maryland, NIST, and the NSA have established the Joint Quantum Institute under the direction of Christopher J. Lobb and Carl J. Williams. It will be hard for west coast types to avoid jokes about what they are smoking at this institute, won’t it? 🙂
O brave new quantum world!
Surprised you missed this. There was an article announcing it in the previous issue of The Quantum Times. Tsk tsk.
It looks like the first quantum engineer was John Bell. See the article by Gisin:
http://www.gap-optique.unige.ch/Publications/Pdf/JBellsym.pdf
Cheers,
Marco
Hey Marco, I had forgotten about that article, but (like many of Gisin’s articles) it is a great article. I love the idea that on Sunday’s you contemplate the deep questions!
On the first and third Wednesday of every month, we run a Foundations of Quantum System Engineering (QSE) Seminar at the University of Washington Department of Mechanical Engineering.
The goal of this seminar is to establish foundations for eventual ABET certification of programs in quantum system engineering. The above handout has details. If you’re in Seattle, you’re welcome to attend.
This is the third year of the seminar, and the first year that we think we know where it’s going! 🙂