On March 2, 2021, the Department of Defense (DoD), through the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)), launched a $7.5 million Center of Excellence in Advanced Quantum Sensing (COE-AQS) at Delaware State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The COE-AQS will stimulate research and innovation leading to the development of novel quantum sensing technologies and methodologies. The COE-AQS research will focus on realizing entanglement-enhanced quantum sensing in the form of spin-squeezing in atomic clocks and magnetometers using cold atom platforms. The Center was awarded through the OUSD(R&E)’s HBCU and Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI) Research and Education Program and is administered by the Army Research Laboratory.
Complementing the Center’s research capabilities, the COE-AQS is dedicated to prioritizing quantum information science education to enable a diverse and capable science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. The Center will support undergraduate and graduate scholars in addition to provide internships at defense laboratories with collaborations from DoD researchers to address science and technology challenges. To foster early awareness of DoD research priorities, the Center will also offer training to K-12 students to strengthen the talent pool entering the STEM pipeline.
Read the full press release here.
URL: https://rt.cto.mil/defense-department-launches-center-of-excellence-in-advanced-quantum-sensing/