Building a Quantum Engineering Undergraduate Program
Oliver, William · DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) · 2022
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 quantumaware 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