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QU-Reach Program

QU-Reach Program

research partners Andrew Gilbert and Roberts Ituah worked on quantum sensing by analyzing the fluorescent and magnetic qualities of Nitrogen-Vacancy centers in diamond.

Roberts Ituah, a fourth-year

Roberts Ituah, a fourth-year

engineering physics major specializing in mechanical engineering at New Mexico State University, receives hands-on undergraduate research training

Research partners

Research partners

Andrew Gilbert and Roberts Ituah display their professional-style poster, which was a requirement as part of the QU-Reach Program. Each group presented their poster at the end of the 10-week session.

From infrared light,

From infrared light,

student researchers including Sara Nguyen created four-wave mixing through an optical fiber. Four-wave mixing is when two green photons annihilate each other to create a blue and red photo as seen in the image.

QU-Reach Group

photo of the first-year participants (l. to r.): Victor Acosta, Wilson Ramirez, Kushal Kadel, Idalis Hernandez, Ashlyn Vigil, Erika Sommer, Petra Peirce, Keegan Chavez, Roberts Ituah, Sara Nguyen, Carl Miles and Tara Drake.

New summer program in quantum technologies provides undergrad research opportunities

By Steve Carr August 21, 2021

Categories: Front Page College of Arts & Sciences Chemistry Physics & Astronomy School of Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering Mechanical Engineering CHTM Research

Tags: research CQuIC

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