SQMS Center

Northwestern University
Task: Optical and RF Component Testing Platform for Quantum Transduction Technology
Supervisor: Wang (Fermilab)

Northwestern University
Task: Demonstration of RFSoC QICK Board for Quantum Control and Readout
Supervisor: Zorzetti (Fermilab)

Greenville University
Task: Implementing a Q-Switch Protocol for Active Cavity Mode Reset
Supervisor: Van Zanten (Fermilab)

Yale University
Task: Methods for Scalable Probabilistic Error Cancellation
Supervisor: Orth (Ames National Laboratory)

Northwestern University
Task: Finding Efficient and Fast Variational Algorithms for Qudit Gates
Supervisor: Kurkcuoglu (Fermilab)

Illinois Institute of Technology
Task: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) and Arnold Model of the Proximity Effect
Supervisor: John Zasadzinski (IIT)​

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Task: Modeling Thermal Properties of Coaxial Cables to Improve Quantum Computer Heat Load Predictions
Supervisor: Jackson (Rigetti)

Gettysburg College, PA
Task: Measurement of 1.3GHz Nb Cavity in High magnetic Field for Axion Dark Matter Searches
Supervisor: Giaccone (Fermilab)

Pennsylvania State University
Task: Comparison of the Thermal Conductance of Greased Niobium and Gold-Plated Niobium Bolted to Gold–Plated Copper at Cryogenic Temperatures
Supervisor: Hollister (Fermilab)

Wellesley College
Task: Characterizing removal pathways of niobium pentoxide
Supervisor: Hersam (NU)

Northeastern University
Task: Superconducting Qubits Training Platform
Supervisor: Zorzetti (Fermilab)

BYU
Task: RFSoC Development for Quantum Controls
Supervisors: Montella (Fermilab), Stoughton (Fermilab)

Iowa State University
Task: Imaginary Time Evolution for Combinatorial Optimization
Supervisor: Sohaib (Rigetti), Murthy (Fermilab)

Saint Peter’s University
Task: Quality Factor Analysis in SuperconductingMicrowave Resonators
Supervisors: Mutus (Rigetti), Bal (Fermilab)

Colorado School of Mines
Task: 9-Cell Cavity Coupled to Transmon Qubit3D Modeling and Simulation
Supervisor: Zorzetti (Fermilab)

Northwestern University
Task: Raman Characterization of Modified Niobium Interfaces for Improved Quantum Coherence
Supervisor: Hersam (NU)

Columbia University
Task: Quantum transduction based on very high-Q superconducting cavities
Supervisor: Zorzetti (Fermilab)

Illinois Institute of Technology
Task: Circuit Development for Low Noise Current-Voltage Measurements of Tunnel Junctions
Supervisors: Bal (Fermilab), Zasadzinski (IIT)

Yale University
Task: Variational quantum algorithms for Kitaev’s honeycomb quantum spin model in the presence of a magnetic field
Supervisors: Orth (Ames), Perdue (Fermilab)

University of Chicago
Task: Planar Readout Circuit Design for 3D Qubit System
Supervisor: Zhu (Fermilab)

Brown University
Task: Coupling of 3-D Cavity-Qubit System
Supervisor: Zhu (Fermilab)

Knox College
Task: QIS Ecosystem
Supervisor: Zorzetti (Fermilab)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Task: Exploration of Parameters for Future Dark SRFin DR
Supervisors: Posen (Fermilab), Giaccone (Fermilab)

Illinois Institute of Technology
Task: Planar junction tunneling studies of Nb/Al bilayer films
Supervisors: Zasadzinski (IIT), Checchin (Fermilab)

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Task: Modeling Thermal and Electrical Properties of Copper, Brass, and Aluminum to Determine Optimal Signal Line Configurations for Quantum Computers
Supervisor: Hollister (Fermilab)

Illinois Institute of Technology
Task: Fundamental sources of noise in materials and their mitigation in computing
Supervisors: Perdue (Fermilab), Zasadzinski (IIT)

University of Florida
Task: Monitoring the Effects of Radiation on 2D Transmon Qubits
Supervisor: Tomei (INFN)

UCLA
Task: Investigation of Contributions to the Silicon Loss Tangent at Millikelvin Temperatures
Supervisors: Checchin (Fermilab), Bafia (Fermilab)