Quantum Engineering

Minor Program in Quantum Engineering

Quantum Engineering is an interdisciplinary program that seeks to equip students for careers in emerging technologies in quantum information sciences. It encompasses a wide range of disciplines that include chemistry, computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, materials science, and physics and is necessarily a collaborative effort among many Mines departments.

Quantum Engineering Minor

Quantum Engineering is an interdisciplinary program that seeks to equip students for careers in emerging technologies in quantum information sciences. It encompasses a wide range of disciplines that include chemistry, computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, materials science, and physics and is necessarily a collaborative effort among many Mines departments.

The interdisciplinary minor in Quantum Engineering requires 18 credits.

QE minor students will be required to take Honors Linear Algebra (MATH342) or Linear Algebra (MATH332) and three of the following courses: Quantum Programming (CSCI481/CSCI581), Low Temperature Microwave Measurement (EENG432/EENG532), Solid State Physics Applications and Phenomena (PHGN441), Microelectronics Processing (PHGN435), and Fundamentals of Quantum Information (PHYS519).

Students may select an additional 2 courses from the list above or the following list to further increase specialization:
PHGN440SOLID STATE PHYSICS3.0
PHGN466MODERN OPTICAL ENGINEERING3.0
PHGN480LASER PHYSICS3.0
CSCI423COMPUTER SIMULATION3.0
CSCI440PARALLEL COMPUTING FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS3.0
CSCI470INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE LEARNING 3.0
CSCI474INTRODUCTION TO CRYPTOGRAPHY3.0
MTGN211STRUCTURE OF MATERIALS3.0
MTGN315ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS3.0
MTGN350STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL AND DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS3.0
MTGN352METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS KINETICS3.0
MTGN456ELECTRON MICROSCOPY2.0
MTGN473COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS3.0
EENG307INTRODUCTION TO FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEMS3.0
EENG383EMBEDDED SYSTEMS4.0
EENG385ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CIRCUITS4.0
EENG411DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING3.0
EENG421SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PHYSICS AND DESIGN3.0
EENG428/430COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS3.0
MATH436ADVANCED STATISTICAL MODELING3.0
MATH438STOCHASTIC MODELS3.0
MATH454COMPLEX ANALYSIS3.0
MATH458ABSTRACT ALGEBRA3.0