The center will capitalize on the university’s strong research programs and partnerships in quantum science and systems engineering, and pursue collaborations with industry and government labs to help take promising quantum advances from the lab to the marketplace. QTC will also train students in the development and application of quantum technologies to produce a workforce educated in quantum-related engineering.

The new center is a collaboration between UMD’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the A. James Clark School of Engineering and UMD’s Department of Physics in the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS).