A graduate student at Waterloo Engineering is the inaugural winner of a new scholarship for women in the field of quantum information science.
Cindy Yang, who is doing a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering, has had a passion for acoustic and superconducting waves since learning how to make photonic devices.
Cindy Yang is a master's student at Waterloo Engineering.
She will receive $7,500 as winner of the Raymond Laflamme and Janice Gregson Graduate Scholarship for Women in Quantum Information Science.
“Quantum research is challenging,” Yang said in a media release. “A lot of time research work can feel trivial, but in quantum, any little step is big. It’s a lot of firsts. I’m so thankful for this scholarship because it will allow me to focus on my research. I have a lot of learning to do.”
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