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The Pearl Sullivan Engineering IDEAs Clinic hosted an Optics & Quantum Communications Workshop for students from across campus, supported by a group of University of Waterloo alumni who built their careers at Microsoft. 

The three-day event, delivered in partnership with Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and the Quantum-Nano Fabrication and Characterization Facility (QNFCF), introduced 70 Waterloo Engineering students to the emerging field of quantum telecommunications.

Two professors at Waterloo Engineering were awarded funding today to advance quantum communications, sensing and detection.

Dr. Eihab Abdel-Rahman, from systems design engineering, and Dr. Mustafa Yavuz, from mechanical and mechatronics engineering, were among three projects campus-wide to receive more than $1.3 million from a collaboration with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) programs.

Five professors at Waterloo Engineering were awarded a combined total of just over $7 million in funding today through a federal initiative to advance quantum science and technology. 

Dr. Bradley Hauer. Dr. Michael Reimer, Dr. Lan Wei and Dr. Christopher Wilson, all from electrical and computer engineering, and Dr. Sushanta Mitra, of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, were among 13 researchers campus-wide to receive $16.2 million from the National Quantum Strategy for 16 projects.