• UC Berkeley launches EE290‑Superconducting Quantum Circuits, blending theory and hands‑on design. • Students design superconducting qubit chips, then fabricate and test them in cryogenic labs. • Course funded by CIQC, pioneering full‑stack quantum engineering curriculum. • Teams use simulation tools, tape‑out process, and cryostats colder than deep space. • Hands‑on experience bridges gap between abstract quantum theory and practical hardware. • Students’ chips validated against simulations, demonstrating real‑world performance. • Course prepares future quantum engineers, addressing industry skill shortages.
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- Dione Rossiter, January 26, 2026 In a groundbreaking new course supported by the CIQC, students aren’t just learning the equations behind quantum mechanics, they are designing and measuring their own superconducting qubit chips. Walk into the laboratory of CIQC Investigator Alp Sipahigil in early December, and you won’t see students sitting in lecture halls. Instead, you will find teams of graduate and undergraduate researchers huddled around cryostats, instruments capable of cooling electronics to temperatures colder than deep space. Inside those chambers are quantum chips that the students d
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