Summer research camp QuDrive

The summer research camp QuDrive  (the name reflects the research focus on optically driven quantum  materials ) has been created with support from NSF, and run for the first time during July 7-12, 2024. In 2026, the QuDrive was organized during the 07/13-07/17. 

The camp is conducted by Prof.Kalugin (New Mexico Tech) and Prof.Barbara (Georgetown University).  

The student participation in the Summer 2026 was - one NMT student, one GU graduate student, one Community College of Central New Mexico (CNM-Albuquerque) student, and four graduate student-teachers from the NMT's Master of Science for Teachers (MST) program. 

In 2025, we had one undergraduate NMT student, one CNM student, two student-teachers from MST program, and two graduate students (a MS student from NMT and a PhD student from GU).

Our activities included safety training, demonstration and training to perform Meissner effect experiment with a high-Tc superconductor, the quantum transport (Hall effect and quantum Hall effect in graphene, magnetic field generation, superconductivity in  NbTi) measurements, and photoluminescence experiments.   Prof. N.Kalugin, Prof. P.Barbara, and Prof. S.Chowdhury provided tutorials about quantum transport, optical properties of quantum materials, about phonons and excitons in 2D materials using MoS2 as an example.

The camp provides stipends for participating students.

If you are interested in participating in the activities of QuDrive camp in 2027, please contact Prof. Kalugin