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 2025, the QuDrive was organized during the 07/21-07/25. 

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

The student participation in the Summer 2024 was - two NMT students, one GU graduate student, one Community College of Central New Mexico (CNM-Albuquerque) student, and one graduate student-teached from the NMT's Master of Science for Teachers (MST) program student. 

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 tutorial (Hall effect, quantum Hall effect, magnetic field generation, superconductivity as phenomenon, measurements) provided by Profs.Kalugin and Barbara, the optical properties of quantum materials tutorial, the tutorial about phonons and excitons in 2D materials using MoS2 as an example, and the demonstrations of Hall/quantum Hall, Raman scattering and Pholotulinescence experiments. 

The camp provides stipends for participating students.

If you are interested in participating in the activities of QuDrive camp in 2026, please contact Prof. Kalugin