CHEM.5780 Quantum Materials
Id: 042880 Credits: 3-3Description
In recent years, quantum computing has made significant progress, potentially accelerating the discovery process in science and engineering, including materials and life sciences. This course focuses on how quantum computing techniques can be used to gain a better understanding of these domains, particularly how they can assist in the development and enhancement of knowledge in materials chemistry. The course is designed to provide a practical introduction to Qiskit® and IBM quantum experience for STEM students It includes widely used quantum algorithms for materials in chemistry, with practical examples of setting up tools and models using Python notebooks. Students will work on a project spanning a semester, providing them with hands-on experience in building a model addressing a particular chemistry challenge. This course meets the Core Curriculum Applied and Integrative Learning Essential Learning Outcome, helping students synthesize their learning experiences, providing them with skills and the disposition to build learning across the curriculum and co-curriculum and to realize the benefits of experiential learning opportunities in or beyond the classroom. The course explores quantum chemical concepts and the postulates of quantum mechanics in a modern fashion, with the intent to see how chemistry and computing intertwine. Along the way, students will learn about quantum information theory and computation. The course builds a framework of computational tools that leads students through traditional computational methods and straight to the forefront of exiting opportunities. These opportunities will rely on achieving next-generation accuracy by going beyond the standard approximations, such as beyond Born-Oppenheimer calculations.
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