Finished with all the evidencing and the subsequent securing of the artifacts including uploading to a secure cloud location. Also encrypted my local source and uploaded to the cloud. Also had my public and private keys on different locations. Hands-off now for the cybersecurity product. If it needs some bug fixes or modification, I can’t touch it for now while I am working for some company due to the inventions clause in the agreement.
Starving at the moment and I will head off to take lunch outside although there is a current heavy downpour and immediately proceed to the gym for workouts and then do a 21km run after.
Later in the evening, I will be back on studying the Single Variable Calculus from MIT-OCW. Long journey on self-studying Quantum Engineering in preparation for an MS in Quantum Engineering 4 years from now.
What is Quantum Engineering? It is a new field of engineering where the ruling physics in the designs and implementation of devices or control of natural phenomena is quantum physics. Currently, almost all engineering artifacts in our physical world are built using classical physics. For example the Electrical Engineers uses the classical mechanics when designing and or controlling material surfaces and uses electromagnetism when dealing with magnets and electricity. Even with the advent of the first quantum revolution, classical physics is still the paradigm for engineers. Come quantum revolution 2.0 which is happening now, the engineering paradigm must shift from the old status quo into the more accurate laws of physics which is quantum mechanics.
Some examples of devices that a Quantum Engineer analyzes, designs, builds, and control:
- Quantum Computer
- Quantum Clocks
- Quantum Sensors
- Quantum Radars
- Quantum Gyroscopes
- Quantum Simulators
- Smart and Meta Materials
- Quantum Control Systems
- and many more
There are two approach happening in the industry and in the academe right now. One approach is train traditional engineering fields to understand and use quantum mechanics such as the case of some of Electrical Engineers who are studying quantum physics to be able to engineer quantum applications. The other approach which is gaining traction lately is training new generations of engineers from the ground up on quantum physics.
A Quantum Engineering field is akin to an Electrical Engineering field because it still retains traditional engineering domain knowledge in order to deal with non-quantum systems that will support quantum systems in a wider project. Hence, most undergraduate Quantum Engineering degrees out there still have their traditional Electrical Engineering foundations. The half part of the curriculum is where quantum physics becomes engineering. Designing, building, and controlling quantum systems require the use of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics instead of the old classical mechanics and electromagnetism.
I am on the latter approach but since there is no accessible second undergraduate degree on Quantum Engineering for me due to my geographic location and the impracticality of an online degree offering and because I’ve seen a lot of engineering curriculum yet I still believe in the quality of MIT from the US above them all, I decided to craft my own curriculum for self-study and the next formal entry into a degree will be for an MS in Quantum Engineering many years from now.
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