Sen. Kelly visits UA Quantum and Hypersonics Facilities
Senator Mark Kelly visits with students during his trip to campus.
The University of Arizona was honored to host Senator Mark Kelly and his staff at the Wyant College of Optical Sciences and College of Engineering on Friday. The Senator was welcomed by President Robbins and Elliott Cheu, Interim Vice President for Research, Impact, & Innovation, before touring the Center for Quantum Networks (CQN) with Optical Sciences Dean Tom Koch.
The UA’s Center for Quantum Networks is a National Science Foundation-funded laboratory dedicated to laying the foundations of the quantum internet, which will revolutionize how humankind computes, communicates and senses the world by creating a fabric to connect quantum computers, data centers and gadgets using their native quantum information states of "quantum bits," or qubits.
The Senator then spent time at the Arizona Research Center for Hypersonics at the College of Engineering, led by Dean David Hahn. The UA has assembled an unrivaled collection of laboratories that provide fertile ground for addressing interdisciplinary challenges in hypersonics. The group toured some of these facilities, including two hypersonics wind tunnels designed to test and evaluate objects at speeds spanning from Mach 0 to 5 (Mach 1 being the speed of sound).
Finally, Senator Kelly and his team visited the new Applied Research Building, a facility that will expand the University’s capacity in the applied physical sciences and engineering.
Senator Kelly holds a photonic microchip developed by Matt Eichenfield’s research groups at UA and Sandia National Labs, while discussing how such devices are being used in UA’s Center for Quantum Networks to create quantum networks of computers, sensors and communications systems. Pictured from left: Matt Eichenfield, Tom Koch, President Robert Robbins and Senator Mark Kelly.
Senator Mark Kelly visits with students during his trip to campus.
Visiting the anechoic chamber in the new Applied Research Building, which provides the ability to test communications for space systems or other platforms. Pictured from left: Senator Mark Kelly, President Robert Robbins and Dean David Hahn.
Senator Mark Kelly visits with students during his trip to campus.
Sen. Mark Kelly holds a wind tunnel model while discussing the Arizona Polysonic Wind Tunnel (APWT) with Profs. James Threadgill and Alex Craig. APWT is one of two hypersonic wind tunnel facilities operated by the Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering. Pictured from left: President Robert Robbins, Senator Mark Kelly, Professor James Threadgill, Professor Alex Craig and Dean David Hahn.
Senator Mark Kelly toured the hypersonic wind tunnel laboratories where he met with a group of graduate and undergraduate students working with Professors Alex Craig and James Threadgill. Pictured from left: Brian Kinsey, Senator Mark Kelly, Luke Tronstad, President Robert Robbins, Dean David Hahn, Veer Nayyar, Adam Skora, Gray Hardy, Declan Loomis, Chris Mason, Professor Alex Craig and Professor James Threadgill.