{"id":52,"date":"2025-02-27T17:38:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T17:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2026-01-06T18:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:03:20","slug":"education-outreach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/education-outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Education &#038; Outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"52\" class=\"elementor elementor-52\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57f092d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57f092d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0062876\" data-id=\"0062876\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5cb678 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b5cb678\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Education &amp; Outreach<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cbc01cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cbc01cf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e020b1d\" data-id=\"e020b1d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed406a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed406a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The Quantum Leap Initiative aims to build competitive workforce on quantum information science and engineering. With this aim in mind we are planning new interdisciplinary quantum-oriented tracks for undergraduate and master programs at UCF and joint PhD programs between the partner universities. Additionally, building on our existing high school Summer Camp and REU programs, we will develop quantum tracks where students will gain basic theoretical knowledge and experimental skills in QISE.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-533cc45 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"533cc45\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8c03d0\" data-id=\"c8c03d0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f08be3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f08be3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/03\/REU-Research-Initiative-News-scaled-e1742313797854-1024x767.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-198\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/03\/REU-Research-Initiative-News-scaled-e1742313797854-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/03\/REU-Research-Initiative-News-scaled-e1742313797854-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/03\/REU-Research-Initiative-News-scaled-e1742313797854-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/03\/REU-Research-Initiative-News-scaled-e1742313797854-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/03\/REU-Research-Initiative-News-scaled-e1742313797854-2048x1535.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/03\/REU-Research-Initiative-News-scaled-e1742313797854-1568x1175.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0952837\" data-id=\"0952837\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bba46cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bba46cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94619eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94619eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>REU exposes 10 undergraduate students to ten weeks of research and other educational experiences in lasers, optics, and photonics. Ten internationally recognized faculty members at CREOL will serve as research mentors in this program. The students will have the opportunity to conduct their own research projects in state-of-the-art optics and photonics research laboratories, while being carefully mentored to transition from close supervision to relative independence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdeb269 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"fdeb269\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/reu\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cbd8e88 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cbd8e88\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5ef13d\" data-id=\"f5ef13d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb17a57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eb17a57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/03\/CREOL-Summer-Camp-e1742313619291-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-210\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/03\/CREOL-Summer-Camp-e1742313619291-1.jpg 667w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/quantum-leap-initiative\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/03\/CREOL-Summer-Camp-e1742313619291-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b54927\" data-id=\"4b54927\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d881502 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d881502\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Laser &amp; Photonics Summer Camp<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8575c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d8575c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photonics makes these things, and much more, possible. CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics at UCF, provides hands-on experience as students explore this exciting field of science. This camp is for high school students who are interested in physics and\/or engineering and want to learn more about creating the future using light.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf40e19 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cf40e19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/summercamp\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-713548f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"713548f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-207181c\" data-id=\"207181c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac2124e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ac2124e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Education &amp; Outreach The Quantum Leap Initiative aims to build competitive workforce on quantum information science and engineering. 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