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Lily Cheng speaks with students during PQI 2022

Highlights

PQI Members: Dr. Susan Fullerton, Dr. Tom Purdy, Dr. Michael Hatridge, Dr. Beth Dickey, and Dr. Jeremy Levy
Members

PQI is comprised of 140+ faculty and 190+ students across three Pittsburgh universities who conduct research in a variety of areas within quantum science and technology. 

Student works on research at PINSE
Research

PQI members are leading research in the fields of quantum sensing, quantum communications, quantum computing, and quantum fundamentals.

Keynote speaker, Dr. Charles Tahan, speaks at the PQI 2022 event.
Events

PQI hosts a variety of quantum events throughout the year, including public lectures, seminars, and an annual signature event.

Feature Faculty Member

professor susan fullerton in her lab.

PQI member and professor Susan Fullerton uses ions to control charge transport in two-dimensional materials for high performance electronics.  

Prof Fullerton Interview!

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News

Mostafa Bedewy
May 21, 2025

Mostafa Bedewy Advances Nanotube Manufacturing

Mostafa Bedewy, a Pitt engineering professor, is leading an NSF-funded project to improve nanomanufacturing by studying how iron nanoparticles grow carbon nanotubes. His team uses advanced microscopy and machine learning to predict which particles act as “nano-seeds” to enable more efficient and scalable production of these high-performance materials.
Spintronic technology
April 30, 2025

Simranjeet Singh and Jyoti Katoch Advance Spintronics at CMU

Carnegie Mellon professors Simranjeet Singh and Jyoti Katoch developed a novel method to electrically read magnetic states using out-of-plane spin currents, advancing spintronic technology. Their two-layer system enables compact, energy-efficient data storage, with Katoch emphasizing the importance of atomically clean interfaces in detecting tunable signals.
Priscilla Prem
April 30, 2025

Priscilla Prem Wins Big Idea Competition for Wave-Powered Submarine Tech

PhD student and U.S. Navy veteran Priscilla Prem, along with mentor Susan Fullerton, won the $25,000 grand prize in Pitt’s 2025 Big Idea Competition for their startup, Pittsburgh Coastal Energy. The company develops wave-powered generators to extend unmanned submarine range, with Fullerton’s mentorship playing a key role in Prem’s transition from researcher to clean energy innovator.

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