Advanced Quantum Engineering (EE-0210)

Fall 2025 · EE 0210 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Graduate level quantum mechanics for the modern electrical engineer. Topics include Particle-wave duality; de Broglie waves; Wave packets; Uncertainty principle; Observables; Solutions to the Schrödinger equation (free particle, particle in a box, potential steps/barriers, harmonic oscillator, hydrogen atom); Spin; Multiple particles; Exclusion principle; Entanglement; Atomic elements; Molecular bonding; Quantum statistical mechanics (Fermions and Bosons); Applications of quantum mechanics to electronic materials (electrical conduction, and theory, semiconductors, p-n junctions). Weekly problem sets and a semester-long project on current research in quantum computing or communication. Content requires proficiency in differential and integral calculus as well as electricity and magnetism. Not appropriate for students in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.

Course codes: EE-0210, EE 0210, EE0210, EE-210, EE 210, EE210

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