NC A&T QuarkNet Quantum Workshop - February 21, 2026

NC A&T QuarkNet Quantum Workshop

Saturday, February 21st, 2026 (9:00 AM - 4:00 PM)

Small URL for this page: https://bit.ly/QN-Feb21

Location: NC A&T Smith Hall Room 3001, 402 Laurel Street, Greensboro, NC, 27411

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/d738D3tqnuktoEjx7

AGENDA

Time (ET)Activity
8:30 AMQuarkNet National Program Sign-In & Light Breakfast
9:00 AMWelcome & Introductions (Shelly Lesher & Hallie Trauger)
9:15 AMIntro to QuarkNet and Master Classes (Shane Wood & Ken Cecire)
10:00 AMHands-On Quantum Activity 1:  Photons (Charlie Payne & Joana Atkin)
11:15 AMCoffee Break

11:30 AM 

Physics Research Talk - Joanna Atkin, NC A&T Physics

12:30 PM

  LUNCH & CHAT
1:30 PMHands-on Quantum Activity 2: Superposition (Megan Alvord & Daniel Kemp)

3:30 PM

Closing Remarks & Short Post-Survey
Please also complete this QuarkNet National Survey 
unless you completed it in the October NC A&T QuarkNet workshop.

 

Resources:

 

Contacts for this Workshop:

  • Dr. Hallie Trauger (hctrauger@ncat.edu), NC A&T Physics - primary workshop logistics contact
  • Dr. Shelly Lesher (srlesher@ncat.edu), NC A&T Physics Department Chair
  • Dr. Charlotte Wood (cwood@ncat.edu), NC A&T Physics
  • Dr. Joanna Atkin (jmatkin@ncat.edu), NC A&T Physics
  • Dr. Emily Edwards (emiliy.edwards@duke.edu), Duke Quantum Center
  • Megan Alvord (megan.alvord@ncssm.edu), QuarkNet Teacher/Fellow, NC School of Science and Mathematics
  • Charlie Payne (paynec@ncssm.edu), QuarkNet Lead Teacher, NC School of Science and Mathematics
  • Daniel Kemp, QuarkNet Lead Teacher, Riverside High School, Durham
  • Robyn Allaway, QuarkNet Lead Teacher, Southern Guilford High School
  • Shane Wood (swood5@nd.edu), QuarkNet National Staff