Kenneth Brown
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Michael J. Fitzpatrick Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Research Interests
Quantum error correction, quantum control, quantum computer architecture, ion trap quantum computing, and the spectroscopy of sympathetically cooled molecular ions
Bio
Prof. Brown's research interest is the control of quantum systems for both understanding the natural world and developing new technologies. His current research areas are the development of robust quantum computers and the study of molecular properties at cold and ultracold temperatures.
Education
- B.S. University of Puget Sound, 1998
- Ph.D. University of California - Berkeley, 2003
Positions
- Michael J. Fitzpatrick Distinguished Professor of Engineering
- Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Professor of Physics
- Professor of Chemistry
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award. Pratt School of Engineering. 2020
- Fellow. American Physical Society. 2018
- Experienced Research Fellow. Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. 2015
- Kavli Fellow. Kavli Foundation and National Academy of Science. 2013
Courses Taught
- ECE 270DL: Fields and Waves: Fundamentals of Information Propagation
- ECE 270L9: Fields and Waves: Fundamentals of Information Propagation (Lab)
- ECE 391: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECE 420: Introduction to Quantum Engineering
- ECE 493: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECE 494: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECE 520: Graduate Introduction to Quantum Engineering
- ECE 621: Quantum Error Correction
- ECE 891: Internship
- ECE 899: Special Readings in Electrical Engineering
- EGR 393: Research Projects in Engineering
- HOUSECS 59: House Course
- PHYSICS 493: Research Independent Study
- PHYSICS 495: Thesis Independent Study
- PHYSICS 628: Quantum Error Correction
- PHYSICS 995: Graduate Training Internship