Junior electrical engineering student Stephen Brockerhoff was awarded 1st place for best undergraduate poster presentation at the 131st Symposium of the New York State Section of the American Physical Society (APS), which he attended alongside Assistant Professor of Physics Brittany Corn-Agostini. Held at St. John’s University, the symposium was dedicated to the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology and focused on Quantum Physics and Its Impact on Modern Society, while also commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of quantum mechanics.

Although not all topics were directly related to quantum mechanics, the symposium featured a wide range of presentations, including those on condensed matter physics, material science, magnetic materials, various applications of spectroscopies, high energy physics, inflation, and the early universe.

Stephen presented a research poster titled “A Study of Three-Qubit Entanglement via Semiclassical Correlated Noise,” a collaborative project with Professor Corn-Agostini.