the Nano and Quantum Technologies Laboratory
at Wake Forest University

Who We Are…  What We Do...  Why We Do It...

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Future Shock

The last two decades has seen the continued emergence of technologies with disruptive potential on a planetary scale. And the pace of this development continues to quicken, challenging our ability to understand its impacts and its opportunities. Yet the innovation brought about by these new modalities in multidisciplinary viewpoints, has given rise to surprisingly novel avenues of thought. They represent exciting new possibilities for mankind to live sustainably, to grow into more equitable societies and to address threats to our survival.

 

But it is the rate and reach of today’s innovation that defines today's creative environment and sets the stage for societal transformation. With continued technological advancement in Nanoelectronics, Synthetic Intelligence (AI and machine learning), Quantum Information Sciences, Restorative and Regenerative Biotechnologies, Green-Worlds Tech, Human-Technology Interfaces, and Advanced Manufacturing, we are now engaged in a revolution in how we create. This revolution will reshape our world, transform our economies, and establish industries and communities that we could have never imagined. 

 

And as our technologies become more inextricably linked with who we are - defining our very individuality; the ethics and morals that have for so long served the human condition, will be pressed to evolve. How do we live and thrive in these new societies? How do we manage our lives within the technological marvel that is coming? Knowing this, is the key to success in tomorrow’s economies. That knowledge begins with the technologies themselves.

 

The If/Then World

If our community is to be relevant in this future world, if we are to generate the leaders of future economies and the citizens of future communities, if we are to lead in the marketplace of future ideas and future technologies, then we must be prepared to embrace a deeper engagement with the emerging frontier. Our educators, our researchers, our industries, and our government, must cease upon the new playing fields of frontier tech. 

 

A New Horizon

Wake Forest University has a significant resource for advanced scientific investigations into the promises of this revolution: the Nano and Quantum Technologies Laboratory. NanoteQ was born of the need to foster within our community, a deeper awareness and understanding of this world-wide re-alignment, its technologies and its impacts. Its purpose is create an ecosystem of innovation and discovery around rapidly evolving frontier technologies, bringing our campus and our region together to lead in the key technology areas of: Quantum Machines, Synthetic intelligence, Green Worlds, Restorative Biotechnologies and the Human-Machine interface. ​

 

NanoteQ is a large physical laboratory adjacent to Wake Forest University's main campus. It is designed to promote collaboration, interdisciplinary study, creating an environment in which frontier innovation thrives. At NanoteQ scientists, engineers, business experts, legal analysts and medical professionals can come together in the development of exciting new technologies, to demonstrate safe and beneficial adoption strategies, and to throw open the doors to a commercial promise unparalleled in human history. 

 

 

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The Working Principles of NanoteQ...

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1. Create an ecosystem of innovation and discovery around the quickly evolving frontier technologies: Quantum Machines, Synthetic Intelligence, Green Worlds, and Biotechnology Interfaces. ​

2. Develop and provide access to significant research capabilities through Laboratory user facilities. ​

3. Support scientific community building, promote discourse through conferences and courses, lead efforts in joint-PI research support, and establish "best practices" approaches to technological innovation.

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​the Research of NanoteQ...