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no small feat determined university of arkansas skip to content close search search a z index blackboard learn campus map directory email myapps workday determined and dedicated to arkansas quick links university of arkansas a z index blackboard learn campus map directory email myapps workday search search join selectedindex 1 reset selection on new input add click event to each suggestion const suggestionitems suggestionbox queryselectorall div suggestionitems foreach item item addeventlistener click const selectedterm item getattribute data term searchinput value selectedterm searchform submit window location href https www uark edu search index php searchstudioquery encodeuricomponent selectedterm catch error console error error fetching suggestions error suggestionbox innerhtml error fetching suggestions searchinput addeventlistener keydown event const suggestionitems suggestionbox queryselectorall suggestion item if suggestionitems length 0 return if event key arrowdown event preventdefault selectedindex selectedindex 1 suggestionitems length else if event key arrowup event preventdefault selectedindex selectedindex 1 suggestionitems length suggestionitems length else if event key enter if selectedindex 0 suggestionitems selectedindex event preventdefault searchinput value suggestionitems selectedindex getattribute data term searchform submit highlight the selected suggestion suggestionitems foreach item index if index selectedindex item style backgroundcolor ddd highlight selected item else item style backgroundcolor reset others menu hugh churchill who works in materials science and quantum technologies says his professional mission was to come back to his home state to improve the scientific research and education in arkansas no small feat what do secure communication semiconductor manufacturing and ai chips have in common they all benefit from hugh churchill s work in materials science and quantum technologies which has attracted more than 14 million in external funding for his lab and with the help of colleagues about 28 million to the university of arkansas overall churchill a professor of physics focuses on the small things in life particularly nanoscale materials and devices controlled by quantum mechanics unlike classical physics where objects and forces behave in accordance with everyday human experience quantum mechanics defines unusual behaviors observed in atoms and sub atomic particles electronic devices that are engineered to be sufficiently small cold and fast can also be governed by the rules of quantum mechanics and quantum technologies seek to harness these unusual properties for societal benefit which is where churchill and fellow u of a faculty members come in while nanoscopic in size these particles can have an immense effect on technology because everything from smart phones to health care imaging devices incorporate quantum mechanics even if you don t completely understand the physics behind it you can probably bet that they ve been integrated into your daily life images from churchill s lab show the complexity and beauty of materials science man on a mission churchill grew up in conway arkansas and graduated from oberlin college with a bachelor of music and bachelor of arts in physics and mathematics he went on to earn a doctorate in physics from harvard university before being named a pappalardo fellow in physics at the massachusetts institute of technology along the way he was mentored by greg salamo distinguished professor of physics at the university of arkansas who introduced him to materials science an interdisciplinary field that at the u of a has a major focus on discovering and researching new semiconductor materials did you know hugh churchill also plays the tuba he says his musical training has influenced his research because it really teaches the value of diligence drawn to work with semiconductor devices that incorporated quantum behavior churchill joined the u of a faculty in 2015 since then he has made a name for himself both at the university and in national circles for his work involving quantum physics churchill and his lab students at a conference in 2025 photo courtesy of hugh churchill my professional mission was to come back to my home state to improve the scientific research and education in arkansas he said noting that he frequently visits arkansas schools to talk to students and explain what he does my professional mission was to come back to my home state to improve the scientific research and education in arkansas his outreach in the state doesn t stop there though churchill is involved in a collaboration between the u of a the university of arkansas at pine bluff and the university of arkansas at little rock to establish the first graduate program in physical sciences at uapb as uapb leads the development of the curriculum churchill and his u of a colleagues shui qing fisher yu professor of electrical engineering and wei du associate professor of electrical engineering are assisting on the research side by adding a quantum element to the work they re already doing he explains that the u of a fabricates photonic devices at the fayetteville campus using materials from ualr then sends them to pine bluff for testing to characterize their performance the collaboration is supported by a 5 million grant from the national science foundation in physics characterizing something means measuring the properties of it research frontiers in the field of quantum computing researchers are constantly looking for better components to work with and testing their durability in harsh environments two projects churchill is affiliated with will address both the center for manipulation of atomic ordering for manufacturing semiconductors the first energy frontier research center in arkansas led by professor shui qing fisher yu will be dedicated to investigating the formation of atomic orders in semiconductor alloys and measuring their effectiveness at very low temperatures churchill says one big application of their research is the potential for low cost manufacturing of semiconductors with capabilities that go beyond what silicon the most commonly used semiconductor can do since semiconductors are the brains of electronics this will effectively expand the brain power of many devices and do so in a less expensive way a major accomplishment technologically u of a faculty from left greg salamo hiro nakamura shui qing fisher yu hugh churchill and jin hu yu an electrical engineering professor is leading the team in the development of the center which received 10 35 million from the u s department of energy in 2022 the big challenge for testing quantum devices is how long it takes to make the devices churchill explained then when you have the devices available for testing sometimes what you re testing doesn t work and you have to go back and make changes to address this issue the monark nsf quantum foundry was created thanks to a 20 million award from the national science foundation the foundry is a collaboration between the u of a and montana state university and supports the study of 2 d materials by removing the bottlenecks commonly found in the creation of quantum devices that are being tested additional u of a team members of the monark nsf quantum foundry include salvador barraza lopez laurent bellaiche julio gea banacloche shiva davari md rafique un nabi jin hu dharmraj kotekar patil khoa luu bothina manasreh hiro nakamura tamara snyder fisher yu and greg salamo churchill s former mentor the foundry automates this process wherever possible utilizing an assembly line of robots and artificial intelligence to produce the 2 d materials churchill who is one of two associate directors of the foundry says the automation accelerates the pace of some steps by almost 100 times and satisfies the needs of researchers who are partnering with the university on this research the foundry also serves the greater community which can order items to be produced in the lab training and resources are available for students and professional development is offered for technical workers to help prepare a diverse next generation stem workforce trained in quantum technologies monark is also beginning to have a local economic impact with spin out atomic sandwiches quantum foundry which has three full time employees commercializing these ideas at a facility in bentonville a big part of our effort is that we hope to become a national resource that researchers from all over can turn to to have materials and devices made for them he said this will help accelerate progress in our entire research community and help everybody go faster churchill s research with ferroelectric 2 d materials will also benefit the u s air force and the next generation of energy efficient chips thanks to funding from the air force churchill and his colleagues will implement a five phase plan focused on electromagnetic sensors these sensors would potentially be used in radar and surveillance equipment basically anything involving where things are and who s communicating the same ferroelectric 2 d materials that are expected to make better sensors can also be used to make energy efficient ai chips through the arkansas materials institute his work will contribute to the creation of energy efficient chips for ai data centers reducing the amount of heat produced and improving the functionality of chips said to work more like a human brain than a silicon processor small state big dreams whether he s working with fellow arkansans representing the university on a national level or mentoring students from around the world churchill has earned the admiration of students and academics alike alton holscher from bentonville is an undergraduate in churchill s lab and completed a self study course modern physics with him while studying abroad in the lab churchill gave him the autonomy to decide where his interests lined up with the lab s needs his role focuses on device fabrication particularly electron confinement via quantum dots on twisted bilayer graphene alton holscher an undergraduate student in churchill s lab is intent on continuing studies in graduate school after he earns his bachelor s degree while churchill gives his students the freedom autonomy and creativity to learn in the lab holscher says you can still see his philosophies come through in his students a lot of his mentorship comes through in the lab environment and the space that he s fostered he explains similarly brycelynn bailey is a graduate student who also works in churchill s lab she s from smackover arkansas and finds it thrilling that she can pursue this type of work in her home state she hopes to work in a national laboratory after graduation and she is drawn to research and development of new materials and electronics brycelynn bailey examines data obtained from the dilution refrigerator in churchill s lab while he looks on these data provide information about superconductor semiconductor devices that could power next generation quantum computers her current job in churchill s lab is to run the dilution refrigerator which allows the researchers to test systems at temperatures close to absolute zero bailey measures the currents and voltages in devices at low temperatures adjusts the magnetic field in play and measures the differences she praises churchill s ability to explain complicated concepts ensure a welcoming productive environment and advocate for students who are struggling dr churchill is probably one of the greatest humans i ve ever met she says university of arkansas about apply academics student life research news razorbacks like us on facebook follow us on twitter watch us on youtube see us on instagram connect with us on linkedin 1 university of arkansas fayetteville ar 72701 view campus maps 479 575 2000 news upcoming events apply online schedule a visit make a gift emergency information report a 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