Taste of Tech Seminar: Global Engineering Pathways: Study Abroad and Experiential Learning at UF | Solid-State Spin Qubits for Magnetic Field Sensing
Time and Date
12/15/2025
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM (EST)
Agenda
Lunch: 11:45 – 12:00 Talk 1: 12:00 – 12:20 Talk 2: 12:20 – 12:40 Networking: 12:40 – 1:00
Talk 1: Global Engineering Pathways: Study Abroad and Experiential Learning at UF
Presentation Overview: How can studying abroad expand your perspective as an engineer? This session introduces opportunities for UF Engineering students to gain hands-on international experience through courses, research, and cultural immersion abroad. You’ll discover how global learning strengthens creativity, collaboration, and career readiness: key skills for the next generation of innovators.
Joel Parker from the Center for Experiential Learning will also share ways to get involved on campus through student design teams, prototyping workshops, and speaker series, as well as scholarship opportunities that make study abroad more accessible for all engineering majors.
Joel Parker
About the Speaker
Joel Parker is the Associate Director of Experiential Learning for the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida. He directs the UF in Lille: Engineering and Arts Study Abroad Program, teaches EGS1006: Introduction to Engineering, and serves as a Quest 3 Liaison, helping students connect classroom learning to real-world application. A former First-Year Engineering Advisor, Joel is passionate about helping students design meaningful educational journeys that integrate global engagement, creativity, and professional growth. Through the Center for Experiential Learning, he supports programs that empower students to explore new frontiers, on and off campus and around the world.
Talk 2: Solid-State Spin Qubits for Magnetic Field Sensing
Presentation Overview: This talk presents a new approach to boosting the performance of diamond-based quantum sensors using nanophotonic metasurfaces. These structures enhance how light interacts with atomic-scale defects in diamond, unlocking new possibilities for quantum imaging and nanoscale sensing. The technology promises powerful new tools for biomedical imaging and chemical detection, including imaging through complex tissues and mapping molecular structures at high resolution.
Laura Kim
About the Speaker
Laura Kim is an assistant professor at the University of Florida (UF). Before joining UF, she was an assistant professor at UCLA in 22-24. Prior to her appointment, she completed her IC Postdoctoral Fellowship at MIT. She received her B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Caltech. She was named a 2020 EECS Rising Star and a recipient of the 2025 DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2023 Nanophotonics Early Career Award, Faculty Career Development Award, IC Postdoctoral Fellowship, Gary Malouf Foundation Award, and NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Her current research interests include extreme light-matter interactions in 2D systems and solid-state spin-qubit materials and devices for nanoscale quantum sensing technologies.
| Thank you to our semester sponsor, Rohde & Schwarz, USA! Thanks to their generous support, this series will continue to bring together industry leaders, innovators, and tech enthusiasts for an unmatched experience exploring the latest trends and breakthroughs in the semiconductor industry. |
