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most citedLandscape of Quantum Information Science and Engineering Education: From Physics Foundations to Interdisciplinary Frontiers

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physics.ed-ph2026

Trajectories into Careers in the Quantum Industry: Beyond Knowledge and Skills

Shams El-Adawy, A. R. Piña, Benjamin M. Zwickl +1

Career preparation for participation in the quantum industry is often framed in terms of formal educational pipelines, workforce projections, and knowledge and skills needed for va…

physics.ed-ph2026

Experimental Skills for Undergraduate Career Preparation in Quantum Information Science and Engineering

Shams El-Adawy, A. R. Piña, Benjamin M. Zwickl +1

The growth of the Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) industry has increased interest in how undergraduate programs prepare students for careers in this field. Prior…

physics.ed-ph2026

Profiles of Roles in the Quantum Industry

Shams El-Adawy, A. R. Piña, Benjamin M. Zwickl +1

This report builds upon the Categorization of Roles in the Quantum Industry report by providing detailed profiles for 29 distinct roles across the quantum workforce. While the earl…

physics.ed-ph2025

Categorization of Roles in the Quantum Industry

A. R. Pina, Shams El-Adawy, H. J. Lewandowski +1

Continued growth of the quantum information science and engineering (QISE) industry has resulted in stakeholders spanning education, industry, and government seeking to better unde…

physics.ed-ph2025

Experimental Skills for Non-PhD Roles in the Quantum Industry

Shams El-Adawy, A. R. Piña, Benjamin M. Zwickl +1

As the quantum information science and engineering (QISE) workforce grows, there is an anticipated need for professionals with bachelor's and master's degrees who can fill a wide r…

physics.ed-ph2025★ 2 cited

Industry Perspectives on Projected Quantum Workforce Needs

Shams El-Adawy, A. R. Piña, Benjamin M. Zwickl +1

As more physics educators are developing courses and programs to prepare students for careers in quantum information science, understanding the quantum industry's future workforce…

physics.ed-ph2025

Industry Insights into Quantum Knowledge Needed for the Quantum Information Science and Engineering Workforce

A. R. Pina, Shams El-Adawy, H. J. Lewandowski +1

Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) education and workforce development are top priorities at the national level in the US. This has included a push for academia to…

physics.ed-ph2025★ 2 cited

Insights from Educators on Building a More Cohesive Quantum Information Science and Engineering Education Ecosystem

Shams El-Adawy, A. R. Piña, Benjamin M. Zwickl +1

As the need for a quantum-ready workforce grows, educators in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) face the challenge of aligning their programs and courses with indu…

physics.ed-ph2025

Investigating Opportunities for Growth and Increased Diversity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering Education in the U.S. based on an Analysis of the Current Educational Landscape

A. R. Piña, Shams El-Adawy, Mike Verostek +2

Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) is rapidly gaining interest across a wide range of disciplines. As QISE continues to evolve, engineering will play an increasingl…

physics.ed-ph2025★ 6 cited

Landscape of Quantum Information Science and Engineering Education: From Physics Foundations to Interdisciplinary Frontiers

A. R. Piña, Shams El-Adawy, Mike Verostek +8

Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) is rapidly gaining interest from those within many disciplines and higher education needs to adapt to the changing landscape. Alt…

physics.ed-ph2023★ 1 cited

Emerging STEM education researchers' positioning and perception of discipline-based education research

Shams El-Adawy, Cydney Alexis, Eleanor C. Sayre

Various motivations bring researchers to discipline-based education research (DBER), but there is little research on their conceptualization of and navigation into this new-to-them…

physics.ed-ph2023

Emerging Physics Education Researchers' Growth in Professional Agency: Case Study

Shams El-Adawy, Scott V. Franklin, Eleanor C. Sayre

Improving the physics enterprise to broaden participation in physics is one of the main goals of the physics education research community. Many classically trained physics faculty…

physics.ed-ph2023★ 1 cited

Motivation and needs of informal physics practitioners

Shams El-Adawy, Alexandra C. Lau, Eleanor C. Sayre +1

Physicists engage with the public to varying degrees at different stages of their careers. However, their public engagement covers many activities, events, and audiences, making th…

physics.soc-ph2023

Workforce Development Through Research-Based, Plasma-Focused Activities

E G Kostadinova, Shannon Greco, Maajida Murdock +18

This report is a summary of the mini-conference Workforce Development Through Research-Based, Plasma-Focused Science Education and Public Engagement held during the 2022 American P…

physics.ed-ph2021

Case Study: Context Interactions & Physics Faculty's Professional Development

Shams El-Adawy, Tra Huynh, Mary Bridget Kustusch +1

This paper investigates the interactions between context and professional development of physics instructors in a case study of two physics faculty. A phenomenological-case study a…