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Recently, an influential American business magazine, Forbes, chose Quantum Engineering as one of its top 10 majors (degree programmes) for 2022. According to Forbes magazine (September 2012): "a need is going to arise for specialists capable of taking advantage of quantum mechanical effects in electronics and other products." We propose to renew the CDT in Controlled Quantum Dynamics (CQD) to continue its success in training students to develop quantum technologies in a collaborative manner between experiment and theory and across disciplines. With the ever growing demand for compactness, controllability and accuracy, the size of opto-electronic devices in particular, and electronic devices in general, is approaching the realm where only fully quantum mechanical theory can explain the fluctuations in (and limitations of) these devices. Pushing the frontiers of the 'very small' and 'very fast' looks set to bring about a revolution in our understanding of many fundamental processes in e.g. physics, chemistry and even biology with widespread applications. Although the fundamental basis of quantum theory remains intact, more recent theoretical and experimental developments have led researchers to use the laws of quantum mechanics in new and exciting ways - allowing the manipulation of matter on the atomic scale for hitherto undreamt of applications. This field not only holds the promise of addressing the issue of quantum fluctuations but of turning the quantum behaviour of nano- structures to our advantage. Indeed, the continued development of high-technology is crucial and we are convinced that our proposed CDT can play an important role. When a new field emerges a key challenge in meeting the current and future demands of industry is appropriate training, which is what we propose to achieve in this CDT. The UK plays a leading role in the theory and experimental development of CQD and Imperial College is a centre of excellence within this context. The team involved in the proposed CDT covers a wide range of key activities from theory to experiment. Collectively we have an outstanding track record in research, training of postgraduate students and teaching. The aim of the proposed CDT is to provide a coherent training environment bringing together PhD students from a wide variety of backgrounds and giving them an appreciation of experiment and theory of related fields under the umbrella of CQD. Students graduating from our programme will subsequently find themselves in high-demand both by industry and academia. The proposed CDT addresses the EPSRC strategic area 'Quantum Information Processing and Quantum Optics" and one of the priority areas of the CDT call, "Towards Quantum Technologies". The excellence of our doctoral training has been recognised by the award of a highly competitive EU Innovative Doctoral Programme (IDP) in Frontiers of Quantum Technology, which will start in October 2013 running for four years with the budget around 3.8 million euros. The new CDT will closely work with the IDP to maximise synergy. It is clear that other high-profile activities within the general area of CQD are being undertaken in a range of other UK universities and within Imperial College. A key aim of our DTC is inclusivity. We operate a model whereby academics from outside of Imperial College can act as co-supervisors for PhD students on collaborative projects whereby the student spends part of the PhD at the partner institution whilst remaining closely tied to Imperial College and the student cohort. Many of the CDT activities including lectures and summer schools will be open to other PhD students within the UK. Outreach and transferable skills courses will be emphasised to provide a set of outreach classes and to organise various outreach activities including the CDT in CQD Quantum Show to the general public and CDT Festivals and to participate in Imperial's Science Festivals.

In September 2017, the UK announced a £65m collaborative investment as part of a long history of UK research collaboration with the US, which is the first major project of the wider UK-US Science and Technology agreement. UK Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson signed the agreement with the US Energy Department to invest the sum in the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). DUNE will study the properties of neutrinos, which could help explain more about how the universe works and why matter exists at all. This investment is a significant step which will secure future access for UK scientists to the international DUNE experiment. Investing in the next generation of detectors, like DUNE, helps the UK to maintain its world-leading position in science research and continue to develop skills in new cutting-edge technologies. STFC will manage the UK's investment in the international facility, giving UK scientists and engineers the chance to take a leading role in the management and development of the DUNE far detector, the LBNF beam line and associated PIP-II accelerator technologies, thereby strengthening the UK's strategic partnership with FNAL in the USA. The UK's delivery of critical SRF accelerator systems for PIP-II will significantly enhance the world class skills already developed over many years in the field of SRF technology at Daresbury Laboratory, providing advanced preparation and testing infrastructure which can enable even larger scale and more complex technical system delivery for future national and international priority programmes. Such a UK delivery will also significantly escalate STFC's international leadership and prominence in this highly specialised field of expertise. As part of the UK's In Kind Contribution (IKC) to the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, STFC will provide superconducting RF (SRF) cavities and assembled cryomodules for the new PIP-II SRF Linac at Fermilab, building on experience gained from the ESS high-beta cavity programme and the HL-LHC prototype cryomodule assembly which are both funded by the UK to conclude at Daresbury Laboratory in FY20/21. The scope of the expected delivery to FNAL will be to enhance UK industry fabrication capability for SRF accelerating structures, procurement of high purity niobium sheets and HB650 cavity fabrication to FNAL specifications and to validate the performance of these structures using the existing SRF testing infrastructure available at Daresbury Laboratory. Once testing has confirmed performance compliance, the cavities will be assembled and integrated into cryomodules using new assembly infrastructure to be provisioned, which will accommodate each 10m-long cryogenic vessel. Assembly of three HB650 cryomodules, each comprising six 650MHz high beta cavities will be prepared, which will then be shipped to FNAL for high power testing, prior to installation on the PIP-II accelerator.

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