In August 2026, researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University successfully transmitted the first light particles containing quantum information through open air between the two institutions, a key milestone toward extending the nation’s longest quantum network — already connecting eight nodes across several institutions — beyond the limits of fiber-optic cables.

In this workshop, participants will meet subject matter experts who are currently developing cutting-edge quantum technologies, visit labs where Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists and engineers are designing new methods of quantum communication, and learn how to implement a quantum key distribution (QKD) encryption activity in their own classrooms.

Brookhaven National Laboratory is the host site for the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a unique high-energy, high-luminosity polarized collider that will be one of the most challenging and exciting accelerator complexes ever built. The EIC will be a discovery machine, providing answers to long-elusive mysteries of matter related to our understanding of the origin of mass, structure, and binding of atomic nuclei that make up the entire visible universe.

In this workshop, participants will meet subject matter experts, learn about the mechanisms behind the operation of a particle collider, visit a facility that stores the vast amount of data collected from several particle detectors around the world, and work with simulated particle physics data that can be brought back to the classroom to be used with their students.

For decades, the U.S. Department of Energy and its national laboratories have been at the leading edge of microelectronics, both as a consumer and as an engine of scientific understanding that has enabled many of the technological breakthroughs adopted by industry. However, with the emergence of new computing, artificial intelligence, and sensing workloads, in addition to rapidly expanding data, there is an unprecedented need to redesign microelectronics materials and increase their resilience to extreme environments, including high-radiation, cryogenic, and high magnetic field environments.

In this workshop, participants will be introduced to microelectronics via hands-on activities that can be used with their own students, learn from subject matter experts who test electronics to determine the effect space radiation has on them, and visit one of the facilities at Brookhaven National Laboratory that is used for this type of testing.

The National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at Brookhaven National Laboratory is among the world’s most advanced synchrotron light sources, enabling and supporting science across various disciplines. Advances in automation, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) are transforming how research is done at NSLS-II, streamlining workflows, enhancing productivity, and alleviating workloads for both users and staff.

In this workshop, participants will learn how to combine hands-on activities and utilizing Machine Learning Python code for structural biology analysis with their students, visit the world-class facility that makes this groundbreaking research possible, and meet structural biology subject matter experts.