The Quantum and Dark Matter Road Trip 2023
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The Quantum and Dark Matter Road Trip 2023 🚐
National Science Week
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August 2023
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National Science Week 〰️ August 2023 〰️
Plans are underway for the 2023 Quantum and Dark Matter Road Trip!
This year the enthusiastic bunch of scientists from EQUS and Dark Matter will be astounding students and communities throughout
New South Wales and Queensland with their quantum-loads of knowledge and all matters dark and mysterious.
The road trip team are a diverse and friendly group of scientists and science communicators with a range of experiences and knowledge. We are enthusiastic about sharing the latest discoveries in quantum technology and dark matter physics through outreach programs such as this road trip. By doing so, we hope to engage and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers, especially those in under-served areas of the country.
For more about the Road Trip please visit the website here.
In 2022 the Quantum and Dark Matter Road Trip went across Australia from Queensland to Western Australia with our two ARC Centres of Excellence CDMPP and EQUS bringing in team members from universities in WA, SA, VIC, ACT, NSW and QLD. With a National Science Week grant and substantial funding by the centres, we were able to bring the excitement of quantum science and dark matter discovery to even more students and communities in remote and regional parts of Australia.
The first Quantum and Dark Matter Road Trip in 2021 was around southwest Western Australia read on—
The Quantum and Dark Matter Road Trip, National Science Week 2021
Eight members of the QDM Lab embarked on a Quantum and Dark Matter Road Trip during National Science Week (August 16 to 20, 2021) visiting schools and communities in the southwest of Western Australia.
With funding from National Science Week Small Grants, ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS) and ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics, high school students and interested members of the public had the opportunity to be informed and entertained in all matters dark and quantum.
The team travelled to country towns in a 12-seater bus from The University of Western Australia and spoke to students ranging from year 7 to year 12 over the five day trip, as well as a Community Fair at Newton Moore Senior High School in Bunbury. The participating schools were:
Wagin District High School
Denmark Senior High School
Mt Barker Community College
Albany Senior High School
Newton Moore Senior High School
Nannup District High School
Dalyellup College
Community Road Trip Events
Along the route the Quantum Road Trip Team gave free Quantum and Dark Matter presentations to the wider community.
QDM Lab Outreach
inspiring young people to become the next generation of scientists and engineers