every wednesday 6:30–8 pm floyd hall D-212 full schedule →

~ fall '26

QBronco

a.k.a. Quantum Broncos

wmu's brand-new quantum computing club, taking new members

western michigan university · kalamazoo · est. fall '26

hey. we're a small group of broncos who got curious about quantum computing and decided to just… figure it out together. you don't need to be a physics major. you don't need to know any of this yet.

the whole point is we learn it as a group, no experience needed, so bring a notebook and a coffee. if "a qubit can be |0⟩ + |1⟩ at once" sounds confusing, good. that's exactly why we meet.

what wednesdays look like

  • A member holds two glowing Qubis while helping another member at a laptop; behind them someone writes probability math on the whiteboard. Bell state lab, Qubis in hand
  • A member works through the Bell state math on a whiteboard covered in red equations while the room follows along at their laptops. theory team works the math
  • A presenter beside whiteboard notes on the Hadamard gate and Bell states, with Qiskit code and a results histogram on the projector. the same circuit in Qiskit
  • The whole room at laptops during the Bell state lab, facing a presenter at the podium and the Qubi worksheet on the projector. Bell state lab, oct 7
  • Students working through a worksheet at long desks, with whiteboards covered in red math behind them. study session, worksheets out
  • A presenter at the front of the room talks through the project plan on the projector while students listen from their laptops. going over the project plan
  • A full classroom facing two presenters at the podium, with a slide that reads: Meeting weekly: Study, Lab, Repeat. study, lab, repeat
  • A presenter holds up two white handheld devices in front of a whiteboard full of qubit states, next to the QBronco info night slide. info night, sept 16

come study with us

first one's the hardest. after that it's just part of your week. easiest way in is the form below. takes a minute, tells us you're in.

sign me up →

when we meet

every wednesday, 6:30–8 pm, in floyd hall D-212 on parkview campus (map). no meetings over breaks or finals. just show up.

first time? bring a laptop and a notebook. starting partway through the semester? join a subteam and we'll give you the material to get caught up.

the whole year →  or  put it in your calendar

what we actually do

work with us

companies, researchers and WMU faculty: if you work in quantum, or want to meet students who are learning it, we'd love your help.

email Mack Usmanova, our president, at mukaddas.usmanova@wmich.edu. we're a WMU student organization advised by Dr. Sawalha (electrical & computer engineering).

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