Most things in the world are
easy to measure.
But what if you're trying to
measure something
that's less than one one
hundred thousandth
the width of a human hair?
I'm a physicist working on
quantum mechanics,
the study of the tiniest objects
and forces in the world.
The question I'm working on
answering is: If we make
more accurate measurements of
the tiniest particles,
can we build better devices?
Today, many devices, from
telescopes to microscopes,
from MRI machines to computers,
all are gettng more
precise and more powerful.
And to push these technologies
into the future,
we need to better understand how
quantum objects interact.
But this goes beyond computing;
it will also improve 
devices and technologies
in health and biology
that will have an impact
on people's lives.
The work I'm doing now focuses
on constructing these tiny
quantum circuits that may become
the building blocks
of the first generation of
quantum computers.
My mom has an engineering degree
and she's worked her whole
career in software and IT, so it
didn't occur to me
that a woman's place was not
in technology,
and it's what makes me want to
mentor more women in my field.
My team and I are now building
machines that Einstein 
and the founders of quantum
mechanics could only imagine
a hundred years ago.
And the knowledge that we’re
gaining will help us design
a new quantum revolution of
devices and technologies
that can change the world. 
