Centers & Institutes

Kent State University houses cutting-edge facilities including the Liquid Crystal Institute, which is considered a leader in liquid crystal technology and education. The liquid crystal display facility has 2,500 sq. ft. clean room space, which contains a prototyping line, the Lucent Technologies LCD Pilot Line and the W.M. Keck Clean Room used for thin film deposition. The facility has the capability to produce page size passive LCDs with full scale production equipment.

Centennial Research Park provides space and support for specialized companies to thrive and grow near the university and its other partners. The facility provides graduate and undergraduate students with research opportunities, internships, employment and collaborative opportunities with faculty researchers from the Liquid Crystal Institute and other disciplines.

A & S Centers and Institutes
Institute for Applied Linguistics
Bibliography Editing Center
Center for Materials Informatics
Lyman Lemnitzer NATO Studies
Water Resources Institute
Wick Poetry Center

Biological Sciences
Center for Aquatic Ecology
Center for Ecology & Natural Resource Sustainability
The Tom S. & Miwako K. Cooperrider Herbarium
The Herrick Conservatory

Chemical Physics
The Liquid Crystal Institute

Chemistry
Analytical Instrumentation
The Glass Blowing Facility

English
Reading & Writing Center
Workplace Literacy

History
Jewish Studies
Baltic Studies
Columbus Program

Pan -African Studies
African American Affairs
Pan-African Culture

Physics
Center for Nuclear Research
The Planetarium

Political Science Applied Conflict Management
Public Administration (CPAPP)
Ohio Employee Ownership (OEOC)
Washington Program in National Issues (WPNI)

Psychology Applied Psychology Center
Psychological Clinic