A newsletter for friends of RAGS

A newsletter for friends of RAGS

Division of Research, Graduate Studies and Technology Transfer

  Hana Microdisplay Technologies Inc. Donates Rear-Project Television to Kent State University’s Liquid Crystal Institute

Dr. Erdman, who earned his Ph.D. in physics from KentState in 1990, donated the television and peripheral equipment to celebrate the technological innovations being studied, developed and produced in Northeast Ohio, specifically those technologies derived from basic and applied research being done at KentState’s Liquid Crystal Institute.  Hana is a member of the LCI’s industrial partnership program.   

Established in 1999 in Twinsburg, Ohio, Hana Microdisplay Technologies Inc. assembles microdisplays for its customers’ display products, including rear-projection televisions, head-mounted displays, optical communication (telecom) devices, adaptive optics devices, photonic sensors and camera modules for a wide variety of customers.  Dr. Erdmann said, “The Liquid Crystal Institute helped spawn the billion dollar flat-panel display market.  The institute remains the world’s center of excellence in liquid crystal research.  Recently it has helped to create small companies like mine in the area.  With the help of Senate Bill 286, a number of companies have spun out of KentState’s Liquid Crystal Institute in the past few years.”  Dr. Oleg Lavrentovich, Director of LCI, expressed his appreciation for the generous gifts stating, “It is rewarding to see that research and education efforts of my colleagues at the Liquid Crystal Institute not only advance the basic knowledge and educate new specialists, but also create new jobs and become a part of the success stories in industry, such as the story of Hana Microdisplays Technologies Inc.  I thank John Erdman for this generous donation and look forward to continuing fruitful collaboration.”