D. Blake Stringer, Associate Professor, Kent Campus, College of Aeronautics and Engineering
D. Blake Stringer, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering. Stringer is both an educator and researcher whose work has led to national and international recognition.
Stringer has received multiple grants for his research, leading to record-breaking advances in electric propulsion for Advanced Air Mobility. He has also contributed extensively to professional, state and federal organizations, which has generated recognition for himself and Kent State’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering.
Stringer came to Kent State in 2013, and during his first year, he spearheaded the development of the entire undergraduate aerospace engineering program and curriculum while also launching his research program in the college. Because of Stringer’s dedication to the development of the program, the Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering was officially launched in fall 2016 and has now been accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, the premier accreditation body for engineering and engineering technology programs.
Stringer was a driving force behind the groundwork for the new master’s and doctoral programs in aerospace engineering, which are the first master’s and doctoral programs in engineering at Kent State. Stringer also contributed to the creation of the Master of Engineering Technology program, which was a reconfiguration and renaming of the college’s existing Master of Technology program.