On Wednesday, April 19th, the Kent State University Precision Flight Team and the College of Aeronautics and Engineering hosted the 2023 Safety Conference. The Safety Conference brought together over 190 individuals from Kent State University, Bowling Green University, SkyQuest, Cleveland Air Traffic Control, Akron-Canton Air Traffic Control, and the Federal Aviation Administration for discussions and panels by industry professionals on topics encompassing aviation safety and proficiency. The event, which began in 1991 as a Safety Day, was born in response to a 1990 non-fatal aviation accident...
On Tuesday, April 26th, Dr. Evren Koptur’s Computer Engineering Technology Capstone class presented their final capstone projects to College of Aeronautics students, faculty, and staff. Senior students, many preparing to graduate in May, worked in teams to create three separate projects, titled Drone-Based Water Sampling and Air Quality, Modular Smartphone-Controlled Electric Skateboard, and Retro Gaming Arcade Cabinet. The Drone-Based Water Sampling and Air Quality project aims to make air quality testing and water sample collection safer and more efficient. This is accomplished by a...
As we near the end of the fiscal year (June 30, 2023), remember to complete your Beyond Compliance (BC) training. Two hours of BC training are required of all staff annually, and strongly encouraged for Tenure Track/Full-Time Non Tenure-Track faculty. One of your two annual BC hours should be a gender-based discrimination or harassment course (formerly known as Title IX Beyond Compliance). Why Beyond Compliance? Beyond Compliance provides annual training for Kent State faculty and staff to make sure they are fully up-to-date and aware of relevant laws and university polici...
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Please join us in congratulating Master's student Michael Bliss on his recent award from The Explorers Club. The Explorers club, started in 1904, is housed in New York City and is a multidisciplinary, professional society that is dedicated to the advancement of field research, scientific exploration, and resource conservation. Michael received the award for his proposal, "In Search of Adrenarche: Spider Monkeys & their Implications in Human Evolution". Michael is working in the Takeshita lab and this grant will support his summer research in Ecuador. ...
The class is gathered around a large, low table. Upon which, sprawls (in a miniature way) the layout of a small city, built using Lego elements. It includes roads, apartments, businesses, parks and city utility buildings. Looking closer, nearly all these structures have been modified, some using Lego pieces and others using pieces of paper and plastic plants, to represent features that will make them more energy efficient and more sustainable, to build a better future for the Earth. Jennifer Mapes (left) and student with the Lego city. This class was created by Jennifer...
By Ben Weaver A prehistoric fish is returning to Lake Erie, thanks to some new friends. The sturgeon is a fish that scientists believe has remained relatively the same for the last 200 million years. That means it was swimming in North America’s waters long before even the T-Rex showed up 65 million years ago. One of the most interesting features of the sturgeon is just how ancient it looks, said John Navarro, the Aquatic Stewardship Program administrator for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife. The fish lacks scales and is mostly smooth, with armor lining it...
“Bioblitz,” (short for “biological blitz") is an annual community science event that Kent State has been hosting since 2014. This year’s event is on Friday, April 21 was part of a full schedule of events during Kent State’s Earth Month celebration. Michelle Escalambre, M.A., special assistant in Kent State’s Environmental Science and Design Research Institute (ESDRI), said “The Center for Ecology and Natural Resource Sustainability (CENRS), Environmental Science and Design Research Institute, and Department of Biological Sciences, along with their partners, are...
In the latest edition of "What's the Big Idea?" Kent State President Todd Diacon visits the East Liverpool Campus to meet with Associate Professor of Sociology Lydia Rose, whose research focuses on improving community health and well-being through citizen science. ...
Isabella Hinz, originally hailing from Cary, North Carolina, was drawn to Kent State University’s Aeronautics program as it offered better opportunities than schools in her home state. After encouragement from her father who also has KSU flying experience, Hinz decided to make the leap to attend a university further from home. Outside of her academics, Hinz is a member of the Koonce Hall Residential Engagement Council, where she has been able to help plan fun events including Sex Week and Blizzard Bash. In addition, Hinz is a member of Collage Winterguard, a winterguard team based o...