On Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio, dozens of Norfolk Southern rail cars derailed, 11 of which contained hazardous materials. In an effort to start repairing the situation, Arcadis, an international company hired by the railroad company, has developed a plan to clean the air, ground and water in the village. On Feb. 14, WFMJ-TV in Youngstown, Ohio, invited Kuldeep Singh, Ph.D., assistant professor in Kent State University’s Department of Earth Sciences, to review Arcadis’ cleanup plan. Singh told WFMJ-TV that he feels the air and ground portion of the cleanup has g...
On December 16th, 2022, it was announced that Dr. Marla Perez-Davis will be joining the National Space Council’s Users Advisory Group (UAG). The Council is chaired by United States Vice President Kamala Harris, and the UAG provides recommendations to the Council on matters regarding government policy and actions affecting technology related to space exploration. The Council was established in 1989, however became inactive between 1993-2017. The Council is supported by the UAG and a team of staffers from the Office of the President led by a civilian Executive Secretary. The UAG is ...
Congratulations are in order for Dr. I. Richmond Netty of the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, who has accepted his reappointment as Chair of the Standing Technical Committee on Airport Terminals and Ground Access. In this position, Dr. Netty will serve a three year term beginning in April 2023. The Committee concerns itself with airport planning, design, operations, and maintenance, with a focus on access points for passengers and goods. This committee is one of nine total committees within the Transportation Research Board’s Aviation Group. The Transportation Research Board (TRB) ...
On November 12th, 2022, the Kent State University Combat Robotics Team placed 3rd at a Norwalk Havoc Robotics League (NHRL) competition, qualifying for the 2022 Championships in December 2023. The competition, held in Norwalk, Connecticut, is the 6th and final qualifying event of the 2022 season including four different weight classes and over 100 bots. The top 4 bots in each weight class qualify for the 2022 Championships, which was held on December 17th, 2022. At the competition in November, the team lost in the first round, before fighting back through the elimination bracket to cl...
On Saturday, February 4th, 22 teams of students in grades 7-12 gathered at the Kent State University Student Center for a FIRST Tech Challenge event, hosted by FIRST Robotics and the College of Aeronautics and Engineering. As part of a FIRST Tech Challenge team, participants design, build, and operate a robot to complete specific tasks depending on the competition year. Students gain valuable experience in coding, problem solving, and the engineering process, in addition to building teamwork skills. The competition doesn’t only include driving the robots in the game arena. On Friday, ...
In October 2022, five College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE) students competed in Kent State University's (KSU) Undergraduate Three Minute Thesis competition. Each student’s project was completed during the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE), a summer term research program for KSU students. The CAE research projects presented ranged from additive manufacturing with ceramic materials, to tracking bird movements to prevent collisions with aircraft. Jill Engel and Kyle Rediger, both seniors majoring in Aeronautics, took second place in the Aeronautics and Engineeri...
Get ready to Reduce, Reuse and then Recycle in February and March! Kent State is competing in Campus Race to Zero Waste, an international waste reduction and recycling competition for colleges and universities. Over 300 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada compete every year to see who can recycle the most, who can produce the least amount of waste and more. There are four main competition categories in Campus Race to Zero Waste: Diversion, Per Capita Recycling, Zero Waste and Food Organics. Everyone’s collective actions on campus—reducing, reusing and recycling—prevent...
Get ready to Reduce, Reuse and then Recycle in February and March! Kent State is competing in Campus Race to Zero Waste, an international waste reduction and recycling competition for colleges and universities. Over 300 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada compete every year to see who can recycle the most, who can produce the least amount of waste and more. There are four main competition categories in Campus Race to Zero Waste: Diversion, Per Capita Recycling, Zero Waste and Food Organics. Everyone’s collective actions on campus—reducing, reusing and recycling—prevent...
Kent Wired Article by Kait Murray By Kait Murray, Kent WiredKIC’s Recyclepalooza kicks off Campus Race to Zero Waste with sustainability-themed activities Kait MurrayKIC hosted Recycle Palooza on Feb. 8, where students were able to learn about sustainability, play games and plant seeds to take home. Jillian Schrift, ReporterFebruary 9, 2023A long line wrapped around the second floor of the Kent Student Center Wednesday evening as students waited to take part in reusing, reducing and recycling at Recyclepalooza.With about a hundred students coming and going from the K...
Gus Holman knows a thing or two about mushrooms. First, he knows that morel mushrooms are prized finds by those who hunt and gather them. Secondly, he knows that these mushrooms are expensive for others to purchase. And, he knows that morels are not easy to grow outside of their natural environment. Knowing these three basic facts helped lead him to the Kent State Salem Campus and, ultimately, an extensive research project involving morel mushrooms. “My interest in studying mushrooms started with a conversation with my father,” Holman said. “While building my parents a greenhouse,...