Research & Science

Torsten Hegmann, director of Kent State's Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, stands in front of the institute's advanced X-ray scattering device, which is drawing scientists to Kent State for their research.

If you build it they will come: Kent State's advanced X-ray scattering machine is drawing researchers from as far as Canada.

KSU students participating in tree-planting event at CVNP.

Kent State students planted trees in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park on Saturday. 

Neal-Barnett and Shackleford presenting

The Division of Research and Economic Development recently hosted its research and innovation forum, featuring faculty and undergraduate student pairs presenting their Summer Undergraduate Research Experience work.

Student working with the laser cutter in the DI Hub Reactor

On three days this week, participants can create desk organizers using the laser cutters in DI Hub Reactor.

Student researchers at work in a laboratory at Kent State University.

With more than six months at the helm of Kent State University’s research division, Vice President Douglas Delahanty, Ph.D., has been hard at work making sure the university is sharply focused on its collaborations with business and industry and maintaining its R1 research status. He recently sat down with Kent State Today to talk about his first year and changes in the division.

Researchers throwing javelins

A new study led by Archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Kent State University’s Department of Anthropology, has demonstrated that the atlatl (i.e. spear thrower) functions as an “equalizer”, a finding which supports women’s potential active role as prehistoric hunters.

Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
Engineers from Leica install the new NLO microscope in the Integrated Sciences Building on the Kent Campus in June 2023.

Kent State University researchers are beginning to use a new high-tech microscope that will allow them to view the structure of cell tissue on a more intense level. 

The Henry and Louise Timken Atrium in the CAE Expansion.

The College of Aeronautics and Engineering is growing and its building's new, state-of-the-art expansion is welcoming students for Fall Semester classes.

Kent State researchers are kicking off the Student Life Study, an ambitious project that seeks to follow 10,000 students throughout their lifetime to offer help in real time and create a data pool to help inform educational policy.

Kent State researchers are looking for 10,000 students to participate in an ambitious Student Life Study launching this semester. 

Kent State Professors Develop Machine Learning Tool to Assess Children’s Math Proficiency
child doing homework

Three Kent State Professors have been awarded a $101,929 grant to develop a machine learning tool to evaluate and support children's understanding of fraction arithmetic.