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Student Organizations

The School of Engineering encourages students to get involved outside the classroom and join organizations related to their fields of interest. For organization details, follow the link below.

Kent State Student Organizations Page

American Foundry Society

The object of this student organization shall provide the student membership with education and information on technology, marketing, management, human resources and research as it relates to the manufacturing of metal castings. The club also exists to provide and promote knowledge and services that strength the metalcasting industry for the ultimate benefit of its customers and society.

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AstroFlashes

To engage students in academic research in topics related to spacecraft and related systems. Currently working on constructing a spaceflight ready satellite. All majors welcome!

Design, Build, Fly Team

The purpose of the organization shall be to prepare for and compete in the Design, Build, Fly competition hosted annually by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

Epsilon Pi Tau

Epsilon Pi Tau (EPT) is the leading international honor society for technology. Epsilon Pi Tau recognizes academic excellence of students in fields devoted to the study of technology and the preparation of practitioners for the technology professions.

High-Power Rocket Club (KSU-HPRC)

The Kent State University High-Power Rocket Club began in 2016 and is open to all students. The club is an Integrated Product Team comprised of members with varying majors, assembled with the intent to design and build high-power rockets for professional competition.

Kent State Robotics

Competitive Robotics Team that competes in robotic competitions centered around space mining. The team's goal is to teach and expand on skills in CAD, programming, electronics, mechanics, and robotics.

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KSU Combat Robotics

The KSU Combat Robotics team is a group of students that brainstorm, design and the create/build robots to take into battle against other teams at various "battle bots" competitions. The team meets once a week at the College of Aeronautics and Engineering. With the help of local machine shops and other donors, most materials and needed supplies are donated to the team. The team travels a few times an academic year to compete in various 3 pound and 12 pound robotics competitions.

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National Society of Black Engineers

NSBE Kent is a student organization dedicated to connecting minorities in the STEM field. Our goal is to encourage traditionally underrepresented minority students in STEM to succeed in KSU and beyond. We plan to provide students various opportunities, such as a place to study with like-minded individuals, as well as the ability to attend regional and national NSBE conferences.

Meetings will be held on& the first and third Fridays of every month!

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Vex Robotics Team

We are a competitive robotics team competing in the program Vex U. We build and code two robots to compete in new games each year. We then play this game in matches against other teams at competitions. At competitions, there is judging for a team's design notebook. The judges will give out awards based on robot performance and the notebooks rating. We do this for a shot at going to the World Championship and bringing home awards facing off against the best of the best. We are also looking to participate in other robotics challenges, such as NASA and college student challenges presented by companies and organizations.

Women in Cybersecurity

Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS), established by Dr. Ambareen Siraj through a National Science Foundation Grant to Tennessee Tech University in 2013, is a nonprofit 501(c)3 membership organization, which works to advance women in the cybersecurity workforce. WiCyS works on behalf of women everywhere who seek to enter and progress in careers in cybersecurity, while assisting employers and recruiters to find qualified candidates for their cybersecurity teams.

Women in Engineering

The purpose of the organization shall be to encourage success among aspiring engineers in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering at Kent State University. This will be achieved through a possible partnership with the Society of Women Engineers, widening networking, career, and experiential opportunities.