The College of Aeronautics and Engineering Advisory Councils

The College of Aeronautics and Engineering's Industrial Advisory Board is comprised of decision makers from a diverse cross-section of aeronautics and engineering industry. They are active in counseling our curricular activities with emphasis on a joint effort resulting in the brightest and best-prepared graduates. The Aeronautics & Engineering Councils provide professional input for those specific disciplines.

Kent Wired Article Martin Harp April 24, 2014 Kent State celebrated Arbor Day and the university’s performance in Recyclemania, a national recycling competition, with a tree planting ceremony outside Centennial A and B on Thursday. Alan Siewert, regional urban forester from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, presented the Tree Campus USA award. The award is from the Arbor Day Foundation and recognizes campuses that carry on urban forestry, Siewert said, which is the care of trees and shrubs in a human environment. “As important as it is to have nice ...

Donated by the Canfora family to Kent State University Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives, the Alan Canfora May 4 Collection dedication will take place in the Harrick Garden Room on the first floor of University Library and will be followed by a reception.

During his lifelong effort to better understand what occurred on May 4, 1970, and its aftermath, Alan Canfora assembled the largest known private collection of May 4 documents and materials.

Now in its fifth year, the lecture and luncheon will be held in the Kent Student Center Ballroom and will include a special remembrance of Lewis. The lecture series was created to honor the legacy of Lewis and advance the scholarship of May 4 and the Vietnam War era. The 2026 speaker is David Strittmatter, Ph.D., associate professor of history at Ohio Northern University, who will present “The Guardsmen Speak: Tragedy and Memory 56 Years Later.”

HDFS faculty, alumni, and current Professional Development (HDF 44018) students will come together to celebrate alumni and the difference they are making in our communities!

  Research conducted by Kent State University Department of Psychological Sciences’ researchers was recently featured in the Washington Post! This research was conducted by Jennifer Taber, Ph.D., associate professor of psychological sciences, John Updegraff, Ph.D., professor of psychological sciences, and Alexis McGhee-Dinvaut, M.A., a clinical psychology doctoral student, in collaboration with Michelle Segar, PhD., from the University of Michigan. The research indicated that an “all-or-nothing” mindset can undermine exercise goals. The featured research was supported by the Kent Sta...

An Elliot DI Faculty Fellows Series Event with David Silva

Friends hug while members of the Kent State University community and visitors gather on the Kent State Commons for the annual May 4 Commemoration to honor those who were killed and wounded on May 4, 1970. (Photo credit: Bob Christy, Kent State University)

Honoring and remembering the events of May 4, 1970, and educating others about the tragic day at Kent State University remain an ongoing commitment by the university. On that day, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on Kent State students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students and wounding nine others. As the number of survivors and eyewitnesses of that pivotal moment in American history decreases, the importance of preserving the legacy and advancing the lessons learned from the events of May 4 increases in significance with the recent loss of two key individuals.This yea...

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