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Three blimps over the Kent State University Airport.

IN A FLASH: Blimp Spotting

Look, up in the sky! As part of Goodyear’s 100-year anniversary celebration of its iconic blimp, three of the company’s airships could be seen cruising the skies over Northeast Ohio last week. 

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‘If You Succeeded in Every Situation, You’d Learn Nothing’

A resilient mindset and an innovative plan for the future helped Jude Carver recover from a competition setback as he looks ahead to Fall Semester 2025. 

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Sixteen pilots all wearing blue tshirts pose for a group photo after their ninth place finish at the 2025 NIFA SAFECON

Kent State Flight Team Earns Ninth Place at National SAFECON 2025

Kent State University’s Flight Team secured a ninth-place overall finish at the 2025 National SAFECON competition, held March 23 and hosted by the Experimental Aircraft Association in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

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A classroom of students, with a darkskinned male student in a light blue shirt sitting in front of a light skinned male student in a yellow shirt

Kent State Aeronautics and Engineering Students Shine on Spring 2025 President's and Dean's Lists

Kent State's College of Aeronautics and Engineering extends its congratulations to the exceptional students who have been named to the President's List and Dean's List for the Spring 2025 semester.

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Design, Build, Fly team members in formal dress pose behind their remote-controlled aircraft prototype.

Capstone Redefined: Students Launch Design Team with Industry Support and Faculty Mentorship

What began as a senior capstone project for aerospace engineering students at Kent State University has grown into a full-fledged student organization preparing to take flight in a national competition.

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A young man kneeling down in front of a server cabinet to arrange several green wires

Alumni Spotlight: Riley Jones, B.S. ’24, Computer Engineering Technology

What began as a high school job bagging groceries at Heinen’s led Riley Jones to a full-time career in IT. Now an IT Specialist at the company’s corporate office, Jones manages technology systems across retail stores, warehouses, and a datacenter.

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Yanhai Du, Ph.D. holds up a component piece of a fuel cell core.

Professor’s Innovations Aim to Advance Fuel Cell Efficiency, Fuel Purity

Yanhai Du, Ph.D., professor in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering at Kent State University and administrator for the Sustainable Energy Lab, continues to break ground in energy systems research with a trio of patent accomplishments aimed at advancing the performance and integration of fuel cell technologies.

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Kent State has the only Air Traffic -Collegiate Training Initiative school for the FAA in the state of Ohio

Kent State Students’ Training Reaches New Heights at Ohio’s Only Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative School

Kent State’s status as the only Ohio Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative school for the Federal Aviation Administration offers students an innovative and challenging curriculum at a time when the aviation industry faces a critical shortage of air traffic controllers.

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Group photo of the students who collaborated on the X8 prototype

Student Team Designs and Tests Custom 8-Motor Drone

The project, completed as part of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) course in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering taught by assistant professor Riu Lui, Ph.D. challenged students to create a novel multirotor platform from scratch.

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Angel Guinn wearing a safety vest outdoors nex tto a Goodyear sign made out of a large tire

Students in the Wild: Angel Guinn Engineers Her Future at Goodyear

In our latest internship spotlight, we feature College of Aeronautics and Engineering student Angel Guinn, whose journey at Goodyear exemplifies how valuable hands-on experience can be for engineering students preparing to enter the workforce.

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