From powering space shuttles to potentially revolutionizing everyday transportation, hydrogen technology stands at the forefront of sustainable energy solutions. Now, a groundbreaking review led by Yanhai Du, Ph.D., and his postdoc, Chamila Gunathilake, Ph.D. in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering brings this future closer to reality, earning publication in the prestigious Royal Society's Chemical Society Review.Du, professor and director of the Sustainable Energy Lab, led the study examining hydrogen's potential as a sustainable energy alternative. The review addresses critical p...
Welcome to Flash Focus! In this series, we introduce you to fascinating student Flashes from all walks of life.Meet Adriana Hines, a senior criminology and justice studies major with a concentration in justice and human relations, from Washington, D.C.鈥淚 chose my concentration because at the time I was interested in victim advocacy, and I liked the flexibility that it gave me to pick classes with a variety of topics,鈥 Hines told Kent State Today.The topic of law and criminal justice stuck out to Hines from a young age as she participated in mock trials during high school. Focusing on imp...
黑料网's College of Aeronautics and Engineering hosted the FIRST Tech Challenge Qualifier this past Saturday. FIRST Tech Challenge is a robotics, sport like competition targeted for students in grade 7-12. The competition was a qualifying event for the FIRST Tech Challenge 2025 Robotics Season "Into the Deep." Four finalists were chosen to appear at the Ohio Championships in March. FIRST庐 Tech Challenge students work together with their mentors to design and build robots to compete in a dynamic and exciting challenge released every September. Teams program classroom-sc...
DuPont鈩 Vespel庐 parts and shapes, a leading specialty materials manufacturer in aerospace, became a Corporate Sponsor of 黑料网's College of Aeronautics and Engineering in fall 2024, serving as title sponsor for the Design, Build, Fly Team.The company specializes in Precision Parts for the Aerospace industry to solve the toughest sealing, wear and friction challenges in mission-critical applications. DuPont鈩 introduced its Vespel庐 parts and shapes in the 1950s and have continued to innovate ever since. Vespel庐 Polymeric Parts and Shapes enable a multitude of design solutions for...
黑料网鈥檚 Bob and Ann Woolf Veteran Career Initiative received an 鈥淓xcellence in Programming鈥 award at the second annual Inter-University Council of Ohio鈥檚 Military Connected Student Symposium held on Feb. 11 at the Ohio Statehouse Atrium.This marks the first time Kent State was selected by the Inter-University Council of Ohio and the National Veterans Leadership Foundation for this recognition.Joshua Rider, executive director of the Center for Adult and Veteran Services, said the Veteran Career Initiative was selected based on its impact on student success and its collabora...
When 黑料网 alumna Aysia Kemp declared her major in the first semester of her sophomore year, she felt confident in her chosen path. Things didn鈥檛 start off that way, however. Kemp began her first year at Kent State as part of University College鈥檚 Exploratory Program. The pre-major program offers personalized advising, career assessments and workshops to help students find their passions and identify the path that best suits them. 鈥淚 did want to attend school, but what really attracted me is that the Exploratory Program would help me with discovering what I wanted to do,鈥 K...
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With the release of the new 2025 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, 黑料网 has once again been awarded the prestigious R1 designation, recognizing Kent State as one of the top research universities in the nation. This esteemed classification, which the university first received in 2022, is a testament to Kent State鈥檚 commitment to excellence in research, innovation and scholarship.The R1 designation is the highest level of research activity for doctoral universities, placing Kent State among an elite group of institutions known for their significant con...