Research & Science
NSF Funds ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Research Team’s Interdisciplinary Study of Plant Biodiversity
Scientists have long recognized that biodiverse ecosystems are more stable and productive. What makes ecosystems diverse is having many species living together in the same place. But what factors allow for the success of the species in diverse communities? Are there some species that just can’t live…
BioBlack Team Brings Home Award From Biodesign Challenge
A team of ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì students took home the Outstanding Science Award from the Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020 held in June.
Opinion: I Hope We Can Move to Action. I Hope I Can Move to Action.
I wonder, how do I decide how to act in recognition of that disturbing dynamic? Michael Kavulic, Ph.D., director of research strategic initiatives in ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, shares his inner thoughts as an ally.
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Mathematicians Win NSF Grant to Study Complex But Important Geometry Problems
The National Science Foundation believes ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University mathematicians Artem Zvavitch, Ph.D., and Dmitry Ryabogin, Ph.D., are having worthwhile conversations about some age-old unsolved problems, and it has provided support to keep the discussion going for another three years.
Ohio Space Grant Award Helps Kent Robotics Team Prepare for Long-term Success
For the second straight year, ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s robotics mining team will not compete. The COVID19 pandemic canceled this year’s event at Kennedy Space Center, and last-year’s was reduced to a virtual event after the government shutdown held up NASA’s schedule. However, a new $5,000 Student…
The College of Aeronautics and Engineering Secures Tech Funding for Areas Across University
On June 1, ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University was approved to move forward with the purchase of $143,233 worth of equipment through the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s Regionally Aligned Priorities in Delivering Skills (RAPIDS 4) program.
Department of Energy Selects Two ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Biology Ph.D. Students for Prestigious Research Program
Two ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University students, in the College of Arts and Sciences, were among 62 students from 50 different U.S. universities recently selected for funding by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program.
Physicists Analyze Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Medical Sensing
The medical and science communities are always seeking new ways to study and monitor organs and common diseases to improve human health and quality of life. While there is a seemingly endless need for versatile, low-cost, yet highly sensitive biochemical sensor devices, there are many step…
Graduate Student Creates Smart Glass for Privacy and Heat Applications
Yingfei Jiang, a College of Arts and Science graduate student in the Chemical Physics program and the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University, and his advisor Deng-Ke Yang, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Physics, have invented the first ever dual-mode smart glass technology that can control both radiant energy flow (heat) and privacy through a tinted material.