Kent State University is undertaking several initiatives to significantly enhance its capacity in cutting-edge research programs.  These initiatives build upon our recent substantial investments in faculty and infrastructure in the sciences; world-class research programs; our many collaborative research relationships with other institutions in Northeast Ohio; and the growing emphasis on medical devices, flexible displays and related advanced materials in Kent State's nationally recognized Liquid Crystal Institute.

Our most recent initiatives include:

• Bioengineering
• bioFLEX - Flexible Bioelectronics
• bioLCI - Liquid Crystal Institute (LCI) Biological Initiative
• flexPV - Flexible Organic Photovoltaics Initiative