Research
The School of Aeronautics supports a wide range of research themes related to aeronautics, aviation education, and airspace management.
Research Centers

Center for Advanced Air Mobility
Kent State's Center for Advanced Air Mobility (CAAM) serves as a hub of innovation, research, and collaboration, bringing together faculty, staff, students, and external partners from government, academia, and industry to address the transformative field of advanced air mobility.
Research Laboratories

Extended Reality (XR) Research Lab
The XR Research Lab features four virtual reality (VR) stations for students and faculty to explore programs that enhance traditional classroom materials.

Flex Lab
The Flex Lab is an individual investigation space that supports a variety of current projects by faculty and graduate students.

Green and Advanced Mobility Engineering (GAME) Lab
The Green and Advanced Mobility Engineering (GAME) lab focuses on developing data-driven, intelligent decision-making systems for aviation based on artificial intelligence/machine learning, optimization, and operations research techniques.

Mobile Command and Control Center
The Mobile Command and Control Center (MCCC) provides a mobile facility for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) where the pilot is no longer able to observe the aircraft with the naked eye.