The Environmental Science and Design Research Institute (ESDRI) is dedicated to research and investigations within natural, human, and built systems.
A main aim of ESDRI is to consider the inextricable relationship between human, built, and natural systems, as we develop innovative knowledge, products, and solutions to address local, regional, and global issues. The institute supports undergraduates -- academically and financially -- in hopes of mentoring a new generation of scholars.
Colleges represented within ESDRI include:
- Aeronautics and Engineering
- Architecture and Environmental Design
- The Arts
- Arts and Sciences
- Communication and Information
- Education, Health and Human Services
- Nursing
- Public Health
In this era of human influence, designers and researchers within ESDRI seek to understand and leverage the interacting geological, biological, human, economical, and social systems that impact and regulate the availability of resources (e.g. pure water, clean air, and food), sustain diversity of life on Earth, and promote well-being.
Environmental Science and Design Research Institute acknowledges that it, and Kent State University, is located on lands previously occupied by people of the Delaware, Erie, Kaskaskia, Miami, Ottawa, Seneca-Cayuga, Shawnee, and Wyandot tribes. We pay respect to their past, present, and future.











