College of Nursing
Download the Fall 2019 Center for Nursing Research Newsletter to read about the latest publications, presentations, grant awards, and other scholarly recognitions of Kent State Nursing faculty and students. Click here to download (PDF) ...
Motivated by the low voltage driven actuation of ionic electroactive polymers (iEAPs) [1][2], recently we began investigating ionic elastomers. In this talk I will discuss the preparation, physical characterization and electric bending actuation properties of two novel ionic elastomers: ionic polymer electrolyte membranes (iPEM) and ionic liquid crystal elastomers (iLCE). [3] Both materials can be actuated by low frequency AC or DC voltages of less than 1 V. The bending actuation properties of the iPEMs are outperforming most of the well-developed iEAPs, and the not optimized first i...
Kent State University field hockey coach Kyle DeSandes-Moyer is pleased to announce the signing of 10-year-old Mary Alice Tryda through Team IMPACT to the Kent State field hockey team. "We are thrilled to officially welcome Mary Alice to our Kent State field hockey family," DeSandes-Moyer said. "The team is looking forward to supporting Mary Alice and getting to know her and her family more." A native of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Tryda has battled a connective tissue disorder that causes hypermobility in her joints and ligaments since birth but was officially diagnosed in 2018. Through Team IMP...
A new federal grant will help Kent State University expand an international relationship and provide invaluable opportunities for some graduate students. The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded Kent State a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to Kyoto University in Japan to study primates and human evolution at the world-renowned Primate Research Institute. The IRES grant is under the direction of Anthony Tosi, Ph.D., associate professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Science...
The American Institute of Professional Geologists Annual Conference Student Poster Contest was held September 15-17, 2019 in Burlington, Vermont. Geology doctoral student, Israel Olaoye, received first place in the graduate category with his poster Assessing land Use/Land Cover (LULC) Change and Climate Change Vulnerablity Using Machine Learning, Markov Chain Model and GIS: A Case Study on Old Woman Creek (OWC) Watershed, OH. Congratulations Israel! ...
This past month, the Kent State University at Tuscarawas community lost a beloved friend and leader in Dr. Kamal Bichara, longtime emeritus professor and former engineering technology director at the Tuscarawas Campus. He passed away leaving a lasting impact on thousands of individuals, whether they had him as a professor, advisor or even as an acquaintance over his long career at Kent State Tuscarawas. He will be greatly missed, as he was a trailblazer in engineering technology here for nearly 40 years. To commemorate his dedication and commitment to engineering and our students, ...
Liquid crystals can exhibit spatial patterns in molecular alignment at interfaces that can be reconfigured by external stimuli. This property of anisotropic fluids provides a valuable tool for patterning nanoparticles adsorbed at fluid interfaces, of importance for optical and energy applications. Colloidal particles at the cholesteric liquid crystal interface have been reported to localize either near bulk defects or in regions of favorable surface anchoring. In this work, we demonstrate that both types of ordering can be achieved within the same system. We investigate nanoparticle ordering a...
Sonia Sanchez’s visit to Kent State University’s campus on Wednesday, September 18, touched many members of the community, both students and visitors alike. Sanchez's visit is part of the year long 50th Commemoration of the events of May 4, 1970 at Kent State. Sanchez discussed how poetry, civil rights, student activism, and peace can enact change; these themes are as relevant now as they were in 1970, and they take on new significance in the context of the 50th anniversary of May 4th, which occurs next year in May of 2020. In addition to her speaki...
In April 2019, Kent State University welcomed Neil Cooper, Ph.D, as the new inaugural director of Kent State's School of Peace and Conflict Studies. The School of Peace and Conflict Studies was originally called the Center for Peaceful Change when it was founded in 1971 as the university's first ‘living memorial’ for the events that occurred on May 4th, 1970. Prior to his arrival, Cooper was head of Peace Studies and International Development at the University of Bradford in the U.K. There he led programs for undergraduate, graduate and doctoral level students through the cen...