Materials Sciences

The Ph.D. degree in Materials Sciences from Kent State University provides students with extensive scientific training, cutting-edge research opportunities and engineering skills necessary for a variety of careers in academy and industry. 

Program faculty and students conduct research through Kent State’s participating departments and the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute. Such research includes liquid crystal synthesis and molecular design; properties of liquid crystals and related advanced materials; lyotropic liquid crystals and bio-related materials, opto-electronics; and nanoscience and nanotechnologies. These important research foci are inherently interdisciplinary.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this Materials Sciences Materials Sciences program from Kent State University Kent State University will be able to:

• Develop an advanced understanding of the fundamental science of liquid crystals and related advanced materials and ability to apply acquired knowledge of physical and chemical properties of soft materials and devices such as liquid crystals, polymers, colloids and active matter
• Gain experience in presenting scientific data in research publications, articles, posters and oral presentations
• Apply acquired knowledge to the discovery of new advanced materials and development of advanced materials-based devices and applications

Courses include:

• Characterization of Soft Matter

• Physics of Soft Matter

• Chemistry of Soft Matter

• Applications of Soft Matter

• Molecular Biology

• Bioinformatics

• Biological Light Microscopy