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Physics

Co-PIs Dr. Michael Strickland (Professor and Chair, Physics), Dr. Qiang Guan (Assistant Professor, Computer Science), and Dr. Barry Dunietz (Associate Professor, Chemistry) have received a $500k grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a quantum computing (QC) training program at Â鶹´«Ã½. 

Jacob Grant (pictured third from left) pictured with the rocket built by the Kent State high powered rocket team.

Jacob Grant, Â鶹´«Ã½ student, is a senior aerospace engineering major with a minor in physics. Grant graduated from Edison High School in Milan, OH in 2017. After a late medical disqualification from the Air Force Academy, he chose to attend Â鶹´«Ã½. Grant is a third generation Â鶹´«Ã½ Honors College student. His grandmother studied Spanish at Kent State and his mother studied education. Both were members of the Honors College.

Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

Greta Babakhanova

As if graduating with your Ph.D., starting a National Research Council (NRC) postdoctoral fellowship, getting married in Nepal and organizing an international research seminar wasn’t already a full plate for Â鶹´«Ã½ doctoral student Greta Babakhanova, how about a little dessert?