Kent State University


Human Factors     Materials     Computing


Human Factors


Speech Pathology and Audiology

  • Research Laboratories
    • Fully-equipped language development
    • Infant development
    • Speech perception and production
    • Palatometry
    • Neurophysiology
    • Pediatric audiology
    • Voice science
    • Auditory physiology
    • Hearing aids/amplification
    • Psychoacoustic laboratories
    • Swallowing
    • Tele health in both speech and audiology
  • Five audiological test suites
  • Three audiological research suites
  • Eight therapy rooms with a digital video/sound system for supervision in addition to the one-way mirrors

Exercise Physiology

  • Anthropometric Lab
  • Behavioral Science Lab
    • Equipped to perform a wide array of measures including, but not limited to; exercise tests, anthropometric measures, and assessments of relative reinforcing (motivating) value
  • Biochemistry Lab
  • Applied & Environmental Physiology Lab
  • Motor Control Lab
  • Strength Lab
  • Exercise Testing Lab
  • Vascular Health Lab
  • Rapid prototyping, process improvement, quality and safety management systems, and time-based and lean manufacturing

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Materials


Chemistry and Biochemistry Departments

  • NMR Spectroscopy:
    • Varian Inova 500
    • Bruker DMX 400 with solid state capabilities
    • Bruker AMX 300
  • Mass Spectroscopy:
    • Bruker Esquire ESI/MS/HPLC
    • ThermoFinnigan GC/MS (EI/CI)
    • Voyager DE MALDI-TOF spectrometer
  • Thermal Analysis:
    • TGA, TMA, DSC
  • Titration Calorimetry
  • X-Ray
    • Siemens D5000 Powder Diffractometer
    • Bruker AXS platform single crystal X-ray diffractometer
      • Upgraded with an APEX II CCD detector
      • Graphite monochromatized Mo K a radiation (1 = 0.7107 A)
      • Equipped with an Oxford 700 Series Cryostream low temperature device (operates at 100 K)
      • Lattice determination, data collection, structure refinement, scaling, and data reduction are carried out using Apex2 v1.0-27
  • Machine Shop
    • Cutting, drilling, milling, and lathing services
  • Advanced Recombinant DNA Laboratory
    • Centrifuges (Beckman L8-55M, Sorval RC-5B, and a Beckman Airfuge)
    • Perkin Elmer GeneAmp 9600 PCR system
    • UV Stratalinker 2400
    • DNA sequencing system
  • Proteomics Core Facility
    • Cary 300 Series II Spectrophotometer
      • Pre-monochromator – Extends the working range of the Cary 300 past 5 absorbance units by lowering the stray light.
      • Sealed optics – prevents exposure to corrosive environments.
      • Variable slits – allow optimum control over data resolution. The spectral bandwidth can be set to 0.2 nm.
      • Phase locked wavelength drive – prevents peak shifts and peak suppression at high scan speeds.
      • Double choppers – ensure that the sample and reference beam strike the detector at the same point.
      • The large sample compartment – gives you more flexibility in sample size.
      • Centralized accessory control – all accessories are centrally controlled by the Accessory Controller.
    • Cary 300 Accessories
      • The SPS-5 together with the Routine Sampler Accessory perform high throughput liquid handling. Routine sample analysis is automated, reducing error and analysis time
      • Minimum sample volume 320μL
      • Flow cell volume 80μL
      • Wavelength range – 190-900nm
      • Temperature range – 5-~100ºC
      • Peltier Temperature Control Accessory unit with provisions for six samples and six reference cuvettes
      • Staggered cell positions
      • Peltier heating/cooling
      • Built-in temperature probe for monitoring cell block temperatures
      • Electromagnetic stirring
      • Cell lifter
    • Ciphergen Protein Biology System IIc SELDI TOF MS
    • Beckman Coulter ProteomeLab PF2D
      • High loading capacity without band distortion
      • Improved detection of low-abundance species
      • Membrane or hydrophobic proteins detection
      • Enhanced reproducibility
      • Contamination-free liquid flow path
      • Automation
    • Beckman Coulter Biomek 2000 Laboratory Automation Workstation
      • Controlled by a PC using the Windows XP-based BioWorks™ Operating System
    • Labconoco CentriVap Concentrator/Cold Trap
    • Eppendorf 5415D Centrifuge
    • Thermolyne DRI-BATH
    • ZOOM IPG Runner System and various gel electrophoresis equipment

Liquid Crystal Institute/Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program

  • Liquid Crystal Device Prototype Facility
    • Glass cleaning: ultrasonic, UV/ozone, plasma
    • Photolithography / patterning: pattern generation in positive resist (S1800 series) to 3 microns or less; etching processes for ITO, chrome, aluminum, SiO2, nickel, gold, and others; laser repair
    • Wet coatings: spincoating, roller coating (not standard)
    • Vacuum deposition: RF and DC sputter coating of SiO2, nickel, and other
    • films; e-beam evaporation; ion-assisted e-beam evaporation; thermal evaporation
    • Alignment layers: various polyimide materials; SiOx oblique evaporation
    • Cell assembly: XY dispenser for gasket seal; wet or dry spacer application; post spacers
    • Glass scribing: manual and programmable glass scribers, for single or laminated substrates, with camera alignment
    • Cell filling: vacuum filling, end sealing
    • Characterization: Spectroscopic ellipsometry for thin film characterization; SEM; profilometry
    • Environmental testing: temp and humidity chamber, programmable
  • Organic Synthesis Facility
    • Provides researchers with liquid crystalline materials that are not commercially available
    • Purify impure single liquid crystals
    • Formulate mixtures when an exact composition is provided
    • Expertise in deuterated materials, esters, cyanobiphenyls, ferroelectrics, diacetylenes, lipid salts, etc
  • Characterization Facility
    • Determine material properties of bulk liquid crystals, properties of the liquid crystal/substrate interface, and properties of the substrate
    • Measurements that can be obtained by this facility
      • Bulk Material Properties
        • Dielectric Properties
        • Frank Elastic Constants
        • Indices of Refraction
        • Diamagnetic Anisotropy
      • Liquid Crystal/Substrate Properties
        • Pretilt Angle
        • Polar Anchoring Coefficient
      • Substrate Properties
        • Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
        • Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy Facility
    • Available techniques:
      • Traditional TEM, high resolution TEM (HRTEM), scanning TEM (STEM), cryo-TEM, electron diffraction techniques, energy-filtered TEM (EFTEM), electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS)
    • Instruments:
      • 200 kV microscope (Tecnai G2 F20), manufactured by FEI, provides superb performance of a 0.24 nm point-to-point resolution and a 0.15 nm information limit for TEM mode and a 0.2 nm spot size for STEM mode
      • Microscope features:
        • Advanced digitally controlled operating system
        • Schottky field emission gun
        • Integrated scanning TEM (STEM) system
        • Integrated low-dose mode
      • Attachments and accessories:
        • Twin-blade anti-contaminator
        • 4k*4k UltraScan CCD camera
        • FEI Vitrobot
        • Cryo holder
        • Integrated Gatan Tridiem imaging filter
        • EDAX SUTW (super ultra-thin window) x-ray spectrometer
  • Radiation effects on solar cells and semiconductor materials
  • Study of metallic and ceramic materials using x-ray photo-electron spectroscopy and Auger electron microscopy

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Computing and Simulation


Department Labs

  • Internet Engineering and Teaching Laboratory (IETL)
  • Distributed Steering, Computation and Visualization Laboratory (DiSCoV)
  • The Software Development Laboratory (SDML)
    • Source-Code Analysis, Transformation, and Differencing
    • Software Traceability
    • Reverse Engineering and Reengineering
    • Program Comprehension and Understanding
    • Emprical Software Engineering and Mining Software Repositories
    • Software Visualization to Support Understanding of Large Software Systems
  • Networking and Media Communication Research (MediaNet) Laboratory
  • VLSI Design Laboratory
  • Bioinformatics and BioComputing Laboratory
  • Parallel and Associative Computing Lab

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