In response to the growing need for engineers with expertise in liquid crystals, the liquid Crystal Institute (lCI) at Kent State University has launched a new concentration for a Master of Science Degree in liquid Crystal Engineering.
The liquid Crystal Engineering Concentration offers an intensive two-year curriculum leading to an MS degree without thesis. It focuses on practical learning by combining both lecture and hands-on laboratory course work with the equal emphasis, providing students with the opportunity to learn.
The course is arranged over the program period of 20 months in such a way that students can learn the fundamental sciences and the corresponding laboratory techniques together, from basic to advanced levels, step-by-step.
Kent State University, Director lCI Hiroshi Yokoyama said in an interaction with The Pioneer, "liquid crystal science and technology of this institute has played a prominent role in bringing the lCD industry to today's prominent status of a major electronics industry comparable to the semiconductor industry."
“India has massive potential and seeing this I'll be sharing my knowledge with Indian students in Universities offering courses in nano-technology across India through lectures,” he added.
Yokoyama has been in active research and education for over 35 years in the area of nano-science and technology for soft matter - under the umbrella of the Ohio Third Front Initiative with a major funding from the State of Ohio for a project entitled RsResearch Cluster on Surfaces in Advanced Materials (RC-SAM).
The director claims that the students trained in the institute gets placements in the worldwide renowned companies like Apple.
This course is a good option for students aspires to be a corporate engineer in display and related industries, interested to acquire hands-on experience in liquid crystal device design and fabrication and want to study the fundamental sciences and technologies underlying liquid crystal displays.