The Liquid Crystal Engineering concentration offers a two-year curriculum leading to the M.S. degree with a focus on practical learning combining both lecture and laboratory coursework. This degree program responds to the growing need for skilled engineers with expertise in liquid crystals by providing students with opportunities to learn the basic sciences; modelling and simulation; electronic and optical design; fabrication and testing of displays, electro-optic devices, sensing devices and applied systems in the advanced facilities of Kent State University's Liquid Crystal Institute. Graduate students will acquire practical skills as well as working knowledge of the fundamental science and technology needed in the cutting-edge liquid crystal industry. This program has been developed by world-renowned liquid crystal scientists at the Liquid Crystal Institute, together with engineers and technology specialists from industry.