Kent State Approves Name Change For College of Applied Engineering

From Kent State University: With a goal of becoming one of the nation’s top public universities in aeronautics and engineering education and research, the Kent State University Board of Trustees approved changing the name of the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology to the College of Aeronautics and Engineering.

The change better reflects the expansion of the college’s programs and accentuates its highly trained and sought-after graduates who go on to work for commercial airlines, corporate flight departments, the military and the Federal Aviation Administration.

The revised name further positions the college’s aeronautics programs, with three degrees and four concentrations, in an elite group of universities. Only two others have as many accredited programs in this field. The Kent State Aeronautics major is the longest-standing, fully-accredited Aviation Accreditation Board International program in Ohio. The Aeronautics Systems Engineering Tech program is one of only two such programs in the world to be Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology accredited. The program is also the only in Ohio to be approved by the Federal Aviation Administration as a designated Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative Program.

The engineering program is also positioned to shift to an advanced level of distinction beyond the Applied Engineering major that has previously been offered for nearly 70 years. The revised name will help advance the opportunity to create a college that offers unique, cutting-edge degrees in engineering, including the recently launched aerospace engineering degree and a proposed degree in mechatronics.

The name change takes effective July 1, 2017.

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