Dr. West to Work with NorTech

From Carol A. Cartwright,President:

On July 1, Dr. West will begin a one-year leave to work with NorTech, directing an exciting effort to make our region the center of the global effort to manufacture flexible electronic devices. This effort builds on Kent State's established world leadership in liquid crystal and related technologies and on the region's core industrial strengths in polymers, printing and engineering.

The future market for consumer and industrial electronics is in the production of devices from cell phones to large, flat-screen TVs on flexible displays. Northeast Ohio can seize the lead in the global race, based in no small part on Kent State's leadership in the field and the start-up companies already here making use of Kent State research, centered in our Liquid Crystal Institute. Also crucial to this effort are the important collaborations with other institutions, industries and organizations such as NorTech.

NorTech's technology and business leaders are strategic drivers of the region's technology-based economic development agenda and work to align and leverage regional technology assets to build a more globally competitive technology economy. NorTech promotes research, innovation, entrepreneurship and technology industry growth throughout the region for the benefit of all citizens. [Read More]