The Master of Science degree in Chemical Physics provides students with extensive scientific training, cutting-edge research opportunities and engineering skills necessary for a variety of careers in the academy and in industry. Program faculty and students conduct research through Kent State's Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute in liquid crystal synthesis and molecular design, liquid crystal materials and properties, lyotropic liquid crystals and bio-related materials, opto-electronics, and nanoscience and nanotechnologies. These important research foci are inherently interdisciplinary. The Chemical Physics major includes the following optional concentration: The Liquid Crystal Engineering concentration 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. Students acquire practical skills as well as working knowledge of the fundamental science and technology needed in the cutting-edge liquid crystal industry.