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Short Course February 24 - 27, 2004 |
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Lectures begin at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday and continue each morning through Friday at noon. There are three afternoon labs (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). The course begins Tuesday morning and ends Friday at noon.
Lectures
Fundamentals
Liquid Crystal Device Physics
Display Applications
LaboratoriesTour of LCI Laboratories
Principles of Device Fabrication
Hands-on construction of small liquid crystal cells demonstrating principles of:
Device Analysis
Previous Participants
Past participants include 259 people from a wide variety of domestic and international industries, universities, the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and Patent Office. At the conclusion of the short course, participants evaluate all aspects of the course. Their comments and suggestions are incorporated in planning future courses.
Some comments from past participants include the following:
"Great balance between lecture and lab. Pure research and industry application."
"I thought the course was well-prepared, well-presented, and very informative."
"Great course. I will definitely recommend it."
"Keeping up on current research is important. PDLC's were all new to me. The course was very informative and well run. Accommodations and personnel were great."
Facility
Established in 1965, the Liquid Crystal Institute
(LCI) is the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive liquid crystal
research program in the country. It also maintains the largest
university-based liquid crystal flat panel display research and
development program in the world. Institute achievements include
the discovery and characterization of new liquid crystalline phases
and invention of new types of liquid crystal devices such as polymer
dispersed and polymer stabilized liquid crystals.
The LCI and the graduate Chemical
Physics Interdisciplinary Program are housed in the 65,000
sq. ft. Liquid Crystal and Materials Science building. The facility
consists of 22,000 sq. ft. of research laboratories, 3 teaching
labs, 2 classrooms, a 2,500 sq. ft. research cleanroom and a 145-seat
auditorium.
Faculty
The
course is taught by university faculty with active research and a minimum of
ten years experience in
the areas covered by their lectures. Faculty list will be provided. Check back
in a few days.
Registration
The course fee
of $1,250 covers registration, instruction, lecture and laboratory materials,
morning & afternoon refreshments each day, 3
lunches, a banquet, tour of LCI facilities and transportation between the hotel
and the LCI each
day. Members of the Industrial Partnership Program
receive a registration discount.
Registration deadline: February 19, 2004
Register
on the web at College
of Continuing Studies - select
the link, "Workshops." Then click on "Non-Credit Registration" on
the gray box on the right side of the screen. On
the form, select "Fall
2004"
and type in the name of the course as "Liquid Crystal Short course."
Registration is handled by the College of Continuing
Studies, Kent State University, POB 5190, Kent, Ohio 44242-0001; tel: 330-672-3100
or toll-free in Ohio (800) 672-KSU2; fax: 330-672-2079. You may register by
phone, fax, mail or web.
Payment may be made by check or money order made payable to Kent State University;
Visa, MasterCard, or Discover. Cash cannot be accepted at the College of Continuing
Studies Office.
Registration is not guaranteed until payment
is received.
Withdrawal/Cancellation
Policy
Cancellations received in writing prior to 48 hours before the
workshop will receive a full refund. Cancellations received in
writing within 48 hours of the workshop will receive a full refund minus a $20
processing fee. No refunds will be given after the workshop begins. If a program
is canceled
due to insufficient enrollment, all fees will be refunded. If
you are unable to attend you may arrange to have a substitute
attend in your place.
Location
Lectures and laboratories will be held at the Liquid Crystal Institute
(LCI) at Kent State University. Transportation will be provided
between the hotel and LCI each day. Parking permits are required
and will be available at no cost for those wishing to drive to
the LCI.
Kent is located approximately 15 miles east of Akron, Ohio, and can be easily reached from the Cleveland Hopkins or Akron-Canton airports. Maps and directions to Kent are available from the Liquid Crystal Institute Web site.
Hotel
A block of rooms is reserved at the Hampton Inn, 4406 St. Rt. 43,
Kent, with a discounted rate of $55 single/double per night. Please check
the
Hampton Inn website for details
on hotel facilities. Reservations must be made before February 19, 2004.
After that date, rooms and rates are subject to availability. Complimentary
transportation will be provided by KSU motor coach between the Hampton Inn
and
the Liquid Crystal Institute each day.
For information regarding this web site contact:
Jim Maxwell, Public Relations Coordinator
Liquid Crystal Institute
Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242 USA
Tel: (330) 672-7770
Fax: (330) 672-2796
maxwell@lci.kent.edu
This page updated December 18, 2004.
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