Asad Khan started working at Kent Displays shortly after graduation in 1995.

Asad Khan stressed both the value of traveling outside of your country while respecting roots and community.

KENT − Asad Khan said he recalls the summer day in 1995 when he approached J. William Doane, then the director of the Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University, about what he should do upon graduation.

"I walked in to talk to Bill Doane and asked him where I could find a job," Khan said. "He said there's this little place in Kent, you should apply."

That "little place" was Kent Displays Inc. , which Doane himself had co-founded with venture capitalist William Manning.

According to the company, Doane and Manning were working to develop cholesteric display technology into commercial application

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