Department of Natural Sciences
The Department of Natural Sciences includes all programs in biology, biochemistry, chemistry and physics. It offers an interdisciplinary approach to foundational courses leading to success for students to complete their majors.
Our Programs
Core Labs
The Department of Natural Sciences offers labs that give students hands-on experience with theory learned in foundational courses for all degree programs.
Principles of Chemistry Lab
This lab introduces chemical concepts and principles, and teaches the skills of data collection and evaluation.
Newtonian Mechanics Laboratory
Lab activities explore position, velocity, acceleration, force, momentum and energy.
Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory
This lab investigates the physics of electricity and magnetism and includes a practical study of electric potential and electric current.
Elective Labs
Natural Sciences offer a variety of labs that expand on knowledge and hands-on experience that students gain throughout their academic pursuit.
Industrial Organic Chemistry
This lab covers safety aspects of organic chemistry, the reactions of organic functional groups and identification of organic chemicals and polymers.
Optics
This lab investigates optical component analysis, ray tracing, interferometry, diffraction, polarization, interference, optical fibers and other special topics.
General Biology
This lab focuses on areas of basic biology including basic biochemistry, cells, cell division, classification of organisms, populations, communities, biomes, and single-cell and multicellular organisms.
Meet Our Faculty
Daniel Ludwigsen
Interim Department Head of Natural Science Contact dludwigs@kettering.edu
Hiba Assi
Lecturer Contact hassi@kettering.edu
Chris Dewberry
Assistant Professor Contact cdewberry@kettering.edu
Daniel Hashemi
Lecturer Contact dhashemi@kettering.edu
Lisandro Hernandez de la Pena
Associate Professor Contact lhernand@kettering.edu
Ronald Kumon
Associate Professor Contact rkumon@kettering.edu
Kerry Lazenby
Lecturer Contact klazenby@kettering.edu
Robert McMahan
President Contact president@kettering.edu
Veronica Moorman
Associate Professor Contact vmoorman@kettering.edu
Michael Obsniuk
Lecturer Contact mobsniuk@kettering.edu
Andrzej Przyjazny
Professor Contact aprzyjaz@kettering.edu
Montserrat Rabago-Smith
Associate Professor Contact mrabagos@kettering.edu
Corneliu Rablau
Professor Contact crablau@kettering.edu
Uma Ramabadran
Professor Contact uramabad@kettering.edu
Stacy Seeley
Professor Contact sseeley@kettering.edu
Timothy Stiles
Assistant Professor Contact tstiles@kettering.edu
Kathryn Svinarich
Associate Provost for Assessment and Academic Support and Dean of the College of Sciences and Liberal Arts Contact ksvinari@kettering.edu
Ron Tackett
Associate Professor Contact rtackett@kettering.edu
Demet Usanmaz
Assistant Professor Contact dusanmaz@kettering.edu
Lihua Wang
Professor Contact lwang@kettering.edu
Ali Zand
Professor Contact azand@kettering.edu
