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Purdue’s Discovery Park
A. H. Rebar, DVM, Ph.D.Executive Director of Discovery Park
andSenior Associate Vice President for Research
Unlocking Purdue’s Treasure Chest3/13/06
Discovery Park Integrated Centers
Founded 1961 2001
Purpose Start-up companies Interdisciplinary research
LocationOff-Campus
US 52 HighwayMain Campus
State Street
People 2500 employees 850 faculty members
# Buildings 38 3 completed 2 in design phase
# Companies/Centers 130 Companies 10 Centers
Area 591 acres 40 acres
To Practice or Commercialization
Educational or Training Concepts
Purdue Research Park
Cooperative Education
Campus wide
Startup Company
Licensing
Joint Venture
Discovery Park is designed to rapidly integrate Purdue with outside partners.
An Engine for Indiana’s Economy
Value Proposition
Project Ideas
Seeding Nurturing Executing
Discovery Park & University Infrastructure
Industry
Discovery Park Infrastructure• Administrative
– Business team – SPS & Business Admin.– Project coordination– Web site integration– Special events
• Technical– Research Cores – partnership with
academic units– Equipment and facilities
Discovery Park Infrastructure (continued)
• Academic Support– Seed funds for Super Projects– Faculty start-up for recruitment– Cost sharing
• Special Opportunity Support– Staff– Funds
Sustainability
• Financial
• Organizational
• Cultural Enthusiasm
Birck Nanotechnology Center
Molecular Electronics
• Organic molecules have unique and controllable electrical characteristics
• Applications:– Switching elements– Molecular memories– Sensors
• $15 million NASA Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing (Datta)
2 nm
Birck Nanotechnology Center
Interfacing basic academic research and applied needs of the manufacturing industry
Center for Advanced Manufacturing(CAM)
Disposable Cartridges for Rapid Detection of Microbial Contaminants
Rashid Bashir, BioVitesse and Lite Machines
Bio Sensor meets Model Helicopter
Wa
ter
Lin
e
Cell Concentration and Recovery
One-time-use
Cartridge and kit
• Need– Plastic packaging for cartridge– 200-500 units for alpha testing
• Solution– BioVitesse sensor– Lite Machines injection molding– Purdue faculty and students
Short-term projectdevices available inone semester
Center for Advanced ManufacturingW
ate
r L
ine
Cell Concentration and Recovery
One-time-use
Cartridge and kit
Short-term projectdevices available inone semester
It’s All Happening Here!• Educating leaders for tomorrow
• Hiring and retaining the brightest minds
• Exploring new horizons
• Enabling new capabilities
• Opening new avenues for basic and applied research
• Speeding new inventions
• Accelerating technology commercialization
• Creating high-tech industry
• Making economic impact
• Shaping the future
For information on Discovery Park: http://www.purdue.edu/discoveryparkDr. A. H. Rebar(765) 496-6625; [email protected]
