Tackling Grand Challenges at Discovery Park



Director's Message
"Discovery Park is home to Purdue's interdisciplinary research programs. It is a place where scientists and students dare to take on society's "grand challenges"; where the vision of today is transformed into the reality of tomorrow.
   -Al Rebar, Director


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Welcome to Discovery Park

Purdue University's ambitious endeavor to bring innovation through multidisciplinary action is setting its sights high, looking to achieve unprecedented goals. Discovery Park was established to create a combinational power greater than any individual strength, and to serve as a catalyst for drawing faculty, staff, and students to reach into other disciplines and projects in order to take Purdue to the cutting edge of academic work.

An environment where projects can flourish through shared talk, shared work, and shared innovation is the reward for creating a culture in the university setting that moves away from individual work done in isolation. Discovery Park aims to link Purdue University more closely with the Indiana and U.S. economies, further strengthening and defining those relationships.

Please click here to fill out a Discovery Park visit request form and send to dpengage@purdue.edu , or call 765-494-3662

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Current News & Events


New Online Hub lets Researchers Access Information on E. Coli Bacterium
Discovery Learning Center capital plan project approved. Three companies based on Purdue research to explore venture capital opportunities in Silicon Valley
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Biofuels Symposium 1008, May 19-20
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Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Breakfast May 29
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Indiana Wind Energy Conference, June 17-18, 2008
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Joint India-US Workshop on Scalable Nanomaterials for Enhanced Energy Transport, Conversion, and Efficiency (August 19-21, 2008), Bangalore, India
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Discovery Lecture Series / BioCrossroads
[11.08.2007]

"Global Business Development in Life Sciences"
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Mann Foundation for Biomedical Engineering endows Purdue with $100 million Alfred Mann Institute for Biomedical Development
[03.16.2007]

The Mann Foundation for Biomedical Engineering has announced a $100 million gift to endow an Alfred Mann Institute at Purdue University.


Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Award
[12.15.2006]

Discovery Park and the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship are pleased to announce a $1.5 million grant from the Kauffman Foundation.


Discovery Park Headlines NewsFeed


Conference to highlight wind's economic potential in the state
Purdue Research Foundation officials announce statewide technology centers director
Arizona State health-care expert to speak on evidence-based practice
Three companies based on Purdue research to explore venture capital opportunities in Silicon Valley
Online tool aids in local planning, economic development
Economic, environmental issues put spotlight on alternative energy
Deadlines extended for inaugural Indiana Companies to Watch program
Needle-size device created to track tumors, radiation dose
Regenstrief Foundation, Purdue center strengthen efforts to improve health care
Student, faculty entrepreneurs elevate their sales pitch to victory
Purdue Energy Center conference to focus on hydrogen
Indiana Companies to Watch program will recognize state's top second-stage companies
Gore named director of Energy Center at Discovery Park
New Purdue facility aims to improve NASA moon rocket engine
Purdue leads center to simulate behavior of micro-electromechanical systems
Marketing guru, former White House adviser to speak at manufacturing summit
Purdue joins researchers in India for bionanotechnology, pharmaceuticals symposium
New aluminum-rich alloy produces hydrogen on-demand for large-scale uses
Video showcases interdisciplinary research successes at Purdue's Discovery Park
Purdue's elevator pitch competition open to entrepreneurs
Healthcare TAP sees healthy growth, new director
Purdue graduate students participate in international research conferences in India
New technique quickly detects cancer indicator
Purdue entrepreneurship certificate program enrolls more than 1,000 undergrads
New pharmacy outreach program established