Purdue Research Foundation recognizes 2013-2014 fiscal year patent recipients

November 19, 2014  


WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue Research Foundation honored almost 80 Purdue University faculty and staff members at its tenth annual Inventors Recognition Reception Tuesday (Nov. 18) in the Herman and Heddy Kurz Purdue Technology Center at Purdue Research Park.

The event highlighted a record-breaking year in commercialization activities for Purdue. In the 2013-2014 fiscal year, Purdue Research Foundation officials reported 272 invention disclosures, 120 finalized deals, 100 issued U.S. patents, 471 global patent applications filed and $5.94 million in royalty income. Officials also reported that 24 startups based on Purdue intellectual property were launched in the fiscal year.

Honorees at the Inventors Recognition Reception were recognized for receiving a patent during the fiscal year July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2014. Their inventions have resulted, or may soon result, in commercial applications to benefit society.

Purdue faculty and staff whose inventions were patented in the 2013-2014 fiscal year are:

* Jiri Adamec, adjunct, Bindley Bioscience Center.

* Rakesh Agrawal, Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Alina Alexeenko, associate professor, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, College of Engineering.

* Jan Allebach, Hewlett-Packard Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering; professor, Department of Computer Sciences, College of Science; professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences.

* Mikhail Atallah, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, College of Science; professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Venkataramanan (Ragu) Balakrishnan, Michael and Katherine Birck Head, professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Elisa Bertino, director, Cyber Center; research director, Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security; professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Science; professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Richard Borgens, director, Center for Paralysis Research; Mari Hulman George Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine; professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Charles Bouman, Showalter Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* James Braun, Herrick Professor of Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Andrew O. Brightman, associate professor of Engineering Practice; assistant head, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Stephen Byrn, Charles B. Jordan Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy.

* William Chappell, professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering; professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Gary Cheng, associate professor, School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering; associate professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Jean Chmielewski, AW Kramer Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Science; professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* R. Graham Cooks, Henry B. Hass Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, College of Science.

* James Cooper, professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Mark Cushman, Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy.

* Supriyo Datta, Thomas Duncan Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Edward Delp, Charles William Harrison Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering; professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering; professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences.

* David Ebert, Silicon Valley Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering; professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Science.

* Ephraim Fischbach, professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science.

* Timothy Fisher, James G. Dwyer Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Suresh Garimella, Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships; R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Arun Ghosh, Ian P. Rothwell Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, and Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy.

* Eckhard Groll, director, Office of Professional Practice; Reilly Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Bruce Hamaker, director, Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research; Roy L. Whistler Chair in Carbohydrate Science, Distinguished Professor of Food Science, Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture.

* Qingyou Han, director, Purdue Center for Materials Processing Research; FEF Key Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology, School of Engineering Technology, College of Technology; professor, School of Materials Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Michael Harris, associate dean, Undergraduate Education, College of Engineering; professor, School of Chemical Engineering and Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Wei He, assistant professor, Department of Business and Leadership, College of Business, Purdue University North Central.

* Patrick Hein, proposal coordinator, Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships.

* Nancy W. Y. Ho, emeritus research professor, School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering; group leader, Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering.

* Stephen Hooser, director, Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory; professor, Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine.

* W. Travis Horton, assistant professor, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering; assistant professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Ivana Hrbud, assistant professor, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, College of Engineering.

* Pedro Irazoqui, director, Center for Implantable Devices; associate professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering; associate professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Monika Ivantysynova, director, Maha Fluid Power Research Center; Maha Fluid Power Systems Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, College of Agriculture.

* Jere Jenkins, director, Radiation Laboratories, School of Nuclear Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Avinash Kak, professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Karthik Kannan, associate professor, Krannert School of Management.

* Alexander Kildishev, associate research professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Cheng-Kok Koh, professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

* N. Athula Kulatunga, George W. McNelly Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology, College of Technology.

* David Love, professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Philip Low, director, Purdue Center for Drug Discovery; Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, College of Science.

* Scott McLuckey, John A. Leighty Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, College of Science.

* Saeed Mohammadi, associate professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Issam Mudawar, professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Eric Nauman, director, College of Engineering Honors Program; professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering; professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering; professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine.

* George Nnanna, director, Purdue University Calumet Water Institute; head, Francis and Elsie Meyer Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science, Purdue University Calumet; professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Zheng Ouyang, associate professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering; associate professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering; associate professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Science.

* Alyssa Panitch, Leslie A. Geddes Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Johnny Park, research assistant professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Dimitrios Peroulis, deputy director, Birck Nanotechnology Center; professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering; professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* D. Marshall Porterfield, professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Agriculture, College of Engineering; professor, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, College of Agriculture.

* Timothée Pourpoint, associate professor, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, College of Engineering.

* Vijay Raghunathan, associate professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Fred Regnier, John H. Law Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, College of Science.

* Jenna Rickus, associate professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Agriculture, College of Engineering; associate professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering; associate professor, Bindley Bioscience Center; associate professor, Birck Nanotechnology Center.

* Kaushik Roy, Edward G. Tiedemann Jr. Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Cagri Savran, associate professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering; associate professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Jeremy Schroeder, research associate, Birck Nanotechnology Center.

* Vladimir Shalaev, Robert and Anne Burnett Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Riyi Shi, professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine; professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Yung Shin, Donald A. and Nancy G. Roach Professor of Advanced Manufacturing, School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Jeffrey Siskind, associate professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering; associate professor, Linguistics Program, College of Liberal Arts; associate professor, Department of Computer Science, College of Science.

* Daniel Smith, senior research scientist, Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy.

* Scott Sudhoff, professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Bernard Tao, Indiana Soybean Board Professor in Soybean Utilization Research; professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, College of Agriculture.

* W. Andy Tao, professor, Department of Biochemistry, College of Agriculture.

* Sherry Voytik-Harbin, associate professor, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering; associate professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine.

* Andrew Weiner, Scifres Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Steven Wereley, professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Jonathan Wilker, professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Science.

* Christina Wilson, head, Toxicology Section, Indiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory; head chemist, Indiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory; clinical associate professor, Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine.

* Yu Xia, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Science.

* Jeffrey Youngblood, associate professor, School of Materials Engineering, College of Engineering.

* Babak Ziaie, professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering.

The recipient of the 2014 Outstanding Commercialization Award for Purdue University Faculty also was announced at the event. The award was established with an endowment gift from the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Foundation.

Business sponsors of the tenth annual Inventors Recognition Reception were:

* Gold Level: Stuart & Branigin LLP and Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

* Silver Level: Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP; ICE Miller LLP; and Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz.

* Bronze Level: Brown Rudnick LLP; Cook Medical Inc.; Endocyte Inc.; Hartman Global IP; Reichel IP LLP; Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner; and Valauskas Corder LLC.

About Purdue Research Foundation

The Purdue Research Foundation is a private, nonprofit foundation created to advance the mission of Purdue University. Established in 1930, the foundation accepts gifts; administers trusts; funds scholarships and grants; acquires property; protects Purdue's intellectual property; and promotes entrepreneurial activities on behalf of Purdue. The foundation manages the Purdue Foundry, Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization, Purdue Research Park and Purdue Technology Centers. The foundation received the 2014 Incubator Network of the Year from the National Business Incubation Association for its work in entrepreneurship. For more information about funding and investment opportunities in startups based on a Purdue innovation, contact the Purdue Foundry at foundry@prf.org

Purdue Research Foundation contact: Steve Martin, 765-588-3342, sgmartin@prf.org 

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