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August 19, 2005
*****FOR MEDIA PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY - NOT FOR REPRINT***** Purdue to showcase technologies to Indianapolis entrepreneursINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. and WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The first showcase of Purdue University-related technologies to the Indianapolis entrepreneurial community takes place Monday (Aug. 22) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Columbia Club, 121 Monument Circle, Indianapolis. Attendance at the Purdue Research Foundation's Early Stage Showcase II is by invitation only. However, journalists wishing to attend should contact Jeanine Phipps, the foundation's senior media relations specialist, at (765) 494-0748 (office), (765) 409-2745 (mobile) or jeanine@purdue.edu by 5 p.m. today (Friday, Aug. 19) to reserve a space. Journalists may attend the three-hour technology presentation session from 9-11:40 a.m. and/or the luncheon that follows, where Joseph Hornett, the Purdue Research Foundation's senior vice president, treasurer and COO, will make remarks. The technologies to be showcased will include software and hardware based solutions for persons with disabilities; software and hardware for network security implementations; technology to improve hardwood tree nurseries; advanced nano-biomaterials with applications in cardiovascular, orthopedic implants, neural and soft tissues; technology for hydrogen fuel generation for micro-scale fuel cell devices; and a biomedical device for intubation of patients with greater accuracy. These technologies are in various stages of commercialization, some developing under a company structure and others fresh out of the university's laboratories. Purdue Research Foundation is the organization that owns and manages the award-winning Purdue Research Park and the entity that facilitates the transfer of technology from the university to the private sector via the foundation's Office of Technology Commercialization. |
