Professor Lonnie Bentley is a Co-Founder, Board Member, and VP of Business Development for Broadband Antenna Tracking Systems (BATS), an Indiana company that provides automatic antenna aiming and tracking technology. BATS has customers in over 50 countries and provides solutions to the military, oil and gas, emergency responders, and maritime markets.

Dino Felluga is a professor of English and an alumni of the Entrepreneurship Leadership Academy. He is working on creating mechanisms that make possible the self-funding of humanities projects, particularly in the area of scholarly publication. He is currently working on creating an iPad app for his encyclopedic project about 19th-century Britain, BRANCH.

Ephraim Fischbach is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. His interests include theoretical elementary particle and nuclear physics, general relativity and astrophysics. His work was featured in an episode of “Through the Wormhole” with Morgan Freeman on July 13, 2011.

Kevin Hannon is an associate professor in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Kevin’s main emphasis is the development and delivery of interactive, Web-based educational applications that are optimized for mobile devices and tablets.

Bill Hutzel is a Professional Engineer and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology, where he teaches and conducts research in high performance buildings. The goal is to integrate cost effective energy technologies with renewable energy to achieve buildings that are net zero in terms of their annual demand for off-site electricity.

Peter T. Kissinger is the founder and chairman emeritus of Bioanalytical Systems, Inc., which he led from 1974-2007, and is professor of Chemistry. Prof. Kissinger’s academic research has involved the development of liquid chromatography techniques, and in vivo methodology for drug metabolism and the neurosciences.

Ernesto E. Marinero joined Purdue University in February 2013 after a successful industrial research career in Silicon Valley. He holds academic appointments in the Schools of Materials Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is a physicist, inventor and entrepreneur and an expert on nanotechnology.

Eric Matson is an associate professor in the Computer and Information Technology department. The core of Eric's research is in the area of autonomous robots and systems for solving real-world problems in areas of first response, infrastructure and agriculture.

Joe Pekny is a professor of Chemical Engineering. He was a founding director of Discovery Park and the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering. His research interests are in algorithm engineering for combinatorial optimization applications and in devising the best possible system for translating research into practical impact.

Rodolfo Pinal is associate professor in Industrial and Physical Pharmacy. Rodolfo’s main area of research is on methods for improving the bioavailability of drugs. His latest research focuses on a platform technology for manufacturing the next generation of pharmaceuticals, aimed at fulfilling the requirements of Patient-Centric Medicine: 3D IP (3D Integrated Pharmaceuticals).

Karthik Ramani is the Donald W. Feddersen Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering. His main interests are in making complex things easy through computational fabrication, human-computer and human-machine interaction, design and cyber-learning.

Fred Regnier is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry who has co-founded six companies. Collectively these companies created 700 jobs and ~$500M in shareholder value.

J. Paul Robinson is the SVM Professor of Cytomics and professor of Biomedical Engineering. He has been involved with advanced detection and analysis technologies for cell analysis and diagnostics and had developed and licensed patents in this arena to several companies. He is most interested in translation of tools into real-world applications that improve the lives of people.

Dr. Justin Seipel is a Fellow in Purdue's Polytechnic Institute, with a courtesy faculty appointment in Mechanical Engineering. He has experience contributing to two university-startup partnerships involving bio-mechanical technologies. He has also taught early phase entrepreneurship and innovation at Purdue.

John Turek is a professor in the Dept. of Basic Medical Sciences. He is a past Entrepreneur Leadership Academy Fellow and Scholar. His current research is focused on the medical applications of Biodynamic Imaging with a focus on de-risking drug discovery and personalized therapy selection for cancer patients.

Steve Wereley is Professor in Mechanical Engineering and a Fellow of the Entrepreneurship Leadership Academy. He founded Microfluidics Innovations in 2009 and has since received SBIRs, matching grants from IEDC and other investment to support the company.