Inventors & Innovators: Jerry Woodall

Purdue graduates and faculty continue to develop innovations and breakthroughs that help move the world forward. Purdue Today will highlight these inventors and innovators by featuring two each month in the Purdue Today newsletter and on social media.

Today, we are featuring Jerry Woodall.

Woodall, formerly the Epstein Distinguished Professor in Purdue's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is known for his development of compound semiconductor materials and devices, including bright-red LED lights found in brakes and stoplights, for which he received the National Medal of Technology in 2001.

The recipient of 67 U.S. patents and hundreds of awards, Woodall researched at Purdue from1994 to 1998, returning as director of the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship in 2005 and remaining at the University until 2012.

The Inventors & Innovators website contains Purdue alumni from business and industry; technology; medicine and health; and the food and consumer industries.