February 26, 2016  

Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Day to promote student involvement in interdisciplinary projects

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Discovery Park will host Undergraduate Research Day on Friday (March 4) to inform students about cutting-edge interdisciplinary projects and to emphasize the skills and knowledge that can be gained through formal and informal research programs.

The annual event is from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Room 121.

Program staff, faculty and administrators, including Tomás Díaz de la Rubia, chief scientist and executive director of Discovery Park, will be on hand to provide an overview of Discovery Park, discuss specific research opportunities and answer questions, said Maria Longoria-Littleton, engagement operations manager for Discovery Park.

Research opportunities are available for summer or fall semesters, and students from all majors are encouraged to attend. Depending on the internship program, scholarship opportunities also may be available. Lunch will be provided.

More than 1,000 faculty members, working with 300 graduate students, are engaged in the Discovery Park, helping generate nearly 25 percent of Purdue's entire annual research portfolio. In addition, 200,500 hours of work have been provided by 540 students at 190 Indiana startup companies through Interns for Indiana.

Nearly 6,000 students have participated in entrepreneurial activities since Discovery Park's inception from more than 80 majors, and more than 1,900 students have received the Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Discovery Park researchers are tackling challenges in areas ranging from energy, cancer treatment, nanotechnology, drug discovery and the environment to health care, life sciences, and innovative learning in the STEM disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. 

Writers: Emily Sigg, 765-494-4719, esigg@purdue.edu

Phillip Fiorini, 765-496-3133, pfiorini@purdue.edu 

Source: Maria Longoria-Littleton, 765-494-0015, mlongori@purdue.edu 

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