Discovery Park (Purdue)

Discovery Park is a 40-acre (160,000 m²) interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research park located in Purdue University's West Lafayette campus in the U.S. state of Indiana. It was established in 2001 with donations from the Lilly Endowment and from the state of Indiana,^[1] and its first buildings opened in 2004.^[2] By 2012, Discovery Park had developed into a $750 million research and learning complex of 8 centers.^[1][3]

Discovery Park centers extend campus infrastructure to the entire University, allowing multidisciplinary groups to come together and respond to grand challenges and opportunities. Whether it takes root in Discovery Park or elsewhere on campus, each center or institute is cultivated to fill a particular need. Large project centers or institutes, generally funded by an outside agency, are organized around a specific objective and have a natural lifespan. Grassroots centers or institutes vary in size and are formed from faculty initiatives; they are frequently funded by departments within a college or school.

Centers

• Advanced Computational Center for Engineering and Sciences
  • Cyber Center
  • Computing Research Institute
  • Center for Advanced Computing
• Bioscience Center
• Nanotechnology Center
• Center for Entrepreneurship
• Discovery Learning Research Center
• Global Sustainability Initiative
  • Center for the Environment
  • Energy Center
  • Climate Change Research Center
  • Center for Global Food Security
• Oncological Sciences Center
• Center for Healthcare Engineering

Facilities

Bindley Bioscience Center

The Bindley Bioscience Center (BBC) is the Discovery Park Center that blends life sciences and engineering research to cultivate and support innovative, multi-investigator, interdisciplinary research teams at Purdue University. In parallel, the research and development efforts of the BBC foster outside engagement activities that promote economic development initiatives in the life sciences sector of the state, region, nation, and world. In 2012 it is being expanded to include a facility for cancer research.

Birck Nanotechnology Center

The Birck Nanotechnology Center is an 187,000-square-foot (17,400 m²) research facility consisting of a 25,000-square-foot (2,300 m²) nanofabrication ISO class 3 cleanroom, including a biocleanroom, heavy laboratory space, and office areas. One of the most advanced facilities of its kind in the world, it is designed to support multidisciplinary research in nanotechnology and to foster interaction between researchers and research disciplines.

Gerald D. and Edna E. Mann Hall

The Gerald D. and Edna E. Mann Hall houses the e-Enterprise Center, administrative functions of the Center for Advanced Manufacturing, the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering, the Purdue Homeland Security Institute, the Purdue Terrestrial Observatory, the Indiana Center for Cultural Exchange, and the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education, and will provide significant research and lab space for other Discovery Park projects.

Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship

The Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship houses several entrepreneurship and innovation related educational programs, as well as the Discovery Learning Center and the Purdue Center for Regional Development. Entrepreneurship programs include the Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the EPICS Entrepreneurship Initiative, the Technology Commercialization Lab, Interns for Indiana, Biomedship, Intellectual Property Development, Business Plan Competitions, and New Venture Lab. The center is co-directed by Richard A. Cosier, dean of Krannert School of Management and Alan Rebar, executive director of Discovery Park and senior associate vice president of research for Purdue.^[4]

Hall for Discovery and Learning Research

The Hall for Discovery and Learning Research is used primarily for educational research, particularly in the STEM fields. This includes programs to involve undergraduate students in research internships.

See also

• Purdue Research Park

References

External links

• Discovery Park Home Page

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