1. Purdue’s Discovery Park A. H. Rebar, DVM, Ph.D. Executive Director of Discovery Park and Senior Associate Vice President for Research Unlocking Purdue’s Treasure Chest 3/13/06

2. Discovery Park Integrated Centers

3. Founded 19612001 Purpose Start-up companiesInterdisciplinary research Location Off-Campus US 52 Highway Main Campus State Street People 2500 employees850 faculty members # Buildings 38 3 completed 2 in design phase # Companies/Centers 130 Companies10 Centers Area 591 acres40 acres

4. To Practice or Commercialization Educational or Training Concepts Purdue Research Park Cooperative Education Campus wide Startup Company Licensing Joint Venture Discovery Park is designed to rapidly integrate Purdue with outside partners. An Engine for Indiana’s Economy Value Proposition Project Ideas Seeding Nurturing Executing Discovery Park & University Infrastructure Industry

5. Discovery Park Infrastructure Administrative –Business team – SPS & Business Admin. –Project coordination –Web site integration –Special events Technical –Research Cores – partnership with academic units –Equipment and facilities

6. Discovery Park Infrastructure (continued) Academic Support –Seed funds for Super Projects –Faculty start-up for recruitment –Cost sharing Special Opportunity Support –Staff –Funds

7. Sustainability Financial Organizational Cultural Enthusiasm

8. Birck Nanotechnology Center

9. Molecular Electronics Organic molecules have unique and controllable electrical characteristics Applications: –Switching elements –Molecular memories –Sensors $15 million NASA Institute for Nanoelectronics and Computing (Datta) 2 nm Birck Nanotechnology Center

10. Interfacing basic academic research and applied needs of the manufacturing industry Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM)

11. Disposable Cartridges for Rapid Detection of Microbial Contaminants Rashid Bashir, BioVitesse and Lite Machines Bio Sensor meets Model Helicopter Need – Plastic packaging for cartridge – 200-500 units for alpha testing Solution – BioVitesse sensor – Lite Machines injection molding – Purdue faculty and students Short-term project devices available in one semester Center for Advanced Manufacturing Short-term project devices available in one semester

12. It’s All Happening Here! Educating leaders for tomorrow Hiring and retaining the brightest minds Exploring new horizons Enabling new capabilities Opening new avenues for basic and applied research Speeding new inventions Accelerating technology commercialization Creating high-tech industry Making economic impact Shaping the future For information on Discovery Park: http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark Dr. A. H. Rebar (765) 496-6625; rebar@purdue.edu