WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame have teamed up with state officials to offer Indiana’s first business plan competition that targets startup ventures and emerging nanotechnology companies. The Nanotechnology New Ventures Competition is March 25, 2011, and is offering prizes totaling $57,000 to top researchers or entrepreneurs developing […]
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University civil engineers studying the effects of Haiti’s earthquake have concluded that a simple system could be used to quickly decide how to modify existing buildings and build new ones that would better withstand future quakes. The system uses a priority index to rank reinforced concrete buildings according to
VALPARAISO – The Entech Innovation Center held its grand opening Wednesday, Oct. 20, in the Eastport Centre, next to the Ivy Tech Community College campus. Executive Director Charlie McGill announced that the first floor of the business incubator is occupied by three companies. Negotiations are ongoing with a fourth firm to move into the center.
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue alumnus and astronaut David Wolf will be on campus Friday, Oct. 29, to talk about his experiences as an astronaut. His talk begins at 7 p.m. (EST) in Stewart Center’s Fowler Hall. On Oct. 30, Wolf will take part in Purdue’s annual Space Day. Wolf was chief of
CROWN POINT – The expansion of the Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday (today) at 9000 Connecticut Drive. The keynote speaker is U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Merrillville, who was instrumental in getting the center locate in Northwest Indiana. The $2.2 million, 12,000-square-foot expansion brings the Purdue Technology Center to
KNOX – Starke Memorial Hospital has begun offering digital mammography services to its patients. Selenia digital mammography technology offers incredibly sharp breast images within a matter of seconds. Radiologists can magnify the images, increase or decrease the contrast or manipulate the images to better detect any abnormalities. The American Cancer Society says
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Cary Supalo, a Purdue University alumnus and founder and president of Independence Sciences LLC (located in the Purdue Research Park in West Lafayette) was at the White House Monday demonstrating his products to help students affected by blindness and low vision. Supalo, a blind chemist who recently earned a doctorate
MERRILLVILLE – The Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana will host a biodiesel event at the Purdue Research Park in AmeriPlex at the Crossroads, from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 15. Hoon Ge, a chemical engineer, will be the guest speaker at the Lake Michigan Consortium-U.S. Biodiesel Event. It is sponsored by CountryMark
HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet has received a $50,000 donation for its Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation from BP. The money will be used to acquire equipment and develop a multidisciplinary laboratory where advanced simulation techniques are displayed using 3-D visualization and virtual reality technologies. “Over the years, Purdue Calumet
WEST LAFAYETTE – LoadOut Technologies LLC, which develops patent-pending video and data technology, is now affiliated with the Purdue Research Park. LoadOut was founded by Purdue alumnus Neil Mylet, who is CEO. He said the technology improves safety during processes like operating conveyor belts, loading grain trucks and feeding livestock because it allows
