Creating groundbreaking inventions to improve lives requires more than an idea: It needs research and development, which involves funding. Two Purdue University funds are helping researchers take those R&D steps.
Writer: Steve Martin

The Greater Lafayette area has been named by SmartAsset the number one spot in the country for career opportunities for the second year in a row.

A Purdue University chemical engineer has improved upon traditional methods to produce off-the-shelf human immune cells that show strong antitumor activity, according to a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Cell Reports
Writer: Steve Martin

PRF’s “Private Cellular Network as a Service” was named the overall winner on July 25 for International Data Corp.’s inaugural IDC Future Enterprise Best in Future Connectedness North America Awards program.
Writer: Steven G. Martin

Verility Inc., led by co-founder and CEO Liane Hart, has closed Series A funding worth $3.5 million. The round was led by Mountain Group Partners of Nashville, Tennessee, and includes a previous investment from Purdue Foundry.
Writer: Steve Martin

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — As the skyline grows higher on the west side of campus, so do the energy and enthusiasm around Purdue University’s growing interdisciplinary research enterprise aimed at delivering solutions for the world’s most critical problems.
Writers: Amy Raley, Rhianna Wisniewski,

SkyWater Technology plans to open a $1.8 billion state-of-the-art semiconductor manufacturing facility in Discovery Park District at Purdue University
Writer: Steve Martin

Zach Adams flies an F-15E Strike Eagle for the United States Air Force, performing air-to-air and air-to-ground missions; he earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University’s College of Engineering in 2016; he also designed and developed the first-ever cyclorotor hybrid drone.

Russell Dahl is CEO and founder of Neurodon, a development-stage pharmaceutical company that is developing disease-modifying molecules targeting neurodegeneration, diabetes and other life-threatening conditions.

Congratulations to Purdue University researchers across all campuses and academic disciplines. They have recently received 24 patents on their intellectual property from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.