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Purdue Innovates Startup Foundry awards $200,000 in equity investment to Aerovy Mobility and Uniform Sierra Aerospace

  • July 21, 2023
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  • By: PurdueResearchFoundation

Purdue University alumni-led startups Aerovy Mobility, in left photo, and Uniform Sierra Aerospace participated in the biannual Black and Gold Awards pitch competition. Purdue Innovates Startup Foundry, led by Tyler Mantel (at far right in both pictures), awarded $100,000 apiece to both companies. Aerovy Mobility also received $40,000 from the New Venture Challenge pitch competition,… Learn More >

Purdue researchers receive $118,000 to develop freeze-drying, meat validation and thermal imaging innovations

  • July 13, 2023
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  • By: PurdueResearchFoundation

Ahmad Darwish, senior research associate at Purdue University’s Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, prepares a lyophilization, or freeze-drying, experiment at the LyoHUB Technology Demonstration Facility in Birck Nanotechnology Center. Purdue researcher Alina Alexeenko has received funding from the Trask Innovation Fund to further develop lyophilization innovations and bring them to the marketplace.… Learn More >

Amplified Sciences receives $400,000 NCI grant to improve early detection of pancreatic cancer

  • July 12, 2023
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  • By: PurdueResearchFoundation

Purdue University researcher V. Jo Davisson and CEO Diana Caldwell are the founders of Amplified Sciences, a clinical-stage life sciences diagnostic company that focuses on accurately detecting and categorically assessing the risks of debilitating diseases. The National Cancer Institute has awarded Amplified Sciences a grant of approximately $400,000 to develop a test to determine if… Learn More >

Purdue-launched solid rocket motor-maker Adranos flies off with Anduril

  • June 26, 2023
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  • By: PurdueResearchFoundation

Purdue-affiliated startup Adranos, manufacturer of solid rocket motors and maker of ALITEC, a high-performance solid rocket fuel that gives greater payload capacity, range and speed to launch systems, has been sold to Anduril Industries. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Adranos Inc., a Purdue-originated company that grew from a doctoral project into an impactful company, has been… Learn More >