Purdue Inventors

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Purdue Research Foundation honored Purdue University faculty, staff and students at its annual Inventors Recognition Reception. Honorees were recognized for their discoveries that were patented during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2010.
During that time, Purdue Research Foundation officials reported 257 invention disclosures and 47 issued patents. The foundation also reported the creation of 11 startups formed from Purdue-licensed technologies. These are increases from the previous fiscal year's totals of 200 invention disclosures, 33 patents and seven startups.

"This annual event recognizes Purdue researchers who have patented their discoveries and are in the process of moving or have moved their products through the commercialization process," said Joseph B. Hornett, senior vice president, treasurer and COO of the Purdue Research Foundation. "Often this process can take years to accomplish and it is important to honor the faculty who are not only teaching future generations but helping the public by researching and developing new discoveries."

The researchers recognized at the event were:

College of Agriculture: James BeMiller, Nicholas Carpita, Jules Janick, Richard Linton and Philip Nelson

College of Engineering: Anil Bajaj, Charles Bouman, James Braun, Srinivasan Chandrasekar, Yan Chen, Jason Clark, W. Dale Compton, Supriyo Datta, David Ebert, Kirk Foster, James L. Garrison, Eckhard Groll, David Love, James Mann, Wilfredo Moscoso, Shimon Y. Nof, Dimitrios Peroulis, Karthik Ramani, Kaushik Roy, Thomas Talavage, Andrew Weiner and Peide Ye

College of Science: Mahdi Abu-Omar, Stanton Gelvin, Hilkka Kenttamaa, David Koltick, Philip Low, David Nolte, Voicu Popescu, P. Veeraragha Ramachandran, Fred Regnier, Randall Replogle, John Rice, Elisha Sacks, Robert Santini, Weldon Vaughn and Alexander Wei

College of Technology: William Hutzel

School of Veterinary Medicine: Michael Kinch

College of Agriculture and College of Engineering: Gary Krutz, Michael Ladisch, John Lumkes Jr. and Nathan Mosier

College of Engineering and School of Veterinary Medicine: Riyi Shi

College of Science and College of Engineering: Mikhail Atallah

School of Veterinary Medicine and College of Engineering: Richard Borgens

George Wodicka, head of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and a professor of biomedical engineering and electrical and computer engineering, received the 2010-2011 Outstanding Commercialization Award for Purdue University Faculty. The award was established with an endowment gift from the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Foundation.