Discovery Park is a multidisciplinary research park located in Purdue University's West Lafayette campus in the U.S. state of Indiana. Tomás Díaz de la Rubia, an energy and resources industry executive who also spent a decade as a top scientist and administrator at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, serves as Discovery Park's Vice President.
Discovery Park was established in 2001 with donations from the Lilly Endowment and from the state of Indiana, and its first buildings opened in 2004. By 2014, Discovery Park had surpassed a $1 billion milestone in research investments and impact, with six research and office buildings.
Centers
Cross-Cutting Centers
Bindley Bioscience Center
Birck Nanotechnology Center
Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship
Network for Computational Nanotechnology
Purdue Center for the Science of Information
Purdue Policy Research Institute
Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute
Centers for Global Health
Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease
Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience
Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery
Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering
Centers for Global Sustainability
Center for Global Food Security
Center for the Environment
Purdue Climate Change Research Center
Centers for Global Security
Institute for Global Security and Defense Innovation
Naval Enterprise Partnership Teaming with Universities for National Excellence (NEPTUNE) Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
Affiliated Project Centers and Institutes
Cross-cutting Centers and Institutes
Integrative Data Science Initiative
Center for Analytical Instrument Development
Research Center for Open Digital Innovation
Purdue Center for Predictive Material and Devices (c-PRIMED) CAPSL NEWLIMITS
Global Health
Women's Global Health Institute
Global Sustainability
Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources (CISTAR) Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP) Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI-NCO) Purdue Center for Global Soundscapes
Global Security
High Tech Crime Unit (HTCU) Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments Center (VACCINE)
Facilities
Bindley Bioscience Center
The Bindley Bioscience Center (BBC) is a multidisciplinary research facility where life sciences and engineering researchers collaborate to explore new technologies and scientific knowledge that impact the broad boundaries of plant, animal and human diseases. Laboratory space and high-end scientific equipment are shared and available to support diverse projects, ranging from complex diseases to technology development to new catalysts for biofuels production. An expert staff provides research consultation and technical support to enable technology implementation, feasibility studies and the generation of pilot data to support new project ideas. In 2012, the building was expanded by 29,000 square feet with the addition of the Multidisciplinary Cancer Research Facility, designed for work on innovative animal models of disease, development of new therapeutics, and in-vivo animal imaging.
Birck Nanotechnology Center
The Birck Nanotechnology Center leverages advances in nanoscale science and engineering to create innovative nanotechnologies addressing societal challenges and opportunities in computing, communications, the environment, security, energy independence, and health. In turn, the BNC exploits the accelerating progress in nanotechnology utilizing the most advanced nanoscale instrumentation to pursue answers to fundamental questions in the life and physical sciences. The building is an research facility consisting of a nanofabrication ISO class 3 cleanroom, including a biocleanroom, heavy laboratory space, and office areas. One of the most advanced facilities of its kind in the world, it is designed to support multidisciplinary research in nanotechnology and to foster interaction between researchers and research disciplines.