Facilities
Birck Nanotechnology Center
Nanotechnology is an emerging science in which new materials and tiny structures are built atom-by-atom, or molecule-by-molecule, instead of the more conventional approach of sculpting parts from pre-existing materials. Nano is a prefix meaning one-billionth, so a nanometer is one-billionth of a meter. Just as antibiotics, the silicon transistor and plastics affected nearly every aspect of society in the 20th century, nanotechnology is expected to have profound influences in the 21st century.
At Purdue Univeristy, researchers are investigating some of the most intriguing and significant problems: those in the emerging, highly interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology. The brochure linked below highlights many of the projects at Purdue across the categories of nanomaterials, nanodevices, nano/bio interfaces, nanomanufacturing, computational nanotechnology, and nanometrology/characterization.
Discovery Park
Purdue University's ambitious endeavor to bring innovation through multidisciplinary action is setting its sights high, looking to achieve unprecedented goals. Discovery Park was established to create a combinational power greater than any individual strength, and to serve as a catalyst for drawing faculty, staff, and students to reach into other disciplines and projects in order to take Purdue to the cutting edge of academic work.
An environment where projects can flourish through shared talk, shared work, and shared innovation is the reward for creating a culture in the university setting that moves away from individual work done in isolation. Discovery Park aims to link Purdue University more closely with the Indiana and U.S. economies, further strengthening and defining those relationships.