Na (Luna) Lu
Vice President For Industry Partnerships and Indiana ACPA Professor in Concrete Paving and Materials Science with Courtesy Appointment in Materials Engineering
Purdue University
Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering
550 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051
Office: HAMP G215
Phone: (765) 494-5842
Email:
luna@purdue.edu
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Thermoelectric and piezoelectric materials and devices for energy harvesting and sensing, crystal growth of oxides for optoelectrical devices, and multifunctional nanocomposites/building materials.
Bio
Luna Lu is the Indiana ACPA Professor in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering with a courtesy appointment in the School of Materials Engineering. She is vice president of industry partnerships and founding director of the Center for Intelligent Infrastructure.
Her research interests lie in novel nanomaterials and IoT devices for energy harvesting and infrastructure sensing applications. Lu has transferred technologies from her research lab into engineering applications and is a founder and CEO of Wavelogix Inc. a venture-backed, high growth startup company that provides REBEL™ IoT sensors for smart infrastructure solutions.
She has also authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications, two books, six book chapters, and holds 10 published and provisional patents. Lu is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Her work has garnered many prestigious honors, including the 2014 National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2019 Purdue Faculty Scholar, 2020 Vebleo Scientist Award, 2021 ASCE Gamechanger, 2022 ASCE Alfred Noble Prize, the best invention of 2023 by TIME magazine, the 2024 Edison Award and more.
When she is not working, Lu likes to build LEGO sets with her daughter. She also enjoys reading biographies of tech leaders, playing piano, and hiking in the woods.
Her research interests lie in novel nanomaterials and IoT devices for energy harvesting and infrastructure sensing applications. Lu has transferred technologies from her research lab into engineering applications and is a founder and CEO of Wavelogix Inc. a venture-backed, high growth startup company that provides REBEL™ IoT sensors for smart infrastructure solutions.
She has also authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications, two books, six book chapters, and holds 10 published and provisional patents. Lu is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Her work has garnered many prestigious honors, including the 2014 National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2019 Purdue Faculty Scholar, 2020 Vebleo Scientist Award, 2021 ASCE Gamechanger, 2022 ASCE Alfred Noble Prize, the best invention of 2023 by TIME magazine, the 2024 Edison Award and more.
When she is not working, Lu likes to build LEGO sets with her daughter. She also enjoys reading biographies of tech leaders, playing piano, and hiking in the woods.