Purdue researchers received more than $200,000 through the Trask Innovation Fund to help commercialize their innovations in the fields of chemistry, engineering, and speech, language and hearing sciences.

The Purdue Research Foundation Trask Innovation Fund is a development program to assist faculty and staff whose discoveries are being commercialized through the Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization.

ECE Professor Byunghoo Jung received $49,548 for "Wireless Positioning and Tracking Technology for Indoor Location Based Services." This technology shows promise for an automated positioning and tracking system for indoor and outdoor applications with substantially higher resolution than GPS-style positioning systems.

Dan Hasler, president of Purdue Research Foundation and chief entrepreneurial officer at Purdue University, said the university's culture of innovation impacts the globe.

"Faculty, staff and students and their dedication to improving the world are at the center of Purdue's environment of innovation," he said. "The researchers who earned Trask Innovation Fund awards are developing work that represents just a fraction of the life-changing ideas from Purdue that could lead to longer, healthier, happier and more productive lives."