Banner image: Purdue-affiliated startup Adranos, manufacturer of solid rocket motors and maker of ALITEC, a high-performance solid rocket fuel that gives greater payload capacity, range and speed to launch systems, has been sold to Anduril Industries.
Adranos Inc., a Purdue-originated company that grew from a doctoral project into an impactful company, has been acquired by a major Costa Mesa, California-based defense products company, Anduril Industries.
Brielle Terry invented ALITEC in 2015 while she was a postdoctoral student in Purdue’s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics and continued her work at Purdue’s School of Mechanical Engineering. With help from Chris Stoker, an MBA graduate and Doctor of Law from Indiana University, Terry created business plans for ALITEC, a more powerful and more efficient solid rocket fuel that is also less damaging to the environment. Stoker and Terry went on to co-found Adranos, where Stoker is CEO and Terry is chief technology officer.
After the company was founded, Adranos participated in Purdue Innovates’ accelerator program in the Startup Foundry, and leveraged connections with the Foundry’s alumni network, receiving guidance from Purdue alumni who had expertise in the defense and space industry.
Adranos broke ground on a rocket fuel production facility in 2020 at Purdue Research Park. The company received financial support from the Purdue Research Foundation and the Indiana Economic Development Corp. to construct the facility, which opened in West Lafayette in September 2022. Adranos also has a solid rocket motor production facility in Mississippi and an engineering office in Alabama.
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Purdue researchers, Indiana Department of Transportation crews and WaveLogix installed concrete sensors invented by Luna Lu, the Reilly Professor of Civil Engineering, into the future I-465 interchange to I-69 south on Indianapolis’ south side in July. The invention will soon give engineers real-time data from Indianapolis’ newest interstate section, potentially preventing potholes, reducing construction traffic jams, and saving taxpayer dollars spent on road repairs.
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Purdue Engineering professors, from left, John Haddock, Nadia Gkritza, Dionysios Aliprantis and Steve Pekarek stand in the lab where they are testing technology they designed to enable electric vehicles to receive power from the road.
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Purdue University, the Indiana University School of Medicine and medical device company Cook Medical are forming a new alliance — the Crossroads Pediatric Device Consortium. These partners will focus on meeting needs for pediatric patients by accelerating the development, approval and availability of innovative medical devices for children.
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The advanced air mobility sector includes urban air mobility, which uses electrical vertical takeoff and landing vehicles. Aerovy Mobility, a Purdue University-connected startup, has developed software solutions to benefit airport and vertiport operators and real estate developers looking to establish advanced air mobility technology at existing and potential sites.
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