Recognizing College of Engineering inventors and innovators

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On Friday, November 19, Purdue University’s College of Engineering held its 2021 External Recognition and Celebration and Town Hall. Faculty were recognized for awards and citations received and activity throughout the 2021 fiscal year.

Brooke Beier, vice president of the Purdue Research Foundation Office of Technology Commercialization, recognized College of Engineering’s “Most Impactful Inventors” in several categories.

The first category recognized faculty whose intellectual property led to the creation of new startup companies during fiscal year 2021:

· Saurabh Bagchi, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Somali Chaterji, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering: KeyByte LLC

· Jun Chen and Charles Greg Jensen, School of Mechanical Engineering: Poseidon Energy Inc.

· Mahdi Hosseini, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Quantum Royal Road LLC

· Jacqueline Linnes, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering: Ever True

· Luna Lu, Lyles School of Civil Engineering: Wave Logix Inc.

· Saeed Mohammadi, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Molecular Signatures LLC

· Zoltan Nagy, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering: Crysyst LLC

· Lia Stanciu, School of Materials Engineering: IdentifySensors LLC

· Mohit Verma, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering: Krishi LLC

The second category recognized faculty whose intellectual property led to a startup company that received $500,000 or more in external funding in the past five calendar years:

· Saurabh Bagchi, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Sensorhound Inc.

· Keith Cherkauer, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering and Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering; Melba Crawford, Lyles School of Civil Engineering; Edward Delp, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Ayman Habib, Lyles School of Civil Engineering: GRYFN Inc.

· Meng Deng, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering: Adipo Therapeutics

· Çari Savran, School of Mechanical Engineering: Savran Technologies LLC

· Carlo Scalo, School of Mechanical Engineering: HySonic Technologies

· Steven F. Son, School of Mechanical Engineering: Adranos Inc.

· David Spencer, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics: Vestigo Aerospace LLC

The third category recognized faculty whose intellectual property was licensed by OTC to an existing company in fiscal year 2021:

· Gerhard Klimeck, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

· Tillmann C. Kubis, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

· John W. Sutherland, Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering and School of Mechanical Engineering

· Nien-Hwa Linda Wang, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

· Yuehwern Yih, School of Industrial Engineering

Dean Mung Chiang presenting at the Purdue College of Engineering Town Hall (Photo provided by Purdue University College of Engineering/David Mason)

The fourth and final category recognized faculty whose research with a corporate partner received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in fiscal year 2021:

· Vaneet Aggarwal, School of Industrial Engineering

· Jan P. Allebach, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

· Joerg Appenzeller, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

· Saurabh Bagchi, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

· Stephen Heister, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics

· Gary Krutz, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

· Yung-Hsiang Lu, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

· Eric A. Nauman, School of Mechanical Engineering

· Andrew Otte, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

· Kinam Park, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

· Karthik Ramani, School of Mechanical Engineering and Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

· Sanjay Rao, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

· Carlo Scalo, School of Mechanical Engineering

· Lia Stanciu, School of Materials Engineering

· Mithuna Thottethodi, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

· T. N. Vijaykumar, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

· Nien-Hwa Linda Wang, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering

· Song Zhang, School of Mechanical Engineering

Congratulations to these faculty members at Purdue University’s College of Engineering. We look forward to sharing more about your work and its impact on people’s lives.

There are many of these inventions available for licensing; find the innovators’ technologies at inventions.prf.org.

 

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