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We invite current and future faculty to be part of his important initiative to strengthen national security and defense. The Defense Innovation PEI will feature multidisciplinary collaborations across Purdue faculty, other academic institutions, industry and foundations. Learn about opportunities to work together to incubate research centers, create novel IP portfolios and accelerate commercialization in select engineering areas.
To learn more about the Defense Innovation PEI, please contact Stephen Beaudoin sbeaudoi@purdue.edu or Dana Weinstein danaw@purdue.edu.
LEADERSHIP
CO-CHAIRS
Dana Weinstein
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dana Weinstein
Stephen (Steve) Beaudoin
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Stephen (Steve) Beaudoin
Stephen (Steve) Beaudoin is a professor in Purdue's Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, where he also serves as director of the Purdue Energetics Research Center (PERC). As director, he supports more than $90M in current energetic materials research led by 18 Engineering, Science, or Purdue Polytechnic Institute faculty working in seven buildings campus-wide, including the Zucrow and FLEX Labs.
Prior to joining the Purdue faculty, Beaudoin was a chemical engineering professor at Arizona State University. There, he taught and performed research on particle adhesion to surfaces in systems relevant to microelectronics manufacturing and the detection of explosive trace residues in air transportation environments. His research was recognized with a National Science Foundation Early Career Faculty award.
Since moving to Purdue in 2003, Beaudoin has primarily focused on adhesion in energetic materials systems. He was a member of the team that formed the Purdue Energetics Research Center (PERC) in 2017 and has served as its director since. In addition to his work with PERC, he serves as academic director of the MS in Defense and Security degree program. Beaudoin has received numerous teaching, mentoring and research awards from Purdue.
Beaudoin is known worldwide for his work on powder and particle adhesion and has published more than 100 manuscripts and made more than 200 technical presentations in this area. His work has led to new approaches for handling powders, particles and highly viscous, high solids-content liquids in industrial settings, including during the processing and manufacturing of energetics.
Beaudoin earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from MIT in 1988, an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990 and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1995.
DEFENSE INNOVATION ADVISOR COUNCIL
Dan DeLaurentis
Bruce Reese Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Chief Scientist of the Department of Defense Systems Engineering Research Center UARC
Executive Vice President of Research, Purdue Office of Research
Phillip Dunston
Director, Office of Professional Practice (OPP); Professor, Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering (LSCCE); Engineering Dean's Faculty Fellow for HBCU Engagement
Marcey Hoover
Director of Partner Relations, Federal Laboratories, Office of Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships
Leon Robert
Professor of Engineering Practice
Consultant, Purdue Military Research Institute
Rhonda Ryals
Associate Director, Export Controls, Office of the Vice President of Research
Amit Varma
Karl H. Kettelhut Professor of Civil Engineering
Director, Bowen Laboratory of Large-Scale CE Research Lyles School of Civil Engineering
THRUST AREA LEAD GROUP
Filter by topic:
- All Topics
- Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy
- Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing
- Cybersecurity
- Directed Energy and Electronic Warfare (Counter UAS)
- Energetics
- Hypersonics
- Logistics, Transportation, Resources, and Energy
- Microelectronics
- Propulsion and Combustion
- Quantum, Sensing, and Communication
- Space Technology
Allen Garner
Professor, Undergraduate Program Chairman, with Courtesy Appointment in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Courtesy Appointment in Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Directed Energy and Electronic Warfare (Counter UAS)
Bob Lucht
Ralph & Bettye Bailey Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director of Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories
Propulsion and Combustion
Carolin Frueh
Harold DeGroff Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Space Technology
Dana Weinstein
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Co-Director for Defense Innovation (Purdue Engineering Initiative)
Microelectronics
Darcy Bullock
Lyles Family Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Joint Transportation Research Program with Courtesy Appointments in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Logistics, Transportation, Resources, and Energy
David Love
Nick Trbovich Professor, Fellow, IEEE, AAAS, and NAI
Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Quantum, Sensing, and Communication
David Stewart
Executive Director, Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute
Quantum, Sensing, and Communication
Dongyan Xu
Director of CERIAS
Samuel D. Conte Professor of Computer Science
Cybersecurity
Jason McKinney
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Directed Energy and Electronic Warfare (Counter UAS)
John Morgan
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Director, Graduate Studies
Professor of Biochemistry (by courtesy)
Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing
Shelley Claridge
Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering
Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing
Shreyas Sundaram
Marie Gordon Professor Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Co-Director, Institute for Control, Optimization and Networks
Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy
Steve Beaudoin
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Director, Purdue Energetics Research Center (PERC)
Director, Purdue Master of Science in Defense and Security (MSDS) program
Director, Advancing Army Modernization Priorities - Energetic Materials (AAMP-EM) and Energetic Materials Basic Research (EMBR) Centers
Energetics