| Centers,
Labs, Institutes and Programs |
Contact
Person(s) |
| Agricultural
Genomics Center PAGC |
Phillip
SanMiguel |
| The
Purdue Genomics Center provides DNA sequencing, Affymetrix GeneChip
Expression Analysis, bacterial colony picking and filter (macro)
array printing services on a recharge basis. |
|
| Agricultural
Innovation and Commercialization Center (AICC) |
Joan
Fulton and Mike Boehlje |
Provides
education on, assessment of, and shepherding
of value-added products or processes from initial idea to
value-added enterprise. These products or processes
result from technological discoveries, producer ideas,
or consumer needs identification. Pursuing these goals
will create opportunities for agricultural producer groups
to develop value-added agricultural businesses. |
|
| Center
for Community and Environmental Design |
Kim
Wilson |
Assists
Indiana communities in developing physical design concepts,
ideas, and recommendations through the entrepreneurial collaboration
between students, community
representatives and professional consultants. |
|
| Center
for Enhancing Foods to Protect Health |
Bruce
Watkins |
| Serves
as a focus for food, nutrition and biomedical research; and
related technology development; and communication of science
based information about designed foods and nutraceuticals for
the food industry, health care industry and consumer groups.
|
|
| Center
for the Environment (C4E) |
John Bickham and Linda
Lee |
The
Center for the Environment is one of 10 centers that make up
Discovery Park . Its mission is to facilitate interdisciplinary
activities that enhance environmental integrity with enlightened
stewardship and innovative monitoring, modeling, and management
of natural resources, resulting in expanded
economic development and improved quality of life. |
|
| Center
for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems (CERIS)
|
Eileen
Luke |
| Develops,
manages, and operates computer-based information systems and
databases in the subject matter areas relating to environmental
concerns and regulatory programs affecting the management or
practice of agriculture. |
|
| Center
of Excellence
in Comparative Medicine CECM |
Randy
Woodson and
Harm HogenEsch |
| Comparative
medicine can be defined as the integral study of diseases from
the molecular to the whole animal level using spontaneous and
induced animal models with the aim to develop improved and innovative
methods for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of human
disease. The Center focuses on cardiovascular and metabolic
diseases. Center faculty collaborate closely with faculty at
the IU School of Medicine. The specific goals are (i) to develop
and utilize new animal models of human disease. Current work
focuses on the Ossabaw pig as a model of diet-induced cardiovascular
disease and diabetes mellitus and concurrent work focuses on
genetically engineered swine models; (ii) to perform comparative
analysis of stem cells isolated from rodents, pigs, zebra fish
and human umbilical cord blood; (iii) to provide training and
research opportunities for graduate students. A laboratory animal
medicine graduate training program was established in close
association with the existing veterinary pathology graduate
training program in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology.
|
|
| Center
for Food and Agricultural Business (CFAB) |
Jay
Akridge
|
Offers
nondegree professional development programs
for employees of agricultural businesses and carries
out research and extension programs on problems of
agricultural businesses. |
|
| Center
for Food Animal Well-Being |
Ed
Pajor |
| Advances
the understanding of interactions between food animal productivity
and well-being to enable a scientific and public policy climate
which promotes animal well-being and supports economically viable
food animal production systems. |
|
|
Center for Food Safety Engineering |
Rich
Linton |
| The
Center for Food Safety Engineering is a joint effort between
the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the School
of Agriculture at Purdue University. The mission of the FSEP
is to develop new knowledge, technologies, and systems to prevent
chemical and microbial contamination of foods. |
|
| Center
for Global Trade Analysis |
Thomas
Hertel |
| The
Center for Global Trade Analysis undertakes applied general
equilibrium (AGE) modeling, and provides services to other AGE
modelers as well as public agencies using AGE-based analysis.
|
|
| The
Center for Integrated Food Manufacturing |
Mark
Morgan |
|
The
Center for Integrated Food Manufacturing (CIFM) is an interdisciplinary
team that conducts fundamental and applied research leading
to improved food manufacturing through process engineering and
advanced technology. In addition, the center provides educational
workshops on processing and technology tailored to the food
industry. |
|
| Center
for Rural Development |
Kevin
McNamara |
| Brings
together University resources to assist the public and private
sector as they work toward solving rural community problems
and provides a broad range of educational programs which will
contribute to development of Indiana 's human and physical capital.
|
|
| Center
for Technology Transfer and Pollution Prevention |
Don
D. Jones |
| CT2P2 provides Environmental Ambassadors with
the tools necessary to transfer technical information about
the environment and pollution prevention worldwide. The Center
develops and evaluates new computer-based pollution prevention
and technology transfer opportunities. |
|
| Center
for Urban & Industrial Pest Management |
Gary
Bennett |
| Furthers
the understanding of urban pest problems
and promotes their solutions through research and educational
programs. |
|
| Crop
Diagnostics Research & Training Center |
Corey
Gerber |
| Provides
opportunities for hands-on learning of the art and science of
crop problem diagnosis, integrated pest management, and reduced
input agriculture. |
|
|
Food Processing Environmental Compliance Assistance Center |
Kevin
Keener |
|
The Food Processing Environmental Assistance Center (FPECAC)
is committed to developing and promoting innovative strategies
that achieve better environmental results, reduce costs, and
promote environmental stewardship throughout the Food Processing
Industry. The goal of the Center is to become a primary provider
of environmental information, resources, and training to assist
small and medium sized food processors in achieving environmental
compliance and stewardship . |
|
| Hardwood
Tree Improvement & Regeneration Center |
Charles
Michler |
| The
HTIRC is a collaborative regional research, development
and technology transfer effort between industry, university,
private, state and federal entities to advance tree improvement
of central hardwoods for increased forest productivity in hardwood
restoration and reforestation programs. |
|
| Illinois-Indiana
Sea Grant Program |
Brian
Miller |
| Fosters
the creation and stewardship of an enhanced and sustainable
environment and economy along southern Lake Michigan and in
the Great Lakes region through research, education, and outreach.
|
|
| Indiana
Center for New Crops & Plant Products |
Jules
Janick |
Identifies,
adapts, and commercializes new crops for
Indiana growers and processors, creates new plant based industries
based on new crop products, and serves as a source of information
for new crops. |
|
| Indiana
Water Resources Research Center IWRRC |
Ron
Turco |
The
IWRRC mission is to coordinate the resources of
Indiana 's universities, state agencies, and industries to resolve
problems associated with water resources management, use, and
preservation of quality. |
|
| Laboratory
for Applications of Remote Sensing |
Melba
Crawford |
A
multidisciplinary research laboratory established in 1966
and internationally known for research efforts relating to
remote sensing and geographic information systems |
|
| Laboratory
of Renewable Resources Engineering Integrative Center for Biotechnology
and Engineering LORRE |
Michael
Ladisch |
| Integrative
Center
for
Biotechnology and Engineering that carries out multi-disciplinary
research and fundamental discovery in bioenergy, bioprocessing,
bionanotechnology, bioproducts, and biorecovery. |
|
Life
Science Fluorescence Imaging Facility |
Wendy
Peer |
|
This facility is a joint effort of the Colleges of Agriculture
and Science at Purdue University, and is for researchers in
the life sciences. The objective of the facility is discovery.
Our mission is to enhance discovery, facilitate the inclusion
of cell biology in all life science research, and make it possible
for all Purdue researchers to have access to the highest quality
imaging technology at reasonable cost. You have access to state
of the art Zeiss upright confocal microscopy and Intavis robotics
equipment. The facility is user-driven. That means that you
get basic training about using the equipment, and then you get
to do your experiments without some looking over your shoulder.
|
|
| NASA
Specialized Center for Advanced Life Support |
Cary
Mitchell |
Resolves
the complex and crucial requirements of sustained
human survival within an interplanetary space-based environment
through discovery, engagement, and learning in plant science,
environmental engineering, food sciences, and
systems engineering. |
|
| Purdue
Climate Change Research Center PCCRC |
Paul
Shepson and Leigh Raymond |
| Climate
change and related impacts are becoming increasingly relevant
to environmental, economic, and security issues, raising convergent
points and thematic platforms for those interested in confronting
this global challenge from a multidisciplinary perspective.
The PCCRC was chartered in 2004 to create a world-class research
center focused on climate change, its impacts, and mitigation.
|
|
| Purdue
Interdisciplinary Center for Ecological Sustainability PICES |
Olin
E. Rhodes Jr |
The
PICES mission is to be the premier center of
excellence dealing with issues of ecological sustainability
in human-dominated landscapes by integrating the processes of
discovery, learning and engagement across disciplinary boundaries.
The primary research focus of PICES is on the conservation,
management, and sustainability of natural resources in human-dominated
landscapes. |
|
| Site
Specific Management Center |
Jess
Lowenberg-DeBoer |
| Develops
and disseminates information about site specific
management
methods that are profitable and practical for
agricultural producers
and those businesses and organizations
that supply inputsor process products. |
|
| Turfgrass
Research and Diagnostic Center / Turfgrass Science Program |
Zach
Reicher |
| Serves
as the focal point for turfgrass research, education,
and
extension activities conducted on campus to meet the
educational
and research needs of the turfgrass industry
in Indiana. |
|
| Whistler
Center for Carbohydrate Research |
Bruce
Hamaker |
| Provides
leadership to carbohydrate-producing and carbohydrate-utilizing
industries through: 1) extension of fundamental knowledge on
structure-function relationships of biopolymers targeted for
new technology development, 2) education which stresses the
application of knowledge of fundamental properties and behaviors
of carbohydrates and proteins to the solution of practical problems,
and 3) design and delivery of solutions to problems. |
|
