Purdue Research Foundation honors faculty entrepreneurs, inventors

2008-10-28

Purdue Research Foundation honors faculty entrepreneurs, inventors

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue Research Foundation will honor 44 Purdue University faculty and staff at its annual Inventors' Recognition Dinner on Monday (Oct. 27) in the Purdue Memorial Ballrooms.

Honorees are being recognized for breakthroughs that have resulted, or may soon result, in commercial applications to benefit society.

"For the sixth year in a row, the Purdue Research Foundation is proud to recognize the inventors and trendsetters among the Purdue faculty and staff," said Joseph B. Hornett, vice president, treasurer and COO of the Purdue Research Foundation. "With the close partnership between Purdue University and the Office of Technology Commercialization, the discoveries made by researchers at Purdue can move into development and to public delivery."

Among the 44 recognized are several faculty from the Department of Chemistry:

* Dor Ben-Amotz (four patents), professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Science

* R. Graham Cooks (three patents), Henry B. Hass Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Science

* Christine Hrycyna, associate professor, Depar