Dear Energy Center faculty affiliate and students, Please join us for the Discovery Park open house on Fri Sep 23 starting at noon. There will be range of activities (Ted-style/center research talks, tours, music, food...). Dr. Maureen McCann (Director of Energy Center) will speak at 2:40-2:55 pm (Mann 203) to highlight energy research and how to get involved. Additional details are available at: http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/open-house/ Burton D. Morgan Building Contact: Linda Higbee, 49095, lhigbee@purdue.edu<mailto:lhigbee@purdue.edu> MRGN Café 12:00-12:30 Soundscapes Music and Hors d'oeuvres MRGN Rm. 121 (Voss Talks will be live-streamed to the buildings.) 12:30-2:40 Welcome and Introduction to Discovery Park by Tomas Diaz de la Rubia, Chief Scientist and Executive Director of Discovery Park 12:40-1:00 Electroceuticals Voss Talk, Pedro Irazoqui, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Neurosciences 1:00-1:15 Catching and Controlling Light Rays, Fireside chat with Alexandra Boltasseva, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, hosted by Marietta Harrison, Interim Director of the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering and Director of Oncological Sciences. 1:15-1:35 Purdue's Innovation Ecosystem...the Next Level, Greg Deason, Senior Vice President and Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Purdue Research Foundation 1:35-1:55 Mythbusting Scientific Knowledge Transfer with nanoHUB.org, Gerhard Klimeck, Reilly Director of the Center for Predictive Materials and Devices and the Network for Computational Nanotechnology and a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue MRGN Café 12:00-5:00 Activities - Booths and Start-up Information MRGN, Rm. 112 2:00-2:15 Quick Talk - Greg Deason, Foundry 2:15-2:30 Quick Talk - Natalie Duval-Couetil, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Education 4:00-4:15 Quick Talk - Ananth Grama, Science of Information Mann Hall Contact: Krista Kelley, 41050, kokelley@purdue.edu<mailto:kokelley@purdue.edu> Mann Hall Atrium and Room 101 12:00-5:00 Bryan Pijanowski - Soundscapes Demonstrations 1:30-3:30 Brad Duerstock - Assistive Technologies Lab Tour, B-35 Mann, Mann Hall 2nd floor Atrium 12:00-5:00 Posters Mann Hall, Rm. 203 2:00-2:15 Quick Talk - Leigh Raymond, Center for the Environment 2:20-2:35 Quick Talk - Jeffrey Dukes, Purdue Climate Change Research Center 2:40-2:55 Quick Talk - Maureen McCann, Energy Center 3:00-3:15 Quick Talk - Laurel Weldon, Purdue Policy Research Institute 3:40-3:55 Quick Talk - Gebisa Ejeta, Center for Global Food Security 4:00-4:15 Quick Talk - Abish Malik, Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments (VACCINE) Bindley Bioscience Center Contact: Susan McCreery, 66147, smccreer@purdue.edu<mailto:smccreer@purdue.edu> Bindley Atrium 2:00-5:15 Tours and Posters (paper chromatology, DNA gels) Bindley Conference Room 2:20-2:35 Quick Talk - Joseph Irudayaraj, Bindley Bioscience Center 3:00-3:15 Quick Talk - Donna Fekete, Institute for Integrative Neuroscience 3:20-3:35 Quick Talk - Richard Kuhn, Purdue Institute for Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Diseases 3:40-4:00 Quick Talk - Karson Putt, Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery Birck Nanotechnology Center Contact: Jaime Turner, 43509, jjturner@purdue.edu<mailto:jjturner@purdue.edu> Birck Atrium 2:00-5:15 Tours, Posters from 2-3 p.m.; Nano Ice Cream Demos at 2 and 2:45 p.m Birck Conference Room 3:20-3:35 Quick Talk - Ali Shakouri, Birck Nanotechnology Center 3:40-3:55 Quick Talk - Gerhard Klimeck, Network for Computational Nanotechnology Future Scientists Parade 3:30-4:00 Early Care and Education Center students - Parade route begins in front of Birck and follows sidewalk to VOSS Sculpture McGinley Fountain 4:15-5:30 Purdue Student Jazz Band Hope to see many of you and others who might be interested in learning about Discovery Park, Energy Center and opportunities to get involved.