Discovery Park (Purdue)

Discovery Park is a 40-acre (160,000 m2) multidisciplinary research park located in Purdue University's West Lafayette campus in the U.S. state of Indiana. Tomás Díaz de la Rubia, an energy and resources industry executive who also spent a decade as a top scientist and administrator at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, serves as Discovery Park's Vice President.

Discovery Park was established in 2001 with donations from the Lilly Endowment and from the state of Indiana,[1] and its first buildings opened in 2004.[2] By 2014, Discovery Park had surpassed a $1 billion milestone in research investments and impact, with six research and office buildings.[3]

  1. ^ "Discovery Park turns 10". Purdue Today. April 25, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  2. ^ "Purdue Dedicates Center For Entrepreneurship" Archived 2012-01-13 at the Wayback Machine. Inside Indiana Business. October 21, 2004. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  3. ^ "Purdue's Discovery Park surpasses $1 billion milestone in research investments, impact - Purdue University".