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The Deliberate Innovation for Faculty Fellows (DIFFs) program has been developed as a foremost intellectual activity operating at this nexus. DIFFs network with faculty colleagues in designated domains of research activity to understand Purdue capabilities, connect faculty research with the marketplace to help guide research decisions, connect across research domains, and catalyze proposal efforts that incorporate entrepreneurship and translational considerations into nascent research. More fundamentally, the BDMCE seeks to make Purdue a national leader in the translation of research to practical impact and in targeting research to achieve the most good. In this regard, DIFF activities are fundamental in learning what information faculty need to make the best research decisions and in fostering the highest impact university-based research and development system. The DIFF program requires highly entrepreneurial and innovative faculty that possess superlative research skills, are willing to quickly learn about the other disciplines and research efforts, and seek to catalyze systematic improvements to the university-based research system. DIFF faculty will closely partner with the Purdue Foundry to help develop the interface between research and startup companies.
College: All Polytechnic Engineering Agriculture Krannert School of Management
Professor Lonnie Bentley is a Co-Founder, Board Member, and VP of Business Development for Broadband Antenna Tracking Systems (BATS), an Indiana company that provides automatic antenna aiming and tracking technology. BATS has customers in over 50 countries and provides solutions to the military, oil and gas, emergency responders, and maritime markets.
Lonnie Bentley
Computer and Information Technology
Eric Dietz is the Director of the Purdue Homeland Security Institute and Professor in the Computer and Information Technology Department at Purdue. On loan from Purdue to the State from 2005-2008, Eric was the founding Executive Director for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, then a new cabinet-level department.
James Eric (Eric) Dietz
Cliff Johnston is a Professor of Agronomy and Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and is Director of Enhanced Oil Recovery at Purdue. He works as an entrepreneurial lead for upstream oil and gas projects at Purdue.
Cliff Johnston
Dr. Lowenberg-DeBoer's research focuses on the economics of new agricultural technology. He led the development of the supply chain for the Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bags in Africa. His analysis of demand for precision agriculture technology played a key role in guiding business strategy in that domain over the last 20 years.
James Lowenberg-Deboer
Professor Lynall is the director of Purdue's National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Site, co-director of the Midwest I-Corps Node with the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a National I-Corps Instructor.
Matthew Lynall
Joe Pekny is a professor of Chemical Engineering. He was a founding director of Discovery Park and the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering. His research interests are in algorithm engineering for combinatorial optimization applications and in devising the best possible system for translating research into practical impact.
Joseph Pekny
Dr. Riyi Shi is an internationally recognized scientist/researcher focusing on the causes and treatment of diseases and injury to the nervous system. Dr. Shi is an accomplished translator of research discoveries into actual application. He has received multiple grants to pursue commercialization research from Purdue. He has also co-founded two companies in the neurological field.
Riyi Shi
Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
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