Uniting industry and innovation

HANDS-ON RESEARCH FOR INDUSTRY IMPACT

LET PURDUE’S RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AT SCALE SOLVE YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES FOR YOU.

CAPSTONE PLUS®

With a diverse range of faculty specialties and endless opportunities for innovation, Purdue is at the forefront of discovering cutting-edge technologies. Industry partners are critical in bringing these world-changing innovations from lab to life.

Capstone Plus® grants your company unparalleled access to Purdue’s robust IP and what could become the world’s next groundbreaking innovation.

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Purdue Polytechnic, Purdue Northwest, and Purdue Innovates Office of Technology Commercialization can assist industry partners with:

  • Shaping qualified candidates: With a focus on innovative teaching methods and hands-on experience, Polytechnic fosters future employees who can think critically and solve problems.
  • Building a talent pipeline: Companies can gauge students’ potential as future employees while establishing valuable connections for recruiting qualified individuals from Purdue.
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FUSION POINT®

A transformative interface between academia, industry, government and philanthropic organizations.

Fusion Point® brings together the dominant forces essential for economic growth: academia, an engine of new research, and industry, which excels at bringing new products to market, and the financial support from industry, governmental and philanthropic organizations.

Fusion Point® offers corporations access to leading edge technologies, innovations and a cadre of technical and marketing students to support the development and commercialization of new products derived from existing IP developed at Purdue.

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Fusion Point® offers Purdue patents, copyrights and designs in the following technology areas:

  • Audio Engineering
  • Automation and Systems Integration Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Digital Enterprise Systems
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Energy Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechatronics Engineering
  • Robotics Engineering
  • Smart Manufacturing Industrial Informatics
  • Supply Chain and Sales Engineering

TAKE YOUR GIANT LEAP WITH PURDUE IP

Through sponsoring Fusion Point® and Capstone Plus® projects, companies have the opportunity to assess Purdue patented technologies. In partnership with Purdue Polytechnic, Purdue Northwest, and Purdue Innovates Office of Technology Commercialization and Incubator, student teams design, build and test prototypes as part of their senior design projects.

Ranking Graphic: Top 10 in the U.S. for patents 6 years running. (U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, 2025)

Partners have the chance to sponsor student teams to design, build, and test a prototype uniquely tailored to their needs. 

Translate new discoveries into commercial realities, empowering innovation with the power of Purdue along the way. 

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