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Purdue Trustees Approve Projects;

Building of e-Enterprise Center

The Purdue University Board of Trustees, April 9, 2004
1:08 PM, approved the building of the e-Enterprise Center
in Discovery Park to house some of the university’s largest research projects. For the full article, visit www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=10761.

The board also moved forward toward an expansion of the West Lafayette campus mechanical engineering facilities and approved the leasing of almost 50,000 square feet of classroom space for the Purdue Calumet campus.

The board hired Brenner Design, of Indianapolis, as architect and engineering firm for the $10 million e-Enterprise Center, which will house large-scale interdisciplinary research projects from departments throughout the university.
"The e-Enterprise Center is an important piece of Discovery Park, Purdue's future hub of interdisciplinary research," said Kenneth P. Burns, Purdue executive vice president and treasurer. "By providing a place for researchers from around campus to come together on large research projects, the center will help provide the infrastructure for the next generation of technological advances at Purdue."

Ned Howell, e-Enterprise Center managing director, said the facility will primarily house some of the university's super-projects, Purdue's largest cross-disciplinary research projects. Faculty and students involved in the research would have office and research space in the new building, and Howell said researchers will benefit from frequent contact with other researchers, both through their own projects and others.