March 17, 2008

Gore named director of Energy Center at Discovery Park

Jay P. Gore
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Gore, the Vincent P. Reilly Professor in Mechanical Engineering, had led the Energy Center as its interim director since its inception in 2005.  He also is the past associate dean for research and entrepreneurship in the College of Engineering.

Gore had served as a research fellow in aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan and as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maryland before to arriving at Purdue in 1991. His research is in the area of combustion and radiation heat transfer with applications to pollutant reduction, efficiency enhancements, fire safety, and improved fundamental understanding.

The Energy Center at Discovery Park, created with seed money from the Lilly Endowment, facilitates high-impact, multidisciplinary projects in energy alternatives and consumption. The center is focused on developing economical and environmentally sound energy alternatives and to help change policies and perceptions about energy consumption.

Discovery Park is the home of Purdue's interdisciplinary research programs. Along with the Energy Center, the park has centers for bioscience, cyberinfrastructure, e-enterprise, entrepreneurship, environment, learning, advanced manufacturing, nanotechnology, oncological science, and healthcare engineering.

Writer: Clyde Hughes, (765) 494-2073, jchughes@purdue.edu

Sources:  Jay P. Gore, (765) 494-1610, gore@purdue.edu

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