Innovation Happens Where Talent and Opportunity Come Together
The Innovation Partners Institute looks for challenging community problems and then assembles an A-list of partners with the exact skills, experiences, and capabilities to collaboratively bring novel solutions forward. This requires Innovation Partners who lead projects, as well as Corporate Partners, University Partners, Community Partners, and Funding Partners who bring their expertise and practical experience to turn ideas into working applications.
Because of the institute’s virtual nature, Innovation Partners function as “innovators in network” as opposed to “entrepreneurs in residence.” In addition to what IPI provides, the Innovation Partners tap their own networks as they develop solutions, deepening the available talent pool.
Innovation Partners
Mo Shakouri, Ph.D.
Rural e-Learning Project
Shakouri is a Silicon Valley investor, entrepreneur and international executive with more than 25 years experience in the communications and electronics industry.
Bharath B. Reddy Bynagari
Covid-19 Related Innovation Project
Bynagari is a serial entrepreneur in healthcare IT. With a mission of “Innovative solutions with a Human Touch,” Bynagari was the inventor behind Diagnotes, a single platform for healthcare communications.
Community Partners
Corporate Partners
SBA Communications
SBA Communications Corporation is a leading independent owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure including towers, buildings, rooftops, distributed antenna systems (DAS) and small cells.
Watch Communications
Watch Communications is a wireless communications company specializing in Wireless Broadband Internet, Fiber Internet, TV, Hosting and VoIP Phone Services to both residential and business customers.
Funding Partners
State of Indiana
Jay & Robyn Stead
Christian Kanady SMART Coalition
University Partners
Purdue Resources
Indiana Next Generation Manufacturing Competitiveness Center
Jan-Anders Mansson, Distinguished Professor of Materials & Chemical Engineering
Joint Transportation Research Program
Darcy Bullock, Lyles Family Professor of Civil Engineering
The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security
Dongyan Xu, Samuel Conte Professor of Computer Science
Center for High-Performance Buildings
James Braun, Herrick Professor of Engineering
Scalable Manufacturing of Aware and Responsive Thin Films
Ali Shakouri, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of Birck Nanotechnology Center
The Data Mine: Integrative Data Science Initiative and Learning Communities
Mark Ward, Professor of Statistics, Associate Director of Actuarial Science
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