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| To download a list of leading area employers, click here. |
| Three business sectors are experiencing tremendous growth in the Greater Lafayette area due to an existing business infrastructure and ample, skilled workforce. These are advanced manufacturing, life sciences and high-tech businesses. |
| More than 100 manufacturing and industrial firms operate in Tippecanoe County, employing about a third of Lafayette - West Lafayette's workforce and shipping products worldwide. Industry contributes more than $824 million annually to the county’s economy. |
| Lafayette - West Lafayette is a leader in life science and high-tech businesses, many launched utilizing research findings licensed by Purdue University and many supported by the Purdue Research Park. Those opportunities are growing, too, as the university expands its research facilities and interests, most recently in the science of nanotechnology. |
| Information Technology Facts |
- Purdue University produces more computer graduates than any other university in the country.
- Purdue is the recognized leader in the field of information technology
research and education.
- Since 1995, Purdue’s computer technology program has sustained a placement rate of 100 percent for its graduates.
- Nearly half of all textbooks used in technology education in the US today were written by Purdue faculty.
- Purdue’s Department of Computer Science was the first of its kind in the nation, and it continues to be at the cutting edge today.
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- Annual awards to Purdue for biotechnology research in fiscal year 2001-2002 exceeded $70 million and involved 400 to 500 faculty members.
- Purdue’s $100 million Discovery Park soon will be home to the Birck Nanotechnology Center, a leading-edge national center advancing the frontiers of nanoscale research.
- Other centers of expertise include: Agricultural Genomics Initiative, Botanicals Center, Center in Enhancing Foods to Protect Health, Bioscience/Engineering Center, Environmental Sciences and Engineering Institute, Midwest Hazardous Substance Research Center, Purdue Cancer Center, and the Purdue Cytometry Laboratory.
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