About

About

Mission/Vision of IRIS

The Infrastructure Research and Innovative Solutions (IRIS) division of the Purdue Applied Research Institute (PARI) is a pre-eminent organization driving innovation, efficacy, and efficiency in construction of the next generation of facilities for all aspects of infrastructure including but not limited to: hardened Structures (Military Applications, State Structures, Protective Structures), Nuclear Power Structures (Small Modular Reactors, Advanced Light Water Reactors), High Rise Building Construction, and Renewable Energy Infrastructure.

IRIS leverages its dedicated research staff to respond to emergent and urgent needs in security and defense industry and energy / power infrastructure industry to develop and solutions that also showcase sustainable, resilient, and economic infrastructure.

Meet Our Team

STAFF

Varma, Amit

Amit Varma

IRIS Executive Director

Malushte, Sanjeev

Sanjeev Malushte

Senior Director of Technology and PARI

Chen, Wayne

Weinong Chen

Assciate Dean Research COE/Reilly Professor

Tom Bradt

Research Engineer

Lisa Choe

Lisa Choe

Research Engineer, Senior Principal

Chris Rees

Chris Rees

PARI Project Manager

Josh Harmon

Josh Harmon

Research Engineer/Scientist

Morgan Broberg

Morgan Broberg

Research Engineer/Scientist

Thomas Welch

Thomas Welch

Research Engineer-PARI

Chelsea Cummings

Chelsea Cummings

Program Administration Specialist

Kevin Brower

Kevin Brower

Senior Bowen Laboratory Manager

Ryan Harrison

Ryan Harrison

Research Technician, Senior

Randy Martin

Randy Martin

Engineering Technician

John Brower

John Brower

Engineering Technician

Graduate Students

Margaret Perlman

Margaret Perlman

Lance Parson

Lance Parson

Kaitlyn Kondos

Sean Dankoski

Sean Dankoski

Owen Spangler

Owen Spangler

Ken Vigorito

Ken Vigorito

Undergraduate Students

Justin Schwartz
Hayden Hill
Will Markowski
Owen Reno
Jacob Stevens

Past Personnel

Past graduate students
Grant Davis (Air Force)
Cecelia Germann (Sargent & Lundy)
Cody Kirk (Purdue Impact Science Lab)
Amanda Lefebvre (Thornton Tomasetti)
Shane Paulson (Purdue Impact Science Lab)
Andrew Roginski (Purdue Impact Science Lab)

Past undergraduate students
Dylan Brosnan
Kevin Clapp
Sofia Farias
Nick Gallek
Daniel Geehreng
Zhao Jiang
Mason Knight
Zaire Lawrence
Caleb Metcalf
Fatima Suratwala

Contact Us

Interested in using our capabilities? Please contact us at iris@purdue.edu.

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