Purdue Fort Wayne Centers of Excellence

The purpose of the Centers of Excellence Program is to:

• Recognize and advance faculty expertise
• Engage undergraduate and graduate students in experiential learning opportunities through service and research
• Market those capabilities to the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors
• Provide opportunities to integrate teaching, research, and service
• Encourage multidisciplinary collaboration
• Facilitate the administration of externally supported projects

Criteria for Establishment of a Center of Excellence (pdf)

Purdue Fort Wayne Centers of Excellence

Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Co-Director: Jeff Anderson
Co-Director: Yihao Deng
Co-Director: Peter Dragnev

Phone: (260) 481-6382
Email: dragnevp@pfw.edu

Center for Collaborative Media

Director: Art Herbig

Phone: (260) 481-5792
Email: herbiga@pfw.edu

Community Research Institute
Director: Rachel Blakeman

Phone: (260) 481-0274
Email: rachel.blakeman@pfw.edu

Environmental Resources Center
Director: Bruce Kingsbury

Phone: (260) 481-5755
Email: kingsbur@pfw.edu

Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies                                         

Co-Director: Steven Carr
Associate Director: Lee Roberts

Phone: (260) 481-6545
Email: carr@pfw.edu

Information Analytics and Visualization Center
Director: Beomjin Kim

Phone: (260) 481-6180
Email: kimb@pfw.edu

Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics
Director: Andrew Downs

Phone: (260) 481-6691
Email: downsa@pfw.edu

Northeast Indiana Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education Resource Center 
Director: Jeffrey Nowak

Phone: (260) 481-6108
Email: nowakj@pfw.edu

Center for Social Research
Director: Donna Holland

Phone: (260) 481-6235
Email: csr@pfw.edu

Center of Excellence in Systems Engineering
Director: David Cochran

Phone: (260) 481-0341
Email: cochrand@pfw.edu

Three Rivers Language Center
Director: Chad Thompson

Phone: (260) 481-6101
Email: thompsoc@pfw.edu

Wireless Technology Center
Director: Todor Cooklev

Phone: (260) 481-0151
Email:cooklevt@pfw.edu