Tours

-- PRE-CONFERENCE TOURS --
Sunday, Sept. 26

Samara (Frank Lloyd Wright Home) Tour
Time: 2:00 -4:00 p.m.
($30 per person includes transportation to site)

Frank Lloyd Wright designed this West Lafayette home for Dr. John Christian, who still lives there. Your tour through this rare example of a complete and intact Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Usonian home includes house lectures, demonstrations, guided tours, questions and discussions, and some exploration of the property. Each participant also takes home a copy of a text entitled Frank Lloyd Wright's SAMARA - Winged Seeds of Indiana .

Limit: 40 people.

Minimum for tour: 10 people. (Tour will be cancelled if fewer than 10 sign up.)

-- CONFERENCE TOURS --
Monday, Sept. 27 and repeated Tuesday, Sept. 28
2:30 to 4 p.m. each day

Agronomy Farm
The Agronomy Center for Research and Education (or, Agronomy Farm) was established in 1949 as the campus-based field research station for agronomic crops and soils. The facility serves 53 researchers who conduct approximately 180 research projects.

After a short, general tour, you'll see one of those projects — a prototype tractor-based automatic weed mapping machine that precisely locates and images nearly every weed in a field. Data from the machine could lead to more efficient crop management strategies. In addition, CAL MAR Mapping Services will show how an unmanned aerial vehicle acquires multi-spectral photo images. Sample images will be on display.

Bioanalytical Systems Tour
Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. (BAS) is a drug development firm providing contract research services and unique products for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. It is a leading manufacturer of specialized instrumentation and accessories for liquid chromatography, in vivo sampling (whole blood, plasma, microdialysis and ultrafiltration), veterinary medicine and electrochemistry.

Envision Center Tour
Advances in virtual reality technology and large-scale display come together at Purdue's Envision Center to immerse you in a virtual, computer-created world. The system allows students and researchers to visualize and learn from complex data sets in 3D. See what's behind the screens, then immerse yourself in a world of cutting-edge graphics and visualization technology.

E- Stadium: Hi-tech Ross-Ade
Purdue University 's e-Stadium is like having ESPN at your fingertips. The wireless communication system provides fans with up-to-the-minute statistics, scores, and other information. Eventually, it will even offer instant video highlights and replays — all from an Internet-enabled cell phone or personal digital assistant inside Ross-Ade Stadium. Forbes magazine has called e-Stadium a possible model for professional sports franchises, businesses, and other colleges.

Purdue Wine Labs
Watch as grapes are crushed to make wine. Learn how Purdue researchers use current science to analyze and improve wine-making. Modern technology adds efficiency to methods that have continued virtually unchanged for hundreds of years. It also improves wine flavors. Purdue University Facilities