Luna Lu
Advisory Council Member
Vice President of Industry Partnerships, Purdue University
Luna Lu is an academic leader, innovator and entrepreneur focused on transforming research into real-world solutions. Currently serving as the Vice President of Industry Partnerships at Purdue University, she leads the university’s strategic corporate collaborations. She also serves as the Indiana ACPA Endowed Chair Professor and founding director of the Center for Intelligent Infrastructure (CII). Her pioneering research has been recognized with the 2021 ASCE GameChanger award, the 2022 ASCE Alfred Noble Prize, 2023 TIME Best Invention, and a 2024 Edison Award. A Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and the Royal Society of Arts, Professor Lu is also the founder and Chairman of Wavelogix Inc., a high-growth startup for intelligent infrastructure sensing.
By integrating intelligent infrastructure sensing into the Krach Institute’s tech diplomacy mission, we are not just developing standards—we are building the trusted, high-growth ecosystems necessary to scale secure infrastructure solutions that define the global market and ensure democratic values are hardwired into the world’s physical and digital foundations.