Purdue University houses the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR) and the Institute for Digital Forestry (iDiF). FNR is a nationally recognized leader for natural resource research, education, and extension. FNR offers undergraduate programs in the fields of forestry, wildlife ecology, and aquatic sciences, and provides extensive hands-on field and lab experiences. FNR also offers MS and PhD programs in the fields of forestry, wildlife ecology, aquatic sciences, digital natural resources, ecology of natural systems, genetics, hardwood products innovations, social sciences, and quantitative ecology. Rooted in FNR, iDiF at Purdue is an internationally-recognized leader in emerging digital technologies. It has grown beyond FNR to harness cutting edge technological and research development in various disciplines such as forest ecology, urban ecology, social sciences, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, computer graphic and visualization, aviation technology, information studies, economics, and arts and designs. Through disciplinary, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary scientific advances, iDiF is leading the digital and artificial intelligence revolution to measure, monitor, and manage the world’s urban and rural forests for maximum ecological, economic, and social benefits to society.
