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Purpose Driven Research

Names of Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s)	PI’s Department	PI’s Affiliation	Research Project Title	Amount Awarded ($)
Czarena Crofcheck	Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department	University of Kentucky	Improved Recovery of Engineered Pharmaceutical Proteins from Tobacco Plant Extract	$50,393

Peter Hardy	Biomedical Engineering Department	University of Kentucky	Monitoring Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging	$74,764

Kaveh Khatir	Engineering Department	Western Kentucky University	Advanced Research into Application of Solar Energy to Residential and Commercial Units	$74,190

Guangxiang "George" Luo	Microbiology and Immunology Department	University of Kentucky	Development of High-throughput Screens for Discovery of Novel Inhibitors against Hepatitis C Virus	$81,640

Benjamin Malphrus	Astrophysical Laboratory	Morehead State University	Establishment of a Radio Frequency Research Laboratory and Development of RF to Digital Systems for Satellite Telecommunications Applications	$57,099

Peter Nagy	Plant Pathology Department	University of Kentucky	Development of a Novel Biotechnology Tool Based on RNA Recombination	$43,936

Suzanne Smith	Mechanical Engineering	University of Kentucky	Evaluation of Deposited Patterns for In-Plane Measurement of Thin-Film Structures	$53,991

Fred Payne		University of Kentucky	Development of Intelligent Optical Sensors for Food Process Automation Applications	$54,005

Exploratory Advanced Research

Names of Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s)	PI’s Department	PI’s Affiliation	Research Project Title	Amount Awarded ($)
Beth Bradley	Mathematics Department	University of Louisville	The Affect of Antibiotic Cycling on the Development of Antibiotic Resistance Among Bacteria in Intensive Care Units	$64,913

Barbara Burns		University of Louisville	An Examination of Temperament and Attention in Children Attending Head Start	$46,196

James Geddes	Anatomy and Neurobiology Department	University of Kentucky	Protein Transduction Domains for Novel Therapeutic Agents	$94,886

Clyde Holsapple		University of Kentucky	Exploring the Knowledge Chain in E-Business and Knowledge-Driven Enterprises	$93,443

I.S. Jawahir		University of Kentucky	Predictive Models for Dry Machining of Aluminum Alloys for Automotive Manufacturing Industry	$95,190

Barbara Knutson	Chemical and Materials Engineering Department	University of Kentucky	Adsorption and Recovery of Dilute Fluorinated Surfactants	$90,000

Chi-Sing Man	Mathematics Department	University of Kentucky	Residual Stress and Texture in Surface-Enhanced Titanium Alloy: Their Nondestructive Inspection and Effects on High-Cycle Fatigue Properties	$95,174

Craig McClain	Department of Internal Medicine	University of Louisville	Novel Therapeutic Intervention for Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis	$110,000

Anne-Frances Miller	Chemistry	University of Kentucky	Engineering Desired Catalytic Activity into Superoxide Dismutase	$95,000

M. Keith Sharp	Mechanical Engineering Department	University of Louisville	Investigation of the Mechanisms for Flow-Induced Hemolysis	$95,817

Eric Van Zant	Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department	University of Kentucky	Evaluation of Temperature Sensing Sites for Remote Monitoring of Thermoregulatory Responses in Cattle	$93,469

Emerging Technologies

Names of Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s)	PI’s Department	PI’s Affiliation	Research Project Title	Amount Awarded ($)
David Hildebrand	Chemical and Materials Engineering Department	University of Kentucky	Efficient Leaf Aldehyde Production	$68,302

Rick Honaker	Physics Department	University of Kentucky	Combining Surface and Gravitation Forces for Improved Energy Recovery	$70,232

Sybille Muller	Chemistry Department	Immpheron Inc.	Superantibodies: Tool for Cell Penetration as Intracellular Diagnostic Markers and Potential Therapeutic Drugs	$38,109

Vijay Singh	Electrical and Computer Engineering Department	University of Kentucky	Fabrication and Characterization of Solar Cells Based on Organic Semiconductors	$73,962

K. Grant Taylor	Chemistry Department	University of Louisville	Combinatorial Drug Discovery Through Constrained Macrocyclic Libraries	$68,302

Daniel Tao	Mining Engineering Department	University of Kentucky	Development of Advanced Simultaneous Fine Coal Dewatering and Reconstitution Process for Energy Recovery and Environmental Protection	$72,541

John Antenucci , Mr. Jim Fries , Mr. Bill Hilling		PlanGraphics, Inc.	Development of an Emergency Preparedness and Response Interoperability Solution for the Kentucky Chemical Stockpile Preparedness Program (CSEPP)	$2,819

Suzanne W. Smith , Dr. Jamey Jacob , Dr. James Lumpp	Mechanical Engineering Department	University of Kentucky	Technologies for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Reliability in Changing Environments	$55,612

Stacy Wilson	Center for Engineering and Biosciences	Western Kentucky University	Proposed Invention and Development of Remotely Controlled Vehicle	$0

Daniel Tao	Mining Engineering Department	University of Kentucky	Triboelectrostatic Separation of Particulate Materials	$224,927

Emerging Ideas

Names of Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s)	PI’s Department	PI’s Affiliation	Research Project Title	Amount Awarded ($)
William Douglas		University of Kentucky	Controller for an Adjustable Systemic-Pulmonary Artery Shunt	$14,950

Bruce Hinds		University of Kentucky	Synthetic Route for Carbon Nanotube Based Permeable Membrane	$15,000

Michel Jabbour	Mathematics Department	University of Kentucky	Phase Segregation and Step-flow Growth of Multispecies Thin Solid Films	$14,065

Krish Muralidhar	School of Management	University of Kentucky	A Theoretical Framework for Data Masking	$13,673

Avindra Nath	Neurology, Microbiology and Immunology Department	University of Kentucky	Development of Diagnostic Tools for Novel Viral Pathogens in the Era of Bio-Terrorism	$16,500

Mark Thomas	College of Dentistry	University of Kentucky	Optimization of Drill Design and Coolant Delivery Systems for Dental Implant Surgery	$10,450

Theresa Chen	Pharmacology and Toxicology Department	University of Louisville	Nutritional Modulation of Glutathione Status and Longevity	$16,500

William M. Pierce	Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, School of Medicine	University of Louisville	New Therapeutic Compounds for the Treatment of Osteoporosis	$150,000