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Past and Current     KSEF R&D Excellence Award Recipients

Round (#Awards) Date
RDE-001 (32)    2-1-02
RDE-002 (11) 12-12-02
RDE-003 (32)    5-5-03
RDE-004 (9) 10-10-03
RDE-005 (31) 5-20-04
RDE-006 (11) 8-4-04
RDE-007 (20) 4-12-05
RDE-008 (31) 10-25-05
RDE-009 (16) 12-12-06
RDE-010 (31) 10-24-07
RDE-011 (17) 07-1-08
RDE-012 (14) 07-1-09

Kentucky Comm Fund

Round (#Awards) Date
COMM-006 (10) 4-1-07
COMM-007 (8)   4-1-08
COMM-008 (4)   1-1-09
COMM-009 (2)   10-01-09

Past and Current SBIR/STTR Phase Zero and Double Zero Award Recipients
140 awards totaling $469,100 have been awarded to date.

Emerging Ideas

Names of Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s)	PI’s Department	PI’s Affiliation	Research Project Title	Amount Awarded ($)
Suketu Bhavsar	Physics and Astronomy Department	University of Kentucky	Planning a Remotely Operated Astronomical Observatory in Australia	$15,000

James Rogers	Physics and Engineering Department	Murray State University	Design of a MEMS Sensor for High Speed Temperature Measurement	$14,993

Theresa Chen , Walter Williams	Pharmacology and Toxicology Department	University of Louisville	Glutathione Intervention in Diabetes Mellitus	$16,500

Czarena Crofcheck , Rodney Andrews	Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department	University of Kentucky	Utilization of Nickel Nanoparticles to Facilitate the Recovery of Histidine Tagged Proteins	$15,000

Dusan Sekulic , Fuqian Yang	Center for Manufacturing	University of Kentucky	Innovative Approach to Materials Joining in a Microwave Field	$14,935

Peter Hardy	Center for Biomedical Engineering	University of Kentucky	Evaluating the Severity of Spinal Cord Injury with Manganese-enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging	$15,070

Pradeep Kachroo	Plant Pathology Department	University of Kentucky	Characterization of Signaling Pathway(s) required for Resistance to Viral and Oomycete Pathogens	$14,960

Ruigang Yang , Hank Dietz , Jun Zhang	Computer Science Department	University of Kentucky	Supercomputing using Commodity Graphics Processing Units with Applications to Information Retrieval	$14,977

Exploratory Advanced Research

Names of Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s)	PI’s Department	PI’s Affiliation	Research Project Title	Amount Awarded ($)
Mahendra Sunkara	Chemical Engineering Department	University of Louisville	Self-Oriented Crystal Growth of Gallium Nitride on Molten Gallium	$100,000

Asit Ray	Chemical Engineering Department	University of Kentucky	Application of light scattering techniques to study microdroplet based processes for tailored particles and thin films synthesis	$96,398

Mark Crocker	Center for Applied Energy Research	University of Kentucky	Development of New Catalysts for NOx Emission Control Based on Bismuth Oxide	$49,575

M. Michele Pisano , Robert Greene	Molecular, Cellular and Craniofacial Biology Department	University of Louisville	Molecular Analyses of Cranial Embryonic Stem Cells	$101,200

Kozo Saito , Tianxiang li	Mechanical Engineering Department	University of Kentucky	Counter Flow Flame Synthesis of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes	$99,999

Kent Price	Physical Sciences Department	Morehead State University	Relation of Voltage Decay and Stability in CdTe Solar Cells	$31,354

Robert Esterhay , Peter Walton , Judah Thornewill	Health Management and Systems Science Department	University of Louisville	Advancing the Knowledge of Managing Integrated Electronic Health Network Organizations	$98,945

Ram Pakath	Decision Science and Information Systems Department	University of Kentucky	Assessing the Evolutionary Behavior of Alternate Learning Classifier System Architectures in the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma Environment	$95,483

Thandi Buthelezi	Chemistry Department	Western Kentucky University	Time Resolved Fluorescence Studies of Supramolecules: Cyclophanes and Chlorophyll	$37,400

Purpose Driven Research

Names of Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s)	PI’s Department	PI’s Affiliation	Research Project Title	Amount Awarded ($)
David Hildebrand	Agronomy Department	University of Kentucky	Selective Accumulation of Fatty Acids in Plant Oils	$69,911

Royce Mohan	Ophthalmology Department	University of Kentucky	A Novel Natural Product Inhibitor of Inflammatory Angiogenesis	$60,001

Emerging Technologies

Names of Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s)	PI’s Department	PI’s Affiliation	Research Project Title	Amount Awarded ($)
John Stencel		Tribo Flow Separations	Instrumentation for the Control of Foam Fractionation Columns	$47,108

Thomas Robl , Kamyar Mahboub	Center for Applied Energy Research	University of Kentucky	Superpozzolanic Concrete for Sustainable Construction and CO2 Emissions Reduction	$83,943

Larry Wells , Lloyd Murdock	Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department	University of Kentucky	Developing a System to Reconstruct Severely Disturbed Soil	$88,736

James Griffioen , Kenneth Calvert	Computer Science Department	University of Kentucky	Enhancing Network Layer Services	$86,706

Edward Essock , Joern Soltau , Philip Chen	Psychological and Brain Sciences Department	University of Louisville	Improving Glaucoma Treatment Based on Wavelet-Fourier Analysis of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness	$80,001

David Atwood , Amitabha Mitra	Chemistry Department	University of Kentucky	New Reagents for the Destruction of Nerve Gas Agents and Pesticides	$40,000

Mark Wilson , Michael Moylan	Research and Development Department	ECM Biosciences	Development of Antibody-based Technologies for Axon Regeneration after Spinal Cord injury	$43,250

Kenneth Litwak , George Pantalos , Fairfield Bain	Department of Surgery	University of Louisville	ECMO for the Treatment of Equine Neonatal Distress Syndrome	$66,034

Bhupendra Parekh , Daniel Tao	Center for Applied Energy Research	University of Kentucky	A Novel Approach of Controlling Acid Mine Drainage	$79,114

Michael Jay	Pharmaceutical Sciences Department	University of Kentucky	Environmentally-Safe Scintillation Media Composed of Fluor-Containing Nanoparticles	$40,000