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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

Past and Current  SBIR/STTR Phase Zero and Double Zero Award Recipients
90 awards totaling $297,781 have been awarded to date.
 

Homeland Security
Emerging Technologies
(EKU & KSEF jointly funded Awards)
Two awards totaling over $175,000 have been made for R&D on a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and an Emergency Response System

Emerging Ideas - Biosciences

Names of Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s)

PI’s Department  

 PI’s Affiliation

Research Project Title

 Amount Awarded ($)

Lee Dugatkin

Biology

University of Louisville

The evolution of intelligence in a model invertebrade system

$19,385


Douglas Dean

Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

University of Louisville

Adults stem cells and eye disease

$20,000


Lynne Rieske-Kinney

Entomology

University of Kentucky

innovative approach for elucidating trophic relationships of an invasive forest pest

$19,997


Luke Bradley

Anatomy & Neurobiology, Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry

University of Kentucky

Neuronal protein recognition, specificity, and design

$20,000


Michael Murphy

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

University of Kentucky

Development of an Assay System for the Measurement of ß-Secretase

$20,000


Arthur Hunt

Plant and Soil Sciences

University of Kentucky

Uncoupling the timing of flowering from stress in plants

$19,970


Janina Ratajczak

Medicine

University of Louisville

Hematopoietic differentiation of VSEL stem cells

$20,000


Jian Sheng

Mechanical Engineering

University of Kentucky

Development of Micro-actuated Artificial Mucus Layer for Drag Management and Flow Control for Unmanned Micro Vehicles

$20,000


Gregory Frolenkov

Physiology

University of Kentucky

Imaging of surface nanostructures in a living cell

$20,000


Eric Grulke

Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering

University of Kentucky

Scale-up of DNA encapsulation processes

$19,999


Robert Houtz

Horticulture

University of Kentucky

Isolation and Identification of Plant-Specific Peptide Deformylase Inhibitors from Soil Microorganisms for Use as Broad-Spectrum Herbicides and Selectable Markers.

$19,976


Richard Durtsche

Biological Sciences

Northern Kentucky University

Development of technologies for the detection of trigger mechanisms of gastric activities using tadpoles as a model of vertebrate digestion

$19,417


David Hildebrand

Department of Agronomy

University of Kentucky

Cyclopropane fatty acid production in plants

$19,853



Emerging Ideas - Environmental and Energy Technologies

Names of Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s)

PI’s Department  

 PI’s Affiliation

Research Project Title

 Amount Awarded ($)

David Atwood

Department of Chemistry

University of Kentucky

Gas Phase Phosphate Ester Binding

$19,971


Daniel Tao

Mining Engineering

University of Kentucky

Selective Clay Agglomerant to Enhance Fine Coal Cleaning Efficiency and Recovery

$20,000


Qiaofeng "Robin" Zhang

Geosciences

Murray State University

Detecting and Analyzing the Spatial Distribution of an Invasive Plant, Lonicera japonica, Using Remote Sensing and GIS: Comparing Two Watersheds in Western KY and TN

$19,996



Emerging Ideas - Human Health and Development

Names of Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s)

PI’s Department  

 PI’s Affiliation

Research Project Title

 Amount Awarded ($)

Razvan Arsenescu

Gastoenterology

University of Kentucky

Drug Eluting Biodegradable Seton for Treatment of Perianal Fistulas in Crohn’s Disease

$19,829


William Ehringer

Physiology and Biophysics

University of Louisville

Altering the Paradigm of Delayed Wound Healing

$19,492


B. Peter Sawaya

Internal Medicine

University of Kentucky

Characterization of parathyroid hormone peptides from plasma

$19,250


Carrie Pritchard

Psychology

Western Kentucky University

Video Games for Social Skill Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

$20,000


Partha Mukhopadhyay

Molecular, Cellular, and Craniofacial Biology; Birth Defects Center

University of Louisville

Epigenetics and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

$20,000


Dennis Warner

Molecular, Cellular, and Craniofacial Biology

University of Louisville

Studies on the mechanisms of cleft palate

$20,000


Richard Cloud

Kent School of Social Work

University of Louisville

Web Assisted Recovery (WAR)

$19,250


Michal Toborek

Surgery/Neurosurgery

University of Kentucky

Nanoparticle-induced dysfunction of brain endothelial cells and disruption of the blood-brain barrier

$20,000



Emerging Ideas - Information Technology and Communications

Names of Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s)

PI’s Department  

 PI’s Affiliation

Research Project Title

 Amount Awarded ($)

Lindsey Bryson

Civil Engineering

University of Kentucky

Dynamic, distributed real-time system for geosystems health monitoring.

$19,963


Solomon Antony

Computer Science and Information Systems

Murray State University

Designing database from reusable patterns

$17,177



Emerging Ideas - Materials Science and Advanced Manufacturing

Names of Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s)

PI’s Department  

 PI’s Affiliation

Research Project Title

 Amount Awarded ($)

Madhu Menon

Center for Computational Sciences

University of Kentucky

Nanoelectronics of two- and three- terminal junctions of graphene ribbons

$20,000


Lance De Long

Physics and Astronomy

University of Kentucky

Studies of a Novel Class of High-Temperature Ferromagnetic Semiconductors with Commercial Potential

$20,000


Shamus McNamara

ECE

University of Louisville

Massively Parallel Optical Direct Write Lithography

$20,000


Dusan Sekulic

Mechanical Engineering & UK Center for Manufacturing

University of Kentucky

Metallic and carbon foam micro bonding

$19,602


Thomas Balk

Chemical and Materials Engineering

University of Kentucky

Microstructure-Property Relations in Osmium-Ruthenium Coatings for Porous Tungsten Dispenser Cathodes

$19,999