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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 Department

University of Louisville

An intergrative approach to the study of animal personality

$99,814


Cindy Harnett

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

University of Louisville

Computer-Aided Optimal Design of a MicroFluidic Coulter Counter

$99,943


Kenneth Seebold

Plant Pathology Department

University of Kentucky

Investigating the Role of the Cuticle in Resistance to Foliar Plant Pathogens

$80,000


Jennifer White

Entomology Department

University of Kentucky

Molecular characterization of the microbial symbiont community of invasive arthropods

$99,341



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 ($)

Sergio B Mendes

Physics and Astronomy Department

University of Louisville

Plasmonic Enhancenment of Optical Fiber Interfaces for Graphene Interrogation

$80,000


Moises Carreon

Chemical Engineering Department

University of Louisville

Molecular Engineered Nanocrystalline Zeolite Membranes for Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Purification

$20,000



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 ($)

Steven Van Lanen

Pharmacy Department

University of Kentucky

Nucleoside Antibiotics Targeting Bacterial Translocase I

$80,000



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 ($)

Dong-Sheng Yang

Chemistry Department

University of Kentucky

High-Resolution Pulsed-Field-Ionization Ion Spectroscopy of Transition-Metal-Oxide Clusters

$100,000


Yongsheng Lian

Mechanical Engineering Department

University of Louisville

Biologically Inspired Wing Design for Micro Air Vehicles

$80,000


Francis Zamborini

Chemistry Department

University of Louisville

The Reactivity of Pure and Alloy Organic-Modified Metal Nanoparticles

$80,000


Robert Cohn

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

University of Louisville

Selectively-Stimulated Self-Assembly of Polymer Thin Films into Nanometer-Scale Air-Bridges and Suspended Membranes

$80,000


 


Emerging Technologies - Biosciences -

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

PI’s Department  

 PI’s Affiliation

Research Project Title

 Amount Awarded ($)

Palaniappan Sethu

Bioengineering Department

University of Louisville

Microfluidic Cell Arrays for High-Throughput Cell Culture

$100,000


Christopher Schardl

Plant Pathology Department

University of Kentucky

Development and deployment of a nontoxic endophyte in tall fescue for forage

$98,663



Emerging Technologies - Environmental and Energy Technologies -

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

PI’s Department  

 PI’s Affiliation

Research Project Title

 Amount Awarded ($)

Jonathan Quiton

Mathematics and Computer Science Department

Western Kentucky University

Innovative research and application of recurrent event models in environmental and energy technologies

$80,000