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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 - 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