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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 ($)

Chang-Guo Zhan

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy

University of Kentucky

Microscopic and Phenomenological Binding of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors with Ligands

$49,988


David Horohov

Veterinary Science

University of Kentucky

Development of gene delivery approaches to treat equine respiratory diseases

$49,573


Michael Voor

Orthopaedic Surgery

University of Louisvlle

Alternative Bone Graft Solutions

$98,254


Kimberly Anderson

Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

University of Kentucky

A Cell-Based Biosensor for Early Screening of Cancer

$49,996


Mark Farman

Plant Pathology

University of Kentucky

Protein secretion by fungal pathogens: delivery into the host cell cytoplasm.

$49,651


David Hildebrand

Plant Sciences

University of Kentucky

Enhanced production of jasmonic acid and its derivatives in plant tissues

$48,733



Emerging Ideas - Biosciences - Astrobiology

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

PI’s Department  

 PI’s Affiliation

Research Project Title

 Amount Awarded ($)

Robert Lodder

Pharmaceutical Sciences

University of Kentucky

In Situ Biofilm Metabolism Studies

$60,000



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 ($)

Michal Toborek

Surgery/Neurosurgery

University of Kentucky

Cell-specific drug delivery into the brain

$50,000


Joseph Holtman, Jr.

Anesthesiology

University of Kentucky

S(-)-Norketamine-Morphine Combination Drug for Treatment of Chronic Pain

$45,411


Gary Van Zant

Department of Internal Medicine

University of Kentucky

Manipulation of adult stem cells to improve human aging patterns

$49,995


Wenke Feng

Medicine

University of Louisville

Molecular mechanisms of copper regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor 1

$49,725



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 ($)

Miroslaw Truszczynski

Computer Science

University of Kentucky

Programming environment for solving hard optimization problems

$61,965



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 ($)

Stephen Lipka

Center for Applied Energy Research

University of Kentucky

Power Sources for MEMS using Modified Carbon Nanotube Arrays

$49,613


Wayne Bresser

Physics and Geology

Northern Kentucky University

Search for the Rigidity Transition and Intermediate Phase in Lithium Oxide and Aluminum Oxide Silicate Glass Systems Prepared by Containerless and Container Methods Using Raman and Infrared Spectroscopies

$49,985


Francis "Frank" Zamborini

Chemistry

University of Louisville

Nanoscale Electronic-Based Vapor, Gas, and Biochemical Sensors

$99,998



Emerging Ideas - Materials Science and Advanced Manufacturing - Astrobiology

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

PI’s Department  

 PI’s Affiliation

Research Project Title

 Amount Awarded ($)

I.S. Jawahir

Mechanical Engineering

University of Kentucky

Establishing the Influence of Drill Materials, Drill Geometry and Coatings on Drill-wear and Drilling Performance for Sustainable Dry Drilling on Mars

$60,000


 


Emerging Technologies - Biosciences -

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

PI’s Department  

 PI’s Affiliation

Research Project Title

 Amount Awarded ($)

Angelika Fath-Goodin

ParaTechs Corp.

Enhancement of Recombinant Protein Production by an Insect Virus Protein

$49,796


Jeff Ebersole

Center of Oral Health Research, College of Dentistry

University of Kentucky

Expression of Antimicrobial Peptides in Plants to Treat Human/Animal Microbial Oral Infectious Diseases

$49,999


John Trent

University of Louisville

Cancer Drug Discovery using Distributed Computing

$100,000


Bruce Webb

University of Kentucky

Somatic Cell Expression of Densovirus Vectors for Gene Over-expression and Suppression

$53,981


William Douglas

University of Kentucky

Development of Method for Sealing an Implantable Medical Device

$34,494



Emerging Technologies - Human Health and Development -

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

PI’s Department  

 PI’s Affiliation

Research Project Title

 Amount Awarded ($)

Douglas D. Taylor

Obstetrics, Gynecology, Women's Health

University of Louisville

Development of Specific Protein Microarrays for Early Cancer Diagnosis

$52,680



Emerging Technologies - Information Technology and Communications -

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

PI’s Department  

 PI’s Affiliation

Research Project Title

 Amount Awarded ($)

Hichem Frigui

University of Louisville

Developing Robust and Adaptive HMM Parameter Estimation Algorithms with Application to Landmine Detection.

$104,040



Emerging Technologies - 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 ($)

Mark Watson

Chemistry

University of Kentucky

Highly Cost-Effective and Environmentally Benign Synthesis of Organic Materials for Consumer Micro-electronics

$50,000