PROOF OF CONCEPT AWARDS
FY 2014 Awards
Savran
Associate Professor, School
of Mechanical Engineering
“High-throughput Cell Detection for Cancer Diagnostics”
$50,000.00
Abu-Omar
Professor, School of Science
"Selective Catalysis for the Production of High Value
Flavor and Fragrance Chemicals from Wood Biomass”
$50,000.00
Bagchi
Professor, School of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
"Achieving Predictable Performance on the Public Cloud”
$30,815.60
Kim
Associate Professor, School of
Biomedical Engineering
"Prototyping Compact and Automated Mesoscopic Imager
for Clinical Studies”
$50,000.00
Weller
Professor, Department of
Horticulture and LA
"Diagnostic Tools for Detection of Glyphosate Resistance
in Giant Ragweed”
$50,000.00
Lelievre
Associate Professor, Department
of Basic Medical Sciences
"Disease-on-a-chip for Improving the Design and Screening
of Anticancer Therapies”
$48,563.00
FY 2013 Awards
Delp
Professor, School of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
“TADA Commercialization”
$32,944.00
Rickus
Associate Professor, Agricultural
and Biological Engineering
“BioShell Islets to Treat Type I Diabetes”
$50,000.00
Collodi
Professor, Department of Animal
Sciences
“Large-scale Production of Non-fertile Fish for Aquaculture
and the Pet Industry”
$44,233.00
Trumble
Professor, School of Materials
Engineering
“Scale-up of LSEM: A Low Cost and Energy Efficient
Manufacturing Process for Metal Sheets and Strips”
$37,950.00
PROOF OF CONCEPT AWARDS
Panitch
Associate Professor, School of
Biomedical Engineering
“Development of Proteoglycans for Treatment of
Osteoarthritis: A Pivotal Animal Trial”
Hu
Professor, School of Electrical “Critical Prototype Development of Eprof: Fine-Grained
and Computer Engineering
Smartphone Energy Profiler”
$50,000.00
Neu
Assistant Professor, School of
Biomedical Engineering
“Critical Advancement of a New AFM/NMR Instrument ”
$50,000.00
Siegmund
Professor, School of
Mechanical Engineering
“Metamaterial Sound Insulation Panels”
$33,626.00
Wendt
Professor, Department of Speech
Language and Hearing Sciences
“Development of SPEAK more! A Language Training App
for Individuals with Severe Autism”
$50,000.00
Cheng
Professor, School of
Biomedical Engineering
“Fast Spectroscopy Imaging by Parallel-detection of
Stimulated Raman Scattering”
$50,000.00
Jung
Professor, School of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
“Wireless Positioning and Tracking Technology for Indoor
Location Based Services”
$49,548.00
$45,203.00
FY 2012 Awards
Hill
Associate Professor, Department
of Entomology
“New Chemical Entities for Novel Insecticides”
$45,000.00
Collodi
Professor, Department of Animal
Sciences
“Large-scale Production of Non-fertile Fish for Aquaculture
and the Pet Industry”
$46,870.00
Trumble
Professor, School of Materials
Engineering
“Reducing to Practice the Proposed Invention, Copper-based
Casting Alloys and Process for Producing the Same”
$26,533.47
Yeo
Assistant Professor, Department of
Industrial & Physical Pharmacy
“Development of Membrane Filters for Endotoxin Removal”
$45,000.00
PROOF OF CONCEPT AWARDS
Borch
Head, Department of Medicinal
Chemistry Molecular Pharmacology
“Immune Response Enhancement Using Linker-Modified Proteins
$44,829.00
Shi
Professor, Department of Basic
Medical Sciences
“Novel Anti-Acrolein Therapy to Mitigate Myelin Damage and
Improve Behavioral Outcome in Multiple Sclerosis”
$36,779.00
Scharf
Professor, Department of
Entomology
“Termite-Derived Biocatalysts for Use in Sustainable
Energy Production”
$40,590.00
Pinal
Professor, Department of
Industrial & Physical Pharmacy
“Development of Novel Prefabricated Film Based Dosage
Forms: Eye on Commercialization”
$49,999.00
Nolte
Professor, Department of Physics
“Dynamic Imaging for In Vitro Embryo Viability Assessment: A
new Assisted Reproductive Technology”
$48,324.00
McCullouch
Research Scientist, Construction
Engineering and Management
“Trask Initiative 3iD”
$36,655.00
FY 2011 Awards
Adams
Professor, School of Mechanical
Engineering
“Minimal Sensing Impact Identification for Helmet
Load Monitoring”
$50,000.00
Akkus
Adjunct Associate Professor,
School of Biomedical Engineering
“A Novel Actuation Device for Expedited Closure of Wounds”
$47,600.00
Borch
Head, Department of Medicinal
Chemistry Molecular Pharmacology
“Immune Response Enhancement Using Linker-Modified
Proteins”
$35,860.00
Borgens
Professor, School of Veterinary
Medicine
“Enhanced Osmotic Effect: Safety and Efficacy in Animals”
$47,755.00
Colby
Assistant Professor, Medicinal
Chemistry Molecular Pharmacology
“Stable Salts to Generate Fluoroform”
$20,000.00
Keener
Professor, Department of Food
“Sterilization of Medical Devices Using In-Package Ionization”
$44,228.00
PROOF OF CONCEPT AWARDS
Science
Nauman
Associate Professor, School of
Mechanical Engineering
“Evaluation of a Multiscale Polymer-Based Armor for the
Dissipation of Blast Waves”
$50,000.00
Nolte
Professor, Department of
Physics
“Tissue Dynamics Spectroscopy for Drug Discovery”
$46,669.00
Rickus
Associate Professor, Agricultural
and Biological Engineering
“BioShell Islets to Treat Type I Diabetes”
$50,000.00
Shi
Professor, Department of Basic
Medical Sciences
“Novel Anti-Acrolein Therapy to Mitigate Myelin Damage and
Improve Behavioral Outcome in Multiple Sclerosis”
$29,000.00
FY 2010 Awards
Woodall
Professor, School of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
“Control and Delivery of On-Demand Hydrogen Gas”
Hillhouse
Professor, School of
Chemical Engineering
“Chemical Liquid Deposition and Solution Phase
Chalcogenization for the Formation of Multinary
Metal Chalcogenide Thin Films”
Applegate
Associate Professor, Department of
Food Science
“Prototype development of a rapid, easy to use,
highly cost effective test for visual detection of
E.coli O157:H7 contamination in food and water samples”
$49,975.00
Porterfield
Professor, Agriculture and
Biological Engineering
“Nano-Assembled Glucose Biosensor Technology to
Enable Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Measurement".
$83,165.00
Ivantysynova
Professor, Agriculture and
Biological Engineering
“Mechanical Implementation of Hydraulic Pump & Motor
Interface Waved Surface State of the Hydraulics Industry”
$56,420.00
Mohammadi
Associate Professor, School of
Electrical and Computer Engineering
“Silicon on Insulator High Power Amplifiers (SOIHPA)”
$27,327.00
$50,000.00
$100,000.00
PROOF OF CONCEPT AWARDS
Carpita
Professor, Department of Botany
and Plant Pathology
“Photosyntheic Recycling of CO2 to Feedstock for
BioFuel Production”
$50,000.00
Neu
Assistant Professor, School of
Biomedical Engineering
“Magnetic Prototyping for Osteochondral Repair in a
Large Animal Model”
$40,000.00
Cipra
Professor, School of Mechanical
Engineering
“Remotely Operated Surgical Assistant Using
Permanent Magnets”
$31,205.00