PROOF OF CONCEPT AWARDS
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
Panitch
Associate Professor, School of
Biomedical Engineering
“Development of Proteoglycans for Treatment of
Osteoarthritis: A Pivotal Animal Trial”
$45,203.00
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
PROOF OF CONCEPT AWARDS
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
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
PROOF OF CONCEPT AWARDS
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
Science
“Sterilization of Medical Devices Using In-Package Ionization”
$44,228.00
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”
$50,000.00
Hillhouse
Professor, School of
Chemical Engineering
“Chemical Liquid Deposition and Solution Phase
Chalcogenization for the Formation of Multinary
Metal Chalcogenide Thin Films”
$100,000.00
Applegate
Associate Professor, Department of
“Prototype development of a rapid, easy to use,
$49,975.00
PROOF OF CONCEPT AWARDS
Food Science
highly cost effective test for visual detection of
E.coli O157:H7 contamination in food and water samples”
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
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
CY 2009 Awards:
Chmielewski
Associate Professor, Department
of Chemistry
“Designer Collagen Materials for Tissue Engineering
Applications”
$98,015.00
Weil
Associate Professor, Department
of Agronomy
“Genes that Increase Genetic Recombination and
Accelerate Plant Breeding”
$57,821.00
Keener
Associate Professor, Department
of Food Science
“In-package Ozonation of Food and Pharmaceutical
Products”
$55,031.24
Garner
Assistant Professor, Department
of Animal Sciences
“A General Platform for Next-Generation Biomaker
and Endophenotype Assays in Rodent Behavioral
Neuroscience”
$87,786.00
PROOF OF CONCEPT AWARDS
Woodall
Professor, School of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
“Control and Delivery of On-Demand Hydrogen Gas”
$50,000.00
Hillhouse
Professor, School of
Chemical Engineering
“Chemical Liquid Deposition and Solution Phase
Chalcogenization for the Formation of Multinary
Metal Chalcogenide Thin Films”
$100,000.00
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
Geddes
Professor, School of Biomedical
Engineering
“Novel Physiological Monitor for Neonates”
$19,875.00
CY 2008 Awards:
Nichols
Professor, Department of Medicinal
Chemistry and Molecular
Pharmacology
“In Vivo Characterization of 2-Methyldihydrexidine,
A Potential Orally-Active Dopamine D1 Agonist”
$6,250.00
Davisson
Professor, Department of Medicinal
Chemistry and Molecular
Pharmacology
“Reagents for Biomolecular Labeling, Detection and
Quantification Employing Raman Spectroscopy”
$56,200.00
CY 2007 Awards:
Zhang
Professor, Department of
Mathematics, Computer Sciences
and Statistics (Calumet)
“A Cargo Transportation Security Tool for U.S. Customs
and Border Protection”
$39,393.00
PROOF OF CONCEPT AWARDS
Hamaker
Professor, Department of Food
Sciences
“New Slowly Digestible Starch Ingredients for Improved
Health”
$10,000.00
Starkey
Associate Professor, School of
Mechanical Engineering
“Prototype Development of an Electronically Controlled
Continuously Variable Transmission”
$19,985.00
Nauman
Professor, School of Mechanical
Engineering
“Tissue-Engineered Interfaces for the Musculoskeletal
System-Ligament and Tendon Repairs”
$40,000.00
Smith
Research Assistant Professor,
Department of Industrial and
Physical Pharmacy
“Novel 4-Aminopyridine Derivatives as Potential
Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis”
$82,959.00
Ben-Amotz
Professor, Department of Chemistry
“Multivariate Hyperspectral Chemical Imaging Instrument
$25,000.00
Wilker
Professor, Department of Chemistry
“A New Class of Biomimetic Adhesive Polymers
$40,000.00
Panitch
Associate Professor, School of
Biomedical Engineering
“MAPKAP Kinase II Inhibition as a Therapeutic Strategy
for Abdominal Adhesion Prevention”
$45,000.00
Seal
Assistant Professor, School of
Biomedical Engineering
“Development of Novel Multi-Kinase Inhibitor Cancer
Therapeutics”
$45,000.00
Shi
Associate Professor, Department
of Basic Medical Sciences
“Multi-walled Degradable Nerve Guides with Controlled
Topography”
$10,000.00
Buckmaster
Associate Professor,
Agriculture and Biological
Engineering
“Improved Tandem Bicycle Transmission Offering
Independent Cadence and Effort”
$14,378.00
Ghafoor
Professor, School of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
“Intelligent Privacy Manager (iPM)”
$50,000.00
Irudayaraj
Associate Professor,
Agriculture and Biological
Engineering
“Multiplex Detection Technology Development for
Quantification of Cell Surface Markers in Invasive/
Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells”
$87,000.00