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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
88 awards totaling $289,781 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 ($)

Alfred Jenson ,

Shin-je Ghim

Brown Cancer Center

University of Louisville

Development of Formalin-Inactivated Papillomavirus L2 Vaccines

$15,000


John Obrycki ,

James Harwood

Department of Entomology

University of Kentucky

A quantitative evaluation of the bioaccumulation of Bt-toxins within predators in Kentucky using diagnostic immunological techniques

$10,495


Pradeep Kachroo ,

Aardra Kachroo

Plant Pathology

University of Kentucky

Genome-wide search of oleate-responsive genes in Arabidopsis

$14,960



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 ($)

Bhupendra Parekh

Center for Applied Energy Research

University of Kentucky

Beneficiation of Coal/Minerals Using a Dry Separation Technique

$14,559



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 ($)

William Pierce ,

K. Grant Taylor ,

Leonard Waite

Pharmacology and Toxicology

University of Louisville

Bone Targeting of Pharmaceuticals

$16,500


J.Christopher States

Pharmacology and Toxicology

University of Louisville

Molecular mechanisms of arsenic enhancement of benzo[a]pyrene genotoxicity in human cells

$15,000



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 ($)

Guangming Xing

Computer Science

Western Kentucky University

Designing a Native XML DBMS: A Distributive Approach

$11,722



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 Holmes

Chemistry

University of Kentucky

Synthesis of Discrete Molecule-Based Networks and Clusters for Engineered Molecular Electronics

$14,989


Madhu Menon

Center for Computational Sciences

University of Kentucky

Nanomechanics of silicon nanowires

$15,000


Todd Hastings

Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Kentucky

Level-to-Level Alignment with Nanometer Accuracy for Electron-Beam Lithography

$14,973