Spring 2017 Equipment Competition Results
Spring 2017 Competition Results
The 2017 Equipment Competition held by the Office of Research resulted in a total of 92 proposal submissions, requesting nearly $3M. Following peer review, we funded a total of 40 requests, resulting in $1,024,927 of new equipment within the research enterprise.
Approximate values from chart: A&S: $600K requested, $200K funded. Business: $10K requested, $10K funded. CAFE: $625K requested, $125K funded, $25K in freezers. Dentistry: $25K requested, $25K in freezers. Design: $50K requested, $25K funded. Education: $90K requested. Engineering: $250K requested, $100K funded. Fine Arts: $80K requested, $10K funded. Health Science: $125K requested. Medicine: $850K requested, $210K funded, $100K in freezers. Pharmacy: $180K requested, $50K funded. VPR: $100K requested, $90K funded.
Equipment Funded
| College | Department | PI | Equipment Requested |
|---|---|---|---|
| A&S | Anthropology | George Crothers | 5-Channel Magnetometer and Real-Time Kinematic Differential Global Positioning System |
| A&S | Chemistry | Doo Young Kim | FluoroMax Plus-C spectrofluorometer |
| A&S | Chemistry | Bert C. Lynn | ZipChip microfluidics separation system |
| A&S | Chemistry | Dong-Sheng Yang | Quanta-Ray Lab-170 Nd |
| A&S | Chemistry | Folami Ladipo | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) |
| Business | Marketing and Supply Chain | David Hardesty | X3-120 Tobii eye tracking system and Biopac physiological equipment |
| CAFE | Animal & Food Sciences | David Harmon | UV/VIS spectrophotometer |
| CAFE | Animal & Food Sciences | Phillip Bridge | Calan Broadbent Unit |
| CAFE | Entomology | Subba R. Palli | SpectraMax i3x Multi-Mode Microplate reader |
| CAFE | Entomology | John Obrycki | Percival Scientific Biological Incubator |
| CAFE | Plant & Soil Sciences | David Van Sanford | Precision Laboratory Flour Mill |
| CAFE | Plant & Soil Sciences | Arthur Hunt | ultra low freezer |
| CAFE | Plant Pathology | Pradeep Kachroo | Evaporative Light Scattering Detector |
| CAFE | Veterinary Sciences | Ahmad Saied | ultra low freezer |
| Dentistry | Lorri Ann Morford | ultra low freezer | |
| Design | Mitzi R. Vernon | KUKA KR6 R900 Robotic Arm and 3D Printers | |
| Engineering | Electron Microscopy Center | John Balk | Critical Point Dryer, Microscope, Digital Camera |
| Engineering | Chemical & Materials Engineering | John Balk | Power supplies and sputter sources for film deposition |
| Engineering | Gail Brion | replace failing Dionex Ion Chromatograph | |
| Fine Arts | Art & Visual Studies | Robert Jensen | Allforge Boss 3D Molding Machine |
| Medicine | Medicine | Philip A. Kern | Quant Studio 0.2 ml qPCR system |
| Medicine | Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics | Subbarao Bondada | Heraeus Multifuge X3 RTX |
| Medicine | Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics | John Yannelli, Subbarao Bondada, Brett Spear | ultra low freezer |
| Medicine | Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry | Jessica Blackburn | Droplet Digital PCR system |
| Medicine | Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry | Matthew S. Gentry | ultra low freezer |
| Medicine | Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry | Stefan Stamm | ultra low freezer |
| Medicine | Neuroscience | Patrick Sullivan | Oroboros O2K-Fluorometer |
| Medicine | Neuroscience | Jill Roberts | PeriCam PSI System |
| Medicine | Neuroscience | Bret N. Smith | ultra low freezer |
| Medicine | Neuroscience and Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry | Luke Bradley | ultra low freezer |
| Medicine | Pathology | Peter Nelson | ultra low freezer |
| Medicine | Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences | Ryan Temel | SMZ18 Stereo microscope |
| Medicine | Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences | Olivier Thibault | recording/imaging equipment |
| Medicine | Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences | Christopher M. Norris | ultra low freezer |
| Medicine | Physiology | Steve Estus | ultra low freezer |
| Pharmacy | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Bjoern Bauer | X-CLARITY for Light Microscopy Core Facility |
| Pharmacy | R. Kip Guy | CLARIOstar high performance microplate reader | |
| VPR | CAER | Wilson D. Shafer | Fusion MicroGC |
| VPR | Kentucky Geological Survey | Thomas Parris | Portable Gas Chromatograph |
| VPR | MRISC Research Core | Charles D. Smith | MRI-compatible button response and auditory systems for fMRI |