Received grants per academic year from 2008
External grants:
2021
• 3D Printed tissue-engineered nanofiber scaffold with mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of articular cartilage osteochondral defects, OUHSC PHF team science grant, 07/01/2020 – 06/30/2021,
• “Development of core laboratory for traumatic brain injury studies in mice.” Department of Veterans Affairs/ Pilot Project Award, 10/01/2019 – 12/30/2020
• An in vitro evaluation of the effect of thread microgrooving and nanofiber-coating on the acute biomechanical and microstructural performance of stainless steel bone anchors OKSTATE faculty seed grant.
• “Study on Aerosol production from EXAKT 302 Band Saw” EXaKT industry grant, 09/01/2021- 05/30/2022.
2020
• 3D Printed tissue-engineered nanofiber scaffold with mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of articular cartilage osteochondral defects, OUHSC PHF team science grant, 07/01/2020 – 06/30/2021,
• “Development of core laboratory for traumatic brain injury studies in mice.” Department of Veterans Affairs/ Pilot Project Award, 10/01/2019 – 12/30/2020
• An in vitro evaluation of the effect of thread microgrooving and nanofiber-coating on the acute biomechanical and microstructural performance of stainless steel bone anchors OKSTATE faculty seed grant.
• “Study on Containment of Dust from EXAKT 302 Band Saw” EXaKT industry grant, 06/01/2020- 08/30/2021.
2019
1. Department of Veterans Affairs/ Pilot Project Award, 10/01/2019 – 09/30/2020, “Development of core laboratory for traumatic brain injury studies in mice”
2. NIH/OKINBRE Collaborative, Role: PI, 08/01/19-04/30/20,
“Efficacy of nanofiber coating method for improving osseointegration of total knee replacement (TKR) surgeries”
2018
1. UCO On campus Interdisciplinary faculty grant Program, 08/15/18-05/01/19 “In vitro and in vivo studies of sodium alginate-collagen-polycaprolactone)(SA-CG-PCL) graft as a skin substitute."
2. UCO On campus Interdisciplinary faculty grant Program, 08/15/18-05/01/19 "Pilot animal study to evaluate the effect of bone growth protein immobilized nanofiber coating on a dental implant."
2017
1. NIH/OKINBRE Small Equipment “Acquisition of Acquisition of a high-speed camera to enhance biomedical research at UCO.” Role: co-PI, funding period: 05/01/17-4/30/18.
2. NSF/OKEPSCoR ROA award "
Immobilization and characterization of metal oxides in electrospun nanofiber for detection of gases".Role: PI, funding period: 05/01/17-7/31/17.
3. NSF/OKEPSCoR ROA award"Effect of laser nanotexturing on the plasma nitriding of titanium ".Role: co-PI, funding period: 05/01/17-7/31/17.
4. NIH/OKINBRE travel grant for attending 2017 INBRE IDEA conference, Souix Falls, SD.
2016
1. NIH/OKINBRE Small Equipment “Acquisition of EXAKT systems for histological analysis of bone with metal implant.” Role: PI, funding period: 05/01/16-4/30/17,
2. NIH/OKINBRE travel grant for attending 2016 SEM conference, Orlando, FL.
3. NIH/OKINBRE travel grant for attending 2016 INBRE conference, Washington DC.
4. OKINBRE RPI Grant (renewal), 11/01/16-4/31/19, “Effect of nanoscale surface treatments on the biomechanical performances of titanium”
2015
1. NIH/OKINBRE Small Equipment “Repair of Evex Mechanical Tester.” Role: PI, funding period: 05/01/15-4/30/16,
2. NIH/OKINBRE Large Equipment “Acquisition of Reactive Ion Etcher (RIE) for Biomedical Research.” Role: co-PI, funding period: 05/01/15-4/30/16,
2014
1. OKINBRE small eqipmentGrant. (PI), 05/01/14-04/31/15,“Acquistion of atomic force microscope for biomedical research .”
2. INBRE undergraduate summer research program for Zhaotong Meng: 05/01/14-07/31/14. “Fatigue tests on titanium/PMMA interfaces,"
3. OKINBRE RPI Grant, 05/01/14-10/31/16, “Effect of nanoscale surface treatments on the biomechanical performances of titanium”
2013
1. OKINBRE Mini Grant. (PI), 05/01/13-04/31/14,“The impact of nanofibers on the failure functions of Titanium/cement interface.”
2. INBRE undergraduate summer research project for Zhaotong Meng: 05/01/13-07/31/13. “The effect of nanoparticle type and concentration on the mechanical and curing properties of PMMA bone cement,"
2012
1. OKINBRE large equipment grants.
2011
1. OKINBRE Release time grants for course curriculum development.
2010
1. OK EPSCoR Research Opportunity Award. Proposal," pH-dependent swelling of composite hydrogels for the assessment of cell-dependent mechanical integration of engineered tissue constructs," Collaborator: S. Madihally (OSU).
2. OKINBRE small equipment grants.
3. OKINBRE undergraduate summer research program.
2009
1. OK EPSCoR Research Opportunity Award. Proposal, "Measurement of Interfacial Strength of Engineered Tissue Constructs,". Collaborator: B. Starley (OU).
2. NASA-EPSCoR travel grant.
3. OSRHE grant, Proposal, "Nanoscale fracture toughness measurement of bone and nanocomposite interfaces," Collaborator: C. Ownby (OSU).
4. OKINBRE Release time grants for grant writing.
5 OKINBRE undergraduate summer research program. Proposal, The influence of orientation and particle size on the interface fracture of a bone-nanocomposite cement,"
Internal grants:
2016.
1. UCO On campus Interdisciplinary grant Program, role: PI, FY 2016-17, “Effect of electrospun fiber on the in vivo histological osseointegration of titanium for cementless and cemented surgeries.”
2. UCO On campus Interdisciplinary grant Program, role: co-PI, FY 2016-17, “Development of automated ectromechanical system to produce 3D electrospun fiber scaffold,” PI-Dr. Aladdin AbuAbed,
3. UCO On campus Interdisciplinary grant Program, role: co-PI, FY 2016-17, “Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells on 3D Bone Scaffold.” PI-Dr. Kuttori,
4. UCO Student Research, Creative, & Scholarly Activities (RCSA) Grant, FY 08/15/16-05/01/17, Faculty mentor for Rishad Samad research project, "Effects of plasma nitriding of titanium alloy to the bonding with bone cement,"
5. UCO Student Research, Creative, & Scholarly Activities (RCSA) Grant, FY 08/15/16-05/01/17, Faculty mentor for Mina Iyaye research project, " Improving Cell Functions of Bone Cement using Electrospun Fibers,"
6. UCO Student Research, Creative, & Scholarly Activities (RCSA) Grant, FY 08/15/16-05/01/17, Faculty mentor for Anindita Das research project, " Experimental apparatus design to measure stress around a fixation bone plate with screw,"
7. UCO Student Research, Creative, & Scholarly Activities (RCSA) Grant, FY 08/15/16-05/01/17, Faculty mentor for Lokesh Raj research project, " Experimental and numerical investigation of fixation of broken bone by orthopedic screw,”
8. UCO Student Research, Creative, & Scholarly Activities (RCSA) Grant, FY 08/15/16-05/01/17, Faculty mentor for Lorah Garrett project, " Design of a Testing Apparatus for Measuring the Wear Resistance of Nanomaterial Coated Cylindrical Sample”
2015.
1. University of Central Oklahoma On campus Interdisciplinary grant Program funding period 08/15/15-05/01/16, “Design and Evaluation of Novel Scaffold for Tissue Engineering Research using electrospin fiber” Role: PI.
2. UCO Student Research, Creative, & Scholarly Activities (RCSA) Grant, FY 08/15/15-05/01/16, Faculty mentor for Piper Morgan research project, “Fabricated Liquid Crystal Based Intradiscal Pressure Sensor."
3. UCO Student Research, Creative, & Scholarly Activities (RCSA) Grant, FY 08/15/15-05/01/16, Faculty mentor for Mikasa Barnes research project, “Effect Of Nanoparticles On The Cell Viability Of Polycaprlactone Collagen Substrates."
4. UCO Student Research, Creative, & Scholarly Activities (RCSA) Grant, FY 08/15/15-05/01/16, Faculty mentor for Kyle Hodges research project, " Design Of A Wear Resistance Testing Apparatus For Cylindrical Sample Coated In Nanofibers."
5. UCO Student Research, Creative, & Scholarly Activities (RCSA) Grant, FY 08/15/15-05/01/16, Faculty mentor for Shahram Riahanizad research project, " Effect of Nano Groove on Titanium Implant."
6. UCO Student Research, Creative, & Scholarly Activities (RCSA) Grant, FY 08/15/15-05/01/16, Faculty mentor for Fariha Sultana research project, " In Vitro mechanical Testing Of Titanium And Bone Scaffold.”
7. UCO Student Research, Creative, & Scholarly Activities (RCSA) Grant, FY 08/15/15-05/01/16, Faculty mentor for Joshua Knight research project, " Develop a Tissue Engineering Scaffold for 3 Dimensional Cell Culture Using an Electrospun Nano-Fiber”,
2014
1. UCO on campus Interdisciplinary grant, FY 2014-15, “Effect of plasma and peening treatments on the improvement of implant/biomaterial interfaces,"
2. UCO RCSA grant, FY 2013-14, Faculty mentor. Zhaotong Meng research, "Evaluate Fiber Coated Hip Implant by Using Fatigue Setup."
3. UCO RCSA grant, FY 2013-14, Faculty mentor. Mikasa Barnes research, “Evaluation of the long term viscoelastic properties of a silicone gel."
4. UCO RCSA grant, FY 2013-14, Faculty mentor. Kyle Hodges research, "Finite Element Analysis of a Human Lumbar Vertebra."
5. UCO RCSA grant, FY 2013-14, Faculty mentor. Ryan Jordan research, "Design and construction of a portable Tensile and Fatigue Testing Apparatus for small animals."
2013
1. UCO regular grant, FY 2013-14, “Augmentation of implant/cement interfaces by nanofibers and nanoparticles,"
2. UCO Information technology funding, FY 2013-14, "Renewal of ANSYS academic research,"
2012
1. UCO Information technology funding, "Acquisition of ANSYS,"
2. UCO regular grant, “Improvement of prosthesis/cement interface by modified PMMA cement for orthopedic applications,"
3. UCO RCSA grant. Faculty mentor. Zhaotong Meng research, "Exothermic Temperature Measurements of Novel PMMA Bone Cements."
4. UCO RCSA grant. Faculty mentor. Zheila Azartash-Namin research, "Physical Properties of Electroactive Composite Using Silicone Elastomer."
2011
1. UCO regular grant, “Evaluation of Composite Cement Mantles Fatigue Failure of Steel-composite Cement Joints: an experimental hip simulator and a finite element analysis model,"
2. UCO RCSA grant. Faculty mentor. S. Tarantini research, "Evaluation of Nanocomposite Bone Cement Cytotoxicity Level," Sponsored by Office of Research & Grant,
2010
1. UCO regular grant. Proposal, "Measurement of Extrinsic Toughness of a Nanocomposite Bone Cement Using Digital Image Correlation Techniques,"
2. UCO RCSA grant. Faculty mentor. N. Pradhan research, “Effect of the Hydroxypatite and Chitosan Nanoparticales on the Fractural Strength of Polymethymethacrylate (PMMA) Bone Cement."
3. UCO RCSA grant. Faculty mentor. S. Sah research, “Experimental Study of the Cervical Vertebra in a Static Whiplash Condition."
4. UCO RCSA grant. Faculty mentor. R. Fleenor research, “Recreation of Bone-Cartilage Interfacial Strength."
5. UCO RCSA grant. Faculty mentor. S. Tarantini research, "Numerical modeling of the cervical vertebra at Whiplash condition."
6. UCO RCSA grant. Faculty mentor. K. Duggan research, "Measurement of Interfacial Strength of Engineered Tissue Constructs."
2009
1. UCO Interdisciplinary grant. Proposal, "The fracture toughness of bone-cement interface using digital image correlation: Experimental and numerical model," Collaborator: J. Juhao and G. Qian
2. UCO RCSA grant. Faculty mentor. N. Pradhan research, "Determination of loading effect on bone-composite cement interface failure.”
3. UCO RCSA grant. Faculty mentor. S. Sah research, "Numerical modeling of the cervical vertebra at Whiplash condition."
4. UCO RCSA grant. Faculty mentor. R. Fleenor research, "Measurement of interfacial stress on a grafted bone-ligament interface."
2008
1. 2008- present, UCO CURE-STEM award.
2. UCO Innovative Technology for Transformative Learning Incentive Program. Proposal, "Development of a laboratory to enhance student learning using FEA and experimental technologies,"
3. UCO Start up grant.