Funded Research Projects on Biomanufacturing and Computer Aided Tissue Engineering:

Project Title:           A dual functional of microplasma surface treatment and biologics printing

Funding Agency:      National Science Foundation: NSF-CMMI-1030520

$300,000, 8/15/2010 – 8/14/2013 (PI)

Project Title:           International Workshop for Bio-Nano Manufacturing and Integration

Funding Agency:      National Science Foundation: NSF-CMMI-1118559

$25,000, 1/01/2011 – 12/312011 (PI)

Project Title:           EAGER: A Hybrid Nano-Bioprinting System for Tissue Engineering

Funding Agency:      National Science Foundation: NSF-CMMI-1038769

$119,420, 9/1/2010 – 8/31/2011 (as Co-PI)

Project Title:           Feasibility and Fabrication of 3D Scaffolds for Tissues/Organs

Funding Agency:      Johnson & Johnson

$75,000, 1/1/2010 - 8/30/2010 (PI)

Project Title:           Study Bio-deposition Induced Effects to Living Cells

Funding Agency:      National Science Foundation: NSF-0700405

$225,000, 10/1/2007 - 9/30/2010 (PI)

Project Title:           Graduate Research Supplements (GRS)

Funding Agency:      National Science Foundation: NSF-0941423

$43,000, 10/1/2009 - 9/30/2010 (PI)

      Project Title:           MRI:  Acquisition of 3D Micro-manufacturing Instruments for Bioengineering research at Drexel University

Funding Agency:      National Science Foundation: NSF-0923173

                              $344,330, 10/1/2009 – 8/31/2011 (Co-PI)

Project Title:           Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering

Funding Agency:      National Science Foundation: NSF-ITR for "National Priorities":

                              NSF-0427216, $1,000,000.00, 10/1/2004 - 9/30/2008 (PI)

Project Title:           Collaborative Workshop: Grand Challenges in Bio-Nano Integrated Manufacturing for Year 2020.

Funding Agency:      National Science Foundation: NSF-0650093, $40,000

                              10/1/2007 - 9/30/2008 (PI-Drexel)

Project Title:           Bioprinting of 3-D Organ Chambers

Funding Agency:      NASA, $100,000, 4/1/2006 – 12/31/2009 (PI)

      Project Title:           GAANN Fellowships in Biomechanical Engineering

      Funding Agency:      Education Department:

$380,000, 6/1/2006 – 5/31/2009 (as Co-PI)

      Project Title:           Representation and Design of Heterogeneous Structures

      Funding Agency:      National Science Foundation: NSF-ITR: NSF-0219176

$482,605, 10/1/2002 – 9/30/2005 (PI)

      Project Title:           International Workshop for Biomanufacturing

      Funding Agency:      National Science Foundation: NSF-0520958

                                    $30,000, 6/1/2005 - 5/30/2006 (PI)

      Project Title:           MRI:  Acquisition of a High Resolution X-ray Tomography Unit

      Funding Agency:      National Science Foundation: NSF-0521309

                                    $349,267, 10/1/2005 - 9/30/2006 (Co-PI)

      Project Title:           Accuracy and Stability of Computational Representations of Swept Volume Operations

      Funding Agency: NSF/DARPA – 0310619

$450,000, 7/1/2003 – 8/30/2006 (Co-PI)

      Project Title:           Biopharmaceutical and Anatomical Tissue Replacement Structures:

                                    Process Modeling and Simulation

      Funding Agency:      Therics Corporation; $253,052, 11/1/2002 – 10/30/2005 (PI)

      Project Title:           Combined Research and Curriculum Development in Tissue Engineering

      Funding Agency:      National Science Foundation: NSF-9980298

$499,602, 10/1/1999 – 9/30/2004 (Co-PI)