1. "Modeling of Loading and Unloading of Cryoprotective Agents in Native Biological Tissues and Engineered Tissue-Equivalents" (PI) Louisiana State University Council on Research Summer Stipend Program ($5,000 - June 2002)  

2. "Conservation of Endangered Species using Sperm (Reproductive Cell) Freezing" (PI) LSU Board of Regents Support Fund ($128,547 - June  2002 to May 2005). 

3. "An Infra-Red Thermography System for Mechanical Engineering Research and Education" (Co-PI) Louisiana State Board of Regents Traditional Enhancement Program ($38,851 - June 2003 to June 2004).  

4. "Non-Intrusive Continuous Wave Acoustic Flowmeter" (Co-PI) NASA - STTR Proposal ($100,000 - Jan 2003 to Dec 2004; LSU subcontract - $28,665).  

5. "Rational Design of Macaca Mulatta Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation Protocols" (PI) Whitaker Foundation - Biomedical Engineering Research Grant ($231,461 - Sep 2003 to Aug 2006). 

6. "Vitrification As An Alternative Process to Cryopreservation of Genetic Material" (PI) Louisiana State University Faculty Research Grant Program ($9,876 - Jan 2004 to June 2004).

7. "Fundamental Cryobiology of Human Adipose Tissue Derived Stem Cells" (PI) Louisiana State University Economic Development Assistantship ($100,000 - June 2004 to June 2007 - Student: Sreedhar Thirumala). Co-PI: Prof. J. Gimble, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU.

8. "Integration of Biomechanics into Equine and Comparative Biomedical and Orthopedic Research" (Co-PI) Louisiana State Board of Regents Traditional Enhancement Program ($170,000 - June 2004 to June 2005).

9. "Microfabricated Arrays of Thermoelectric Sensors and Actuators" (Co-PI) LSU Economic Development Fellowship ($100,000 - June 2005 to June 2009-Student: Dinesh Pinisetty).

10. "Enhancement of Mammalian Cell Culture Facilities at LSU-BR" (PI) Louisiana State Board of Regents Traditional Enhancement Program ($90,000 - June 2005 to June 2006).

11. "Imaging Based Diagnostic Systems for Micro/Nano Research" (Co-PI) Louisiana State Board of Regents Traditional Enhancement Program ($80,787 - June 2005 to June 2006).

12. "In Vitro Assessment of Cryopreserved Ovarian Tissues - Impact of a Novel Freezing Procedure" (PI) Louisiana State University Faculty Research Grant Program ($10,000 - July 2005 to June 2006).

13. Participating Member - Clinical Nutrition Research Unit (CNRU) at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center (PBRC), LSU. The CNRU {Center Grant # 1P30 DK072476} is funded by the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK),
of the National Institutes of Health (PI: E. Ravussin). $5.5 M, Jan 2006 to Jan 2010.

14. Participating Faculty - The Center for Bio-Modular Microsystems (CBM2). CBM² is funded by a NSF EPSCoR grant (PIs: S. Soper & M. Murphy).

15. "Ice Nucleation in Biological Tissues - Implications to Cryopreservation" (PI) National Institutes of Health R03 Program ($147,000 - Sep 2006 to Sep 2008).

16. "Vitrification of Sperm Cells - From Endangered Species" (PI) ACRES-LSU System Short-Term Proposal ($19,432 - Feb 2007 to June 2007).

17. "Microscale Heat Transfer in - Biological Systems During Phase Change" (PI) Louisiana State University Council on Research Summer Stipend Program ($5,000 - June 2007).

18."Biocompatible Coating (Parylene) - Deposition System" (Co-PI) Louisiana State Board of Regents Traditional Enhancement Program ($98,690 - June 2006 to May 2007).

19."Petascale Computing of Transport - Processes in Biological Systems Using the Grid" (PI: S. Acharya; Co-PIs: D. Moldovan, D. Nikitopoulos and R. Devireddy) Subproject on NSF EPSCoR proposal ($500,000 - Sep 2007 to Sep 2010).

20."Cryobiology of Adult Stem Cells in the Presence of Nanoparticles" (PI) Louisiana State University Faculty Research Grant Program, $10,000, July 2007 to June 2008.
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