February 2014 Awards

BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

Wang, Donghai, Heartland Plant Innovations, Inc., $11,000, "Seed Characterization to Enable Development and Implementation of a Doubled Haploid Breeding System for Sorghum.”

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Berry, Vikas, MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., $37,774, "Growth and Transfer of Large- Area Graphene on Silicon and Silica Substrates and its Surface Engineering."

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Kuhn, William B., Barstow, Thomas J. (Kinesiology), Warren, Steven, Day, Dwight D., Gruenbacher, Don M., Natarajan, Balasubramaniam, Sobering, Timothy J. (Vice President Electronics Design Laboratory), Kansas Board of Regents, $21,000, "Biosensor Networks and Telecommunication Subsystems for Long-duration Missions, EVA Suits, and Robotic Precursor Scout Missions."

Prakash, Punit, Novian Health, Inc., $14,749, "Theoretical Modeling of the Novilase Interstitial Laser Therapy System for Treatment of Breast Tumors."