2010 Major Sponsored Program and Faculty Awards - Office of ...

Multi-Laser-Beam Open-Atmosphere SurfaceCoating Techniques Based on Precursor Excitation,Photodissociation and Controlled Cooling$5,014,954 DoD-ONR-MURI3/15/05 – 7/31/10Zeng, Xiao ChengChemistryWith support from the Department of Defense, Yongfeng Lu isconducting a five-year study to investigate a new process to deposita diamond or diamond-like coating on surfaces to create thermalbarriers and increase corrosion protection. He is developing acoating technique that employs multiple laser beams to deposit thecoating at room temperature in an open atmosphere – a significantimprovement over conventional coating techniques that requirelow vacuum and high temperature. The resulting process will bemore energy-efficient, improve the quality of materials on which thecoating is deposited and minimize thermal stress.Meagher, Michael Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering* Therapeutic Countermeasures against the Botulinum Neurotoxinin Support of USAMRIID Botulinum Therapeutic Program$3,875,000 DoD-DTRA8/16/10 – 8/15/13Michael Meagher, Donald L. OthmerProfessor of Chemical and BiomolecularEngineering, directs the Biological ProcessDevelopment Facility, which provides clientswith process research and early manufactureof new therapeutic molecules for clinicaltesting. Supported in part by funding fromthe Department of Defense, the BPDF also develops vaccinesagainst biological warfare agents, as well as products that can beused as therapeutic countermeasures to treat people who havebeen exposed to biological agents.* Process Research, Development andManufacturing of 5P12 RANTES$3,793,418 Mintaka Foundation for Medical Research3/1/10 – 3/31/12Van Cott, Kevin Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringMintaka Foundation for Medical Research is supporting theBPDF’s development of a process to produce a cream containing5P12-RANTES, a protein widely considered to be one of the mostpromising candidates for use as a topical HIV prevention agent.12AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE