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Current Projects and Grants
$830,000 L.J. Lee, D. Hansford, C.H. Menq, Rathman, J.F.,
L.S. Fan 2003-2008 NIRT: Robust Manufacturing Protocol
for Particulate-like Nanoporous Micro-devices (NMDs) for
Biomedical and Biochemical Applications (Manufacturing
Processes at the Nanoscale).
David Tomasko Professor, Ph.D., UIUC, 1992.
Molecular Thermodynamics,
Supercritical Fluid Processing, Polymer
Processing.
Inducted as Honorary Member, Sphinx
Senior Honorary, Ohio State.
Refereed Papers
Allam, Y.S., Tomasko, D.L., Trott, B.C., Schlosser, P., Yang, Y.,
Wilson, T.M.S., Merrill, J.A., “Lab-on-a-chip Design-Build
Project with a Nanotechnology Component in a Freshman
Engineering Course,” Chem. Engr. Educ., 2008, 42, 45.
Guo, Z., Yang, J., Wingert, M.J., Tomasko, D.L., Lee, L.J.,
Daniels, T., “Comparison of Carbon Nanofibers and Activated
Carbon in Carbon Dioxide Foaming of Polystyrene,” J.
Cellular Plastics, 2008, 44(6), 453-468.
Guo, Z., Tomasko, D.L., Lee, L.J., “CO2 Permeability of
Polymer Nanocomposites and Nanocomposite Foams,” Ind.
Eng. Chem. Res., 2008, 47(23), 9636-9643.
Ellis, J.L., Tomasko, D.L., Dehghani, F., “Novel Dense CO2
Technique for β-galactosidase Immobilization in Polystyrene
Micro-Channels” Biomacromolecules, 2008 Mar 9(3):1027-
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Current Projects and Grants
$2,500,000 - Tomasko, David (PI) 2008-2013 Ohio’s
Sustainable Science and Engineering Talent Expansion
Program (OSTEP) – Bridges to Success National Science
Foundation ,Co-PIs: S. Olesik, J. Ridgway, L. Mayer.
$50,000 - Tomasko, David (Co-PI) 2008-2009 Edheads
Interactive Website to Teach Engineering Design to Middle
School Girls, Motorola Foundation Innovation Generation
Grant, PI: S. G. Wheatley.
$400,000 - Tomasko, David (PI) 2006-2009 Scalable
Nanomanufacturing of High Performance Polymer Foams,
National Science Foundation, Co-PIs: I. Kusaka, L.J. Lee, K.W.
Koelling.
$1,982,000 - Tomasko, David (Co-PI) 2004-2009 Track 2,
GK-12, Optimization and Institutionalization of the Science
Fellows Supporting Teachers (SFST) Program, National
Science Foundation, PI: S. Olesik, Co-PIs: G. McKenzie, K.
Irving.
$12,000,000 - Tomasko, David (Co-PI) 2004-2009 Center
for Affordable Nanoengineering of Polymeric Biomedical
Devices, National Science Foundation, PI: L.J. Lee, Co-PIs:
A.T. Conlisk, J.J. Chalmers, R. Lee.
Jessica O. Winter Assistant Professor, Ph.D.,
University of Texas at Austin, 2004.
Bionanotechnology, Drug Delivery,
Tissue Engineering, Neural Prostheses
ACS Progress/Dreyfus Lectureship
Award.
Invited Speaker, “Nanoparticle Materials for the Neural
Interface,” Gordon Research Conference: Organic Thin Films,
Aussois, France, 2007.
Refereed Papers
J.O. Winter, M. Gokhale, R.J. Jensen, S.F. Cogan, J.F. Rizzo, III
(2008). Tissue Engineering Applied to the Retinal Prosthesis:
Neurotrophin-Eluting Polymeric Hydrogel Coatings.
Materials Science and Engineering C 28(3): 448-453.
J.O. Winter, S.F. Cogan, J.F. Rizzo, III (2007). Retinal
Prostheses: Current Challenges and Future Outlook. Journal
of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition. 18(8): 1031–1055.
Current Projects and Grants
$129,737 - Jessica Winter 6/15/2007-6/14/2008 NSF Award
No. CBET-0707969, NER, “Intracellular Nanoprobes for
Physical Manipulation of Cells” (PI: Jessica Winter, co-PI:
Jeffrey Chalmers).
Barbara Wyslouzil
Professor, Ph.D., Caltech, 1992. Aerosol
Science, Nucleation, Nanoparticle
Structure, Biomedical Applications of
Aerosols.
Plenary Speaker, “From Molecules to
Nanodroplets: Nucleation, Growth, and
Structure,” American Association for Aerosol Research 27th
Annual Meeting, Orlando, 2008.
Books and Book Chapters
Pamela J. Weathers, Kristen K. Wobbe, and Barbara E.
Wyslouzil, INVITED REVIEW “In Vitro Production of
Artemisinin: Biosynthesis, Regulation, and Bioprocess
Development.” In: Molecular Plant Cell-Based Bioprocessing
(ed. Zhang, W, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 2008).
Refereed Papers
Pamela Weathers, Chunzhao Liu, Melissa Towler, and
Barbara E. Wyslouzil, “Mist Reactors: Principles, Comparison
of Various Systems, Case Studies,” Electronic Journal of
Integrative Biosciences, Special Issue on Hairy Roots 3(1),
29-37, 2008
David Ghosh, Alexandra Manka, Reinhard Strey, Soenke
Seifert, Randall E. Winans, and Barbara E. Wyslouzil, “Using
Small Angle X-Ray Scattering to Measure the Homogeneous
Nucleation Rates of n-propanol, n-butanol, and n-pentanol in
Supersonic Nozzle Expansions,” Journal of Chemical Physics,
129, 124302 (2008).
Somnath Sinha, Barbara E. Wyslouzil, and Gerald Wilemski,
“Modeling of H2O/D2O Condensation in Supersonic