The Equipment Competition held by the Office of Research resulted in a total of 65 proposal submissions, requesting $5.3M of equipment. Following peer review, we funded a total of 46 requests, resulting in $4M of new equipment within the research enterprise.
2023 Equipment Competition Results
Equipment Funded
| College | Department | Name | Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| A&S | Biology | David W Weisrock | Autoclaves |
| A&S | Biology | Douglas A Harrison | High Resolution Automated Image Capture System for Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis |
| A&S | Biology | Elizabeth M Duncan | BioRad SureCell ATAC-Seq Library Prep Kit and Droplet Generator |
| A&S | Chemistry | Anne-Frances Miller | Helium Recapture and Compression to Maximize NMR Accessibility and Resilience |
| A&S | Chemistry | Aron J Huckaba | Linkam HFS350EV Sample Holder for Temperature-Dependent Non-Linear Optics |
| A&S | Chemistry | Dong-Sheng Yang | Pulsed Nanosecond Solid-State Lasser System |
| A&S | Chemistry | Doo Young Kim | HPR-40 Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectrometer (DEMS) |
| A&S | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Andrea M Erhardt | PreCon Automated Trace Gas Concentrator for Nitrate Isotope Analysis |
| A&S | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Kevin M Yeager | Malvern Pananalytical Mastersizer 3000 Optical System |
| A&S | Physics And Astronomy | Isaac Shlosman | Integrated Storage System of 200TB |
| A&S | Psychology | Michelle M Martel | Camera equipment update for research on evidence-based clinical services |
| CAFÉ | Animal and Food Sciences | Surendranath P Suman | Discovery DSC 250 Differential Scanning Calorimeter |
| CAFÉ | Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering | Akinbode A Adedeji | Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR) |
| CAFÉ | Entomology | Nicholas M Teets | Walk-in Growth Chamber |
| CAFÉ | Horticulture | A B Downie | Dianthus Pico instrument |
| CAFÉ | Horticulture | Kendall R Corbin | SHIME (Simulator of Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem) |
| CAFÉ | Plant and Soil Sciences | Jason M Unrine | Analyte Excite+ excimer laser ablation system, Teledyne Photon Machines |
| CAFÉ | Plant Pathology | Pradeep Kachroo | Plant Growth Chambers - replacement parts |
| CAFÉ | Veterinary Science | Abigail S Burrows Franco | Essential Laboratory Equipment for Routine ‘-Omics’ Sample Preparation |
| Communication and Information | Communication | Nancy G Harrington | Modernization and Expansion of Digital Content Analysis and Television Archiving Systems |
| Dentistry | Division of Orthodontics | Lorri A Morford | TSX Series High Performance −20 °C Manual Defrost Enzyme Freezer |
| Design | School of Architecture | Regina Summers | Glowforge Pro laser Cutters |
| Design | School of Interiors:Planning/Strategy/Design | Hannah R Dewhirst | Softgoods Laboratory Digital Knitting Equipment |
| Education | Kinesiology - Health Promotion | Lance M Bollinger | Surface Electromyography Signal Decomposition |
| Education | Kinesiology - Health Promotion | Michael A Samaan | Biodex Isokinetic Dynamometer and the Ultrasound |
| Engineering | Chemical & Materials Engineering | Nicolas J Briot | Pie Scientific Tergeo-EM Plasma Cleaner |
| Engineering | Chemical & Materials Engineering | Nicolas J Briot | Automatic Electrolytic Thinning System and TEM Holder |
| Engineering | Chemical & Materials Engineering | Thomas J Balk | KLA iMicro InForce 1000 Actuator |
| Engineering | Civil Engineering | Kamyar C Mahboub | Concrete Additive Manufacturing Equipment: 3D Printing of Concrete |
| Engineering | Engineering Technology | Sanghyun Lee | Integrated Multifunctional Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer |
| Engineering | Mining Engineering | Joshua Calnan | Haas Mini Mill 2 (MM2) |
| Fine Arts | Musicology | Cecil B Arnold | LED Lighting for Theatre, Dance, Music, and Performing Arts |
| Fine Arts | School of Art and Visual Studies | Robert W Jensen | Formlabs Fuse 1 3-D Printer and Accessories |
| Medicine | Department of Neuroscience | Marilyn J Duncan | Sleep fragmentation chamber and piezoelectric film sensors and data acquisition |
| Medicine | Department of Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences | Analia S Loria Kinsey | Rat Radiotelemetry Device |
| Medicine | Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics | Ilhem Messaoudi Powers | SEAHORSE Extracellular Flux (XF) Pro Analyzer (AGILENT) |
| Medicine | Neurosurgery | Jill M Roberts | Synergy H1 Microplate Reader by Agilent |
| Medicine | Pathology | Therese J Bocklage | CometTM Multiplex Immunofluorescence Spatial Profiling Platform |
| Medicine | Sanders-Brown Center On Aging | Joshua M Morganti | Xenium Analyzer |
| Medicine | Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center | Adam Bachstetter | OptoDrum |
| Pharmacy | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Bjoern Bauer | Jess: Fully Automated Protein Analysis System |
| Pharmacy | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Jill R Ortinski | La Jolla Vape Chambers, Ethovision Software and a Somnosuite Isofluorane Machine |
| Pharmacy | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Lindsay C Czuba | Sorvall MX 150+ Micro-Ultracentrifuge |
| Pharmacy | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Oleg V Tsodikov | Octet R2 Bio-Layer Interferometry (BLI) System from SARTORIUS |
| Research | Center For Applied Energy Research | Robert B Pace | Micromeritics Autochem III System |
| UK Libraries | Library Administration | Sarah M Dorpinghaus | Visualization Wall |