Dr. Jin-Woo Kim

Associate Professor
Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Office: ENGR 232
Phone: (479) 575-3402
Fax: (479) 575-2846
E-mail: jwkim@uark.edu

Education

Ph.D., Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University
M.S., Biology, University of Wisconsin
B.S., Microbiology, University of Iowa
B.S., Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea

Teaching and Research

TEACHING

My teaching philosophy is grounded on the belief that the single most important item the students in my classes must acquire is a thorough understanding of the fundamental content of the courses. Beyond this, the students must also learn how to think critically, to dissect complicated engineering problems, and to appreciate the importance of life-long learning. I see myself more as a facilitator who assists the students in their learning instead of someone who force-feeds information to the students. Because of this, I place equal responsibilities on the students and myself in terms of the class outcome. While it is my responsibility to be well prepared for the course materials that I teach, it is the students’ responsibility to do their best not only in following the progress of the course materials but also in asking questions when they fail to understand the materials. Based on my personal experience, the ability to make quick but accurate decisions on multi-disciplinary problems is perhaps the most important skill that modern day engineers must be equipped with. In all the classes that I teach, I strive to create an environment where students can be nurtured to acquire this skill.

Courses Taught

Undergraduate Courses

Biological Process Engineering
Bioreactor Systems Design
Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems
Honors Thesis

Graduate Courses

Advanced Biotechnology Engineering
Advanced Instrumentation
Bioremediation and Biodegradation
Bio-MEMS
Engineering Aspects of Molecular Biology
Introduction to Bioinformatics

RESEARCH

My primary research interest is in the area of Bio/Nano Technology with particular emphasis on nano-scale bio/abio interfacing technology, nucleic acid technology, and biocatalysis and molecular biological engineering . During my tenure at UA from 2001, I have developed an active research program in Bio/Nano Technology. Seven federal grants have been awarded from National Science Foundation and United States Department of Agriculture, with the total funding of over $1,400,000. All the federal grants were as results of the interdisciplinary collaborative research with the faculties in other disciplines, i.e., Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Biochemistry, and Medicine, at the University of Arkansas as well as in other institutions, including University of Delaware, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and University Alabama. Ten state grants have also been awarded, with the total funding of over $450,000. The research so far has generated 45 peer-reviewed publications with 29 refereed journal papers, 2 book chapters, and 16 refereed conference papers, 84 presentations in international conferences with 16 invited presentations, and 2 invention disclosures filed. In addition, my research program with the aforementioned interdisciplinary collaborators has been recognized by various magazines as one of the most innovative research in the fields of bio/nano technology, including ASEE Prism and MIT Technology Review. Because of my effort, I was honored not only as the “Outstanding Researcher” in 2003-2004 and the “Outstanding Teacher” of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering in 2006-2007, but also as the recipient of the inaugural “Imhoff Outstanding Researcher Award” of the College of Engineering in 2005 and the “Outstanding Mentor” of the Honors College in 2006. The following summarize my research activities in the field of Bio/Nano Technology.

NANO-SCALE BIO/ABIO INTERFACING TECHNOLOGY: NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY AND NANOMEDICINE

One of the research in my laboratory includes developing and understanding interface between the biotic world and abiotic world in the nanometer scale. The biomaterials, including DNA, proteins, and cells, are well optimized through evolution, exhibiting unique recognition, transport, catalytic, and replication properties. In stead of reinventing the wheels, the integration of such pre-engineered biomaterials into nano systems would lead to the realization of the next generation bio/abio hybrid engineered systems for biological and biomedical applications raging from MEMS/NEMS-based micro/nano fluidic systems to bioelectronic and biosensing systems. However, the major challenges for making this merger feasible are integration and interfacing of the micro- and nano-scale biological and abiological materials at similar scales. The successful development of interfacing techniques for their integration is imperative to overcome the challenges. Currently, we are in the process of developing a series of nano hybrid devices and materials through stable and ‘controllable’ interfaces between bio and abio materials at the nanoscale. These devices and materials under investigation include (a) a flagellar motor based self-powered actuator (FMA), (b) a flagellar motor based AC dynamo (FMD), (c) a flagellar motor based sensing system for explosive detection (FMS), (d) a DNA-based CNT wire (DNA/NTW) nanosensor, and (e) near-infrared responsive nanomaterials for photothermal and photoacoustic nanotherapy and nanodiagnostics.

NUCLEIC ACID TECHNOLOGY: DNA-BASED NANOTECHNOLOGY AND DNA COMPUTING

When used to self-assemble nanostructures, if DNA oligonucleotides can form unplanned duplexes (crosshybridizations), defects might result. Likewise, crosshybridizations can produce errors in the results of DNA computations. Thus, there is a need for libraries of oligonucleotides that minimize crosshybridization. In my laboratory, in vitro methods have been developed and verified to produce large libraries with thousands of DNA oligonucleotides that interfere minimally with each other. These libraries are being used to self-assemble complicated nanostructures, for molecular electronic, medical and sensor applications, with greater control of component location to overcome the fundamental physical limits.
In addition, I am actively involved in the research to investigate and implement a new methodology for genome-enabled diagnostic systems. Using DNA computing, the storage of genomic information and discov-ery of sequence patterns is done in vitro. The protocol is capable of learning DNA sequences in vitro from the microorganisms or cells to which it is exposed, discovering similarities and differences in vitro between input and learned, memory molecules, and detecting hidden biocatalytic potentials as well as ecological changes from the genomic information of all microorganisms or cells, known or unknown, in a sample. By processing genomic information in vitro rather than in silico, the advantages are massively parallel sampling of the input DNA, ability to work with unknown organisms and sequences, and massively parallel recall and matching of DNA sequence content to detect changes in ecosystems. The biological memory would provide a better diagnostic tool for ecological monitoring that provides a holistic view of the genomic status of an ecosystem. In addition, the research would move toward medical diagnosis and in vitro analysis of gene ex-pression patterns.

BIOCATALYSIS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

One of areas of focus in my laboratory is development and realization of the hidden biocatalytic potentials of the vast natural abundance of untapped microorganisms in conjunction with industrially and medically relevant biotransformations. The use of biocatalysts in the industrial processes for the production of novel chemicals and pharmaceuticals has enormous potential. Biocatalysts exhibit exquisite catalytic power – high selectivity and environmental friendliness – unmatched by conventional catalysts. However, limited access to microbial genome information and gene products restricts biocatalyst screening to a few known microorganisms. In fact, a high proportion of extant species have never been investigated. Traditional culturing methods limit analysis to those that grow under laboratory conditions. A very high proportion of microbial species are currently “unculturable”, and an estimated 1-10% of bacteria and 0.1-1% of archaea are known and available for scientific research. This leaves a vast amount of untapped resources for the discovery of novel biocatalysts. In particular, in my laboratory, organisms that thrive in extreme environ-ments are of interest in the production of highly stable enzymes and in the development of innovative bioprocesses. Individual organisms may live at temperatures near boiling or under high pressures, in the presence of high salt or in highly acidic environments. Most of these extremophiles belong to a recently defined domain of microbes known as the Archaea. Much of these works require evaluations of archaeal physiology using molecular biology, microbiology, classical cellular physiology, and bioprocess design as tools of discovery. In addition, substantial works at genomic and proteomic analyses and genetic engi-neering of relevant biomolecules are necessary to elucidate their roles in metabolic processes.

SERVICE

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Conference organizing committee as a technical program committee for 3rd Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (IEEE-NEMS 2008), Jan. 6-9, Sanya, China
Program committee for the Technical Conference, “Micro (MEMS) and Nanotechnologies for Defense and Security” at the 2007 SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, April 9-13, Orlando, Florida
Conference organizing committee as a workshop co-chair for 2nd Annual IEEE Interna-tional Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (IEEE-NEMS 2007), Jan. 16-19, Bangkok, Thailand
Program organizing committee for 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biominetics (ROBIO 2005), June 29-July 3, Hong Kong, China
Technical session coordinator – “Biological Computing and Biological Modeling” for 2006 Annual International Meeting of IBE, Tucson, AZ
Session chair: Technical Track under Technical Theme 4 – Micro- and Nano-Biotechnology – “Artificial Cells: Hybrid Devices Integrating Cell Machinery and Mi-cro/Nano Sensors” at 2004 26th Annual International IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Conference, Sept. 1-5, San Francisco, CA
Technical session coordinator – “DNA Computing and Bioinformatics” for 2004 Annual In-ternational Meeting of IBE, Fayetteville, AR
Session co-chair – “Environmental Biotechnology II: Green Bioprocessing” at 2003 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
Secretary: Technical division BE 28 – “Bioconversion and Bioprocesses” in ASAE (2003)
Session co-chair: “Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology” at 2002 AIChE Annual Meet-ing, Indianapolis, IN.

STATE, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES

Proposal Reviews

National Science Foundation (NSF)–SBIR/STTR (2006; 2007)

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)/U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) – Biomass R&D proposals (Technical Merit Reviewer) (2006; 2007)

National Science Foundation (NSF)–Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) proposals (2005; 2007)

NSF/United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)–Microbial Genome Sequence proposals (2003)

USDA–VAPG proposals (2003)

USDA–SBIR proposals (2002; 2003)

Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation (KSEF) proposals (2001)

Technical Paper Review

Editorial board member – “Journal of Biological Engineering”, BioMed Central (2006 - present)

Editorial board member – “Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine”, Elsevier Science (2004 - 2007)

Reviewer

“Trends in Biotechnology”, Elsevier Science

“Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology”, American Scientific Publishers

“Nano Letters”, American Chemical Society (ACS)

“Biotechnology Progress”, ACS/American Institute of Chemical Engineer (AIChE)

“Bioresource Technology”, Elsevier Science

“Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering”, Springer

“Transactions of ASABE”, ASABE

“Urology”, Elsevier Science

“Biophysical Journal”, Biophysical Society

“Advanced Materials”, Wiley-VCH

“Journal of Biological Engineering”, BioMed Central

Professional Societies

Active Member in American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), American Chemical Society (ACS), American Society of Microbiology (ASM), American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE), American Association for the Advancement Sci-ence (AAAS), Biophysical Society, SPIE, IEEE, Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE), and American Society of Nanomedicine (ASN).

STATE, UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, AND DEPARTMENT

Multistate Research Committee: USDA S-1007 The Science and Engineering for a Biobased Industry and Economy, 2001 – present
University Explanatory Committee on Bioinformatics (Member), 2003 – present
College of Engineering Nanotechnology Working Group (Member), 2003 – present
Biological and Agricultural Engineering Search committee of Biomedical Engineering Faculty position (Member), 2003, 2004, and 2007
Biological and Agricultural Engineering Academic Matters and Curriculum Committee – Upper Level Courses (Chair), 2003 – 2007
Biological and Agricultural Engineering Graduate Committee (Chair), 2007 – present
Biological and Agricultural Engineering Graduate Committee (Member), 2005 – 2007
Biological and Agricultural Engineering Lab Coordination Committee (Member), 2001 – present
Biological and Agricultural Engineering Program Committee (Member), 2001 – present

Biographical Information

POSITIONS HELD

2005 – present Associate Professor, Biological Engineering, University of Arkansas
2005 – present Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Arkansas
2005 – present Adjunct Associate Professor, Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas
2005 – present Adjunct Associate Professor, Micro-Electronics and Photonics Program, University of Arkansas
2005 – present Co-Founder, GeneFab, LLC
2001 – 2005 Assistant Professor, Biological Engineering, University of Arkansas
2004 – 2005 Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Arkansas
2001 – 2005 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas
2001 – 2005 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Micro-Electronics and Photonics Program, University of Arkansas
1999 – 2001 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa,
1995 – 1998 Research/Teaching Assistant, Biological Engineering, Texas A&M University

RECOGNITIONS

“Outstanding Teacher” award, Bio & Ag Engineering, College of Engineering, the University of Arkansas (2006-2007)
“Outstanding Mentor” award, Honors College, the University of Arkansas (2006)
“Imhoff Outstanding Researcher Award”, College of Engineering, the University of Arkansas (2005)
“Outstanding Researcher” award, Bio & Ag Engineering, College of Engineering, the University of Arkansas (2003-2004)
Finalist of ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards (2003)
Research work cited in “MIT Technology Review”, “ASEE Prism”, “Modern Drug Discovery”, “Research Frontier”, and “Norwest Arkansas Business Journal

Selected Publications

PUBLICATIONS
(AS OF OCTOBER 2007)

Refereed Journal Articles and Conference Proceedings – Total 45
Book Chapters – Total 2
Conference Presentations – Total 84
Invited Presentations – Total 16
Patents – Total 2 (Invention Disclosure Filed)
Papers in review – Total 4

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

NANO-SCALE BIO/ABIO INTERFACING TECHNOLOGY: NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY AND NANOMEDICINE

J.-W. Kim, E.V. Shashkov, E.I. Galanzha, N. Kotagiri, and V.P. Zharov. 2007. Photothermal antimi-crobial nanotherapy and nanodiagnostics with self-assembling carbon nanotube clusters. Lasers in Sur-gery and Medicine 39:622-634.

V.P. Zharov, E.I. Galanzha, E.V. Shashkov, J.-W. Kim, N.G. Khlebtsov, and V.V. Tuchin. 2007. Photoa-coustic flow cytometry: principle and application for real-time detection of circulating single nanoparticles, pathogens, and contrast dyes in vivo. J. Biomed. Opt. 12:051503.

J. Clendenin, H. Rokadia, J.-W. Kim, and S. Tung. 2007. “Aligned single wall carbon nanotube FET bio-sensor for DNA detection,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medi-cine and Engineering (IEEE-NANOMED), Macau SAR, China.

J.-W. Kim, N. Kotagiri, R. Deaton, and S. Tung. 2007. “DNA-directed self-assembly of microscopic 1-D carbon nanotube wire,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (IEEE-NEMS), Bangkok, Thailand.

J. Clendenin, S. Tung, and J.-W. Kim. 2007. “An aligned carbon nanotube biosensor for DNA detec-tion,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Sys-tems (IEEE-NEMS), Bangkok, Thailand.

J.-W. Kim. 2007. “Challenge to bio-actuators: hybrid flagellar motor/MEMS based systems,” in Proceed-ings of International Symposium on Neo-Robotics, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan. In-vited Paper.

J.-W. Kim, N. Kotagiri, J.-H. Kim, and R. Deaton. 2006. In situ fluorescence microscopy visualiza-tion and characterization of nanometer scale carbon nanotubes labeled with 1-pyrenebutanoic acid, suc-cinimidyl ester. Appl. Phys. Lett. 88:213110 (Selected for the June 5, 2006 issue (Vol. 13, Issue 22) of the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology).

S. Tung and J.-W. Kim. 2006. Microscale hybrid devices powered by biological flagellar motors. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering 3:260-263.

J.-W. Kim and S. Tung. 2006. Hybrid flagellar motor/MEMS based TNT detection system. Proc. SPIE 6223:62230A.

M. Al-fandi, J.-W. Kim, A. Malshe, S. Tung, J. Jenkins, and R. Pooran. 2006. Chemo-sensitivity and reliability of flagellar rotary motor in a MEMS microfluidic actuation system. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 114:229-238.

J.-W. Kim, S. Tung, and R. Deaton. 2005. “Interfacing micro-/nano-scale biological and abiological mate-rials for bio/abio hybrid systems,” in Proceedings of International Symposium on Nanoscale Devices, Ma-terials, and Biological Systems: Fundamentals and Applications, PV 2004-13, M. Cahay, M. Urquidi-Macdonald, S. Bandyopadhyay, P. Guo, H. Hasegawa, N. Koshida, J.P. Leburton, D.J. Lockwood, S. Seal, and A. Stella (eds), The Elecrochemical Society Proceedings Series, p. 479-494, Pennington, NJ. Invited Paper.

R. Pooran, S. Tung, and J.-W. Kim. 2005. “Application of a PDMS Microsieve for the Patterning of Flagellar Motors in a Microfluidic System,” in Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo (IMECE), Orlando, FL.

J. Clendenin, S. Tung, J.-W. Kim, R. Deaton, and N. Kotagiri. 2005. “Development of an Electrically Addressable DNA-Based Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Nanosensor,” in Proceedings of 5th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-Nano 2005), Nagoya, Japan.

J. Clendenin, S. Tung, and J.-W. Kim. 2005. “A microscale biosensor on integration of single-stranded DNAs and aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biominetics (ROBIO), Hong Kong, China.

R. Pooran, M. Al-Fandi, S. Tung, J.-W. Kim, and J.S. Lee. 2004. “Bacterial flagellar motors as microfluidic actuators,” in Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo (IMECE), Anaheim, CA.

S. Tung and J.-W. Kim. 2004. “Flagellar motor based micro hybrid devices,” in Proceedings of 26th An-nual International Conference IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), San Fran-cisco, CA. Invited Paper.

S. Tung and J.-W. Kim. 2004. “Molecular motors,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biominetics (ROBIO), Shenyang, China. Invited Paper.

S. Tung, J.-W. Kim, A. Malshe, C.C. Lee, and R. Pooran. 2003. “A cellular motor driven microfluidic system,” in Proceedings of Transducers 2003, Boston, MA.

R. Pooran, J.-W. Kim, S. Tung, A. Malshe, and C.C. Lee. 2003. “A cellular motor based micro pump – Integration of cellular motors with micro channels,” In Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo (IMECE), Washington DC.

M. Al-Fandi, A. Malshe, J.-W. Kim, S. Tung, J. Jenkins, and S. Sundaram. 2003. “Design and analysis of viscous micropump actuated using biological cell motors,” In Proceedings of ASME International Me-chanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo (IMECE), Washington DC.

NUCLEIC ACID TECHNOLOGY: DNA-BASED NANOTECHNOLOGY AND DNA COMPUTING

J.-W. Kim, J.S. Lee, and R. Deaton. 2007. “Non-crosshybridizing oligonucleotide building blocks for accurate and scalable nanostructure assembly,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (IEEE-NEMS), Bangkok, Thailand.

J. Chen, R. Deaton, M. Garzon, J.-W. Kim, D.H. Wood, H. Bi, D. Carpenter, and Y.-Z. Wang. 2006. Characterization of non-crosshybridizing DNA oligonucleotides manufactured in vitro. Natural Computing 5:165-181.

V.P. Zharov, J.-W. Kim, D.T. Curiel, and M. Everts. 2006. Amplified laser-nanocluster interaction in DNA, viruses, bacteria, and cancer cells: potential for nanodiagnostics and nanotherapy. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 38(S18):16.

V.P. Zharov, J.-W. Kim, D.T. Curiel, and M. Everts. 2005. Review Article: Self-assembling nano-clusters in living systems – application for integrated photothermal nanodiagnostics and therapy. Nanomedicine 1:326-345.

J.-W. Kim, D.P. Carpenter, and R. Deaton. 2005. Estimating the sequence complexity of a random oligonucleotide population using in vitro thermal melting and Cot analyses. Nanomedicine 1:220-230.

J. Chen, R. Deaton, M. Garzon, J.-W. Kim, D.H. Wood, H. Bi, D. Carpenter, and Y.Z. Wang. 2005. Characterization of the non-crosshybridizing DNA oligonucleotides manufactured in vitro. In: Ferretti C, Mauri G, Zandron C, editors. DNA computing: 10th international workshop on DNA computing. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3384, Berlin:Springer-Verlag; p. 50-69.

R. Deaton, J.-W. Kim, and J. Chen. 2003. Design and test of non-crosshybridizing oligonucleotide building blocks for DNA computers and nanostructures. Appl. Phys. Lett. 82:1305-1307 (Selected for the March 1, 2003 issue (Vol. 5, Issue 5) of the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research).

J. Chen, R. Deaton, M. Garzon, J.-W. Kim, D. H. Wood, H. Bi, D. Carpenter, J. S. Lee, and Y. Z. Wang. 2005. “Sequence complexity of large libraries of DNA oligonucleotides,” in DNA Comput-ing: Preliminary Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on DNA-Based Computers, N. Pierce and A. Carbone, (eds.), London, Ontario, Canada.

J. Chen, R. Deaton, M. Gazon, J.-W. Kim, D. Wood, H. Bi, D. Carpenter, and Y.-Z. Wang. 2004. Characterization of Non-Crosshybridizing DNA Oligonucleotides Manufactured In Vitro. Proceedings of DNA 10: 10th International Meeting on DNA Computing, Milan, Italy.

BIOCATALYSIS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

M. Li, M.J. Hanford, J.-W. Kim, and T.L. Peeples. 2007. Amyloglucosidase enzymatic reactivity inside lipid vesicles. J. Biol. Eng. 1: 4.

J.-W. Kim and T.L. Peeples. 2006. Screening extremophiles for bioconversion potentials. Biotechnol. Prog. 22:1720-1724.

K.L. White, B.E. Haggard, M.D. Matlock, and J.-W. Kim. 2005. Periphytic chlorophyll-A response to triclosan exposure: application of a passive diffusion periphytometer. Appl. Eng. Ag. 21:307-311.

M. Li, J.-W. Kim, and T.L. Peeples. 2003. Energy-cost reduction in starch processing using aqueous two-phase reactor systems. Sep. Sci. Technol. 38:2709-2724.

H. Olivo, T.L. Peeples, M.Y. Rios, F. Valazques, J.-W. Kim, and S. Narang. 2003. Microbial C-hydroxylation and ß-4-O-methylglucosidation of methyl-benzamide 7-azanorbornane ethers with Beauveria bassiana. J. Mol. Catalysis B: Enzymatic. 21:97-105.

J.-W. Kim, E.I. Rainina, W.W. Mulbry, J.R. Wild, and C.R. Engler. 2002. Enhanced-rate biodegrada-tion of organophosphate neurotoxins by immobilized non-growing bacteria. Biotechnol. Prog. 18:429-436.

M. Li, J.-W. Kim, and T.L. Peeples. 2002. Kinetic enhancement of starch bioconversion in ther-moseparating aqueous two-phase reactor systems. Biochem. Eng. J. 11:25-32.

M. Li, J.-W. Kim, and T.L. Peeples. 2002. Amylase partitioning and extractive bioconversion of starch using thermoseparating aqueous two-phase systems. J. Biotechnol. 93:15-26.

J.-W. Kim, L.O. Flowers, M. Whitely, and T.L. Peeples. 2001. Biochemical confirmation and characterization of the family-57-like a-amylase of Methanococcus janaschii. Folia Microbiol. 46:467-474.

J.-W. Kim, H.A. Terc, L.O. Flowers, M. Whitely, and T.L. Peeples. 2001. Novel, thermostable family-13-like glycoside hydrolase from Methanococcus jannaschii. Folia Microbiol. 46:475-482.

J.-W. Kim, and S.N. Rajagopal. 2001. Antibacterial activities of Lactobacillus crispatus ATCC 33820 and L. gasseri ATCC 33323. J. Microbiol. 39:146-148.

J.-W. Kim, and S.N. Rajagopal. 2000. Isolation and characterization of ß-galactosidase from Lacto-bacillus crispatus. Folia Microbiol. 45:29-34.

J.-W. Kim, E.I. Rainina, C.R. Engler, and J.R. Wild. 1999. Processing efficiency of immobilized non-growing bacteria: biocatalytic modeling and experimental analysis. Can. J. Chem. Eng. 77:883-892.

J.-W. Kim, E.I. Rainina, E. Efremenko, C.R. Engler, and J.R. Wild. 1997. Degradation of thiodiglycol, the hydrolysis product of sulfur mustard, with bacteria immobilized within poly(vinyl) alcohol cryogels. Biotechnol. Lett. 19:1067-1071.

BOOK CHAPTERS

R. Deaton, J. Chen, J.-W. Kim, M. Garzon, and D.H. Wood. 2006. Test tube selection of large independent sets of DNA oligonucleotides. In: Nanotechnology: Science and Computation. J. Chen et al. (eds). Springer.
R. Deaton, J. Lusth, and J.-W. Kim. 2007. Integrating nanoscale science and technology into introductory computer science courses. In: Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education. A.E. Sweeney and S. Seal (eds). American Scientific Publishers.

PATENTS

“Nanofabrication Platform (nFAB) for Site-Directed Nanometer Assembly (sDNA) of Structures and Cir-cuits”, Invention Disclosure Filed.
“Near-Infrared (NIR) Responsive Concentric Gold Nanotube (gCNT) Rods”, Invention Disclosure Filed.

PRESENTATIONS

NANO-SCALE BIO/ABIO INTERFACING TECHNOLOGY: NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY AND NANOMEDICINE

J.-W. Kim, J.-H. Kim, and S. Tung. 2008. Nanoscale Flagellar-Motor Based Biosensor for Explosive Detection. IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (IEEE-NEMS), Sanya, China.

J.-W. Kim and V.P. Zharov. 2007. Carbon Nanotubes as Near-Infrared Agents for Photothermal Nanotherapy of Bacterial Infections. 234th ACS National Meet (Session – Nanotechnology in Agricul-ture), Boston, MA.

J. Clendenin, H. Rokadia, J.-W. Kim, and S. Tung. 2007. Aligned Single Wall Carbon Nanotube FET Biosensor for DNA Detection. IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engi-neering (IEEE-NANOMED), Macau SAR, China.

J.-W. Kim, N. Kotagiri, R. Deaton, and S. Tung. 2007. DNA-Directed Self-Assembly of Micro-scopic 1-D Carbon Nanotube Wire. IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (IEEE-NEMS), Bangkok, Thailand.

J. Clendenin, J.-W. Kim, and S. Tung. 2007. An Aligned Carbon Nanotube Biosensor for DNA De-tection. IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (IEEE-NEMS), Bangkok, Thailand.

J.-W. Kim, R. Deaton, and S. Tung. 2006. Development of Electrically Addressable DNA-Based Car-bon Nanotube Wire Bio/Nano Sensors. International Food Nanotechnology Conference, Orlando, FL.

J.-W. Kim and S. Tung. 2006. Hybrid Flagellar Motor/MEMS Based TNT Detection System. The In-ternational Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) (Session – Micro (MEMS) and Nanotechnologies for Space Applications), Orlando, FL.

R. Pooran, S. Tung, and J.-W. Kim. 2005. Application of a PDMS Microsieve for the Patterning of Flagellar Motors in a Microfluidic System. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo (IMECE), Orlando, FL.

R. Pooran, S. Tung, and J.-W. Kim. 2005. Patterning of Escherichia coli Flagellar Motors in a Mi-crofluidic System. The International Conference on Bio-Nano-Informatics (BNI) Fusion, Marina del Rey, CA.

J. Clendenin, S. Tung, J.-W. Kim, R. Deaton, and N. Kotagiri. 2005. Development of an Electri-cally Addressable DNA-Based Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Nanosensor. 5th IEEE Con-ference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-Nano 2005), Nagoya, Japan.

J. Clendenin, S. Tung, and J.-W. Kim. 2005. A Microscale Biosensor on Integration of Single-Stranded DNAs and Aligned Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. IEEE International Conference on Ro-botics and Biominetics (ROBIO), Hong Kong, China.

J.-W. Kim and S. Tung. 2005. Falgellar Motor Based Nitrate/Nitrite Sensor. 229th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meet. (Session - Biosensors and Sensors III: Bacteria-Based and Cell-Based Sensors), San Diego, CA.

N.K. Kotagiri, J.-W. Kim, S. Tung, and R. Deaton. 2005. Interfacing of DNA and Carbon Nano-tubes as Building Blocks for the Development of a DNA-Based Nanobiosensor. 229th ACS National Meet (Session – Biosensors and Sensors II: Nanosturctures), San Diego, CA.

J.-W. Kim, S. Tung, J.S. Lee, N.K. Kotagiri, R. Pooran, and M. Al-Fandi. 2004. A Hybrid Flagellar Motor/MEMS Micro-Pump. 96th AIChE Ann. Meet. (Nanoscale Science and Engineering Session), Austin, TX.

J.-W. Kim, N.K. Kotagiri, S. Tung, and R. Deaton. 2004. Development of an Electrically Address-able Nanotube-Wire Nanosenor Through Controlled DNA-Nanotube Interfacing. 96th AIChE Ann. Meet. (Nanoscale Science and Engineering Session), Austin, TX.

R. Pooran, M. Al-Fandi, S. Tung, J.-W. Kim, and J.S. Lee. 2004. Bacterial Flagellar Motors as Microfluidic Actuators. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo (IMECE), Anaheim, CA.

J.-W. Kim, S. Tung, R. Deaton, J.S. Lee, and I. Kodikara. 2004. DNA-Directed Self-Assembly of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes through Controlled DNA-Nanotube Interfacing. Institute of Bio-logical Engineering (IBE) Annual Meeting, Fayetteville, AR.

D.P. Carpenter, J.-W. Kim, and R. Deaton. 2004. Evaluating Complexity for Large Mixtures of Many Different DNA Oligonucleotides Using Cot Analyses. Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Meeting, Fayetteville, AR.

R. Pooran, S. Tung, J.-W. Kim, A. Malshe, and J.S. Lee. 2004. Performance of a Flagellar Mo-tor Based Pump. Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Meeting, Fayetteville, AR (won 1st place in the IBE student poster competition).

M. Al-Fandi, R. Pooran, S. Tung, J.-W. Kim, and A. Malshe. 2004. E. coli Cell Motors for MEMS Devices: Fabrication and Modeling. First International Workshop on Nano Bio-Packaging, Atalanta, GA.

R. Pooran, J.-W. Kim, S. Tung, A. Malshe, and C.C. Lee. 2003. Integration of Biological Cell Motors in Microchannels. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo (IMECE), Washington DC.

M. Al-Fandi, A. Malshe, J.-W. Kim, S. Tung, J. Jenkins, and S. Sundaram. 2003. Design and Analysis of Viscous Micropump Actuated Using Biological Cell Motors. ASME International Mechani-cal Engineering Congress and R&D Expo (IMECE), Washington DC.

S. Tung, J.-W. Kim, A. Malshe, C.C. Lee, and R. Pooran. 2003. A Cellular Motor Driven Micro-fluidic System. Tranducers’03 – 12th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Boston, MA.

J.-W. Kim, C.C. Lee, R. Pooran, S. Tung, and A. Malshe. 2003. Bio-Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (Bio-MEMS) Controlled by Microbial Cell Motors. 2003 American Society of Agricultural En-gineers (ASAE) Annual International Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

J.-W. Kim, A. Malshe, and S. Tung. 2003. Bio-Inspired MEMS: A Novel Microfluidics System Actu-ated by Biological Cell Motors. 2003 Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Meeting, Athen, GA.

Invited Presentations

J.-W. Kim and V.P. Zharov. 2007. Carbon Nanotubes as Near-Infrared Agents for Photothermal Nanotherapy of Bacterial Infections. 234th ACS National Meet (Session – Nanotechnology in Agricul-ture), Boston, MA.

J.-W. Kim. 2007. Challenge to Bio-Actuators: Hybrid Flagellar Motor/MEMS Based Systems. Interna-tional Symposium on Neo-Robotics, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan.

J.-W. Kim. 2007. Bio/Nano Technology for Environment and Medicine. Gwangju Institute of Technol-ogy, Gwangju, Korea.

J.-W. Kim. 2007. Bio/Nano Technology, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Shenyang, China.

J.-W. Kim, Steve Tung, and R. Deaton. 2004. Interfacing Micro-/Nano-Scale Biological and Abiologi-cal Materials for Bio/Abio Hybrid Systems. 206th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society (Biological Nanostructures, Materials, and Applications Session), Honolulu, Hawaii.

Steve Tung and J.-W. Kim. 2004. Flagellar Motor Based Micro Hybrid Devices. 26th Annual Interna-tional Conference IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), San Francisco, CA.

Steve Tung and J.-W. Kim. 2004. Molecular Motors. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biominetics (ROBIO), Shenyang, China.

J.-W. Kim. 2003. Interfacing Biological and Abiological Components at the Nanoscale. 2003 ASAE Annual Meeting (Special Session of Opportunities in Nanoscale Engineering), July 27-30, Las Ve-gas, NV.

J.-W. Kim. 2002. Micro and Nano Sensors for Agriculture and Food Systems. Technical Program of the Trinational Workshop: Advances in Micro and Nano Technologies for Sensing Applications, Dec. 12-14, Melbourne, Australia.

J.-W. Kim. 2002. Bio-Inspired Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS). National Planning Work-shop: Nanoscale Science and Engineering for Agriculture and Food Systems (NSEAFS), Nov. 18-19, Washington DC.

J.-W. Kim. 2002. A Novel Electrical Microfluidics System Actuated by Biological Cell Motors. A Meet-ing of Nano Science and Engineering Researchers (sponsored by Arkansas and Oklahoma EP-SCoR), Aug. 15, Tulsa, OK.

NUCLEIC ACID TECHNOLOGY: DNA-BASED NANOTECHNOLOGY AND DNA COMPUTING

J.-W. Kim, R. Deaton, and N. Kotagiri. 2007. Scale Integration of Carbon Nanotube Through Con-trolled Interfacing and DNA-Guided Self-Assembly. DNA 13: 13th International Meeting on DNA Computing, Memphis, Tennessee.

J.-W. Kim, J.S. Lee, and R. Deaton. 2007. Non-Crosshybridizing Oligonucleotide Building Blocks for Accurate, Scalable, and High-Rate Nanofabrication. IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (IEEE-NEMS), Bangkok, Thailand.

J.-W. Kim, R. Deaton, J. Chen, and J.S. Lee. 2006. Genomic Pattern Classifier Based on a Bio-logical Memory with In Vitro Learning and Associative Recall. DNA 12: 12th International Meeting on DNA Computing, Seoul, Korea.

V.P. Zharov, J.-W. Kim, D.T. Curiel, and M. Everts. 2006. Amplified Laser-Nanocluster Interaction in DNA, Viruses, Bacteria, and Cancer Cells: Potential for Nanodiagnostics and Nanotherapy. 26th An-nual Meeting of the American Society for Laser medicine and Surgery, Boston, MA.

J.-W. Kim, R. Deaton, J.S. Lee, and H.D. Wijesekera. 2006. In Vitro Selection for Large Librar-ies of Non-Crosshybridizing DNA Oligonucleotides for DNA Computing and DNA-Based Nanotech-nology. Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.

N. Kotagiri and J.-W. Kim. 2006. Modeling of Hybridization kinetics of DNA-CNT Adducts in Solu-tion. Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.

J.-H. Kim and J.-W. Kim. 2006. DNA Hybridization Kinetics Based on Reaction and Diffusion in DNA-Carbon Nanotube Nanoarrray System. Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.

T.F. Garrison, J.-W. Kim, and R. Deaton. 2006. Self-Assembly of Microscopic DNA Wire Through One-Dimensional DNA Percolation. Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.

J.-W. Kim, J.S. Lee, and R. Deaton. 2006. A Biological Memory with In Vitro Learning and Asso-ciative Recall as a Genomic Pattern Classifier. Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Meet-ing, Tucson, AZ.

J. Chen, R. Deaton, M. Garzon, J.-W. Kim, D.H. Wood, H. Bi, D. Carpenter, J.S. Lee, and Y.-Z. Wang. 2005. Sequence Complexity of Large Libraries of DNA Oligonucleotides. DNA 11: 11th Inter-national Meeting on DNA Computing, London, Ontario, Canada.

J.-W. Kim, R. Deaton, J.S. Lee, and J. Chen. 2005. Thermal Melting and Cot Analyses of Non-Crosshybridizing DNA Oligonucleotides Manufactured In Vitro. Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Meeting, Athens, GA.

D.P. Carpenter, J.-W. Kim, and R. Deaton. 2005. Estimating the Sequence Complexity of a Ran-dom Oligonucleotide Population Using Cot Analyses. Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Meeting, Athens, GA.

J. Chen, R. Deaton, M. Gazon, J.-W. Kim, D. Wood, H. Bi, D. Carpenter, and Y.-Z. Wang. 2004. Characterization of Non-Crosshybridizing DNA Oligonucleotides Manufactured In Vitro. DNA 10: 10th International Meeting on DNA Computing, Milan, Italy.

Invited Presentations

J.S. Lee, J.J. Song, and J.-W. Kim. 2007. Exploring the Potential of Microarray Technology for Bio/Nano Sensing. 2007 Arkansas Biosciences Institute Fall Research Symposium, October 12, Little Rock, AR.
J.-W. Kim and R. Deaton. 2004. Genome-Enabled Medical Diagnosis Using a Biological Memory. 2004 Arkansas Biosciences Institute Fall Research Symposium, October 28, Little Rock, AR.

BIOCATALYSIS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

J.-W. Kim and T.L. Peeples. 2005. Screening Extremophiles for Bioconversion Potentials. Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Meeting, Athens, GA.

S.E. Fischer, J.-W. Kim, and T.L. Peeples. 2005. Biotransformation of Corn Stover Pyrolysates by Ex-tremophilic Organisms. Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Meeting, Athens, GA.

I.D. Wijesekera, J.-W. Kim, and R. Beitle. 2005. Thermostable, Acid-Tolerant Citrate Synthase from Hyperthermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus tokodaii Strain 7. Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Meeting, Athens, GA.

J.-W. Kim, C.E. Long, and T.L. Peeples. 2004. Revealing Extreme Thermostability of Glycosyl Hy-drolases from a Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Methanococcus jannaschii. 96th AIChE Ann. Meet. (Extre-mophile Bioprocessing Session), Austin, TX.

J.-W. Kim, I.D. Wijesekera, and R. Beitle. 2004. Expression and Characterization of Thermostable, Acid-Tolerant Citrate Synthase from a Hyperthermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus tokodaii Strain 7. 96th AIChE Ann. Meet. (FPBE Division), Austin, TX.

M. Cox, J.-W. Kim, and Y.M. Kwon. 2004. Simultaneous Mapping of Transposon Insertions by Trans-poson Signature Profiling. American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Annual Meeting, South Central Branch ASM, Starkville, ME.

R. Beitle, C. Ying, R. Henry, J.-W. Kim, M. Moore. 2003. Nuisance Protein Abatement through Pro-teome Analysis. 95th AIChE Ann. Meet. (Advances in Bioprocessing Session), San Francisco, CA.

J.-W. Kim, M. Li, and T.L. Peeples. 2002. Bioconversion Potential of Extremophilic Aqueous Two-Phase Reactor System. 2002 American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE)- Congress of the International Commission of Agricultural Engineering (CIGR) International Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

M. Li, M. Hanford, J.-W. Kim, and T.L. Peeples. 2002. Modeling of Enzymatic Reactions in Interfacial Catalysis. 94th AIChE Ann. Meet. (Food, Pharmaceutical, and Bioengineering Session), Indianapolis, IN.

M. Li, M. Hanford, J.-W. Kim, and T.L. Peeples. 2002. Interfacial Catalysis: Amyloglucosidase En-trapment in Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine Multilamellar Vesicles. 224th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meet. (Advances in Biocatalysis Session), Boston, MA.

J.-W. Kim, M. Li, and T.L. Peeples. 2001. Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Starch in Aqueous Two-Phase Sys-tems. 93rd AIChE Ann. Meet., Reno, NV.

M. Li, J.-W. Kim, and T.L. Peeples. 2001. Glucose Production by Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Starch in Im-miscible Water-Dodecane Two-Phase Systems. 93rd AIChE Ann. Meet., Reno, NV.

M. Li, J.-W. Kim, and T.L. Peeples. 2001. Energy-Cost Reduction in Starch Processing Using Aqueous Two-Phase Reactor Systems. 12th Symposium on Separation Science and Technology for Energy Appli-cations, Gatlinburg, TN.

S. FischeR, J.-W. Kim, T.L. Peeples, and R.C. Brown. 2001. Biotransformation of Corn Stover Pyro-lysates by Extremophilic Organisms. The Annual Center for Bioprocessing and Biocatalysis Conference, Iowa City, IA.

H.A. Terc, J.-W. Kim, and T.L. Peeples. 2001. Characterization of the Extremely Thermostable a-Amylase from Methanococcus jannaschii. The Annual Center for Bioprocessing and Biocatalysis Confer-ence, Iowa City, IA.

V.G.J. Rogers, T.L. Peeples, E. Lobyntseva, N. Biglione, and J.-W. Kim. 2001. Pulsed Bioreactor for the Removal of Atrazine from Water. The Renewable Energy from Organics Recycling Conference, De Moines, IA.

H. F. Olivo, F. Velázquez, T.L. Peeples, and J.-W. Kim. 2001. Biocatalytic Approaches in the Synthe-sis of Natural Products. 24th International Symposium on Natural Products Chemistry: Current Trends in Natural Products, Mexico City, Mexico.

J.-W. Kim, and T.L. Peeples. 2000. Extremophilic Conversion of Corn to Higher Value Products. Corn Utilization and Technology Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

R.C. Brown, A.P. Pometto, T.L. Peeples, M. Khiyami, B. Voss, J.-W. Kim, and S. Fischer. 2000. Strate-gies for Pyrolytic Conversion of Herbaceous Biomass to Fermentation Products. 9th Biennial Bioenergy Conference, Buffalo, NY.

J.-W. Kim, H. Terc, L. Flowers, M. Whiteley, and T.L. Peeples. 2000. Novel Thermostable Malto-genic Alpha-Amylase. 92nd AIChE Ann. Meet. (the Advances in BioCatalysis & Protein Engineering Sec-tion), Los Angeles, CA.

J.-W. Kim, S. Fischer, R.C. Brown, and T.L. Peeples. 2000. Biotransformation of Levoglucosan by Ex-tremophilic Organisms. 92nd AIChE Ann. Meet. (the Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Session), Los Angeles, CA.

H. Terc, J.-W. Kim, M. Li, and T.L. Peeples. 2000. Starch Hdrolysis with a Hperthermophilic Maltogenic a-Amylase from Methanococcus jannaschii Using Aqueous Two-Phase Systems. 9th Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing Conference, Iowa City, IA.

J.-W. Kim, E.I. Rainina, C.R. Engler, and J.R. Wild. 1999. A Renewed Paradigm for Biodegradation Processes - Detoxification of Organophosphate Neurotoxins by Immobilized Non-Growing Bacteria. 91st AIChE Ann. Meet. (the Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division), Dallas, TX.

L.O. Flowers, J.-W. Kim, M. Whitely, T.L. Peeples. 1999. Novel Thermostable Amylase Activities in the Hyperthermophile, Methanococcus janaschii. 91st AIChE Ann. Meet. (the Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioen-gineering Division), Dallas, TX.

C.R. Engler and J.-W. Kim. 1999. Engineered Micro-Ecosystems Using Immobilized Consortia of Bacte-ria. 1999 ASAE/CSAE-SGCR Ann. International Meet. (the Engineering in Ecological Engineering Ses-sion), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

J.-W. Kim, E.I. Rainina, C.R. Engler, and J.R. Wild. 1998. Processing Efficiency of Immobilized Non-Growing Bacteria: Model and Experiment. 90th AIChE Ann. Meet. (Environmental Reaction Engineering Section), Miami Beach, FL.

J.-W. Kim and S.N. Rajagopal. 1994. Antibacterial Activities of Lactobacillus crispatus ATCC 33820 and L. gasseri ATCC 33323. Program Abstr. 89th Annu. Meet. Am. Dairy Sci. Assoc., 180, p. 47.

J.-W. Kim and S.N. Rajagopal. 1993. Isolation and Characterization of ß-Galactosidase from Lactobacil-lus crispatus ATCC 33820. Program Abstr. 88th Annu. Meet. Am. Dairy Sci. Assoc., D 105, p. 126.

Invited Presentations

J.-W. Kim. 2006. Bio/Nano Technology: Extremophile Biocatalysis and Bio/Abio Interfacing Technol-ogy. University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

J.-W. Kim. 2003. Realizing Biocatalytic Potential of Extremophiles. UALR Bioinformatics Seminar, March, the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR.

J.-W. Kim. 2001. Archaea: An Expanding Pool of Untapped Biomass Transformation Capacity. De-partment of Biological Sciences Seminar, Oct. 11, the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

J.-W. Kim. 2000. Archaeal and Environmental Biotechnology. Department of Biological and Agricul-tural Engineering Seminar, Oct. 30, the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

FUNDINGS
(AS OF OCTOBER 2007)

Total Funding (July 2001 – October 2007): $1,887,758

Total Federal Government Funding: $1,437,111
Total State Funding: $450,647

GRANTS ACTIVE

Federal Funding

“Engineering Ultrasensitive, Electrically Addressable Nanotube-Wire Nanosensors Through Controlled DNA-Nanotube Interfacing”; National Research Initiative (NRI) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES); 04/01/2005 – 03/31/2008; $157,000; Collaborated with Deaton at CSCE and Tung at MEEG

“Large-Scale DNA Associative Memories”; Emerging Models and Technologies (EMT) Program of National Science Foundation (NSF); 07/15/2005 – 07/14/2008; $316,419; Collaborated with Deaton at CSCE and Chen at U of Delaware

“Exploration of a Nano-Engineered Flagellar Motor Based TNT Detection System”; Nanoscale Exploratory Research (NER) Program of NSF; 07/15/2005 – 07/14/2007; $135,000; Collaborated with Zou and Tung at MEEG

“Integrating Nanoscale Science and Technology into Introductory Computer Science Courses”; Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) Program of NSF; 06/01/2004 – 05/31/2007; $99,062; Collaborated with Deaton and Lusth at CSCE

“Design and Fabrication of Micro Flagellar Motor Based Dynamo”; Electrical and Communications Sys-tems (ECS) Division of NSF; 05/01/2004 – 04/30/2008; $209,834; Collaborated with Tung at MEEG

“Exploration of DNA-Based Nanoscale Building Block (DNAnBLOCK) for Controllable and Scalable Fab-rication of Active Nanostructures”; Nanoscale Exploratory Research (NER) Program of NSF; 07/15/2007 – 07/14/2008; $125,000; Collaborated with Deaton at CSCE

State Funding

“Bayesian Robust Statistical Inference of Gene Expression Using Multiple Laser Scans of Microar-rays”; Arkansas Biosciences Institute (ABI); 2007 – 2008; $69,864; Collaborated with Song at MATH

“Gold-Coated Carbon Nanotube Mediated Nanophotothermolysis as Noninvasive Anticancer Thera-peutic”; Arkansas Biosciences Institute (ABI); 2006 – 2008; $149,282

S. Ricke, J.-W. Kim, and M. Johnson; “Nanoparticle Systems for Delivery of Biological Antimicrobial Compounds to Limit Microbial Contamination in Industrial Yeast Fermentation”; Sun Grant Initiative – South Central Region; $70,000.

“Self-Assembling Complex Nano-Structures Using Large Libraries of Non-Crosshybridizing DNA Oli-gonucleotides”; AES-Research Incentive Grants (RIG); 2005 – 2008; $10,000

GRANTS COMPLETED

“Genome-Enabled Medical Diagnosis Using Biological Memory with In-Vitro Learning”; Arkansas Bi-osciences Institute (ABI); 2003 – 2006; $139,713; Collaborated with Deaton at CSCE“
Theoretical and Experimental Validation of a DNA-Based Pattern Classifier with In Vitro Learning and Associative Recall for Genomic Characterization”; ABI; 2004 – 2005; $90,000; Collaborated with R. Deaton at CSCE

“Development of a Bacterial Source Tracking and Apportionment Methodology Using DNA Microar-rays and Luminex Microbeads, and Its Application in the Ozark Plateau”; ABI; 2005 – 2006; $48,000; Collaborated with Thoma at CHEG and Davis at GEOL
“Engineering Ultrasensitive, Electrically Addressable Nanotube-Wire Nanosensors Through Controlled DNA-Nanotube Interfacing”; AES-RIG; 2004 – 2005; $10,000

“Cloning and Overexpression of Hyperthermostable Glucoamylase from an Extreme Thermophile, Methanococcus jannaschii”; Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), Arkansas De-partment of Higher Education; 12/20/2005 – 08/31/2006; $3,070
“Intelligent Screening of Food Pathogens Based on a Nucleic Acid-Based Associative Mem-ory”; AES-RIG; 2002 – 2003; $10,000