Jenna Rickus, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Agricultural and Biological Engineering will receive support for her project entitled "BioShell Islets to Treat Type I Diabetes." The project is designed to help reinstate normal glucose control in Type 1 diabetes patients.

Eric Nauman, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering will use his funding to mitigate concussion injuries for soldiers, athletes and others through mechanical and blast testing of multiscale polymer-based armor for the dissipation of blast waves.

Yoon Yeo, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Industrial and Physical Pharmacy will work on developing a cellulose filter paper that removes endotoxin from protein solution or blood. Endotoxin in blood circulation can cause a strong immune response, which can result in fatal outcomes.

Riyi Shi, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Neurosciences, has proposed work on acrolein-mediated neuropathic pain and its treatment in spinal cord injury.

The Trask Innovation Fund is a development program to assist faculty who have disclosed a discovery to the Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization and are close to moving the discovery to the market, but need short-term funding to finalize the research. The funds are managed by the Purdue Research Foundation.