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Professional Interests:

Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing, tissue engineering, nano/micro-scale modeling and manufacturing, rapid prototyping, and product realization.
Grant Support:

U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (research grant), period: 2010-2011, Amount: $800,000 (subcontracted amount to UB: $400,000), “Wound Status Sensor and 3D Construct Development”, Co-PI: B. Koc with PIs: W. Hicks, J. Gardella, and Co-PIs: F. Bright, A. Cartwright, R. Hard.
U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (research grant), period: 9/1/08-8/30/10, Amount: $933,000 (subcontracted amount to UB: $266,888), “Burn Fluid Analysis as a Prognosticator of Aberrant Wound Repair and Keloid Formation”, Co-PI: B. Koc with PI: J. Gardella, and Co-PIs: F. Bright, A. Cartwright.

Software grant, SimCAD from CreateASoft Inc., (September 2008) PI: B. Koc.
Precision Abrasives, Buffalo, NY with SPIR/TCIE, period: 1/06-5/06, “Conceptual design and automation improvements for abrasive pad folding process,” PI: B. Koc.
Precision Abrasive, Buffalo, NY with SPIR/TCIE, period: 9/05-11/05, “Machine design and automation improvements for abrasive band cutting process,” PI: B. Koc.
Lockheed Martin IS&S Supply Chain Management Systems and Solutions Business Unit/Orincon, period: 6/05-9/05, “Graph Theory and Information Fusion,” Co-PI: B. Koc, PIs: James Llinas, Moises Sudit and Rakesh Nagi.
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Interdisciplinary Research and Creative Activities Fund (IRCAF) with ISE matching fund, period: 11/03-12/04, “Rapid Prototyping Equipment for Biomedical Engineering Research,” PI: B. Koc, Co-PIs: S. Bauer, S. T. Andreadis
University at Buffalo, Educational Technology Grants Program, period: 7/04-6/06, “Integrated digital product realization and analysis environment,” PI: B. Koc.
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Interdisciplinary Research and Creative Activities Fund (IRCAF), period: 11/02-10/03, “Nanotechnology and Nanobiotechnology Workshop”, PI: H. Suga, Co-PIs: B. Koc, P. Alexandridis, S. T. Andreadis, P. Bianco, F. Bright, J. Cerne, R. Cheng, B. Gong, H. Luo, A. Markelz, T.J. Mountziaris, F. Sachs, M. Swihart, A. Titus
Patents:
IPD #: R-6313 â??Replenishable Porcine Primary Oral Epithelial Cell Source and Culture Method,â? W. L. Hicks, J. A. F. Bright, A. Cartwright, D. Cohan, J. A. Gardella, Jr., B. Hard, B. Koc, L. Sigurdson, D. Stoler, Co-inventors, (submitted on: 5/20/2008).
US Patent # 7,417,174, “Resorbable Laminated Repair Film and Method of Using Same” W. L. Hicks, J. A. Gardella, Jr., R. Bizios, B. Hard, F. Bright, J. L. Mukasa, B. Koc, A. Cartwright, Co-inventors, (issued on: August , 2008).