Funding

Grants-Active
National Institutes for Health, R21 Exploratory/Development Grant (9/03-8/05)
“A Multimode Sonic & Ultrasonic Diagnostic Imaging Method,”
T. Royston (PI), F. Loth, (Grant No. 1 R21 EB002511-01).

American Syringomyelia Alliance Project (8/02-4/04)
“Importance of the Mechanical Forces in the Development of Syringomyelia for Patients With Chiari Malformation,”
F. Loth (PI), J. Oshinski, C. Holder.

National Institutes for Health, RO1 Research Project Grant (8/02-7/05)
“Biomechanical Mechanisms and Venous Intimal Hyperplasia,”
H. Bassiouny (PI), F. Loth, T. Royston, P. Fischer (Grant No. 2RO1HL55296-04A2).

Whitaker Foundation (9/01-8/03)
“An investigation of biomechanical mechanisms in arteriovenous graft failure,”
F. Loth (PI), T. Royston, P. Fischer, H. Bassiouny (RG-01-0198).

National Science Foundation (9/02-8/04)
“Information Technology in the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum,”
B. Coller (PI), M. Scott, U. Buy, F. Loth (EEC-0212201).

Pittsburgh Super Computer Center (300,000 Node Hours)
“Simulation of Transition in Vascular Flows,” Computing Award House,
H.M. Tufo (PI), F. Loth, P.F. Fischer.

Grants-Completed
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., (9/01-8/03)
“Mechanism and prevention of arteriovenous PTFE graft failure,”
H. Bassiouny (PI), F. Loth.

Labuda Family Foundation (7/01-6/02)
“Investigation of the mechanical forces within and around a syrinx for patients with Chiari malformation,”
F. Loth (PI), P. Fischer, A. Masud.

National Institutes for Health, Exploratory Development Grant (8/00-7/02)
“New paradigms in tissue vibration for diagnostic methods,”
T. Royston (PI), F. Loth (NCRR Grant No. 14250).

Ed and Gale Labuda Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program (10/00-3/01)
“Investigation of pressure differences between the cranium and the spinal canal during the cardiac cycle in Chiari malformation: The effect of decompression surgery,”
F. Loth (PI).

National Institutes for Health, Innovative Approaches (7/99-6/01)
“Non-invasive measurements of intracranial pressure,”
N. Alperin (PI), F. Loth.

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., (3/00-9/00)
“Mechanism and prevention of arteriovenous PTFE graft failure,”
H. Bassiouny (PI), F. Loth.

University of Illinois, Campus Research Board (FY-1999)
"Quantification of patient-specific hemodynamic variables,”
F. Loth (PI), N. Alperin, F. Charbel.

University of Illinois, Campus Research Board (FY-1997)
"The importance of fluid mechanics on protein/platelet deposition,”
F. Loth (PI).

University of Illinois, Campus Research Board (FY-1996)
"Experimental simulation of biologically relevant flows,"
F. Loth (PI).

Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CELT) Curriculum and Instructional Grant (FY-2000)
“Special topics in mechanical and bioengineering: Biofluid Mechanics (ME494/BioE494),”
F. Loth (PI).