Status of Energy Research Programs at KU that have Utilized Seed Funds between 1996-99 provided by the KU Energy Research Center

• Space Cooling and Heating Loads Reductions Produced by Radiant Barrier Technology
  Mario Medina, Ph.D.,Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering Department, Broadcasting Hall, University of Kansas
• Next-Generation Building Energy Systems Design Software
  Brian A. Rock, Ph.D., P.E., Architectural Engineering Dept., Marvin Hall, The University of Kansas
• Fundamental Studies - Pour Point Depression of Fischer-Tropsch Fuels
  Dr. Galen J. Suppes, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
• Development of High Performance and Long Life Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells
  Dr. Trung Van Nguyen, Dept. of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, The University of Kansas
• Utility of Ground-Penetrating Radar in Generating Detailed 3-D Images of Sandstone and Limestone Reservoir Analogs
  Kansas Geological Survey
• Superconducting Materials
  Dr. Judy Wu, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Kansas
• Analysis of Fluid Flow through Rock Core Samples (Enhanced oil recovery and remediation of contaminated aquifers)
  Cynthia Larive and Joseph Heppert, Department of Chemistry, The University of Kansas
• Petroleum-related research projects operating through the KU Departments affiliated with the KU Energy Research, Digital Petroleum Atlas
  Lee Gerhard and Tim Carr, Kansas Geological Survey
• North Midcontinent Regional Resource Center Petroleum Technology Transfer Council - Providing technology and information for the oil and gas industry
  Kansas University Energy Research Center
• The Hugoton Project
  An Industry-University-Government Study of the Oil & Gas Resources of Southwest Kansas
• Evaluation of Potential for CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery in Kansas
  Alan Byrnes, Kansas Geological Survey, and Paul Willhite, Tertiary Oil Recovery Project
• Midcontinent Interactive Digital Carbon Atlas and Relational DataBase (MIDCARB)
  Tim Carr, Kansas Geological Survey, Scott White, KU Energy Research Center
• Improved Oil Recovery in Mississippian Carbonate Reservoirs of Kansas DOE Near Term Class 2
  Timothy R. Carr (Program Manager), Kansas Geological Survey - Don W. Green, G. Paul Willhite, Tertiary Oil Recovery Project
• Integrated Petrophysical Software Development for Practical Applications Using PC Hardware
  Developers: Geoff Bohling, John Doveton, Willard Guy, W. Lynn Watney, and Saibal Bhattacharya
  Kansas Geological Survey, Software developed in collaboration with 14 companies and U.S. Department of Energy,
  BDM-Oklahoma, Inc., and Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation
• Geo-Engineering Modeling through Internet Informatics (GEMINI):Integrated Information Management and Analysis for Reservoir Characterization and Geo-Engineering Modeling
  Kansas Geological Survey
• Integration of the Building Design Process for Kansas
  Kansas State University
• Developing Kansas’s Renewable Biomass Energy Resources
  Kansas State University
• Developing Kansas’s Renewable Wind Energy Resources
  Kansas State University
• Agriculture Practices to Sequester Atmospheric CO₂ in Soils: A Research Consortium of the Tallgrass Praire Region
  Charles W. Rice, Kansas State University, Department of Agronomy
• National Gas Machinery Laboratory
  An Institute of the College of Engineering at Kansas State University, Director: Kirby S. Chapman
• Providing Energy in the 21^st Century: A Challenge for Kansas and the United States - A Proposal for a Midcontinent Energy Research Center
  Dr. Lee C. Gerhard, Dr. Timothy R. Carr, Dr. M. Lee Allison, Kansas Geological Survey,KU Energy Research Center, University of Kansas
• Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) for Kansas
  Kansas Geological Survey
• Cost-effective Computer Tools for Kansas Independents
  Kansas Geological Survey
• Technology Transfer for Kansas Independents
  Kansas Geological Survey
• Digital Oil and Gas Databases
  KU Energy Research Center, the Tertiary Oil Recovery Project and the Kansas Geological Survey
• Petrophysics
  KU Energy Research Center, the Tertiary Oil Recovery Project and the Kansas Geological Survey
• Regional Studies
  KU Energy Research Center, the Tertiary Oil Recovery Project and the Kansas Geological Survey