David Borkholder

Professor Borkholder elected to the College of Fellows in the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, a distinction reserved for the top 2% of the field.

Professor Borkholder honored as the Distinguished Inventor of the Year by the Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association for his development and commercialization of the Blast Gauge System.

Development of implantable micropumps and models of drug delivery for use in biotherapeutic treatments including permanent hearing loss, balance problems, and deafness.
NIH National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders ($2.8MM)
Role: PI

Innovation award for research leading to the successful commercialization and fielding of the Blast Gauge System.

Develop an advanced Blast Gauge platform that integrates into the next generation soldier sensor system.
Sub-contract to BAE Systems
Role: PI (BlackBox Biometrics, Inc.)

Develop a portable, cost-efficient blast force monitoring device that can be easily deployed by Marines and other ground forces in the theater of operations to measure, record, and display overpressure and force acceleration data from varying blast type events to which these troops are exposed.
Marine Corps Systems Command SBIR ($150k)
Role: PI (BlackBox Biometrics, Inc.)

This research seeks to build innovation capacity pertaining to printed devices and materials including sensors, actuators, and displays.
National Science Foundation ($599k)
Role: Co-I (Cormier PI)

This research aims to apply porous nanocrystalline silicon (pnc-Si) membranes to microscale preparative and analytical systems, and low flow rate electroosmotic pumps.
National Science Foundation ($600k)
Role: Co-I (McGrath PI)

This research aimed to test the hypothesis that an assistive listening system with dynamic, user-controlled directional characteristics improves communication for the hearing impaired significantly relative to traditional fixed-directional systems.
National Science Foundation RAPD ($300k)
Role: PI
DARPA Microsystems Technology Office ($9.9MM)
Role: PI (BlackBox Biometrics, Inc.)

This research aimed to pilot deployment of the Blast Gauge in Afghanistan to validate device performance, refine distribution and recovery logistics, and evaluate wearability of the device.
DARPA Microsystems Technology Office ($9.9MM)
Role: PI (BlackBox Biometrics, Inc.)

This research aimed to address a critical need for measurement of blast exposure and resulting head acceleration in combat troops through development of a soldier borne dosimeter system.
DARPA Microsystems Technology Office ($1.2MM)
Role: PI

Exploration of genetically expressed FRET probes for epidermal monitoring of blood glucose levels.
Blue Highway ($88k)
Role: PI

Research sensor modalities and pressure wave hemodynamics for robust cuff-less blood pressure estimation.
National Semiconductor ($130k)
Role: PI

A Mentored Career Development Award exploring intra-cochlear dosing profiles for gene therapy studies in the mouse model system while preserving cochlear function. Implantable micropump development is targeted at expanding drug delivery capabilities, allowing repetitive cochlear infusions of multiple agents over extended periods for more complex deafness therapies.
NIH National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders ($922k)
Role: PI (mentor: Robert D. Frisina)