Professor's Cognitive Radio Paper Earns IEEE Honor
A proposal outlining cognitive radio providers, a new kind of wireless service provider utilizing underused networks to balance wireless traffic, has won Zhu Han, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and his two co-authors the 2011 Fred Ellersick Prize Paper Award. Published in the April 2009 edition of IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine, the award honors them for the best paper in an IEEE communications magazine during the past three years. Read More

UH Researchers' Graphene Development Published in Nature Materials
University of Houston researchers have developed a method for creating single-crystal arrays of the material graphene, an advancement that opens the possibility of a replacement for silicon in high-performance computers and electronics. The work by UH researchers and their collaborators is featured on the cover of the June issue of Nature Materials. Read More

Richardson Honored by Catalysis Society
The Southwest Catalysis Society, the local chapter of the North American Catalysis Society, has honored one of its founders for a lifetime of work in catalysis research and practice. James Richardson, professor emeritus of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, was one of three individuals honored with an Excellence in Applied Catalysis Award, a new award given by the society. Richardson co-founded the SWCS in 1967. Read More

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