Dr. Norman C. Beaulieu, Professor and i CORE Research Chair in Broadband Wireless Communications at the University of Alberta was selected as Distinguished Visiting Fellow for “sharing first-hand in-sight into world-class cutting-edge knowledge, recognising excellence, and inspiring the next generation,” by the Royal Academy of Engineering in the United Kingdom.

The Royal Academy of Engineering is Britain’s national academy for engineering.  They bring together the country’s most eminent engineers from all disciplines to promote excellence in the science, art and practice of engineering and enhance the UK’s engineering capabilities; celebrate excellence and inspire the next generation.

The aim of the Distinguished Visiting Fellowship program is to provide funding to enable an academic engineering department in a United Kingdom university to be a host to a Distinguished Visiting Fellow from an overseas academic center of excellence.  The object of the program is to access global centers of excellence in engineering research and teaching, with a view to strengthening UK capacity and international standing.

Dr. Beaulieu was hosted by Dr. Yunfei Chen, Associate Professor at the University of Warwick.  During his travel as a Distinguish Visiting Fellow in the United Kingdom, Dr. Beaulieu gave Distinguished Lectures on Ultra-Wide Bandwidth Wireless at the University of Warwick and King’s College London as well as Distinguished Lectures on Cognitive Radio at Southampton University, Manchester University and Heriot-Watt University.  Dr. Beaulieu also met with students and faculty members at these institutions to discuss new research ideas, joint proposals and funding opportunities.  Dr. Beaulieu completed this whirlwind of activities in October 2010.