Honors:

· Guest Professor, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Science (www.sinano.ac.cn), since 28 July, 2008

Awards:

· “Super CNT Fibers”, was selected by the editors of R&D Magazine and MICRO/NANO Newsletter as one of the 25 most innovative products of 2007.

· “The Ultra-Strong, Stiff, and Lightweight CNT Fiber”, Nanotech Briefs’ Nano 50™ Awards (top 50 technologies in nanotechnology recognized by NASA Tech Briefs), 2007.

· Award of Excellence, Superconductivity Technology Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2005.

· “4-Centimeter-Long Carbon nanotube”, Nanotech Briefs’ Nano 50™ Award, 2005.

· Director Postdoctoral Fellowship, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2002.

· “The method of defect reduction in nitrides”, second-class honor, the 6^th national challenge cup of China, 1999.

· “MOCVD GaAlAs/GaAs superlattice quantum well material and its application”, the second-class prize of scientific and technical progress, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1994.

Patents:

· “Wet-Spinning of Carbon Nanotube Fiber for High Strength and Conductivity”, Xiefei Zhang, Qingwen Li, Lei Fu, Lianxi Zheng, Paul N. Arendt, Yuntian T Zhu, pending US patent, 2007.

· “Preparation of pile of carbon nanotubes and fiber therefrom”, Lianxi Zheng, Yuntian Zhu, licensed US patent (S104997/L200617), 2006.

· “Preparation of single-walled carbon nanotubes”, Lianxi Zheng, Yuntian Zhu, M.J. O’Connell, and Jie Liu, licensed US patent (S102395/L2004062), 2004.