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UB Professor Develops Material to Inhibit Cell Phone Use
By MICHAEL BASSETTE | Apr. 16, 2004Ten years ago when Deborah Chung began her research on radio frequency and radiation shielding for electronics, the term "cell phone etiquette" had not yet been coined.But now cell phones are everywhere, they are ringing everywhere, and people are answering them and talking on them everywhere.Chung, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and a Niagara Mohawk Chair Professor of Materials Research at UB, is now developing her radio frequency materials for the purpose of blocking cell phone use in buildings.Chung said her blocking materials could be used in any building where people want to prohibit cell phone use while still leaving the building structurally sound.
