September 2018: Master student Matthew Lofroth received the runner up award for his micro-gripper development work during the IEEE postgraduate presentation day at Victoria University of Wellington.
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September 2018: Ebu delivered an invited talk “Micro-Nano Robotics for Life-Science Applications” at the Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Tokyo, Japan.
August 2018: Ebu has become an Associate Fellow of The Higher Education Academy.