Minjun Kim, Ph.D., a professor in the College of Engineering’s Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department, has been selected to receive the prestigious 2016 Netexplo Award for his work with micro-swimmer robots.
Since 2008, based on a panel vote participated in by over 200 experts and business professionals from around the world, UNESCO and Netexplo have announced annually the Netexplo 100, a selection of the 100 most promising digital initiatives. From these, the ten most exceptional, innovative and promising projects are selected as award winners and presented at the Netexplo Forum in Paris. From these ten, a final Grand Prix 2016 award is selected.
Netexplo is an independent observatory that studies the impact of digital technology on society and business. Created in 2007 by Martine Bidegain and Thierry Happe in partnership with the French Senate and the French Ministry for the Digital Economy, Netexplo takes a unique approach to understanding digital society. Through its International University Network, the Netexplo Observatory scans the world for the new faces of tech and their inventions. The founding partners, the Senate, the Ministry for the Digital Economy and HEC Paris business school share with Netexplo a commitment to covering every aspect of digital innovation, whether technological, commercial, organizational, social or environmental.
Dr. Kim’s research is with tiny swarming robots that have the potential of swimming through a person’s arteries to detect and clear blockages or to deliver a drug to a precise area of the body. As an award winner, he will present his work on February 10, 2016 at Paris-Dauphine University, Paris.