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New Scientist - 18-Nov-2020Scientists made mini robots that work under magnetic field to deliver pills
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Principle Investigator and Associate Professor at CityU
Dr. Yajing Shen received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China in 2005 and 2008, respectively. He received the Dr. Eng. degree in Micro-nano Systems Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan in 2012. Then, he was a postdoc researcher at Fukuda Lab. within the Dept. of Micro-nano Systems Engineering until March 2013. He is working as an associate professor now in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong.
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See also: City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Public Research university.
Details last updated 22-Nov-2019
Scientists made mini robots that work under magnetic field to deliver pills
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