He will be formally recognised during the awards presentation at the IEEE Sensors conference to be held October 31 - November 4.

Ashwin previously received the 2018 IEEE Sensors Technical Achievement Award (Advanced Career) "for pioneering contributions to resonant microsystems with application to sub-surface density contrast imaging and energy harvesting systems".

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