On the 20th September 2018, the World Congress on Micro and Nano Manufacturing took place in Portoroz, Slovenia. Jean-Michel Romano, an Early Stage Researcher (ESR) in the Laser4Fun project, was awarded of the Honorable Mention Paper Award for his contribution entitled “Towards large area submicron surface texturing by femtosecond laser irradiation of microparticle arrays”.
The award was presented by the scientific committee chair: Dr. Irene Fassi, National Research Council (CNR), Italy; Dr. Samuel Bigot, Cardiff University, UK; and Prof. Dr. Joško Valentinčič, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
WCMNM 2018 was jointly organised by the Multi Material Micro Manufacturing association (4M), the International Institution for Micro Manufacturing (I2M2) and the International Forum on Micro Manufacturing (IFMM).