The visit to the conference 4Smarts in Braunschweig was a crowning success for iMSL. Ph.D. students of the chair won the first two awards with the topic of Shape Memory Alloys:

1st Place (Right): Development of a SMA based smart-positioning-actuator, by M. Brill (V), P. Loew, S. Seelecke, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken; P. Motzki, ZeMA - Zentrum für Mechatronik und Automatisierungstechnik gGmbH, Saarbrücken
2nd Place (Left): High-Voltage Control of the SMA actuator, P. Motzki (V), T. Gorges, ZeMA - Zentrum für Mechatronik und Automatisierungstechnik gGmbH, Saarbrücken; S. Seelecke, T. Würtz, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken