Pioneering spirit from student days strengthens control engineering lab
On behalf of the Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS), Prof. Dr. Abid Ali warmly thanks Mr. Johannes Glaser for donating the experimental setup “ball balance” to the Control Engineering Lab.
Over ten years ago, the then electrical engineering student of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering showed extraordinary commitment. Instead of limiting himself to regulating an existing experimental setup as required, he independently developed and built a completely new control plant. Together with his fellow student Daniel Neeser, he created a sophisticated setup-the “ball balance”. This teaching model now enables our students to learn the theoretical fundamentals of control engineering in a practical way. The aim of the experiment is to design a stable control loop that uses a propeller drive to regulate a metal ball into the center of a seesaw.
We are delighted with this valuable addition to our Control Engineering Lab and appreciate Mr. Glaser's contribution to the practical training of our students. We wish him much success and all the best for the future as an independent engineer. His commitment is a shining example of the connection between theory and practice that we particularly promote at our university.
