Pioneering spirit from student days strengthens control engineering lab
On behalf of the Technical University of Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS), Prof. Dr. Abid Ali warmly thanks Mr. Johannes Glaser for donating the experimental setup “ball scale” to the Control Engineering Lab.
More than ten years ago, then-electrical engineering student of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering showed extraordinary commitment. Instead of limiting himself to controlling an existing setup as required, he independently developed and built an entirely new control system. Together with his fellow student Daniel Neeser, a demanding setup was created - the “ball scale.” 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 every 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 especially promote at our university.
