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Learning begins where imagination becomes tangible.

On behalf of the 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 Laboratory.

More than ten years ago the then electrical engineering student of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering showed extraordinary commitment. Instead of limiting himself to controlling an existing experimental setup, he independently developed and built a completely new control system. Together with his fellow student Daniel Neeser, he thus created a sophisticated setup—the “ball balance.” This teaching model now enables our students to learn the theoretical fundamentals of control engineering in a hands-on way. The aim of the experiment is to design a stable control loop that uses a propeller drive to regulate a metal ball to the center of a seesaw.

We are delighted by this valuable addition to our Control Engineering Laboratory and appreciate Mr. Glaser’s contribution to the practical training of our students. We wish him, as a self-employed engineer, much success and all the best for the future. His commitment is a shining example of the connection between theory and practice that we especially promote at our university.

To the Control Engineering Laboratory - THWS