Program for Actuator 2021 - 17th International Conference on New Actuator Systems and Applications [Actuator 2021]

Program for Actuator 2021 - 17th International Conference on New Actuator Systems and Applications

Time	Plenary	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4
Wednesday, February 17
13:45-14:45		A1: Piezoelectric Actuators (1)	B1: Shape Memory Actuators (1)	C1: Magnetostrictive Devices	D1: Dielectric Elastomer Actuators
14:45-15:00	Short Break
15:00-16:30	Review Talks I
16:30-16:45	Short Break
16:45-17:45		A2: Piezoelectric Actuators (2)	B2: Shape Memory Actuators (2)	C2: Advanced Microactuators
Thursday, February 18
13:45-14:45		A3: Piezoelectric Actuators (3)	B3: Shape Memory Actuators (3)	C3: Actuator Control and Electronics	D3: ER/MR Fluids
14:45-15:00	Short Break
15:00-17:00	Review Talks II
17:00-17:15	Short Break
17:15-18:15		A4: Piezoelectric Actuators (4)	B4: Shape Memory Actuators (4) / MSM	C4: Electromagnetic Actuators	D4: Aerospace
Friday, February 19
13:45-14:45		A5: Medical Devices (1)	B5: Magnetic Shape Memory Actuators	C5: Polymer-based Actuators	D5: Applications
14:45-15:00	Short Break
15:00-16:30	Review Talks III
16:30-16:40	Introduction to DFG Priority Program SPP2206 'KOMMMA'
16:40-16:50	Closing Remarks
16:50-17:05	Short Break
17:05-18:05		A6: Medical Devices (2) / Haptic Devices	B6: Emerging Actuator Principles	C6: Special Solutions	D6: Special Session of the DFG Priority Program SPP2206 'KOMMMA'
18:05-18:15

Wednesday, February 17

Wednesday, February 17 13:45 - 14:45

A1: Piezoelectric Actuators (1)

Room: Track 1

Chairs: Kenji Uchino (The Pennsylvania State University, USA), Ulrike Wallrabe (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany)

13:45 Piezoelectric Active Spherical Shell Reflector for Space: Kainan Wang (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium); David Alaluf (European Space Agency - ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands); Thomas Godfroid and Damien Robert (Materia Nova, Belgium); Gonçalo Rodrigues (European Space Agency, The Netherlands); André Preumont (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
13:55 Uniaxial Stress and Temperature Resilience of HPZ Piezoelectric: Tim Comyn and Peter Cowing (Ionix Advanced Technologies, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Andrew Bell (University of Leeds, Germany)
14:05 High Power Synthetic Jet Actuator: Gerald Aigouy, Etienne Betsch and Gladys Jaussaud (Cedrat Technologies, France); Frank Claeyssen (CEDRAT Technologies S.A., France); Frederic Ternoy, Emmanuel Eglinger, Julien Dandois, Pierre More and Quentin Gallas (Onera, France)

B1: Shape Memory Actuators (1)

Room: Track 2

Chairs: Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany), Emmanouel Pagounis (ETO MAGNETIC GmbH, Germany)

13:45 SMA thick wires for fast actuation: Marco Citro and Salvatore Coco (Saes Getters, Italy)
13:55 Alternating Current Activation of SMA Wires: Tom Gorges (Center for Mechatronics and Automation Technology - ZeMA gGmbH & University of Applied Sciences - HTW Saar, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Paul Motzki (ZeMA gGmbH & Saarland University, Germany)
14:05 Self-locking SMA Actuator for Optical Zoom in Smartphones: Michael Honold (University of Applied Sciences Aalen, Germany); Neven Bobic and Markus Koepfer (Actuator Solutions GmbH, Germany); Arif Kazi (Aalen University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
14:15 SMA actuators made from continuously rolled sheets: Charles C Castillo and Stefan Knoll (G Rau GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)
14:25 SMA Microsprings for high stroke in tight geometries: Luca Fumagalli and Matteo Zanella (SAES Getters SpA, Italy); Marco Citro (Saes Getters, Italy)

C1: Magnetostrictive Devices

Room: Track 3

Chair: Manfred Kohl (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany)

13:45 Interfacial adhesion evaluation of magnetostrictive thin films applying electrochemical hydrogen loading technique: S. Ono, R. Tokiwa, Yoshihito Matsumura and H. T. Uchida (Tokai University, Japan)
13:55 Self-sensing Nanometric Magnetoelectric Actuator Based on Metglas/PZT Composites: Yikun Yang, Haomin Wu and Bintang Yang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
14:05 Effect of in-situ substrate biases changes and ex-situ hydrogen loading on in-plane stress in Sm-Fe thin films: Masato Kamiya, R. Tokiwa, Kengo Yamaguchi, H. T. Uchida, Yoshihito Matsumura, R. Gemma, Ryuichi Kataoka and S. Ono (Tokai University, Japan)
14:15 Effect of hydrogen solution on the Young's modulus of Nickel: Mutsuki Matsumoto, R. Yamane, R. Tokiwa, H. Odaka, T. Adachi, A. Kaneko, Toshikio Takimoto, A. Tonegawa, H. Tsuchiya and H. T. Uchida (Tokai University, Japan)

D1: Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

Room: Track 4

Chair: Peter P. Pott (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)

13:45 Industrializing silicone stack transducers for vehicles of the future: Daniel Haefliger (SATECO XT AG, Switzerland)
13:55 Concept and Fabrication of Silicone-based Rolled Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (RDEAs) for Soft Robots: Julian Kunze (Saarland University & ZeMA, Germany); Johannes Prechtl and Daniel Bruch (Saarland University, Germany); Sophie Nalbach (ZeMA gGmbH, Germany); Paul Motzki (ZeMA gGmbH & Saarland University, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany)
14:05 Optimization of Electro-Zipping Actuators Using Dielectric Elastomers as Insulating Layer: Michael J. Gareis and Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
14:15 Influence of electrode design on actuation characteristics of cooperative DEAP actuators: Rui Zhu (Hochschule Furtwangen, Germany); Ulrike Wallrabe, Peter Woias and Matthias C Wapler (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany); Ulrich M Mescheder (Hochschule Furtwangen, Germany)
14:25 Soft Robotic Module Actuated by Silicone-Based Rolled Dielectric Elastomer Actuators - Modeling and Simulation: Johannes Prechtl (Saarland University, Germany); Julian Kunze (Saarland University & ZeMA, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany)

Wednesday, February 17 14:45 - 15:00

Short Break

Wednesday, February 17 15:00 - 16:30

Review Talks I

Room: Plenary

Chairs: Helmut F. Schlaak (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany), Kenji Uchino (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)

15:00 Shape Memory Alloy Actuation in Aerospace: materials, applications, demonstrations, and barriers to acceptance: James H Mabe (The Boeing Company & Texas A&M University, USA)
15:30 Advances in Magnetorheological Actuators: Janusz Gołdasz (BWI Group, Technical Center Krakow, Poland); Seung-Bok Choi (INHA University, Korea (South))
16:00 Novel MEMS actuators with advanced piezoelectric and magnetic materials: Fabian Stoppel (Fraunhofer ISIT, Germany)

Wednesday, February 17 16:30 - 16:45

Short Break

Wednesday, February 17 16:45 - 17:45

A2: Piezoelectric Actuators (2)

Room: Track 1

Chair: Waldemar Spomer (Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)

16:45 Extremum seeking control of preload-controllable ultrasonic motor: Abdullah M Mustafa and Takeshi Morita (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
16:55 Generating Homogeneous Gas Mixtures by Using Acoustic Waves: Sandro Krempel, Nico Seidel, Sabrina Tietze and Klaus Drese (Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany)
17:05 Controller design for the Vector Control of Piezoelectric transducers: Anis Kaci (University of Lille, France); Frédéric Giraud (University of Lille & L2EP / IRCICA, France); Christophe Giraud-Audine (Ensam, France); Michel Amberg and Betty Semail (University of Lille, France)
17:15 MSPA motors for rotary motions: Jonathan Stentz, Alexandre Pagès, Adrien Guignabert, Jolan Gauthier and Aurore Loubet (Cedrat Technologies, France); Frank Claeyssen (CEDRAT Technologies S.A., France)

B2: Shape Memory Actuators (2)

Room: Track 2

Chair: Giorgio Vergani (SAES Getters S.p.A., Italy)

16:45 Bending actuators based on SMA wires - designed for easy integration: Moritz Hübler, Nicolà Hammann and Nils Neblung (CompActive GmbH, Germany); Max Kaiser (Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe, Germany)
16:55 Evolution of a resettable Hold-Down and Release Actuator Based on SMA Technology: Marcelo Collado, Cayetano Rivera and Javier Inés (Arquimea Ingeniería, Spain)
17:05 Design of complex NiTi dampers trough subtractive and additive production processes: three case studies: Adelaide Nespoli and Enrico Bassani (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy); Antonio Grande and Paolo Bettini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Elena Villa and Francesca Passaretti (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy)
17:15 Numerical and experimental analysis of the discrete workspace of a prestressed planar mechanism driven by six SMA wires: Rym Boufayed, Xavier Balandraud, Frédéric Chapelle and Jean-François Destrebecq (Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont, Institut Pascal, France)
17:25 Multi-stable proportional valve: An energy efficient approach for high temperature passive magnetic shape memory applications: Julius Happel, Emmanouel Pagounis, René Schnetzler, Jonas Heider and Markus Laufenberg (ETO MAGNETIC GmbH, Germany)
17:35 Effects of abnormal grain growth on shape memory characteristics of Cu-Al-Mn alloys: Benjamin Schelnberger, Robin Roj, Ralf Theiß, Peter Dültgen and Mozhgan Gholami-Kermanshahi (Forschungsgemeinschaft Werkzeuge und Werkstoffe, Germany)

C2: Advanced Microactuators

Room: Track 3

Chair: Ulrike Wallrabe (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany)

16:45 Low powered Uni-directional actuator for wireless active enteroscopy: Hamza Khan and Alfred Cuschieri (University of Dundee, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
16:55 Effect of hydrogen solution on the Young's modulus of rolled tungsten: R. Yamane, H. T. Uchida, H. Tsuchiya, A. Kaneko, Toshikio Takimoto, T. Adachi, A. Tonegawa and R. Tokiwa (Tokai University, Japan)
17:05 Piezoelectric Motor Operated Both in Resonance and DC Modes: Maxim Wischnewski and Buelent Delibas (Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Germany); Alexej Wischnewski (Physik Instrumente (PI) & GmbH & Co KG, Germany)
17:15 Miniaturized electric linear drive with permanent magnetic weight compensation: Bela Schulte Westhoff, Abd Elkarim Masoud and Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
17:25 Enhanced Low Harmonic Waveform for Low-bandwidth Inertia-drive Actuator: Junyang Wei and Sergej Fatikow (Oldenburg University, Germany)

Thursday, February 18

Thursday, February 18 13:45 - 14:45

A3: Piezoelectric Actuators (3)

Room: Track 1

Chairs: Hassan Hariri (Rafik Hariri University, Lebanon), Patrick Pertsch (PI Ceramic GmbH, Germany)

13:45 Gimbal mechanism design based on piezoelectric motors: Alvaro Pascual, Cayetano Rivera, Javier Inés and Marcelo Collado (Arquimea Ingeniería, Spain)
13:55 Dual-source dual-frequency drive and modeling of resonance type piezoelectric motors: Burhanettin Koc (Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Germany); Lennart Von Deyn (Physik Instrumente (PI), Germany); Buelent Delibas (Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)
14:05 Ship Propulsion by Means of Acoustic Radiation: Alexander Backer, Sandro Krempel, Frank Ritter, Sabrina Tietze and Klaus Drese (Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany)
14:15 High frequency oscillation control technique for Piezoelectric Damping System: Shunji Suzuki (Innovative Research Excellence, Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Japan); Toshizumi Yamaguchi (Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Japan)
14:25 Phase difference torque control of USM for walking assist system: Tatsuki Sasamura, Takamitsu Kaneko, Abdullah M Mustafa, Yuichiro Orino, Satori Hachisuka and Takeshi Morita (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
14:35 Core-shell droplet generation device using a flexural vibration by a bolt-clamped Langevin type ultrasonic transducer: Kentaro Omori (Okayama University & Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Japan); Nozomu Fujimoto, Takefumi Kanda, Shuichi Wakimoto and Norihisa Seno (Okayama University, Japan)

B3: Shape Memory Actuators (3)

Room: Track 2

Chair: Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany)

13:45 Development of a Bistable SMA Actuated Industrial Gripper Based on a Compliant Design: Dominik Scholtes (Saarland University & ZeMA gGmbH, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Paul Motzki (ZeMA gGmbH & Saarland University, Germany)
13:55 Surface Shape Control using a Shape Memory Actuator: Ali Berhil (University Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec, France); Yves Bernard (Université Paris Sud, France); Laurent Daniel (University Paris Saclay, CentraleSupelec, France)
14:05 Development of an SMA Based End-effector Prototype for Material Handling in Manufacturing Processes: Lukas Zimmer (ZeMA gGmbH, Germany); Felix Welsch and Susanne-Marie Kirsch (Saarland University & Intelligent Material Systems Lab, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Paul Motzki (ZeMA gGmbH & Saarland University, Germany)
14:15 Model-Based, Self-Sensing Actuator System based on antagonistic SMA Wires: Johannes Prechtl (Saarland University, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Paul Motzki (ZeMA gGmbH & Saarland University, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany)

C3: Actuator Control and Electronics

Room: Track 3

Chairs: Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany), Takeshi Morita (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

13:45 A Compact Control Unit for a Pneumatic Soft Colonoscope: Luigi Manfredi (University of Dundee, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
13:55 Individually Tunable Array of Micro Fresnel Mirrors: Binal Poyyathuruthy Bruno and Robert Schütze (University of Freiburg, Germany); Ulrike Wallrabe (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany)
14:05 Low-scale HV Amplifier for driving thin-film DE Transducers: Samuel Junglas (Technical University of Berlin, Germany); Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
14:15 Flatness-based Control for Dielectric Elastomer Transducers: Abd Elkarim Masoud (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany); Andreas Hubracht and Samuel Junglas (Technical University of Berlin, Germany); Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
14:25 Training and Modelling the Non-Linear Behavior of an MR Brake by Using RNN and LSTM: Mehmet Gorkem Karabulut and Sefa Furkan Kucukoglu (Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey); Can Dede (Izmir Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü, Turkey)

D3: ER/MR Fluids

Room: Track 4

Chairs: Janusz Gołdasz (BWI Group, Technical Center Krakow, Poland), Thomas Sattel (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany)

13:45 Design and experimental evaluation of energy-efficient MRF-coupling elements with multiple shear gaps for enhancement of torque capacity: Christian Hegger and Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
13:55 Landing Efficiency of Aircraft Landing Gear System with MR Dampers: Byung-Hyuk Kang (Inha University, Korea (South)); Seung-Bok Choi (INHA University, Korea (South))
14:05 Magnetorheological Yaw Damper with Short Response Time for Railway Vehicle Bogie: Michal Kubík, Zbyněk Strecker and Filip Jenis (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Ondřej Macháček (Strojírna Oslavany & Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Matěj Přikryl (Strojírna Oslavany, Czech Republic); Petr Špalek (Škoda Transportation, Czech Republic)
14:15 A New Configuration of MR Damper with Pole Shape Function: Design and Analysis: Bo-Gyu Kim and Seung-Bok Choi (INHA University, Korea (South))
14:25 Impact of material properties on the dynamics of MR dampers: Paweł Trębacz (Cracow University of Technology, Poland); Janusz Gołdasz (BWI Group, Technical Center Krakow, Poland); Bogdan Sapiński (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)
14:35 Parallel Field Segmentation Concept in ER/MR Dampers for a simpler Control System: Aditya Suryadi Tan (Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany); Thomas Sattel (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany); Oliver Radler (Technsiche Universität Ilmenau, Germany)

Thursday, February 18 14:45 - 15:00

Short Break

Thursday, February 18 15:00 - 17:00

Review Talks II

Room: Plenary

Chairs: Emmanouel Pagounis (ETO MAGNETIC GmbH, Germany), Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany)

15:00 Dielectric elastomer transducers for medical applications: Bert Müller (University of Basel, Switzerland)
15:30 Mechatronic Applications of Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys: Sebastian Breisch and Arda Tüysüz (ABB AG Corporate Research, Germany)
16:00 Kinesthetic and surface haptics for future intuitive HMI: Moustapha Hafez (CEA LIST, France)
16:30 High-Power Piezoelectric Characterization System (HiPoCS): Kenji Uchino (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)

Thursday, February 18 17:00 - 17:15

Short Break

Thursday, February 18 17:15 - 18:15

A4: Piezoelectric Actuators (4)

Room: Track 1

Chair: Waldemar Spomer (Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)

17:15 Efficient Simulation Model of a Circular Piezoelectric Actuator with TDNNS Elements in Netgen/NGSolve: Alexander Reininger, Lukas Grasböck and Daniel Reischl (Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH, Austria); Martin Meindlhumer and Astrid Pechstein (Johannes Kepler University, Austria); Thomas Lechleitner (MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH, Austria)
17:25 Flat small size piezoelectric actuator operating in several modes: Dalius Mazeika and Andrius Ceponis (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania); Piotr Vasiljev (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania); Sergejus Borodinas (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania); Regimantas Bareikis (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania); Vytautas Jūrėnas and Vytautas Ostasevicius (Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania); Genadijus Kulvietis (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
17:35 Hemispherical resonators made of soft and hard piezo material for planar ultrasonic motors: Frank Schiele and Bernd Gundelsweiler (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
17:45 A vibro-impact approach to PILine® ultrasonic motors: Simon Kapelke (Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)
17:55 Optical evaluation of the large signal behaviour of piezoelectric disc actuators to increase the precision of micro diaphragm pumps: Agnes Bußmann, Philipp Korzer and Christian Wald (Fraunhofer EMFT, Germany)
18:05 Energy Harvesting System by Piezoelectric Power Generation using Mechanical-acoustic Coupling: H. Tsuchiya, S. Iwamori, Hiroyuki Moriyama, H. T. Uchida, T. Adachi and M. Tsuchiya (Tokai University, Japan)

B4: Shape Memory Actuators (4) / MSM

Room: Track 2

Chair: Emmanouel Pagounis (ETO MAGNETIC GmbH, Germany)

17:15 Hybrid dynamical model for elastocaloric heating and cooling device based on Shape Memory Alloy wires: Michele Mandolino (Saarland University, Germany); Felix Welsch and Susanne-Marie Kirsch (Saarland University & Intelligent Material Systems Lab, Germany); Nicolas Michaelis (Saarland University & Lab for Measurement Technology, Germany); Andreas Schütze (Saarland University, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Paul Motzki (ZeMA gGmbH & Saarland University, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany)
17:25 Active Vibration Damping and Control using Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Foil-Based Devices: Kiran Jacob (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany); Shuichi Miyazaki (University of Tsukuba, Japan); Manfred Kohl (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany); Vincent Sessner (KIT, Germany)
17:35 Modelling the Stress-dependent Hysteresis of Shape Memory Alloys: Arif Kazi (Aalen University of Applied Sciences, Germany); Philip Frenzel (Hochschule & Hochschule Aalen, Germany); Neven Bobic (Actuator Solutions GmbH, Germany)
17:45 Fully coupled multiphysics simulation model of magnetic shape memory actuators: Robert Courant (Technical University of Berlin, Germany); Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
17:55 New Separation Processes for Fabrication of Magnetic Shape Memory Actuator Elements: Andrea Böhm (Fraunhofer IWU); Gunnar Meichsner and Joerg Schneider (Fraunhofer IWU, Germany); Welf-Guntram Drossel (Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU, Germany)

C4: Electromagnetic Actuators

Room: Track 3

Chairs: Roland Keller (Dr. Fritz Faulhaber GmbH & Co. KG, Germany), Wolfgang Amrhein (ACCM GmbH, Austria)

17:15 Magnetic Levitation Positioning Stages for Molecular Cleanliness: Rainer Gloess (Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)
17:25 Zero Boil Off Compressor based on MICA Actuators: Gerald Aigouy, Steven Rowe and Patrick Meneroud (Cedrat Technologies, France); Frank Claeyssen (CEDRAT Technologies S.A., France); Nicolas Pouvesle and Bernhard Strauss (ET Energie Technologie, Germany); Celen Nil (Ariane Group, France); Armin Isselhorst (Ariane Group, Germany); Moritz Branco and Jan Persson (Esa Estec, France)
17:35 Permanent magnet linear actuator: causal and non-linear modelling: Kévin Lauzier (Air Liquide Advanced Technologies & University of Lyon, INSA Lyon, CNRS, Ampère Laboratory, France); Jean-Yves Gauthier (Laboratoire Ampère & INSA de Lyon, France); Sylvie Sesmat (INSA Lyon & University of Lyon, CNRS, Ampère Laboratory, France); Xuefang Lin-Shi (INSA Lyon, France); Federico Bribiesca-Argomedo (INSA Lyon & University of Lyon, CNRS, Ampère Laboratory, France); Diogo Carvalho Lopes (Air Liquide Advanced Technologies, France)
17:45 Precise Position Control of Linear Motors using Stator Magnets as the Measurement Scale: Rolf Slatter (Sensitec GmbH, Germany)
17:55 Large stroke Rotary Voice Coil Motor for cryogenic application: Nabil Bencheikh and Gerald Aigouy (Cedrat Technologies, France)

D4: Aerospace

Room: Track 4

Chair: Frank Claeyssen (CEDRAT Technologies S.A., France)

17:15 FPSA & BSMA: Nanometric positioning actuators for ground and space applications: François Barillot, Jocelyn Rebufa, Jonathan Stentz, Adrien Guignabert, Kevin Benoit and Gerald Aigouy (Cedrat Technologies, France); Frank Claeyssen (CEDRAT Technologies S.A., France)
17:25 Magnetically actuated Fast Steering Mirrors: Frank Claeyssen (CEDRAT Technologies S.A., France); Gerald Aigouy, Kevin Benoit, Jocelyn Rebufa and Marc Fournier (Cedrat Technologies, France)
17:35 Modeling and Experiments of Additively-Manufactured Fluid Actuated Morphing Unit Structures: Srinivas Vasista (German Aerospace Center DLR, Germany); Kathrin Büchner (Otto von Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Germany); Maik Titze and Johannes Riemenschneider (German Aerospace Center DLR, Germany); Hans Peter Monner (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany); Vera Seitz (ACEO® 3D Printing with Silicones, Germany)
17:45 Slipring rotor made by Additive Manufacturing: redesign, manufacturing and validation testing for space applications: Lionel Kiener (CSEM, Switzerland)
17:55 Measurement by vibrating reed method of Young's modules of Carbon fiber reinforced plastics: E. Miura, K. Takeda, T. Adachi, Hideki Kimura, Y. Nishi and H. T. Uchida (Tokai University, Japan)

Friday, February 19

Friday, February 19 13:45 - 14:45

A5: Medical Devices (1)

Room: Track 1

Chairs: Bert Müller (University of Basel, Switzerland), Peter P. Pott (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)

13:45 Concentric muscles - Miniature Pneumatic Actuation with Integrated Channel for Surgical Instruments: Julie Legrand and Mouloud Ourak (KULeuven, Belgium); Emmanuel Benjamin Vander Poorten (KU Leuven, Belgium)
13:55 Posture Control of Hand Using Multi-balloon Actuator: Ken'ichi Koyanagi, Tomoaki Murabayashi and Toru Oshima (Toyama Prefectural University, Japan); Kenji Kagechika (Toyama Prefectural Rehabilitation Hospital & Support Center for Children with Disabilities); Takumi Tamamoto (Toyama Prefectural University, Japan)
14:05 Robust Silicon Micropump of Chip Size 5x5x0.6 mm3 with 4 ml/min Air and 0.5 ml/min Water Flow Rate: Henry Leistner, Martin Richter, Yuecel Congar, Daniel Anheuer, Martin Wackerle and Siegfried Röhl (Fraunhofer EMFT, Germany)
14:15 Titanium Micro Diaphragm Pump for Implantable Medical Applications: Claudia Patricia Durasiewicz (Fraunhofer EMFT, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Microsystems and Solid State Technologies, Germany); Agnes Bußmann and Sebastian Kibler (Fraunhofer EMFT, Germany)
14:25 Investigation of Flexural Mechanical Amplifier for the Development of Miniaturized and Large Force Piezoelectric Actuator for Medical Implant Applications: Hussam Kloub (Furtwangen University, Germany)
14:35 Comparison of smart artificial muscles with different functional fibers: Shuichi Wakimoto, Sota Kogawa, Hiroaki Matsuda, Kazuya Nagaoka and Takefumi Kanda (Okayama University, Japan)

B5: Magnetic Shape Memory Actuators

Room: Track 2

Chairs: Andrea Böhm (Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Umformtechnik, Germany), Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany)

13:45 A Combined Magneto-Mechanical Characterization Procedure for Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys: Fabian Ehle (Fraunhofer IKTS, Germany); Peter Neumeister (Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme IKTS, Germany); Eric Haufe and Holger Neubert (Fraunhofer IKTS, Germany)
13:55 Experimental Investigation of an MSM controlled Reluctance Actuator: Marco Hutter (University of Stuttgart, Germany); Arif Kazi (Aalen University of Applied Sciences, Germany); Bernd Gundelsweiler (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
14:05 A valve-free, bidirectional, self-priming micropump: Peter Müllner and Andrew Armstrong (Boise State University, USA); Brent Johnston and Aaron Smith (Shaw Mountain Technology LLC, USA)
14:15 Compact Damping System with Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys: Julius Happel, René Schnetzler, Emmanouel Pagounis and Markus Laufenberg (ETO MAGNETIC GmbH, Germany)

C5: Polymer-based Actuators

Room: Track 3

Chair: Aaron Price (Western University, Canada)

13:45 Actuation with Magnetoactive Polymers: Holger Böse (Fraunhofer-Institut für Silicatforschung, Germany); Thomas Gerlach and Johannes Ehrlich (Fraunhofer ISC, Germany)
13:55 Self-Sensing Electroadhesive Polymer Gripper with Magnetically Controllable Surface Geometry: Dirk Sindersberger, Nina Prem and Gareth Monkman (OTH Regensburg, Germany); Klaus Zimmermann (TU Ilmenau, Germany)
14:05 Electromechanical characterization and laser structuring of Ni-based sputtered metallic compliant electrodes for DE applications: Jonas Hubertus (University of Applied Sciences of Saarland, Germany); Günter Schultes (University of Applied Science of Saarland); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello, Sipontina Croce and Julian Neu (Saarland University, Germany)
14:15 Modelling and characterization of a Soft Inverse Pneumatic Artificial Muscle: Lucrezia Lorenzon, Debora Zrinscak, Martina Maselli and Matteo Cianchetti (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy)
14:25 Bridging the Gap between High Actuation Displacements and Rapid Response Times for Dielectric Elastomer Actuators: Matthew Wei Ming Tan, Gurunathan Thangavel and Pooi See Lee (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

D5: Applications

Room: Track 4

Chair: Thomas Sattel (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany)

13:45 The Influence of Boundary Condition and Collision Position on the Elastic Collision of Bar and Beam: H. Tsuchiya, H. T. Uchida, R. Yamane and T. Narabayashi (Tokai University, Japan)
13:55 Road Noise Reduction inside car cabin using Active Structural Acoustic Control (ASAC): Hassan Hariri (Rafik Hariri University, Lebanon); Luc Frechette (Univeristé de Sherbrooke, Canada); Patrice Masson (Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada)
14:05 Evaluation of low-cost inertial measurement units for application in high-volume autonomous vehicles: Christoph Kolhoff, Markus Kemper and Manuel Olze (University of Applied Science Diepholz, Germany)
14:15 Compact 3D-printed z-positioning unit for high-throughput microscopy: Sophie Weiland, Max B. Schäfer and Kent W. Stewart (University of Stuttgart, Germany); Peter P. Pott (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)
14:25 IRESA - Intelligent Redundant Spacecraft Actuator, Generation II: Robin Roj (Forschungsgemeinschaft Werkzeuge und Werkstoffe, Germany); Florian Schummer (Technische Universität München, Germany); Ralf Theiß and Peter Dültgen (Forschungsgemeinschaft Werkzeuge und Werkstoffe, Germany)

Friday, February 19 14:45 - 15:00

Short Break

Friday, February 19 15:00 - 16:30

Review Talks III

Room: Plenary

Chairs: Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany), Emmanuel Benjamin Vander Poorten (KU Leuven, Belgium)

15:00 Emerging advanced manufacturing techniques for electroactive polymer transducers: Aaron Price (Western University, Canada)
15:30 Energy-efficient Actuation Concepts for SMAS: Paul Motzki (ZeMA gGmbH & Saarland University, Germany)
16:00 Electromagnetic Actuators: Tom Ströhla and Martin Dahlmann (TU Ilmenau, Germany); Thomas Sattel (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany)

Friday, February 19 16:30 - 16:40

Introduction to DFG Priority Program SPP2206 'KOMMMA'

Room: Plenary

Chair: Manfred Kohl (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany)

16:30 Introduction to the Symposium of the DFG Priority Program SPP2206 'KOMMMA': Manfred Kohl (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany)

Friday, February 19 16:40 - 16:50

Closing Remarks

Room: Plenary

Chair: Helmut F. Schlaak (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)

Friday, February 19 16:50 - 17:05

Short Break

Friday, February 19 17:05 - 18:05

A6: Medical Devices (2) / Haptic Devices

Room: Track 1

Chairs: Jérôme Perret (Haption GmbH, Germany), Emmanuel Benjamin Vander Poorten (KU Leuven, Belgium)

17:05 Rendering Large-Area Deformable Tissue Haptics through Robotic Encountering Technology: Sergio Portoles-Diez, Emmanuel Benjamin Vander Poorten and Dominiek Reynaerts (KU Leuven, Belgium); Yasuyoshi Yokokohji (Kobe University, Japan)
17:15 Electromagnetic tuneable haptic feedback for HMI devices: Javier Ríos Quesada and Shinara Utegenova (Moving Magnet Technologies S.A., France)
17:25 Twisted String Actuation for an active modular hand orthosis: Pia Mühlbauer (University of Stuttgart, Germany); Mario Schimbera (Universität Stuttgart, Germany); Kent W. Stewart (University of Stuttgart, Germany); Peter P. Pott (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)
17:35 Energy Harvesting in and on the Human Body: Ailinn Scheidl and Peter P. Pott (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)
17:45 Monolithic joints and linkages for low-cost microscopy: Christian Tichopad and Peter P. Pott (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)

B6: Emerging Actuator Principles

Room: Track 2

Chair: Joost Lötters (Bronkhorst High-Tech B.V., The Netherlands)

17:05 High force density actuators with inherent safety: Wolfgang Zoels, Georg Bachmaier and Christopher McClanahan (MetisMotion GmbH, Germany)
17:15 Fully Parametrized Electromechanical Design Method and Toolchain for an Automotive Axial-Flux Synchronous Machine: Tim Ließke, Folke Schwinning and Thorsten A Kern (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany)
17:25 Effects of hydrogen treatment and substrate hardness on the negative magnetostrictive thin films and their coatings: R. Tokiwa, S. Nakahiro, S. Ono, Masato Kamiya, R. Gemma, Yoshihito Matsumura and H. T. Uchida (Tokai University, Japan)
17:35 Stepwise electrostatic actuator system for THz reflect arrays: Lisa Schmitt (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany); Philip Schmitt (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany); Jan Barowski and Martin Hoffmann (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)
17:45 Twisted polymeric and CNT yarn-based actuators and energy harvesters: Marcio Dias Lima (990 N Bowser rd. Suite 800. & LINTEC OF AMERICA, USA)
17:55 Bending of molecular crystals as mechanical response on the light excitation: Michael Pavlovich Bubnov (G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of RAS, Russia)

C6: Special Solutions

Room: Track 3

Chair: Emmanuel Benjamin Vander Poorten (KU Leuven, Belgium)

17:05 Study of Gyro Monorail Production: S. Amatani, H. Tsuchiya, A. Okuyama and H. T. Uchida (Tokai University, Japan)
17:15 Automatic solver selection and solution for CPU based automotive HIL simulations with small step size requirements: Dennis Kähler, Julius Harms and Thorsten A Kern (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany)
17:25 Effect of Actuation Signal Variation on Single Stroke Volume in Metal Micro Diaphragm Pumps: Thomas Thalhofer (Fraunhofer EMFT, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Microsystems and Solid State Technologies, Germany); Agnes Bußmann (Fraunhofer EMFT, Germany); Claudia Patricia Durasiewicz (Fraunhofer EMFT, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Microsystems and Solid State Technologies, Germany); Oliver Hayden (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
17:35 Adaptive Beams with Integrated Thermal Actuator: Timon Burghardt (University of Stuttgart & Institute for Engineering Design and Industrial Design, Germany); Christian Kelleter, Matthias Bosch, Matthias Bachmann, Hansgeorg Binz, Lucio Blandini and Werner Sobek (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
17:45 Polymorphism of "bending" crystals of the dicarbonyl-o-semiquinonato rhodium complex: Vladimir Cherkasov (G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of RAS, Russia)

Friday, February 19 17:05 - 18:15

D6: Special Session of the DFG Priority Program SPP2206 'KOMMMA'

Room: Track 4

Chair: Manfred Kohl (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany)

17:05 A Consistent View on Cooperative Multistage Electrostatic Actuation: Peter Conrad and Martin Hoffmann (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)
17:15 Bistable Actuators Based on Shape Memory Alloy/ Polymer Composites: Sabrina Curtis, Duygu Dengiz, Prasanth Velvaluri, Lars Bumke and Justin Jetter (Kiel University, Germany); Eckhard Quandt (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany)
17:25 Development of Co-Integrated Shape Memory Actuators for Silicon Micro- and Nanomechanics: Zixiong Li and Gowtham Arivanandhan (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany); Sanaz Rastjoo (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)); Randy Fechner (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany); Lars Bumke and Eckhard Quandt (Kiel University, Germany); Manfred Kohl (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))
17:35 Design Concepts of Multistage Multistable Cooperative Electrostatic Actuation System with Scalable Stroke and Large Force Capability: Hussam Kloub (Furtwangen University, Germany)
17:45 Design and characterization of polymeric domes as biasing elements for dielectric elastomer membrane actuators: Julian Neu and Sipontina Croce (Saarland University, Germany); Jonas Hubertus (University of Applied Sciences of Saarland, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany); Günter Schultes (HTWsaar, ZeMA gGmbH, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany)
17:55 Modeling and simulation of compliant biasing systems for dielectric elastomer membranes based on polymeric domes: Sipontina Croce and Julian Neu (Saarland University, Germany); Jonas Hubertus (University of Applied Sciences of Saarland, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany); Günter Schultes (HTWsaar, ZeMA gGmbH, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany)
18:05 Simulation of Static Pull-in Instability of Hybrid Levitation Micro-actuators: Kirill Poletkin (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany)