Info for Applicants
Students interested in working at APS, for either an open position or a Thesis/Internship, are cordially invited to send an email to
Jun.-Prof. Rizzello at gianluca.rizzello(at)imsl.uni-saarland.de.
Bachelor's/Master's Thesis and Internship Projects
The students interested in the field of smart-material based continuum/soft robotics can work at APS in one or more of the following areas:
- Development and design of novel concepts of smart matetrial robotic systems
- Motion control of smart material robotic systems
- Self-sensing peception of smart material robotic systems
The students interested in the field of smart-material systems control can work at APS in one or more of the following areas:
- Motion control algorithms for hysteresis compensation in smart material actuators
- Energy-based control methods for smart material actuators
- Optimal control of smart material actuators
- Data-based control methods for smart material actuators
- Implementation of real-time architectures for motion control systems
The students interested in the field of smart material modeling can work at APS in one or more of the following areas:
- Modeling and experimental validation of ionic electro-active polymer actuators (IPMC)
- Modeling and experimental validation of dielectric fluid based actuators (HASEL)
The students interested in the field of smart-material systems self-sensing can work at APS in one or more of the following areas:
- New self-sensing concepts for real-time position estimation of DE actuators
- New self-sensing concepts for real-time position estimation of SMA actuators
- Sensorless motion control architectures
The students interested in the field of energy harvesting can work at APS in one or more of the following areas:
- Development of energy harvesting concepts based on DE transducers
- Development of experimental setups for validation of DE energy harvesting concepts
- Harvesting cycle control optimization