Lennart Heib

PhD Student

Ph.D. Advisors: Jun.-Prof. Gianluca Rizzello and Prof. Giacomo Moretti

Address:
c/o ZeMA - Zentrum für Mechatronik und Automatisierungstechnik gGmbH
Eschberger Weg 46, Gewerbepark Gebäude 9
66121 Saarbrücken
Deutschland

Mail: lennart.heib(at)uni-saarland.de 

Telephone: +49 (0)681-302-71363

 

Education

  • 2024 - Master's degree in Systems Engineering, specialization in Sensor-Actuator Systems, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
  • 2021 - Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, specialization in Microsystems Engineering, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

Research

Research Project

  • S3DEG – The next generation of bi-Stable, Smart, and Self-sensing Dielectric Elastomer Generators (DFG Research Grant)

Research Interests

  • Mathematical optimization and optimal control
  • (Explicit) model predictive control
  • Dielectric elastomer generators
  • Self-sensing

Teaching

Teaching Assistant

  • Summer Semester 2025 - Support to the tutorials of ASIM 2

Scientific Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers

  1. M. K. Hoffmann, L. Heib, G. Moretti, G. Rizzello, and K. Flaßkamp, “Optimal operation of dielectric elastomer wave energy converters under harmonic and stochastic excitation,” GAMM Mitteilungen, p. e202300010, May 2023 (DOI: 10.1002/gamm.202300010).

International Conference Proceedings

  1. L. Heib, G. Rizzello, and G. Moretti, “Simulation study of bi-stable sea wave energy harvesters with electrostatic power take-off," in 2025 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2025, pp. 1-7.
  2. L. Heib, G. Moretti, and G. Rizzello, “Maximizing Power Generation of Bi-Stable Electrostatic Energy Harvesters in River Flow Scenarios," in Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXVII, 2025, pp. 1-17.
  3. M. K. Hoffmann, L. Heib, G. Rizzello, G. Moretti, and K. Flaßkamp, “Multi-Objective Model-Predictive Control for Dielectric Elastomer Wave Harvesters," in Proc. of 22th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, 2023, pp. 7802-7807 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.1152).