Stefan Seelecke received a Ph.D. in engineering science from Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany, in 1995. After his habilitation in 1999, he joined the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, in 2001. He is currently a full professor of systems engineering and materials science and engineering at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany, where he directs the Intelligent Material Systems Lab. His research interests include the development of smart materials-based actuator and sensor systems, in particular (magnetic) shape memory alloys, piezoelectrics, and electroactive polymers.