It was first held in 1996 in Iasi-Romania and since then has continued every two years in Sheffield-UK, Dresden-Germany, Athens-Greece, Cardiff-UK and Bilbao-Spain (www.ehu.es/emsa/). The aim of the conference is to give an overview of research in magnetic sensors and actuators, to recognise their relevance in modern industry and to identify future issues. EMSA 2008 will provide an excellent opportunity to bring together scientists and engineers from universities, research institutes and industries to present and discuss their most recent results covering both fundamental and applied aspects of magnetic sensors and actuators.

 

Conference topics
A. Magnetic materials for sensors and actuators including new materials, materials development, new phenomena...

B. Magnetic sensors including flux gate sensors, Hall and semiconducting sensors, magnetoresistive and giant magnetoresistance sensors, magnetoimpedance sensors, magnetoelastic sensors, magnetooptical sensors, SQUIDs and cooled magnetic sensors, hybrid and others...

C. Magnetic actuators including electromagnetic actuators
(C1) : linear and rotating actuators, multidimensional actuators.
(C2) : magnetoelastic actuators, ferromagnetic shape memory alloy based actuators, magneto-rheologic, electromagnetic actuators...

D. Simulation, design and implementation of magnetic sensors and actuators including theory, computation, modeling, bearings and magnetic suspension, sensor associations, active control interfacing, electronic signal processing, system integration, packaging...

E. Applications including industrial production, automotive and transport, electronic surveillance and security, biology and medical applications, non destructive testing and evaluation, space applications, geomagnetism...