Siegfried Bauer (15 May 1961 – 30 December 2018) was a German physicist and professor for soft-matter physics at

Johannes Kepler University Linz The Johannes Kepler University Linz (German: ''Johannes Kepler Universität Linz'', short: ''JKU'') is a public institution of higher education in Austria. It is located in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. It offers bachelor's, master's, d ...

, Austria. In 2016, he was elected

Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

(IEEE) ''for contributions to the understanding and application of

electroactive polymer file:EAP-example2.png, (a) Cartoon drawing of an EAP gripping device.(b) A voltage is applied and the EAP fingers deform in order to release the ball.(c) When the voltage is removed, the EAP fingers return to their original shape and grip the ball ...

dielectrics''. In 2018, he was named Fellow of the Society of Photo-Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) "for achievements in plastic electronic devices and soft-matter physics".

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1961 births 2018 deaths Fellow Members of the IEEE Academic staff of Johannes Kepler University Linz {{Austria-engineer-stub