Gerald Gerlach studied at the TU Dresden and finished with a Ph D on „Integrated piezoresistive pressure sensors for small pressure ranges” in 1987. Since 1993 he is professor for Microtechnology at the electrical engineering department of the TU Dresden. He was visiting profossor at the UC in Los Angeles. From 1994-2000 he was Vice Dean and Dean of the EE Department at TU Dresden, respectively. Since 2006, he is associate editor of the IEEE sensors journal. Ulrich Guth was director of the Kurt-Schwabe Institute in Meinsberg from 1999 – 2010. Wolfram Oe?ler studied at the TU Dresden and finished with a Ph D in 1968. From 1963-2003, he was head of the electrochemical sensors and measuring instrumentation department at Meinsberg Kurt-Schwabe research institute. Since 1995, he is private lecturer for physical-chemical measuring technique and corrosion research at TU Dresden and was lecturer on electrochemical sensors at University of Applied Sciences in Mittweida.