During the FYSICA 2015 meeting, Casimir pre-PhD student Jacob Bakermans won the SPIN BSc competition. Jacob Bakermans' (UL) presentation was titled "A novel way to control STM-based manipulation: motion tracking and rapid molecular dynamics simulation." The other contestants were Freek Roelofs (Groningen University) and Luuk Vermont (University of Utrecht).

The jury was impressed by all three studies, but ultimately chose Jacob Bakermans as the winner. He received flowers and the prize of 500 euro from SPIN-chairman Peter Bouwmeester and NNV chairman Jan van Ruitenbeek.