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At TUM we are shaping the sustainable mobility of the future. Autonomous driving, air taxis and new means of transportation such as the Hyperloop are already reality for us. Our intelligent concepts for traffic and transport planning make urban and rural areas more liveable and attractive.

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Professor Tina Seidel in a seminar that prepares students for their careers with digital technologies.
5/30/2025
Reading time: 3 Min.

DFG funds research on education and mobility

Two new Collaborative Research Centers at TUM

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding two new Collaborative Research Centers (CRC) in which the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is significantly participating. The researchers will develop new data-supported methods for mobility planning and investigate how students can be prepared for complex professional activities using simulations.

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Teaching Research Mobility Artificial Intelligence
Professor Sebastian Pfotenhauer
5/26/2025
Reading time: 7 Min.

New Cluster of Excellence TransforM

“Studying socio-technical shocks in real time”

The Cluster of Excellence TransforM aims to find new ways of conducting research into how transformative technologies shape societal change. In this interview, TransforM spokesperson Prof. Sebastian Pfotenhauer explains why it is essential for social and engineering sciences to face highly speculative questions, discusses how the public can be involved, and how a cluster of this kind could have enabled a different response to the covid pandemic.

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Successful together: representatives of the 12 project partners of the ATLAS-L4 project at the final event in Penzing with Ernst Stöckl-Pukall, Head of the ‘Digitalisation and Industry 4.0’ department at the Federal Ministry of Economics (front row, second from right).
5/9/2025
Reading time: 1 Min.

ATLAS-L4 funding project draws a successful balance sheet

Goal achieved: the driverless truck on the road becomes reality

After three years, the twelve project partners from industry, science, software development and infrastructure have successfully completed the ATLAS-L4 research and development project (automated transport between logistics centres on level 4 motorways): The autonomous truck in road transport became a reality thanks to the work of around 150 engineers! MAN Truck & Bus, Knorr-Bremse, LEONI, Bosch, FERNRIDE, BTC Embedded Systems, Fraunhofer AISEC, Technical University of Munich, Technical University of Braunschweig, TÜV SÜD, Autobahn GmbH and the Würzburg Institute of Transport Sciences (WIVW GmbH) have joined forces for this project.

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Research Sustainability Mobility Artificial Intelligence
Das TUM Boring Team freut sich über den erfolgreichen Wettkampf und präsentiert den Bohrkopf
4/7/2025
Reading time: 2 Min.

Third victory for tunnel boring team

TUM Boring wins tunnel boring competition and sets new record

Third participation in the competition, third victory: the student tunnel boring team TUM Boring wins again at the international "Not-A-Boring Competition" in the USA. During the seven-day competition, the team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) set a new length record of 22.5 meters and ultimately took the overall victory.

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President Studies Campus news Mobility
3/27/2025
Reading time: 1 Min.

Expanding collaboration between science and industry

Boeing new member of the TUM Industry Engagement Program

The aerospace company Boeing is a new member of the TUM Industry Engagement Program (IEP). This platform offers industrial companies direct access to the unique European ecosystem of the Technical University of Munich (TUM). It aims to identify common interests between researchers and companies, develop promising fields of innovation, and promote talent. In addition, TUM and Boeing have extended their research framework agreement.

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Leihfahrradstation an Busbahnhof
2/7/2025
Reading time: 2 Min.

MCube's five-point scientific plan for the future of mobility

Call for fundamental change in German mobility policy

MCube, Germany's largest mobility research cluster, calls for a fundamental change in mobility policy. MCube Co-Director Prof. Sebastian Pfotenhauer, Professor of Innovation Research at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), warns: "Germany is currently at a crossroads in many areas - including mobility policy. While other countries are pushing innovative concepts to reconcile economic growth, climate protection, and social justice, Germany is missing out on many opportunities to consciously set the tone and position itself as a leading global region. This is incomprehensible, especially regarding a key issue such as mobility."

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Research Sustainability Mobility Public Engagement
Street view in Singapore with cars and buildings.
1/21/2025
Reading time: 4 Min.

Planning traffic in cities with precise models

Smart simulations for urban mobility

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a simulation tool to create detailed models of everything from traffic junctions to entire cities, in order to answer various mobility questions.

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Sustainability Mobility
Angela Dai, Professor of 3D Artificial Intelligence
12/19/2024
Reading time: 2 Min.

8,000 open source models for sustainable mobility

More efficient car designs with AI

Designing new cars is expensive and time consuming. As a result, manufacturers tend to make only minor changes from one model generation to the next. With DriverAerNet++, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have now developed the largest open-source database for aerodynamic car design. More than 8000 models representing the most common vehicle types will make it possible to create more efficient designs with the aid of artificial intelligence. The goal is to make development processes more cost-effective while improving fuel efficiency and making advances in electric vehicles.

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Research Sustainability Mobility Artificial Intelligence
Two researchers install ultrasonic sensors on the underside of the Gänstor Bridge between Ulm and Neu-Ulm
11/21/2024
Reading time: 4 Min.

New test method for reinforced concrete

Safe bridges thanks to new ultrasonic method

Reinforced concrete is an indispensable construction material for buildings, bridges and other structures. However, testing this material for its condition and safety can be quite challenging. A research group involving the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is currently developing a new, highly sensitive method for monitoring the condition of concrete structures. New sensors and computer-aided calculation models will make it possible for the first time to precisely inspect structures and localize the exact location of damage.

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Laura Drexler (left) and Benjamin Wittmann from the Impetus student team are developing a sailing boat that is as sustainable as possible.
11/4/2024
Reading time: 5 Min.

Student club Impetus

With the wind at their backs

Lightweight, fast and built as sustainable as possible: This is the profile of a racing sailboat designed and built by a group of TUM students. Their objective: Winning a university sailing cup in the Adriatic Sea off the Italian coast.

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