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The latest developments at TUM for a more sustainable future: Research findings, technical innovations, degree programs – as well as our commitment at home and in our global network.

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Prof Werner Lang at Sustainability Day 2024
9/10/2024
Reading time: 3 Min.

Global discourse series “One Topic, One Loop“: Werner Lang

Sustainability needs a holistic approach

To conclude our global discourse series "One Topic, One Loop," Werner Lang, Vice President for Sustainable Transformation at the Technical University of Munich, provides an overview of the key takeaways from the contributions.

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Research Sustainability Mobility Community
A nanorobot (orange) in the laboratory of Prof. Berna Özkale Edelmann
9/5/2024
Reading time: 9 Min.

EU funding for projects on medicine, space exploration, software, and biomaterials

Nine ERC Starting Grants awarded to TUM researchers

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded nine additional Starting Grants to researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). This year, the grants highlight the strength of TUM's interdisciplinary research in medicine and health, with six of the funded projects focusing on these areas. In addition to the Starting Grants, an ERC Proof of Concept Grant has also been awarded.

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Research Sustainability Artificial Intelligence
8/23/2024
Reading time: 4 Min.

The federal government gives the green light for the second funding period

Major success for mobility research MCube

The Munich Cluster for the Future of Mobility in Metropolitan Regions (MCube) can continue its innovative research for at least another three years. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has deemed the first phase of the cluster led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) a success. It will fund a second funding period with around 15 million euros. The BMBF announced this based on the recommendation of a high-ranking scientific jury.

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President Research Sustainability Mobility
Sarah Billington, UPS Foundation Professor and Senior Fellow at Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University, on TUM Sustainability Day 2024
8/22/2024
Reading time: 5 Min.

Global discourse series “One Topic, One Loop“: Sarah Billington

Sustainability and inclusivity must go hand in hand

Sarah Billington is the fourth author in our global discourse series “One Topic, One Loop”: She is a Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University and was keynote speaker at the TUM Sustainability Day 2024. She believes that for sustainability activities to be successful, it is essential to have an open-minded faculty and administration.

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Professor Paul Momtaz
8/21/2024
Reading time: 1 Min.

Study establishes link for the first time

More academic freedom leads to more innovation

The innovative strength of a society depends on the level of academic freedom. An international team involving the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now proven this relationship for the first time. The researchers analyzed patent applications and patent citations in a sample from around 160 countries over the 1900–2015 period in relation to indicators used in the Academic Freedom Index. In view of the global decline in academic freedom over the past 10 years, the researchers predict a loss in innovative output.

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Research Sustainability
A row of medium-sized lime trees along a metropolitan canal. It's summer and they cast some shade on the cobblestones and a row of apartment buildings.
8/6/2024
Reading time: 3 Min.

Online tool shows benefits of trees for cities

Planning the urban climate of the future

What a tree needs to grow and how it affects its surroundings varies from species to species. This makes it increasingly important for cities to adapt the urban tree cover to local conditions. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed the online tool CityTree. Cities, municipalities and interested individuals can use it to find out how 12 common tree species are growing in 34 German cities and how they will benefit the local climate in the future.

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Research Sustainability
Bild von Helge Stein
7/22/2024
Reading time: 2 Min.

NewIn: Helge Stein

"Radically accelerate the way we do research"

In this episode of NewIn, we meet Prof. Helge Stein. He develops new materials for catalysis and rechargeable batteries, and aims to connect and accelerate research in the lab using machine learning, artificial intelligence and robotics.

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Teaching Studies Research Sustainability Artificial Intelligence Community
The megawatt charging system was presented with Prof. Markus Lienkamp, the project partners and Minister of Economic Affairs Hubert Aiwanger.
7/19/2024
Reading time: 3 Min.

Major advance for long-distance electric road transport

World’s first megawatt charger for electric trucks

With partners from industry and research institutions, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is to make battery-powered trucks viable for long-distance cargo transport. Megawatt charging represents an important step towards this goal. The first prototypes were presented to the public on Friday at an event on the Plattling Technology Campus with the Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs Hubert Aiwanger in attendance. With the new charging post and truck, it will now be possible for the first time to charge the battery sufficiently for 4.5 hours of operation within the regulatory rest period – with no additional waiting time.

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Research Sustainability Mobility
Graphical representation of the idea of the green ecolopes as habitat for animals, plants and microbes.
7/18/2024
Reading time: 4 Min.

Software tool integrates the needs of animals and plants in building plans

Computer-aided design of green building envelopes

Researchers from the Technical University of Munich hope to transform building envelopes into habitats for animals, plants and microorganisms. Their aim is to develop a software plug-in capable of incorporating the relevant knowledge into the design process.

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Research Sustainability
Christine Nellemann, Dean of Sustainability at the Technical University of Denmark, photographed in a wooded area
7/18/2024
Reading time: 4 Min.

Global discourse series “One Topic, One Loop“: Christine Nellemann

Sustainability is about more than CO2 reduction

The third author in our global “One Topic One Loop” series is Christine Nellemann, Dean for Sustainability, Diversity and International Cooperation at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). In her contribution, she discusses how a university's academic and infrastructural activities can be jointly geared towards greater sustainability.

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