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Participants talk at the Space Station Design Workshop
9/2/2024
Reading time: 4 Min.

Space Station Design Workshop 2024

How to live on the Moon in 2050?

The Moon is dusty and bare. Our beloved home planet Earth is around 360,000 km away, the gravitational force is only one-sixth of the Earth's gravity, and there is an absolute absence of air. How do you colonize and cultivate such an environment? 42 talented students and young professionals from 21 countries spent a week tackling this challenge at the Space Station Design Workshop (SSDW) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) at the Ottobrunn Space Campus.

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Studies Research Campus news Community
Ilyasse Taame outside the Sasso San Gottardo in a spacesuit. Extravehicular activities were part of the student space simulation Asclepios IV.
8/28/2024
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Asclepios IV astronaut program

Student space mission underground

What does it feel like to be an astronaut, piloting a lunar rover, moving around in a bulky spacesuit and conducting scientific experiments? Ilyasse Taame joined five students from all over the world to find out: The student crew spent two weeks on a lunar mission. Not in space, however, but deep inside the Gotthard massif range in the Swiss Alps.

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Studies Campus news Community
Portrait of Oleksandra Poquet
8/20/2024
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NewIn: Oleksandra Poquet

Using data to learn better

New technologies have long since made their way into higher education and continuing education. Oleksandra Poquet, Professor of Learning Analytics, explores how learner data can be used to keep developing people throughout their lives. We catch up with her and her research in this episode of "NewIn".

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Teaching Studies Research Artificial Intelligence Community
TUM-Studentin Lucia Dörffel tritt in Paris im Combined-Wettbewerb an, der Speedklettern und Bouldern vereint.
7/31/2024
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Interview with Lucia Dörffel

TUM student competes in Olympic sport climbing

Lucia Dörffel is the first female German sport climber ever to qualify for the Olympic Games. On August 6, the sports student from TUM has her first competition in Paris. We spoke to her shortly beforehand.

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Studies Community
TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann (left) and NTU President Prof. Ho Teck Hua agree on the flagship partnership in Singapore.
7/24/2024
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Global network is growing

TUM and NTU Singapore sign flagship partnership

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU) have set up a flagship partnership. The agreement strengthens TUM's cooperation with NTU and its global network in Southeast Asia.

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President Studies Research Entrepreneurship Quantum Technologies Community
Bild von Helge Stein
7/22/2024
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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
Prof Stephan Krusche is supported in his lectures by chatbot Iris
7/17/2024
Reading time: 3 Min.

AI to assist students

Chatbot Iris offers individual support

How can a chatbot support students in lectures and with assigned exercises? Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the chatbot Iris, which offers computer science students personalized assistance with programming assignments. A study has now confirmed the chatbot’s success: Iris improves the understanding of programming concepts and represents a valuable complement to human tutors.

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Teaching Studies Research Artificial Intelligence
View of the Olympiapark from above.
7/5/2024
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QS Best Student Cities Ranking for studying abroad

Munich rated fourth-best university city in the world

Outstanding quality of life, cosmopolitan environment and excellent job opportunities for graduates: In the latest edition of the QS Best Student Cities Ranking, Munich placed fourth in the world.

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TUM in Rankings Studies Community
People in Raitenhaslach at an Event of the TUM Graduate School.
7/3/2024
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Science & Study Center Raitenhaslach

The place where ideas fly

At the Science & Study Center Raitenhaslach, TUM promotes the creative exchange of students and researchers from all disciplines – a report from a visit to the site.

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Professor Allister Loder
6/26/2024
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NewIn: Allister Loder

“We don’t want to get rid of the car”

As a professor of mobility policy, Allister Loder is studying a topic of great current interest – but one that stirs up strong emotions. In the new issue of NewIn, he explains how an engineer ended up working in the social sciences, what Munich could learn from London, and how he plans to learn more about people’s everyday mobility needs.

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Studies Research Sustainability Mobility Community
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