This week, a cohort of our Master students visited the Lidl warehouse in Straubing, a hub managing logistics for 81 stores and offering nearly the complete range of products. The visit gave us detailed insights into the in- and outbound processes and order picking, providing a firsthand understanding of its operational challenges.

The TUM Campus Straubing is international! Following the success of the TUMCS International Day, another cultural event highlighted the campus’ diversity. On Friday, 10 November 2023, the Diwali fest was celebrated on campus. Diwali, the festival of lights, is the most significant holiday for Hindus, similar to how Christmas is celebrated in Western cultures.

What are food producers doing to keep shelves full despite rising energy and capital costs? What makes food logistics more difficult? These and other questions were discussed by food producers and over 150 students and researchers from seven universities in an online workshop.

Pallabi Bhuyan, Postdoc at Prof Marc Ledendecker’s Professorship of Sustainable Energy Materials, is one of the first people at TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS) to receive a Humboldt Fellowship. In this interview, Pallabi talks about the fellowship, another award she received in India and her research here in Straubing.

The TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS) for Biotechnology and Sustainability said farewell to its graduates in a ceremony on Friday. More than 90 Bachelor’s and Master’s students received a certificate and a sustainable mini city tower as a small gift from the hands of Rector Prof. Volker Sieber, Vice-Rector Prof. Anja Faße and Dean of Studies Prof. Cordt Zollfrank.

On Monday, 23 October 2023, the Straubing Sustainability Talks will take place for the first time at the TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS) – a new joint format of the Hochschulstadt Straubing e.V. and the TUM Campus. The central topic of the colloquium is dealing with CO2 and what mankind can do to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Exciting news for TUMCS and the Chair of Biogenic Functional Materials of Prof. Rubén Costa: The scientists Sara Ferrara and Luca Cavinato have won the prestigious Young Research Award of the European Material Research Society. This is the second time for Luca, while Sara was selected as the best PhD Thesis 2023 in the international competition.

Award for Josef Eiglsperger: The doctoral student at the Professorship of Bioinformatics (Prof. Dominik Grimm) at Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences (HSWT) at TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS) received the “Outstanding Poster Award” for his poster and presentation at the Machine Learning Research School (MLRS) in Bangkok. The Research Summer School ran from 02.08. to 09.08.2023 and took place at the Digital Economy Promotion Agency.

On Friday, 11.08.23 the first edition of the Straubinger Sustainability Symposium was held. Over 30 participants from all over Germany met to present and discuss their research. As the title suggests, all topics were focused on the different dimensions of sustainability.

Prevo, a Foodtech startup hailing from TUM campus Straubing and specializing in sustainable food systems, achieved significant milestones during the highly anticipated TUM entrepreneurship day on June 29th. The company was honored with the esteemed startup booster grant of 45,000 euros.