Collaborative Research Centre: Participation of Sustainable Energy Materials: “Iron, Reinvented!” Enters Second Funding Phase
The Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) “Iron, Reinvented!” will be extended into a second funding phase from summer 2026 until the end of 2029, following the success of its research activities. This continuation underscores the significance of…
NewIn: Stefan Gold: The hidden cost of production
More and more, faster and faster, ever more interconnected – this way of producing goods comes at a high social cost. In a new episode of NewIn, management scholar Stefan Gold talks about how companies can make their supply chains more sustainable…
Closed-Loop-Recycling: Improving plastics recycling from end-of-life vehicles
Each year, four to six million cars are scrapped in the EU—resulting in the loss of ressources. The EU End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation is intended to ensure that these materials are recovered and reused in new vehicles in the future. Researchers at…
Moonshot Innovations: Exploring High-impact ideas with TransforM Futures
On the 8th May, the TransforM Community and guest gathered for a discussion on „Moonshot Innovations“ at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. The event brought experts from venture capital, funding and academia together to explore…
Students Develop Solutions to Combat Urban Heat
Summer in the city no longer signifies only sunshine and leisure, but increasingly also extreme heat events. In urban environments, temperatures can be up to 10 °C higher than in surrounding rural areas, with serious consequences for public health…
TUM Sustainability Day: Strong Presence of TUMCS
This year’s TUM Sustainability Day impressively demonstrated how deeply sustainability topics have become embedded at the Technical University of Munich—and the TUM Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability (TUMCS) played a particularly…
ODM workshop brings together researchers from across Bavaria to discuss current challenges in optimization: Friday@Noon 2026 at TUM Campus Straubing
On May 8, 2026, this year’s Friday@Noon 2026 – Bavarian Workshop on Optimization took place at TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS). Organized by the Professorship of Optimization and Sustainable Decision Making at the Technical University of Munich (TUM),…
Fruitful exchange between companies and students
This year’s TUM Sustainability Career Day once again brought together students, graduates, and companies at the TUM Campus Straubing to exchange ideas on career opportunities in sustainability, bioeconomy, and technology. The event offered…