On Wednesday, Rector Prof Volker Sieber welcomed the delegation to Straubing. Prof Michael Zavrel (Bioprocess Engineering) then introduced the TUMCS. Jaime Bonilla Rios from the School of Engineering and Sciences at the Tec de Monterrey presented information about the Mexican private university, which is attended by around 100,000 young men and women and is one of the best business schools in the world. In addition, other researchers from TUM Campus Straubing and Tec de Monterrey presented their research areas and current projects - including Prof Bastian Blombach (Microbial Biotechnology), Dr Daniel van Opdenbosch (Biogenic Polymers) and Dr Stephanie Krinner (Innovation and Technology Management).
One day later, TUMCS research officer Dr Marina Zapilko opened the exchange and explained funding opportunities for scientific projects, before Prof Sebastian Goerg (Economics) introduced Erasmus Mundus and went into more detail about the cooperation in the Global Bioeconomy Alliance (GBA). The aim of the alliance - to which the TUMCS and, more recently, the Tec de Monterrey belong - is to discuss the most important topics of a bio-based industry in research and teaching at a global level and to develop and implement joint initiatives to promote the bioeconomy. Later in the day, climate protection manager Jonathan Bauer provided information about TUM's sustainability strategy.
On Friday, the visit concluded with a visit to the NAWAREUM hands-on museum. Prior to this, Olivia Chia-Leeson from TUMCS provided information on the topic of student mobility.
The participants agreed that the visit was characterised by great mutual interest and offered potential opportunities for cooperation.
