On Air - Actually Rocket Science

Will we ever see autonomous drone delivery systems in every day life? What are neural networks and how does model predictive control work? Are scientist responsible for misuse of their research? How can you relax during summer?

Check out the second part of our sixth Episode of "ON AIR - Actually Rocket Science" and find our what Prof. Markus Ryll thinks about these questions.

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00:00 Introduction

00:35 Drone delivery 2

09:02 How a drone senses its environment

13:13 How drone flies autonomously

15:15 Neural networks and drones

17:51 Model predictive control

25:58 Academia forever?

27:13 Future of his research

29:00 Misuse of autonomous drones

31:31 Alternative career paths

32:28 Achievement he's most proud of

35:04 Relaxing in summer

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Check out the website of the Professorship of Autonomous Aerial Systems:

https://www.asg.ed.tum.de/en/aas/startseite/

Find Markus Ryll on YouTube: @MarkusRyll  

When will deliveries be performed by drones? What are the application fields of UAVs? How to ensure safe and reliable autonomous multirotor flight? Find out why working with quadrotors is so interesting and offers many benefits in this Podcast episode with Prof. Markus Ryll.

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00:00 Introduction

00:58 This or that

01:51 Career & Education

06:38 What are Drones?

07:40 Why Quadrotors?

11:40 Crashing UAVs

14:43 Interaction with other Chairs

16:48 Research Process

19:34 Safety and Redundancy and Certification I

21:40 Marius 60s of university politics

22:39 Safety and Redundancy and Certification II

25:24 Applications of Multirotor Autonomous Flight

27:07 Future of UAVs

29:59 Aerial Physical Interaction

Discover the world of Geodesy as we chat with Prof. Christoph Holst from the Chair of Engineering Geodesy. Learn about monitoring landslides and the future capabilities of laser scanning technology. Geodetic applications accompany us in our everyday life but many people barely notice. Find out where Geodesy can be applied to help us understand planet Earth better.

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Welcome to this podcast by the Student Council of Aerospace & Geodesy. We are students at the Technical University of Munich excited to meet experts from our study fields and have fascinating talks with them.

We especially invite our guests to share their experience and knowledge with you. As your student representatives, we are keen to answer your questions.

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00:00 Introduction

01:20 This or that

01:56 Why geodesy

03:57 What is geodesy

05:59 Freelancing

08:00 DVW

09:50 Sensor systems

17:50 Applying sensor systems

24:03 Laser scanner vs. total station

26:01 Marius 60s of university politics

27:04 Green Bank Observatory

30:01 Geodesy for sustainable agriculture

32:07 Future of laser scanning

34:40 Message to students

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Check out the website of the Chair of Engineering Geodesy:

www.asg.ed.tum.de/gds

Find Prof. Christoph Holst on YouTube: @holstsgeodesy7675  

What does launching on a space shuttle feel like? Will Europe stay a competitive part in the launcher market? Should humans venture out to other planets? What impact do conflicts on earth have in space? These are only some of the questions we discussed with astronaut Professor Ulrich Walter.

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00:00 Introduction & "this or that"

01:51 Motivation and preparation his mission

04:00 Risk in space exploration

09:44 Launching into space

12:12 A new perspective of our planet Earth

15:22 Experiments on his flight

17:28 Remembering his mission

18:40 Teaching and science communication

22:47 Research at TUM

24:55 Marius 60s of university politics

26:14 Humans to Mars

35:15 SpaceX's Starship and its impact

37:22 Private vs. public space transportation

45:07 Space tourism

49:00 Politics and astronautics

53:29 Philisophical questions

58:14 Message to the students

How does ChatGPT work and can you cheat with it? How do we handle big data? What data can be shared securely? If you are interested in the answers to these questions, you will definitely enjoy our talk with Prof. Dr. Martin Werner!

00:00 Introduction & "this or that”

 01:28 Career choices

04:52 Importance of teaching

06:51 ChatGPT

16:58 Artificial intelligence

21:05 Marius 60s of university politics

22:13 Big geospatial data management

37:30 Data ethics & security

45:25 Message to students

How do rocket engines work? How can you ignite them? How is the space industry changing?

Those are only some of the questions we talked to Prof. Dr. -Ing. Chiara Manfletti about.

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00:00:00 Introduction & "this or that"

00:02:11 Career choices

00:06:20 Laser ignition & engine testing

00:16:37 Research vs. Management

00:18:26 Importance of gender/age

00:21:40 Politics in aerospace

00:23:20 Marius' 60s of university politics

00:24:30 Back to academia

00:26:37 Basics of rocket propulsion

00:39:16 SCRAM & RAM engines

00:43:28 Efficiency of rocket engines

00:45:47 Reusablity of launchers & green space flight

00:50:27 Neuraspace

00:53:57 Future of the space industry

00:58:54 Student questions

1:04:18 Message to the students

What will the next airliners look like? How can we improve the development of new aircraft? What should be the next step after your master in aerospace?

Those are only some of the questions we talked to Prof. Dr.Ing. Fernaß Daoud about.

Stay tuned for the first episode!