To help explore new opportunities and battle current challenges TUM and IIT Kharagpur founded the Indo-German Collaborative Research Center on Intelligent Transportation Systems in 2018, and have since extended this cooperation to IIT Bombay.

In this podcast we are joined by Ming Huang a senior consultant, intercultural expert and executive trainer who has dedicated much of her career to developing close ties between German and Chinese enterprises, whether they are looking for investment opportunities, internationalizing their businesses or finding partners.

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In this third episode of our TUM Global series, we are joined by Professor Dr. Matteo Maestri, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, where his research group is part of Politecnico’s Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes. We discuss the role chemistry plays in the energy sector, both in the chemical processes of carbon storage and release, and how chemists have intervened historically to progress the production and use of energy in society.

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In this second episode of our TUM Global series, we are joined by the fantastic Dr. Alson Chng, Assistant Faculty Head of Chemistry at TUM Asia - TUM's first international Campus located in Singapore. Together we discuss the pressing topic of food security, and how the city state is at acute risk of disruptions in the global food supply chain. Dr. Chng also offers solutions that are being brought forward by the Singapore Government, and looks ahead to the role TUM Asia hope to play in securing sustainable food for the future through the harnessing of technology and by training the next generation to be leaders in the global food system.

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In the debut episode of our new mini-series "TUM Global" we speak to Professor David Lapola, a research scientist at the Center for Meteorological and Climatic Research Applied to Agriculture of the University of Campinas – UNICAMP in Brazil. A key partner of TUM, we discuss the interdisciplinary and international research project AmazonFACE which Professor Lapola is coordinating to discover what the Amazon forest might look like in fifty or even one hundred years if the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere continues to rise.

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In this episode we speak to Professor Henning Wackerhage, Head of TUM's Professorship for Sport Biology and a passionate Molecular Exercise Physiologist. We discuss the rather fascinating world of fat, its importance to the body in its regular use and also a new area of research that seeks to uncover the hidden thermal properties of brown fats.

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In this episode we dive into the world of sports nutrition. We speak with Helena Engel, a researcher from TUM’s Professorship for Exercise, Nutrition and Health and an active sports nutritionist working within the German Ski Association.

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In this episode we speak to Bahador Keshvari, a researcher at TUM's Professorship for Sport Equipment and Sport Material - and discuss the importance of shoes to competitive sport, and the science behind their constant development.

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In the second episode of "The Competitive Edge" we speak to Dr. Otto Kolbinger, a research associate at TUM’s Chair of Performance Analysis and Sports Informatics. We dive into one of the fastest developing and most controversial areas of sports: Technological Officiating Aids (TOAs). Dr. Kolbinger shares insights from his research on the use of technology in sport to support refereeing and umpiring decisions. We discuss the drivers behind the use of TOAs, their impact on viewer experience and how it might be optimised to better serve competitors and spectators.

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In our debut episode of "The Competitive Edge" we speak to Dr. Vanessa Wergin, a researcher at TUM’s Chair of Sport Psychology and an expert in team psychology and emotional regulation in team sports. Dr. Wergin speaks to us about collective team collapse, a phenomenon within competitive sport that can be perceived as an entire group failing together. We explore the psychology behind this sudden dip in performance within teams, and Dr. Wergin shares insights into how it happens and some tips on how we might be better prepared to combat it.