Other locations in Bavaria

Obernach

There is hardly a field of constructive hydraulic engineering or water supply management that does not depend on research and further development in Obernach on Lake Walchensee. The Institute of Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering Obernach bears the proud name of The Oskar von Miller Institute after its founder (established in 1926) and was annexed to the TU München in 1962. Nowadays, the main focus is on issues connected with neo-natural river construction, protection against flooding, utilisation of water power and dam safety. From the very outset, the institute has been equipped with exceptional means of physical modelling for solving such matters, increasingly supported by mathematical models.

Wettzell

With the Fundamental Station Wettzell Wettzell in the Bavarian Forest, the TUM has an internationally recognised geodetic observatory at its disposal. This station unites a range of complementary, supervisory measuring systems for high-precision, global geodesy. Since 1983, the Fundamental Station has been run jointly by the Facility for Space Geodesy (FESG), an independent operative unit belonging to the TUM's Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy, and the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG).

Straubing

The Competence Centre for Renewable Raw Materials, Straubing was set up with the aid of funds from the "Offensive for the Future of Bavaria" (Offensive Zukunft Bayern). The Gäuboden area provides the ideal conditions for this institution, because the region is predominantly agricultural. The Competence Centre consists of three institutes, the Straubing Centre of Food and Life Science (WZS), the Technology and Support Centre (TFZ) and CARMEN e.V. These three bases cover the entire spectrum from fundamental research to applied and practical science, as well as professional counselling for companies and entrepreneurs in the renewable resources sector.

Trostberg

The TUM ventured into uncharted territory when it created the Degussa Foundation professorship for Construction Chemistry in 2001. In Trostberg in the south of Bavaria, a hub for industrial construction chemistry, it has created additional employment opportunities and a technology centre: Degussa AG opened its new, international competence centre for construction chemistry in 2002. This is where the industrial research and development activities in the field of construction chemistry are coordinated and scientific know-how is pooled. In particular, however, the technology centre serves to promote the development of key technologies in the construction chemistry sector.

Iffeldorf

TUM's Limnological Station on Lake Ostersee is a research centre of national importance. The lakes are an ideal operative field for limnological research. It is here that hydrochemical and hydrographic measurements are conducted, the boundaries of the lakes are mapped and molecular biological investigations are carried out. The scientists work hand-in-hand with climatologists, vegetation researchers, landscape planners, soil scientists, hydrologists, hydrochemists, hydraulics engineers and waste water experts.

Augsburg

The Production Technology Application Centre Augsburg , which is part of the Garching Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management (iwb), belonging to the TUM, a research institute geared to the needs of small to medium-sized companies in Bavaria and Swabia, was set up to partner local industry. With their four business sectors "Corporate Organisation", "Rapid Manufacturing", "Automation" and "Simulation", Augsburg's iwb engineers provide a fast, unbureaucratic technology transfer, which gives manufacturing plants an advantage over rival firms.