A new study published today in Nature Energy, Effects of technology complexity on the emergence and evolution of wind industry manufacturing locations along global value chains, examines the relationship between characteristics of wind turbine technology and the manufacturing location for various components of the turbine—from high-complexity components, such as blades and gearboxes, to low-complexity components, such as towers and generators.
Prof Rubén Costa, head of the chair Biogenic Functional Materials at TUM Campus Straubing, is editor of the special issue in Advanced Functional Materials to celebrate the 25th year of the LEC technology.
Students at the TUM School of Management have coped quite well with the switch to digital learning formats for this past summer semester. How about our professors? How have they adapted to online teaching? What particular challenges came with the transition to online tools, and how did their lectures differ from their regular lectures on-site? We asked some of our professors at TUM School of Management.
After six rounds of this year’s Supply Chain Business Game, the 2020 champion was decided. Team “Saftladen”, consisting of Magdalena Huber, Polina Ivanova, Emilia Wengorz und Enrico Kaschak finished with the highest ROI of 10.89 and lead their own Orange Juice Production Company to a successful operational turnaround.
How can we succeed in realising a global sustainability strategy that will protect life on our planet? Anyone dealing with this topic must develop an understanding for the situation of other people and cultures and their respective problems. Young people and young scientists can learn this empathy, for example, in simulations that deal with the work of the United Nations (UN).
