~ 7 miles
> 15,000 steps
> 15 flights of stairs
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Day 10 - Technische Universität München
Today was a relaxed day, traveling out to the Technische Universität München for some lectures and lab tours. We visited three groups in Chemistry there. One works on biofuels, examining chemistry related to use of oils from algae and conversion of wood lignin to make liquid fuels. Another group works on electrochemistry, improving batteries and fuel cells. The third group works on polymers, developing processes to use carbon dioxide as a feedstock. The TUM chemistry department is very well-known, with four former nobel prizes and a few other well-know faculty, like Diesel and Erlenmeyer.
Probably the highlight of the day for the students was our visit to the Math department. They have two tube slides from the fourth floor down to the first floor. The students enjoyed playing on these like kids for a while.
Probably the highlight of the day for the students was our visit to the Math department. They have two tube slides from the fourth floor down to the first floor. The students enjoyed playing on these like kids for a while.
Day 9 - BMW Factory and Alps
On Monday we had the morning free. Andi and I took a couple of students on a whirlwind tour of some local churches. We saw seven and got into five of those to look around and take pictures. I later realized there were about four more we could have easily hit.
After lunch we went back out to BMW to go on a plant tour. The automated manufacturing line was truly amazing to see in action. Frames, painting, engines, assembly. It really was a very interesting process and a lot of student expressed their appreciation for this.
This was a short day so we used some of the buffer funds to get tickets to ride out to Garmish in the Alps. After 1.5 hours we were in a quaint little town at the base of the alps. The students were very very excited to be there on such a beautiful afternoon. Sadly, the pictures I took really don't do it justice. It was overwhelming in its beauty. Later, we had some issues getting everyone on the train so Andi took about half on the 8:00 and I followed with the rest of the students at 9:00.
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