Entdecken. Checken. Wissen.
Open House at the Garching Research Campus
The public are invited to look over the shoulders of campus scientists and staff as they go about their work. Facilities open for tours will include the Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRMII) and the ASDEX Upgrade large-scale nuclear fusion experiment at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics.
Several stations will offer insights into quantum technology. Visitors will also have access to one of the first quantum computers and the SuperMUC-NG supercomputer in the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre. The Walther-Meißner-Institut will open its quantum computing labs, demonstrate various quantum phenomena and reveal the potential of this forward-looking technology. Another highlight is the foundry engineering display by TUM and the on-campus Fraunhofer Institute, where visitors can watch the glowing, liquid metals being poured and even slip into the spacesuit-like protective clothing themselves to find out how it feels to fill moulds with molten tin.
Make-and-do stations
The event will offer a wide range of activities and resources for curious participants to try out experiments and make things. This will include hands-on mathematics in the ix-Quadrat exhibition and the iTüpferl research workshop to promote girl power in IT. The “Code of the Universe” photographic journey, presented by the Max Planck Institute for Physics, features 40 large-format images that decode the secrets of the universe. X-rays, neuroelectronics, electricity, microscopy and more: the Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering at TUM will offer lab tours, hands-on experiments and a science show.
A live stream from the European Southern Observatory in Chile will let visitors watch astronomers at work. Meanwhile, the EDGAR experimental vehicle will drive laps around the campus to exhibit the latest possibilities in the field of autonomous driving.
A ringside seat for the Science Slam and experimental lectures
The event will include entertaining talks on experimental physics and chemistry for a general audience as well as a public lecture by Nobel laureate Prof. Reinhard Genzel. For thrills and suspense, visitors can watch the Science Slams, where researchers go head to head with short and lively presentations, followed by an audience vote.
Booths situated across the campus will also offer information on degree programs, current projects and research. For example, representatives of the Munich excellence clusters e-conversion, MCQST, SyNergy and ORIGINS will answer exciting questions about the energy supply of the future and the origins of life.
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