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Think.Make.Start.

Course 0000000509 in WS 2018/9

General Data

Course Type practical training
Semester Weekly Hours 4 SWS
Organisational Unit Chair of Product Development and Lightweight Design (Prof. Zimmermann)
Lecturers Kasimir Forth
Daniel Obermeier
Responsible/Coordination: Markus Zimmermann
Dates 22 dates in groups

Further Information

Courses are together with exams the building blocks for modules. Please keep in mind that information on the contents, learning outcomes and, especially examination conditions are given on the module level only – see section "Assignment to Modules" above.

additional remarks The faculties of architecture, electrical engineering, information technology, computer science, mechanical engineering and economics are organizing a practice-oriented, interdisciplinary and competitive teaching format in cooperation with the UnternehmerTUM: Think.Make.Start. Do you want to "hack" the latest technologies and develop new unique products to solve relevant problems? Think.Make.Start. is a course that offers you the necessary infrastructure, appropriate support and like-minded students to implement YOUR idea in an interdisciplinary team! Together with other motivated master students, you will develop innovative products in just 10 days. Students of ALL faculties can participate. THINK. In the first days you will get together in interdisciplinary teams from various disciplines, which will be supervised by experienced mentors. You identify problems, try to verify them through interviews or data and develop first solutions. Experts from industry and science support you with the necessary knowledge. In short input sessions you will learn agile approaches and methodological basics for the successful development of mechatronic products before they are applied in a team to the current phase of the development process. MAKE. The focus of the internship is the iterative realization of ideas in the form of various prototypes. The iterative prototype approach is supported by broad expertise with numerous technologies and the mechatronic development approach TAF Agile Framework. You will also have access to fully equipped workshops (main campus: Technical Centre + Digital Design Lab, Garching: MakerSpace +[x]Bio.Kitchen). START. Finally, you will learn basic aspects of business design to develop and present a suitable business concept for the product idea. On the last day, the DemoDay, all teams present their projects to a jury and present the prototypically implemented product ideas to guests from industry, the start-up scene and research. The number of participants is limited. An application procedure takes place.
Links E-Learning course (e. g. Moodle)
interactive examples
Current information
TUMonline entry

Equivalent Courses (e. g. in other semesters)

SemesterTitleLecturersDates
WS 2024/5 Think.Make.Start. Amm, M. Baur, C. Bien, S. Büchner, B. Hohnbaum, K. … (total 7)
Responsible/Coordination: Zimmermann, M.
Fri, 08:00–18:00, ERI 0001
SS 2024 Think.Make.Start. Amm, M. Baur, C. Bielski, J. Bien, S. Büchner, B. … (total 10)
Responsible/Coordination: Zimmermann, M.
Fri, 08:00–18:00, ERI 0001
WS 2023/4 Think.Make.Start. Büchner, B. Hohnbaum, K. McTeague, C. Reif, M. Tong, Y.
Responsible/Coordination: Zimmermann, M.
Fri, 09:00–18:00, ERI 0001
SS 2023 Think.Make.Start. Bandle, M. Bien, S. Büchner, B. Hohnbaum, K. Martins Pacheco, N. … (total 8)
Responsible/Coordination: Zimmermann, M.
Fri, 09:00–18:00, ERI 0001
WS 2022/3 Think.Make.Start. Bandle, M. Baur, C. Büchner, B. Hohnbaum, K. Martins Pacheco, N. … (total 9)
Responsible/Coordination: Zimmermann, M.
singular or moved dates
SS 2022 Think.Make.Start. Bandle, M. Baur, C. Martins Pacheco, N. Reif, M. Schmid, F. … (total 6)
Responsible/Coordination: Zimmermann, M.
singular or moved dates
WS 2021/2 Think.Make.Start. Bandle, M. Baur, C. Martins Pacheco, N. Reif, M. Thies, A.
Responsible/Coordination: Zimmermann, M.
Wed, 09:00–18:00, ERI 0001
and singular or moved dates
SS 2021 Think.Make.Start. Bandle, M. Baur, C. Martins Pacheco, N. Reif, M. Thies, A.
Responsible/Coordination: Zimmermann, M.
Wed, 09:00–18:00, ERI 0001
and singular or moved dates
WS 2020/1 Think.Make.Start. Bandle, M. Baur, C. Martins Pacheco, N. Reif, M. Thies, A.
Responsible/Coordination: Zimmermann, M.
Wed, 09:00–18:00, ERI 0001
and singular or moved dates
WS 2019/20 Think.Make.Start. Bandle, M. Martins Pacheco, N.
Responsible/Coordination: Zimmermann, M.
Wed, 09:00–18:00
and singular or moved dates
SS 2019 Think.Make.Start. Bandle, M.
Assistants: Hostettler, R.
Thu, 09:00–18:00, ERI 0004
and singular or moved dates
SS 2018 Think.Make.Start.
WS 2017/8 Think.Make.Start.
SS 2017 Think.Make.Start. Wed, 09:00–18:00
Thu, 09:00–18:00
WS 2016/7 Think.Make.Start.
SS 2016 Think.Make.Start.
WS 2015/6 Think.Make.Start.
SS 2015 Think.Make.Start.
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