TUMCREATE Showcases Research at CREATE Symposium 2024 with Focus on Decarbonisation

01.08.2024

 

Researchers from TUMCREATE had a showcase at the annual Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) Symposium organised by the National Research Foundation (NRF) Singapore on July 24, 2024. 

This year’s theme is centred on “Decarbonisation”, and it was an excellent platform for cross-learning and networking with invited guests, the local and international research community. 

During the welcome address at the symposium, Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, Guest of Honour and Permanent Secretary for National Research and Development, announced a new CREATE Thematic Programme in Decarbonisation. This initiative will include leading experts from National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), CREATE partners, as well as other top international investigators. 

TUMCREATE, the multidisciplinary research platform of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is collaborating with NTU on one of the nine research projects. 

The symposium featured talks from many experts including Professor Harald Klein, TUM Chair of Plant and Process Technology, co-Principal Investigator at TUMCREATE and lecturer at TUM Asia. He gave insights on “Carbon Capture in the Context of Power Generation and Blue Hydrogen”. 

Professor Richard Lester from Massachusetts Institute of Technology also shared about “Research Universities and the Climate Challenge: Science and Solutions for Life in a Changing World,” while Professor Toshiro Fujimori from Tohoku University dived into “Technology Development through Industry-Academia Collaboration in Japan toward Carbon Neutralisation.”

 

“The symposium gave an excellent overview of TUMCREATE’s activities regarding Singapore’s strong motivation towards non-fossil fuel-based routes. I was also impressed with the quality of the presented posters. I’m looking forward to participating in NRF’s future decarbonisation programmes, and to bring in ideas from our Munich hydrogen research activities to TUMCREATE,” Professor Klein said. 

It was a great pleasure for Proteins4Singapore (P4SG) researchers at TUMCREATE to share with Professor Tan about their comprehensive approach contributing to Singapore’s 30 by 30 goal, spanning across raw material cultivation up to processing a product fit for consumption.  

P4SG aims to provide highly nutritive, savoury, and functional protein-based foods by developing an indoor cultivation of alternative protein sources as well as innovative extraction methods in line with novel reverse food engineering approaches. 

Besides sharing project insights and research capabilities, the gathering allows researchers to address research challenges and potentially develop groundbreaking solutions. 

“The CREATE Symposium was an amazing and inspiring event! I had the chance to meet worldwide leading experts in food science and discuss how we can help to create healthy and high-quality food for the future within our Proteins4Singapore project. Especially how molecular sensory science can help to make it tasty,” Professor Corrina Dawid, TUM Chair of Food Chemistry and Molecular Sensory Science and Principal Investigator at TUMCREATE said. 

Engaging discussions took place during the poster presentations by our Energy and Power Systems Group (EPSG) on Singapore’s Pathway to Carbon Neutrality, LightSPAN on environmental light exposure among older adults in Singapore, Proteins4Singapore on alternative food systems, and many more. 

We look forward to closer collaborations within the CREATE ecosystem. 

Read more about Singapore’s funding into decarbonisation research projects on The Straits Times here.