Technology of Biogenic Resources

Biogenic raw materials contribute in many ways to a sustainable supply of energy and raw materials. In order to implement the structural change within the framework of the raw material change and the bioeconomy towards a sustainable energy and material economy, engineers and scientists are needed, the TUM - Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability

Biogenic raw materials include renewable raw materials (i.e. agricultural and forestry raw materials of plant origin) as well as raw materials of animal origin that can be used outside of the nutritional area (food and animal feed) for materials or energy. In the context of the course, the term includes both specifically cultivated raw materials and biogenic waste, in particular by-products of agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry as well as agro-industrial production. Biogenic raw materials contribute in many ways to a sustainable supply of energy and raw materials. Environmental problems such as increasing amounts of waste and the overexploitation of fossil resources, which ultimately leads to climate change, are decisive arguments for the increased use of biogenic raw materials.

Biogenic raw materials play a key role not only in the provision of energy, but also in the provision of raw materials. The ideal of the bioeconomy requires a circular economy, which in many branches of materials management (chemistry, paper, wood and other building materials, textiles, raw materials for the processing industry, ...) is based on biogenic raw materials without alternative.

The importance of biogenic raw materials in the areas of energy and materials management is already beyond question and will continue to increase as society increasingly takes up sustainability and climate protection. Engineers and scientists who know both the complex structure of biogenic raw materials and the basics of energy and process engineering are needed to implement the structural change designed by politicians and bioeconomists to create a sustainable energy and material economy. Only in this way can the potential of biogenic raw materials be used to the greatest possible extent.

The Technology of Biogenic Raw Materials course aims to train these engineers and scientists. Through a combination of interdisciplinary skills and specialist knowledge in the fields of agricultural engineering, plant biology, chemistry, as well as energy and process engineering, you will be well prepared to convert our technologies in research and business to a sustainable basis.