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Projects
Hands-on ML/CV, hardware, drones and humanitarian tech, built by small student teams.
[ student tech club · TUM · Munich ]
def milch(tech):
A TUM student tech club: projects, hackathons, speakers, and a bridge to the Munich and Ukrainian tech and defence-tech ecosystems.
what we do
Build, compete, debate, connect.
Four things we do, starting with our first semester.
- 02
Hackathons
We send teams to hackathons, for example defence-tech hackathons, and plan our own mini-hackathon.
- 03
Talks & debates
The def milch(tech): talks series with founders, engineers and researchers.
- 04
Network
A bridge between TUM students, Munich startups and the Ukrainian tech and defence-tech ecosystem.
projects
Project ideas
Engineering problems with a humanitarian edge. These are ideas and early research, not finished products.
- P-01Idea
Predicting landmine risk from 3D terrain scans
An ML model estimates the probability that an area is mined from a drone 3D scan plus geodata, to prioritise humanitarian demining.
- ML/CV
- Drones
- Humanitarian
- P-02Idea
Soldier health monitoring
Multi-sensor gear with a local AI assistant for real-time analysis of physiological state.
- ML/CV
- Hardware
- P-03Idea
Operating without radio links
An autonomous platform for radio-denied environments: onboard AI, optical navigation and directional laser communication.
- ML/CV
- Hardware
- P-04Idea
Robotic limbs for victims
Robotic limbs for people injured by war and landmines. Full description coming soon.
placeholder- Hardware
- Humanitarian
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Talks & debates
The def milch(tech): talks series brings founders, engineers and researchers on stage. Topics we want to put up for discussion:
- 01
Demining with 3D analysis and ML
Talk - 02
Online security: how bot farms work and how to spot them
Talk - 03
How to speed up drone development: decentralised, fast feedback loops
Talk - 04
Open source vs. private in security-relevant tech
Debate - 05
Should Germany invest in defence tech, and is exporting it ethical?
Debate - 06
Ukraine: partner or competitor of Germany/EU in defence tech?
Debate - 07
Economic independence: drone components from China, weapons supply from the US
Panel
Want to speak or suggest a topic? Get in touch →
roadmap
Roadmap
Where we are and where we are heading in the first year.
Oct 2026
done- Core team
- Founding meeting
Nov–Dec 2026
planned- TUM accreditation
- First public event
Jan–Mar 2027
planned- Talks series
- Munich Security Conference window
- Team at a defence-tech hackathon
Summer 2027
planned- 1–2 own projects
- Workshop / mini-hackathon
Autumn 2027
planned- Scale the format to other universities (LMU, Aachen, Berlin)
// first-year goals
Targets for year one, not achievements.
- members · goal
- 15+
- events · goal
- 4–6
- project · goal
- 1
- partners · goal
- 2–3
events
Events
Where to meet us next.
[+] Upcoming
Student Club Fair
Garching
Meet us there.
No upcoming events right now. New dates are announced here first.
[-] Past
No past events yet. The first one is coming up.
team
Team
The people building the club. Want to join the club? Get in touch →
partners
Partnering with us? Let's talk.
We are just getting started, so no partner logos yet. Companies, labs and initiatives can work with us by:
- 01hosting or speaking at a talk
- 02mentoring or proposing a student project
- 03supporting a team at a hackathon
- 04sharing hardware, data or compute
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