Teaching

Every winter semester, I teach Sustainable Supply Chain Management, a seminar-like course for 30-35 master students at TUM. In this course, we discuss the main concepts of designing supply chains to be as sustainable as possible.

On average, students evaluate my teaching in the course with the grade 1.17 (1 best, 5 worst). Some opinions on the course from the anonymous evaluations include:

  • “I think the content, plan, and presentation of the topics were perfect. Mr. Bloemer has a great expertise and experience on the content of the course. He is always kind and mentors you if you have questions. I have really enjoyed every part of the course and unfortunately, I don’t have any feedback to help improve the course because I believe it was really top tier. Thank you for everything!!”
  • “Alexander is doing a great job and from my point of view the way this seminar taught should be a “role model” for other courses.”
  • “Alexander is very enthusiastic about the course, and his lecturing style is easy to listen to and participate.”
  • “I really enjoyed the course. It was inspiring, and I learned a lot. Thanks!”
  • “Mister Bloemer was a great lecturer and really sparked my interest in the subject.”
  • “Alexander is very interested in the subject, very open and approachable, which improves the learning experience.”
  • “I believe it is a really good course that provides the students with a lot of important information about a topic that has a direct impact on the quality of our lives.”

Every summer semester, the teaching mode changes with the fundamentals course Logistics and Supply Chain Management for 1300-1400 bachelor and master students at TUM. Here, I support Prof. Minner in preparing the content, give some lectures during the semester in the Audimax (which is always exciting), coordinate the 12 tutors conducting 24 weekly tutorials, and organize the exams.

Additionally, I supervise Bachelor and Master Theses as well as Project Studies and Interdisciplinary Projects. A selection of topics (mostly master theses) includes:

  • Disclosing the List of Suppliers for Supply Chain Sustainability
  • Impact of International Relations and Geopolitics on Supply Chain Design, Sustainability, and Resilience
  • Improving Supply Chain Transparency through Consumer Pressure for Sustainability
  • Sustainable Resource Usage in the Fast Fashion Industry
  • Green Supply Chains for Green Technologies: A Pathway towards a Closed-Loop Rare Earth Supply Chain in the European Union
  • Dynamic Auditing Decisions to Incentivize Supply Chain Sustainability – A Markovian Approach
  • Sustainability as a Driver of Long-Term Supply Chain Resilience
  • How to Manage Sustainability Trade-Offs? A Comparison of Methods for Multi-Criteria Decision Making
  • Risk Management in Supply Chains: The Example of the Semiconductor Crisis in the Automotive Industry
  • Sustainability in Motorsports – Life Cycle Analysis of a Large-Scale Motorsport Event
  • The Principal-Agent Problem in Municipal Plastic Waste Collection
  • Simulation and Visualization for Sustainable Supply Chains
  • Blockchain Technology for Supply Chain Sustainability
  • Legislative Advances in Supply Chain Sustainability
  • Sustainable Urban Mobility: Innovations in Last Mile Delivery
  • Market Entry Opportunities for Charging Infrastructures in Urban Areas across Europe
  • Social Media Crawling for Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains
  • Decarbonization of Aviation within an EU Framework

Finally, I supervise students in our chair’s Advanded Seminar every semester, where students gain experience in conducting research before starting with their thesis.