2.1 million YouTube clicks: Andreas Barthelme, one of TUM’s doctoral candidates. (Photo: Maren Willkomm)
Recently, Andreas Barthelme became a YouTube star - unintentionally. A video featuring the TUM-scientist was viewed more than 2.1 million times in quite a short time: a blackboard had collapsed during a lecture, closely missing him. In an interview for TUMstudinews, Barthelme talks about why this was a blessing in disguise. Mr. Barthelme, you managed to become a YouTube star unintentionally. How did this happen? Andreas Barthelme: In December of last year, I held a lecture in the scope of "Circuit Technology 1" for students in the first semester of Electrical Engineering - at the Carl-von-Linde lecture hall, in front of 400 to 500 people. The lecture hall has a blackboard with three panels that can be moved up and down. I had just finished writing on the first panel, so I pushed it up in order to continue writing. Suddenly, the board came crashing down at full speed. The event was recorded by the Medienzentrum and made available to the students via Moodle. One of the students put the video on the net. How did you react to the crashing blackboard? I was totally startled, of course, and I jumped aside. Then, I took a few deep breaths and told myself that I should just try to carry on. I wiped the board to calm down - and, as you can see in the video, I was able to make jokes again quite soon after. I wasn't hurt, just unpleasantly surprised. Are you afraid of blackboards now?
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