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Apply for Unite! seed funding to foster collaborative teaching and research
Financial boost for collaborative ideas from teachers and researchers across the Unite! alliance of nine European universities. Apply now!

Aalto University secures funding for critical green transition research
Granted by the Research Council of Finland, the funding will accelerate research in energy systems, microelectronics and sustainable cities

A Flexible Biorefinery using Machine Learning
Biorefineries convert biomass, such as wood, annual plants or agricultural into products and energy. Research teams in Finland and Germany aim to maximize such product output for a more holistic valorization of our natural resources. The development of these new processes is often slow because they require optimization of many factors. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) can help us accelerate such a development drastically.
Aalto in 2024: Love pictured in the brain, wooden crystals that make fashion shine, recovering minerals from wastewater and more
This year has been another feast of science and art at Aalto University

Major grant from the Kone Foundation for modern architecture research - Laura Berger's project equates building loss with biodiversity loss
Aalto University postdoctoral researcher Laura Berger and her team have been awarded a 541 400 euro grant from the Kone Foundation to study the effects of building loss on society and the environment.

14 projects selected for seed funding to boost collaboration between Aalto, KU Leuven, and University of Helsinki
The funded projects lay the groundwork for future joint research endeavors, reinforcing the strategic partnership鈥檚 goal to fostering impactful and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Business is sustainability and sustainability is business
The year 2024 can be called the year of sustainability, as the School of Business continued to strongly promote sustainability in its research, teaching and other activities, which was also recognised with awards

From France to Finland: Sujie Yu鈥檚 interdisciplinary study of sound insulation materials
A doctoral student from PSL University explores cellulose-based aerogels as sustainable and efficient materials for acoustic properties during her research visit at Aalto University.

Koneen S盲盲ti枚 Grant for the Centre for Text Margins
Significant Koneen S盲盲ti枚 grant awarded to the project led by Associate Professor of Visual Communication Arja Karhumaa and their team.

New life for construction waste wood
In Finland, almost all waste wood from construction ends up being burned, even though it could play a major role in the development of ecological growing media. New research shows that steam-treated waste wood can replace peat as a growing medium and offers promising results in plant germination and root growth.

Urban Travel Machines: Cosmos Met Poetry
Unique fusion of poetry and immersive digital art at the Brussels Planetarium

Aalto University's Finnish Design Push: Empowering SMEs and Design students
The Finnish Design Push, a joint initiative between School of Arts, Design and Architecture and Technology Industries of Finland, started collaboration with five SME technology companies by exploring design integration into their digital services.

A dress that combines modular design and seaweed research was seen at the Independence Day Reception
Landscape architect Anni J盲rvitalo designed a festive outfit for the President's Independence Day reception that combines modular design and seaweed research in collaboration with designer Sofia Ilmonen and Professor Julia Lohmann.

Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki donates 250 000 euros 色色啦 University Junior
Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki, a long-term supporter of Aalto University, donates 250 000 euros 色色啦 University Junior. The donatio will be used to develop and scale-up workshops on water and water technology.

Apply to Designs for a Cooler Planet by 27 January, 2025
Enhance the impact of your research by presenting it to broad groups outside the university. Aaltonian, apply and show how your research or project is changing the world.

New origami packaging technology creates sustainable and eye-catching alternatives to conventional packing materials
Origami packaging enables completely new properties for cartonboard, making it an excellent alternative to, for example, plastic and expanded polystyrene in packaging. The aesthetics of the material have also garnered interest from designers.

Quantum physics professor searches for exotic qubit alternatives with new European funding
Aalto University physics professor Jose Lado will use this funding to engineer a new type of topological quantum material that could have applications for quantum bit, or 鈥渜ubit,鈥 development for noise-resilient topological quantum computation.

This 'n' That exhibition showcased the skills of the workshop masters
In October, the gallery spaces at V盲re showcased an exhibition highlighting the diverse workshop activities across the school and the craftsmanship of the workshop masters

Unite! Research School: A Week of European Collaboration in Research
The first Unite! Research School brought together almost 200 doctoral and master's students as well as researchers from all nine Unite! universities.

Aalto University Publication Series is getting a new look
Aalto has revamped its publication series, and with the updates, new templates are now available for the covers. The number of series on offer and the ways to order publications have also been updated.
