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Assistant Professor Juha Siitonen always wanted to be a chemist
Juha Siitonen, Doctor of Philosophy, started his five-year fixed term as Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science on 1 January 2022. The field of the professorship is organic chemistry.
Guiding spin waves with light could lead to faster and much more energy efficient computing
Major new research project at Aalto University aims to develop new type of computing device that eliminates massive amounts of waste heat produced by current devices
Career Design Lab develops new services and learning solutions to facilitate meaningful careers
Aalto University鈥檚 strategic development project supports students and alumni in future-led career design and creates new forms of employer collaboration.
2022 brings new opportunities for the future of Unite!
In 2022 Unite! alliance is preparing for the new Erasmus+ call for European Universities Initiative and will be strengthened by two new partners.
Finnish Venture Capital Association Best Thesis Award 2021 to Henri Lencioni
Annual Finnish Venture Capital Association Best Thesis Award 色色啦 University
Climate change is serious business
According to Senior University Lecturer Leena Lankoski, there are both compelling sustainability reasons and compelling business reasons for companies to urgently address their environmental impact.
Two linden trees near Otaniementie to be renewed
The trees will soon be given a new life as decaying wood art.
A major project brings together Finnish industry and research for quantum technology development
A new research project has been launched to accelerate the progress of Finnish quantum technology. The QuTI project, coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, will develop new components, manufacturing and testing solutions, and algorithms for the needs of quantum technology. The QuTI consortium, partly financed by Business Finland, consists of 12 partners and has a total budget of around EUR 10 million.
Register for Research Data Management and Open Science Training in Spring 2022!
Aalto Research Data Management Network organises training in research data management and open science in spring 2022.
Three flagships receive continued funding
Materials Bioeconomy FinnCERES, Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI and the platform for photonics research PREIN have received the Academy of Finland鈥檚 funding for second flagship term
World-leading research on bio-based materials continues in Finland
The Academy of Finland continues to support the FinnCERES materials bioeconomy Flagship with a significant funding of up to 10.7 M鈧 for 2022-2026. Over 6 M鈧 of the funding has been officially confirmed and the final grant will be announced early 2025.
Graz University of Technology and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology join the Unite! alliance
With the expansion from seven to nine members, Unite! University Network for Innovation, Technology and Engineering increases its impact on the European Higher Education Area.
Aalto University announces two art competitions for a campus block under construction
Proposals can be sent 4.1.-4.4.2022 for the competition open to all artists, arranged for the first time
Seed funding call for major multidisciplinary research proposal planning is open
Aalto seed funding call closes 10 February 2022.
MMD Colloquium 2021
Series of online lectures by international guests at the Multifunctional Materials Design research group meetings
Harnessing psychological theory for better video games
Psychological theories on motivation hold great promise for video game development and for understanding how games impact people, but only little is known about how these theories actually are used in the games industry.
Aalto International Talent Program kicks off in January with 181 students and 17 companies
The group mentoring initiative supporting the networking and careers of international students will be organized for the third time.
Russia - not so difficult, not so different?
Seminar 鈥淐areer opportunities with Russia鈥 was held on December 9th at Aalto University鈥檚 Dipoli in Otaniemi, Espoo, as an on-line event.
