News from innovation ecosystem
EIT Manufacturing Info session - The first call
We invite all interested parties within Aalto (primarily professors, researchers and teachers) to hear about and discuss the innovation and education activity opportunities offered by the EIT Manufacturing Community 色色啦 community.
Breakthrough in photonics: data-transmitting light signal gets power boost from nanosized amplifier
An international team of researchers from Aalto University and Universit茅 Paris-Sud has significantly improved the propagation of data inside a microchip
Self-leadership skills 鈥 Many training opportunities
Self-leadership skills improve your self-confidence, stress and time management, ability to control emotions, change management skills and courage for decision-making. We offer you possibilities to improve your self-leadership skills in many different ways at Aalto.
Artificial intelligence ARTIST instantly captures materials鈥 properties
New approach holds potential to slash research and development costs for designer materials and technologies of the future
New materials required by circular economy will be researched in a new joint laboratory in Otaniemi
Finland could be a global leader in the research and innovations of inorganic raw materials and new materials in circular economy.
Aalto University鈥檚 digitization project: cross-functional collaboration at its best
With about 70,000 MA and PhD theses now in digital format, the working group wants to try three-dimensional objects next.
Space weather can be trying for Arctic regions 鈥 new technique aids space weather forecasting
Technique analyses changes to magnetic fields. Space weather impacts Arctic regions through its effects on electricity networks, mining operations and shipping.
Research Integrity Barometer survey
Research Integrity Barometer charts experiences of research misconduct, the scope and effectivity of research-ethical guidelines and training, and values and ethics. The survey is aimed at research and teaching staff.
How to use artificial intelligence to augment multidisciplinary education
Using semantic matching to find teachers and students for the FITech Summer Boost course.
Aalto University to establish network of companies interested in digital twin development
Digital twins are virtual copies of their physical pairs and can transform product development and maintenance.
What do we see in a mirror? New metasurfaces look 鈥渂right鈥 at one direction, while 鈥渄ark鈥 for the opposite direction
Researchers at Aalto University developed metasurfaces with extreme angle-asymmetric response. The new device can be a good or bad reflector depending on the angle the light hits it.
Machine learning helps design new materials
By allowing scientist to accurately predict how novel materials will behave under pressure for the first time, a machine learning algorithm developed in an collaboration between Aalto and University of Tampere could open up new methods for designing materials.
A year long wait is over - the Suomi 100 satellite was launched into space
The Suomi 100 satellite, part of Finland鈥檚 centenary celebration programme, was built at Aalto University and was launched into space on board the Falcon 9 rocket. The launch took place from California at 20.32 Finnish time.
Aalto speeds up development of ecological textile fibres with new pilot plant
With this new equipment, the output of Ioncell fibre can increase up to a hundredfold, enabling cooperation with even more companies.
EIT InnoEnergy - Energy innovation investment call (open until 30.4.2019)
EIT InnoEnergy call is an opportunity for Aalto researcher to get funding for such a research which is elemental part of a commercial innovation idea. InnoEnergy typical investment has been from 1-2 MEUR.
Take Finland鈥檚 lead and choose clothes you don鈥檛 have to feel guilty about
An Aalto University-designed and -produced dress made of birch trees shows how one day we will all look鈥攁nd feel鈥攇ood in sustainable fabrics
Aalto University is a founding partner of two new EIT Innovation communities
EIT Manufacturing and EIT Urban Mobility aim to make a sustainable and competitive society.
District heating can be produced without fossil fuels in Finland 鈥 even in Helsinki
The change is possible through the use of heat pumps, wind power, heat storage and demand response.
Janne Laine appointed as Vice President for Innovation
The five-year term of office will start on 1 January 2019. The position is new.
Jenni Haukio鈥檚 Independence Day gown sets the stage for Finland鈥檚 next 100 years
Designed by Aalto students Emma Saarnio and Helmi Liikanen, the dress evokes nature with exquisite materiality and minimalist lines
