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Journeys of inspiration: three paths to professorship
Three newly tenured Aalto professors share their story
Finland creates common model for EU member states for teaching cybersecurity skills to citizens
The Cyber Citizen Project will create a model for teaching cybersecurity skills to citizens and a related learning portal.
63 energy guzzlers - tips from the community helped to save energy on the campus
The Aalto community started campus-wide energy saving measures in Otaniemi on 10 October 2022, and we also joined the national Down a Degree energy saving campaign
Solve the SDGs returns — now on two continents
Join the sustainability hackathon by AVP and Junction, organized simultaneously in Finland, Uganda and Tanzania on 31.3.–2.4.
Aalto university innovation groups receive over €4M funding for sustainable innovations
Business Finland has granted research to business funding to seven new Aalto innovation projects. The funding is directed to commercialisation of university born inventions.
Professor İdil Gaziulusoy: ‘Our future visions are not ambitious enough’
Presenting the new professors: Professor in sustainable design Ä°dil Gaziulusoy
Koen Van Leemput decodes medical scans with artificial intelligence
Greatest challenge is translating methods from lab settings to patient care, says Aalto University’s new professor
Finnish academia and companies lead the way towards sustainable nonwoven products in SUSTAFIT research project
Sustainable fit-for-purpose nonwovens project boosts the competitiveness and broadens the export potential of the Finnish nonwovens sector in the growing markets. The 2,6 MEUR project is conducted by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) and Aalto University and supported by 17 industry partners.
Universities work together to promote the growth of wood construction
The Doctoral School of Industrial Wood Construction at Tampere University is starting collaboration with Aalto University. The goal of practical teaching and research involving industry is to combine science and business. At the Doctoral School, the partners are bringing together knowledge based on research on wood construction and educating more specialists that are needed in the field. Especially environmental reasons are in favour of the construction of wooden high-rise buildings.
Marjo Heino: ‘Art has the ability to reach and strengthen communities and create meanings’
The I claim series presents visual artist Marjo Heino.
Landscape architect Eetu Mykkänen receives Lappset prize
Mykkänen's master’s thesis addresses identity and its importance for landscape architects.
Semiconductor sector summer jobs open in research groups
The growth of the semiconductor sector and its investments in Finland are also increasing the need for skilled personnel. Thanks to a donation from four semiconductor companies Picosun, an Applied Materials Company, Okmetic, Murata, and KYOCERA Tikitin. Aalto University will offer exciting summer jobs in the School of Electrical Engineering and the School of Chemical Engineering in the summer of 2023. Semi-Summer 2023 Programme will provide an opportunity to gain the skills needed in a growing and international field.
Urban Goodcamp Helsinki began on January 16th with four sustainability urban challenges
At its core, the Erasmus+ project Urban GoodCamp creates opportunities for universities and local organisations to collaborate on tackling pressing urban challenges.
Professor Ranja Hautamäki: ‘Diverse urban nature is key to increasing well-being and carbon sinks’
Professor of Landscape Architecture is tackling the issues of climate change mitigation and urban carbon sinks.
On Mars the weather varies dramatically, however the planet’s climate is not changing
The doctoral dissertation of Henrik Kahanpää also questions a prevailing perception related to dust devils on Mars. As a researcher, he hopes that humans would never go to Mars.
New doctoral programme focuses on the energy efficiency of radio waves
Nokia's donation É«É«À² University will support research into new mobile communications systems, and particularly hardware development.
MMD CHEMARTS projects in 2022
CHEMARTS projects by members of the Multifunctional Materials Design research group in 2022
Register for training in research data management and open science in spring 2023
Registration is open for the spring 2023 training!
ACTOR Empowers Construction Workers with Process Automation
The ACTOR project brings together six organizations to automate the collection and use of real-time data for construction management. We talked with Aalto University, Carinafour, and VTT to learn about their aspirations for the project.
