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Otaniemi, meet A!ex, our autonomous car
This white car may look like a regular SUV, but a closer examination reveals a laser scanner on its roof. Inside, it’s missing a gear stick, as A!ex shifts gears with the aid of an algorithm.
Students coded an open-source microprocessor that companies can use as they wish
The new processor is suitable, for example, for 6G transceivers and encryption technology. The project encourages young people to study microelectronics; skills that are in high demand in Finland.
Paula Hohti Erichsen awarded the Roland H. Bainton Prize for Art History
Professor Hohti Erichsen is specialized in the study of early modern dress, textiles, fashion and decorative arts.
Summer interns' projects in MMD group
Internships 2021 in Multifunctional Materials Design research group
Oops: A circular economy workshop abuzzed activity and ejected personal biases
Head of Radical Creativity Riikka Mäkikoskela witnessed the power of creativity while leading a workshop.
Insulation from old jeans, walls from waste concrete – less guilt and more solutions are needed for construction
The biggest environmental act would be not building at all. But a circular economy can also mitigate the environmental impact of construction.
Material can be trained like a Pavlov dog – Professor Olli Ikkala and his team develop new materials
The sharpest tip of materials science is coming up with answers to questions such as can materials ‘learn’ new properties or how to keep a cancerous tumour alive outside the body.
Four years and lots of tears – three experts tell how they succeeded in making the change
Many entrepreneurs and researchers set their goals based on a realisation that something needs to be done differently. The change they envision might be a new product or material, or it can be a new way to do things. Implementing change isn’t always easy, however, and it demands a stomach for uncertainty, say Professor Michael Hummel and entrepreneurs Annu Nieminen and Richard Nordström.
Nuclear Finance: Bank Management in Disruption
A new book by Aalto Emeritus Professor Risto Tainio, Taisto Kangas & Anders Kjellman on bank management.
A surprising winner of the Campus Sustainability Champion 2021 award
The campus sustainability champion was chosen now for the fifth time.
Covid-19 contact-tracing apps are less trusted by those from socially disadvantaged backgrounds
People who are mistrusting, socially disadvantaged, or have less digital access, are generally more negative towards the idea of using digital contact tracing apps to control COVID-19.
Machine learning helps to predict blackouts caused by storms
Train delays related to adverse weather can also be predicted with good quality training data, a new thesis shows.
‘A deeper understanding of landscape can be the key to designing better cities’
I claim series presents landscape architect Maria Jaakkola.
Recent policy recommendation: How to accelerate platform economy in the education sector
Platforms can be used to create increasingly individualized learning solutions and more efficiently distributed learning materials while reducing production and publishing costs.
Games Now! – Open lectures on game development
Games Now! is an open lecture series on the dominant topics and emerging trends in games.
Research co-operation with a Nobel Laureate
According to Assistant Professor Ciprian Domnisoru, David Card is a meticulous, hard-working, kind, and fun co-author who often uses a Finnish painting as his Zoom background.
Recording and Q&A now available from the Platform Strategy Seminar 5 October, 2021
The Aalto University seminar "How to Win with Platform Strategy" with top experts from MIT, Harvard, Aalto University, and industry took place on 5 October, 2021 both online and onsite at Aalto campus in Espoo. On this page you can find the recording of the event and Q&A.
Two new Centres of Excellence É«É«À² University – the university is also involved in two consortia
Electromechanical Energy Conversion and Transfer and Life-Inspired Hybrid Materials were chosen as Centres of Excellence led by Aalto University
Collaboration between Aalto University and ABB leads to pioneering innovations in sustainable development
We are developing world-class technologies together as the shipping sector is shifting to using electronic, autonomous and emission-free solutions. We collaborate closely also in technologies related to digital twins for electric drives and 5G solutions for power grids. The driver behind the development is electrification accelerated by the energy transition.
We can transform the fashion industry by renting
Marketing Master’s student Katariina Järvinen’s company Clozeta combines two megatrends: second-hand and sharing economy.
