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Academy Programme funding for research teams

The funded projects are linked from different perspectives on climate change.
Research & Art
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A fire in a fire place, photo by Aleksi Poutanen

Dissertation award for bridging the gap between theory and practice through Design Science

D.Sc. Mikael Öhman’s doctoral dissertation receives award from the Finnish Production Planning and Control Society
Research & Art
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Mikael Öhman

The quietest place in Finland - Acoustics Lab renovation is complete

The laboratory and its office facilities were thoroughly refurbished.
Campus, Research & Art
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Aalto Acoustics Lab, image: Mikko Raskinen

Architecture and design for healthcare

The Health Talks @ Aalto event discusses how design and architecture can be used to benefit different patient groups.
Research & Art
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Health Talks @ Aalto

Growing demand for climate-friendly construction: could wood architecture become one of Finland’s exports?

The Wood Wonders exhibition to be opened at Helsinki Airport on the 5th of February will show passengers the innovations related to wood construction and display the sector’s latest developments.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Luukku House was designed to have a low carbon footprint. Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Huawei and F-Secure donate ɫɫÀ² information security students - attracts excellent students to Finland

These donations will contribute to HAIC's ability to offer generous scholarships to several students admitted to study information security at Aalto in 2020
Research & Art
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Opiskelijoita SSG Demo Dayssä

Toward a team that is able to achieve its potential

We believe in the promise of teamwork and collaboration. This post provides tips and introduces tools for teachers to utilise in supporting teamwork in project-based courses.
Cooperation, Research & Art, Studies
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Cornerstones for unlocking the potential of a team

Professor Tom Bäckström: Smart devices can eavesdrop and therefore we must study privacy

Social rules involving privacy should be considered in the design of speech interfaces.
Research & Art
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Aalto University / Professor Tom Bäckström / photo: Linda Koskinen

Jaana Vapaavuori and Kati Miettunen receive significant funding for developing new composite biomaterials

Four million euros of funding has been granted to research supporting the forest industry and forestry sector in Finland and Sweden.
Research & Art
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Uusi pohjoismaalainen projekti kehittää huipputehoisia puupohjaisia materiaaleja aurinkokennoihin. Kuva: Kati Miettunen.

Ecological fertilizer from wastewater nutrients

By using the innovative NPHarvest-process wastewater treatment plants can get an efficient pretreatment while producing ecological fertilizer simultaneously.
Research & Art
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 NPHarvest -laitteisto toiminnassa Gasumin biokaasulaitoksella Riihimäellä

Aalto is taking part of H2020 project TERAWAY

TERAWAY is a H2020 5GPPP Phase III project funded by the European Union coming as a technology intensive project aiming to develop a disruptive generation of THz transceivers for high-capacity BH and FH links in 5G networks.
Research & Art
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Teraway logo

Opportunities in Russia Seminar was held on 3 December 2019

Opportunities in Russia Seminar was held on 3 December 2019, organized by the Finnish-Russian Commission for Scientific and Technological Cooperation/Working Group for Social Sciences, in cooperation with the Aalto University School of Business/CEMAT and East Office of Finnish Industries.
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Director of CEMAT Professor Riitta Kosonen is opening the seminar

EIT Climate-KIC supported Ioncell directly offers an innovation that regenerates fibres, while enabling them to be recyclable and biodegradable

Ioncell, conceptualised out of Aalto University, provides a closed-loop technology to regenerate cellulosic fibres without using harmful chemicals.
Research & Art
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Ioncell bowtie Photo: Eeva Suorlahti

Xmas Demo Day 2019 in photos

Collection of photos from the latest Demo Day organized on the 5th of December 2019.
Research & Art
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media lab demo day

Finland’s exhibition in the Biennale Architettura 2020 honors the Finnish prefabricated wooden houses of the WWII era

The exhibition will be conceived and curated by three researchers and teachers at Aalto University.
Appointments, Cooperation, Research & Art
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arkkitehdit Philip Tidwell, Kristo Vesikansa ja Laura Berger seisovat katsoen kameraan

Making understanding quantum computers easier

IBM collaborates with Professor Sabrina Maniscalco and her group to develop new transformative tools for teaching and outreach about quantum technologies
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Quantum Garden

Food for thought – rethinking Singapore’s Hawker Centres

Singapore’s traditional open-air cooked food centres or hawker centres presented a perfect case to be explored jointly by the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and Aalto University.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Sustainable Space Making Across Scales.

Helsinki and FCAI will host a new ELLIS unit for top AI research

Finnish artificial intelligence research received a significant acknowledgement. Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI will host one of the new European units of top AI research, as the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems will establish one of its first units in Finland.
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ELLIS assembly

Finland Prizes awarded to professor, designer Pirjo Kääriäinen and alumna, artist and activist Marja Helander

Among this year’s prize recipients were Professor of Practice of Design driven fibre innovation Pirjo Kääriäinen and Aalto ARTS alumna, photographer, filmmaker and activist Marja Helander.
Cooperation, Awards and Recognition, Research & Art
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Pirjo Kääriäinen

Plenty more indoor air research to be done – correct cleaning methods improve home air quality

We spend an average of 90% of our time indoors, so indoor air quality matters.
Research & Art
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Lantti-talo