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At ten years old, Design Factory is yet to make itself obsolete
The experimentation platform has grown beyond Aalto University and become a global network. More boundaries remain to be broken, even within Design Factory’s own operating environment.
Project course led to the creation of a mobile game – collecting sensor data from the environment using a magic wand
Students created a mobile game that’s played on a real map of the players’ surroundings. They collect phone sensor data from the environment with a magic wand and use it in battles.
BiographySampo, a new intelligent web service, displays the lives and connections of renowned Finns
What do the personal networks of Alvar Aalto, Jean Sibelius or Eliel Saarinen look like and how do they intertwine? The application is based on over 13 000 biographies.
Aalto University and University of the Arts Helsinki sign partnership agreement
Aalto University and University of the Arts Helsinki sign partnership agreement
Partner companies of the School of Business were visible in Partnership Day
In the Partnership Day, the halls dedicated to K Group and KPMG were opened in the Undergraduate Centre.
Kristiina Kruus appointed Dean of School of Chemical Engineering
Kristiina Kruus' five-year period as dean started on 1 December 2018.
From energy engineers to energy entrepreneurs
Great ideas need to be developed into business models to achieve sustainable energy transition.
Ossi Naukkarinen appointed Vice President for Research
The five-year term of office will start on 1 November 2018.
The study of electrical engineering brought Texas students to the Finnish heat
A group of students from Texas spent a hot month in a wireless communications course at Aalto University.
Scientists found new ways to utilise biorefinery chemicals
Natural catalysts convert simple biorefinery chemicals into high-value functional synthetic building blocks.
You can’t tell whether an online restaurant review is fake—but this AI can
Researchers find AI-generated reviews and comments pose a significant threat to consumers, but machine learning can help detect the fakes.
Aalto students won Habitare Design Competition
The Habitare Design Competition was won jointly by Ariane Relander with her design Organized Chaos, and by the designer duo Janne Pärssinen and Tony Yau with their design Spotti (‘Spot’).
The RAI 2018 panellists’ first comments praised Aalto for great progress and atmosphere, and suggested areas of future development
Experts assessing Aalto University's research and artistic activities praised, for instance, the enthusiastic and collaborative work atmosphere, university’s infrastructure, the tenure track career system and the student-driven entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Helsinki Design Awards É«É«À² alumni
Winners include Aalto student Mikko Latomäki and alumni Yrjö Kukkapuro and Maria Korkeila.
Scientific journals are interested in a good story well told, too
International scientific publications are flooded with manuscripts. We asked Gustaf Olsson – professor emeritus and member of several editorial boards – what makes an article stand out.
Andrea Mancianti: Inventing VR Blindphones
Mancianti presented his invention at Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria last week.
Aalto University at Habitare 2018
Aalto University and its alumni are again prominently present at Habitare, the largest furniture, design and interior design event in Finland.
Reaching for the stars
Upper secondary school pupils on a Space and Satellites course planned a space mission with the guidance of experts.
Solutions for everyday needs
The innovative projects made by Aalto University students participating in the awarded and loved Electrical Engineering Workshop course were presented to the audience in the final exhibition on 23 May.
A summer job at the University is independent and flexible, but requires a lot of initiative
The School of Electrical Engineering annually hires tens of students for a range of summer jobs.
