D.Sc. (Tech.) Rita Lavikka was granted a Torchbearer scholarship from the KAUTE-foundation
Lavikka’s research focuses on digitalizing industrialized house-construction.
The scholarship is 30 000 euro. You can watch her research video here (English subtitles): .
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