Oskari Vilamo Fund awarded the best theses on building trade
The PhD awards of the year 2017 were granted to Marco D´Ignazio, D.Sc. (Tech.),from Tampere University of Technology, and Henri Haimi, D.Sc. (Tech.)and Kaisa Västilä, D.Sc. (Tech.) from Aalto University. The grant numbers 3 500 euros.
The MSc awards were been granted to Tuomas Alapieti, M.Sc. (Tech.), Kalle Aromaa, M.Sc. (Tech.), Kati Blomberg, M.Sc. (Tech.), Martyna Kainulainen, M.Sc. (Archit.), Robin Landsdorff, M.Sc. (Archit.)and Monica Löfman, M.Sc. (Tech.)fromAalto University, and Hanna Jahkonen, M.Sc. (Archit.), and Elina Jaara, M.Sc. (Archit.),from Oulu University. The grant numbers 2 000 euros.
Oskari Vilamo Fund, a part of the Foundation of Economic Education, is awarding annually the most distinguished theses on the building trade from the previous year. In the year 2017 the Fund awarded three PhD and eight MSc theses.
Oskari Vilamo Fund – Developer of Building Trade
Oskari Vilamo Fund belongs to the Foundation of Economic Education. It is named after the Councellor Oskari Vilamo, and its purpose is to further the high-grade study on building branch. In the Anniversary of 75 years in 1985, Lemminkäinen LLC founded a Fund to credit of Councellor Oskari Vilamo, the leading person in the history of the company. The Fund has awarded best theses already from 1993. So far, the Fund has awarded 52 PhD- 20 Licentiate- and 126 MSc-theses, including the awards of today from 2016. The Fund is a special Fund of the Foundation of Economic Education
Additional information:
Oskari Vilamo Fund
Secretary Matti Aalto
tel. +358400 408 173
matti.aalto@oskarivilamo.fi
www.lsr.fi/oskarivilamo
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