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Appointments
Professor Iiro Harjunkoski has been appointed as Deputy Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy
Professor Iiro Harjunkoski has been appointed as Deputy Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy for the period 1 September 2025 to 31 December 2026.
Mikael 鈥淢iklu鈥 Silvanto started as Professor of Practice at Aalto University鈥檚 School of Arts, Design and Architecture
The professorship started on the 15th of August 2025 at the Department of Design and will focus on developing collaboration models between people and technology.
Professor Jaakko Aspara has been appointed as Program Director for the School of Business Bachelor鈥檚 Degree Programme
Principal University Lecturer Johanna Bragge will continue as Associate Program Director for the Program
Miguel Caro has been appointed as a fixed term Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science
PhD. Miguel Caro has been appointed to a four-year fixed-term Assistant Professor (2nd term.) position at the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science as of 1 July 2025.People stories
Olli Ikkala and Esa Saarinen found a common thread in baroque music and lecturing
Olli Ikkala will continue his research on nature-inspired materials and will find himself again as an organist after his busy research career. Esa Saarinen, on the other hand, continued to lecture the Philosophy and Systems Thinking (Filosofia ja systeemiajattelu) course to packed halls this spring. When they met, they discussed the organ and the atmosphere of the lectures.
An entrepreneurial researcher takes action and creates something new
When a researcher thinks like an entrepreneur, they can create something truly groundbreaking.
Experimentation, risk-taking, seeking the new 鈥 entrepreneurial mindset permeates Aalto
For Aalto University employees, entrepreneurial mindset means daring to try something new