Scientists in Schools
You can book an Aalto University researcher to visit your school and talk about their research in an inspiring way. The visiting researcher will organise a short science session in your class, where they introduce their research area, talk about their work as a researcher and answer the pupils’ questions.
Book a researcher to visit and talk about their research area
The researcher visits are free of charge to the school and there is a variety of topics available for each level of education. Read more about the researchers and their research topics below. Visits can also be conducted remotely, for example via Teams.
You can request for a certain researcher and plan the contents of the visit in more detail with the researcher. We always aim to tailor the contents to the audience’s knowledge level. Please request a researcher to visit your school at least one month before your desired visit date.
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For more information about the researcher visits, contact junior@aalto.fi.
Architecture
Anu Leinonen
1. Architecture as a Career. Working as a Finnish Designer in the International Field. 2. Construction and Sustainable Development. Balancing Carbon Footprint and Carbon Handprint.
Target group: From 13 years of age and up.
Languages: Finnish and English.
Note: In-person lectures are available only in the Turku region. Elsewhere, lectures are held remotely via Teams.
Management studies
Canan Keles
How Old Factories Become Creative Spaces: The Story of Kaapelitehdas This lecture shows what happens to old factories when they stop making things and how they can become places for artists and creative people.
Target Group: Students aged 10 and older.
Language: English only
Berit Virtanen-Thewlis
Entrepreneurship and working life skills
Levels: All. Languages: Finnish, English.
Daniela Pyhäjärvi
Work-life narratives and psychology.
Levels: all. Languages: Finnish, Swedish, English.
Design
Elina Lewe
Fashion/Textiles Futures. 1. Consumer engagement for sustainable clothing consumption and circular economy in textiles. 2. Clothing consumption and how to extend the lifetimes of our clothing
Levels: 10 yo and older. Languages: englanti.
Physics
Imran Asghar
Energy is future, make it bright! New energy technologies: Solar cells, fuel cells, lithium ion batteries, pico grid systems. English, Urdu.
Ondrej Krejci
Surfaces on the atomic scale and their simulations: Where individual atoms lies and how to name them? - English
Jani-Petri Martikainen
Fysiikan perusteet (peruskoulu). Aine ja kvanttimekaniikka (lukio ja 2.aste). Ilmastonmuutos ja fysiikka (kaikki).
Kielivaihtoehdot: suomi, englanti.
Jonatan Slotte
Materials Science with Antimatter. Kvanttimekaniikan perusteita. Sovellettua fysiikkaa: mm nestetyppikokeita ja induktiodemoja sähkökitaralla.
Level: high school. Languages: swedish, english, finnish.
Geoinformatics
Jussi Nikander
Satelliittipaikannus, paikkatiedon jakaminen, ja yksityisyys (45-60min)
Level: high school. Languages: finnish, english.
Engineering
Markou Athanasios
Structures (1h - 2h). Everything around us has a structure, but how engineering structures function? Let’s explore altogether, with hands-on approach by using physical models. Can be adjusted to any level. Languages: English.
Xinyi (Joyce) Tu
Step Into the Factory of Future: Discover Virtual Worlds and Smart Machines
Level: middle and high school. Languages: English
Chemistry
Benjamin Wilson
Circular Economy, Sustainability and Me: Battery recycling, waste valorisation, and the importance of metals for the Green Transition
Level: high school. Languages: English
Atmadeep Bhattacharya
Burning science: engines, atmosphere, astronomy, and super-computers. I'll present how the car engine chemistry is related to the reactions occurring in the earth’s and other planets’ atmosphere and how we use super-computers to understand that chemistry.
Duration: 45 min for 3-6 primary school, 60 min for middle school, 60-90 min for high school
Language option: English
Machine engineering
Kaur Jaakma
Tietokoneavusteinen suunnittelu. suomi, English.
Petri Kuosmanen
Future machines. Industrial Internet.
Level: primary school, high school. Languages: Finnish, English
Mathematics
Björn Ivarsson
Mathematics.
Level: elementary school, high school. Languages: Swedish, English
David Radnell
A wide variety of mathematical topics for students of any age. Fractals. Puzzling things in 3D space. What is infinity? … English.
Aleksis Koski
A variety of topics around areas such as geometry and analysis, digested to entertaining packages for all levels of education.
Kohderyhmä: alakoulu, yläkoulu, lukio. Kielivaihtoehdot: suomi, englanti.
Neuroscience
Matilda Makkonen
Brain stimulation. What the work of a neuroscientist can be like – The path to becoming a Master of Science and a doctoral researcher.
Levels: lower and upper secondary school
Languages: Finnish, English
Enrico Glerean
Research ethics and research integrity. Responsible use of artificial intelligence. Personal data, privacy, and cybersecurity. What does a scientist do? Human brain networks in healthy and clinical populations. Any combination of all of these topics.
English
Riitta Hari
Miten ihmisaivot toimivat? Aivot ja mieli. Aivotutkimus. Aivokuvantaminen.
Finnish only
Electronic and radio technology
Anu Lehtovuori
Sähkötekniikan monet mahdollisuudet, langaton viestintä ja 5G.
Level: high school. Languages: Finnish, English
Vesa Välimäki
Acoustics and audio technology with applications to sound reproduction and music technology.
Finnish, English