News from innovation ecosystem
Radio observations reveal the dance of two black holes
Radio observations made by Aalto University's Metsähovi Radio Observatory and Caltech's Owens Valley Radio Observatory have revealed how two giant black holes located billions of light years away are locked into orbit around one another.
Unite! is committed to e-learning in international joint programmes
The project Joint Programmes: Embedding Virtual Exchange (JPROV) will create a framework for the development of innovative and efficient Joint Programmes with embedded online elements,
Alumnus Atte Hujanen: I have been an entrepreneur all my life
‘To succeed and enjoy being an entrepreneur, you need to enjoy unpredictable situations, reacting to them, and overcoming them. If the image of such an everyday life gets a smile on your face day after day, then entrepreneurship may be for you,’ thinks Atte Hujanen, the founder of the karaoke streaming service Singa.
Scientists test how wind turbines hold up to frozen flows in world’s largest indoor ice tank
Understanding the fundamentals of what happens when turbines meet ice could finally bring off-shore wind farms into chillier waters
Better Business – Better Society
The motto reflects the goal of the school: to develop a better society by developing better business
Aalto ranks 30th in Times Higher Education listing for young universities
The ranking lists the world’s best universities that are 50 years old or younger
Algorithm marks the spot: making brain stimulation more reliable
Method uses brain activity feedback to automate widely used manual technique
Caterina Foti: My dream is to expose people from 0- to 99-years old to the quantum world
Caterina Foti is involved in a quantum institute, a quantum online platform, a quantum exhibition, and a quantum startup that just received seed funding.
A new approach for detecting ultra-low-energy photons
Professor Jukka Pekola and Doctoral Candidate Bayan Karimi from Aalto University propose a new approach to measure the energy of single microwave photons. These low energy quanta are emitted by artificial quantum systems such as superconducting qubits. Detecting them continuously has been challenging but would be useful in quantum information processing and other quantum technologies.
KONE and Aalto University’s teaching collaboration approaches design as a method, way of thinking and competitive advantage
A key component of the collaboration is study projects, in which student teams work to solve companies’ real-life challenges.
Finland creates an educational package to make cybersecurity a civic skill across the European Union
Researchers at Aalto University are creating an educational package on cybersecurity, which will be shared with all EU countries. Finland has been awarded EUR 5 million for this project from the EU recovery instrument for a three-year period.
Space 21 - a project space for experimentation!
Space 21, a project space for the use of all Aalto community, opened its doors in spring 2022
AllWell? - We care! – Study wellbeing questionnaire is open 16.2.-2.3.
Our students' well-being and ability to study are important for us. We research the state of study well-being by an annual questionnaire AllWell?. The questionnaire is open16.2.-2.3.2022 for our 1st year master's and 2nd year bachelor's students.
Bayer, Aalto and HUS expand collaboration – artificial intelligence to support clinical drug trials
The project is led by Bayer and seeks to build an innovation ecosystem of companies, universities and representatives of the health sector, making Finland a top country in clinical research.
Academy funding: Future energy communities and energy self-sufficiency
The DigiDecarbon project explores citizens' digital energy communities.
A group developing Ponsse’s CSR reporting excelled in the Accounting Capstone course
Various inspiring and challenging business projects were solved in the autumn 2021 course.
New power transfer technology provides unprecedented freedom for wireless charging
Devices can be charged regardless of their position or orientation and even on the go.
Virtual reality game can assess children's ADHD symptoms
By simulating the challenges of everyday life, a new VR game can help diagnose and perhaps treat ADHD
Director General Arvo Kokkonen to chair School of Engineering Stakeholder Advisory Board
The School of Engineering Stakeholder Advisory Board, launched in 2021, promotes the impact of the school's research and education among Finnish industries and society.
Colliding students and startups in A Grid’s Omnia Makerspace
Omnia Makerspace was launched in startup hub A Grid’s first floor opposite Restaurant Factory in April 2019. Since then, the space has evolved from an empty basement into a flourishing workspace where students and startups collide.
