News from innovation ecosystem
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.
The AllWell? student wellbeing survey is back for 2022 - Survey will be open 16.2.-2.3.!
The survey is conducted every spring among second-year bachelor’s degree students and first-year master’s degree students. This spring, the survey will be open from 16 February to 2 March 2022.
The higher education community of the Helsinki metropolitan area gets together: EveryMoveCounts-campaign starts!
The goal of the EveryMoveCounts-campaign is to increase the students’ awareness of the benefits of daily movement for their well-being.
Multidisciplinary research project based on origami seeks solutions for industrial needs
A joint project covering the fields of mathematics, engineering and arts is about to start at Aalto, where the aim is to study and develop folding technology for the needs of industry. In addition ºÚÁÏÍø, the project includes VTT as coordinator, and several companies from the forest industry to the machine design and cosmetics brands, such as Stora Enso, Metsä Group, Lumene, Mirka, Elomatic, Anpap, Orfer and Soften. Business Finland granted funding for the Co-Innovation project.
Guiding spin waves with light could lead to faster and much more energy efficient computing
Major new research project at Aalto University aims to develop new type of computing device that eliminates massive amounts of waste heat produced by current devices
Researchers will use the world’s most accurate radiation detector in quantum computers
Professor Mikko Möttönen’s team and their partners have acquired funding to refine the bolometer technology for use not only in quantum computers but also in ultralow-temperature (ULT) freezers and terahertz cameras. The funding is from the Future Makers Funding Program by Technology Industries Finland Centennial Foundation and by Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation. This would be the first time ever that this bolometer is utilized for practical applications.
Groundbreaking light sources can increase effectiveness and security of transferring quantum information
Researchers at Aalto University plan to build a revolutionary LED light source to generate entangled photon pairs. The research group led by Professor Pertti Hakonen has received three-year funding from the Future Makers Funding Program of Technologies Finland Centennial Foundation and Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.
Two linden trees near Otaniementie to be renewed
The trees will soon be given a new life as decaying wood art.
A major project brings together Finnish industry and research for quantum technology development
A new research project has been launched to accelerate the progress of Finnish quantum technology. The QuTI project, coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, will develop new components, manufacturing and testing solutions, and algorithms for the needs of quantum technology. The QuTI consortium, partly financed by Business Finland, consists of 12 partners and has a total budget of around EUR 10 million.
Learning for the future: systemic solutions require new ways of learning and collaborating
Aalto offers its staff a chance to experiment with transformative learning method, that can initiate changes in mindsets and remove invisible barriers to creativity
Aalto University joins the City of Helsinki's new campus incubator programme
Helsinki wants to create a strong network of business incubators in the city in cooperation with higher education institutions.
Harnessing psychological theory for better video games
Psychological theories on motivation hold great promise for video game development and for understanding how games impact people, but only little is known about how these theories actually are used in the games industry.
Radical Creativity fostering re-thinking
Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn. But as the world is changing at a pace like never before, the most crucial skill may be the ability to think again and unlearn.
Sustainability in Teaching page for Aalto teachers open
Sustainability in Teaching is a page where you can find tips, tools and good practices for integrating sustainability into your teaching.
School of Business alumna Oona Anttila: Internship was an important experience for my career
Our alumna Oona Anttila became interested in the themes of sustainable development already at the beginning of her studies, and later she applied for the multidisciplinary Creative Sustainability master’s programme. Currently, she works at the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Nairobi, Kenya.
New contract supplier of transcription services for Aalto University
Aalto University's new contract supplier for transcription services is Tutkimustie Oy.
Using magnets to toggle nanolasers leads to better photonics
Controlling nanolasers with magnets lays the groundwork for more robust optical signalling
Tuning a magnetic fluid with an electric field creates controllable dissipative patterns
An electric field transforms an iron oxide nanoparticle suspension into a model for the emergence of complex dissipative structures
Moments of silence point the way towards better superconductors
Together with researchers from Lund University and VTT, the team at Aalto set up an experiment to detect smalls number of quasiparticles in real-time.
