School news
Dean of the School of Electrical Engineering's Christmas Letter 2021
  Dean Jyri Hämäläinen's letter to the School of Electrical Engineering
      
      
    
  A fascination with light and its possibilities drives Professor Zhipei Sun’s research
  Aalto University's Professor Zhipei Sun is on the Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list for the third time – congratulations! 
      
      
    Factory of the Future deploys indoor 5G and WiFi6 to support manufacturing research
  Students and researchers can use the new facility to explore the applications of cutting-edge communications technologies in Industry 4.0.
      
      
    
  Michael McCrea receives Best Paper Award on NordicSMC conference
  The results of the study will be beneficial in sound environments at virtual and augmented reality.
      
      
    
  Aalto University’s scientific quality is strong in its key research areas
  Academy of Finland’s report 'State of scientific research in Finland' reviews the impact of research done in Finland, and the resources used.
      
      
    
  The range of climate courses broadens: Aalto and 17 other universities cooperate as Climate University
  The Climate University network coordinated by the University of Helsinki has formed a teaching cooperation contract between 18 universities. With these new contracts, a majority of Finnish university students can take the network’s climate and sustainability themed courses.
      
      
    
  Over 500 Attended Our Research Data Management and Open Science Training in Autumn 2021
  In total, we had more than 1,600 registrations. On average one participant registered for 3 sessions.
      
      
    
  Tom Lindholm appointed Head of Lifewide Learning at Aalto University and Managing Director of Aalto University Executive Education Ltd
  He will start in his new position on 2 January 2022. 
      
      
    
  Quality together – The university's quality audit is approaching
  In 2022, we will jointly prepare a self-assessment report for the quality audit. 
      
      
    
  Professor Valeriy Vyatkin named IEEE Fellow
  He is being recognised for contributions to software development methods and practices in industrial automation
      
      
    
  A funding call encourages radically creative risk-taking and bold transdisciplinary combinations in research
  The internal funding call is open until February 10, 2022.
      
      
    
  Master’s graduate 2016 or doctoral graduate 2018, already responded to career survey?
  Please respond by 13 Dec and help your university
      
      
    
  The new employees introduced themselves at Aalto ELEC Dean´s coffee event
  Dean Jyri Hämäläinen also presented the results of the well-being at work survey, which were positive.
      
      
    
  Professor Valeriy Vyatkin becomes Vice-President for Technical Activities at IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
  During his term, Professor Vyatkin hopes to create more synergies and cross-border interaction between the technical committees
      
      
    
  What's Life 1.5 like? – Apply now for Designs for a Cooler Planet 2022 to showcase a sustainable future
  The climate crisis and biodiversity loss call for radical new ideas. How does your work contribute to wiser consumption, climate solutions or a more sustainable working life?  Designs for a Cooler Planet 2022 will present Aalto's most interesting projects to support sustainability – apply now!
      
      
    
  Decorations for personnel on the Independence Day
  The President of Finland grants decorations ºÚÁÏÍø University employees on the Finnish Independence Day. Congratulations! 
      
      
    
  Aalto University Bioinnovation Center opens a call for five doctoral candidate positions  
  Bioinnovation Center is looking for talented and exceptionally motivated students that are eager to pursue their doctoral studies in a multidisciplinary environment aiming at biobased material innovation. Students with any background that fits to one of the five projects described below are encouraged to submit their application.  
      
      
    
  Board discussed the future with the community, reviewed results of personnel wellbeing survey and made decisions on financial and campus matters
  The board was pleased with overall positive development in wellbeing survey results.
      
      
    
  KvarkenSat, the first small satellite in the Kvarken region, will be built in cooperation between Finns and Swedes
  KvarkenSat is a joint small satellite between the Ostrobothnian provinces and Västerbotten, which is due to be launched into space in just over a year.