A selection of Aalto University Magazine articles
October issue filled with facts about energy and light
The just-released Aalto University Magazine 25 examines the university’s societal influence.
Spider silk is created by adding spider DNA to microbes
Researchers studying spiders have produced a synthetic biomaterial that can, in future, be used to make a multitude of products from clothes to car parts.
'Aalto is a step ahead'
Marja Makarow, Director of Biocentre Finland, was conferred as an honorary Doctor of Technology at the ceremonial doctoral conferment event in Dipoli on 14 June 2019. Makarow, talented in many fields of science, urges Finnish universities to form long-term international partnerships
Self-taught relationship virtuoso
Karla Nieminen gives courses on relationship skills and networking. She tests her theses in practice, too, because she used to be “so bad” at being social.
Everyday choices: What are arts teachers needed for, Marja Rastas?
The world contains a void in art education, says Lecturer of Visual Arts Pedagogy.
Slow cycle
In its present form, the clothing industry is a polluter of water systems and a climate baddy. Materials recycling is not a sufficient answer, the whole system must change instead, says an expert on the circular fashion economy.
Comforting hospital walls
Surprising art at Helsinki’s New Children’s Hospital turns thoughts away from illness and brings joy both to the children and their families.
Oops: What times, what customs!
The Dean of the School of Chemical Engineering Kristiina Kruus doesn’t miss the job interview customs of the previous millennium.
Changing work presents a wealth of research topics
Is there anything stable left in work life? At least constant change, say Future of Work researches, and advocate joining forces in work related research.
Aalto Magazine focuses on continuous learning
The just-published Aalto University Magazine 24 examines lifelong, or continuous, learning, which a recent legislative amendment made the fourth mission of Finland’s universities.
Virtuality becoming part of everyday studies
New learning methods will transport students into a world of games, augmented reality and videos.
A lifelong curriculum
A legislative reform made continuous learning the fourth mission for universities in Finland. Who will draft the lifelong curriculum and what will it lead to?
A layer just a few atoms deep can work wonders
The atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique developed by Tuomo Suntola revolutionised information technology in the 2000s. Now researchers are using it to make better catalysts, solar cells of record efficiency and hybrid materials that transport medicines and generate electricity from bodily waste heat.
Student wins major award with mobile music app
“Openness is the way forward,” says Ilari Niitamo, winner of the Apple Design Award 2018.
Playing sparked an idea how to transfer tacit knowledge
Artificial intelligence could discreetly guide an employee to build and maintain equipment.
Artificial intelligence meets art
The story of AI will not be fully explored without the inclusion of art, believes doctoral student Kasperi Mäki-Reinikka, who wants to collide art and technology – while exploiting the tensions that exist between them.
One atom at a time
AI is not only changing the way we process data, it’s changing how we carry out research, period.
The next material revolution will start in the forest
Plastic straws and utensils will soon be history but they will not be missed, as something much better will replace them.
