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Professor Marko Hinkkanen named IEEE Fellow
He is being recognised for contributions to control methods for electric motor drives and grid converters.
Professor Rebecca Piekkari selected as Espoo Ambassador 2022
As Espoo Ambassador, Professor Piekkari will represent Espoo's scientific excellence when travelling around the world
Learning by doing: Solving the Tragedy of the Commons one Meal at a time
Food Futures, part of ATARCA, Aalto University, in collaboration with Global Politics and Communication, University of Helsinki, present the video Learning by Doing: Solving the Tragedy of the Commons one Meal at a time.
Local organisations join Aalto University's Urban GoodCamp as project partners
Five organisations from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area's public and private sector are joining the Erasmus+ Urban Goodcamp project, providing challenges and mentoring to the students participating in the programme. The project Urban GoodCamp aims to tackle pressing urban challenges through multidisciplinary programmes for students, researchers, and life-long learners.
Jaana Vapaavuori: From dancer to researcher
Professor of functional nanomaterials would like to combine technology and art in her research.
President Ilkka Niemelä appointed as Unite! Vice President
Unite! European University Alliance will strengthen its leadership with two new Vice Presidents. Aalto University is one of the nine partner universities in the alliance founded in 2019. Unite! is building a new European university model.
Call for applications for Crystal Flowers in Halls of Mirrors is now open
Kristallikukkia peilisaleissa –kurssi - MS-E1000 Crystal Flowers in Halls of Mirrors: Mathematics meets Art and Architecture - on avoin kaikille kandiopiskelijoista tohtorikoulutettaviin, matematiikan ja tekniikan aloista taiteisiin, muotoiluun, arkkitehtuuriin ja kemiasta liiketoimintaan. Kurssille otetaan korkeintaan 50 opiskelijaa motivaatiokirjeiden perusteella, ja haku on auki 10.1.2023 saakka. Kurssi on 15 opintopisteen suuruinen, ja se järjestetään joka toinen vuosi.
Finnish quantum community InstituteQ forges Nordic and cross-Atlantic connections
The Finnish quantum institute, InstituteQ, has geared up its international collaboration during the autumn of 2022 with partners from the Nordics and the United States.
The new hydrogen economy training module begins – FITech network received funding for organising the education
The first studies will begin in January 2023.
Alumnus Mikko Jääskeläinen: Studying at the School of Business has opened many professional doors
Our alumnus Mikko Jääskeläinen, who majored in Creative Sustainability and also studied finance, ended up working in management consulting after graduation. While in that position, he became fascinated by transport and real estate infrastructure projects, which led him to a job involving urban economy and land use general planning for the City of Helsinki, and from there, a position at the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The best parts of his job are the interesting tasks and his knowledgeable colleagues.
Campus Membership is your ticket to access Aalto University campus
Membership allows you to become part of the unique Aalto University ecosystem, which seamlessly connects companies and the university
First scholarships from Kyunghyun Cho's donation awarded to women studying computer science
Four women in the Machine Learning, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence major have received scholarships based on their outstanding study performance
What will we be wearing in the future?
Aalto University has been invited to showcase its sustainable textile and fashion solutions at the European Parliament in Brussels.
Finnish student team Revontuli took the third place in an international student supercomputer competition
CSC fielded Finland's first team in the international Student Cluster Competition (SCC), whose final was held in November 4-6.
Towards The Internet of Senses
The Internet of Senses (IoS) aims at providing comprehensive multisensory experiences that are nearly inseparable from reality and improve intelligent human-machine interaction.
Unimon - A new qubit to boost quantum computers for useful applications
The researchers have achieved the first quantum logic gates with unimons at 99.9% fidelity — a major milestone on the quest to build commercially useful quantum computers.
Entrepreneurship programme brought sustainability alongside productivity
Aalto Ventures Program aims to teach every university student entrepreneurship skills and funnel the skills toward sustainable development objectives.
Unite! European University Alliance starts its new era advancing a digital and green Europe
Unite! has closed its pilot phase and launched the new phase to implement sustainable, concrete and beneficial outputs advancing a digital and green Europe.
Jaakko Kivinen, Aalto University alumnus and Doctor of Science (Technology): ‘Don’t isolate yourself to just your own field’
Alumnus Jaakko Kivinen wants to pass the good on for generations to come by donating ºÚÁÏÍø University.
New T-REX Project launches to drive closed-loop sorting and recycling of household textile waste across the EU
Aalto University is part of a consortium that has launched an innovative European Union (EU) funded project to create a circular system for post-consumer textile waste.
