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Assistant Professor Juha Siitonen always wanted to be a chemist
Juha Siitonen, Doctor of Philosophy, started his five-year fixed term as Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science on 1 January 2022. The field of the professorship is organic chemistry.
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
Climate change is serious business
According to Senior University Lecturer Leena Lankoski, there are both compelling sustainability reasons and compelling business reasons for companies to urgently address their environmental impact.
Register for Research Data Management and Open Science Training in Spring 2022!
Aalto Research Data Management Network organises training in research data management and open science in spring 2022.
Three flagships receive continued funding
Materials Bioeconomy FinnCERES, Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI and the platform for photonics research PREIN have received the Academy of Finland鈥檚 funding for second flagship term
World-leading research on bio-based materials continues in Finland
The Academy of Finland continues to support the FinnCERES materials bioeconomy Flagship with a significant funding of up to 10.7 M鈧 for 2022-2026. Over 6 M鈧 of the funding has been officially confirmed and the final grant will be announced early 2025.
Finnish film shot on an old Nokia phone gets its world premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival
Nobody Meets Your Eyes was the only Finnish film to make it to the Rotterdam Film Festival.
MMD Colloquium 2021
Series of online lectures by international guests at the Multifunctional Materials Design research group meetings
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.
Russia - not so difficult, not so different?
Seminar 鈥淐areer opportunities with Russia鈥 was held on December 9th at Aalto University鈥檚 Dipoli in Otaniemi, Espoo, as an on-line event.
The Chemical Industry Innovation Award application is open until 18 February
The Chemical Industry Federation of Finland rewards industry participants with the biennial Innovation Award. For the Spring 2022 Innovation Award, the award money has been increased to 鈧30 000 from the previous 鈧20 000.
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
Retired Professor Ari Koskinen encourages chemists to be brave
Professor of Organic Chemistry Ari Koskinen retired in December 2021. Koskinen, who has specialised in research on pure enantiomers, has built a distinguished career both in Finland and internationally.
Open winter calls in the field of computer science
Multiple interesting research projects for post-doctoral and doctoral researchers.
Exhibition concentrating on data is rare, even internationally
The new Data Vitality exhibition lets you sense and feel data like never before
Teuvo Kohonen in memoriam
Academician of Science, Professor Teuvo Kohonen (1934鈥2021) has passed away. Kohonen was a pioneer of research and education in information technology. His work on neural networks received global acknowledgement.
Brain researchers receive a Christmas gift: New MEG device enables more accurate measurements and recycling of helium
The previous MEG device served researchers for over 20 years.
Towards the next generation of social innovations 鈥 Northern Dimension Future Forum 2021
The annual Northern Dimension Future Forum took place at Aalto University, Finland, and online on December 1, 2021. In the Future Forum, experts and stakeholders discussed the sustainability of social innovations and policy measures induced by the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of Northern Dimension thematic partnerships. From the Aalto University, Professor Riitta Kosonen, Director of CEMAT and Lead coordinator of the Northern Dimension Institute, Professor Otto Toivanen, Aalto School of Economics, and Milja Leinonen, Chair of the Board, Aalto University Student Union, participated in the event.
Aalto in 2021: Super hearing, a greenhouse that鈥檚 actually green, prospective astronauts, and lots more
A second pandemic year hasn鈥檛 slowed Aalto down. Read about what our community has been up to in 2021 鈥 and learn something new!
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.
