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Three fascinating facts about space – which mystery would space researcher Joni Tammi like to understand?
When Joni Tammi was on the first grade, he gave his first school presentation about stars. It started a journey that led to a career in space research. But what was the brainwave he got during his studies on a course taught by astronomer Esko Valtaoja?
Aalto nuclear fusion expert becomes ITER Scientist Fellow
Dr Antti Snicker becomes the first Finnish Scientist Fellow at ITER, modelling transport of fast particles in tokamak plasmas
Revival of garment mending: communal reskilling addresses global issues of textile waste
Dissertation of the month: Mending clothes, one of the oldest practices known to humankind, nowadays stands for global awareness of the textile waste problem.
ÄÄNIAALTO V OPEN CALL
ÄÄNIAALTO is an annual festival of audio-visual oddity. It aims to nurture and expand the sound/new media scene in Helsinki, and provide an open culture that is accessible to anybody interested.
Visual design enables communication between cultures
Award-winning designer Chao Yang sees visual communication design as a means to communicate across borders.
Ageing networks
Mia Liljeström studies how the brain networks that process language change with ageing
Aalto researchers’ bold initiatives receive more than €2 million in funding
The areas covered by the four research projects include the development of thermal energy storage and mobile magnetic resonance imaging technology.
New e-book titles from Springer Nature
New e-books have been acquired to Springer Nature eBook Collections.
Concrete is cast stone moulded by humans
The Betoni–Concrete exhibition presents concrete and its use from the point of view of engineers, architects, designers and artists. The exhibition opens up on the 23 January in Dipoli.
Pattern Lab 20 designers present new collection in Heimtextil Messe Frankfurt 7–10 January
Pattern Lab has an impressive history of more than twenty years of selling successful designs to Scandinavian and international markets. A number of today’s top textile designers in Finland are Pattern Lab alumni.
Ingmar Björkman's portrait was revealed
The portrait was created by Aalto alumnus Jaakko Kahilaniemi.
Finance student Yakill Reyes's thesis awarded by SAE
The title of the thesis awarded by SAE (Finnish Foundation for Advancement of Securities Market) is ”Fund manager experience, reputation, and investment behavior”.
Ambiguous problems require new types of leadership
In the future, automation will handle routine tasks, so even newcomers to the workforce will be required to work on complex problems. What should be considered when leading multidisciplinary teams that solve these kinds of challenging problems?
Anna Valtonen's portrait was revealed
The portrait of Anna Valtonen, former Dean of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture at Aalto University, was unveiled at Aalto University's 10th anniversary on 8 January. The portrait was created by the artist, Doctor of Art Maija Tammi.
Machine learning in chemistry - algorithms help finding minimum energy paths and saddle points more effectively
Machine learning brings new possibilities to many areas of research - also chemical research, which is shown in a recent dissertation written at the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence.
Rewriting quantum mechanics in their spare time
A pair of civil servants solve a quantum mechanics problem that had bothered them since they were students
Academy Programme funding for research teams
The funded projects are linked from different perspectives on climate change.
Dissertation award for bridging the gap between theory and practice through Design Science
D.Sc. Mikael Öhman’s doctoral dissertation receives award from the Finnish Production Planning and Control Society
The quietest place in Finland - Acoustics Lab renovation is complete
The laboratory and its office facilities were thoroughly refurbished.
Architecture and design for healthcare
The Health Talks @ Aalto event discusses how design and architecture can be used to benefit different patient groups.
