Appointments
Sandra Kaabel has been appointed Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science
Ph.D. Sandra Kaabel has been appointed five-year fixed term Assistant Professor position at the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science as of 1 April 2024. The field of the professorship is Organic Synthesis Technologies.
Siavash Khajavi appointed as Assistant Professor in Operations Management
Siavash Khajavi starts in his new position on 15 February 2024.
Kari Tammi appointed as Full Professor
The dean of the School of Engineering, Professor Kari Tammi, has been appointed Full Professor at Aalto University, School of Engineering from January 1, 2024 by the decision of President Ilkka Niemelä.
Two new professors appointed at the School of Chemical Engineering
Maria Sammalkorpi has been appointed Associate Professor and Ville Miikkulainen has been appointed Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Material Sciences.
‘Organising a congress is always an honorable task,’ says Espoo Ambassador 2023, Professor Peter Lund
Espoo has a new congress ambassador, professor of engineering physics Peter Lund, who was chosen as the Espoo Ambassador 2023. The award recognises Lund's significant contribution to inviting and organising international scientific congresses in Finland, Espoo, and abroad.
New heads of department at the Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering
Professor Rodrigo Serna has been appointed as Head of the Department and Professor Daniel Lindberg as Vice Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy, starting in 2024.
Professor appointments at the School of Engineering
Three new professors joined the School of Engineering this autumn.
Frank Martela appointed as Assistant Professor in Organization Design
University lecturer, author, and philosopher Frank Martela will start in his new position on 1 January 2024.
Significant grant from the Finnish Society of Crafts and Design Centennial Foundation for the Development of Design Education
MA Irina Viippola has been appointed to the professorship of practice enabled by the Finnish Society of Crafts and Design Centennial Foundation.
A need for nuance: three professors offer perspective through their research
Three newly tenured Aalto professors talk about the complexities of real-world research
Apurva Ganoo has been appointed as a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
The School of Business and the whole Aalto University will have a stronger focus on entrepreneurship
Professor Jarek Kurnitski as a member of the new climate panel
Government appointed new Climate Change Panel for 2024–2027 which will be composed of 15 researchers from universities and research institutes. The chaired is Jyri Seppälä from the Finnish Environment Institute.
Tanesh Kumar and Xiaolong Liu start as Data Agents at the School of Electrical Engineering
Aalto Research Data Management Network has two new members, Tanesh Kumar and Xiaolong Liu. Their aim is to support data management practices at the School of Electrical Engineering.
Professor Marco Steinberg: ’We need to change, and we need to do it now’
Professor of Practice in Strategic and Industrial Design says that the world’s most pressing issues, like climate change, won’t be addressed by tinkering at the edges of today’s solutions but rather require a more fundamental redesign.
Hanna Sievinen appointed to the Aalto University Board
Board member Karel Luyben will continue for a new term
Risto Rajala appointed as Full Professor in Service Engineering and Management
Professor Rajala’s research examines management of technology firms’ service operations.
Heidi Salonen appointed as head of the Department of Civil Engineering
Salonen is currently serving as the vice head of the Department of Civil Engineering and as a professor of indoor environment technology.
Rahul Mangayil appointed Assistant Professor at the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems
Rahul Mangayil has been appointed five-year fixed term Assistant Professor position in the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems as of 1 November 2023. The field of the professorship is Bioprocess Engineering.
Bo Zhao believes machine learning systems will become like dictionaries – everyday tools we all use to solve problems
Zhao joined the Department of Computer Science as Assistant Professor in early September
Ilari Niemi appointed as Head of Finance at Aalto EE
In his position, Niemi reports ºÚÁÏÍø EE's Managing Director Tom Lindholm and Aalto University's CFO Marianna Bom.
