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Professor Jarkko Niiranen on the computational mechanics of microarchitectural solids and structures
'When developing models, we spend a lot of time on mathematical physics, numerical mathematics and computer programming, but the fundamental concepts of mechanics remain the same' says Niiranen in his installation talk.
Professor Mikael Rinne: Fracture mechanics in rock engineering
'Fracture mechanics is an important part of rock engineering, but it’s very difficult to predict accurately where, when and how fractures appear,' says Rinne in his installation talk.
Jani Romanoff appointed vice dean at the School of EngineeringÂ
Romanoff is a highly accomplished teacher and developer of teaching.
Make your proposal for the School of Engineering Award for Achievements in Teaching 2020
The award may be presented to one teacher or teacher group.
The Design Process Management course is truly multidisciplinary
In the Design Process Management course, organised for master's and doctoral students for the first time this autumn, students design and manage real-life construction projects in cooperation with companies of the field.
Professor Risto Kosonen emphasises the role of buildings in stopping climate change
'Heating, ventilation and air conditioning have a significant impact on our health and wellbeing as well,' he says in his installation talk.
Professor Wojciech Sołowski discusses challenges of storing nuclear waste
How to design nuclear waste repository to be safe for the next million years? Professor Wojciech Sołowski discusses the properties and modelling of bentonite in his installation talk.
Changes to access control during 7.12. - check your access tokens and set a PIN code
Access for students and staff to the university’s special zones will change during Monday 7.12. Remember to go through your tokens and check your PIN code.
Apply for 2021 grants from the Fabian and Jaakko Ahvenainen Foundation
The deadline for applications is 29 January 2021.
Aalto ENG Dean's strategy coffee presentations
The slides presented on the Dean's strategy coffee on 23 Nov 2020 can be downloaded here.
School of Engineering students break Dean's List recordÂ
Despite the coronavirus epidemic, a record number of students made the School of Engineering Dean's List in the academic year 2019–2020.Â
Working on campus at the School of Engineering? Remember to reserve your workspace
Aalto University wants to make the tracing of any possible coronavirus exposures in the workplace as effective as possible. To this end, the university is adopting a workspace reservation system, which everyone coming to work on campus must use to reserve their workspaces beforehand.
Challenge – let’s make smart cities!
Smart City Centre of Excellence is announcing an international challenge to find great science intensive ideas.
Construction and real estate expert Pekka Metsi named Alumnus of the Year 2020
'In an expert field like ours, competence development continues over an entire career. Our field lacks doctoral graduates, an issue we have also tried to remedy through our joint efforts with Aalto University.'
The School of Engineering supports the start of studies by organising information events
School of Engineering holds several information events for students during orientation week and later in September. The aim of these events is to support studies as they begin or continue.
New professors and strategy implementation presented at Dean's Remote Coffee
The first Dean's Remote Coffee event of the School of Engineering was attended by almost 100 participants.
DiCtion Strives for a Digital Quality Footprint That Supports Learning in Construction
Finnish AEC firms started adopting systematic quality management in the mid-1990s. Still missing, though, is an overarching view of quality issues in a construction project. DiCtion is exploring the use of shared digital quality data for that purpose.
Introducing the new access token for the Otaniemi campus
Over the summer, the campus will adopt new access tokens (access cards). The access token will open the entrance doors of buildings. Going forward, certain hallways, elevators and other spaces will only be accessible with the access token. Mechanical keys for offices will not be changed for the time being.
Foundation for Finnish Inventions names new board chair
Juhani Talvela, Lic. Sc. (Tech.), has been appointed as the new chair of the Foundation for Finnish Inventions board. His predecessor continues as a member of the board.
DiCtion Uses Visual Data to Automate Construction Site Processes
Sensors and cameras on a digitalised construction site provide a huge amount of useful data. As a result, it’s becoming almost impossible to interpret that data manually. Aalto University is now looking for ways to automate the processing and use of construction data in the DiCtion research project.
