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Unite! visiting professorship program offers 13 guest professor positions at TU Darmstadt
TuDa is looking for experienced postdocs as visiting professors.
Communication services at Aalto ENG and ELEC are enhancing their collaboration
The pilot starts in January 2024 and continues until May 2025.
Water and environmental engineering receives significant donation from MVTT
The donation will reinforce teaching and its impact in the field of water engineering.
Aalto researchers voice their concerns at COP28 in Dubai
The decision to phase out fossil fuels requires swift action, especially in the energy sector. The effects of climate change can already be seen in polar regions and global food production.
Professor appointments at the School of Engineering
Three new professors joined the School of Engineering this autumn.
900 ideas put forth in School of Engineering development workshops
Dean Kari Tammi invited the entire staff to come up with ideas and give feedback, especially about the school's structure, decision-making, allocation of resources and working conditions.
Sustainable land-use and mobility policies in urban regions enhanced with Unite! seed funding
The project seeks to identify innovative approaches for bringing decision-making closer together in land-use and mobility policy and practice.
Nessling Foundation's grants for four Aalto researchers
Four of the funded projects are at Aalto University School of Engineering. A total of 393 projects applied for funding.
Professor Jarek Kurnitski as a member of the new climate panel
Government appointed new Climate Change Panel for 2024鈥2027 which will be composed of 15 researchers from universities and research institutes. The chaired is Jyri Sepp盲l盲 from the Finnish Environment Institute.
Coming never to a road near you: Five myths about autonomous vehicles
Whether you call them autonomous, self-driving or robot cars, there is a lot of discussion about when, where and how these vehicles will take to the roads.
Kari Tammi: When we are lean enough, we have time to think without rushing
'Aalto is a pretty calm and safe environment to work in. The management and evaluation system is relatively kind, and the rules are just right for an odd and absent-minded person like me.'
Antti Valkonen honoured as School of Engineering Alumni of the Year 2023
鈥滻 hope that my example can encourage students to go abroad after graduation. The competition can get tough, but it should not scare you off. Technology graduates from Aalto have a lot to give to the world,鈥 says Antti Valkonen.
Call for nominees for Aalto University鈥檚 Open Science Award 2023
Nominate yourself, your colleague, a research group, a department, or a project as the receiver of the first Aalto University Open Science Award.
New Flagship programme protects water resources through digital twins.
鈥楾he Flagship is a welcome and an important opening for increasing the effectiveness of the water sector. It promotes the digitalisation of the water sector, opens doors to young researchers, and serves as an ecosystem for companies in the field as well as for societal actors鈥, notes Professor Harri Koivusalo.
Green transition on seas seminar
Welcome to the seminar of the Finnish Maritime Foundation on 26.10.2023.
The seminar brings together students, academia and industry to discuss challenges and opportunities of the sustainable green transition in shipping. After the industry鈥檚 keynote speeches, three co-financed research topics will be presented and the panel will debate what kind of research and expertise are needed in the sector.
The seminar brings together students, academia and industry to discuss challenges and opportunities of the sustainable green transition in shipping. After the industry鈥檚 keynote speeches, three co-financed research topics will be presented and the panel will debate what kind of research and expertise are needed in the sector.
Digital twin for optimizing the carbon balance in wastewater treatment
Researchers at Aalto are creating a digital model for automatic continuous predictive process simulations supporting wastewater treatment plant operation in a new project called DIGICARBA. The proposed digital tool will have a wastewater treatment process model connected to continuous data transmission from the Helsinki wastewater treatment plant.
Researcher Marko Kallio recognized by UK prize for his map of the Mekong River
Narrative adventure through the Mekong river
Register for training in research data management and open science
New topics included! Registrations for autumn 2023 are open.
A finer picture of global migration reveals complex patterns
New research shows that socio-economic factors play a larger role than climate
