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Professor Tapani Vuorinen awarded with a prestigious Lampén medal

Professor Tapani Vuori was awarded the prestigious Lampén Medal, which is granted for outstanding, comprehensive technical and scientific work in the field.
Awards and Recognition
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Three people holding certificates at an awards event. There is a blue banner and a large screen behind them.

Cooking Open Science: A Sensory Learning Experience for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers

The course provided researchers a unique opportunity to immerse in the principles of open science while exploring varied gastronomic cultures.
Studies
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Three images: individuals cooking together. Displaying fruits, teamwork, and frying food. Orange background, 'Aalto University' header.

Teacher, share your insights on assessment practices

Unite! Educator Questionnaire aims at understanding and improving assessment strategies in higher education.
University
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Four individuals working together around a table inside an office with a large plant in the background.

Changes in Maarintie 8 parking spaces

The temporary parking spaces behind Maarintie 8 will be removed during autumn 2025.
Campus
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Pysäköintipaikka Maarintie 8 takana

Pekka Peljo appointed as Associate Professor (tenured) at the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science

D.Sc. (Tech.) Pekka Peljo has been appointed as Associate Professor (tenured) position at the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science as of 1 April 2025. The field of the professorship is Electrolytic Processes for Green Energy Transition.
Appointments
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Pekka Peljo

Low-emission local energy enhances campus energy self-sufficient

The solution relies on combining local production and the district heating system, as well as low-temperature and cooling networks.
Campus
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Ilmakuva kampuksesta

Finnish forest industry is renewing through academic research and innovation

The FinnCERES Flagship is advancing long-term, high-impact research that drives innovation, economic growth, and societal development towards a sustainable bioeconomy.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Wood chips with icons linking them to building blocks, replacing plastics, multimaterials, bio-composites, electronics, and chemicals.

Aalto AI Assistant available now to students - learn the features - AI Training coming soon

Ai.aalto.fi is now open for students. New features added: Document chats, save your chats etc.
Studies, University
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AI generated vision of a teacher interacting with virtual screens in a dark room, with colourful digital images projected on the walls.

Maarintie 8 as a pilot for the recycling campaign

Maarintie 8 has been selected as a pilot site for Aalto's sorting campaign.
Campus, University
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Uusi lajittelupiste Maarintie 8

Aalto University maintained strong academic performance and international recognition in 2024

University board approved the Annual Board Report and Financial Statements for 2024
Press releases, University
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Three Aalto students looking down into the camera shot from below.

Aalto University endowment provided EUR 41 million in 2024 for education and research

The university endowment portfolio returned 11.2%
University
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Marsio

Lignin: A Sustainable Solution for Future Energy Storage

Transforming from a fossil-based to a bio-based economy, we need alternative solutions for both fuels and biobased chemicals and materials. Lignin is a promising bio-based compound produced as a side stream in biorefineries. It has the potential to replace fossil-based chemicals and materials in resins and energy storage applications.
Research & Art
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A glass petri dish containing a pile of dark brown powder on a white surface.

From a lab researcher to a start-up CEO

The dean of the School of Chemical Engineering Kristiina Kruus has awarded thesis prizes to masters and doctors who graduated in 2024 at the degree certificate distribution event on 26 March 2025.
Awards and Recognition, Studies
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A man holding a certificate stands in front of a chalkboard in a lecture hall. A colourful flower arrangement is on the table.

Campus survey results tell the story of the campus experience

The renewed campus survey was implemented in October-November 2024.
Campus, University
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Kampus ilmasta kuvattuna syksyllä 2024

Learn new skills for appreciative encounters in the Aaltogether Ateliers

Welcome to open meetups in March-May to develop togetherness through means of embodied practices and social arts
Research & Art, Studies
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Abstract illustration for embodied intelligence toolbox by Anna Muchenikova.

Fostering creative industry innovation: Fourteen new teams onboard the Aalto Creatives pre-incubator programme

Aalto Creatives, the creative industry pre-incubator programme, welcomed fourteen innovative teams at a kickoff event on March 11, 2025.
Campus, Cooperation
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A group photo of Aalto Creatives pre-incubator participants from spring 2025.

A bio-based solution can replace harmful fire retardants

Researchers from Aalto University and XAMK have developed bio-based fire retardants that offer an environmentally friendly alternative to current chemicals. The test results have exceeded expectations, and the materials appear to perform even better than commercial solutions available on the market.
Research & Art
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Intense flames engulf a room, burning from the wooden walls with fierce, swirling patterns.

Record number of Aalto Space application users

Aalto Space reaches over 10 000 users every month.
Campus, University
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Aalto Space Kuva: Hannes Huotari

Chemical engineering student Ella Haravuori combines bioproduct development and food sciences

Ella Haravuori studies chemical engineering at Aalto University and food sciences at the University of Helsinki. Ella is particularly interested in biobased packaging materials that can replace plastics in food packaging.
Studies
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A person in a long brown coat stands in front of a building with a 'School of Chemical Engineering' sign.

Researchers create gel that can self-heal like human skin

Until now, artificial gels have either managed to replicate this high stiffness or natural skin’s self-healing properties, but not both. Now, a team of researchers from Aalto University and the University of Bayreuth are the first to develop a hydrogel with a unique structure that overcomes earlier limitations, opening the door to applications such as drug delivery, wound healing, soft robotics sensors and artificial skin.
Press releases
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Artistic representation of hydrogels in a mobius-ring formed through self-healing by Margot Lepetit, Aalto University.