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Professor Katri Kauppi knows just what it takes to succeed in outsourcing
Just because you understand a clause in a contract, doesn’t mean you know what you are about to buy. It’s for this reason social and healthcare reform is doomed to fail unless a wealth of expertise is brought on board when considering outsourcing activities to the private sector.
Introducing the School of Business Alumna of the Year 2018 Elina Björklund
Elina Björklund, the CEO of Reima, was awarded as the Alumna of the Year 2018 in Aalto University School of Business.
Already as a child, Assistant Professor Arno Solin wanted to build smart robots
Over the years, his childhood enthusiasm with programming and mathematical models was developed into research in real-time machine learning and sensor fusion.
Wastewater nutrients converted into clean fertiliser
A promising water technology invention combats climate change and helps waterway conservation.
Jukka Mäkelä named Alumnus of the Year 2018 by Aalto University School of Engineering
Espoo – Tapiola and Otaniemi in particular – has always been important to Mayor Jukka Mäkelä.
Neste and Aalto University to begin strategic research cooperation to strengthen Finnish competitiveness
Neste and Aalto University to begin strategic research cooperation to strengthen Finnish competitiveness
Merja Penttilä obtains over 1 million euro funding to synthetic biology from the Wihuri Foundation
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation has granted on 9 October 2018 funding for the establishment of a Centre for Young Synbio Scientists, a programme led by Professor Merja Penttilä.
Significant optimization potential found for Stora Enso in a student project
A tool was developed as a customised student project to optimize material flows in a network.
Forget about cords and plugs, electric cars will be charged wirelessly: energy solutions for the future are developed in Otaniemi
Smart Otaniemi tests new ideas for a better energy future.
Innovating in the IDBM Challenge course for the future of Helsinki and Copenhagen
Students in this multidisciplinary and multi-format IDBM Challenge course developed practical solutions for the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
The great Finnfocus export fair was organized 50 years ago
The Finnfocus fair in 1968 is definitely the biggest event in the history of KY.
Critique towards the conventional food system manifests in the popularity of local and organic food
Galina Kallio's doctoral dissertation shows how people challenge the current system of food production and market exchange by buying their food directly from local farms.
The first Motivator of the year awards were given at the School of Electrical Engineering
The best courses and their teachers were rewarded at the School of Electrical Engineering.
For Professor Antti Räisänen, sociability is about caring for others
Professor Antti Räisänen has completed his long academic career, beginning his retirement on 1 October 2018.
A tale of forbidden love from Nairobi
Rafiki, a film shot by Christopher Wessels, is screened at the Love & Anarchy Helsinki International Film Festival. Wessels graduated from Aalto University a couple of years ago.
Aalto University among the 10 best landscape architecture programmes
Five student projects were selected to represent Aalto at the Biennial of Landscape Architecture in Barcelona.
Communicating research is about clarifying thinking
Social media gives researchers the tools for making an impact, building networks and showcasing expertise. Read on for some tips to get you started!
"Feels great!" - Jaakko Kahilaniemi won ING Unseen Talent Award
"Nature Like Capital" photo series by Kahilaniemi focuses on how people use nature as capital - not as environment and a natural place.
Architectural week in libraries this week
Libraries all over Finland celebrate architecture 1-7 October, for the first time. Architectural week is inspired by Finland's exhibition at the Venice International Architecture Biennale.
Finlandia Prize for Architecture for the New Children’s Hospital
The hospital was designed from child's point of view.
