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Everyday choices: Ken Dooley, what makes a building smart?
This professor of practice wants to solve frustrating problems with simple tools.
Education collaboration generates new ideas for using design
The School of Arts, Design and Architecture has a long tradition of working together with companies to solve challenges of many kind. Last spring, design students designed concrete speaker models for audio equipment manufacturer Genelec.
Professor Agatino Rizzo: ‘I believe that interdisciplinary collaboration is a potent catalyst for innovation’
Presenting our new professors: Professor in urban planning Agatino Rizzo
Developing visibility and collaboration in the School of Arts, Design and Architecture
The Aalto ARTS Communication Guide has been published and open communications clinics started. Check out Aalto's community channel Aalto Social, too!
Riitta Hari: The exploration of the human brain and mind is captivating
'According to Olli Lounasmaa, ten meters is a distance where half of the information gets lost: the further you are from another researcher, the fewer unexpected conversations arise, and the more refreshing science gossip goes unheard. This is food for thought for remote workers as well.'
Aalto Photonics Flagship Seed Funding Call for Collaborative Projects is Open till September 15, 2023
The call seeks proposals to introduce novel scientific, technological, business, and/or artistic ideas that explore photonic technologies to foster robust collaboration among the partners of Academy of Finland PREIN flagship. Researchers from all schools of Aalto University are invited to propose new openings.
Aalto University Data Hub: Data Suggestion Tool to Facilitate Data Sharing, Transparency and Demand Mapping
The Aalto University Data Hub collects, disseminates and develops research data for Aalto researchers. Explore data sources on our website, and help diversify our catalogue with our new suggestion tool!
Unite! Seed Fund Awards Funding to Eight Applications with Aalto University's Involvement
Unite! Seed Fund supports bottom-up proposals from teachers, researchers and students.
Master’s programmes’ portfolio renewal in the School of Chemical Engineering (autumn 2024)
The School of Chemical Engineering is undertaking a portfolio renewal of the Master’s programmes for the autumn 2024
Cutting the carbon out of concrete
The Radical Ceramic Research Group is pioneering potentially transformative alternatives to traditional concrete, the world’s second largest source of emissions.
How could Augmented Reality change the learning experience on campus? Online Hybrid Lab welcomes its new member, Teresa Rizzi.
As a member of Online Hybrid Team, Teresa is doing her internship and working on her master thesis about Augmented Reality from a User Experience designer point of view.
The IoT connection, which utilizes the energy and infrastructure of the mobile phone network, enables the development of new services
Aalto University has developed the first prototype of an Ambient Internet of Things (AIoT) system operating in a mobile phone network, which enables a very energy- and cost-effective data transfer method for Internet of Things applications.
PlastLIFE promotes a sustainable circular economy for plastics
In the project Aalto University explores the business opportunities and challenges of the circular economy
The Carbon-smart Urban Green Festival draws attention to the research and planning of urban nature
Carbon-smart Urban Green Festival, organized in Helsinki's central library Oodi, invites you to learn something new about the carbon-smart urban nature 25.-26.8.
New professors at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture
School of Arts, Design and Architecture gets new professors for the departments of Architecture, Art and Media, Film and Design.
Innovations are not born in the blink of an eye
A good brand has been developed for collaboration between Aalto University and the Saab Group, as well as a reputation for knowing how to do things right.
Summer school students showcased immersive virtual reality prototypes at demo day
One of the first-ever Summer School undergraduate courses let students design their own immersive virtual reality experiences.
Nessling Foundation’s general call open 15 August–8 September 2023.
Nessling Foundation’s general call is open 15 August–8 September 2023. Total of 2.5 million euros will be awarded in grants for speeding up sustainability transformations.
Mindfulness skills - Enabling sustainable wellbeing - workshop-series (Autumn 2023) for students
Would you like to develop your ability to pause and think about your relationship with yourself and others? What could sustainable well-being mean to you? What does it mean to you to live sustainably in this world?
From Light to Motion: Shaping surfaces with light
Multifunctional Materials Design group: A quantitative study that leads to a more precise control of the photoactive surface
