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Aalto University alumnus Petteri Isotupa: ‘Dare to think and to ask why’
With his bequest, alumni Petteri Isotupa wants to support future generations’ opportunities for a good education.
Professor Jari Koskinen concludes his distinguished career
Jari Koskinen, Professor of Material Science, retires on 31 March 2023. Koskinen, who has studied the physical properties of functional materials and, in particular, surfaces and interfaces, spent the past 14 years in his career as a researcher at the School of Chemical Engineering and served as the head of the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science in from 2014 to 2022.
Significant funding for thin-film technology research - materials to be developed can be used, for example, in energy storage
The search for new, precisely tailored thin-film materials is accelerating for a wide range of next-generation applications in fields such as energy storage and IoT.
Henri Yoki: When my children ask what their dad is doing, I answer that I am solving the climate crisis
Henri Yoki, M.Sc. in both tech and business, founded his first company while studying international business at the School of Business. Today, he is the Founder and CEO of a company focusing on green energy transition. There, he gets to widely apply everything he learned during his career and studies.
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture is hosting its second summer school in August
The mission is to look sustainable ways to use forests both in their natural form and as industrial resource and create living environments built in wood and in balance with surrounding nature.
Volunteer and help researchers learn more about chronotype differences in sleep habits and health outcomes!
A research study is being conducted to learn more about the differences between 'lark' (early bird) and 'owl' (late bird) chronotypes.
Engineering enzymes with AI
A research team from Aalto University and VTT will construct a virtual laboratory for enzyme engineering, which will allow human-AI collaboration to flourish.
Apply for seed funding to create collaborative activities with students in Unite! universities
Deadline for applications is 15 May, 2023.
Art evokes feelings in the body
A new study from the University of Turku and Aalto University in Finland reveals that art has a powerful effect on people's bodies and emotions.
YLE and Aalto University collaborate to design future streaming service for children and youth
Aalto University and YLE have partnered to develop and design ideas for a new branded streaming service for children and youth.
Professor Arja Karhumaa: ‘We need to better understand how texts are viewed’
Introducing our tenured professors: professor Arja Karhumaa explores the relationship between language and the visual form of a text –how a text looks at any given moment, and how it affects us as human beings.
The short film filmed in Aalto tells about a student's difficult choice
The shooting of the short film Compassion III, funded by Aalto University's Oasis of Radical Wellbeing project, began in Otaniemi on March 17th. The premier is on May 30th as a part of the Green Minds, Healthy Hearts – Social Sustainability Symposium in Aalto University's Harald Herlin Learning Center.
Are you our new CHEM Data Agent?
Apply to be the next Data Agent from the School of Chemical Engineering.
Avatars and genuine interaction
Future maternity and child health clinics and positive birth experiences may be built on 3D-video conferences and avatars but also traditional child health clinic cards and genuine human interaction.
Karol Lukaszewski: Learning is much more than finishing the courses
Karol Lukaszewski came to Finland to study Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management at Aalto University. His journey in Rovio Entertainment started in May 2021 with a position of Performance Marketing Trainee. The traineeship period lasted for 4 months, but the journey continues as he was soon offered a permanent full-time Performance Marketing Specialist position.
Sahar Babaeipour dreams of entrepreneurship – but before that, she wants to graduate as a doctor
The doctoral research conducted by Sahar Babaeipour, a doctoral researcher at Aalto University’s Bioinnovation Center, aims at a more sustainable packaging industry.
Matteo Iannacchero, a developer of bio-based yarns: ‘I value the freedom of science’
In his doctoral research conducted at Aalto University’s Bioinnovation Center, Iannacchero uses machine learning to develop ecologically sustainable electronic yarns. This is an opportunity to come up with something completely new.
Unite! University Alliance Launches Seed Fund to Foster Collaborative Teaching, Research and Student Activities
Financial boost for innovative ideas from teachers, researchers and students across the Unite! alliance of nine European universities. Apply now!
Kaisu Savola: ‘The 1960s and 1970s saw a change in the values of Finnish design’
I claim series presents Kaisu Savola, who explores a generation of design students and design professionals in Finland, in the 1960s and 1970s, as they became aware of the two contradictory faces of design.
