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Alumnus Nicolas Dolce: Sustainability is only going to become a more important topic, one that practitioners of many different professions will need to be familiar with
Study course projects and a Social Hackathon competition helped Nicolas Dolce, our Creative Sustainability alumnus, to prepare for working in sustainability consulting. 'The Capstone course sharpened my project management, client interface, and business development skills.'
Professor Matti Kummu: How to provide enough sustainable food for all?
'Countries have different opportunities to reach sustainability in food supply, but a global U-turn is needed', he emphasises.
Food export restrictions by a few countries could skyrocket global food crop prices
Global shocks such as COVID-19 call for improved political decisions and accountability to secure food for everyone
Creating original and aesthetically sustainable designs
From fellow design students to business partners, Jukka Jokinen and Heikki Konu's vases are available in the Aalto University Shop.
Four smart city pilot projects start in January 2021
Altogether 71 ideas were proposed to the international challenge for smart cities.
European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Finnish Forum webinar on 25th January
One of the speakers is Karel Luyben, the first president of the EOSC Association and a member of board at Aalto University.
Professor Jarkko Niiranen on the computational mechanics of microarchitectural solids and structures
'When developing models, we spend a lot of time on mathematical physics, numerical mathematics and computer programming, but the fundamental concepts of mechanics remain the same' says Niiranen in his installation talk.
Computational physicist Dorothea Golze receives prestigious Emmy Noether Award
Dorothea Golze received funding from the German Research Foundation within the Emmy Noether Programme to establish her own junior research group at the Technical University of Dresden.
How do you know where a drone is flying without a GPS signal?
In Jouko Kinnari's doctoral dissertation, the location of a drone can be determined using map data and sensors.
Fashion Design graduates among finalists in the Designers' Nest competition
Graduates from Fashion Design are once again paving the way for Finnish fashion design with their innovative and unique collections.
Aalto granted 15.4 million euros for profiling
The objective is to produce revolutionary expertise in four areas: AI-driven healthcare, Computational imagination, Co-innovating circular systems and Leading for creativity
Open University course Sustainability in Business begins in February 2021
Join our sustainability course and deepen your understanding of how business operations impact society and the environment, and what kind of roles organizations can play in addressing sustainability challenges.
Alumna Tuuli Hakkarainen: To know your strengths, you need to get to know yourself first
Unlike most of her fellow students, School of Business, Mikkeli Campus alumna Tuuli Hakkarainen chose an academic career path. She defended her dissertation in December 2020, and in her doctoral thesis she examined expertise sharing within multinational corporations.
Professor Mikael Rinne: Fracture mechanics in rock engineering
'Fracture mechanics is an important part of rock engineering, but it’s very difficult to predict accurately where, when and how fractures appear,' says Rinne in his installation talk.
Discovering new materials in data
FCAI member Milica Todorović uses computational methods for material science, training AI on her field's vast databases to speed up the search for tomorrow's functional materials.
Do you have questions about research data? Come meet the data agents!
Aalto University’s data agents are available weekly in Zoom.
Digitalisation did not increase productivity as expected - researchers propose solutions for increasing productivity
There are large sector-specific differences in productivity with room for improvement, especially in manufacturing and construction.
CEST group wins supercomputing Grand Challenge
The CEST group has won a CSC grand supercomputing challenge to run projects in 2021.
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2021
In a world of plenty, what is wise to design for the next generations? This year's theme is Resource wisdom, and a university-wide event will take place in September 2021.
Alumna Elina Lamponen: Internships and other jobs during your studies are a good way to try out different things
School of Business, Mikkeli Campus alumna Elina Lamponen gives current students a valuable piece of advice regarding working during studies: “Try to get a job at a smaller company. The company might not seem as prestigious as bigger companies, but the duties are usually more varied, and you get to see and do more and get responsibility early on.”
