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School of Electrical Engineering Alum of the Year 2025 Ville Voipio shares his insights on the importance of adaptability
Three themes guide Ville Voipio's career: digitalisation, sustainability and economic well-being. He received the Alum of the Year award at the Alumni Weekend event on 25 October 2025.
From polymer technology to international research centres 鈥 Chemical engineering alum of the year Petri Lehmus
Petri Lehmus, Vice President of Research and Development at Neste Corporation, has been named alum of the year by the School of Chemical Engineering. Throughout his career, he has led international research centres, built the success story of Neste鈥檚 renewable business and advanced chemical engineering research and education at Aalto University.
School of Engineering Alum of the Year Mika Viljanmaa: There鈥檚 no point in developing something useless
Viljanmaa, an award-winning inventor, calls Otaniemi his professional and spiritual home.
Publishing Research Data Alongside Research Articles
Data availability statements are increasingly required by scientific journals. They include information on what data are available, where they can be found, and any applicable access terms
Researcher cracks new 鈥榢issing number鈥 bounds 鈥 besting AI in the process
researcher found three new bounds for the famous mathematical 鈥榢issing number鈥 dilemma
Who publishes our open access publications?
Researchers at Aalto and Helsinki Universities favor open access journals with author fees published by large publishers. Popular journals without author fees are often published by universities or societies.
Campus sustainability champion: concrete actions for creating hope
The Planetary Practices Workshops series was selected as the Campus sustainability champion 2025.
Top athlete-friendly universities promote opportunities to combine studies with elite sports
Aalto University participates in the audit process of the Finnish Olympic Committee, which aims to streamline the studies of top athletes during their sports careers.
Mentor Eduardo Hern谩ndez Villalobos: I learned from challenges faced by young designers
Aalto Mentoring Programme offered a chance for meaningful engagement and community building for the School of Arts, Design and Architecture graduate.
Learning, growing, and exploring: a path through doctoral studies at Aalto
Hamidreza Daghigh Shirazi reflects on his doctoral journey at Aalto University
Markus Joutsela: 鈥淧ackaging is an underutilized medium, user interface, and experiential element鈥
In our 鈥淚 claim鈥 series, lecturer and researcher Markus Joutsela examines how user-centered design can change the way packaging is made and experienced.
Professor Tuuli Mattelm盲ki: 鈥淚nsight often comes through surprise鈥
Professor of Design is researching how creative and empathetic working methods can promote social change and eco-social sustainability.
Practice your languages with the Unite! Language Tandems
Learn languages with another student from one of the nine Unite! alliance universities.
UniSport membership now also available with a monthly fee!
Starting from 21 October, members of the university community can purchase UniSport membership with an affordable monthly fee. The monthly membership is fixed-term for the first 12 months, after which it continues automatically until further notice.
Aalto Startup Center presents four promising startups in the Nordic's largest technology summit
Deep tech startups shine at the Nordics鈥 largest technology summit: Spotlight on four innovations
Colour stripping presented at BIO2 seminar
On June 5th, 2025, the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems at Aalto University hosted its annual BIO2 research seminar at the Aalto Design Factory.
Time crystals could power future quantum computers
A time crystal, a long-life quantum system approaching perpetual motion, has been hooked up to its environment for the first time, unlocking an intriguing way to increase quantum computational and sensing power.
Glitch artwork challenges to see art in a different light
Laura K枚n枚nen's sculpture was unveiled on 14 October at the Otaniemi campus.
