D.Sc. (Tech.) Rita Lavikka was granted a Torchbearer scholarship from the KAUTE-foundation
Lavikka’s research focuses on digitalizing industrialized house-construction.
The scholarship is 30 000 euro. You can watch her research video here (English subtitles): .
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Seven new honorary doctors in technology at Aalto University in 2026
The ceremonial conferment takes place on university campus in June.
Iris Seitz awarded for exceptional early-career achievement
Dr. Iris Seitz, former PhD student of Professor Mauri Kostiainen, has been awarded the 2026 Robert Dirks Molecular Programming Prize for her work on programmable protein architectures with nucleic acid origami.
Awards presented for top doctoral and master’s theses at the School of Science
In 2025, there were altogether 71 doctoral and 607 master's degrees in the School of Science. In March, seven outstanding doctoral and six master's theses were awarded.