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Koneen S盲盲ti枚 Grant for the Centre for Text Margins
Significant Koneen S盲盲ti枚 grant awarded to the project led by Associate Professor of Visual Communication Arja Karhumaa and their team.
New life for construction waste wood
In Finland, almost all waste wood from construction ends up being burned, even though it could play a major role in the development of ecological growing media. New research shows that steam-treated waste wood can replace peat as a growing medium and offers promising results in plant germination and root growth.
Urban Travel Machines: Cosmos Met Poetry
Unique fusion of poetry and immersive digital art at the Brussels Planetarium
Aalto University's Finnish Design Push: Empowering SMEs and Design students
The Finnish Design Push, a joint initiative between School of Arts, Design and Architecture and Technology Industries of Finland, started collaboration with five SME technology companies by exploring design integration into their digital services.
A dress that combines modular design and seaweed research was seen at the Independence Day Reception
Landscape architect Anni J盲rvitalo designed a festive outfit for the President's Independence Day reception that combines modular design and seaweed research in collaboration with designer Sofia Ilmonen and Professor Julia Lohmann.
Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki donates 250 000 euros 柠檬导航 University Junior
Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki, a long-term supporter of Aalto University, donates 250 000 euros 柠檬导航 University Junior. The donatio will be used to develop and scale-up workshops on water and water technology.
Apply to Designs for a Cooler Planet by 27 January, 2025
Enhance the impact of your research by presenting it to broad groups outside the university. Aaltonian, apply and show how your research or project is changing the world.
New origami packaging technology creates sustainable and eye-catching alternatives to conventional packing materials
Origami packaging enables completely new properties for cartonboard, making it an excellent alternative to, for example, plastic and expanded polystyrene in packaging. The aesthetics of the material have also garnered interest from designers.
Quantum physics professor searches for exotic qubit alternatives with new European funding
Aalto University physics professor Jose Lado will use this funding to engineer a new type of topological quantum material that could have applications for quantum bit, or 鈥渜ubit,鈥 development for noise-resilient topological quantum computation.
This 'n' That exhibition showcased the skills of the workshop masters
In October, the gallery spaces at V盲re showcased an exhibition highlighting the diverse workshop activities across the school and the craftsmanship of the workshop masters
Unite! Research School: A Week of European Collaboration in Research
The first Unite! Research School brought together almost 200 doctoral and master's students as well as researchers from all nine Unite! universities.
Aalto University Publication Series is getting a new look
Aalto has revamped its publication series, and with the updates, new templates are now available for the covers. The number of series on offer and the ways to order publications have also been updated.
Funding for a democratic transition to sustainability
Three projects from Aalto University are among the recipients. The Nessling Foundation's grants aim to advance the implementation of sustainability transitions in the context of democracy, the EU, and nature conservation areas.
Revolution in EV battery recycling: New approach sees skyrocketing gains in lithium recovery
Energy researchers have developed a safe and environmentally friendly way to recycle the batteries used in electric vehicles
Nikos Makris: Our common scientific goal is to understand how the brain works using multi-modal neuroimaging
'I feel extremely comfortable. I don鈥檛 see anybody judging and I have total freedom of speech.'
Battery demand is growing exponentially 鈥 BATCircle3.0 provides a leap in battery material and recycling research in Finland
The three-year BATCircle3.0 project, led by Aalto University, offers a strategic focus on new openings for battery materials refining and battery recycling.
Call for Project Funding: Applying the new language guidelines to teaching, School of Engineering
Funding call focused on promoting multilingual education at the School of Engineering. The aim is to promote multilingual and language-aware teaching.
How to educate for innovation? New report sheds light on the best practices
The report by Aalto Design Factory dives into the core elements of creating a collaborative learning environment that prioritizes student-centered, real-world problem-solving.
The School of Business鈥 approach to sustainability in business education stands out in Europe
With over 30-year history of research in sustainability topics, we can back up the classroom experience with top level research, Dean Timo Korkeam盲ki says
Auditor's expertise in climate risks affects the quality of the client's climate risk disclosures
The study was carried out in international cooperation with universities from several countries
