News from innovation ecosystem
Multidisciplinary prototypes on display at the Otaniemi campus
How do innovations of the future emerge? One way is when science meets design.
Could Finland run out of electricity and what happens to our emissions? Our professor answers five frequently asked questions about energy
Finland has been urged to prepare for a possible electricity shortage in the coming winter by saving energy. Peter Lund, Professor in Advanced Energy Systems at Aalto University, answers five questions about energy.
Submit your nomination for the Campus Sustainability Champion 2022!
Enter your suggestion for a campus sustainability champion by 23 September
A greener route to blue – a new method drastically reduces the amount of solvent needed to produce widely used organic dyes
Phthalocyanines dyes can be produced with solid-state synthesis instead of high-boiling organic solvents.
Safety is on everyone’s mind
Welcome to the first lecture of the autumn 2022 Internet Forum lecture series on Tuesday 13 September starting at 5.15 p.m.
Personal Impact for University Educators in academic year 23-24
An individual who is able to regulate stress, recognize their own values ​​and ways of thinking, and take these into action, can support educational wellbeing, ie. their own and that of the students. Personal Impact for University educators aims to support this.
European Media and Immersion Lab (EMIL) -project invites XR developers to collaborate
The EU funded project for European Media and Immersion Lab (EMIL) starts in September 2022.
Breast cancer cells use forces to open up channels through tissue
A new method reveals that cancer cells can spread by rapidly applying forces to tissue material.
New technologies can help people make sustainable dietary decisions
Blockchain-backed app provides information about food impacts and combined customer choice
Machine learning gives material science researchers a peek at the answer key
A model trained to predict spectroscopic profiles helps to decipher the structure of materials
The handedness of light holds the key to better optical control
A new optical modulator could boost the performance of optical technologies in domains from communication to computing
Fiskars Group donates EUR 250 000 to the field of arts and design at Aalto University
The donation is part of the long-term collaboration between Fiskars Group and Aalto University. The collaboration includes courses on, for example, sustainable design and materials of the future.
The title of the employed Doctoral candidate will be changed to a Doctoral researcher
The new title will be introduced for all employed Doctoral candidates as of September 1, 2022.
A record number of new doctorates at the 2022 Ceremonial Conferment of Doctoral Degrees in Technology
The most prestigious of academic celebrations was held on the Otaniemi campus on 17 June. The previous conferment ceremony took place in 2019, and the annual tradition has had to be postponed two years in a row. As a result, this year's celebrations at Dipoli were grander than ever before.
Crocheting clarifies thinking, says radical and award-winning math teacher
Aalto University's mathematicians will be involved in the organization of a total of seven conference events during the summer. Some of the conferences have been moved for two years due to the corona virus, while others have been moved from Russia to Finland.
Eight teams have completed the first round of Aalto Digital Creatives pre-incubator program
Application period for the second round of the program is open until 11.9.2022.
Nearly 18 million euros for research
The Academy of Finland funding brings six new Academy Research Fellows, 14 Postdoctoral Researchers and 23 Academy Projects ÄûÃʵ¼º½ University
New imaging technique to find out what happens in the brains of cats and dogs
A brain imaging device based on quantum optical sensors could also be used to study the brains of human babies
ACTOR coordinates construction automatically with robots and AI
ACTOR is an R&D project that aims to solve some of construction’s biggest performance challenges.
5G Mokki network can have a huge impact on global businesses
As part of Aalto University’s 5G Summer School, the experts from the U.S, Africa and Europe discussed the business opportunities that the latest communications and network technology, remote learning, work and entrepreneurship from Africa can bring to U.S. companies
