School news
Share your opinion about remote working and answer the survey before 26.11.
What worked well and what will you continue to do remotely, or what have you found challenging? Share your opinion and impact. You can also enter a draw.
Textile integrable mechanochromic strain sensor based on the interplay of supramolecular interactions
Recent MMD publications (Multifunctional Materials Design)
Internal funding call for research collaboration projects with USA and India
Application deadline is 9 December
Wellbeing at work survey 2021: university-level results improved even further – challenges include changes and workloads
As a result of the pandemic and the shift to remote working, the responses reflect the importance of communality, resilience and self-management
Construction of Jokeri Light Rail 75% complete – rail construction progressing ahead of schedule
The construction of Jokeri Light Rail has proceeded ahead of schedule, and the light rail line can start operating in early 2024
Personnel newsletter will be renewed – read online newsletters of four Aalto schools and give feedback
Aalto CHEM, Aalto SCI, Aalto ELEC and Aalto ENG will pilot publishing their personnel newsletters online
Scientific and Artistic Advisory Boards (SAB, SAAB) are reviewing our activities again
Advisory boards will meet in the second week of November
Photography Online Course for Scientists: enrol now, study with your own pace!
POCS is suitable for anyone who wants to learn photography from scratch, and is especially recommended for materials scientists. Our core idea is photography with ease. It introduces you to a functional photography-based workflow: from a story via a visualization plan to a final photo.
Creating solar cells and glass from wood – or a billion tons of biowaste
Researchers map out how biomass from plants could replace unrenewable resources in optical applications
You can still register for training in research data management and open science
So far, we have over 1,500 registrations for our RDM and open science webinars this autumn.
Alumna of the Year 2021 Reetta Kaila has built a career that lives up to her values
Reetta Kaila, D.Sc. (Tech.), has been selected as the Alumna of the Year 2021 of the School of Chemical Engineering. Kaila, who is the Director of Sustainable Fuels and Environment at Wärtsilä Energy, is on a mission to reduce emissions and create a sustainable society.
IMAP and submission protocols will be closed 8 November
The use of IMAP and submission protocols will end on Monday, 8 November in Aalto university’s centralized email service. This improves information security, e.g. brute force attempts which block user accounts temporarily, will fail after the change.
Submit questions to the Aalto University Board for the November community event
What would you like to ask the members of our board about the university's long-term development or our operating environment? Submit questions in the discussion area by 16 November.
Chemical engineering education is valued in working life, say graduates of 2015
According to the latest five-year survey, alumni of the School of Chemical Engineering are satisfied with their careers. The next career monitoring survey will run from 4 October to 13 December 2021.
Summer interns' projects in MMD group
Internships 2021 in Multifunctional Materials Design research group
Four years and lots of tears – three experts tell how they succeeded in making the change
Many entrepreneurs and researchers set their goals based on a realisation that something needs to be done differently. The change they envision might be a new product or material, or it can be a new way to do things. Implementing change isn’t always easy, however, and it demands a stomach for uncertainty, say Professor Michael Hummel and entrepreneurs Annu Nieminen and Richard Nordström.
Four Aalto subjects rank in top 100 globally
Economics and Business, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Polymer Science are the best performers among Aalto’s fields in the US News ranking
Irene Purasachit saw the floral industry’s waste problem firsthand – now she makes material for handbags from discarded blooms
Nearly half of cut flowers end up in the trash, never making their way to dinner tables or first dates
Mariana Amatullo appointed ÄûÃʵ¼º½ University Board
Mikko Kosonen and Ilkka Kivimäki to continue for a new three-year term.
