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Summer School Alum Story: 'Working with living materials gives you new perspectives every day'
Students are taking action for a sustainable future with natural materials at the Aalto University Summer School course Nordic Biomaterials.
A dress that combines modular design and seaweed research was seen at the Independence Day Reception
Landscape architect Anni Järvitalo 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.
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 “qubit,” development for noise-resilient topological quantum computation.
This 'n' That exhibition showcased the skills of the workshop masters
In October, the gallery spaces at Väre showcased an exhibition highlighting the diverse workshop activities across the school and the craftsmanship of the workshop masters
Valuable lessons from nature: Professor finds inspiration in spider silk
Tenured Aalto associate professor Maria Sammalkorpi explains how the phenomena in nature can be used to understand and improve manufactured materials
Battery demand is growing exponentially – 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.
Alfred Kordelin Prize for research on the green transition
The Alfred Kordelin Foundation has awarded the Alfred Kordelin Prize ʵ University Professor of Hydrometallurgy Mari Lundström, dance artist and choreographer Tero Saarinen and the Sekasin Collective, a youth mental health organisation.
This is how smart textiles can look like: self-cleaning cotton or a colour-changing print
An article by YLE Svenska about 'Beyond e-Textiles' project and 'Interlaced' exhibition at the University of Turku
Prof. Yaolin Xu combines physics and chemistry for better batteries
Newly appointed Assistant Professor Xu looks to build up his lab and team at the Department of Applied Physics to pursue better batteries for a sustainable future in energy storage.
A new eco-friendly method to modify cellulose for sustainable materials
Researchers at Aalto University have developed a method to modify cellulose, reducing toxic solvent use by over ten times compared to traditional methods. This innovation has potential applications in eco-friendly nanocomposites, cellulose-based membranes, and biomedical devices, supporting sustainable material development.
Bio-based opacifiers offer solutions to cleaner environment
The CELLIGHT project, backed by approx. €1.3 million in funding from Business Finland, aims to develop cellulose-based alternatives to titanium dioxide (TiO2 ), a widely used whitener in paints, cosmetics, and coatings.
Researchers develop first carbon-negative binder material - Significant impact on emissions from infra building
Researchers have developed a binder material that can replace carbon-intensive cement
Kudos asks why we fear fungi but not microplastics
The Kudos Pavilion, a so-called “library of material relations”, blurs the boundaries between buildings and living organisms
The butterfly effect – bending and turning artificial muscles with light
In the future, the innovation could be used in for example the development of smart textiles, soft robotics and medicine.
1.5-million-euro ERC grant for creating physical feedback loops in life-inspired materials awarded to Hang Zhang
Dr. Hang Zhang was granted 1.5 million euros on Thursday by the ERC to create coupled physical feedback loops in hydrogels with varying dimensions.
Threads of tomorrow – textiles that react to light and heat
A joint Nordic project is developing light- and heat-reactive textiles. In the future, curtains will regulate room temperature, clothing will help monitor blood pressure, and cotton will clean itself in sunlight.
Sushant Passi: In the future, we will see human-to-human interaction as a luxury
'In 2050, we will be likely be promoting human to human interaction. It is now perhaps getting a bit sidelined, but it is irreplaceable.'
Semi-Summer jobs introduce the semiconductor industry to students
Semiconductors play a crucial role in many parts of modern technology. So-called "Semi-Summer jobs" at Aalto University serve as a concrete example of a research and education partnership between the Aalto schools of technology and businesses in the semiconductor industry.
Seed funding available to boost collaboration between Aalto, KU Leuven and University of Helsinki
Aalto University, KU Leuven and the University of Helsinki launch the 2nd exploratory seed funding call to explore research collaboration possibilities. The funding call is open until 10 September 2024.
