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New charging station can charge up to four electric vehicles simultaneously
Finland's first manufacturer-independent fast charging station for electric vehicles is in use at the 2020 Housing Fair area in Tuusula.
Who is the Aalto University Campus Sustainability Champion 2020? Submit your nomination!
Who or what has helped in reaching Aalto University’s sustainable development goals? Enter a suggestion by 24 Sep.
New professors appointed to the School of Engineering
During the summer three professors have been appointed to the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Built Environment.
Communication and interaction are essential to boost students' academic performance in online courses
Aalto University Summer School taught its entire curriculum online this summer. Staff and faculty now share their take on online learning.
The BScBA Program welcomes new students to Mikkeli Campus
80 new students started their studies in the Bachelor’s Program in International Business this fall. The opening ceremony of the academic year was held on Tuesday, 25 August in Mikkeli.
Games Now! – Open lecture series on game development
Games Now! is an open lecture series on the dominant topics and emerging trends in games.
The Finnish Research Impact Foundation awards funding to three joint projects between Aalto researchers and startup companies
The first ever research grants of the foundation support Aalto research in quantum computers, semiconductor devices and new type of sensors with superior sensitivity
Lots of modelling and freedom to explore – summer job in the Acoustics Lab
How could you listen to only one sound in a noisy room? How does your voice change when you shout into the wind? Michael McCrea and Rapolas Daugintis, the summer workers at the Acoustics Lab, are looking for answers to these questions
Solid Ground tells the story of ceramics
Nathalie Lautenbacher's book intertwines essays with photos of contemporary ceramics in a charming way.
A unique, emissions-free local energy project to start in Otaniemi
Fortum and Aalto University have agreed to modernise the heating and cooling system of a 10-building block to make it emissions-free and virtually self-sufficient. The area’s energy solution, to be renewed in two phases, will be globally unique.
Tomi Erho appointed Head of Innovation Ecosystem Services
Erho promotes and advances collaboration among the university’s entrepreneurial community.
Anna Cichonska uses data science to develop better healthcare
Dr. Cichonska has received two awards for her dissertation and now she helps develop preventive medicine using data science
Business students have a positive attitude towards sustainable development
According to researchers, awareness of students’ values and attitudes is crucial for the development of teaching.
Fully virtual IWA Nutrient Recovery and Removal Conference brings together the experts of wastewater treatment
The conference is organized by Aalto University Water and Environmental Engineering research group and Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority HSY in collaboration with International Water Association.
Doctor’s career path: Assistant Professor Mikko Hänninen
In my opinion, personal learning and development are more important than course grades or assignments.
New survey: 75% of single-family house owners would pay more for an environmentally friendly home
Up to 75% of Finnish single-family house residents would be willing to pay more for a home that promotes sustainable development.
Professor Teemu Malmi is concerned about the slowness of our political decision-making
The economy and indebtedness need to be balanced and under control.
Additional EU-funding for research and innovation
UNITE! is awarded an additional 2 million Euro funding from the EU – under the Horizon 2020 “Science with and for Society” call – in order to boost the Research and Innovation dimension of the European Universities.
AoM best paper award to Marina Biniari
The ODC’s best paper award goes to a paper presented at the Annual Meeting that exemplifies overall quality; is novel and provides insightful theoretical and/or methodological contributions; is rigorous in logic, exposition, and/or research methods; and is of high relevance to the field of ODC.
