Juha Siivola encourages researchers to innovate and think of ways to commercialise their work
'In addition to having a long-term academic goal, it would be good to think about possible short-term results,' says Siivola, who works as an innovation advisor.
Program Director and Associate Program Directors appointed for the School of Business Bachelor’s Degree Programmes
Professor Juuso Liesiö acts as the Program Director from 1 March 2020 until 28 February 2023.
Five new members to join the Aalto University alumni network board
On 7 February 2020, Tuula Antola, Isabella Haas, Mikko J. Salminen, Kaisa Vikkula and Antti Ylimutka joined the Aalto University alumni network board. Kaj Hagros (chair) and Ilkka Hiirsalmi continue on the board. This year, the goal is to launch interdisciplinary alumni activities and involve more international alumni.
Reality Capture: Automated Construction Site Productivity and Quality Monitoring
If you want to improve the productivity and quality of construction work, you need an efficient way to monitor progress and detect quality issues on a daily basis.
Landscape architect Jussi Virta gets the Lappset Prize
In his master's thesis, Virta explores how children's development can be better supported by renewing playgrounds.
New high-tech mouthwash uses light to kill harmful bacteria on teeth
The new method developed by Finnish researchers is based on dual-light photodynamic therapy. The method doesn’t interfere with friendly bacteria in the mouth, or cause bacterial resistance
New book from Professor Vesa Puttonen
The book is titled “The Savvy Investor's Guide to Avoiding Pitfalls, Frauds, and Scams” and is written by H. Kent Baker, John R. Nofsinger, and Vesa Puttonen.
A car without a driver – the future of transportation or a low priority innovation?
Assistant professor Milos Mladenovic tackles the underlying challenges as a member of European Commission expert group, which is formed to advise on specific ethical issues raised by driverless mobility.
Research Winter Day presented School’s research to high schoolers and industry partners
On 6 February, we had the pleasure of presenting our school’s research to hundreds of upper secondary school students, industry partners and alumni at the Research Winter Day.
Young programmers competed at Aalto – competitions help improve one's programming skills and can even open the doors to university
Good performance at the Finnish Olympiad in Informatics can help upper secondary school students get into a Finnish university to study technology and pursue a career as a successful coder
A smart jumpsuit provides information on infants’ movement and development
A new innovation by University of Helsinki and Aalto University makes it possible, for the first time, to quantitatively assess children’s spontaneous movement in the natural environment.
Disruptions in water distribution in the Otaniemi area
HSY announced that there will be a break in the water supply distribution in the Otaniemi area on Wed 19.2. (Konemiehentie 2 and Tietotie 1), Fri 21.2. (Maarintie 8), Thu 5.3. (Vuorimiehentie 2).
Academic achievements, Service Award and Independence Day Decorations highlights at Dean's Coffee
Postdoctoral Researcher Mateusz Janiszewski and Staff Scientist Lauri Uotinen received the 2019 Award for Achievements in Teaching.
New faces and sustainable development – School of Engineering Annual Review 2019
The school advances sustainable development through research and teaching, master's degree and doctoral graduates enjoy high employment rates.
Transforming the construction industry
Expertise is built on research that must react to a changing environment.
Travel service team's live chat now open
To serve our customers even faster and better in different channels, we have launched a live chat service.
Tax and law related applications of natural language processing (NLP) studied in a student project
PwC is considering collaboration with growth companies found through the project.
Both physicians and nurses in Finland are dissatisfied with the usability of electronic health record systems
According to a recent study, nurses’ and physicians’ views on what aspect of the systems should be developed differ from each other, however
Apply for Erasmus staff exchange by 15 March
This application period concerns exchanges taking place before 1 September 2020.
Appointments at HR Services – School of Arts, Design and Architecture and School of Electrical Engineering
Mari Paloheimo has been appointed HR Manager at Aalto ARTS and Hanne Puskala HR Manager at Aalto ELEC.