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A spark to change the world - Aalto alumnas' startup helps people make climate-positive choices
In the future, personal climate action will be as natural as personal finance is today.
Public private partnership in industrial service research boosted scientific publication in Finland
Service Solutions for Fleet Management program was designed to support industrial firms’ digital transformation toward advanced fleet-level service systems.
Gesture recognition technology shrinks to micro size
New resource-efficient gesture recognition technology developed together with company HitSeed can be embedded into smart clothing.
Professor Paavo Alku becomes an ISCA Fellow
Professor Alku is the first Finnish researcher to receive this title.
Weak signals bring messages from the future
Weak signals help us see the present more precisely and build better futures.
Towards interfaces that distinguish user’s visual attention
Dissertation of the Month: What if interfaces we use are able to distinguish whether we are looking at them or not, and change their behavior accordingly?
Joan Lofgren: Hybrid course ensures the students can complete the course whether they are on campus or not
This academic year started in very different circumstances than usually. Joan Lofgren, the Director of the Bachelor’s Program in International Business, teaches the Global Business Environment course to first-year students at Mikkeli Campus. This year the course was delivered using a hybrid format due to the COVID-19 situation.
Chemistry and business students developed plant-based products with Valio
A team of two Master’s students collaborated with Valio in a 6-month Aalto Thesis project.
My tip for you: Make your research accessible
Ä°dil works towards long-term radical transformations for sustainable futures and is especially interested in urban transitions and giving businesses strategic tools to transform in the context of sustainability.
Argumenta project for the professorship of history of architecture and architectural conservation
The project aims at deepening and increasing public discussion and societal impact on the fate of the modern building stock.
Upcoming funding calls for research projects: new tool launched at aalto.fi
Aalto University’s Research Services provide a list of current research funding calls for projects at aalto.fi website. A new tool has been implemented in cooperation with Aalto University digital communication team to make the list more attractive and user-friendly.
Hollywood costume design goes sustainable
A textile artist sees natural materials as the future for costumes in television and film.
Nordic project to enhance circularity of textiles
Doubling the life of textiles will reduce the climate impact by 40-50%. Still most of the used textiles generated in the Nordic region is incinerated instead of being reused, remanufactured and recycled. To enhance circularity of textiles a two-year Nordic project has been initiated.
Meet the data agent: Dan Häggman
Dan Häggman wants to highlight that taking time for research data management now will save your time in the future. In this article series Aalto University data agents, researchers and experts experienced in research data management are introduced.
Everyday choices: Nitin Sawhney, how do we cooperate in times of crisis?
Professor of Practice Sawhney examines the role of technology and cooperation in crisis using transdisciplinary human-centered design practices.
Master's student Noah Peysson: ‘I learnt problem solving from the holistic aspect of the Creative Sustainability programme’
The program also helped me develop a more critical perspective on the information and solutions that are given to us.
‘I’m happy I didn’t go anywhere else’ – HAIC scholars very satisfied with their studies at Aalto
As top applicants, Rina Shmeleva and Parinaz Avaznejad received scholarships for their master’s studies and now they share their study experiences
Simple accuracy boost for core excitation calculations
Relativistic corrections that are important for core excitations in molecules and materials are incorporated in complex quantum mechanical calculations in an efficient manner.
CodeRefinery went online and attracted over a hundred participants from all over the Nordics
‘When we went online, we wondered how can we help as many people as possible and make it open for everyone,’ says Richard Darst from Aalto Science-IT
Turning wastewater nutrients into fertiliser
The NPHarvest process allows for the recovery of nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater.
