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New graduates at the School of Chemical Engineering

On 20 March 2024 we celebrated new graduates at the School of Chemical Engineering. We had 15 graduates at the Bachelor’s Programme, 38 Masters of Sciece (Technology), and 6 Doctors of Science.
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Dissertation awards were presented to:

Muhammad Awais:

Hyperspectral Imaging and Chemometrics to Investigate the Chemical Wood Modification

Karl Alexander Henn:

Scalable Surface Chemistry for Lignin Modification - Creating Value for a Forest-Based Society

Sofia Julin:

DNA Origami as a Tool for Assembling Functional Biohybrid Nanomaterials

Master’s thesis awards were presented to:

Falck, Emma:

Methane and methanol production via Power-to-X: Process models and cost comparison

Järvinen, Ellen:

Acidity characterisation of zeolites for glycerol aromatisation with temperature-programmed desorption

Sammalisto, Fred-Eric:

Developing an intracellular screening method for recombinant spider silk proteins

Vuorinen, Julia:

Chemical recycling of polycotton textiles: Fractionation of cotton by TEMPO-mediated oxidation

The Polytech choir skillfully presented us music, and speeches were given by the dean, Kristiina Kruus, D. Sc. Graduate Alexander Henn and Chief Executive Director of Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland Jari Jokinen.  

Warm congratulations to all graduates!

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