New graduates at the School of Chemical Engineering

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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