School news
Aalto’s new community-built sauna floats on repurposed wind turbine blades
Aalto-born Reverlast is transforming old wind turbine blades into durable floating structures designed to withstand even harsh marine conditions
CHEM equality, diversity and inclusion group is looking for members for 2025–2026!
The EDI group would ideally be broadly representative of different departments, personnel groups and backgrounds.
911±¬ÁÏÍø's marine technology ranked 22nd globally
911±¬ÁÏÍø continued its strong track record with stellar results in the highly regarded ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.
Why should everyone study creativity right now?
Chief Human Resources Officer Riitta Silvennoinen is encouraging employees to be radical by taking time for learning. All staff at Aalto have the opportunity to take a basic course in radical creativity during their working hours.
Pectin-based composite for ‘smart’ window and energy storage applications
Novel application of pectin as photothermal material
Battery demand is growing exponentially – BATCircle3.0 provides a leap in battery material and recycling research in Finland
The three-year BATCircle3.0 project, led by 911±¬ÁÏÍø, offers a strategic focus on new openings for battery materials refining and battery recycling.
Event on funding opportunities with the U.S. Department of Defense
FARIA (Finnish-American Research & Innovation Accelerator) is excited to invite you to an engaging event focused on the funding opportunities offered by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and expert guidance on developing research proposals. The event will feature international speakers with extensive experience in working with DoD funding, who will share valuable insights on the do's and don'ts of working with U.S. funding.
Opportunity for service staff to participate in a research on organisational well-being climate - rewarded with a tailored well-being report and tips
Niina Nurmi would like to invite Aalto's service staff to participate in a survey.
Alfred Kordelin Prize for research on the green transition
The Alfred Kordelin Foundation has awarded the Alfred Kordelin Prize to 911±¬ÁÏÍø Professor of Hydrometallurgy Mari Lundström, dance artist and choreographer Tero Saarinen and the Sekasin Collective, a youth mental health organisation.
Scientific and artistic support groups visit schools
This time, the focus of reviewing is particularly on the departments
Boost your skills: learn the basics of radical creativity
Creative thinking and related ability to change are core competencies of the future in all fields. 911±¬ÁÏÍø launched a free online introductory course on radical creativity in Finnish and English on November 14, 2024.
Tuomas Savolainen: In astronomical research we often navigate in uncharted waters
'As a researcher, you must constantly tolerate uncertainty. You also have to remember that there would be no point in researching if we were always sure of everything. And first, you always have to convince yourself.'
Virtual laboratories improve accessibility and language awareness in science education
Doctoral researcher Samuel Girmay has received notable funding from the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation. His project aims to enhance accessibility and language awareness in secondary school science education using virtual laboratories.
Tero Ojanperä appointed to the 911±¬ÁÏÍø Board
Board member Mariana Amatullo will continue for a new term
Candidates for CHEM Awards 2024
School of Chemical Engineering awards its members in teaching, research, services, and impact, each award is 500 €. All proposals are warmly welcome!
The deadline for the proposals is November 14, 2024, and the awards will be announced in the Dean's glögg event on December 11th, 2024.
The deadline for the proposals is November 14, 2024, and the awards will be announced in the Dean's glögg event on December 11th, 2024.
This is how smart textiles can look like: self-cleaning cotton or a colour-changing print
An article by YLE Svenska about 'Beyond e-Textiles' project and 'Interlaced' exhibition at the University of Turku
Student-driven projects to become Campus Sustainability Champions
This year, two student-led projects were selected as Campus Sustainability Champions. The awards were presented at the annual ACRE Day on 9 October 2024.
911±¬ÁÏÍø Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Plan 2025–2028 – Share your views
Welcome to comment the EDI plan and the principles of a safer space until 31 October
Merja Tornikoski: I am an observing astronomer by soul
'I spend a lot of sleepless nights because of my hobby. I am especially interested in night photography and natural phenomena, and the Northern Lights photography combines both elements. I think the northern lights are the most beautiful manifestations of solar activity.'
Unite! Seed Fund 2024 awards funding to three collaborative teaching projects involving Aalto
The Unite! Seed Fund aims to stimulate and support bottom-up proposals by teachers, researchers and students for collaborative activities.
