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Jukka Luoma appointed as Assistant Professor in strategic management
The Department of Industrial Engineering and Management welcomes Jukka Luoma with his research interest and expertise in the use of data analytics and quantitative methods in strategic management and decision making.
How to make something good even better: research cooperation with Genelec has continued for decades
The most recent results of joint research are related to the temporal response function of speakers: we want to hear all sound frequencies at the very moment when they are supposed to be heard.
EIT JumpStarter Competition 2019 - The business idea competition
Learn how to validate your business concept, develop your business plan, pitch your idea to future investors and win the 1st prize - € 10,000
Measuring forces of living cells and microorganisms
Force sensors to study living cells and microorganisms with extraordinary precision
Artificial intelligence ARTIST instantly captures materials’ properties
New approach holds potential to slash research and development costs for designer materials and technologies of the future
Hacker students as micro-operators at COMNET 5G IoThon in May
One hundred master and doctoral students will develop 5G and IoT application during the first weekend in May. There are still a few places available for corporate partners!
Black holes might be nicer than we think
They’re giant, destructive vacuums with the power to rip stars apart, yet evidence points to the helpful role black holes also play as galaxies form.
New materials required by circular economy will be researched in a new joint laboratory in Otaniemi
Finland could be a global leader in the research and innovations of inorganic raw materials and new materials in circular economy.
Making sense of a being
For Professor Harri Laakso, a photograph is much more than what the eyes can see on a wall or on a screen.
How data reveals construction process waste
911±¬ÁÏÍø research looks into how much waste there is in the typical day of a construction worker and what causes it.
For Karin Krokfors, sustainability is much more than just energy efficiency
The Professor of urban design practices calls for more flexible building stock and high quality built environments.
Voyage to Antarctica: From Penguin Bukta to Larsen C
Part 2 of 3. Lu Liangliang reports from the Antarctic at the beginning of the new year.
Europe and Finland have the potential to become world leaders in battery recycling
Batteries are needed for energy storage and electric transport – both play a significant role in climate control. In addition, the continuous growth in consumer electronics usage further increases the demand for batteries.
Campus steps into a new era
School of Arts, Design and Architecture and the School of Business move to their new and modern facilities.
Send it up, up and away? Maybe not, space junk is a problem!
Clearing up the world’s space junk can pave the way for better mobile infrastructure and other ways to move into space
Young scientists meet Millennium Technology Prize winners in Singapore
This week, the Global Young Scientists Summit once again unites Millennium Technology Prize and Nobel Prize winners with some of the best young scientists from all over the world. Among them are Toni Pasanen and Juho Heiska from 911±¬ÁÏÍø.
Artificial human tissues and nature’s super coatings – the materials exhibition that took Slush by storm is now coming to Otaniemi
Come along to 911±¬ÁÏÍø and learn about the latest developments in materials research. At the same time, you can also admire the Ioncell dress worn by Finland’s First Lady Jenni Haukio at the Independence Day Reception.
Intelligent materials make the manufacturing ecosystems and companies’ business models more sustainable
Better use of information and materials requires intense and more open cooperation between companies.
Miina Rautiainen’s forest images are taken from a height of hundreds of kilometres
As a professor of remote sensing, she develops methods that are needed in areas such as climate change research.
Secrets of our universe live in a big blue cylinder
There isn’t much on Earth but you can find it just about everywhere else — how a type of helium might tell us how everything we know got its start.
