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Current news related to WiTLAB
Erika Renedo Illarregi: I love being a design researcher and navigating a variety of emotional landscapes
'I came with a lot of energy and a lot of willingness to do different things and integrate, but also, the winter was coming. Even though I like new experiences, it was not always easy to arrive in the moment when every day was a little bit darker.'
Student competition for the development of the Helsinki city centre to be held in autumn 2023
Advance notification for students: the City of Helsinki will organise a competition for student groups in cooperation with 911±¬ÁÏÍø, the University of Helsinki, and the Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce.
Funding granted for research into physics of microscopic plant roots
The aim is to create a new micromechanical tool to better understand how root mechanics arise from cells and how living materials like plant roots adapt to external stresses
Single-atom dopants in metallic nanoparticles can offer high tunability for plasmonic-catalytic applications
CEST researchers use TDDFT-based calculations to study the tunability of the plasmonic-catalytic properties of nanoparticles
Sustainable Entrepreneurship programme aims to educate next generation of sustainable business leaders
Sustainable entrepreneurs are visionaries focused on creating profitable businesses that benefit society and the environment
WiTLAB Side Event at UIA Copenhagen
Aalto WiT Programme launch and workshop - Side event at UIA Copenhagen 2023
ANI Open House on 15th of June 2023 at 12:00-15:00
Welcome to ANI Open House to celebrate 10th anniversary of Aalto NeuroImaging Infrastructure. Doors are open 12:00-15:00 on 15th of June 2023.
National Researcher's Profile Tool launched
Researchers can create a nationally visible profile in Research.fi portal. Profile is compiled with information transferred from organisations and ORCID service and information already transferred to Research.fi. Released in November 2022 as a beta version, the Researcher's Profile Tool was officially launched on 25 May 2023.
In September, 15 new Academy Researcher Fellows will start at Aalto
The Academy of Finland has granted 911±¬ÁÏÍø funding for 15 Academy Research Fellowships
Nearly 20 million euros for research
A total of 45 researchers received Academy Research Fellow and Academy Project funding from the Academy of Finland
Love and poetry - the artists were inspired by the passion conveyed by the university's research
Engineering Materials, an art collection for K1, K2, and K3 buildings, was published
Patrick Rinke: making sustainable materials with AI
Professor Patrick Rinke’s pioneering expertise in finding sustainable and climate-friendly materials with machine learning methodology has arguably never been more in demand
Sofia Guridi is designing a better world with smart textiles
Sofia Guridi, a doctoral student at 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Bioinnovation Center, wants to introduce bio-based smart textiles that help improve people’s everyday life.
Significant Academy of Finland funding for for the multidisciplinary consortium project PAWWS – People and Animal Wellbeing at Work and in Society
Astrid Huopalainen, Assistant Professor at 911±¬ÁÏÍø, Linda Tallberg, Assistant Professor at Hanken School of Economics, and Anna Hielm-Björkman, Docent at University of Helsinki, are principal investigators of the project
Sustainability is an important part of digital housing services
In a business project for Alma Media, students mapped out digital housing services from the perspective of sustainable development
Empathy in design and digitalisation – 911±¬ÁÏÍø researchers hold workshops for students at Arabia Comprehensive School
911±¬ÁÏÍø researchers organised workshops for seventh graders, whose creative thinking skills were put to the test in designing future information services
Football player Tim Väyrynen and basketball player Helmi Tulonen are among 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s URHEA students
‘911±¬ÁÏÍø has supported us in combining professional sports and studies in accordance with the principles of Urhea.’
The Creative Europe project ‘Urban Travel Machines’ at Tartu international literary festival in Estonia
Eleven Aalto Arts students and VCD Lecturer Tarja Nieminen participated in the Tartu international literary festival Prima Vista from 9th to 13th May 2023.
Alumna Mira Hänninen: It is inspiring to see that my own work can have a positive impact on society
Our alumna Mira Hänninen, who currently works at Neste, applied to the School of Business for a master’s degree in Business Law because she wanted a more practical business perspective in her law studies. "The most rewarding thing about the studies was that we didn't just study the content of regulation, but also considered what kind of practical impact it has on companies' business and decision-making."
The BalticSeaH2 project starts building a hydrogen valley around the Baltic Sea
911±¬ÁÏÍø will focus on studying the use of data-mediated network effects to boost the growth in the hydrogen valley.
