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FinnCERES Novel Openings 2020 call
The total funding in this call is €300k + €300k (Aalto + VTT). Expected that 2-3 projects will be funded, with a total funding of €100-150k per partner.
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Speech processing researchers at Aalto University want to help improve communication tools based on user experience data.
‘We managed to turn a major risk into a great opportunity’
To make sure the Fusion Grid project could continue, Marko Nieminen travelled to Namibia and drove 1,400 kilometres to transport necessary equipment to the village of Oniipa and make it to KLM’s final flight to Europe
Invisible dirt detector tested out in Finnish hospital
The technique can be used in sectors ranging from healthcare to the food industry. In the future, it could also be used for detecting viruses
Coronavirus causes significant production and delivery difficulties
After the epidemic, having larger reserve stocks and distributing purchases between several suppliers is likely to become more common.
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Rapidly produced report examines capacity of restaurant and accommodation sector to withstand the corona crisis
A report produced by Professor Vesa Puttonen's working group will help decision-makers to assess the impacts of closing restaurants.
Professor Marko Hinkkanen's research group receives the SEMIKRON Innovation Award
The award is given for outstanding innovations in the field of power electronics in Europe
Future makers Funding Programme 2020
Future makers Funding Programme for high-level research openings; first stage deadline is 31.5.2020.
Professor Tapio Lokki knows the best concert halls in the world
Tapio Lokki, Professor at the Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics, is known for his significant research work on concert hall acoustics.
Alumnus Mikael Lauharanta: Frequent presentations help Mikkeli students stand out from the crowd
School of Business, Mikkeli Campus alumnus Mikael Lauharanta appreciates the nature of studies in the BScBA Program: "It’s a fast paced program that prepares you well for the working life and all the challenges it might throw at you."
Finnish researchers join forces to investigate the airborne transmission of coronavirus
The project includes fluid dynamics physicists, virologists and biomedical engineering specialists. The researchers are using a supercomputer to carry out 3D modelling and believe that the first results will be obtained in the next few weeks.
Get involved! - Run a workshop at Shaking up Tech
Help inspire and encourage young women to apply for studies in technology by organising a hands-on demonstration
Facilitating virtual workshops
Riikka Jääskeläinen has collected tips on facilitating virtual workshops.
Mikko O. Koivisto's doctoral dissertation was awarded at the Most Beautiful Books 2019 competition
Mikko O. Koivisto's dissertation The Art of Egress: Madness, Horror, and the Pedagogy of Depsychiatrization has been selected for the Most Beautiful Books 2019 collection. The book was designed by Tuomas Kortteinen and printed by Unigrafia.
Alumna Julia Österlund: Responsibility and success boost courage, and failure helps you grow
School of Business alumna Julia Österlund studied two different majors at school and thinks that the diverse studies benefit her in her current job: ‘It is also great that I can combine everything I have studied at school - marketing, communications, information technology and calculus.’
New material developed could help clean energy revolution
Researchers developed a promising graphene–carbon nanotube catalyst, giving them better control over hugely important chemical reactions for producing hydrogen fuel
Water knowledge has a central role in the mitigation of climate change
World Water Day 2020, on 22 March, is about water and climate change – and how the two are inextricably linked.