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Professor Ray Sterling: Worldwide developments in urban underground planning

Professor Ray Sterling gave a guest lecture at the Department of Civil Engineering on 3 October 2019. The recorded lecture can be viewed below.

Professor Sterling's lecture was organised in co-operation with the Finnish Tunnelling Association.

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Bio-based opacifiers offer solutions to cleaner environment

The CELLIGHT project, backed by approx. €1.3 million in funding from Business Finland, aims to develop cellulose-based alternatives to titanium dioxide (TiO2 ), a widely used whitener in paints, cosmetics, and coatings.
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Major European funding for research into new quantum materials

New materials are hoped to become building blocks for yet unseen quantum devices
Metsähovin tutkimusaseman alue rakennuksineen kuvattuna ylhäältä päin syksyisessä maisemassa metsän keskellä.
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Unravelling the mysteries of space

Located in Kirkkonummi, southern Finland, Metsähovi Radio Observatory collects information on the Sun, quasars, and black holes, while training space scientists of the future.
Intro to VR summer school student trying on a VR headset during class.
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Summer School Alum Story: ‘The virtual world will be as important as the real world’ – Students created new sense experiences during the Intro to VR summer course

The Introduction to Virtual Reality (Intro to VR) summer course by Aalto University Summer School brought together students from various nationalities and backgrounds on Aalto University campus this July.