Staff and students recognised at School of Engineering Awards 2026
Dean Kari Tammi of the School of Engineering hosted the annual ENG Awards on 5 March 2026. The event included the dean's annual review of the previous year and the recognition of people working in the school for their notable achievements. This year, ENG Awards was held at the Stage in the Viima building in Otaniemi.
Awards handed out in the event honoured the finest publications and doctoral theses of the year, students who made special efforts to help keep the school's education running smoothly, and notable achievements by school personnel in the realms of education, impact, and service.
Dean Tammi also presented Professor Aki Ekroos with his Independence Day decoration, granted by the President of the Republic, while representatives of the Metex Fund were on hand to present the Metex Prize for an outstanding master's thesis in the field of machine design.
Our warmest congratulations to all those honoured, and thank you to everyone who attended! See below for details.
Award recipients
Freshman captains Nuppu Tikkakoski and Lauri Vuorjoki (Guild of Mechanical Engineers), Jenna Siren and Elias Hannula (Guild of Surveying Engineers), Saimi Vesala and Frans Björkroth (Guild of Civil Engineers)
Master's captains Pessi Fabritius (Guild of Mechanical Engineers), Senja Aaltonen and Noah Clarkeburn (Guild of Surveying Engineers), Petteri Niska (Guild of Civil Engineers)
Study representatives Anniina Haka (Guild of Mechanical Engineers), Veera Eskelinen (Guild of Surveying Engineers), Roni Sulmio (Guild of Civil Engineers)
Muhammad Ahmad, Master's Programme in Mechanical Engineering
Towards a unified framework for information retrieval in large language model applications: Balancing textual and graph-based knowledge sources
Maija Jylhä-Ollila, Department of Built Environment
The long-term development of water quality in managed aquifer recharge: Organic matter removal and related redox reactions
Supervising professor: Harri Koivusalo
Cong Liu, Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering
Data driven models for decision support in winter navigation
Supervising professor: Mashrura Musharraf
Abinab Niraula, Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering
Quantifying weld undercut severity on the fatigue of marine structures
Supervising professor: Heikki Remes
Khurram Shabbir, Department of Civil Engineering
Applications of artificial intelligence for explainability and uncertainty quantification for performance-based design and damage classification in civil engineering
Supervising professor: Mohamed Noureldin
Chao Yang, Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering
Toward cognitive manufacturing: integrating ontologies, digital twins, and large lanugage models for industrial systems
Supervising professor: Kari Tammi
Matias Uusinoka, Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering
Nonlinear Dynamics of Sea Ice at Intermediate Scales via Deep Learning Optical Flow
Supervising professor: Arttu Polojärvi
Josias Láng-Ritter, Department of Built Environment
Soumya Roy, Department of Civil Engineering
Topias Tyni, Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering
Academic Coordinator Maija Taka
For working to improve well-being of doctoral researchers
University Teacher Camilla Vornanen
For the management of the Sustainable use of natural resources minor subject
Associate Professor Mika Järvinen
In recognition of outstanding efforts made to promote the visibility and impact of research-based knowledge within society
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