Mikko Suominen

Assistant Professor

T212 Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering

My research focuses on ship performance in ice and ice-induced loads on the ship hull measurements in model-scale and full-scale. I am specially interested in measurement methods and technology related to these topics. In addition, ice conditions measurements and determination (e.g. mechanical properties of ice and ice thickness) have been closely related to my research.

Currently, my research have been focusing more on model-scale testing and scaling methods (representation of full-scale processes in model-scale testing in ice). I have been conducting full-scale measurements on board different vessels and ice field in the Baltic Sea, Canadian Arctic and Antarctic waters.

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mikko.suominen@aalto.fi

Postal address

Otakaari 4 02150 Espoo Finland

Phone number

+358505115826

Areas of expertise

Ice loads, Model-scale Measurements, Full-scale Measurements, Ship Performance in Ice, Ice Mechanics, Ice Properties, Ice Thickness, 214 Mechanical engineering, 218 Environmental engineering, Marine technology, Medical engineering

Research groups

Marine and Arctic Technology, Academy Research Fellow
Marine and Arctic Technology, Assistant Professor

Publications

Ice loads in ship-ice glancing impacts : Experimental investigation and validation of energy-based predictions

Zongyu Jiang, Pentti Kujala, Spyros Hirdaris, Pauli Lehto, Henrik Toikka, Mikko Suominen 2026 Cold Regions Science and Technology

Experimental based investigation of automatic safe stoppage in brash ice and open water

Victor Bolbot, Sai Kiran, Andrei Sandru, Otto Puolakka, Mikko Suominen, Osiris A. Valdez Banda 2025 Proceedings of the Thirty-fifth (2025) International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference Seoul/Goyang, Korea, June 1-6, 2025

Using Process Modeling Approach and Qualitative Data to Build a Unified Understanding of Icebreaker Operations

Mahsa Khorasani, Cong Liu, Osiris Valdez Banda, Mikko Suominen, Mashrura Musharraf 2025 Proceedings of the 35th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL2025) and the 33rd Society for Risk Analysis Europe Conference (SRA-E 2025) 15 – 19 June 2025, Stavanger, Norway

Mikko Suominen

Areas of expertise

Research groups

Publications

Ice loads in ship-ice glancing impacts : Experimental investigation and validation of energy-based predictions

Experimental based investigation of automatic safe stoppage in brash ice and open water

Using Process Modeling Approach and Qualitative Data to Build a Unified Understanding of Icebreaker Operations

Using Process Modelling Approach and Qualitative Data to Build a Unified Understanding of Icebreaker Operations

An ensemble machine learning model for predicting the need for icebreaker assistance in ice-covered waters

A Probabilistic Model for Estimating Ship Performance in Ice Conditions

Assessment of Uncertainties Induced by Laboratory Practices During Experiments

A Systematic Data Preparation Approach for Analyzing Hotel Electrical Power Consumption on Passenger Ship

Numerical simulation of ship-ice interaction in brash ice channel, comparison of injection methods using CFD-DEM

Impact of Frame Type on the Sensitivity of Ice Load Measurements Systems