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Research and learning infrastructures
Research and learning infrastructures
Aalto University hosts high-level facilities for research, teaching and innovation, including unique nationally significant research infrastructures. Continuous development and collaboration with partners guarantees first class environment for researchers, students and wider Aalto community. These infrastructures are open for everyone. Their access policy, training requirements and operation expenses differ from one to another. Details are best found from their individual websites.
Aalto University's significant research and learning infrastructures
Aalto Ice and Wave Tank
Aalto Ice and Wave Tank is a multipurpose basin ideally suited for testing ships and other maritime structures in ice conditions.
Aalto Industry and Innovation Infrastructure
Aalto i3 – Aalto Industry and Innovation Infrastructure is for students, researchers and companies to innovate and co-create smart, connected products and services. Offering variety of specialised manufacturing and testing facilities, Aalto i3 provides structured access to unique multi-purpose infrastructure.
Aalto NeuroImaging (ANI) Infrastructure
ANI research infrastructure houses four functional neuroimaging modalities, navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) at Aalto TMS, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at Advanced Magnetic Imaging (AMI) Centre, magnetoencephalography (MEG) at MEG Core and Aalto Behavioral Laboratory (ABL).
Aalto Studios
Aalto Studios weaves together the players of the creative economy: designers, filmmakers, YouTubers, game developers, performing artists, educators, angel investors, public-sector operators, and more in Finland, Scandinavia, Europe, and beyond.
Bioeconomy Infrastructure
The Bioeconomy Infrastructure uses pre-treatment technology, thermal and catalytic processing, and biotechnology to produce a range of chemicals and fuel components and other materials from renewable inputs.
Metsähovi Radio Observatory
Metsähovi Radio Observatory is the only astronomical radio observatory in Finland. Metsähovi’s main instrument is the 14-metre radio telescope, which is used around the clock, every day of the year. Its observational data is used, e.g., for studying active galaxies, the Sun, and the rotation of the Earth.
OtaNano
OtaNano is Finland's national research infrastructure for micro-, nano-, and quantum technologies
Raw Materials Research Infrastructure
RAMI Raw Materials is a national, joint research infrastructure. Its target is to strengthen the long-term core expertise in Otaniemi (together with GTK and VTT), and to place Finland among the strong actors in natural and new inorganic material research needed in the circular economy.
Science-IT
Science-IT provides infrastructure for high-level computational research at Aalto University and is coordinated by the School of Science.
School level research and learning infrastructures
Aalto Acoustics Lab
The Aalto Acoustics Lab is a multidisciplinary research center focusing on audio processing and spatial sound technologies. The laboratory gathers professors and research teams from three different units: Department of Information and Communications Engineering, Department of Computer Science, and Department of Art and Media.
Aalto Electronics-ICT
Aalto Electronics-ICT is an infrastructure for research and education in the fields of electromagnetics and material studies, electronic circuit design and microelectronics, radio science and engineering, and space science and technology.
Aalto Factory of the Future
The Aalto Factory of the Future is an infrastructure to support innovation in future industrial automation, industry 4.0 and beyond. It allows test and trials of advanced technologies, such as future wireless communication (5G / Wifi6 and beyond) in industry.
Aalto nextG
Aalto nextG is an infrastructure supporting research on future mobile networks. It is operated by the School of Electrical Engineering's, Information and Communications Engineering technical support services.
Design Factory
Design Factory develops creative ways of working and enhanced interdisciplinary interaction to support world-class product design in educational, research and practical application contexts.
National Standards Laboratory
National Standards Laboratory of Aalto focuses on optical radiation measurements at the highest level of accuracy.