School of Engineering

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U-Create teaching symposium's live illustration about producing collective knowledge by Apila Pepita Miettinen

Research & Art Published: 13.11.2019

Courage and creativity in higher education—how could we teach that?

Answering the complex, dynamic and networked problems we face today means rethinking our traditional ways of working and building knowledge, according to a recent symposium on teaching arts and design at Aalto University.

Research & Art Published: 13.11.2019

DiCtion Ontology Makes Data Flow within a Construction Project

DiCtion, a research and development project, seeks to boost productivity through the digitalisation of construction workflows. It introduces a shared ontology, the missing link that we need to make data flow smartly between processes and various systems.

Research & Art Published: 12.11.2019

How to develop education proposals - Webinar Series (EIT RawMaterials)

How to develop successful proposals for getting your ideas to learners - the things to think about!

Research & Art Published: 11.11.2019

Call for Projects 2021 - Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RawMaterials)

Annual call - Pre-submission: 17 JAN; Final-submission: 28 FEB

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Dissertations

15.11.2019 12:00 – 15:00

Defence of Dissertation in the field of mechanical engineering, Mahdi Ghaderi Masouleh, M.Sc. (Eng.)

Title of the dissertation "Numerical modeling of ignition and flame propagation in gas engines"

Dissertations

15.11.2019 12:00 – 16:00

Defence of dissertation in the field of marine technology, Pauli Lehto, M.Sc. (Tech.)

Grain interaction in local plastic deformation of welded structural steel.

Conferences and workshops

20.11.2019 8:30 – 16:30

Sustainability on the High Seas

New energy solutions for decarbonizing shipping

Campus

20.11.2019 16:30 – 19:00

Digitally Circular Meetup - 20 November 2019

A networking event to accelerate circular economy by connecting sustainability, digital and business professionals.

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Research machine surfing on the ice at the Aalto Ice Tank.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering is a leading multidisciplinary research establishment with strong industrial ties and impact on industry and society alike.

Researcher at the Department of Civil Engineering

The Department of Civil Engineering aims to build the structures of tomorrow through research, education and collaboration.

Students and teaching staff at the Aalto University Environmental Hydraulics Lab

Water resources, spatial data, sustainable asset management and safe transportation.

Excellence in Research

The amount of competitive external funding and the inclusion of one research team from the School of Engineering into a Centre of Excellence of the Academy of Finland give some idea of research excellence at Aalto University.

Our work at the School of Engineering is inspired by the needs of society. We seek to contribute to the development of society by taking an active role in Finnish and international life – dialogue with a variety of stakeholders and cooperation agreements with the Capital Region municipalities and key partners support this aim.

School of Engineering

Aalto University / Department of Energy Technology / photographer: Adolfo Vera

The Foundation supports the scientific research and teaching of technical disciplines. The Foundation awards grants for MSc and DSc theses on a continuous basis, with the help of industry-donated funds.

Picture taken from above of group of Design Factory students sitting together, stretching their arms up in victory

The world needs new and revolutionary ideas, solutions, entrepreneurship, work and new kind of leadership. These will not come about by themselves. A donation to Aalto University is a donation for strong, internationally successful Finland.