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Page 1: Welcome to Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering ! Tuija I. Pulkkinen Dean, School of Electrical Engineering

Welcome to Aalto UniversitySchool of Electrical Engineering !

Tuija I. PulkkinenDean, School of Electrical Engineering

Page 2: Welcome to Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering ! Tuija I. Pulkkinen Dean, School of Electrical Engineering

School of Electrical EngineeringSchool of ScienceSchool of EngineeringSchool of Chemical TechnologySchool of EconomicsSchool of Art and Design

Page 3: Welcome to Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering ! Tuija I. Pulkkinen Dean, School of Electrical Engineering

Tervetuloa Aallon harjalle!Sähkötekniikan korkeakoulu esittäytyy

Tuija PulkkinenDekaani, Aalto ELECTo World Class by 2020Top quality research

Pioneering education

Trendsetting art

Societal impact

Page 4: Welcome to Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering ! Tuija I. Pulkkinen Dean, School of Electrical Engineering

ELEC

Research FieldsElectrical Engineering• energy conversion• electromechanics• power systems• electronics• automation • roboticsInformation and Communications• radio engineering• signal processing• networking technologyPhysics applications• micro- and nanofabrication• new materials• radio science & astronomy

Technological Solutionsto Grand Challenges• Energy• Environment• Health & Wellbeing

New Technologies for Research, Industry and Society at Large• Micro- and Nanotechnology• Information & Communication Technology

Aalto School of Electrical Engineering

1908

2011

Page 5: Welcome to Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering ! Tuija I. Pulkkinen Dean, School of Electrical Engineering

Controller services HR services Education

servicesTechnical services

Research support services

Communi-cations services

Electrical engineering

Automation and systems technology

Electronics

Communications and networking

Signal processing and acoustics

Micro- and nanosciences

Radio science and engineering

Metsähovi radio observatory

Micronova

Aalto School of Electrical Engineering

Page 6: Welcome to Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering ! Tuija I. Pulkkinen Dean, School of Electrical Engineering

Welcome to the scientific community !

• Research career– graduate student– post-doc– tenure-track– international career

Page 7: Welcome to Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering ! Tuija I. Pulkkinen Dean, School of Electrical Engineering

Tenure track professorships - opportunities for the young

• Encourages hiring at all levels– assistant profesor– associate professor– full professor

• Evaluations at few years’ intervals– scientific productivity– teaching abilities– societal impact

• 15 positions open in 2010-2011– more openings to be expected

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Life as a scientist

• Carrying out a research project involves– prior knowledge– high ethics– good communication in

presentation and writing– educating others– finding new tracks

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Aalto Design Factory

R & D gala presenting new innovations gathered over 600 visitors

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Aalto-1: Finland in space!

Designed, built and operated by undergraduate students

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Enjoy your time at Aalto !

Take advantage of the opportunitiesChallenge us to improve in our waysBring your culture to become part of ours!