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The new VEPE project aims to create knowledge about the potential and challenges of a clean hydrogen economy in South Ostrobothnia, laying the groundwork for developing a regional hydrogen ecosystem and launching initiatives in this emerging sector.
The importance of information security has increased in our system-dependent network society. Despite this, the information security requirements that are binding on organisations are scattered around different regulations. In addition, Finland does not have a national general information security law that is binding on all organisations, according to Jenna Andersson’s doctoral dissertation.
Finnish growth firms are dependent on the access to credit, according to a new doctoral dissertation in economics completed by Antti Norkio at the University of Vaasa.
Industrial Management students and industry representatives gathered at the University of Vaasa on 3 October 2024 for the very first Thesis Day. The piloted concept was welcomed by both the students and the companies, and the plan is to develop it further in the future.
The Research Council of Finland has granted the University of Vaasa 1.3 million euros as part of an international research project funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and its partners. The project will develop genetically modified crops for biofuel production. The University of Vaasa is studying the social acceptance and ethical issues of genetically modified crops and biofuels produced from them.
The higher education institutions in Vaasa are joining forces to develop entrepreneurial activities for higher education students and to increase interest in entrepreneurship. The opening of the joint StartUp space will be celebrated on Thursday, 3 October.
Increasingly occurring GPS jamming in Finland disrupts the daily civilian activities, posing major navigational challenges. A new patented method using Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites and massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antennas addresses these location vulnerability issues, presenting means for precise navigation even where traditional global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) fail. This breakthrough was verified in a recent doctoral dissertation by Mahmoud Elsanhoury, from the University of Vaasa.