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Vaasan yliopiston energiatekniikan professori Xiaoshu Lu
News 14.04.2023
Xiaoshu Lu, PhD, has joined the University of Vaasa as Professor of Energy Technology, her main research area being the use of renewable energy sources in building engineering. Her research group aims to provide solutions to reduce carbon emissions in the built environment through renewable energy, energy storage and artificial intelligence technologies, among others.
Juha Post
Dissertation 12.04.2023
Dynamic capacities could help wellbeing services counties to modernise and respond to changes in their operating environment. Juha Post's doctoral dissertation at the University of Vaasa found that the preparatory phase of the counties did not in itself generate new dynamic capabilities, but did provide a basis for their emergence.
Maciej Mikulski
News 05.04.2023
Maciej Mikulski, PhD, has been appointed Professor of Energy Technology specialising in Internal Combustion Engines at the University of Vaasa. While acknowledging the role of electrification, Mikulski believes that the era of internal combustion engines is not coming to an end but rather entering a new chapter. Fuel flexibility and new carbon-neutral synthetic fuels will bring new challenges but also new opportunities to engine research.
Tutor ja uusia opiskelijoita vuonna 2021
News 31.03.2023
The aim of the Finnish universities is to streamline certificate-based admission and to ensure that the study opportunities are not unnecessarily restricted by subject choices made at general upper secondary level. This would ease the pressures experienced by general upper secondary students. About half of all new university students are admitted on the basis of their certificates.
vero
23.03.2023
As we approach springtime, you may start receiving letters from the Finnish tax authorities about tax refunds or the amount of taxes you still need to pay. In these letters, you will also be asked to submit your tax returns from the previous year, which means that you need to check the details of your taxable income and expenses that are eligible for tax deductions.
Professori Harri Jalonen
News 22.03.2023
Harri Jalonen, Professor of Social and Health Management has received the University of Vaasa Science Communication Award. The award was given in recognition of his contribution to the popularisation and communication of science and his contribution to the dialogue in society. In addition, the University of Vaasa granted three honorary mentions for excellent science communication to Professor Peter Gabrielsson and researchers Niranjan Sapkota and Leena Kunttu. The awards were given at the Mission Possible science day at the University of Vaasa.