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Lauri Kumpulainen’s doctoral dissertation investigates development directions of internal arc protection. Arc faults in switchgear can be characterized as electrical explosions which are very hazardous to personnel and devastating to equipment.
“The safety of passenger cars improved significantly when safety belts were widely implemented. Analogously, the safety and reliability of electricity distribution systems can be enhanced by applying arc protection based on detection of light. This proven technology should be internationally standardized”, thinks Kumpulainen, who defends his dissertation at the University of Vaasa.
“The safety of passenger cars improved significantly when safety belts were widely implemented. Analogously, the safety and reliability of electricity distribution systems can be enhanced by applying arc protection based on detection of light. This proven technology should be internationally standardized”, thinks Kumpulainen, who defends his dissertation at the University of Vaasa.
Liisa Kääntä (MA) describes university students’ digital communication in her PhD study in Modern Finnish. The digitalisation of education is currently a ‘hot potato’, and various means with which to develop teaching, learning and researching in and through the Web are being considered in different media and situations both nationally and locally. Kääntä’s study peeks into this world by focusing on interaction and language use. What kind of interaction between students does learning in the Web enable?
– It’s not as scattered, isolated and unidirectional as one might think. Especially, if you consider that here we are talking about task-based exercises made within a virtual learning environment, replies Kääntä, who defends her thesis in the University of Vaasa.
– It’s not as scattered, isolated and unidirectional as one might think. Especially, if you consider that here we are talking about task-based exercises made within a virtual learning environment, replies Kääntä, who defends her thesis in the University of Vaasa.
The boards of the University of Vaasa and Jyväskylä have approved the agreement according to which the degree education and research in languages at the University of Vaasa will be transferred to the University of Jyväskylä on 1 August 2017. The University of Vaasa aims at specialising more strongly in business studies, technology, communication and administration in order to promote its national and international competitiveness. The University of Jyväskylä wants to strengthen its core field of languages.
How the to get the manufacturing industry to innovate and on the road towards digitalisation? The University of Vaasa research group called SC-Research is currently doing an international comparative study about this topical issue. Preliminary results show that the manufacturing industry both in the United States and in Finland would benefit from raising awareness of digitalization and education of new skills. They are seen as vital actions for facilitating digitalization.
Rector of the University of Vaasa, SC-Research Research Group Director Jari Kuusisto presented the research project iREN and preliminary results yesterday in the STOA workshop in Brussels. STOA (The Science and Technology Options Assessment) panel is a committee of members of the European Parliament devoted to all issues related to science and technology assessment.
Rector of the University of Vaasa, SC-Research Research Group Director Jari Kuusisto presented the research project iREN and preliminary results yesterday in the STOA workshop in Brussels. STOA (The Science and Technology Options Assessment) panel is a committee of members of the European Parliament devoted to all issues related to science and technology assessment.
People and policymakers in many developed countries are concerned that domestic firms appear to be increasingly locating their research and development activities abroad and may at the same time erode the national scientific capabilities. However, according to Jaana Rahko’s doctoral dissertation this worry seems to be exaggerated. Her dissertation on the field of Economics presents research results showing that international research and development (R&D) activities increase the patenting and productivity of firms. She will defend her thesis at the University of Vaasa.
Academy of Finland has granted 300.000 euros for a two-year research and development project “Game-based Financial Education in Schools”. The funding was granted to the professor of economics Panu Kalmi, who is a specialist in financial literacy and education, and to the professor of communications Tanja Sihvonen, who is an expert in game research.
Omid Palizban has developed new technology for the decentralized control of microgrids, especially in the energy storage section, and adopted a new standard for hierarchical control in the system. Palizban’s doctoral dissertation for the University of Vaasa is at the field of Electrical Engineering and the research has done in Smart Electric Systems research group. The research is related to energy and power management in the modern grid.
Dmytro Baidiuk's doctoral thesis in Mathematics investigates and generalizes several well-known results from Extension theory of operators.
According to Ari Sivula’s doctoral thesis at the University of Vaasa "Generic Crowdsourcing Model for Holistic Innovation Management" organizations should be more customer focused in innovation production.
Companies generally strive to produce innovations which do not necessarily have a wide range of demand in the markets. These innovations can be really expensive for companies, says Sivula.
Crowdsourcing is one of the best models to bring customers and other stakeholders into innovation development which can be, for instance, new products and services.
Companies generally strive to produce innovations which do not necessarily have a wide range of demand in the markets. These innovations can be really expensive for companies, says Sivula.
Crowdsourcing is one of the best models to bring customers and other stakeholders into innovation development which can be, for instance, new products and services.