Awards for the best thesis
The Dean of the School of Chemical Engineering, Kristiina Kruus, announced Master鈥檚 thesis and Doctoral dissertation awards 2019.

We want to congratulate for the exceptional work the following award recipients:
Master麓s thesis:
- DI Laura Emilia Aarnos (Alexander Frey): 鈥淏urst Detection Methods for Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Neuronal Networks鈥
- DI Anna-Liina Helena Lehtim盲ki (Pekka Oinas): 鈥淥perational Efficiency of Black Liquor Concentrators鈥
- DI Jarkko Samuel Rantataro (Tomi Laurila ELEC): 鈥淓ffect of Substrate Mechanical Properties on Neural Cell Mechanics鈥
- DI Friederike Sommerhoff (Mark Huges): 鈥淒imensional Stabilty of All Cellulose Composites Laminates鈥
Doctoral dissertation:
- TkT Pyry-Mikko Hannula: "Processing and Properties of Carbon Nanotube-Copper Composites" (Supervisor: Professor Mari Lundstr枚m)
- TkT Shirin Asaadi: "Dry-Jet Wet Spinning of Technical and Textile Fibers from a Solution of Wood Pulp and Waste Cotton in an Ionic Liquid" (Supervisor: Professor Herbert Sixta)
- TkT Fatemeh Davodi: "Rational Design of Novel and Efficient Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Production"(Supervisor: Professor Tanja Kallio)
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