Bioinnovation Center鈥檚 research will focus on sustainable textiles and packaging
The Bioinnovation Center is launching a doctoral school and offers funding for in total 10-12 doctoral candidates. The aim is to encourage professors from different fields and disciplines of Aalto University to combine their expertise and to develop jointly interdisciplinary research endeavors.
鈥楤ioeconomy is a cornerstone of the Finnish economy, and I am confident that this research will contribute to generating new beginnings for this sector鈥, says Niklas von Weymarn, CEO of Mets盲 Spring, and a member of the Bioinnovation Center鈥檚 project evaluation panel. 鈥楳any existing industrial processes, especially related to bioeconomy, have been born from research seeking answers to natural phenomena. Also, in today鈥檚 globalised world strong interdisciplinarity as well as working on industrial development and basic research in parallel have become success factors.
The selected projects to the doctoral school are:
- 鈥淐ellulose-based spatial origami metamaterials and structures for sustainable and versatile packaging solutions鈥 by Jarkko Niiranen (ENG), Kirsi Peltonen (SCI), and Masood Masodian (ARTS)
- 鈥淎I-guided biohybrid assembly platform for e-textiles鈥 by Patrick Rinke (SCI) and Jaana Vapaavuori (CHEM)
- 鈥淐oatings of Lignin Spheres for Packaging/Textiles鈥 by Monika 脰sterberg (CHEM), Karl Alexander Henn (CHEM), and Pekka Oinas (CHEM)
- 鈥淐omputational fabric鈥 by Simo S盲rkk盲 (ELEC+FCAI), Kirsi Niinim盲ki (ARTS), Jaana Vapaavuori (CHEM), Yu Xiao (ELEC), and Emmi Pouta (ARTS)
- 鈥淪ustainable Intelligent Packaging Solutions鈥 by Jouni Paltakari (CHEM) and Riku J盲ntti (ELEC)
鈥業 was very impressed by the great number of excellent project ideas that we received. Ranking the applications was a difficult task鈥, says Michael Hummel, the Director of the Bioinnovation Center. 鈥極ur future research looks really fascinating and I am excited to start the cooperation with all the parties in this Center. I am also grateful for the valuable input that we receive from our industrial partners as well as the internal experts.鈥
Bioinnovation Center will now open 5 PhD positions for these projects. The aim is to start the recruitment process in November and have the first doctoral candidates starting in the doctoral school in early 2022. Another project call will be opened during the year 2022.
The evaluation committee consisted of 12 Aalto university鈥檚 internal and industry representatives. The open call received 17 proposals.
Niklas von Weymarn, CEO, Mets盲 SpringBioeconomy is a cornerstone of the Finnish economy, and this research will contribute to generating new beginnings for this sector
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