Cool and Icy Waters - ice research for sea traffic
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Arctic ice is being thinned and melted by a warming climate, and new routes are opening on ice-covered waters for a growing maritime transport sector. Future seas will be stormier and ships navigating Arctic areas will face rapidly changing ice conditions. The safety and sustainability of seafaring require research and innovation.
The Cool and Icy Waters exhibition focuses on the marine and Arctic technology research conducted in Aalto University. Areas of research include the structure and behaviour of sea ice as well as the functionality, durability and safety of ships and offshore structures.
Understanding ice on a theoretical level, conducting model-scale experiments and field research in actual ice conditions are all needed in order to design new types of icebreakers and formulating ice classifications for ships. Aalto Ice Tank provides an ideal research environment for model-scale studies of ice and ships in Otaniemi, while for many years Aalto University researchers have voyaged to study ice conditions in Antarctica aboard the Finnish-built and research-equipped vessel SA Agulhas II.
Research for safe and sustainable seafaring
Studies in marine and Arctic technology are offered in the Aalto University Master's Programme in Mechanical Engineering.
Deep Sea VR
The exhibition also includes a demo of Deep Sea VR, a game created by master's degree students of game design and production at Aalto University.
Exhibition team:
Academic
Pentti Kujala, Professor, marine technology
Jukka Tuhkuri, Professor,ice mechanics
Mikko Suominen, Postdoctoral researcher
Lu Liangliang, Doctoral student
Curator and coordination:
Outi Turpeinen, Art coordinator, Doctor of Arts
Video content and images:
Mikko Raskinen, Producer
Graphic design:
Fanni Perälä, Degree student, Master's Programme in Visual Communication Design
Language check:
Joonas Lehtovaara, Coordinator
Communication:
Riitta Särkisilta
Deep Sea VR -game
Degree students of Master's Programme in Game Design & Production:
Markus Laattala,
Abhishek Jaiswal
Jenni Juntunen
Philippe La Grassa
Special Thanks
Helsinki Shipyard Oy
Meyer Turku
Rauma Marine
Farewell to fossil fuels
More than half of our energy still comes from fossil fuels. No single technology can replace our reliance on them.
