Management of School of Engineering

Doctoral Programme Committee

The School of Engineering Doctoral Programme Committee is the academic body charged with administering the Doctoral Programme in Engineering.
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The Doctoral Programme Committee of the School of Engineering is responsible for managing administering the Doctoral Programme in Engineering. The committee's duties include the development of course contents, student selection as well as key elements of the dissertation process: the approval of topics, appointment of examiners and grading of finished works.

The committee's members include its chair, a minimum of four professors who have merits in doctoral education and represent the school's central research fields and a student representative. One of the professor members may be from another school of Aalto University. A vice chair is elected from the among the committee's professor members. The term of office for the committee is three calendar years.

Members, 2022–2025

  • Chair: Risto Lahdelma
  • Members:
     
    • Jussi Leveinen (vice chair)
    • Matti Kummu
    • Jarkko Niiranen
    • Arttu Polojärvi
    • Roope Nyqvist 
  • Deputy members:
     
    • Dominic Stead
    • Milos Mladenovic
    • Mika Salmi
    • Simo Hostikka
    • Alice Petry

Aalto Doctoral Programme in Engineering

Student study guide for the Aalto Doctoral Programme in Engineering

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Contact

Ritva Viero

Suunnittelija, opintoasiat

Upcoming public defences of doctoral theses

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Public defences

Public Defence in Energy Technology, M.Sc. Tero Koivunen

Flexibility and Resilience in the Transition to a Carbon-Neutral Finnish Energy System (Title of the Thesis)
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Public defences

Public defence in Building Technology, M. Sc. Hassan Ahmed

Evaluation of concrete compaction, focusing on segregation and entrapped air, with the aim to enhance concrete durability and strength.
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Public defences

Public Defence in Marine Technology, M.Sc. Janne Heiskari

Engineering Strategies for Designing Lightweight Ship Windows (Title of the Thesis)
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Public defences

Public Defence in Mechatronics, M.Sc. Lorenzo Giorio

Modeling, Design and Testing Techniques for New Generation Industrial Rotors (Title of the Thesis)
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