Elina Kähkönen
Cross Cutting Areas Officer
Manager
U924 Innovation Ecosystem Services
Dr.Sci.(Tech) Elina Kähkönen made her first career in an international chemical industry company. Her field is chemical engineering with the major in applied microbiology. Her Doctoral research (2007-2011) focused on the interaction between sustainability guidance and product development in the chemical industry. Since 2013 she has been a head of the Aaltonaut minor program. The Aaltonaut program has been the forerunner of interdisciplinary education in Aalto at Bachelor’s level. Since Aug 2021 she has lead a strategy implementation project which stives to integrate the cross-cutting themes of Aalto University; Solutions for Sustainability, Entrepreneurial Mindset, and Radical Creativity in education.
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Publications
Integroitu yrittäjyysopetus : Yrittäjyystaitoja opiskelijoille, joille Slush tarkoittaa vain loskaa
Kalle Airo, Håkan Mitts, Elina Kähkönen
2023
Yrittäjyyden edistäminen korkeakouluissa – esimerkkejä ja käytänteitä
Multidisciplinary education through faculty members’ conceptualisations of and experiences in engineering education
Xiaoqi Feng, Salu Ylirisku, Elina Kähkönen, Hannele Niemi, Katja Hölttä-Otto
2023
European Journal of Engineering Education
Towards Circular Design and Manufacturing - Lessons Learned from University-Based Makerspaces
Tanja Honkala, Katja Hölttä-Otto, Elina Kähkönen
2023
Procedia CIRP
Shaping A Sustainable Future Through Integrating Sustainability, Creativity And Entrepreneurship In Engineering Education At Aalto University
Paulo Roberto Nicoletti Dziobczenski, Elina Kähkönen, Håkan Mitts
2023
SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education
From crossing chromosomes to crossing curricula–a biomimetic analogy for cross-disciplinary engineering curriculum planning
Elina Kähkönen, Katja Hölttä-Otto
2021
European Journal of Engineering Education
Collaborative teaching as a tool in university development
E. Kähkönen, K. Airo
2020
SEFI 47th Annual Conference
Is It Safe to Paint Your Wall White? A Case Study on Titanium Dioxide Classification
E. Elina Kahkonen
2019
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
Entrepreneurship education ecosystems in engineering and technology (E4T)
M. Varano, E. Kähkönen, H. Aarnio, M. Clavert, M. Kaulio, K. Thorén, C. Haenen, W. Van Petegem, A. Colombelli, G. Sansone, E. Raguseo, E. Paolucci, E. Scharnagl, R. Mendes, L. Caldas De Oliveira, S. Fergus, R. Brennan
2019
Proceedings of the 46th SEFI Annual Conference 2018
LabLife3D Virtual laboratory excercises in decarboxylation, vacuum distillation, Molecular biology
Tuomas Kangasniemi, Sebastian Olkinuora, Pekka Joensuu, Olli Natri, Pekka Qvist, Matti Ketola, Marko Närhi, Reija Jokela, Eero Palomäki, Hannu Tiitu, Elina Kähkönen, Katrina Nordström
2013
Does Decreased Chemical Risk Lead to Increased Microbiological Risk? Toxicology in Vitro. SSCT 2011 special issue
E Kähkönen, A Passinen, K. Nordström
2011
SSCT FinCopa 28th SSCT FinCopa, Towards toxicity assessment without animals, Tampere, Finland, 21.-23.9,2011