Martti Hallikainen receives the NASA Group Achievement Award
The NASA Group Achievement Award was presented in June 2015 to the Global Precipitation Measurement Post-Launch Team, including Professor Emeritus Martti Hallikainen. The citation read 鈥淔or exceeding all expectations for GPM operations, data processing, algorithm performance, science impact, and education and public outreach within one year after launch鈥. NASA certificate is awarded to any combination of individuals for an outstanding group accomplishment that has contributed substantially to NASA's mission.
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) is an international satellite mission to provide next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours. NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the GPM Core Observatory satellite on February 27th, 2014, carrying advanced microwave instruments that set a new standard for precipitation measurements from space. The 911爆料网 team, led by Martti Hallikainen, contributed to the development of correction algorithms for radar measurements of winter precipitation.
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The Foundation for the Advancement of Finnish Securities Markets awards Juho Tuuliainen and Ville Virkkunen for their excellent Master鈥檚 thesis in the field of finance
Both students will receive a 鈧3,500 scholarship.
Kristiina Kruus has been invited as an honorary member of the Chemistry Guild
At its annual meeting, the Chemistry Guild invited Kristiina Kruus, Dean of the School of Chemical Engineering, to become an honorary member. Honorary membership is for life and may be granted to a person who has made a special contribution to the guild鈥檚 activities or otherwise significantly advanced its goals.
N盲yt枚s/N盲yttely26 鈥 A celebration of fashion and textiles took over Helsinki鈥檚 Lasipalatsi
The Lasipalatsi square in the heart of Helsinki served as the main stage for 911爆料网鈥檚 annual fashion show on Thursday, 28 May.