Welcome to Aalto Sustainability Hub’s research seminar – presenting Aalto CHEM
With tea / coffee and “scones”
Program:
11.00 Welcome – Minna Halme academic director of ASH
11.10 Maarit Karppinen: Novel materials based on earth-abundant elements for next-generation sustainable energy technologies
11.20 Kari Laasonen: Carbon based catalysis: synthesis and modelling
11.30 Mari Lundström: Aalto-metallurgy, towards circular economy
11.40 Marc Hughes: Wood in sustainable construction
11.50 Monika Österberg: Can materials from the tree save the world?”
12.00 Orlando Rojas: Our contribution to sustainability by the use of wood: from food to energy harvesting
12.10 Pertti Kauranen: Closing the Loop for High-Added-Value Materials
12.20 Roope Husgafvel: Sustainability research in the Clean Technologies Research group
12.30
12.40 Discussions and future avenues
Next seminars:
26.10 14-16: Sustainability research at Aalto: BIZ presents
30.11 14-16: Sustainability research at Aalto: ARTS presents
Followed in Spring 2018 by ENG, SCI ja ELEC
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