Department of Technical Physics - News

The exceptional donation from the estate of Martti Miettinen, a farmer from Lapinlahti, supports doctoral researchers at the Kuopio campus.

The Research Council of Finland has granted funding to strengthen R&D activities in wellbeing services counties, for clinical research, and for research into forest biomass in Finland and into sustainable energy solutions of the future.

The Foundations' Post Doc Pool awarded some 1.39 million euros to 26 postdoctoral scholars on 3 December 2025.

MSc Henri Oikarinen studied emissions from fuel operated auxiliary heaters of passenger cars, with specific focus on particle emissions.

The institute is hiring talented researchers in artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Professor Sonja Kosunen leads an Academy Project in early childhood education and care, and Arjen Gerbraad and Maria Skalska-Tuomi were awarded Academy Research Fellow funding.

This autumn, Harjula Hospital in the North Savo Wellbeing Services County piloted an innovative rehabilitation method that combines sound and movement: sonification.

The Research Council of Finland has granted continued funding for the GeneCellNano, UNITE and ACCC Flagships for the period 2026–2028.

MSc Serajeddin Ebrahimian's dissertation focuses on the impacts of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on the cardiovascular function.

Dr Angeliki Rigos, a leadership educator at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, shared her insights with staff and students at the University of Eastern Finland.