Department of Technical Physics - News

The Research Council of Finland grants competitive funding to Finnish universities to support them in strengthening their research profiles.

Awards were presented to the MoLeWe Research Collective, to Professor Markku Hauta-Kasari, Senior University Lecturer Lasse Heikkinen and University Lecturer Ville Nivalainen in recognition of their communication related to the university’s education in technology, to Professor Tomi Voutilainen, and to the Multidisciplinary Cancer Research Community, CANCER RC.

MSc Linus Awuniji's doctoral thesis made significant advances in understanding the progression of OA and the development of new approaches for its early detection and treatment.

In all, the Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee within the Research Council of Finland selected 21 infrastructures to the roadmap of national research infrastructures 2025–2028.

In next year, the University of Eastern Finland will participate in five projects in the internationally renowned Erasmus Mundus Master's programmes.

Ideas for treating sleep apnea and measuring brain oxygen saturation won the Olvi Foundation Neurochallenge innovation competition this year.

ME Purbanka Pahari's doctoral dissertation shows that the hypoxic load is significantly associated with daytime impaired vigilance in OSA patients.

The MENU4MEPBIO project aims to strengthen the capacity of partner organisations to offer new and innovative transnational education and training in the fields of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering.

The doctoral dissertation in the field of Applied Physics will be examined at the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, Kuopio campus and online.

Mikko Nissi appointed as Professor of Medical Physics and Engineering.