Department of Technical Physics - News

Emilia Happonen, MSc, studied photothermal therapy with black porous silicon nanoparticles for targeted cancer treatment.

Finnish research and industry partners have launched COCOBIN, a two-year co-innovation project led by University of Oulu, aiming to develop new multicomponent dispersion and composite technologies for fiber-based barrier packaging, textiles, and abrasive materials.

The ABiCo project aims to develop innovative biobased biocomposite solutions to replace fossil-based primary raw materials.

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.