Department of Physics and Mathematics - News

“Physics is the fundamental background of everything around us, from life to the universe,“ Professor Polina Kuzhir says.   

Augmented reality (AR) glasses can now be built at home and very affordably, costing less than 20 euros. 

The doctoral thesis of Ségolène Pélisset, MSc, deals with integrated optics and more precisely on the development and demonstration of a novel waveguide platform.

The focus of the light and matter interactions on plasmonic platforms brings another degree of freedom in controlling and exploiting it for everyday needs, says MSc Benjamin O. Asamoah.

MSc Joni Hyttinen studied in his doctoral thesis the enhancement of the visibility of lesions caused by oral and dental diseases by taking advantage of spectral imaging.

Veli-Pekka Leppänen, CEO of Nanocomp Ltd., has been selected as the University of Eastern Finland’s Alumnus of the Year.