Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Contact Information

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
20014 University of Turku

Street addresses:
Mechanical Engineering: Joukahaisenkatu 3, ICT City
Materials Engineering: Yliopistonmäki (Vesilinnantie 5), Quantum

E-mail addresses:
firstname.lastname@utu.fi

Head of Department and Vice Head of Department

Jussi

Kantola

PhD (IE), DSc

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Professor, Materials Engineering

Materials Engineering

kati.miettunen@utu.fi

+358 29 450 2559

+358 40 544 8742

Professors and team leaders

Pekka

Peljo

D.Sc. (Tech.)

Associate Professor, Materials Engineering

Materials engineering

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

antti.salminen@utu.fi

Assistant Professor, Materials Engineering

konstantinos.daskalakis@utu.fi

Assistant Professor, Materials Engineering

milica.todorovic@utu.fi

DSc.(tech), MSc.(tech)

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Digital design and manufacturing combines engineering theories with digital tools to improve the accuracy and efficiency of industrial design and manufacturing.

sampsa.laakso@utu.fi

Ashish

Ganvir

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Additive Manufacturing and Surface Engineering

ashish.ganvir@utu.fi

Wallace

Moreira Bessa

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Head of Smart Systems

wallace.moreirabessa@utu.fi

Emilia

Peltola

Associate Professor, Materials Engineering

The research focus of materials in health technology is in understanding the interface of materials in biomedical applications.

emilia.peltola@utu.fi

Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Circular economy. Challenging waste streams. Thermal conversion. Emissions. Ash. LCA.

oskar.karlstrom@utu.fi

Professor, Industrial Engineering

DSc (Industrial Engineering and Management)

Professor of Practice, Industrial Engineering

Corporate responsibilityy as part of the corporate strategy

jorma.turunen@utu.fi

Yong Se

Kim

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

yongse.kim@utu.fi

Armin

Wehrfritz

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

armin.wehrfritz@utu.fi

Assistant Professor, Materials Engineering

vipul.sharma@utu.fi

+358 29 450 5070

+358 41 798 7232

Other teaching personnel

Jani

Heikkinen

University Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering

jani.heikkinen@utu.fi

University Lecturer, Materials Engineering

Materials Engineering

ulhema@utu.fi

Heikki

Palonen

University Teacher, Materials Engineering

University Teacher, Materials Engineering

University Lecturer, Materials Engineering

University Teacher, Materials Engineering

anna.fogde@utu.fi

Mohsen

Amraei

University Teacher, Mechanical Engineering

University Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering

Docent, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

andrey.mityakov@utu.fi

University Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering

University Teacher, Materials Engineering

Materials Engineering

sami.jouttijarvi@utu.fi

Other research personnel

Vahid

Abbasi

M.Sc in Applied Chemistry

Project Researcher, Materials Engineering

vahid.abbasi@utu.fi

Ahmed

Abdelmagid

Doctoral Candidate, Materials Engineering

ahmed.abdelmagid@utu.fi

Elena

Akulenko

M.Sc. (Tech.)

Doctoral Candidate, Materials Engineering

Developing eco-design for solar cells to support their recycling.

elena.akulenko@utu.fi

Abhinav

Anand

Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering

abhinav.a.anand@utu.fi

Naela

Delmo

Doctoral Researcher, Materials Engineering

I am a part of the Materials in Health Technology group focusing on understanding the relationship between the physicochemical properties of sensor materials and their electrochemical performance.

naela.v.delmo@utu.fi

Mousumi

Dey

Project Researcher, Materials Engineering

moudey@utu.fi

Ransell

DSouza

Postdoctoral researcher

Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Engineering

ransell.dsouza@utu.fi

Taha Yasin

Eken

Materials Engineering

tahayasin.eken@utu.fi

Nima

Emami

M.Sc Material science

Project Researcher, Materials Engineering

My main topic of research is optimizing the workflow of recycling the Lithium-Ion Batteries using A.I as a part of SmartCycling Project.

Doctoral Candidate, Materials Engineering

Material Engineering

maryam.esmaeilzadeh@utu.fi

Glen

Forde

Information Designer

Project Specialist, Materials Engineering

Developing the design literacy & visual communication capabilities of the Materials Engineering community.

Doctoral Researcher, UTU Graduate School (UTUGS)

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

gagonz@utu.fi

Aditya

Gopaluni

Project Researcher, Mechanical Engineering

aditya.gopaluni@utu.fi

Erik

Haapa

Project Researcher, Mechanical Engineering

erik.r.haapa@utu.fi

Mahboubeh

Hadadian

Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Engineering, PhD. in Physical chemistry

Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Engineering

mahboubeh.hadadian@utu.fi

Ijlal

Haider

Researcher/Thesis Worker, Masters in Biomedical Engineering Sciences, Tampere University

Materials Engineering

ijlal.haider@utu.fi

Jenna

Hannonen

Doctoral Candidate, Materials Engineering

Materials Engineering, Battery Materials and Technologies

jenna.a.hannonen@utu.fi

Tommi

Harju

Research Assistant, Materials Engineering

tommi.t.harju@utu.fi

Arman

Hasani

Project researcher. Ph. D. candidate

Project Researcher, Mechanical Engineering

I am currently working on the GREEN-BAT project. In this project, we are trying to manufacture an all-Solid-State Li-battery.

arman.hasani@utu.fi

Janne

Heilala

M.Sc. (Tech.), Lifecycle management

Doctoral Researcher, Mechanical Engineering

Sustainable manufacturing

janne.p.heilala@utu.fi

Touko

Herranen

D.Sc. (Tech.)

Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Engineering

touko.herranen@utu.fi

Anna

Huusko

Project Coordinator, Mechanical Engineering

Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Engineering

Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Engineering

jerzy.jasielec@utu.fi

Rida

Kamal

Project Researcher, Mechanical Engineering

rida.r.kamal@utu.fi

Nikhil

Kamboj

Postdoctoral Researcher, Mechanical Engineering

Institute of Dentistry

Doctoral Candidate, Materials Engineering

Materials Engineering

aleksi.kamppinen@utu.fi

Tuomas

Kantonen

Laboratory Engineer, Mechanical Engineering

Research Assistant, Materials Engineering

lauri.p.karttunen@utu.fi

Harri

Keskinen

Development Manager, Materials Engineering

harri.keskinen@utu.fi

Manish

Kumar

PhD (Engineering Physics)

Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Engineering

manish.kumar@utu.fi

Ebo

Kwegyir-Afful

Postdoctoral Researcher, Mechanical Engineering

ebo.kwegyir-afful@utu.fi

Alicja

Lawrynowicz

Doctoral Student, Materials Engineering

Doctoral Candidate, Materials Engineering

Nordic network on smart light-conversion textiles beyond electric circuits.

alicja.lawrynowicz@utu.fi

Timo

Leppälä

Doctoral Researcher, Materials Engineering

tifile@utu.fi

Qiujun

M.Sc in Materials Processing Engineering

Project Researcher, Materials Engineering

qiujli@utu.fi

Eduardo

Martínez González

PhD in Electrochemistry

Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Engineering

eduardo.martinezgonzalez@utu.fi

Mahdi

Moghaddam

Doctoral Researcher, Materials Engineering

Research group of Battery Materials and Technologies

mahdi.moghaddam@utu.fi

Project Researcher, Materials Engineering

bahar.mostafiz@utu.fi

Chinmayee

Nayak

Postdoctoral Researcher, Mechanical Engineering

chinmayee.nayak@utu.fi

Rustem

Nizamov

M.Sc.

Doctoral Researcher, Materials Engineering

Stability of photovoltaics materials and devices: degradation mechanisms and a colour-performance correlation

rustem.nizamov@utu.fi

Mikael

Nyberg

Laboratory engineer

Laboratory Engineer, Materials Engineering

Materials Engineering

Laboratory Technician, Materials Engineering

akseli.p.nykanen@utu.fi

Research Assistant, Materials Engineering

michail.papachatzakis@utu.fi

Saeid

Parchegani Chozaki

Project Researcher, Mechanical Engineering

saeid.parcheganichozaki@utu.fi

Docent, Materials Engineering

Senior Research Fellow, Mechanical Engineering

Additive manufacturing (3D printing) of metals, polymers and biomaterials;Laser material processing; Camera and sensor based quality assurance; Novel industrial applications for additive manufacturing

Laboratory Engineer, Mechanical Engineering

University Teacher, Materials Engineering

Materials Engineering

Doctoral Candidate, Materials Engineering

Materials engineering

kitapy@utu.fi

Hassan

Qureshi

Project Researcher, Materials Engineering

Organic LEDs, LEDs, Polaritonics, Strong light-matter coupling

hassan.qureshi@utu.fi

Mahsa

Shahsavan

M.Sc. Materials Engineering

Doctoral Candidate, Materials Engineering

mahsa.shahsavan@utu.fi

Olli

Siltanen

Teacher, Laboratory of Theoretical Physics

olmisi@utu.fi

Matilda

Sipilä

Doctoral researcher, M.Sc.

Project Researcher, Materials Engineering

My research is about utilizing NLP (natural language processing) to the materials science and I am working with the project called DeeperMaterials.

matilda.m.sipila@utu.fi

Saara

Sippola

Research Assistant, Materials Engineering

Materials in Health Technology

saara.sippola@utu.fi

Johanna

Suni

Project Researcher, Materials Engineering

Doctoral Researcher, Materials Engineering

Tetrapyrrole Chemistry (Porphyrins, Chlorins, Corroles, Phthalocyanines), Photoelectrochemistry of metallocenes, Organic and Inorganic Redox Flow Batteries, Organic Synthesis, NMR spectroscopy

ali.tuna@utu.fi

Joaquin

Valdez Garcia

Doctoral Candidate, Materials Engineering

joaquin.valdezgarcia@utu.fi

Valtteri

Vinni

Laboratory Technician, Materials Engineering

valtteri.vinni@utu.fi

Research Assistant, Materials Engineering

julianna.v.virjonen@utu.fi

Arttu

Viljakainen

Trainee, Mechanical Engineering

ajavil@utu.fi

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