Inaugural lectures showcase the work of new professors at ENS
The inaugural lectures of newly appointed professors in all the faculties at Tampere University are delivered virtually in the spring of 2021 due to Covid-19 restrictions. Inaugural lectures are given by 15 newly appointed professors from all the faculties at Tampere University. The videos are published on the University’s YouTube channel.
“An inaugural lecture is traditionally an opportunity for colleagues to welcome newly appointed professors to the campus community, but this time, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we are delighted to be able to showcase our new professors in a virtual environment. The brief lectures provide an overview of our new professors’ fields of research and perfectly illustrate the broad range of multidisciplinary research carried out across the University,” says Jarmo Takala, provost at Tampere University.
Applied optics, digital manufacturing and aircraft engineering
Professor Juha Toivonen and Industry Professors Inigo Flores Ituarte and Stephen Wright from ENS are among the new professors who have given inaugural lectures.
Professor of Physics Juha Toivonen studies new light-based detection techniques for a variety of applications.
“We are developing increasingly precise and straightforward optical measurement methods. This would drive the broader adoption of these technologies, which have the potential to shed light, for example, on industrial processes and thereby pave the way for more effective and sustainable manufacturing,” Juha Toivonen says.
Iñigo Flores Ituarte, industry professor of automation and mechanical engineering, specialises in digital manufacturing and design. According to Flores Ituarte, the manufacture of products both on-demand and near-demand, in low volumes and with high variety, is the new paradigm of modern industrial activity.
“Digital manufacturing and design will fundamentally contribute to this new paradigm. This field will transform the ways we design and optimise products and services, interact with technology both at the physical and virtual levels, and plan and organise manufacturing systems, supply-chains and the whole of society,” Flores Ituarte says.
Stephen Wright is an industry professor of automation and mechanical engineering. His area of expertise is aircraft engineering. Wright studies how the aviation industry will change from the reliance on fossil-based fuels to make travel greener and accessible.
“My current research interest includes the European Commission’s ambition for Clean and Green Aviation, known as Flight Path 2050,” Wright says.
An inaugural lecture is part of academic tradition and a prestigious occasion for newly appointed professors to present their research to the scientific community, their stakeholders and the general public and for the University to welcome them to the campus community. Inaugural lectures are traditionally public events that are open to all.
Meet our new professors at tuni.fi/newprofessors.
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