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Responsible supervisors in the Doctoral Programme in Engineering Sciences

You will find the responsible supervisors in the Doctoral Programme in Engineering Sciences on this page. If you are planning on conducting doctoral research, please contact a responsible supervisor in the field most suitable for your topic.

Automation Science and Engineering

Gökhan Alcan

Tampere University

safe model predictive control, constrained optimal control theory, reinforcement learning, system identification, machine learning, and their applications to dynamical systems

Assistant Professor

Academy Research Fellow

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Hamed Badihi

Tampere University

condition monitoring, diagnostics, and prognostics, fault-tolerant and attack-resilient control, safety and security of industrial control systems, cyber-physical-social systems

Assistant Professor

Automation Technology and Dependable Systems

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Reza Ghabcheloo

Tampere University

autonomous machines, robotics, AI, optimal control, imitation learning, motion control, optimal trajectory planning, model predictive control, control-estimation integration, construction robotics

Professor

Autonomous Mobile Machines

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Azwirman Gusrialdi

Tampere University

control theory and optimization with main applications to networked cyber-physical-human systems

Associate Professor

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Matti Linjama

Tampere University

digital hydraulics and its model-based control

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Jose Martinez Lastra

Tampere University

factory automation, healthcare automation, smart mobility

Professor

Factory Automation

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Jouni Mattila

Tampere University

heavy-duty robotics motion/force controls, autonomous mobile working machines, nonlinear control engineering, systems engineering in safety critical applications

Professor

Machine Automation

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Tatiana Minav

Tampere University

electro-hydrostatic systems and actuators, cylinder’s sensorless position motion control, simulation, energy balance, energy recovery systems in non-road mobile machinery

Associate Professor

Hybrid Drives

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Roel Pieters

Tampere University

human-robot collaboration, cognitive robotics, deep learning for robotics, robot design

Professor

Intelligent Machines and Robotics

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Matti Vilkko

Tampere University

control engineering

Professor

head of unit

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Materials Science and Engineering

Auezhan Amanov

Tampere University

tribology, tribo-corrosion, fretting, fatigue, materials science, surface engineering, manufacturing process

Associate Professor

Tribology of Materials

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Imran Asghar

Tampere University

renewable energy technologies

Associate Professor

Materials Technology

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Mikko Hokka

Tampere University

mechanical testing, experimental mechanics, digital image correlation, infrared imaging, Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar, dynamic behavior of materials, elasticity, time dependent plasticity, microplasticity, fracture and failure

Professor

Head of the unit

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Kalle Jalava

Tampere University

casting and forming methods

Assistant Professor

Casting and other metal forming methods

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Mikko Kanerva

Tampere University

computational materials science, biocomposites, advanced composites, functional polymer materials

Professor

polymeerimateriaalit

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Heli Koivuluoto

Tampere University

sustainable anti-icing solutions by future surface engineering designs

Associate Professor

Materiaalitekniikka

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Jurkka Kuusipalo

Tampere University

paper converting and packaging

Professor

Paper Converting and Packaging

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Erkki Levänen

Tampere University

ceramic materials, nanomaterials, functional ceramics, engineering ceramics, plastic deformation of nanoceramics, functional surfaces, supercritical carbon dioxide assisted processing, 3D printing of ceramics, colloidal processing, laser assisted processing

Professor

keraamimateriaalit

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Gaurav Mohanty

Tampere University

materials science and engineering, metallurgy, mechanical deformation behavior of materials, electron microscopy techniques

Assistant Professor

Mechanical Behaviour of Engineering Materials

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Pasi Peura

Tampere University

metal materials, metals technology, material characterization

Professor

Metallimateriaalit, metallitekniikka ja materiaalikarakterisointi

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Essi Sarlin

Tampere University

polymer and elastomer based composites and polymer/metal hybrids

Professor

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Minnamari Vippola

Tampere University

microstructural characterization and NDE (non-destructive evaluation) of various materials (additive manufactured materials, steels, nanomaterials, catalysts, ceramic materials, coatings, tribology/fretting samples) together with activities in material processing, performance and failure analysis

Professor

Vice Dean for Research

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Mechanical and Production Engineering

Eric Coatanea

Tampere University

manufacturing processes, engineering design theory and practices, systems engineering, mathematical methods for modeling simulation, machine learning

Professor

Design & Manufacturing technologies

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Asko Ellman

Tampere University

machine design, product development

Professor

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Inigo Flores Ituarte

Tampere University

optimization driven design and manufacturing, engineering design, digital design and manufacturing, CAx, simulation, predictive modelling, data science, material science, mechatronic system design, advanced manufacturing technologies

Academy Research Fellow

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Janne Juoksukangas

Tampere University

tribology in machine elements

Assistant Professor

Konetekniikka

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Tero Juuti

Tampere University

value driven product development, modularisation and module systems, hybrid product development (CTO + METO)

Associate Professor

Design Science | Modularisation Technology, Multidisciplinary Value Driven Product Development

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Kari Koskinen

Tampere University

mechatronics

Professor

Mechatronics

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Hossein Mokhtarian

Tampere University

additive manufacturing, metamodeling in product-process development

University Lecturer

Manufacturing Engineering

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Xinxin Yu

Tampere University

multibody dynamics, contact analysis, computational and experimental railway dynamic analysis

Assistant Professor

mechanical engineering

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences