Outokumpu Oyj Foundation awarded EUR 295.200 in grants

Outokumpu Oyj Foundation, which aims at promoting academic research and university education in metal production and processing, metal and mining technology, ore geology and corresponding business activity at universities, awarded on 4 December 2003 grants for the year 2004 to the amount of EUR 295.200.

AWARDS FOR THE BEST DOCTORAL AND MASTER'S THESES IN 2003

A reward of 2,000 euros for outstanding theses in 2003:

Ph.D. Rais Latypov, University of Oulu, was rewarded for his doctoral thesis: "Constructions of phase equilibria diagrams and their application to petrological problems of soma basic-ultrabasic intrusions of the Kola Peninsula and Siberia, Russia".

M.Sc. Petri Kemppainen, Helsinki University of Technology, was rewarded for his master's thesis: "Effect of specimen size and geometry on fracture resistance behaviour of some metallic alloys".

PROFESSORS GRANT

Professor Pentti Karjalainen, Oulu University € 10,000

The grant of € 10,000 was awarded to professor Pentti Karjalainen to encourage him to start new research projects and to give him credit e.g. as a distinguished researcher of metels science, an activator of research projects on new fields of metal technology, and for active management of research groups and doctoral theses.

GRANTS TO RESEARCH GROUPS

Professor Tuomo Alapieti, University of Oulu € 16,000
"Basic-ultrabasic magmatism and related PGE-Ni-Cu Mineralization"

Professor Olof Forsén, Helsinki University of Technology € 30,000
"Recovery of Gold and Platinum Metals in HydroCopper Process"

Professor Ari Lehto, Helsinki University of Technology € 10,000
"Pre-study on utilisation possibilities of copper in solar energy applications"

D. Eng Seppo Louhenkilpi, Helsinki University of Technology € 13,500
"Development of process monitoring and quality control models
in continuous casting"

Professor Tuomo Tiainen, Tampere University of Technology € 32,000
"Material Properties of Copper and Copper Alloys at High
Rates of Deformation"

GRANTS FOR POST-GRADUATE STUDIES IN FINLAND

Lic. (Eng.) Lasse Forsbacka, Helsinki University of Technology € 10,000
M.Sc. (Eng.) Petra Jauhiainen, Helsinki University of Technology € 13,500
M.Sc. (Mining Eng.) Anu Martikainen, Helsinki University of Technology € 16,000
M.A. Tero Niiranen, Helsinki University € 10.500
M.A. Jari Näsi, University of Oulu € 13,500
Lic. (Eng.) Pekka Rajamäki, Lappeenranta University of Technology € 13,500
M.Sc. (Eng.) Katri Sirola, Lappeenranta University of Technology € 13,500
M.Sc. (Eng.) Outi Söderberg, Helsinki University of Technology € 13,200
M.Sc. (Eng.) Esa Virtanen, Oulu University € 10,000
Lic. (Eng.) Jorma Virtanen, Helsinki University of Technology € 13,500
M.Sc. (Eng.) Sonja Voipio, Helsinki University of Technology € 11,500

GRANTS FOR POST-GRADUATE STUDIES ABROAD

M.S c. (Eng.) Olli Vuola, University of Lausanne € 10,000


TRAVEL GRANTS

Professor Lauri Holappa, Helsinki University of Technology € 4,600

M.Sc. (Eng.) Mika Mäkinen, Helsinki University of Technology € 4,000


STUDENT GRANTS (EUR 800)

University of Helsinki
Matti Huttunen

University of Oulu
Anna-Maija Alaruikka
Simo Isokääntä
Teemu Juutinen
Mirja Kaikkonen
Jenni Koitila
Juho Kupila
Jarkko Okkonen
Mikko Palosaari
Antti Pasanen
Vesa Pieskä
Petri Tuominen
Tuire Valkonen
Henna Valppu
Mari Vengasaho

Turku University
Kaisa Kauppinen
Jussi Mattila

Helsinki University of Technology
Mari Lundström
Sonja Nurmi

Tampere University of Technology
Ville Eronen
Maria Hiekkanen
Mikko Hokka

Åbo Akademi
Åsa Corin
Mathias Forss
Gustav Westerlund

Studies abroad
Helena Lind, Great Britain, Germany, The Netherlands
Mikko Pajukoski, Canada
Tuomas Savola, Austria

Further information:
Markku Kytö, tel. 09-421 2410
Riitta Tolonen, tel. 09-421 2122