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New Podcasts section in ALD OpenLearning site (Nov 20, 2021)

21.11.2021

Yesterday (Nov 20, 2021), a new section was published in the OpenLearning site on atomic layer deposition (ALD). The site is available at the OpenLearning platform of Aalto University https://openlearning.aalto.fi/, direct link https://openlearning.aalto.fi/course/view.php?id=100 (can be found by searching for “ALD” or “atomic layer deposition”).

The Podcasts section contains each podcast (that the author of this blog and the author/curator of the ALD OpenLearning site currently is aware of) as a separate “page” (as in defined the Moodle platform). Currently, the following podcasts have their own page: ALD Stories by Beneq, Nanovation, STG podcasts, Suomalaisten Kemistien Seura (a Finnish society), People Behind the Science and ALD Pulse.

In each page, named according to the specific podcast, direct links have been included to ALD-related episodes, which were available at the time of opening the Podcasts section (Nov 20, 2021). Most podcasts are in English. One podcasts in Finnish has also been linked to, and in the future more links to podcasts in other languages than English can also be included. The episodes in English contain interviews of many ALD scientists, including such internationally known names like Dr. Tuomo Suntola (the Finnish inventor of ALD), Prof. Seán Barry, Prof. Stacey Bent, Prof. Erwin Kessels, Prof. Mikko Ritala, Dr. Jonas Sundqvist, Prof. Ruud van Ommen and Prof. Charles Winter (list in alphabetical order, except for Suntola). The author of this blog (Prof. Riikka Puurunen) also had the honor of being interviewed for the ALD Stories podcast by Beneq (related to the history of ALD).

If some podcast or episode is missing from the list, I will be happy to add it. Please let me know of missing items — email to firstname.lastname@aalto.fi (replace with my info) should work well. Also, if someone would *not* like to have their podcast/episode included in this collection, it can be removed — please in such case contact me as well.

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Poster DL postponed: 2021 November Networking — ALD at Aalto University

16.11.2021

Already about seventy persons registered to participate at 2021 November Networking — ALD at Aalto University!

The original deadline (DL) for registering with poster presentations was last Sunday. However, there is still space for more posters, and with the light organization that we have, we realized that we can take in registrations with the same schedule as other in-person registrations. So, we decided to postpone the DL.

Updated registration DLs according to type of participation:

Local in-person participation (with or without poster): registration DL Mon 22.11.2021. The number of posters may need to be limited; “first come, first serve”.
Zoom participation: registration DL Wed 24.11.2021. The number of participants might need to be limited (but likely not); if limiting is needed, “first come, first serve”.

Event website, with registration link: https://www.aalto.fi/en/events/2021-november-networking-ald-at-aalto-university.

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Registration open: 2021 November Networking – ALD at Aalto University

2.11.2021

Preparations for the 2021 November Networking — ALD at Aalto University (Nov 26, starting at 13) have progressed. Registration is now open in: https://link.webropol.com/s/2021novembernetworkingald.

Registration deadlines (DL) according to type of participation:

Local participation with posters: registration DL Sun 14.11.2021. The number of posters may need to be limited; “first come, first serve”.
Local in-person participation: registration DL Mon 22.11.2021. The number of participants may need to be limited; “first come, first serve”.
Zoom participation: registration DL Wed 24.11.2021. The number of participants might need to be limited (but likely not); if limiting is needed, “first come, first serve”.

Info on the event is for the moment being collected and updated in: https://blogs.aalto.fi/catprofopen/ald-networking-nov-2021/. Maybe we will manage to get an “Event” page, too, in Aalto University systems – let’s see!

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Save the date: November Networking – ALD at Aalto University, 26.11.2021

21.10.2021

November Networking – ALD at Aalto University will be organized again! This time, on Friday 26.11.2021, at 13 on, at Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering (lecture hall Ke 2).

The decision to organize the event was made just a few days ago. At the moment, the organizing committee is formed by myself (Riikka Puurunen) and a postdoc in my group, Jorge Velasco. Programme is still under planning. Expect at least:

Posters by researchers. Not online as in the 2020 event, but in person! We have the downstairs lobby reserved for this — just like in the 2019 event.
Presentation on recent (1) book and (2) encyclopedia chapter on ALD. (1) Prof. Sean Barry (Carleton University, Canada) has published (/will publish: the book is not quite yet out! see: https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9783110712513/html) a book on ALD chemistry; and (2) Prof. Ruud van Ommen (TU Delft, The Netherlands) has published (with A. Goulas and R.L. Puurunen) an introductory chapter on ALD for the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Techonology (https://doi.org/10.1002/0471238961.koe00059). Both Barry and van Ommen plan to be present at the event in person!
Discussion on the history of ALD and on the next steps in the VPHA project. The third coordinated reading effort in the Virtual Project on the History of ALD (VPHA, http://vph-ald.com) is about to start. Everyone interested in understanding the early history of ALD is welcome to join this open science type effort. A recent presentation on the VPHA in perspective here: https://youtu.be/7p8-pB7wsm8 (abstract and slides available via: https://vph-ald.com/ALD-history-publications.html).

Mäkelä doctoral thesis defence 8.10., Riisager invited talk 7.10.

4.10.2021

There is a doctoral thesis defence coming on 8.10.2021: M.Sc. Eveliina Mäkelä, “Hydrotreatment of lignocellulose-derived molecules to renewable fuels and chemicals”. Thesis is available at: https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/109881. The defence is organized in a hybrid manner, and it can be attended in Zoom: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/67830072574, starting at 12:00.

The opponent Prof. Anders Riisager will give an invited talk on the day before, 7.19.2021, starting at 15:00 (same Zoom link): “Valorization of biomass-derived resources with new heterogeneous catalysts“. Short biography of Prof. Riisager and abstract of the presentation below. read more >>

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Invited tutorial on atomic layer deposition (ALD) at ALD 2021 conference

1.07.2021

June 27-30, 2021, there was the 21st International Conference on Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD 2021), https://ald2021.avs.org/, organized as a virtual meeting. I had the honour of giving an invited tutorial: Fundamentals of atomic layer deposition: an introduction (“ALD101”). The pre-recorded tutorial is easy to access also after the conference – enjoy!

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Promo video of the COOLCAT project and Catalysis group

7.06.2021

We made a video to tell (i) specifically about the COOLCAT project funded by the Academy of Finland through the C1 value programme, and (ii) additionally also of the Catalysis group led by Prof. Puurunen in general. You can view the video on Academy of Finland’s Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/KWJXErrh24c. Enjoy 🙂

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Zoom-breakout-room-based online poster session: how did the second trial go?

5.05.2021

In the previous post, I reported on the feedback that we received for the first-ever online poster session that we organized, using Zoom and the breakout rooms as basis. This was in November 2020 (2020 November Networking – ALD at Aalto University).

Feedback from the November 2020 online poster session was encouraging: clearly the concept can be repeated, and also improved. Soon, (as an already-experienced person,) I was requested to organize another online poster session: in April 2021 for the Finnish Young Scientist Forum on Catalysis (FYSFC 2021). With help from my group, we tweaked the earlier instructions and organization a little. Main change was that we gave more time for the presentations: instead of starting a new presentation every 5 min like in the first event, we started with a new presentation every 10 min.

Again, we collected feedback of the online poster event; this feedback is shared below. I interpret that:

Zoom breakout rooms are a meaningful way to organize an online poster session
10 min for poster presentation slot can be ok. The feeling was less hasty than from 5 min presentations, and this is also seen from the feedback (absence of complaints of too short slots — even a request to have still longer time reserved).

Would I be willing to organize a Zoom-breakout-room-based online poster session again in the future? Sure! Two rounds of practice has taught how to organize one (good pre-planning is a must!). Also, I have seen how this type of an online poster session can be a meaningful way network remotely, when we cannot meet in person. A further benefit is that as university teaching staff, we have this tool at hand, and we don’t need to spend time (or money) on learning new systems. We can use the tools we are used to — just in a bit a new way.

Zoom-breakout-room-based online poster session: how did the first trial go?

5.05.2021

At 2020 November Networking – ALD at Aalto University (archival page here), Part 2: Local networking, we experimented with an on-line poster session carried out in individual Zoom breakout rooms (optional online poster template here, poster schedule and instructions here).

This event was first of its kind by the organizers, and we asked for feedback. Below you can find the feedback that we received related to the online poster session.

I read from this feedback that:

Overall, Zoom breakout rooms were a functional way to organize an online poster session. (From organizer point of view I do note that a testing session will be essential.)
Five minutes between poster presentation starts was too little. This gave a hasty experience to many.

Coronado doctoral thesis defence 5.2., Grénman invited talk 4.2.

27.01.2021

There is a doctoral thesis defence coming on 5.2.2021: M.Sc. Irene Coronado, “Catalytic Aqueous-Phase Reforming of Biorefinery Water Fractions.” Thesis is available at: https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/101983. Defence can be attended in Zoom: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/61275036987, starting 12:00.

The opponent Prof. Henrik Grénman will give an invited talk on the day before, 4.2.2021, starting at 10:00 (same Zoom link): “Chemical process intensification – an interdisciplinary field for developing sustainable chemical engineering”. Short biography of Prof. Grénman below. read more >>

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