Author Archives: Sampsa

Final Update

After finishing my PhD in 2015, I have worked as a postdoc in Lund University for two years, came back to Finland briefly working as a postdoc in Aalto University in 2018-2019 and got my first permanent academic position, a … Continue reading

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24 months later

I went to Sweden for a year and stayed for two. For those who have not read my previous post, I received a PostDoc grant from Finnish Cultural Foundation to go to Lund University for 12 months invited by Prof. … Continue reading

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Professional development or an academic refugee

Despite the dark clouds above Finnish academic horizon, my personal future still has some hope left as I received a post doc scholarship from Finnish Cultural Foundation for 12 months in Lund University in Sweden. I started applying for the … Continue reading

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Caught between the points in time

Academic career is a point cloud of objectives: applying for graduate program, finishing the mandatory courses on time, first conference presentation, first journal paper, compilation part of the dissertation and finally the defense. It is not a linear function and … Continue reading

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New Challenges for Higher Education

New government policy aims in decreasing the costs of education by 600M€. Most of the savings comes from secondary schools, but 125M€ savings comes from higher education, specially masters degrees. This has significant effect on university operations. First of all, … Continue reading

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Doctoral Students in University Community and Beyond

As I have been participating in Aallonhuiput Ry, the doctoral students association in Aalto, better part of a year now, several issues have come up. I have tried to define the balance of myself as a student and as a … Continue reading

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Auf Wiedersehen Aachen!

Last night in my dormitory apartment. Flight back to Finland is on Wednesday morning. Half a year went like on wings. Time really is relative. My feelings are mixed; I love to get back to home and get on with … Continue reading

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Cup noodles and Schnitzels…

So I came to Germany. It took me about ten days to adjust to the new environment. There are many things in common with Finland and some are totally different. My first contact was on thursday 17th when I arrived, … Continue reading

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On my way to the promised land…

Yeah, that’s right. I’m going to Germany. Aachen to be exact. The land of production expertise and quality. Engineering students dreamland, RWTH Aachen is ranked in top 40 of engineering universities and the Werkzeugmaschinenlabor, the laboratory of machine tools and … Continue reading

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What’s up China?

Paul Midler is coming to lecture in: Kon-15.4126 Production Technology, special topics (3 cr) Spring  2012; Sub-contracting and production in low cost countries Paul Midler, Monday, 23.4., 12:15- Otaniemi Main Building, Otakaari 1, Lecture Hall A Paul Midler has written … Continue reading

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