MIDE-programme promotes Finnish top expertise
Lehtikuva / Pekka Sakki Energy saving LED-technology is the core of one of the research projects funded by MIDE-programmeMIDE, Multidisciplinary Institute of Digitalisation and Energy, a programme initiated by the Helsinki University of Technology TKK, promotes Finnish top expertise and aims at improving the competitiveness of Finnish industry, research and training in global market. Approximately 70 researchers and business representatives gathered together in Helsinki for the second ever MIDE-seminar.
MIDE-programme was established last year, when TKK celebrated its century long journey as a university. The academy was established already in 1849. Profits from the institute's anniversary collection, which totaled 20 million Euros, were directed to MIDE- research programme.
As the name suggests, the grand themes of research projects within MIDE are connected to digitalization and energy. MIDE will create consortia within TKK to bring together a wide range of expertise and to gain significant synergy benefits in project planning and implementation and in the use of project results.
The leaders of the different projects presented the different stages of their work in a seminar held at Marina Congress Center. The Rector of TKK, Professor Matti Pursula, gave a glimpse into the work done within MIDE sector in the past year. The head of research at MIDE is Professor Yrjö Neuvo.
The program consists of research projects from eleven different sectors. These are for instance a project for developing RFID and WLAN-based indoor positioning and modeling technologies, research on applications of Carbon NanoBud based energy systems for mobile devices, a development project of energy efficient wood processing and machining, as well as a research program on minimization of exergy losses in combustion processes.
MIDE-research also works towards developing more powerful and environmentally friendly LED-lights, less energy consuming, hybridized work machinery, biofuel cell systems for portable electronics applications and building a wireless sensing and networking technology for intelligent structural health monitoring.
The UI-ART and WinCo projects are closest associated with virtual reality. The UI-ART-project develops systems for context-dependent search and presentation of information with the means of augmented reality, while VinCo concentrates on new kind of business and collaboration in virtual environments.
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