Exchange info for Wood technology students

29.9.2011Puumekanistikerho

Wood technology staff

University

• Country, city• Are there suitable courses for wood tech.

studies/major?• Teaching language • Contact person in the University• Who has studied there? When? Which courses?

Contact information• Anything specific about this University?

Politecnico di Torino

• Italia, Torino• Department of architecture → restoration of wooden buildings • Teaching language → Italian, some in English• Lauri Rautkari studied autumn 2005, history of

architecture, Riina Luomanpää studied business in 2010– lauri.rautkari@aalto.fi, riina.luomapaa@aalto.fi

• Suuuuper nice city

Bern University of Applied Sciences

• Biel, Switzerland• Wood and Civil Engineering (also master level)• Teaching language → English, German, French• Lauri Rautkari studied/worked 2007-2008– lauri.rautkari@aalto.fi

• Specialized in wood! Good equipment– Suuuuper nice country

Oregon State University

• Corvallis, Oregon, USA• Department of Wood Science & Engineering• Teaching language → English• Lauri Rautkari studied/worked 2009– lauri.rautkari@aalto.fi

• Suuuuper nice to travel around west coast

Chalmers University of Technology

• Sweden, Gothenburg• There are no directly suitable courses for wood tech. major• Teaching language mainly English • Contact person: Nordtech program in Aalto• Kristiina Laine has studied there Project management

courses in fall 2008 – kristiina.laine@aalto.fi, 050 3841758

• There is a big campus and everything works really well, I recommend! -Kristiina

Udayana University, Indonesia

• Indonesia, Bali• Courses of trade and business, language, law and

history (customized study program for all the foreigners)

• English as teaching language • Application through Asia Exchange (.com)• Juha Virmiala in spring 2011, Annukka Hirsi 2010,

Sampo Smålander, Joonas Kanerva…– juha.virmiala@tkk.fi, annukka.hirsi@aalto.fi

• Interesting culture

Lund University

• Sweden, Lund• Are there suitable courses for wood tech.

studies/major?• Teaching language • Contact person in the University• Simo Hiltunen has studied there industrial design,

architecture, environmental psychology, argeology. – Simo Hiltunen 040 7412096

• Fun and interesting, Simo recommends!

Luleå Universitet

• Sweden, Skellefteå• There are suitable courses for wood tech. studies,

some might be project work with the industry. A lot of research in wood science.

• Teaching language is English and Swedish • Contact person in the University: Micael Öhman,

micael.ohman@ltu.se, 0910-58 53 74 • Tiina Vainio-Kaila has studied there– Tiina.Vainio-Kaila@aalto.fi, 0503789345– Matti Kairi has contacts

• Nice people, beautiful nature and many activities!

Bangor University, UK

• Bangor, UK• There may not be any directly suitable courses for the wood

tech. Major, but the school does offer a wide range of forestry related courses. There is a long tradition in tropical forestry at the department. Possible internships/work at the BioComposites centre (also at the university)

• Teaching language: English • Contact person: not sure who the current contact person is, but

Mark can find out• Mark Hughes studied/worked there

– Mark.hughes@aalto.fi

• If you’re into mountain & water sports an excellent place!

Napier University, UK

• Edinburgh, UK• They run a MSc course in timber engineering• Teaching language: English • Contact person: Best place to start may be the

website• Mark has contacts• Edinburgh is a lively city!• The studies cost • Specific language test required

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences BOKU (Universität für Bodenkultur)

• Austria, Vienna (www.boku.ac.at)• Institute of Wood Science and Technology -> Wood T

echnology courses • English / Germany• Contact person

– Katja Vahtikari katja.vahtikari@aalto.fi

• People how have study in Boku– 2005 Jussi Ruponen jussi.ruponen@aalto.fi – 2006 Lauri Linkosalmi lauri.linkosalmi@aalto.fi – 2007 Laura Mattila laura.mattila@finnforest.fi – 2008 Pekka Pohjonen pekka.pohjonen@aalto.fi

• Vienna is nice city with lots of cultural life

Other places

• UBC, wood technology (Antti Tikkanen)• Ranska, Cluny University, wood technology, (Proff. Remy

Marchal)• Russia (Jani Laamanen 2011-2012)• TU Muchen, wood construction (Stefan Winter)• BOKU, wood and material technology• New Zeland, Canterberry, wood technology (Eveliina Jutila)• Australia, Sydney (Teknillinen korkeakoulu)• Japani, wood construction, Tokyo (teknillinen korkeakoulu),

only little English• Chile, Conception, mainly in Spanish, radiata pine