The CAAMA technology developed at the University of Oulu aims to enable cost-effective removal of harmful metals from industrial wastewater while recovering them for reuse. The technology is now advancing toward new industrial pilots and commercialization. 

How does research create an impact? How can research results be turned into business? What happens on the journey from idea to market? These questions were explored in the InnoWebinar, where Tejesvi Mysore shared his personal journey from scientist to startup founder.

How does research lead to new products, services, and solutions to major societal challenges? How can we create even more growth for companies and for Finland as a whole? According to Business Finland’s Teija Lahti‑Nuuttila, innovation collaboration between companies and research organizations is one of the best pathways to achieve this.

Researcher Nsrein Ali and her team are developing a new type of diagnostic platform for dementia in their DermaEXO project.

Have you ever had a broken limb put in a cast? Then you know it’s neither a quick nor an easy process. Entrepreneur, designer and Bio‑Design Innovation Fellow Alpo Keinänen noticed the same thing, and from his hands‑on observations came a solution that benefits healthcare staff, patients, and hospitals alike.

Joni Viitala headed for Brussels for an EU traineeship. In his opinion, the experience has been exceptionally enriching both professionally and personally. 

Tam Le Hong and her team developed Kidbond – a research-based ecosystem designed to help families thrive in the digital age.

Artificial intelligence has rapidly become a topical subject in both education and research. 

Doctoral researcher Sameera Gamage has independently built an AI-powered tool to help prepare for the IELTS test.

ACRA-team aims to develop a compact, fast, and cost-effective tool for measuring arsenic concentrations in water.

At the University Inventor Day on May 15, inventors from the University of Oulu and their innovations took the spotlight.

Do you have an idea or invention with commercial potential? If so, you should get to know our IPR Manager Maarit Jokela, who is featured in this blog post.

To make our experts more accessible to you, we’re introducing them in this blog series. This time, we’re featuring the newest member of our team, Laura Määttä, our expert in work-life collaboration!

What kind of projects received funding from Business Finland in 2024? What opportunities do the renewed BF funding instruments offer to the University of Oulu and our researchers? We dived into these topics at Business Finland Champions Award.

To make our experts more accessible to you, we are introducing them in this blog series. First up is Ville Saarenpää, our business expert.

Have a business idea you’d like to develop? Want to test its feasibility without taking on major financial risk? That’s exactly what Proof of Concept (PoC) funding is for – and it has been available at the University of Oulu for ten years now!

These entrepreneurs from Oulu prove that work friends can help you reach goals you’d never achieve alone! They share how their friendship and business ventures began, and how they continue to strengthen each other.

Researcher Ville Kaikkonen and his team are developing a new technology specifically designed to prevent icing on drones.

Mikael Pentikäinen, CEO of Entrepreneurs of Finland, joined us to discuss how universities and businesses can combine forces to discover even more avenues for collaboration.

The University Business Forum 2024 brought together over 200 participants to explore how collaboration and digitalization can pave the way to a more sustainable future.