Events in 2001

Academic Dissertation, Systems Analysis Laboratory, HUT

Kimmo Uutela

Brain Research Unit, Low Temperature Laboratory, HUT
defends his thesis Estimating Neural Currents from Neuromagnetic Measurements
for the degree of Doctor of Science in Technology on December 18th, 2001 at at 12:00 noon in auditorium F1 at HUT, ESPOO.
The opponent is Professor Livio Narici from University of Rome "Tor Vergata",Italy

Pictures from the defense

Pictures from the karonkka


Eric Cornell

Eric Cornell

Nobel laureate in physics this year
visits the LTL on 15.12.2001


Riitta Hari

gave a talk The Human Mirror-Neuron System at the NOBEL JUBILEE SYMPOSIUM "BEYOND GENES" at the Karolinska Institutet, December 6-8, 2001


Matti Krusius

gave a talk at the NOBEL JUBILEE SYMPOSIUM, "CONDENSATION AND COHERENCE IN CONDENSED SYSTEMS", Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, December 4-7, 2001


Our director Mikko Paalanen

has received the distinction "the Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland"

from the President of the Republic of Finland on the independence day December 6th, 2001


FROM SUPERCONDUCTORS AND SUPERFLUIDS TO QUANTUM FIELDS: THE ROAD MAP OF A PHYSICIST

A Symposium in honor of Grigory Volovik and his seminal contributions in physics A public symposium on Quantum Field Theory in Condensed Matter Physics was organized on Monday, September 10, 2001.

Juha Kopu

Low Temperature Laboratory, HUT
defended his thesis
Numerical calculations on Vortex Phenomena in Helium Superfluids
for the degree of Doctor of Science in Technology on June 9th, 2001.
The opponent was Professor Vladimir Mineev from CEA, Grenoble, France
Pictures from the thesis defense
Pictures from the "Karonkka"

Victor Tsepelin

Low Temperature Laboratory, HUT
defended his thesis
Investigations of Solid-Liquid Interfaces in Helium at Ultra Low Temperatures
for the degree of Doctor of Science in Technology on June 7th, 2001.
The opponent was Professor Sebastian Balibar from Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, France
Pictures from the thesis defense
Pictures from the "Karonkka"

Kevo Spring School on Mesoscopic Physics for Graduate Students of Nordic Countries 

April 22 - 28, 2001 
Kevo Subarctic Research Institute


Jari Penttilä


Low Temperature Laboratory, HUT
defended his thesis
Influence of Electromagnetic Environment in Single Tunnel Junctions
for the degree of Doctor of Science in Technology on April 7th, 2001.
The opponent was Professor David Haviland from The Royal Institute of Technologyin Stockholm, Sweden
Pictures from the thesis defense
Pictures from the "Karonkka"

Jaakko Ruohio


Low Temperature Laboratory, HUT
defended his thesis
Doubly Quantized Vorticity and other NMR Experiments on Rotating 3He Superfluids
for the degree of Doctor of Science in Technology on April 6th, 2001.
The opponent was Professor Jeevak Parpia from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, USA
Pictures from the thesis defense
Pictures from the "Karonkka"

Marja Holmström


Low Temperature Laboratory, HUT
Celebrated her 60th birthday on January 19'th, 2001
Pictures from the celebration

ULTRA LOW ENERGY PHYSICS: METHODS AND PHENOMENOLOGY

ULTI SYMPOSIUM, January 10 - 14, 2001
Kisakeskus, Pohja


Peter Berglund / 17.2.2004