Research

If there is a will, there is a way

26.03.2013 ,

Plastic waste, no problem! Plastic engineer can make a difference to the environmental impacts by clever design aiming to long-life-time products and by choosing recyclable materials. Energy and materials technology department is participating in the research activities aiming to improve the utilization of plastic rejects by material recycling together with the leading Finnish companies and universities in the field. Plastic industry currently utilizes most of its process waste as a…

Pure water – Success with plastics technology R&D!

22.03.2013 ,

We did it! And just in time for UN Water Day. Fundamental research with advanced polymer films in ARCADA has led to the development of a new method in membrane production. Ultrafiltration (UF) membranes are central to filtration systems used extensively in water-based industrial processes and in desalination pre-treatment. Current UF membrane manufacture is difficult to control, yielding products that give low separation efficiencies and high running costs for the…

Student motivation

20.03.2013 ,

During one of the meetings, student motivation came across as one of the topics. It is always fascinating to think, what motivates another person. How could you know, you are not him/her? I started with myself – what motivated me to study back then and how did it changed now, after working for few years. At some point I was studying for the grades. Memory is very subjective to when…

Manufacturing revolution with 3D printing of plastic materials – bigger change than internet?

13.03.2013

The fact is, that we have build our world on plastics. 3D printing of plastic materials is already in use in the production of prototypes and miniatures as well as in the manufacturing of small plastic parts and products. Wide-spread manufacturing technology is currently under development. Interesting things may be ahead since in principle the production of our daily plastics (such as cups etc.) can be decentralized from the plastic…

Samarbetsparter

08.03.2013 ,

Livskvalitetprojektet är ett samarbetsprojekt mellan tre högskolor i tre länder. Arcada samarbetar med andra utvalda högskolor i norden. Var och en högskola som deltar i projektet involverar både studeranden och sina kontakter i arbetslivet och samarbetsparter från den tredje sektorn. De lokala samarbetsparterna på de tre olika orterna kan eventuellt utökas efterhand projektet går vidare. Den bifogade figuren är ett schema för aktörer inom projektet. Om texten i figuren är…

The time of sun and snow

27.02.2013

The time of sun and snow is the busiest time of the year, when it comes to applying the research funding from places. Research plans are drawn and partnerships negotiated at full strength. Good bye snowboard and after-ski party’s, here we DO NOT come. But still the new horizons rising from the research keeps up the good mood. Here comes a serious go-on for you who have the opportunity to…

Truth about work

25.02.2013

my work in the lab was not love at first sight not even at second the first time i left my work almost crying of happiness that i won’t ever have to see her again i can recollect the feeling of releif when i closed the door behind me on the day the contract was over then i got free, moved to another country, had little work-affairs here and there…