Helsinki University of Technology (HUT)
By: Mr Jukka Mononen[1] and Prof. Hannu Hänninen[2] (Helsinki University of Technology)
History
Helsinki University of Technology (HUT) is the oldest and largest university of technology in Finland, dating back to the nineteenth century. In 1849 the Helsinki Technical School was founded, marking the beginning of organized technical education in Finland. In 1872 the school became Helsinki Polytechnic School and in 1879 Helsinki Polytechnical Institute.
In 1908 it was changed to Helsinki University of Technology and thus began the teaching of technology at university level in Finland. In the 1950's and 60's new premises were built to house the University of Technology in Otaniemi and the university moved from Helsinki to the neighbouring city of Espoo.
Currently HUT has
- - twelve faculties,
- - nine separate institutes,
- - 16 degree programmes,
- - 224 professors,
- - 13 807 under- and postgraduate students,
- - 869 Masters' degrees awarded and 90 doctorates in 2000 and
- - total funding from state and other sources EUR 170 million (2000)
HUT's contributions to the EuroStir® project
- To determine residual stress-state of FSW-welded aluminium alloys using portable X-ray diffraction and hole-drilling measurement systems.
HUT's plans for dissemination and exploitation of the EuroStir® know-how
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Fig.1. TOS milling machine for FSW welding research
© 2002 Helsinki Univ. of Technology |
The public EuroStir® know-how will be disseminated widely in education, in Finnish and international journal articles and technical publications. Direct dissemination to FSW interested parties in a national FSW research project together with HUT, VTT, Kurikka Vocational Institute and Finnish industrial companies.
The public EuroStir® know-how will be exploited in the FSW research by implementing proven techniques adopted from the project.
Summary of services at HUT
- - Welding experiments with an instrumented TOS FGS 50T Plus milling machine
- - Residual stress measurements using Stresstech XSTRESS 3000 X-ray diffraction measurement system
- - Residual stress measurements using SINT RESTAN hole-drilling system
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Fig.2. HUT and its campus from aerial perspective © 2002 Helsinki Univ. of Technology |
[1]Jukka Mononen is the project manager at HUT. jukka.t.mononen@hut.fi
[2]Hannu Hänninen is the project responsible leader at HUT. hannu.hanninen@hut.fi
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