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Come and listen! Doctoral students give inspiring short lectures to present the latest research
The competition will be held on Wednesday, 2 October at 10:00 in the Conference Hall of the University of Tartu Library.
25. September 2024 for studentresearchfor society
Come visit the Big Telescope!
The big telescope in Tõravere celebrates its 50th birthday! We invite everyone to the telescope parade on 12 October at the Tartu Observatory.
01. October 2024 for societyabout the faculty
Doctoral defence: Siim Laanesoo “Novel High-Performace Biomass-Based Polymers”
On September 27 at 1:15 p.m., Siim Laanesoo will defend his doctoral thesis “Novel High-Performace Biomass-Based Polymers” („Uudsed polümeerid lignotselluloosilisest toormes“).
12. September 2024 researchfor society
Doctoral defence: Henri Ingelman “Systems-level characterisation and improvement of Clostridium autoethanogenum metabolism”
On September 26 at 1:15 p.m., Henri Ingelman will defend his doctoral thesis “Systems-level characterisation and improvement of Clostridium autoethanogenum metabolism”
12. September 2024 researchfor society
University of Tartu launches initiative to improve safety of autonomous heavy machinery
An international team of researchers and entrepreneurs, led by the Uni of Tartu, is starting to develop AI-based solutions that will enable self-driving heavy vehicles to operate safely in difficult conditions.
Doctoral defence: Joonas Merisalu “Resistive switching in memristor structures with multilayer dielectrics”
On 27 August at 13:15, Joonas Merisalu will defend his doctoral thesis “Resistive switching in memristor structures with multilayer dielectrics”.
10. July 2024 researchfor society
Doctoral defence: Maria Maloverjan “Optimizing Cell-Penetrating Peptide-Based Nanoparticles for Delivery of Nucleic Acid Therapeutics”
On 26 August at 13:15, Maria Maloverjan defends her doctoral thesis in biomedical engineering “Optimizing Cell-Penetrating Peptide-Based Nanoparticles for Delivery of Nucleic Acid Therapeutics”.
10. July 2024 researchfor society
Karl Kruusamäe paves the way for human-robot collaboration full of possibilities
Karl Kruusamäe is fascinated by science at the frontiers of human knowledge: anything is possible. In his work, he is committed to developing collaboration between humans and robotics.
Doctoral defence: Iman Dadras "Low Power Neural Network-Based Control and Actuation Solutions for Insect-Scale Robots”
On 27 June at 12:15 Iman Dadras will defend his doctoral thesis “Low Power Neural Network-Based Control and Actuation Solutions for Insect-Scale Robots” for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Physical Engineering)
10. June 2024 researchfor society
Doctoral defence: Fatemeh Rastgar "Towards Reliable Real-Time Trajectory Optimization"
On 21 June at 10:15 Fatemeh Rastgar will defend her doctoral thesis "Towards Reliable Real-Time Trajectory Optimization"
07. June 2024 researchfor society