Expert programmes at Turku UAS

Turku UAS hosts two different expert programmes. Our Emeritus programme is aimed at the retired staff members. Turku UAS Fellows is our unique scheme for invited experts that aims to foster and extend our collaboration network.

Emeritus programme by Turku UAS

Our Emeritus programme is intended for our staff after their statutory retirement. Retired staff members are invited to the programme and proposals on the people to be invited are discussed by the Turku UAS Executive Board.

A person participating in the Emeritus programme may continue their activities within Turku UAS for example in RDI activities, as a mentor or as thesis instructor.

List of Turku UAS emeriti
  • Risto Grusander, Engineering and Business
  • Risto Hyppönen, Arts Academy
  • Pentti Häkkinen, Engineering and Business
  • Jukka Juvonen, Arts Academy
  • Jouko Lehtonen,  Engineering and Business
  • Renja Leino, Arts Academy
  • Liisa-Maria Lilja-Viherlampi, Arts Academy
  • Pirjo Oksanen, Engineering and Business
  • Eija Saarinen, Arts Academy
  • Timo Tolmunen, Engineering and Business
  • Arja Tulonen, Arts Academy

Turku UAS Fellow programme

The Turku UAS Fellow programme aims to extend our collaboration network both nationally and internationally through invited experts who, for example, participate in our RDI activities or otherwise cooperate with and within Turku UAS in topical fields.

The Turku UAS Fellow programme for invited experts is a first of its kind at Finnish universities of applied sciences. Each invited expert, Turku UAS Fellow, will participate in the scheme for a period of five years, after which the membership may be renewed. The first invited experts started in the Turku UAS Fellow programme in 2016.

List of Turku UAS Fellows

Master School – Leadership Excellence

  • Professor Edoardo Favari, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; engineering megaprojects
  • Professor Gilbert Silvius, LOI University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands; ethically and ecologically sustainable project management

Master School – Professional Excellence

  • Organizational Specialist Päivi Ovaskainen, TEHY – the Union of Health and Social Care Professionals in Finland; development of social and health care services
  • Associate Professor Justyna Siemionow, Institute of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Gdansk, Poland; psychology, education pedagogy and social inclusion


Engineering and Business – ICT

  • Adjunct Professor Esa Alhoniemi; artificial intelligence and machine learning
  • Dr Suleiman Ali Khan, Amazon, US; artificial intelligence and machine learning
  • Dr Hilal Al-Maqbali, Oman University of Technology and Applied Sciences; eye-tracking technology
  • Dr Lisa McCann, the University of Strathclyde, UK; person-centered digital health research
  • Director, New Applications, R&D Ilkka Ritakallio, Teleste; product development in electronics and high frequency technology
  • Senior Technology Manager Pekka Talmola, Nokia, Finland
     

Engineering and Business – chemical industry

  • Manager Paavo Paju, Valmet; process and power plant engineering, flue gas scrubbing technologies
  • Professor Rudrajeet Pal, Swedish School of Textiles and the University of Gävle, Sweden; sustainable business and textile value chain 

Engineering and Business – technology industry

  • Professor Andrew McLaren, the University of Strathclyde, UK; development and enhancement of mechanical engineering education
  • Professor Antti Salminen, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland; laser processing
     

Health and Well-being – emergency care, health care and midwifery

  • Assistant Professor Evanthia Sakellari, University of West Attica, Greece; education, research and innovations in health promotion and mental health promotion
     

Health and Well-being – rehabilitation, dental care ja diagnostic services

  • Luc Vercruysse, Belgium; occupational therapy and occupational science
     

Health and Well-being – nursing

  • Dr Katri Manninen, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden; clinical education ward activity, clinical nursing, transformative learning, nursing education pedagogy and ethics in nursing
  • Vesa Taatila

    Rector and President
    +358 50 598 5761
    vesa.taatila@turkuamk.fi
  • Juhani Soini

    Juhani Soini

    Vice Rector, Vice Rector
    +358 50 598 5321
    juhani.soini@turkuamk.fi
  • Mirva Virtanen

    Recruitment and HR Advisor
    +358 40 355 0130
    mirva.virtanen@turkuamk.fi

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