Latest AWARDED GRANTS

Year 2025:

Rene Riepponen:

This research will focus on developing the flow control business by enhancing the company's internal processes, particularly the bidding process. The aim of the research is to identify the areas within the process that provide the most added value from the management's perspective, which could be improved in terms of throughput and quality by utilizing data and AI, 7000€

Masoum Gharagoz:

Project centers on the development of a robust, AI driven framework for failure prediction in fiber reinforced bio composites. While bio based FRPs are not yet mainstream in the valve industry, their lightweight, corrosion resistant and sustainable characteristics make them promising candidates for applications such as actuator enclosures, valve housings and auxiliary flow control components, 4000€

Year 2024:

Emil Karlsson:

Research is expected to provide a streamlined, secure approach to process control system setup with an emphasis on resilience, interoperability and compliance with emerging standards, 6000€

Aleksanteri Hämäläinen:

Rapidly deployable and data efficient condition monitoring models, 4000€

Haichuan Li:
Automated pipeline inspection and maintenance using multi-agent robitics, 4000€

Muhammad Ammar Anjum:
Smart manufacturing of hi-performance multimaterial cryogenic valve, 6000€

Joe David:
Weldslicer (W) Tungsten tool guided energy layered deposition system for sLicing, integrated control, execution for robitic, 7600€

Year 2023:

Xiaolei Yuan:
Automatic design and optimization of the air transmission and distribution system in HVAC, 6000€

Pranay Jhunjhunwala:
Interoperability in software-defined process automation using OPAF and IEC 61499, 5000€

Rami Alfasfos:
Risk assessment and safety model for life cycle cost analysis in the hydrogen production value chain study in Finland, 5000€

Ville Närvänen:
Semi-active vibration control of hydraulic actuation in vibrating rotor systems, 4000€

Year 2022:

Xinyi Tu:
Industry 5.0 towards Metaverse - exploring synergies between Digital Twins and eXtended Reality in manufacturing, 7250€

Amin Modabberian:
Developing low-emission combustion engine control system, 8000€

Miika Marttila:
Community level circular economy solution to reduce dependence on imported agricultural inputs, 7000€

Year 2021:

Hussain Ahmed:

Decomposition-coordination optimization for copper production process, 5000€

Mariam Abdulkareem:

Environmental sustainability of geopolymer materials, 8000€

Ali Saud:
Recovery of ammonia / nitrogen from sewage sludge, 5000€

Musharof Hussain Khan:

Environmental impacts of different recovery options of liquid packaging board repulping reject, 5000€

Andrei Tregubov:
Robustness enhancement of model predictive control, 5000€

Anna Florea:

A methodology to support dynamic reconfigurations and integration of digital twin entities for manufacturing, 4000€

Shahroz Ahmed:

Technical solutions for developing advanced high strength metallic materials for manufacturing industry, 5000€

Year 2019:

Mats Friman:
Identification and control of III conditioned processes using rotation, 4000€

Zoran Cenev:
Ferrofluidic magnetocapillary effect for biomedical applications, 4000€

Kaarlo Hirvi:
Machine vision for detecting leaking pumps, 6000€

Year 2018 or earlier:

Santeri Pöyhönen:

Kompressori-, pumppu- ja puhallinjärjestelmien monitorointi ja diagnosointi taajuus-muuttajapohjaisilla menetelmillä (Monitoring and diagnozing of compressor, pump and blower systems using frequency converter based methods), 5000€

Matti Palonen:
Virtauksen säätöparametrien optimointi (Optimization of flow control parameters)

Vicente Climente-Alarcon:
Application of Differential Operators to the Condition Assessment of Valves, 8000€

Jussi K Tamminen:
Variable speed drive in fan system monitoring, 3000€

Garcia Pozo Octavio:
Improved valve stiction detection and diagnosis based on fault feature classification, 6000€

Yli-Fossi Timo:
Dynaamisten voimalaitosmallien vesihöyrypiirien virtaus- ja painelaskennan kehittäminen mallien ylläpidon näkökulmasta (Development of steam loop flow and pressure calculation in dynamic power plant models), 4000€

Virrankoski Reino:
Wireless Automation under IEEE 802.15.4 Communication Protocol Juha Orivuori:
Model-based optimal control of multidimensional and multi-tonal frequency varying disturbances, 5000€

Juha Viholainen:
Rinnankäyvien pumppujen uusi ohjaustapa (New control method of pumps in parallel use), 4000€

Aki Taskinen:
Mekaanisen ja sähköisen dynamiikan kytkeytyminen tuulivoiman tuotannossa, (Switching of mechanical and electrical dynamics in wind power production) 4000€

Timo Manninen:
Process control valve fault simulator, 6000€

Mikael Björkbom:
Wireless Control System Simulation and Network Adaptive Control, 6000€