- Information about events in early 2021 – Updated 8.2.
- PT Info Channel on Telegram
- PT’s survey on the spring’s activity is open!
- PT’s Remote Event Survey 2021
- PT’s LinkedIn group
- Board meetings in 2021
- Koronavilkku-app
- Summer housing has started
- One euro for one student – how should Aalto university spend it?
- Wappu overall badges
- Questionnaire about reference management tools
- Information on the effects of coronavirus on activities at Aalto University
UPCOMING EVENTS
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1. Information about events in early 2021 – Updated 8.2.
The board decided on 8.2. that PT will follow the guidelines of the Regional State Administrative Agency about corona. For now, the association will not organize events that require gathering. This decision will be reviewed if needed.
2. PT Info Channel on Telegram
PT now has a separate Telegram channel for official announcements and news about the association – PT Info Channel! All the most important announcements and news about the association will be posted in the channel from now on, for example about events and the summary of the weekly newsletter sent by email. The #PT-chat will remain as a chat for discussions between PT members. You can join the PT Info Channel here: https://t.me/joinchat/AAAAAFAZzeI4birVAcfBZg.
3. PT’s survey on the spring’s activity is open!
The board is slowly preparing for a summer break, but before that, we’d like to hear how we did during the beginning of the year. We are collecting feedback on the events held during the spring and general feedback on the activity of the board and the association. We hope for as many answers as possible, as we will develop our activity based on your answers. The survey is anonymous, but after sending your answers you will receive a link through which you will be able to participate in a draw for a 20 € Wolt gift card! You will find the survey and more information here. Please answer by 31.5.
4. PT’s Remote Event Survey 2021
AYY’s rental facilities are currently not in use. The association still wants to organise remote events and take the members’ wishes into account, so we encourage you to answer this survey and tell us your wishes! You can answer the survey at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeD-Mhn7NN2WyS7WGITfzIZpSJCHUNl_tjl64Sw5RzwB3KtIw/viewform.
5. PT’s LinkedIn group
Applications for summer jobs have begun so a quick reminder that PT has their own LinkedIn site and group! LinkedIn is a great way to get contacts and network with your student colleagues. Open summer jobs from our field will be informed about in the group as well!
Link to join the group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13559286/
Link to the PT LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/prosessiteekkarit-ry/
6. Board meetings in 2021
The board meetings are on Mondays at 8:10 and you are all welcome to follow! You can check scheduled meetings in the association’s event calendar. The last meeting this spring is being held 22.5.
Board meetings are held in Zoom and meetings are held in Finnish. You can join meetings here.
7. Koronavilkku-app
The PT board recommends everyone to download the Finnish corona tracking application Koronavilkku!
You can download and install Koronavilkku here:
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8. Feedpack
We would like to remind you about the importance of study feedback! The issues will be reacted to when the feedback reaches us.
You can contact Sara @sarasiivola
(opintovastaava@prosessiteekkarit.fi) or use the anonymous feedback form in PT’s website if you have any bachelor level related study feedback.
If you have any masters or major studies related study feedback you can inform the guilds’ heads of study affairs:
KK: @Joakim9 or feedback form
PJK: @reettamaria or feedback form
VK: @olgapartanen or feedback form
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9. Summer housing has started
Are you or your friend looking for a home for the summer? In the summer, AYY’s apartments can be rented with fixed-term contracts for the period 1 Apr–31 Aug. If there are not enough applicants among AYY members, housing can be offered to anyone, for example to your friend who comes to work in the metropolitan area for the summer. Only shared apartments, two-room and three-room apartments are available for the summer. There are no studios available, but it is possible to live alone in two-room or three-room apartments. All apartments are unfurnished.
Read more: https://www.ayy.fi/en/housing/summer-apartments
10. One euro for one student – how should Aalto university spend it?
This year Aalto university is trying something new by inviting students to decide how to use 12 000 euros of the university budget.
One of the goals for the project is to develop the campus in a more student-friendly way and to involve students in decision-making.
If you have any ideas in your mind, you can forward them here. (You need to be logged in with your Aalto-password)
11. Wappu overall badges
Hi!
Teekkari Section sells the overall badges for Ota Mikki, Sitsi Competition and Tour de Walpuri on kide.app. There is also a Wappu 2021 badge designed by the Party Committee. If you want to, you can share this information with your members so that they can buy the badges they want 🙂
Link to the sale: bit.ly/TJWappu21
12. Questionnaire about reference management tools
A questionnaire is now open on a topic that touches all students (and staff!) in some ways, to provide views on reference management tools. (What are reference management tools? Typically one encounters them when writing a thesis, a scientific article, a project application… and uses them to create the list of references cited, see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_management_software.)
A student hinted that it could be good to ask guilds to share information about the questionnaire, and hinted me of the list: https://www.ayy.fi/en/list-of-associations/special-status-associations. After a moment of thinking, I decided to spread the message and email the organizational addresses on the list.
Here are links to the survey, published in into and aalto.fi. Feel free to share with your student members, if you like (or not to share – it that case, sorry for bothering).
- https://www.aalto.fi/en/news/share-your-opinion-about-reference-management-tools
- https://www.aalto.fi/fi/uutiset/kerro-mielipiteesi-viitteidenhallintaohjelmista
- https://into.aalto.fi/display/enuutiset/Kerro+mielipiteesi+viitteidenhallintaohjelmista+%7C+Share+your+opinion+about+reference+management+tools
DL for answering is 14.5. The survey is anonymous and takes a few min to answer. In my view, the more answers we get, the better. (By the way: I am a mere side person in this story/survey. I am just in general interested and in favor of asking the students, and also author of a new Scientific Article Exercise (SAE) at Aalto CHEM that touches on the topic—more info of the SAE for the interested here.)
13. Information on the effects of coronavirus on activities at Aalto University
You can find information on the effects of the coronavirus on the activities of the university at https://www.aalto.fi/en/aalto-university/information-on-coronavirus.
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14. Looking for summer worker to work on sulfied Mo-based catalysts
Dear Aalto CHEM students,
The Catalysis group led by Prof. Puurunen (http://aalto.fi/cmet/catalysis) is looking for a *summer worker* to work on sulfided Mo-based catalysts for hydrodenitrogenation. The work will be done in the HDN catalysis (HDN Cat) project funded by Neste in the period May-August 2021.
To get an overall idea of the project and of the research being made, you can have a look at an earlier job description: https://blogs.aalto.fi/catprofopen/2019/08/19/we-are-hiring-looking-for-two-doctoral-candidates-on-the-area-of-catalyst-development-and-testing/. Skills mentioned in the earlier job description are taken as an advantage, but what we value the most is curiosity and willingness to learn. The job involves operating a laboratory scale batch reactor, performing associated analytics, preparation of new catalysts – and more. Our staff will make sure you are properly trained to do the required tasks. The chosen person will receive valuable experience in experimental research and working in a joint project with a large Finnish company.
This position is now open to Aalto students (MSc level and BSc level are both possible). To apply, please use the following link https://rekry.saima.fi/aaltohome/application_edit_welcome.html?job_id=3289&jc=6&lang=en&did=5900 and provide us your motivation letter, CV and transcript of records. You can also provide names and contact information of reference persons, and optionally other documents. Please provide the files as pdf and name them as: HDNcat2021_FamilynamesGivennames_<description-of-the-file>.pdf (example: HDNcat2021_PuurunenRiikka_MotivationLetter.pdf).
This Aalto-internal call will be open until May 12, after which we start reviewing the applications. Our wish is that the applicant could start working during May 2021, but early June is also possible. The specific starting date will be agreed on with the applicant.
15. Secretary’s Regards
Working continues and I have great views when I go to work. Summer is also here and it’s great to relax during days off
Animal video of the week: big brain
News from the board
The board has decided to collect feedback on events two times per year. The feedback for spring is now open! The feedback is used as we plan the next fall.
Pyry Vartia
Spokesperson-secretary 2021 | Prosessiteekkarit ry
+358445953800 | tiedottajasihteeri@prosessiteekkarit.fi
School of Chemical Engineering | Aalto University
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