UNIVERSITY OF OULU
Department of Electrical Engineering (EE)
University of Oulu
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Founded in 1958
6 faculties
16 000 students
2900 employees
Total funding EUR 226 million
Among the largest universities in
Finland with an exceptionally
wide scientific base
University of Oulu 2011
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Master’s degrees 1314
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Doctoral degrees 182
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Publications 3223
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Scientific publications 2523
53 invention disclosures, 4 patent applications
”Three universities rolled into one”
Finland has 10 multidisciplinary universities
Helsinki (2), Turku (2), Tampere, Oulu, Jyväskylä,
University of Eastern Finland, Vaasa, Rovaniemi
Rovaniemi
3 technical universities
Helsinki, Tampere, Lappeenranta
Faculty of Technology at the University of Oulu
University of Oulu
OULU
3 schools of economics and business administration
Helsinki (2), Turku
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at
the University of Oulu
4 art academies
Vaasa
Kuopio
Jyväskylä Joensuu
Tampere
Lappeenranta
Turku
Helsinki
Science is our core competence
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Research in 70 fields of science
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Four research focus areas:
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Information Technology
Biosciences and Health
Cultural Identity and Interaction
Environment, Natural Resources and Materials
Development areas: advanced steel research,
international business, mining and mineral engineering,
research-based teacher education
FOCUS AREAS
Organization
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BIOCENTER OULU
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VICERECTORS
INFOTECH OULU
THULE INSTITUTE
ADMINISTRATION
FACULTIES
MICROSCOPY AND
NANOTECHNOLOGY CENTER
DEPARTMENTS
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
Architecture
LABORATORIES
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Mechanical Engineering
ELECTRONICS
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
Process and Environmental Engineering
OPTOELECTRONICS AND MEASUREMENTS
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Electrical Engineering
MICROELECTRONICS AND MATERIALS PHYSICS
FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY
Communications Engineering
MATHEMATICS DIVISION
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Computer Science and Engineering
Telecommunications Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
Internationally recognized, high excellence and
quality unit with significant scientific impact.
The department was established in 1965.
Personnel
110
Professors
9
Total staff
120
Annual budget
7 M€
Studies in the Department of Electrical
Engineering
The Electrical Engineering Degree Program educates
• Bachelors of Science (Technology)
• Masters of Science (Technology)
Main employers are
• electronics and telecommunication industry
• research and education institutes
• public administration
Studies in the Department of Electrical
Engineering
The Bachelor of Science (Technology) consists mainly
of basic and intermediate studies. The Electrical
Engineering Degree Program provides flexible paths to
orient studies for physics/mathematics teacher.
The Master of Science (Technology) degree prepares
for advanced positions in electronics and
telecommunication industry, research and education
institutes, public administration and for scientific postgraduate studies.
Research in the Department of Electrical Engineering
The research activities have been divided to our three
laboratories and Mathematics division.
The research is typically done in tight co-operation with local
but also international companies.
The high impact research has awarded:
European Research Council ERC Advanced Grant in electronics
and materials physics (2012-2017)
Finnish Academy professor in electronics (2012-2017)
Currently two FiDiPro professors
ELECTRONICS LABORATORY
High speed electronic circuits, devices and
systems
• time-to-digital converters
• generation and detection of high speed
optical transients
• laser radar, Raman spectroscopy
7-channel CMOS
time-to-digital
converter IC
superfast GaAs
BJT switch
Linearization of electronics
• distortion contribution analysis
• polar/env. tracking RF transmitters
• error correction in AD converters
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Contact:
professor Juha Kostamovaara
juha.kostamovaara@ee.oulu.fi
OPTOELECTRONICS AND MEASUREMEMENT
TECHNIQUES LABORATORY
The research of the
laboratory is
focused on:
• Printed
intelligence
• Biophotonics
Contact:
professor Risto Myllylä
risto.myllylä@ee.oulu.fi
Printed intelligence application
areas
•Sensors (bio, gas, moisture…)
•Organic solar cells
•OLED and OLET
•Ubiquitous nanoelectronics,
photonics and bioinformatics
•Testing techniques for printed
intelligence
Biophotonics application areas
• non-invasive measurement of blood
pressure, blood glucose level, and blood
oxygen level
• Measurement and simulation of tissue
optical properties
• Preparation of tissue-mimicking phantoms
• Optical clearing of tissues and cells
• non-invasive measurement, manipulation,
sensing and imaging using different optical
technogies
MICROELECTRONICS AND MATERIALS PHYSICS
LABORATORIES
The research of the laboratories is based
on:
•Advanced materials for electronics
•Electronics manufacturing techniques
Applications areas are:
•wireless devices
•sensors and actuators
•thin film photonics
•energy applications
•printed electronics
Contact:
professor Heli Jantunen
heli.jantunen@ee.oulu.fi
MATHEMATICS DIVISION
The research of the division is based on:
• numerical analysis
• graph theory
• differential and integral equations
The distinc topics for research are:
• Solving differential and integral equations
in strongly non-linear models
• Convergence and stability properties of the
Boundary Element Method
• Construction of fault tolerant
communication graphs
Contact:
professor Keijo Ruotsalainen
keijo.ruotsalainen@ee.oulu.fi