Heidi Kuusniemi
Professor, Director of Digital Economy Platform
Domain Expertise: Autonomous Transport, Cybersecurity, IoT, Geospatial Data, Positioning, Sensors
Researcher’s contributions to SDGs:
Philipp Holtkamp
Senior Specialist, Innovation Office
Domain Expertise: Business Model Creation, Venture Building, Service Design
Researcher’s contributions to SDGs:
Elina Huculak
Project Manager, ORBIT
Domain Expertise: Cross-domain Sustainability, Business Development, Green Transition, Applications of Downstream Satellite Data in Sustainable Development
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About
Research-wise, I am passionate about matters of green transition, addressing social & spatial imbalances, and fostering sustainable progress at the regional level.
Currently, my research in facilitating an equitable green transition, contributes to SDG 10 by uncovering power dynamics and inequalities in the regional development surrounding the green transition, SDG 11 by facilitating knowledge sharing between stakeholders, indigenous communities, policymakers, and industry in a way that promotes job-creation without hindering indigenous land rights and straining natural resources. Furthermore, my research contributes to SDG 13 by achieving carbon neutrality targets and SDG 15 by establishing further protected areas to safeguard biodiversity and indigenous livelihoods with the support of downstream satellite data.
Johanna Haveri
Project Coordinator
Domain Expertise: Communications, Community Engagement, Journalism, Entrepreneurship
Researcher’s contributions to SDGs:
Rathan Alagirisamy
Project Coordinator
Domain Expertise: Business Planning, Funding, Management, Project Coordination, Space-Industry Connection Facilitator
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Petri Välisuo
Associate Professor
Domain Expertise: Renewable Energy, Embedded Systems, Telecommunications, Software Engineering, Programming
Researcher’s contributions to SDGs:
Arto Ojala
Professor in International Business
Domain Expertise: Space Business, Space Entrepreneurship, Space Business Models and Ecosystems
Researcher’s contributions to SDGs:
Jaakko Yliaho
Laboratory Engineer, Ph.D. Student
Domain Expertise: Space-based Opportunistic Positioning
Researcher’s contributions to SDGs:
Akpojoto Siemuri
Project Researcher, Ph.D. Student
Domain Expertise: Algorithm Developer, Satellite Navigation Engineer, Data Scientist
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About
My research contributes the greatest to Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
Space technologies are utilized for:
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- Urban planning, to pinpoint structures and reference points for cadastral and urban planning purposes
- Smart Cities, through the application of Global Navigation Satellite Systems, Earth Observation and Satellite Telecommunications
- Improvement of city services, such as smart waste management systems
- Air quality monitoring
- Disaster management
- Infrastructure monitoring
- Search and rescue operations
Kannan Selvan
Project Researcher, Ph.D. Student
Domain Expertise: LEO Satellite Positioning Algorithm Development, Satellite Communcation and Ground Station Systems, Machine Learning, Remote Sensing Data Analysis
Researcher’s contributionso SDGs:
About
My research on LEO satellite positioning will help various satellite missions in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With numerous applications tending to rely on LEO satellites equipped with different sensors and payloads, it is essential to accurately determine the position of the satellites. This will help in the smooth generation of reliable, valuable, and accurate data that provide us with a better knowledge and understanding of the Earth. In addition to the LEO satellites and GNSS, satellite telecommunication contributes to several SDGs. Research on satellite communication will help in relaying signals to and from one or multiple locations. It offers more cost-effective services, especially for broadcasting and providing services to remote communities. Thus, research on LEO satellite positioning and satellite communication can play a major role in supporting the achievement of the SDGs.
Cem Özcan
Software Engineer, Ph.D. Student
Domain Expertise: Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Database Generation, Mapping
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Mahmoud Elsanhoury
Project Researcher
Domain Expertise: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellites’ Positioning Methodologies from opportunistic perspectives
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About
My current satellite-based technology research aims at providing reliable positioning solutions for location-aware applications and navigation services, with a special focus on signal denied environments e.g. urban canyons and underground tunnels. With respect to SDG, I think that my research is best supporting the following goals: SDG-8 decent work and economic growth, SDG-9 industry innovation and infrastructure, SDG-11 sustainable cities and communities, and SDG-15 life on land.
Kendall Rutledge
Research Program Manager for Space, Digital Economy Platform
Domain Expertise: Climate Change Statistical Summaries, Statistical Modelling and Summaries, Urban Environmental Characterization, Distributed Energy System Modelling
Researcher’s contributions to SDGs:
Jari Ratilainen
Project Manager, ORBIT
Domain Expertise: Business Designer, Incubator Manager
Researcher’s contributions to SDGs:
Mikko Ranta
Associate Professor
Domain Expertise: Data Analytics, Digitalization, Machine-learning
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