PI & ForestBioFacts

Up-to-date ForestBioFacts

The ForestBioFacts learning environment update and review project is divided into four years, with four thematic areas being reviewed and updated each year. “The purpose of the update project is to keep ForestBioFacts up-to-date and produce

Antti Arjas towards the camera.

IN MEMORIAM Antti Arjas 1940–2025 

Doctor of Technology, Professor Antti Arjas died on Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Espoo after a rapidly progressing illness. Arjas was born on December 16, 1940 in Helsinki into the engineering family of Olavi and Kaja Arjas.

Question sets for testing and achievements in your wallet

The ForestBioFacts learning environment is a knowledge bank, but above all its content is aimed at learning. “We want to support learning by developing learning testing with quiz question sets. Microsoft’s Copilot artificial intelligence has been harnessed to create them,” says

People gathered for the Wood Processing Engineers Senior Luncheon at the Stock Exchange.

PI's Senior Lunch opened doors to higher education

A thorough and convincing speech was heard on January 14, 2025 at PI's Senior Luncheon at the Stock Exchange Building, where the luncheon guest was Kristiina Kruus, Dean of the School of Chemical Engineering at Aalto University. "We have done a lot of work,

A person crafts a Formula 1 car out of wood.

Wood-based formula car

The Museum of Technology, together with its partners, has produced a HOW environment for 7th and 8th graders, which includes 10 different workstations and workshops covering natural sciences, mathematics and technology. The points are:

Conifer branches in laboratory beakers.

Add value to the forest

Wood processing engineers and the learning environment ForestBioFacts, the materials bioeconomy flagship FinnCERES, and Aalto University's Design Factory jointly organized an afternoon seminar on September 23 at the Design Factory premises and streamed online. The event

People gathered to listen to a seminar in the lecture hall at Dipoli in Espoo.

More from less and with lower emissions

The event, which was organized almost entirely in English for the first time, was attended by 200 PI members and invited guests in Otaniemi. Around 80 people watched the online stream. Wood must be made with a higher processing value

Sirpa Välimaa and Oona Saarela look towards the camera.

Apply for the mentoring program!

PI's mentoring program offers support and an exchange of ideas with a mentor who has gained experience in working life. The next mentoring program will start in early 2025 and the application for mentorship will open during the autumn on PI's website. We are looking for