Mikko Malaska
Professor of Structural Engineering, D.Sc. (Tech.), CEng, MIStructE
mikko.malaska@tuni.fi
Tel. +358503015658
Research Theme: Structural Fire Engineering
The fire safety of built environment requires new knowledge as new innovative construction materials, new technologies and new societal issues emerge and challenge the traditional fire design methods and solutions. My research aims to produce fire-safe solutions for these needs. I am also leading the accredited fire testing laboratory of Tampere University.
Research interests:
- Structures in fire
- Experimental fire resistance testing
- Performance-based fire engineering
- Fire performance of wood products and timber structures
- Performance of steel hollow section joints in fire
- Fire safety solutions for smart buildings
Sami Pajunen
Professor of Lightweight and Special structures, D.Sc. (Tech.)
sami.pajunen@tuni.fi
Tel. +358408490571
Research Theme: Structural analysis and design in timber construction
Industrial timber construction is a research field in which applied mechanics can be succesfully adopted in the development of practical timber structural solutions. Development of structural timber solutions as well as their anaysis and design methods plays a key role in my research work. I am also a co-leader of the graduate school for indutrial timber construction in our faculty.
Research interests:
- Design and analysis of timber members and joints
- Stability issues in timber construction
- Experimental researc of joints in timber construction
- Simulation and design-driven timber construction process
- Synthesis of research and teaching
Kristo Mela
Assistant professor (tenure track) of steel structures, D.Sc. (Tech.)
kristo.mela@tuni.fi
+358 40 849 0563
Research theme: steel structures, structural optimization
Steel is one of the central materials used in our built environment. As new steels with higher strength are introduced, their applicability and impact on structural design requires thorough research. Not only the behaviour of structural member but also the behaviour of connections of made of high strength steel need detailed investigations so that they can be safely employed in load-bearing structures. The research on high strength steels I’m leading deals with these fundamental issues.
Contemporary structural engineers and architects have numerous digital tools that help them create models of buildings and their components. Structural and multi-criteria optimization methods provide a strong addition to these tools in the form of design automation and search for the optimum designs. I’ve been carrying out research on structural optimization since 2005 and currently my goal is to push these methods to more practical use.
Research interests:
- High strength steels in construction
- Sandwich panels
- Structural optimization and design automation
- Multi-criteria optimization and multiple criteria decision making
- Advanced analysis methods in design of steel structures
Other activities:
I am involved in the European standardization of steel structures as the Finnish representative in the TC250/SC3/WG3 working group for the standard EN 1993-1-3 (Design of cold-formed steel structures), and as a member of the Finnish Mirror Group of Eurocode 3 (METSTA/K103). I am also a Full Member of ECCS TC7 TWG7.9 / CIB W56 Joint Committee on Sandwich Constructions.
At the national level, I am a member of various working groups of the Finnish Constructional Steelwork Association.
Mika Alanen
Doctoral Researcher, M.Sc. (Tech.)
mika.alanen@tuni.fi
+358 40 198 1282
Research theme: Structural fire engineering, experimental fire research