International Doctoral Programme in Pulp and Paper Science and Technology PAPSAT

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International Doctoral Programme in Pulp and
Paper Science and Technology (PAPSAT)

• A four-year full-time Graduate School open to
  students from all countries
• A prerequisite for the programme is a Masters
  degree from a recognized university in pulp and
  paper technology or in a closely related field
• The teaching language of the programme is
  English.

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Aim of the programme

• Provide the student with the knowledge of the
  latest pulp and paper technology
• Give the student the possibility of participating
  high-quality scientific work
• Speed up doctoral studies
• Achieve international graduate student exchange.

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Areas of courses and research

• - Pulping Science and Technology (TKK, ÅAU)
• - Paper Science and Technology (TKK, ÅAU)
• - Chemistry of Pulping and Papermaking (TKK,
  JYU, ÅAU)
• - Fibre Raw Materials (HU)
• - Paper Converting Science and Technology (TUT)
• - Process and Production Control in the Pulp and
  Paper Industry
• (TKK, TUT, OU)
• - Processes and Materials in Printed
  Communication (TKK)
• - Practical Fluid Dynamics in Papermaking (JYU)
• - Energy Systems and Environmental Control in
  the Pulp and Paper Industry (TKK, LUT)

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Financing of PAPSAT

• Researcher training positions
• - 15 funded by the Ministry of Education in
  2007-2011
• - a few students get all the funding from the
  industry
• - the rest get project funding (Tekes etc.)
• Researcher training courses and travels
• - appropriations granted by the Academy of
  Finland
• Coordinators salary and other expenses
• - Ministry of Education 2007-2011
• Other expenses
• - participating Laboratories and Academy of
  Finland

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PAPSAT courses

• Mainly intensive courses
• Open to all postgraduate students
• five courses arranged in the in the autumn 2007
• and six in the spring 2008
• Experts from the industry as well as professors
  from abroad act as teachers in many courses

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Programme Board of Management

• Professor Hannu Paulapuro, TKK (Chairman)
• Professor Raimo Alén, JYU (Vice Chairman)
• Professor Isko Kajanto, LUT
• Professor Jurkka Kuusipalo, TUT
• Professor Marketta Sipi, HU
• Professor Kauko Leiviskä, OU
• Professor Martti Toivakka, ÅAU
• Professor Petri Kuosmanen, TKK
• - responsible for programme development,
• - coordination between the universities and
  selection of
• students

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PAPSAT students
43 students totally - 18 female students
(42) - 10 foreign students (23)
(China 1, Egypt 1, England 1, Germany 1, India 1,
Poland 1, Russia 3, Thailand 1)
- average age 32 years
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Participating universities

• 1. Helsinki University of Technology
  (coordinating
• university)
• 2. University of Helsinki
• 3. Tampere University of Technology
• 4. University of Oulu
• 5. University of Jyväskylä
• 6. Lappeenranta University of Technology
• 7. Åbo Akademi University

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Number of PAPSAT students
per participating university (June 2008)
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Sources of financing (June 2007)
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PAPSAT doctoral theses (1/4)
43 theses completed so far - Tomi
Kimpimäki (TUT) December 1997 - Mika
Vähä-Nissi (TUT) March 1998 -
Janne Virtapohja (JYU) December 1998 - Olli
Dahl (OU) May 1999 - Kari Luukko (TKK) August
1999 - Antti Nissinen (TUT) December 1999 -
Anna-Stiina Jääskeläinen (TKK) December 1999 -
Kathrin Mörseburg (ÅAU) May 2000 - Thad C.
Maloney (TKK) May 2000 - Jari Sirviö (HU)
December 2000 - Zhinan Feng (JYU) October 2001
continues
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PAPSAT doctoral theses (2/4)

• - Veronica Bobacka (ÅAU) October 2001
• - Yongzhong Yu (TKK) November 2001
• - Annaleena Kokko (ÅAU) December 2001
• - Raija Savolainen (LUT) December 2001
• - Sanna Rousu (ÅAU) February 2002
• - Minna Rantanen (TKK) April 2002
• - Jari Käyhkö (LUT) June 2002
• - Juha Fiskari (ÅAU) June 2002
• - Sergey Malkov (TKK) November 2002
• - Jussi Maunuksela (JYU) March 2003
• - Mika Järvensivu (TKK) April 2003

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PAPSAT doctoral theses (3/4)

• - Päivi Rousu (OU) August 2003
• - Tea Hannuksela (ÅAU) April 2004
• - Gongde Zhang (TKK) August 2004
• - Lenita Lindberg (ÅAU) November 2004
• - Katri Vikman (TKK) November 2004
• - Thi Hong Man Vu (JYU) December 2004
• - Natalia Maximova (TKK) December 2004
• - Johanna Lahti (TUT) January 2005
• - Tom Lind (ÅAU) May 2005
• - Urpo Aaltosalmi (JYU) July 2005
• - Timo Ahola (OU) January 2006
• - Natalia Egorova (TKK) May 2006
• - Tuomas Stoor (OU) May 2006
• - Xinshu Wang (TKK) September 2006
• - Hanna Jokinen (OU) June 2007

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PAPSAT doctoral theses (4/4)

• - Hanna Jokinen (OU) June 2007
• - Taegeun Kang (TKK) September 2007
• - Jarmo Keski-Säntti (OU) October 2007
• - Ville Saarimaa (ÅAU) November 2007
• - Anna Vainio (TKK) November 2007
• - Ismo Laukkanen (TKK) February 2008

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Theses titles

• Tomi Kimpimäki The Effect of Drying Temperature
  on the Coalescence of Polymer Particles and on
  the Properties of Dispersion Coated Paperboard
• Mika Vähä-Nissi HD Paper as Barrier Material
• Janne Virtapohja Fate of Chelating Agents Used
  in The Pulp and Paper Industries
• Olli Dahl Evaporation of Acidic Effluent from
  Kraft Pulp Bleaching, Reuse of the Condensate and
  Further Processing of the Concentrate
• Kari Luukko Characterization and Properties of
  Mechanical Pulp Fines
• Antti Nissinen Stability of Wet End for Paper
  Machines with Dilution Headboxes
• Anna-Stiina Jääskeläinen Kraft Pulp Bleaching
  with Peroxyacetic Acid and Peroxy Compounds
• Kathrin Mörseburg Development and
  Characterization of Norway Spruce Pressure
  Groundwood Pulp Fibers
• Thad C. Maloney On the Pore Structure and
  Dewatering Properties of the Pulp Fibre Cell Wall
• Jari Sirviö Variation in tracheid properties of
  Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.)

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• Yongzhong Yu The Effect of Fiber Raw Materials
  on Some Toughness Properties of Paper
• Annaleena Kokko Flow Losses in a Capillary
  Viscometer and their Relation to Dynamic Water
  Retention and Elongational Viscosity
• Raija Savolainen The Use of Branched Ketene
  Dimers in Solving the Deposit Problems Related to
  the Internal Sizing of Uncoated Fine Paper
• Sanna Rousu Differential Absorption of Offset
  Ink Constituents on Coated Paper
• Minna Rantanen Solvent Retention and Fibre
  Chemistry
• Jari Käyhkö Influence of Process Conditions on
  the Deresination Efficiency in Mechanical Pulp
  Washing
• Juha Fiskari Minimum Effluent Pulp Mill Concept
  On Water Use Reduction in the Bleach Plant
• Sergey Malkov Studies On Liquid Penetration Into
  Softwood Chips Experiment, Models And
  Applications
• Jussi Maunuksela Scaling and Noise in Slow
  Combustion of Paper
• Mika Järvensivu Intelligent Control System For
  The Lime Kiln

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• Katri Vikman Studies on Fastness Properties of
  Ink Jet Prints on Coated Papers
• Thi Hong Man Vu Alkaline Pulping and the
  Subsequent Elemental Chlorine-free Bleaching of
  Bamboo (Bambusa procera)
• Natalia Maximova The Surface Chemical Properties
  of Fibres and Their Effect on Paper Properties
• Johanna Lahti Dry Toner Based Electrophotographic
  Printing on Extrusion Coated Paperboard
• Tom Lind Pretreatments of Norway Spruce Pulpwood
  for Pressure Groundwood Production
• Urpo Aaltosalmi Fluid flow in porous media with
  the Lattice-Bolzmann method
• Timo Ahola Intelligent estimation of web break
  sensitivity in paper machines
• Natalia Egorova Using slit rheometry in
  characterising coating colour flow in the blade
  coating process
• Tuomas Stoor Air in Pulp and Papermaking
  Processes
• Xinshu Wang Improving the papermaking properties
  of kraft pulp by controlling hornification and
  internal fibrillation

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• Ville Saarimaa Pectic acids in mechanical
  pulping and papermaking
• Ismo Laukkanen Knowledge Transfer and Competence
  Development in Complex Paper Production
  Environments

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Number of PAPSAT theses(June 2008)
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Number of graduated doctors per university in
June 2008
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Contact information
International Doctoral Programme in Pulp and
Paper Science and Technology (PAPSAT) Programme
Director Programme Coordinator Prof. Hannu
Paulapuro Sari Kärkkäinen tel [phone]
4216 tel [phone] hannu.paulapuro_at_tkk.fi
papsat_at_tkk.fi Mailing address TKK/P. O. Box
3320, FI-02015 TKK, FINLAND fax [phone]
4259 http//www.tkk.fi/Units/Papsat
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PaPSaT obligations

• Annual Seminar end of August thesis work
  presentation
• Article in the Yearbook

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PaPSaT students (1/3)

• Helsinki University of Technology
• Wood Chemistry
• Mikhail Iakovlev
• Heli Koskinen
• Paper Technology
• Outi Aho
• Maiju Aikala
• Jenni Ala-Hongisto
• Khalil El-Sharkawy
• Alexey Kononov
• Hanna Luukkonen
• Karina Puurunen
• Phichit Somboon
• Ramjee Subramanian
• Printing Technology
• Philip Gerstner
• Clean Technologies
• Gary Watkins
• Process Control and Automation

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PaPSaT students (2/3)

• University of Jyväskylä
• Department of Physics
• Marko Rasi
• Laboratory of Applied Chemistry
• Jaana Käkölä
• Hanna Lappi
• Piia Valto
• Camilla Wiik
• University of Oulu
• Fibre and Particle Engineering Laboratory
• Antti Haapala
• Control Engineering Laboratory
• Ari Isokangas
• Iiris Joensuu
• Åbo Akademi University
• Laboratory of Fibre and Cellulose Technology
• Risto Korpinen

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PaPSaT students (3/3)

• University of Helsinki
• Department of Forest Resource Management
• Mikko Havimo
• Antti Rissanen
• Kirsi Sundqvist
• Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
• Maarit Lahtinen
• Tampere University of Technology
• Materials Science
• Kati Rissa
• Paper Converting Technology
• Sanna Auvinen
• Kimmo Lahtinen
• Mikko Tuominen