Pentti Kujala

Personal profile

Artistic and research interests

I am a professor of Marine technology and the head of Marine Technology research group. Today I am working on the safety of ships both in open water and in ice. My main research interests during my 40- year long career have been devoted to full scale measurements of ice induced loads and analysis of the ice load statistics, simulation of ship performance in ice, development of advanced structural solutions for ships and development of system level safety of marine traffic.

I am also Vice Dean of the School of Engineering with the main duties related to the Impact and Innovation activities of the School. I have extensive national and international co-operation heading e.g. the Center of Excellence for safe Arctic shipping funded by Lloyd’s Register Foundation from London (http://cearctic.aalto.fi/en/)

Resarch Group: Marine Technology: http://mecheng.aalto.fi/en/research/marine_technology/

List of publications and other research outputs: https://research.aalto.fi/en/persons/pentti-kujala(0d29001d-377a-499f-be1f-e2a1808939bc)/publications.html

Background

Before Aalto, I have been working e..g on Lloyd's Register of Shipping in London, VTT and Aker Yards.

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Science (Technology), Mechanical Engineering

Licentiate of Science (Technology), Mechanical Engineering

Master of Science (Technology), Mechanical Engineering

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Research Output

Additive manufacturing of miniature marine structures for crashworthiness verification: Scaling technique and experimental tests

Calle, M. A. G., Salmi, M., Mazzariol, L. M., Alves, M. & Kujala, P., 1 Jul 2020, In : Marine Structures. 72, 18 p., 102764.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

1 Citation (Scopus)

A Framework for Integrating Life-Safety and Environmental Consequences into Conventional Arctic Shipping Risk Models

Browne, T., Taylor, R., Veitch, B., Kujala, P., Khan, F. & Smith, D., Feb 2020, In : APPLIED SCIENCES. 10, 8, 23 p., 2937.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

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An intelligent method for real-time ship collision risk assessment and visualization

Du, L., Valdez Banda, O. & Kujala, P., 2020, Developments in the Collision and Grounding of Ships and Offshore Structures. Guedes Soares, C. (ed.). p. 293-300 8 p. (Proceedings in Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering; vol. 4).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

ASIS web girder test: A miniature experiment

Calle Gonzales, M., Kujala, P., Salmi, M. & Mazzariol, L. M., 2020, Developments in the Collision and Grounding of Ships and Offshore Structures. Guedes Soares, C. (ed.). p. 3-8 6 p. (Proceedings in Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering; vol. 4).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

Comparison of system modelling techniques for autonomous ship systems

Basnet, S., Valdez Banda, O., Chaal, M., Hirdaris, S. & Kujala, P., 2020, Proceedings of the International Seminar on Safety and Security of Autonomous Vessels (ISSAV) and European STAMP Workshop and Conference (ESWC) 2019 . Sciendo, p. 125-139

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

File

36 Downloads (Pure)

Projects

12 Finished
17 Active

Sea4Value: Sea4Value

Kujala, P., Basnet, S. & Chaal, M.

01/02/2020 → 30/06/2022

Project: Business Finland: Other research funding

SIMREC: Simulators for improving Cross-Border Oil Spill Response in Extreme Conditions

Kujala, P., Lu, L. & Mazurek, J.

01/09/2019 → 31/12/2022

Project: EU: Other research funding

RAAS: Research Alliance for Autonomous Systems

Kujala, P., Valdez Banda, O. & Chaal, M.

01/04/2019 → 31/12/2020

Project: Other external funding: Other government funding

Recommended Practice of Scenario Based Risk Management for Polar Waters

Kujala, P. & Ranta, J.

01/12/2018 → 31/03/2023

Project: Other external funding: Other foreign funding

INFUTURE: Future potential for Inland Waterways

Kujala, P. & Li, F.

01/11/2018 → 31/03/2022

Project: EU: Other research funding

Prizes

Aalto Education Impact Award, 2018

Jani Romanoff (Recipient), Osiris Valdez Banda (Recipient), Heikki Remes (Recipient), Pentti Kujala (Recipient) & Martin Bergström (Recipient), 5 Sep 2018

Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work

Honorary Fellowship of TRANSNAV congress

Pentti Kujala (Recipient), 2015

Prize: Award or honor granted for academic career

Activities

24 Hosting a visitor
16 Pre-examination of dissertation or acting as opponent to doctoral students
16 Visit abroad
12 Membership of an organizing committee or other positions of trust of a conference or a seminar
39 More

Opponent at licentiate seminar, Meng Zhang, KTH

Pentti Kujala (Examiner)

7 Feb 2020

Activity: Examination types › Pre-examination of dissertation or acting as opponent to doctoral students

External examiner (opponent) for Hans-Martin Heyn's PhD thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

Pentti Kujala (Examiner)

2019

Activity: Examination types › Pre-examination of dissertation or acting as opponent to doctoral students

Tomasz Hinz

Pentti Kujala (Host)

1 Sep 2018 → 31 Dec 2018

Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting a visitor

International Marine Design Conference

Pentti Kujala (Member)

10 Jun 2018 → 14 Jun 2018

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Membership of an organizing committee or other positions of trust of a conference or a seminar