Teaching

Doctoral programme leadership

I serve as Doctoral Programme Director for Technology, Chemistry and Geosciences at the University of Oulu Graduate School. In this role, I am responsible for the quality, monitoring and development of doctoral education, including curriculum development and the effective delivery of the programme.

Teaching activities

My teaching activities focus on primary steelmaking and the modelling and simulation of metallurgical processes. At the University of Oulu, I lecture on electric steelmaking, converter processes in carbon and stainless steelmaking, digitalisation, and computational approaches to fluid flow, thermodynamics, and reaction kinetics. I am also developing a doctoral course in Modelling and Simulation in Process Metallurgy (10 ECTS).

I regularly deliver guest lectures on the kinetics and phenomena of converter processes at Aalto University and have lectured at KU Leuven, Luleå University of Technology, Montanuniversität Leoben, RWTH Aachen University, TU Clausthal, and Northeastern University.

Supervision of theses

My principal teaching activity is the supervision of doctoral and master's theses in Process Metallurgy. I am currently involved in supervising 15 doctoral researchers working on topics including sustainable steelmaking, mathematical process modelling, hydrogen plasma smelting reduction, electric arc furnaces, and continuous casting. Two doctoral theses have been completed under my supervision.

I have also supervised one licentiate thesis, over 30 master's theses, and numerous bachelor's theses. These have covered a broad range of metallurgical processes, often addressing practical challenges in collaboration with industrial partners.

Examination of theses

I regularly serve as an opponent, pre-examiner, or member of doctoral evaluation committees at universities internationally. My examination experience includes 17 doctoral theses, particularly at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Montanuniversität Leoben, RWTH Aachen University, and other European and international universities.

Hosting international researchers

I have hosted visiting doctoral researchers, master's thesis students, and interns from Montanuniversität Leoben, KU Leuven, and RWTH Aachen University. Their research visits at the University of Oulu have focused on mathematical and physical modelling of steelmaking processes, contributing to international research collaboration and academic exchange.

Pedagogical qualifications

I have completed formal training in university pedagogy, including a basic study module (25 ECTS), Introduction to University Pedagogy (5 ECTS), and university tutor training. My teaching competence has been formally assessed as excellent in connection with my appointments as Docent and Associate Professor at the University of Oulu.