laboratories

Process Automation

Process automation is a special program, running across department lines, that enables students in different fields such as chemical, forest product technology and material science engineering to obtain the interdisciplinary training necessary for work on process automation and its applications. The lab provides a comprehensive education program in the field of process control and automation systems, while keeping the main emphasis on industrial applications. The teaching is adapted to the actual demands of the process industries, and trains young engineers to be able to cope with today’s problems and to design solutions for the future. The fields in which the Laboratory of Process Control and Automation has gained wide and significant experience include supervisory and mill-wide control systems in the process industry, fault detection, diagnosis and remote support of processes and process equipment, as well as production planning and control.

Prof. Jämsä-Jounela has been head of the Laboratory of Process Control and Automation since 1994. Before joining the university she gained practical experience in working for a number of companies in the Finnish process industry. Prof. Jämsä-Jounela also has considerable practical experience in international automation projects; she has been involved in approximately 100 industrial projects during the past 20 years.

Prof. Jämsä-Jounela is active in a large number of professional societies and organizations. She is currently the IFAC Vice President and the Chair of the IFAC Technical board.

Prof. Jämsä-Jounela has published over 100 international conference and journal papers, with the main emphasis on process control and automation applications.

Sirkka-Liisa Jämsä-Jounela
Professor

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