Prof. Ronkainen Helena
Helena Ronkainen received Dr. Tech degree in 2001 in the Helsinki University of Technology (now Aalto University). She has over 30 years’ experience in tribology research covering friction and wear of materials and coatings, DLC films in particular. Also lubrication related studies, and overall industrial application related research had been in for focus. She has close to 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles and about 120 other articles, including conference papers. She has given invited presentations in international conferences, and she has graded several PhD candidates. She has been the project manager in numerous national and international projects including several EU projects.