Meet our R&D Staff
Mikael Manngård
Mikael Manngård leads the Automation and Maritime Simulations team at Novia University of Applied Sciences, bringing extensive research experience in automatic control and simulation-based design and testing. He earned his M.Sc. (Tech.) in Process and Systems Engineering at Åbo Akademi University, specializing in process control and estimation.
Touko Herranen
Touko Herranen holds a DSc (Tech.) on applied physics from Aalto University and has also worked with ship building industry. His focus areas are analytics, simulations, and digital energy efficiency improvement technologies.
Jukka Häkkinen
Jukka Häkkinen has a PhD from University of Helsinki and has also worked at Nokia Research Center and Aalto University. He has conducted basic research in vision science and has a long history of working with human factors ranging from mobile phones to XR technologies.
Jussi Haapasaari
Jussi Haapasaari is a researcher in virtual reality at Novia University of Applied Sciences in Turku, Finland. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Game Development from Turku University of Applied Sciences in 2022. His work focuses on extended reality (XR), game development and 3D visualization for maritime applications.
Iiro Törmä
Iiro Törmä works as a researcher and UX/UI designer at Novia University of Applied Sciences, focusing on human-centred design and user experience in maritime operations. He earned his Master of Arts in Collaborative and Industrial Design at Aalto University, where his thesis Status Monitoring in Multivessel MASS Operations – Designing for Shared Situational Awareness examined the design requirements for monitoring tools of autonomous vessels.
