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26-479: Famous ex-members include Chairman of Shell Jorma Ollila and one of the most well known Finnish politicians Paavo Väyrynen . Ex-president Urho Kekkonen was giving a speech in the founding event. Ex-Prime Minister Johannes Virolainen was the first Secretary General of the organisation. From the current Centre Party 's parliamentary group for example Katri Kulmuni , Petri Honkonen , Antti Kurvinen , Hilkka Kemppi and Anu Vehviläinen have been active members of

52-558: A conscript in the Finnish Defence Forces , he received reserve officer training. While attending the Finnish Reserve Officer School he was the chairman of his reserve officer course. Prior to joining Nokia in 1985, Ollila worked for eight years in corporate banking at Citibank 's London and Helsinki offices, and when he joined Nokia his tasks involved international investment deals. A year later, in 1986, Ollila

78-599: A director of Otava Books and Magazines Group Ltd. since 1996 and UPM-Kymmene since 1997, and an advisory partner at Perella Weinberg Partners , a New York–based boutique investment bank founded by Joseph R. Perella and Peter Weinberg in 2006. For Nokia, he was credited with turning the company into the then world's largest mobile phone maker. After elementary school in Kirkon koulu, Kurikka , Finland, Ollila went to high school in Vaasan Lyseon Lukio, Vaasa , with

104-637: A part in the company's downfall. In response, Ollila claimed that this was exaggerated and not true. Ollila was chairman of the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy ( ETLA ), the most reputed economic and social studies think tank in Finland. Between 2005 and 2009, he was chairman of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT). Ollila is the first non-Dutch or non-British person to be

130-533: A strong influencer in Finnish education politics. It demanded all the power to the students in universities and got the support of Finnish Minister of Education Johannes Virolainen . Nevertheless, the other parties did not support the radical idea and Finland got a triangular decision making structure in its universities. Finnish Centre Students got a lot of power in National Union of University Students in Finland in

156-588: Is a discipline or specialization within the scope of engineering science, or applied science. Several related names have existed since the inception of the interdisciplinary field. For example, some university courses are called or contain the phrase "physical technologies" or "physical engineering sciences" or "physical technics". In some cases, a program formerly called "physical engineering" has been renamed "applied physics" or has evolved into specialized fields such as " photonics engineering". A "Physical Design Engineer" or improperly called as "Physical Engineer"

182-702: Is a member of the steering committee at the Bilderberg Group . He participated in the 1994 conference and in every Bilderberg conference between 1997 and 2014. Shell ended wind power development during the Ollila period. The oil company insists it cannot make the numbers add up to justify offshore windfarms. Ollila published his memoirs in Finnish in October 2013. Ollila had recruited four security guards for his book launch event in Helsinki in October 2013. Helsinki police say

208-474: Is based in Luxembourg and was worth 8.2 million euros at the end of 2012. Ollila said that he had mistakenly neglected to disclose of the investment company and had not used the company to hold shares in firms where he has held executive positions. [REDACTED] Media related to Jorma Ollila at Wikimedia Commons Engineering Physics Engineering physics ( EP ), sometimes engineering science ,

234-557: Is not necessarily confined to a particular branch of science, engineering or physics. Instead, engineering science/physics is meant to provide a more thorough grounding in applied physics for a selected specialty such as optics , quantum physics , materials science , applied mechanics , electronics , nanotechnology , microfabrication , microelectronics , computing , photonics , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , nuclear engineering , biophysics , control theory , aerodynamics , energy , solid-state physics , etc. It

260-467: Is the discipline devoted to creating and optimizing engineering solutions through enhanced understanding and integrated application of mathematical, scientific, statistical, and engineering principles. The discipline is also meant for cross-functionality and bridges the gap between theoretical science and practical engineering with emphasis in research and development, design, and analysis. In many universities, engineering science programs may be offered at

286-463: Is the field of study combining pure science disciplines (such as physics , mathematics , chemistry or biology ) and engineering disciplines ( computer , nuclear , electrical , aerospace , medical , materials , mechanical , etc.). The name and subject have been used since 1861 by the German physics teacher J. Frick in his publications. It is notable that in many languages and countries,

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312-539: Is the role of an electrical engineer who is responsible for the design and layout (routing) in CAE, specifically in ASIC /FPGA design. This role could be performed by a person trained in engineering physics if the person has received training in integrated electronics design, but this does not necessarily mean that an engineering physicist is an IC design engineer. Unlike traditional engineering disciplines, engineering science/physics

338-626: The Finnish Centre party , which he has been involved with since his activities in student politics at the University of Helsinki. Ollila was the CEO of Nokia from 1999 to 2006. He was succeeded as CEO by Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo . On 15 September 2010, he announced he intended to step down as Chairman in 2012 and did so on 3 May 2012. He was replaced by Risto Siilasmaa . Ollila said in a February 2011 interview with Finnish broadcaster Yle that he supported

364-581: The 1970s. It got its own man Jorma Ollila (the future Chairman of Shell , Nokia and UPM ) to chair the National Union of University Students. Later Finnish Centre Student had a key role in turning the Centre Party into an anti-nuclear party. Ecology and sustainability became its major political issues in the 1980s. One of the major works, which influenced in Finnish Centre Party ecological policy

390-667: The London School of Economics, and was awarded honorary membership of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Ollila has also received honorary doctorates from the University of Helsinki , London School of Economics, Helsinki University of Technology and the University of Vaasa . Ollila was active in student politics , for example as the chairman of the Finnish association of student unions in 1973 and 1974, and still today participates in Finnish political debate. As

416-629: The Nokia- Microsoft partnership initiated by the CEO, Stephen Elop , and predicted the company's fortunes will strongly recover. In a book published in September 2018 by Nokia chairman Risto Siilasmaa and presented to the Helsingin Sanomat , Ollila's leadership style was strongly criticised and Siilasmaa revealed that the two had fallen out in 2010 (Siilasmaa was a Nokia board member from 2008). Siilasmaa also claims that he believes Ollila played

442-579: The chairman of Shell. He is also the first chairman chosen for this multinational corporation in its new corporate form of Royal Dutch Shell . In October 2014, it was announced that he would be succeeded in May 2015 by the American Charles O. Holliday . Ollila has been a board member in a number of companies, including Ford Motor Company (2000–2008). Ollila was the chairman of the Finnish mining and metallurgy company Outokumpu from 2013 until 2018. Ollila

468-588: The help of a scholarship at the United World College of the Atlantic , where he earned his 'A' levels. Thereafter, he obtained a Master of Political Science from University of Helsinki , a Master of Science (Economics) from London School of Economics and a Master of Science (Technology) in Engineering Physics from Helsinki University of Technology . In 2003, he was elected an honorary fellow of

494-812: The levels of B.Tech., B.Sc. , M.Sc. and Ph.D. Usually, a core of basic and advanced courses in mathematics , physics , chemistry , and biology forms the foundation of the curriculum , while typical elective areas may include fluid dynamics , quantum physics , economics , plasma physics , relativity , solid mechanics , operations research , quantitative finance , information technology and engineering, dynamical systems , bioengineering , environmental engineering , computational engineering, engineering mathematics and statistics , solid-state devices , materials science , electromagnetism , nanoscience , nanotechnology , energy , and optics . There are awards for excellence in engineering physics. For example, Princeton University 's Jeffrey O. Kephart '80 Prize

520-481: The major companies in the mobile phone and telecommunications infrastructure markets. In 1999, Ollila considered taking part in the Finnish presidential election, following a request from Sauli Niinistö , a member of the National Coalition Party , who was at that time Finnish finance minister and who 12 years later became President of Finland himself. This despite that Ollila belongs to a different party,

546-416: The new political organization invited well known anti-fascist Rudolf Holsti and the future President of Finland Urho Kekkonen to speak in the opening event. The World War II halted activities of the organization for over half a decade. After the war a new name Akateemiset Maaseudun Nuoret (Academic Youth of Countryside) was taken into use. The current name is from year 1966 when the organization had become

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572-598: The organisation during their studies. Finnish Centre Students is a member of the European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) and Nordic Center Youth (NCF) The organisation was founded before World War II on 23 April 1937 in Helsinki under name Maalaisliittolaiset Ylioppilaat (Agrarian League Students). The reason for founding was frustration towards Academic Karelia Society , which was turning right in Finnish political spectrum. To underline its anti-fascist political ideas

598-401: The protesters or presumed activists were expelled from the book launch. The English translation of his memoirs was published in 2016. Georg Ehrnrooth and Ollila were fined for Luxembourg investments in 2014. Ollila was fined 3,000 euros by Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (Fiva) for failing to make a timely disclosure that he owns an investment company called Kestrel SA. The company

624-519: The term for "Engineering physics" would be directly translated into English as "Technical physics". In some countries, both what would be translated as "engineering physics" and what would be translated as "technical physics" are disciplines leading to academic degrees. In China, for example, with the former specializing in nuclear power research (i.e. nuclear engineering ), and the latter closer to engineering physics. In some universities and their institutions, an engineering (or applied) physics major

650-589: Was Avaus äärikeskustaan (Opening to the Extreme Centre). It was written by the Finnish Centre Student activists Alpo Rusi and Juha Kuisma. The work was harsh criticism towards politics of economic growth. Jorma Ollila Jorma Jaakko Ollila (born 15 August 1950) is a Finnish businessman who was chairman of Royal Dutch Shell from 1 June 2006 to May 2015, and at Nokia Corporation chairman from 1999 to 2012 and CEO from 1992 to 2006. He has been

676-407: Was head of finance during Nokia's renewal under then CEO Kari Kairamo . He was appointed as chief of the mobile phones section in 1990, and CEO two years later in 1992. When Ollila first came to power, the company had suffered from internal disputes and had a financial crisis of a number of years. As CEO of Nokia he has led the strategy that restructured the former industrial conglomerate into one of

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