Professor Jussi Sopanen received his DSc (Technology) in 2004 from LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland. After his dissertation, he joined Rotatek Finland Ltd and worked as a product development engineer for electrical machines. During that time, he also worked as a part-time researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at LUT. From 2006 to 2012, Dr. Sopanen was a Principal Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering and a Research Manager for the Faculty of Technology at Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Lappeenranta, Finland. In 2012, he was awarded a professorship at LUT University and became head of the laboratory of Machine Dynamics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
To date, Professor Sopanen has successfully supervised 12 doctoral and 57 master’s students. His research activities include the rotordynamics of high-speed electrical drives, the mechanical design and analysis of electrical machines, real-time multibody simulation, and digital twins for dynamic systems. He is currently the Director of the LUT University Integrated Energy Conversion Machinery (INERCOM) platform.
Professor Sopanen has published over 125 refereed journal and conference articles in the field of dynamic system design and simulation. He is a member of the editorial board of the Shock and Vibration journal and overall has acted as a reviewer for 36 scientific journals. His research has attracted over 2700 citations with 25 and 53 as his h-index and i10-index, respectively.
Professor Sopanen is also a member of the IFToMM Technical Committee for the Dynamics of Rotating Machines. Currently, he is serving as National Chair for Finland’s Member Organization of IFToMM. In 2023, he was selected as General Chair for the 12th IFToMM International Conference on Rotordynamics to be held in Lahti, Finland in June of 2026.
