Supporting a cleaner, greener environment
Supporting a cleaner, greener environment
Pilot-scale facilities to study the clean energy conversion in fossil and biofuels and study different CO₂ capture techniques.
We are creating a hydrogen ecosystem with facilities in production, storage, materials, propulsion, usage, aircraft design and airport operations.
From soils and soil analysis, plant genetics, seed biology, mycology and microbiology research facilities, to postharvest laboratories and bioinformatics, we have facilities to deliver research in all stages along the food chain.
Our soil research facilities include the Wolfson laboratory for measuring soil carbon balances and fluxes under field conditions, and a pilot-scale plant phenotyping and soil health facility in a nine-metre-high glasshouse. Cranfield is also home to the definitive source of national soils information. The Land Information System (LandIS) contains soil and soil-related information for England and Wales.
The entire Cranfield campus is a testbed for transformative technologies to deliver enhanced social, economic and environmental outcomes in urban infrastructures. The living lab is a network of sensors across campus that measures the air, water, soil and wildlife.
Operating from Cranfield campus, the Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) is the UK National Environment Research Council’s facility for operating the BAE-146 atmospheric research aircraft, the largest of its type in Europe.
We are developing the use of advanced sensor technologies through our engineering photonics and integrated vehicle health management laboratories.
Our composites manufacturing facilities include novel 3D techniques and reinforcement methods using sustainable natural fibres.
In partnership with the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC), we have enhanced our suite of on-site industrial-scale test facilities to establish the National Research Facility for Water and Wastewater Treatment. Associated investments have created dedicated labs for advanced sensors and point-of-use water treatment.