Find out about the range of first-rate facilities used by the staff and students of the Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies Research Institute (BEST) including labs for radio frequency and microwave sensors, highways research, industrial chemistry, soil mechanics, hydraulics, surveying, light structures and materials, structural testing, and concrete.
Within the Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies Research Institute our areas of expertise are: constructions management and economics, facilities management and real estate management, radio frequency and microwave technologies, materials technology and environmental technologies. Find out more about each of these areas.
We have the latest specialist facilities for sport scientists. Find out about the laboratories and equipment we are using.
The Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Science areas of expertise are organised into research groups and exchanges which focus on the following: biomechanics, cardiovascular health, exercise metabolism, brain and behaviour, physical activity, sport psychology and football-related research.
The Mechanical Engineering and Materials Research Centre (MEMARC) specialises in fracture and contact mechanics, wave propagation in lattices and microstructures, thermal fatigue and thermal striping, materials development and processing, as well as dynamics and control systems. You can find out more about these research areas and the projects MEMARC are working on here.
PhD students within the Research Centre for Brain and Behaviour are working on interesting projects including: investigating pain in autism, the impact of taste, and pain mechanisms.
ART LABS offers contemporary and innovative approaches to professional research, art practice and advanced study.
The Institute of Art and Technology focuses on the following themes: contemporary art, 3D digital art, the uses of art, exhibitions and curatorship, as well as design discourse and practice.
Read more about the impact of Institute of Art and Technology projects.
The Institute of Art and Technology (IAT) has developed important interdisciplinary collaborations with major arts and cultural organisations, major science and technology organisations, public health organisations and academic institutions both nationally and internationally, leading to joint projects and impact.