The High Value Manufacturing Catapult is the go-to place for manufacturing technology innovation in the UK. Our seven centres, listed below, work across 17 locations covering all parts of country to support manufacturers in over 4,000 projects per year, offering open access to the latest industrial scale equipment, leading expertise and an environment of collaboration between industry, academia and government. We cover the full range of manufacturing technology capabilities, from biologics to...

Viper is the University of Hull’s first institutional High Performance Computer (HPC). Within the university sector, Viper is one of the leading HPC resources. Our mission is to be recognised as a leader and a centre of excellence in the provision of quality HPC services and support. The University of Hull is committed to research excellence and Viper is key for meeting the ever-growing demands of the University research community. Viper is based on technically advanced and innovative systems...

Trace elemental analysis facility for all sample types. Both ICPOES and ICPMS for aqueous liquid samples or digests of solids using a microwave digester. The new Laser Ablation-ICPMS facility allows the elemental and isotopic analysis of solid materials directly, ideally flat and polished surfaces. Currently a service facility to University, other institutions and industry for the liquid analysis. Projected to include the laser ablation as a facility to be available for visiting resarchers and a...

Computationally intensive methods, High Performance Computing (HPC) and High Performance Data Analytics (HPDA), are essential enablers of world class research across most disciplines. N8 CIR is a platform of HPC/HPDA methods, skills and facilities - as Centre of Excellence (CoE) - to underpin the strategic research objectives of the N8 universities: providing a competitive edge by extending the boundaries of the possible. It includes: building communities of practice focused on selected N8...

The Microscopy Suite aids research throughout the University, including materials and life sciences. The suite's state-of-the-art equipment includes • a Zeiss EVO60 Scanning Electron Microscope with electron dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and cryogenic capability • a JEOL 2010 High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope with EDS and a Gatan Ultrascan 4000 camera for excellent image quality • a Zeiss Axio Vert.A1 inverted microscope and an Olympus IX 71 inverted microscope for wide field...

NICA will bring together, in one centre, innovation experts, design experts and world-leading applied researchers to work with industry and the public to develop, test and bring to market products which promote healthy ageing as we grow older. The Centre will achieve these aims through: • creating an inter-disciplinary innovation eco-system with key applied researchers (such as design, computer science, engineering and health and social science) working with older people, industry and the public...

UKCRIC is a world-class integrated research capability with a mission to underpin the renewal, sustainment and improvement of infrastructure and cities in the UK and elsewhere. Our research partnership, currently involving fourteen UK Higher Education Institutions, engages with government, city and commercial policy makers, investors, citizens and wider academia in a joint venture to drive innovation and value creation in the exploitation of services provided by national infrastructure.

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