The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), in partnership with the University of Birmingham, have created and developed a ‘Factory in a Box’ (FIAB) concept, which allows manufacturers of energy products to have a British technology solution delivered to their doorstep. The mobile factory uses smart sensors, super-fast broadband and big data to measure and control production processes remotely. Specific research being undertaken include 

• Researching, evaluating and establishing optimal methods...

The Community Energy Demonstrator is located on the Trent Basin, in Nottingham. The Trent Basin development is the UK’s first innovative local community energy business model underpinning 450 new build homes and a future school. A local community energy system pools renewable energy generated by individual households. After storing this in a community battery it is then either used locally or, when the price is favourable, sold to the grid. A community scale delivers more efficient use of...

The 14CHRONO Centre analyses a wide variety of carbon containing samples using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) 14C to provide radiocarbon ages or fractions of modern carbon. We also provide AMS 14C analyses for archaeological companies, forensic investigations and industries interested in monitoring bio- vs. fossil based components. We collaborate with researchers around the world to construct radiocarbon calibration curves to convert radiocarbon ages to 'calendar' ages. We also provide...

The UK High-Field Solid-State NMR Facility is based around a 23.5 Tesla standard-bore (54 mm) NMR magnet (corresponding to a 1H Larmor frequency of 1 GHz, brought to field in November 2020, as the first 1 GHz NMR magnet in the UK) and a 20 Tesla wide-bore (89 mm) NMR magnet (corresponding to a 1H Larmor frequency of 850 MHz), both equipped with a HFXY rf console. There is a wide range of probes: for magic-angle spinning (MAS) for rotor diameters 0.7 mm, 1.0 mm, 1.3 mm, 2.5 mm, 3.2 mm, 4 mm and 7...

The Airborne Geosciences Facility was established to support environmental & geoscientific research and teaching through the development, integration and operation of advanced airborne sensing technologies deployed on both manned and unmanned aircraft. We operate our own ECO-Dimona light aircraft alongside a fleet of small unmanned aircraft systems, and a suite of remote sensing and atmospheric instruments. Our stated goal is to provide the core capability to promote and develop an...