Research facilities
Our modern university research facilities, archives, and buildings give you access to the best equipment to advance your research.
Our modern university research facilities, archives, and buildings give you access to the best equipment to advance your research.
We provide micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) imaging of soft-tissue samples.
We carry out advanced three-dimensional imaging and computed tomography.
We can carry out research using our water channel reactors and bioreactors up to production scale. Our facilities are located in Southampton and Spain.
This laboratory is home to more than 250 kinds of anaerobic digesters. We carry out research from lab study to commercial operating plant.
We host rapid thermal processors and furnaces for annealing and growth processes.
The BIO-R provides expert bioinformatics consulting and data analysis solutions.
This facility supports a wide range of research and commercial activities across the maritime, aerospace, energy and transportation sectors.
Traditional insulator and bushing designs using either ceramics or glass have been superseded by polymeric and composite designs, areas in which we have a lot of experience.
We are very experienced in the testing of parent cable, joints and terminations and have developed facilities specifically for several bespoke electrical, thermal and mechanical tests.
We provide a range of characterisation equipment for device and material characterisation.
The Chemical Nanoanalysis Scanning Electron Microscope (CNSEM) facility offers a high resolution field emission SEM, in combination with dual-EDS and correlative Raman spectrometer.
Our informatics services cover clinical trials management, form design, data integration, health research analysis and clinical innovation.
Our confocal microscope provides optical sectioning of samples. This allows us to create 3D reconstructions.
Coral reef science: inspiring awareness of the need to protect marine ecosystems.
We offer deposition technologies such as chemical vapour deposition systems, epitaxy and atomic layer deposition.
Use our immersive, virtual reality and digital production facilities to create and explore artefacts, environments and recordings for your humanities research.
The driving simulator offers an immersive driving experience for human factors research.
We have a range of electrophysiology instruments capable of measuring electrical fields in both sectioned explants and adherent cells
We have both dry etching and wet etching systems which can be used in fabrication.
Our eye tracking facilities can record human eye movement which helps us research language processing and visual threat detection.
We explore the production of biofuels in our environmental biotechnology facilities. Equipment includes fermenters and downstream processors.
We investigate ways to create hydroelectric power using a range of small and large scale flumes and wave tanks.
Our widefield and zoom fluorescence microscopes permit the specific labelling of up to four targets simultaneously.
As a laboratory that has a significant profile of insulation research, we are very well equipped with tools and measurement apparatus that are applicable to forensic study of dielectric materials.
This facility is for standard and advanced soil element testing, including rail track bed materials.
We research the effects of climate change on infrastructure without waiting for it to happen.
The Tony Davies high voltage laboratory (TDHVL) is our centre for research into dielectric materials and insulation systems, as well as high voltage and related phenomena.
We process cells and tissue samples into a range of mediums including frozen, paraffin, and resin.
The facility provides histological microscopes for colourimetric imaging, plus additional equipment for the sectioning, preservation and processing of specimens.
The Imaging and Microscopy Centre is a core facility for advanced life sciences imaging at Southampton University.
Our on-road instrumented vehicle can be used for naturalistic studies of driving and driver behaviour.
Our anechoic chamber is a silent room 'without echoes' used for carrying out standard acoustical tests.
This facility tests structures, components and materials at a range of scales across a wide range of application areas.
We offer both e-beam and optical lithography and resist processing for fabrication and nanofabrication.
We have a live imaging system that allows us to investigate living cells using time lapse microscopy.
We specialise in the characterisation of materials in terms of electrical, mechanical and thermal properties, which plays an important role in product development.
This facility contains 5 engineering laboratories. It carries out research into improving and developing infrastructure.
With a 1 way mirror and recording suite we use this lab to observe and investigate social interactions.
We have a dedicated sample preparation lab, wet chemistry lab space, and an instrumentation lab.
We have a dedicated temperature-controlled laboratory, with specialist equipment for understanding pain response.
We are a purpose-built laboratory designed for evaluating medical and consumer products.
Here we make novel thick-film sensors, actuators and systems printed using silk screen and inkjet printers.
Using equipment like facial electromyography we explore the relationship between the mind and body to see how they interact.
NNUF-EXACT is a centre for radiochemistry. We provide research and training in the accelerated nuclear characterisation and remediation technologies.
We have worked with many clients who require use of our facilities for testing a varied range of components and equipment for the railway industry.
Our multi-purpose research aquarium houses a variety of tanks and facilities for keeping and handling live specimens.
R.V.Callista based at NOCS, is available to staff and students of Ocean and Earth Science
We have a large and a small reverberation chamber which we use for acoustic testing.
This workshop is furnished with all the equipment needed to design and make scientific glassware for research and development.
We have a super-resolution microscope which provides a range of advanced imaging techniques.
We are very experienced in testing of switchgear and associated plant as well as enclosures.
This regional and national centre for experimental mechanics research contains equipment capable of testing materials and structures across a range of scales.
We are a purpose-built laboratory designed for researching how skin responds to thermal environments.
We have experience of testing medium voltage and current transformers and our impulse generators can be adapted to meet most test waveform requirements.
Our human computer interface technology lets us mimic physical sensations. We explore the way humans combine vision and touch to work out shape and material properties.
This is one of our larger wind tunnels. We use it for student research projects, wind engineering studies and marine industry work.
The R J Mitchell Wind Tunnel is the largest of our wind tunnels. It's ideal for vehicle aerodynamic work and performance sport testing. It can also be used for consultancy.