Laboratories
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Laboratories
National Instruments
e-Automation Laboratory
Theme(s)
Digital Technologies
Website
A partnership between National Instruments and the University of
Liverpool, supported by National Grid Company plc. It is equipped
with:
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A real-time automation simulator
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A range of hardware, microprocessors, embedded systems and
data acquisition devices
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Real-time automation platforms
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Comprehensive software development systems
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Three IP networks, including a WLAN network which is used for
examining network-based industrial automation.
The Laboratory develops and integrates key internet and computer
technologies with innovative management practices.
Semantic Web Technologies
Laboratory
Theme(s)
Digital Technologies
Website
Carries out research designed to support the development of the
semantic web and the application of semantic web technologies.
Kissileff Laboratory for the Study of
Human Ingestive Behaviour
Theme(s)
Health & Wellbeing
Society & Culture,
Food Security & Safety
Website
society/research/kissileff-laboratory
Part of the Liverpool Obesity Research Network, and is specifically
designed for the study of human appetite and ingestive behaviour
to determine, in a controlled environment, what influences human
appetite, food choices and food intake. The Laboratory provides a
comprehensive suite of test facilities, including a research kitchen,
assessment room, two testing rooms, an energy balance lab, wet
lab and a social eating lab. Laboratory specialists and academic
experts are able to undertake a variety of commercial projects.
SuperSTEM Laboratory
Theme(s)
Digital Technologies
Based at Daresbury Laboratory and equipped with two
SuperSTEM microscopes, both of which minimise spherical
aberration. The Laboratory has undertaken studies for national
research centres and companies as diverse as Qinetiq, Pilkington,
Johnson Matthey and the Diamond Trading Company. Working
with businesses, it has undertaken many collaborative projects,
for example to resolve issues posed by the conversion of gases
to liquid hydrocarbons, and to ascertain the source of colour in
diamonds to inform the development of new methods of identifying
their signature characteristics.
