Nottingham Drives Specialist Services (NDSS) is an independent business unit wholly owned by the University of Nottingham. Working closely with industry, NDSS delivers services to support the industrialisation of power electronic converters, electrical machines and drives across the automotive, aerospace, industrial, marine, rail, and energy sectors. 

The Nottingham Geospatial Institute is at the forefront of international geospatial engineering and science. Working across specialisms including geohazard monitoring, spacecraft engineering and avionics, and intelligent transport systems, we have expertise in geospatial science, engineering surveying and remote measurement, positioning and navigational technologies, and propagation effects on GNSS. With state-of-the-art facilities we include the Geospatial Research and Applications Centre of Excellence (GRACE) – a business engagement unit to assist organisations and individuals to access our services and technologies. 

The Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre evaluates the engineering, environmental and sustainable aspects of road, rail, airfield, and coastal infrastructure. With expertise in design and performance, sustainability, resilience, and smart systems, we are helping to preserve existing transport infrastructure and shape the next generation of smart transport systems.

The internationally renowned Power Electronics, Machines and Control research group is the world’s largest group of electrification researchers. Working across sectors including automotive, rail, marine and aerospace, we have expertise in power electronic systems, electrical machines, electric motor drives and systems, and power electronic integration. Housed in the purpose-built £40m Power Electronics and Machines Centre with unrivalled industry-leading facilities, we are prototyping novel electrification technologies at speed and scale.  

The Powertrain Research Centre (PRC) focuses on various aspects of thermofluids in vehicle propulsion working across light and heavy-duty applications – transport and power. A key UK centre of excellence for automotive propulsion research and development, the PRC is internationally renowned for close collaboration with the automotive industry. 

The Resilience Engineering research group focuses on developing modelling techniques to predict ways of improving the design, maintenance, and operation of engineering systems to reduce the frequency and consequences of failure. Working across sectors including transport, energy production and distribution, utilities, and communications we have expertise in risk and reliability, asset management, and system complexity. 

The Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in Gas Turbine Transmission Systems develops modelling tools and approaches to enable the design and development of new, lighter, more efficient aeroengine transmission systems. Studying key aeroengine components – gears and gearboxes, bearings and bearing chambers, seals, shafts and support structures – the UTC is developing transmission systems for current and future aerospace platforms.

The Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in Manufacturing and On-Wing Technology has expertise in all aspects of aerospace manufacture. With particular interest in fixturing, mechatronics, on-wing inspection and robotic systems for in-situ repair, the UTC also excels in non-conventional machining processes - especially in difficult to cut materials - and in-process sensing and monitoring technologies.

The University of Nottingham Energy Institute (UoNEI) addresses key societal challenges of energy generation and management, transport and mobility, and communities and the built environment. Uniting expertise across the Faculties of Engineering, Science and Social Science - together with external stakeholders - the UoNEI aims to develop solutions for the transition to green and sustainable energy. 

The Zero Carbon Cluster (ZCC) accelerates the translation of zero carbon research into high-impact commercial and policy solutions in partnership with industry and government. Targeting the most carbon-intensive industries such as heavy transport and manufacturing the ZCC focuses on electrification and hydrogen propulsion systems.