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Research projects

Research projects

Explore examples of a selection of our current research projects and learn more about Cranfield's impact

Reducing potato losses by creating a predictive model for black dot disease

Creating a predictive model for black dot linking production to postharvest storage will make the SWAG合集 potato industry will reduce food loss and waste
Reducing seed losses and waste in parsnip and other crops

We are investigating the genetic control of seed quality traits in parsnip and developing breeding strategies to reduce seed loss and waste
REGENERATIS

Regeneration of past metallurgical sites and deposits through innovative circularity for raw materials
Remote Assessed Moisture Profiling for Perennial Biomass Crops (RAMP-4-PBC)

This project aims to test the efficacy of a drone-mounted synthetic aperture radar to measure crop biomass
Research Centre for Smart, Collaborative Industrial Robotics

Developing a robotic system capable of adaptive responses based on human emotions and gestures
RestREco

Restoring resilient ecosystems
Riverbed biofilm communities as integrated indicators of ecological health

A new approach to diagnose the reasons for poor ecological health in rivers using cutting-edge genetic sequencing technology applied to riverbed biofilms
Root-soil interactions

Exploring techniques that study the rhizophere at fine spatial and temporal resolutions
Rurban Revolution

Can ruralising urban areas through greening and growing create a healthy, sustainable and resilient food system?
Safe to Operate Itself Safely

Bridging the assurance gap where human and machine certifications overlap in the realm of autonomous systems
Safer governance of complex systems: learning from failures

We aim to build fundamental insights into learning from failures by collecting data from a diverse panel of experts
S-CO2 for efficient power generation with energy storage

Evaluating opportunity for new advanced power generation concepts and performance improvements
Second life batteries from electric buses

A project demonstrating the use of upcycled lithium-ion batteries from electric buses as stationary energy storage
Seed microbiome engineering: a route to sustainable agriculture

Harnessing the power of seed microbial communities to develop novel seed treatments
Seeding-free, non-intrusive aero-engine distortion measurements (SINATRA)

SINATRA aims to advance the state of the art in non-intrusive inlet flow distortion measurements for modern, civil aero-engines

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