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UWS is a global university on your doorstep. We have state-of-the-art technical and scientific equipment and facilities as well as academic expertise close at hand.
Whether you are seeking use of specific piece of kit or a laboratory environment, we can help your business when it needs it most.
University of the West of Scotland continually invests in and develops technology and equipment to maintain our leading position in research. This equipment can also accessed by our partners in business and industry and this equipment catalogue showcases the range of equipment - across a variety of specialist areas - that is available.
Download now (pdf)We have an extensive range of equipment and facilities which are available to hire from compression testing to 5-axis CNC machining, co-ordinate measuring machines, rapid prototyping to plastic injection moulding machines, MicroDyn DC Magnetron Deposition Systems, Atomic Force Microscope, Scanning and Electron Microscope through to multi-sensor UAVs and:
One of the first of its kind, this Large-scale IT Infrastructure is used to investigate:
These devices, packed with sensing and actuating capabilities, are used to monitor and respond to changing smart environments. They have applications in areas such as smart cities, infrastructure monitoring and remote sensing. Here at UWS, these devices are used for data stream analysis, security and privacy and personalised service provision.
We have an extensive range of equipment and facilities which are available to hire from liquid nitrogen freezer, autoclaves, to biological class II cabinets, to Gas and Ion Chromatography Systems and refrigerated benchtop centrifuge through to:
This equipment identifies viruses, bacteria and fungus.
The Domus Initiative is a highly adapted domestic environment, focused on the needs of vulnerable older adults, especially those with dementia. It includes a sitting area, a dining area, a bathroom and a fully working kitchen, with specially selected furnishings, lighting and a range of assistive technology.
This wearable GPS provides tracking for competitive sports. Capable of analysing training volume, intensity and work rate, it’s currently used by rugby and football teams.
We have an extensive range of equipment and facilities which are available to hire from cameras to a baby grand piano and our music studio control room, through to and including our:
A soundproofed TV studio with three cameras, linked to a Tricaster system for mixing and recording. Two of the cameras are fitted with autocue and there is a complete set of Kinoflow lights.
In this area we have our fixed eye tracker lab and our:
This psychology teaching lab is set up to monitor individual and group work. Using experimental editing software, psychologists present visual and auditory stimuli to viewers with millisecond accuracy, while monitoring the viewer’s reaction. Potential applications include assessing user responses to a website.