Research Facilities

The University of Western Sydney has extensive research facilities available to students, staff and collaborators.

Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment

The Institute has excellent field-based and controlled environment facilities including the whole tree chambers and FACE that simulate future CO2 levels and climate, rainout shelters that simulate seasonal drought, an Eddy flux tower that measures water and CO2 fluxes at the forest ecosystem level, and an insectary for investigating the interaction between plants and insects under environmental change.

New laboratories include advanced facilities for research in cell biology/microbiology and molecular genetics/genomics including a new generation, fast throughput genome sequencer. For more information visit the HIE website.

The MARCS Institute

All of the Institute's research is laboratory-based and equipment-intensive, and is conducted in a six different laboratory complexes, as follows: Behavioural Lab; Brain/Neuroscience Lab; Baby Lab; Human-Machine Interaction Lab; Movement, Performance and Production Lab; and the Virtual Interactive Performance Research Environment (VIPRe). For more information visit the MARCS website.

Institute for Infrastructure Engineering

The Structural Research and Testing Laboratory of the Institute for Infrastructure Engineering at the UWS Kingswood campus holds NATA accreditation No. 14711 since 2003 and complies with ISO/IEC 17025:2005 for providing Mechanical Testing Services.

These services include both static and dynamic testing of materials, structural components and assemblies at the research laboratory or on site. For more information visit the IIE website.

School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics

UWS is home to one of Australia’s best laboratories for independent testing and monitoring for the construction and manufacturing industries. Its expertise is especially relevant to civil, structural, and signal processing engineering businesses and regulatory bodies.

Robot in a robotic assembly laboratory, the School has a range of capabilities for mechatronics, industrial design and small-scale production, with an emphasis on sustainable design.

3D models produced by 3D printersUsing 3D computer-aided design model data to produce an accurate physical prototype – a 3D ‘print’ – is a fast and costeffective way to produce physical models and functional or semi-functional prototypes. For more information visit the SCEM website.

School of Science and Health

The School of Science and Health has extensive facilities including the following: