Sustainable aviation research

Below you will find basic information of the laboratories and research centres within Imperial that are addressing the challenges of the net-zero transition for aviation. We often host their researchers and organize joint workshops and events.

Sustainable Aviation Research at Imperial

Clean Fossil and Bioenergy Research Group

A diverse, world-class team leading research on the transition to a sustainable energy future.

Transport & Environment Laboratory

The Transport & Environment Laboratory seeks to advance understanding and mitigate the effects of transport on the environment.

Composites Centre

The Centre delivers on research, modelling, testing and training in advanced composites.

Energy Futures Lab

The Lab promotes energy innovation and advanced systemic solutions for a sustainable energy future.

Flow Control

The Flow Control Research Group explores the development of novel methods for controlling fluid flow in a wide variety of applications.

Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment

The Institute aims to contribute to world-class research, training and innovation towards effective action on climate change and the environment.

Load Control and Aeroelastics Lab

The lab focuses on computational methods for the multidisciplinary analysis, design, and feedback control of next-generation aeroelastic air vehicles subject to increasingly adverse atmospheric turbulence.

Turbulence Simulation Group

The Group seeks to understand turbulent flows and how to use them in various engineering applications.