About the NCI
The Nottingham Centre for Infrastructure (NCI) is a research division of the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Nottingham. Other research groups or divisions of the school include the Pavement and Geotechnics Engineering division and the Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space GeodesyThe NCI has:
- Expertise : Hydraulic engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportation, Management, etc.
- Strong links with other Schools (e.g. Business, economics, insurance)
- Excellent links with industry
- Established international connections
The NCI offers industry:
- Integrated, practical, near market and blue-skies research on all
- aspects of infrastructure
- Specialist seminars and short courses
- Regular reports on infrastructure issues
- Consultancy services and testing
- High-quality graduates aware of infrastructure issues
The NCI has a major Test Facility
This facility has well-established links with industry and offers:
- A strong floor with multi configurable loading frame
- 2000kN Servo hydraulic control universal testing machine
- Specialist skills in precision load, strain, displacement and remote measurement systems
- Hydraulic flumes
- Concrete testing
- Non-destructive testing
- Tensile testing of steel and other metals
The NCI Provides an themed MSc in Infrastructure
An innovative course, started in September 2002, in which the degree title can be augmented to include a ‘theme’ (MSc in Infrastructure : ‘Theme’). A Significant amount of the course based on individual study to reflect the specialism of the person and the theme.
Further information is available from: nci@nottingham.ac.uk