Research centres and laboratories

Learn more about CIRCUIT, our research centre working towards shaping a sustainable circular economy, and discover our range of state-of-the-art labs.

CIRCUIT | Circular Innovations Research Centre

CIRCUIT is the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering's research centre, which is also associated with Ngā Ara Whetū Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society. At CIRCUIT, we connect world-class research with communities and commercial opportunities to develop solutions pertaining to the transition towards a circular economy.

Research Laboratories

Analytical Lab
Bio Materials Lab
Ceramics (Powder) Processing Lab
Coatings & Energy Materials Lab
Electrochemistry and Hydrogen Lab
Food Engineering Lab
Functional Nanostructures Lab
Hazardous Prep Lab
Heat Treatment & Mechanical Testing Lab
Industrial Information and Control Lab
Magnetron Sputter Lab
Membrane Lab
Metallography Lab & Specimen Preparation Lab
Microbiology Lab
Microfluidics Lab
Nanomechanical Lab
Optical Microscopy Lab
Powder Metallurgy Lab
Powder Metallurgy Lab
Protein Biomaterials Lab
Resource Recovery Lab
TGA DSC Lab
XRD XRF Lab