Research facilities

DTU has a number of world-class research facilities and contributes with instrumentation and data processing to several European facilities. Below is a selection of our facilities:

The most powerful group of electron microscopes in the world at DTU Nanolab. nanolab.dtu.dk/english

National centre for micro- and nanofabrication (DTU Nanolab) with 1,350 m 2 cleanroom facilities. nanolab.dtu.dk/english

World-class experimental platform for technology development, testing, demonstration, and training within electric power and energy. dtu.dk/powerlab

Some of the world’s most sophisticated laboratory facilities within audiovisual research. act.elektro.dtu.dk

A world-class chemical engineering pilot plant. dtu.dk/pilot-plant

Cutting-edge NMR research facilities. dtu.dk/NMR-centre ESS, the European Spallation Source in Lund, Sweden will be the largest and most advanced neutron scattering facility in the world when it is completed. DTU is responsible for a number of areas, including developing some of the highly specialized instruments that need to be constructed for the neutron source. europeanspallationsource.se

Large-scale facilities for advanced structural and material testing on DTU Lyngby and DTU Risø campuses. casmat.dtu.dk

Facilities for wind energy research include one of the biggest and most advanced wind tunnels in the world: the Poul la Cour Wind Tunnel on DTU Risø Campus, as well as two test centres on the west coast of Jutland: Høvsøre and Østerild, where it is possible to test wind turbines up to 330 metres high. dtu.dk/plct, dtu.dk/hovsore, and dtu.dk/osterild

North Tokamak is a fusion reactor donated by the British company Tokamak Energy. With the tokamak, DTU is able to research plasma physics and to achieve an increased understanding of plasma decay, waves, and turbulence. North Tokamak weighs half a ton and has an outer radius of 0.25 metres and a magnetic field of 0.1-0.5 tesla. dtu.dk/tokamak

Supercomputers

• Computerome is used for biotechnological and personal medicine research. DTU is currently upgrading its supercomputers, and Computerome II will have 49,000 CPU cores and store 20 petabytes of data. computerome.dtu.dk

Sofia, a high performance computer cluster used for research in wind energy and mechanical engineering.

Niflheim Linux cluster supercomputer of 16,480 CPU cores specially designed for materials and energy research. dtu.dk/niflheim

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Research-infrastructure at DTU

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Test Centre Østerild

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Wind Tunnel

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DTU Nanolab

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The small fusion reactor, North Tokamak, arrived at DTU Lyngby Campus in autumn 2018. The photo is a peek inside the vacuum chamber where scientists can produce and study plasma. The tokamak is used for research in fusion energy.