Harper Adams University Postgraduate Prospectus

Engineering facilities The Engineering Department benefits from a number of specialist facilities including the new £2.93m Agricultural Engineering Innovation Centre with electronics / mechatronics and research laboratories and a large lecture theatre. The JCB sponsored Engineering Design Centre is the hub for student centred learning with academic staff support. There is also an off road vehicle test track, a purpose built indoor soil hall, and well equipped engineering workshops. We also maintain a wide-ranging fleet of the latest machines and vehicles and have loan arrangements with engineering companies to ensure students have access to the latest technological developments. In addition to the largest covered field demonstration area in the UK, you will have access to the fields of the University Farm to give you experience in operational techniques. The Engineering Department is also home to The National Centre for Precision Farming, which facilitates the knowledge exchange required to bring ‘smart’ agricultural machinery into wider and more productive use in UK and global farming. harper.ac.uk/eng harper.ac.uk/ncpf The Bio-fermentation Laboratory The bio-fermentation laboratory is a category 2 research facility containing apparatus and equipment for studies which simulate (in vitro) conditions for ruminant nutrition and anaerobic digestion. The laboratory currently provides equipment for batch and continuous culture systems. It contains sixteen, 10-litre bench-top anaerobic digestion vessels as well as a gas meter and infra-red gas analyser for analysis of gas composition. The resources support a number of research projects which include: the effect of diet on rumen fermentation characteristics and methane production; the potential of anaerobic digestion for on-farm storage and bio-reduction of fallen stock; and maximising energy recovery from waste materials by the integration of anaerobic digestion and pyrolysis water. Nematology facilities The nematology facilities at Harper Adams comprise both a nematode extraction laboratory, for processing soil dwelling nematodes, and a ‘clean’ laboratory for nematode quantification, bioassay and imaging. We hold a range of microscopes to allow us to visualise, monitor and record samples within our work. The laboratory is supported by nematologists Dr Ivan Grove and Dr Matthew Back who cover research across the range from molecular studies right through to field investigations. Right / Dr Eman Zentane, Entohub 32 / ON CAMPUS