AMBER Lab
Tackling pressing societal issues through fundamental and practical research in innovative and new construction materials.
Labs and Research Centers
NYUAD's research centers and labs with a focus on sustainability and stewardship.
Arabian Center for Climate and Environmental Sciences (ACCESS)
An interdisciplinary, UAE-based research center developing regional climate and environmental models to help understand the observed data and make future scenarios.
Burt Marine Biology Lab
Uses the Arabian Gulf as a natural laboratory to study coral reef ecology in extreme environments and to understand how these may serve as a model for the possible impacts of future climate change on reefs elsewhere.
Center for Interacting Urban Networks
Developing fundamental research that can be translated into pragmatic ideas for increasing the livability of our cities.
Center for Smart Engineering Materials (NYUAD-CSEM)
Using an integrated, multidisciplinary, and synergistic approach to provide smart and sustainable solutions for sensing and diagnostics in the oil/gas and civil engineering sectors.
eARThumanities Research Initiative
Emphasizes the significance of the arts in this wider conversation, while also drawing on the social sciences and the physical sciences and engineering to foster interdisciplinary dialogue.
Nano and Biomaterials Research Lab
Research is focused on the development of supercritical CO2-based processes to create nanoscale building blocks and their self-assembly into novel materials.
Research Kitchens
The NYUAD Research Kitchens are an initiative of the Arts and Humanities Division. They are thematic hubs for building communities of researchers across disciplinary boundaries. The Kitchens seek to provide spaces for new conversations, and to support exploratory, innovative research and creative collaborations.
S.M.A.R.T. Construction Research Group
Digitalization and automation of the construction industry coupled with the application of artificial intelligence and the integration of new technologies.
Smart Materials Lab (SML)
The leading team in chemistry research in the UAE, with research output that according to the Nature Index, accounts for an impressive 63 percent in 2015 and 67 percent in 2016 of the total chemistry publications from groups within the country.
Sustainable and Innovative Transport Demand (SIT-D Lab)
Focuses on how individuals make choices for sustainable transport modes and transport innovations. Research centers on data collection, mathematical models of consumers' decision behavior, agent-based models, demand forecasting, and policy evaluation.
Transition Investment Lab (TIL)
A research initiative aiming at positioning NYUAD as the center of excellence for impact finance and ESG research, with special reference to private markets in the Middle East, Africa, and Southern Asia (MEASA).
Transportation Infrastructure Management Lab
Their research includes all aspects of planning and management of surface transportation infrastructure.
Water Research Center
Promotes innovative research in water desalination, wastewater treatment, environmental policy, and social issues. The center serves as an interdisciplinary innovation hub for water research where scientific knowledge is transformed into practical solutions.