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Job Opportunity: Systems Engineer
Location: FAAM Airborne Laboratory, CranfieldSalary: £27,924 to £33,309 p.a.Contract length: Fixed Term (to 31 March 2026 – due to external funding)Contract type: Full timeClosing date: Monday 14 March 2022 Are you highly motivated with...
Job Opportunity: Mechanical Design Engineer
Location: FAAM Airborne Laboratory, CranfieldSalary: £42,149 to £50,296 p.a.Contract length: Fixed Term (to 31 March 2026 – due to external funding)Contract type: Full timeClosing date: Monday 14 March 2022 Are you highly motivated with a...
Job Opportunity: FAAM Support Engineer
The FAAM Support Engineer has a varied role, encompassing daily, routine activities around the aircraft and facility both at its home base and at locations around the world.
Are you interested in joining our Advisory Group?
This instrument is fitted to the aircraft's nose, and measures wind turbulence in 3 dimensions The FAAM Airborne Laboratory is seeking members to join its Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) User Community Advisory Group. The MLU will produce transformative change for the research...
Investing in the future of airborne research
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has invested £5.5 million in the FAAM Airborne Laboratory, which will produce a transformative change in the science facility.
Job Opportunity: FAAM Support Engineer
Would you like to join a world leading national science and technology research centre dedicated to atmospheric science? Do you hold a degree or equivalent in a science, earth science or engineering subject, with strong technical skills and experience of supporting...
Tracking ship exhaust emissions shines a light on cloud behaviour
Emissions from ship exhausts can have a major impact on air quality and climate, and in particular, change the behavior and brightness of clouds.A mixture of particulates and gases, such as soot and sulphates, is produced by burning fossil fuels to power ships; which...
Back doing what we do best – FAAM takes to the skies for its first science mission since March
The FAAM aircraft took to the skies over the North Sea and Norfolk for its first science mission after six months spent mostly in the hangar. The purpose of the post-lockdown mission was to test instruments on board the airborne laboratory, in particular the probes...
Susannah Rastall
Colleagues will be sorry to learn of the recent death of Susannah Rastall, Administrator at the Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM). Alan Woolley, Head of FAAM, has provided the following tribute: "Susannah worked as a University of Leeds...
Scientists search for new source of air pollutants during Cape Verde dust season
Scientists have been flying over the Atlantic Ocean to investigate how desert dust and man-made pollution are interacting in remote marine environments, which could have knock-on consequences for the air quality in our towns and cities. Researchers from the National...