All innovation starts with research (knowledge creation) and the consequent development of applications. Most scientific and technological research is conducted at universities, where all academic staff are researchers.
The Research Cluster of the Composites Campus is made up of research groups of excellence recognised by the Government of Catalonia, which belong to various university departments and research institutes. They focus expertise on fields such as lightweight structures, advanced manufacturing technologies, innovation in civil engineering and construction, materials of natural, biomimetic and bio-inspired origin, composites and lignocellulose-based nanocomposites, the synthesis, simulation and applications of compounds on a nanoscale, design for energy and resource efficiency and the design of functional and multi-functional materials and products.