Special Action Areas and Cross-disciplinary Research
AAU conducts research within all faculties. Aalborg University is among the leading universities in the world within health technology research, wireless communication, energy, computer science, innovation economics and comparative welfare studies. AAU has established centres for telecommunication at Birla Institute of Technology in India, at Bandung Institute of Technology in Indonesia, and at the University of Rome. Furthermore, AAU has established a research centre for health technology at Xi'an Jiaotong University in China.
AAU has conducted several experiments in the field of CubeSat technology. The first AAU CubeSat was launched on June 30, 2003, the second (called AAUSAT-II) on April 28, 2008 and the third is due in 2012.
AAU has always adopted a cross-disciplinary, problem-based approach to research which often requires contributions from a number of scientific disciplines. Aalborg University has five cross-disciplinary action areas:
- Sustainable energy, the environment and construction.
- Global production, innovation, knowledge development and coherence.
- Information technology.
- Nanotechnology and nanoproduction.
- Experience technology and design.
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