Funded Opportunity for UK Academics: ICED CRM Test Programme at ETW Cologne

NWTF is partnering with Airbus, Boeing, and NASA to conduct cryogenic low-speed wind tunnel testing at ETW in Cologne, Germany, as part of a UK project called ICED CRM.

This will involve testing scaled solid ice shapes on NASA’s High Lift Common Research Model to assess the impact of super cooled large droplet icing on civil aircraft take-off and landing performance.

NWTF has secured funding to cover travel and accommodation costs for 20 UK academics, (early-stage researchers through to established professors), to attend the testing for a few days.

The exact dates are still to be confirmed, but testing will take place in February 2026.

UK-based academics are invited to submit an expression of interest, outlining their background and research interests by midnight on 20 October.

Further information and to apply: ICED CRM Test Programme – NWTF