Topics of interests (but not limited to):

• Civil Engineering
  • Structural Engineering
  • Transportation
  • Green construction materials and technologies
  • Construction management
  • Construction method and system
  • Optimization and innovation in structural design
  • Environmental impact and green design
  • Local and recycled materials
  • Forensic engineering
  • Structural health monitoring system
  • Assessment and retrofitting
  • Hybrid and composite structures
  • Smart materials and structures
  • Special structures
  • Structural dynamics and earthquake engineering
  • Structures in severe environment
  • Disaster mitigation and restoration.
  • Structural Analysis.

• Mining and Geophysics Engineering
  • Integrated approach to interpretation of geological and geophysical data
  • Geophysics for mineral exploration
  • Geophysics for geological hazard studies
  • Geophysics for site investigation and geotechnical monitoring
  • Geophysics for hydrogeology and environment studies
  • Integrated shallow geophysical surveys
  • Topical problems of engineering geology
  • Mathematical methods for processing and interpretation of geological and geophysical data
  • Marine seismic
  • Airborne geophysics and drone technologies for geology
  • Surface and subsurface shallow seismic
  • Well logging: theory and practice
  • Shallow TEM surveys: theory and practice
  • Magnetic and gravity surveys for engineering, exploration, and mineral potential appraisal
  • Georadar technologies (GPR)
  • Geophysics for archaeology
  • Engineering geophysics for petroleum production
  • etc

• Electrical Engineering, Informatics, Computer Sciences
  • Electrical:
    • Electrical Engineering Materials,
    • Electric Power Generation,
    • Transmission and Distribution,
    • Power Quality,
    • Power Economic,
    • FACTS,
    • Renewable Energy,
    • Electric Traction,
    • Electromagnetic Compatibility,
    • High Voltage Insulation Technologies,
    • High Voltage Apparatuses,
    • Lightning Detection and Protection,
    • Power System Analysis,
    • SCADA,
    • Electrical Measurements,
    • etc
  • Electronics:
    • Electronic Materials,
    • Microelectronic System,
    • Design and Implementation of Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC),
    • FPGA (field programmable gate array) design & application,
    • VLSI Design, System-on-a-Chip (SoC) and Electronic Instrumentation Using CAD Tools,
    • Digital signal & data Processing, ,
    • Biomedical Transducers and instrumentation,
    • Medical Imaging Equipment and Techniques,
    • Biomedical Imaging and Image Processing,
    • Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Engineering,
    • Biomaterials and Drug Delivery Systems,
    • etc;

• • Instrumentation and Control:
    • Optimal control, Robust control,Intelligent control and Adaptive Controls,
    • Linear and nonlinear control systems,
    • Stochastic Controls, Hybrid and Switching  control,
    • Optimization and optimal control,
    • Recent trends in control systems,
    • Digital control theory and development,
    • Non-linear systems and control,
    • Process control, Networked control,Cooperative control,
    • Bio-control, Modelling and Identification,
    • Robotics,
    • Image Based Control, Process Optimization and Scheduling,
    • Control and Intelligent Systems,
    • Artificial Intelligent and Expert System,
    • Fuzzy Logic and Neural Network,
    • Complex Adaptive Systems,
    • Programmable logic control (PLC),
    • Measurement and control of process variables in a production process,
    • Instrumentation and control components,
    • Transducer principles, Measurement techniques,
    • Analytical and virtual instrumentation,
    • Biomedical instrumentation and applications,
    • Process control and instrumentation,
    • Industrial automation, Network based systems,
    • Recent developments in automation and control,
    • etc;

• • Power Electronics and Drive System
    • Power devices and components,
    • Sensors,
    • Integration and packaging,
    • Control in power electronics,
    • Low and high power converters (inverters, converters, controlled and uncontrolled rectifiers),
    • Control algorithms and techniques applied to power electronics,
    • FACTS, PFC, STATCOM,
    • Pulse width modulation (PWM),
    • Space vector machine (SVM),
    • Harmonic analysis and compensations,
    • Switching circuits and power converters,
    • Electromagnetic and thermal performance of electronic power converters and inverters,
    • Power quality control and utility applications,
    • Renewable energy,
    • Electric machines,
    • Modelling, simulation, analysis, design and implementations of the application of power circuit components (power semiconductors, inductors, high frequency transformers, capacitors),
    • EMI/EMC considerations,
    • Motors and drives (field oriented control and direct torque control),
    • Applications in motor drives,
    • Smart grid, wind energy systems, solar,battery chargers, UPS and hybrid systems,electric vehicles, and other applications
    • etc;
  • Telecommunication:
    • Communication Network and Systems,
    • Modulation and Signal Processing for Telecommunication,
    • Information Theory and Coding, Antenna and Wave Propagation,
    • Wireless and Mobile Communications, Communication Electronics and Microwave,
    • Wireless technologies which includes 3G And 4G Mobile communications services,
    • Wireless multimedia and networks and systems, Wireless-fibre technologies,
    • Radar Imaging, Distributed Platform,
    • Telematics Services and Security Network, Vehicular Ad hoc networks,
    • Energy-efficient communications, Emerging sensor technologies, Video and sensor surveillance,
    • Radio Communication, Radio resource sharing in wireless networks, Cellular and Ad hoc networks,
    • Mobile communication technologies, Mobile software (agents), Wireless access,
    • Wireless communications antennas and propagation and transmission technologies,
    • Broadband wireless technology, Cross-layer modelling and design,
    • Ultra-wideband communications and Management, operation and control networks which includes Monitoring telecommunications systems,
    • Network management contingency challenges, Real-time traffic and QoS, Performance and QoS, traffic engineering,
    • Telecommunications management and control of heterogeneous networks,
    • Mobility control and mobility engineering,
    • Communications networks security and wireless hacking,
    • Core technologies and access technologies and networks which includes,
    • Metro/Access networks, Broadband access networks and services, Next Generation Networks and technologies, Future Internet, Intelligent & Smart networks, Grid, Cluster and Internet computing, Optical network,
    • etc;
  • Computer Science & Informatics:
    • Computer Architecture and Computer Network
    • Parallel and Distributed Computer, Pervasive Computing, Heterogeneous Network, Grid Computing, and Cloud Computing
    • Embedded System, Human-Computer Interaction, Virtual/Augmented Reality,
    • Computer Security, Intrusion Detection/ Prevention System, Network hacking and Forensic
    • Software Engineering (Software: Lifecycle, Management, Engineering Process, Engineering Tools and Methods),
    • Programming (Programming Methodology and Paradigm),
    • Data Engineering (Data and Knowledge level Modeling, Information Management (DB) practices, Knowledge Based Management System, Knowledge Discovery in Data),
    • Network Traffic Modeling, Performance Modeling, Dependable Computing, High Performance Computing, Computer Security,
    • Human-Machine Interface,
    • Stochastic Systems, Information Theory, Intelligent Systems,
    • Information System,IT Management,  IT Governance, E-Learning and Distance Learning
    • Optical Communication Technology,
    • Next Generation Network and Multimedia
    • Robotic Instrumentation, Information Search Engine, Multimedia Security,
    • Computer Vision, Information Retrieval, Intelligent System,  Natural Language Processing
    • Mobile Programming and Processing,
    • Cognitive Systems,

• Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
  • Industrial, Mechanical, Systems Science and Engineering
  • Decision Analysis and Methods
  • Systems Modeling and Simulation
  • Intelligent Systems / Artificial Intelligence
  • Manufacturing and Production Processes
  • Machinery and Machine Design
  • Mechanical Power Engineering
  • Manufacturing Systems/Engineering
  • Laser Based Manufacturing
  • Computer-aided Design and Manufacturing
  • Engineering Materials
  • Mechanical Behavior of Materials
  • Vehicle Design and Development
  • Design and Application of Robotic Systems
  • Mechanical and Electronic Engineering Control
  • Healthcare Systems and Management
  • Information Processing and Engineering
  • Operations Research
  • Facility Planning and Management
  • Project Management
  •  Quality Control and Management
  • Reliability and Maintenance Engineering
  • Human Factors and Ergonomics
  • Engineering Economy and Cost Analysis
  • Global Manufacturing and Management
  • Production Planning, Scheduling and Control
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Service Innovation and Management
  • Technology and Knowledge Management
  • Safety, Security and Risk Management
  • Engineering Education and Training
  • Precision Mechanics / Mechatronics

• Chemical and Environmental Engineering
  • Chemical, Environmental, and Process Engineering
    • Environmental engineering and sustainable development
    • Process design and optimization
    • Product innovation, development, and economics
    • Process intensification
    • Nanotechnology
    • New materials & structured products
    • Intelligent polymers
    • Green organic synthesis routes
    • Process integration
    • Environmental engineering & management
    • Sustainable & clean technologies
    • SCF as solvent substitutes
  • Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Fundamentals
    • Chemical engineering fundamentals
    • Physical, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
    • Chemical engineering educational challenges and development
    • Chemical reaction engineering
    • Chemical engineering equipment design and process design
    • Thermodynamics
    • Catalysis & reaction engineering
    • Particulate systems
    • Rheology
    • Multiphase flows
    • Interfacial & colloidal phenomena
    • Transport phenomena in porous/granular media
    • Membranes and membrane science
    • Crystallization
    • Distillation, absorption, and extraction
    • Ionic liquids/electrolyte solutions
  • Environmental Engineering and Technology
    • Pollution and monitoring
    • Water supply and wastewater treatment
    • Air pollution
    • Solid waste management
    • Modeling, simulation, and optimization
    • Impact, risk and life cycle assessment
    • Environmental integrated management and policy making
    • Environmental friendly materials
    • Sustainable tourism
    • Urban and Rural Ecology
    • Waste Management (industrial, domestic, natural)
    • Environmental Technology and Management
    • Environmental Political Economy
    • Biodiversity Conservation & Protected Areas Management
    • Ecological and Environmental Quality Studies
    • Environmental Education
    • Computer Modeling & Applications, Remote Sensing, GIS
    • Environmental Manufacturing & Engineering
    • Cleaner Technologies, Control, Treatment & Remediation Techniques
    • Life Cycle Assessment, Risk Assessment, Health, and Safety Impact Assessment
• Integration of Life Sciences & Engineering
  • Biochemical Engineering
  • Biotechnology
  • Product Engineering in the Bio-Industries
  • Self-organisation in the Biosciences and elsewhere
  • Delivery of the final product
  • Biotechnology applied to production of new and better quality food
  • Physical chemistry and thermodynamics for life sciences and biotechnology
  • Improvement of environmental remediation processes
  • Food process technology and engineering
  • The impact of bio-based polymeric materials
  • Biochemical and bio-molecular engineering
  • Bioengineering and biomedical engineering
  • Biological and Medicinal Chemistry
  • Energy and environment
  • Forest product processing
  • Milk product processing

• Multi-scale and/or Multi-disciplinary Approaches
  • Process system, instrumentation, and control
  • Product engineering and product development
  • Product design & innovation
  • Nanomanufacturing
  • Controlled release of the active ingredient
  • Energy & nuclear sciences
  • Energy and environment
  • CFD & chemical engineering
  • Food engineering
  • Nanomaterials
  • Particle technology
  • Mathematical modeling in chemical engineering
  • Macromolecular Science and Engineering
  • Advanced materials processing

• Systematic Methods and Tools for Managing the Complexity
  • Multiscale modeling
  • Process synthesis & design
  • Process control & operations
  • Process Safety Management
  • Supply chain management & business decision support
  • Advances in computational & numerical methods
  • Safety & risk management systems
  • Systems biology
  • Economics and Business Management
  • Process Analytical Technology – PAT
  • Software architecture, standards, and interfaces
  • Etc

• Urban Planning and Architectures
  • Urban Planning and Urban Design for Sustainability
  • Urban sustainability and the move to low carbon development
  • Integrating of Renewable Energy Sources for Urban development
  • Eco-Design and Eco-Friendly Development
  • Eco-System and Biodiversity
  • Transit-Oriented Development: Health and Walkability
  • Emergent Urban Patterns
  • Retrofitting the Existing City
  • Green Development and Construction Systems
  • Sustainable Housing and Compact Urban Neighborhoods
  • Traditional Neighbourhoods Design/Neotraditional Design
  • Eco-Mobility: Sustainability in Transport
  • Innovative Waste Management Concepts
  • Landscape Architecture, Productive Urban Landscape and Urban Farming
  • Design for Sustainability
  • Low Energy Architecture
  • Low Cost Building
  • Design with Nature
  • Sustainable Construction Materials, Systems and Technologies
  • Smart and Bioclimatic Architecture
  • Building Envelopes and Innovative Façade Systems
  • Sustainable Vernacular Architecture
  • Ecological, Social and Cultural Sensitivity
  • Sustainable Urban Design
  • Sustainable Design and Human Behavior: Changing Lifestyles
  • Sustainable Renovation and Restoration
  • Adaptive Re-use and Brownfield Development
  • Cultural Heritage and Eco-Tourism
  • Zero-Carbon & Low Energy Housing and Mixed-use Development
  • etc