Research Expertises

The values between parentheses indicate the total number of professors, researchers, and research units associated to the various expertises

• CIVIL ENGINEERING (6)
  • Construction engineering and management (2)
  • Geotechnical engineering (including engineering geology) (10)
  • Transportation engineering (8)
  • Hydraulic engineering (4)
  • Hydrologic engineering (3)
  • Water resources and supply (5)
• STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING (10)
  • Structural loads and safety (4)
  • Steel: materials and structures (4)
  • Concrete: materials and structures (6)
  • Structural analysis (4)
  • Structural materials (2)
  • Offshore engineering (1)
  • Earthquake engineering (8)
• AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
  • Agricultural waste management (1)
  • Agricultural power and machinery (1)
• FOREST ENGINEERING
  • Wood science and engineering (1)
• MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING (3)
  • Mining engineering (6)
  • Rock mechanics (5)
• ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (52)
  • Water quality, pollution (14)
  • Waste water treatment (1)
  • Air and noise pollution (1)
  • Solid waste management (including radioactivity) (2)
  • Bioremediation (2)
• INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING (41)
  • Operations research and management science (34)
  • Management information systems (12)
  • Logistics (28)
  • Manufacturing (3)
  • Human factors engineering (4)
  • Operations management (8)
• DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING (6)
  • Engineering design (1)
  • Advanced manufacturing (6)
  • Occupational safety (3)
• CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (96)
  • Reaction fundamentals and reactor design (6)
  • Biochemical engineering (5)
  • Thermodynamics (9)
  • Heat transfer (14)
  • Transport processes (12)
  • Separation processes (2)
  • Combustion (2)
  • Rheology and processing (6)
• BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (96)
  • Biomedical technology (15)
  • Biomedical materials (7)
  • Biomechanics (12)
• MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (52)
  • Materials structure, properties and testing (10)
  • Materials processing/fabrication (8)
  • Metallurgy/metals/alloys (7)
  • Polymers and coatings (7)
  • Ceramics (2)
  • Biomaterials (4)
  • Composites (10)
  • Other materials (1)
  • Semiconductors (3)
  • Thin films/interfaces (5)
  • Optical materials (2)
  • Magnetic materials (3)
  • Superconductors (1)
  • Crystals (1)
  • Concrete (1)
  • Minerals (1)
  • Synthesis (2)
• MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (90)
  • Solid mechanics (6)
  • Dynamics (8)
  • Plasticity, creep (2)
  • Vibrations (10)
  • Hydraulics (8)
  • Stress analysis (2)
  • Modelling, simulation and finite element methods (21)
  • Aerospace, aeronautical and automotive engineering (32)
  • Mechanical systems and instrumentation (1)
• FLUID MECHANICS (36)
  • Turbulence (8)
  • Multi-phase systems (4)
  • Modelling, simulation (36)
• FUEL AND ENERGY TECHNOLOGY (Economic Geology, use 4003)
  • Petroleum-based and fossil fuels (1)
  • Other sources of energy (solar, wind, etc.) (3)
• NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (2)
  • Reactor design and operation (3)
• ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING (20)
  • Power systems (6)
  • Electromagnetics, compatibility and interference (6)
  • Circuit theory (2)
  • Integrated circuits (3)
  • Photonic devices and networks (8)
  • Electronic circuits and devices (3)
  • Communications systems (5)
  • Communications networks (6)
  • Control systems (8)
  • Adaptive, learning and evolutionary systems (6)
  • Antennas and propagation (6)
  • Broadcasting (1)
  • Data communications (3)
  • Digital signal processing (16)
  • Electronic materials and components (2)
  • Energy conversion and distribution (8)
  • Instrumentation and measurements (7)
  • Microelectronics (3)
  • Microwave and millimeterwave devices, circuits and technologies (4)
  • Mobile and personal communication (7)
  • Radar and navigation (3)
  • Semiconductor fabrication and packaging (2)
  • Ultrasonic / ferroelectric devices and applications (2)
  • Wireless communication systems (18)
• ROBOTICS (12)
  • Robotic control and automation (16)
  • Flexible robots (6)
  • Computer vision (4)
  • Intelligent systems applications (16)
  • Pattern analysis and machine intelligence (6)
• INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (32)
  • Computer hardware (3)
  • Computer systems organization (2)
  • Distributed and parallel processing (3)
  • Software and development (11)
  • Software engineering (8)
  • Graphics (3)
  • Image and video processing (5)
  • Information systems design (5)
  • Database management (3)
  • Algorithms (9)
  • Mathematics of computing (5)
  • Optimization (13)
  • Virtual reality and related simulations (1)
  • Modelling and simulation studies (6)
  • Communication and information theory (3)
  • Computer architecture and design (5)
  • Computer systems software (5)
  • Multimedia systems and networks (5)
  • VLSI systems (6)
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Computer Vision, use 2603) (4)
  • Natural language and speech understanding (1)
  • Knowledge representation (3)
  • Expert systems (2)
  • Learning and inference theories (4)
• PURE MATHEMATICS (1)
• APPLIED MATHEMATICS (2)
  • Continuum mechanics (4)
  • Linear and non-linear systems (6)
  • Wave propagation (3)
  • Numerical analysis (9)
  • Optimization and optimal control theory (11)
  • Mathematical biology and physiology (3)
  • Mathematical physics (2)
  • Mathematics of communications (1)
  • Mathematical modelling (18)
• STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY (1)
  • Statistical theory (1)
  • Time series analysis (1)
  • Survey methodology (2)
  • Applied statistics (3)
  • Biostatistics (1)
  • Stochastic processes (2)
  • Applied probability (2)
  • Parametric inference (1)
  • Nonparametric inference (1)
  • Multivariate analysis (3)
• PHYSICS (2)
  • Nuclear physics (2)
  • Particle physics (2)
  • Plasma physics (1)
  • Experimental methods and instrumentation (2)
  • Acoustics (1)
  • Optics (see also photon devices 2505) (7)
  • Lasers (5)
  • Photonics (8)
  • Biophysics (3)
• THEORETICAL PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
  • Kinetic and transport theory of fluids, physical properties of gases (1)
  • Theory of elementary particles and fields (1)
  • Classical and quantum physics (2)
  • Relativity and gravitation (1)
  • Statistical mechanics and thermodynamics (1)
  • Quantum and/or computational chemistry (1)
• CONDENSED MATTERPHYSICS (1)
  • Electronic properties of solids (3)
  • Surfaces, interfaces and thin films (10)
  • Semiconductors (5)
  • Magnetic properties and magnetic materials (4)
  • Optical properties (2)
  • Transport properties (3)
  • Soft condensed matter (2)
  • Mesoscopic physics (1)
• PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (1)
  • Surface and interfacial chemistry (4)
  • Crystallography - physical chemistry (1)
• INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
  • Kinetics and mechanisms of reactions (1)
  • Catalysis (1)
• POLYMER CHEMISTRY (1)
  • Polymer synthesis (1)
  • Properties of polymers (3)
  • Biopolymers (1)
• EARTH SCIENCE (SEE ALSO Marine Geology 4604)
  • Petrology, igneous and metamorphic geology (1)
  • Structural geology and tectonics (2)
  • Stratigraphy (1)
  • Environmental geology (1)
  • Mathematical geology (1)
• GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION (2)
  • Geographic information systems, global positioning systems (2)
• GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY
  • Environmental geochemistry (1)
  • Geochronology (1)
• GEOPHYSICS (1)
  • Structure and dynamics of the earth's interior (1)
  • Applied geophysics (1)
  • Environmental geophysics (1)
• HYDROLOGY
  • Hydrogeochemistry (1)
  • Surface water (3)
  • Groundwater (3)
• SOIL SCIENCE
  • Chemistry and mineralogy (1)
• PLANT AND TREE BIOLOGY (1)
• GENETICS (1)
  • Molecular genetics (1)
  • Genetic engineering (1)
• CELL BIOLOGY (1)
  • Cell differentiation (1)
  • Cell movement (1)
• MICROBIOLOGY (1)
  • Bacteriology (1)
• MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (1)
  • Gene structure (1)
  • Gene expression (1)
  • Protein manipulation and expression (2)
• ANIMAL BIOLOGY (1)
• LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH RELATED TO HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE (2)
• OTHER STUDIES IN NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING (1)
  • Management science and technology (1)
• SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES (3)
• MEDICAL SCIENCES (4)