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Structural design and design management of buildings, industrial power plants and petrochemical and steel complexes, structural analysis and design of steel and composite structures, seismic design of structures, advanced numerical and analytical modelling techniques in structural engineering, new technologies in construction engineering for developing and sustaining physical infrastructures and buildings, application of sustainable design principles to increase energy efficiency of existing buildings

Geotechnical engineering, soil mechanics, earthquake, ground improvement, ground settlement, retaining walls, soil-structure-interaction, unsaturated soil mechanics, railway engineering, geomechanics, road embankment

Building and construction industry, forecasting, industry restructuring, microeconomic reform, technology impacts

The adoption, diffusion and use of technology in construction, construction sites and issues associated with utilising mobile technology, organisations and information systems, the application of social theories such as activity theory and autopoiesis

Strategic planning, design, funding and delivery of major capital projects.
Procurement and management of appropriate personnel including external consultant teams and building contractor

Sustainable building (principles and practical application) - all building types, in particular housing, 'green' building/'green' housing, energy and water efficient building/housing, 'green' architecture/design

Materials technology (new types of cement, concrete and asphalt), road design and construction, soil mechanics, environment protection, waste utilisation and encapsulation of hazardous and nuclear waste, greenhouse gas emission abatement, sustainable energy and building systems, solar power, gas generation from biomass, cavitation resistence, earthquake & hurricane resistant prefabricated housing