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1. Structural loading, health monitoring, and strengthening area:

• Design of civil infrastructure and lifelines to withstand wind, tropical cyclones, thunderstorms, and tornadoes

• Construction material behaviour at high temperatures and analysis of whole structure behaviour under fire impacts

• Foundation design for earthquake loading and Lifelines earthquake engineering

• Monitoring of structural repairs and development of self-repairable structures

• Condition assessments and condition-based maintenance and performance

• Sensor network design, data transmission, wired and wireless communication

• Self-powered and low power sensors technology and management

• Seismic response of buildings, bridges, and other special structures

• Structural pathologies and diagnostic methodological approach

• In-situ sensors, corrosion sensors, and sensors for local damage detection 

• Integration of structural health monitoring and control, Fire risk analysis, numerical modeling, and protection systems

• Advanced inspection, testing, and non-destructive methodologies

• Performance assessment, safety evaluation, and scour indicators

• Advanced signal processing and interpretation techniques, Multi-functional materials, and new sensor materials

• Monitoring of aging structures and infrastructure, Adaptive rehabilitation, and rehabilitation technologies

• Seismic retrofitting, repair, and strengthening methods, Load capacity ratings, and service life estimations

• Building performance simulation and durability, Sensor/structure integration technology

• Optical fibre sensors for health monitoring, Monitoring of high-rise buildings and bridges

• Passive, active, and semi-active controls, Remote control of monitoring systems

• Implementation of structural monitoring, Seismic vulnerability, and loss assessment

• Rehabilitation of the constructed heritage, Rehabilitation of coastal structures

• Durability issues in harsh environments, Sensors for high-temperature applications

• Dynamic stability and progressive collapse, Data mining, and data management

• Vibration and wave propagation methods, Artificial intelligence tools, Solidification and stabilization

• FRP composites, Codes of Practice and Design, Facade material and design, Case studies

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   2. Advanced concrete technology area:

• Concrete waste management, recycling, environmental aspects, Material properties, and development of new materials

• Failure mechanism and concrete health monitoring, Microstructural characterization of concrete

• Concrete admixtures, mixers, and sealers, Fibre-reinforced concrete technology, Fresh and hardened concrete

• High-performance concrete, Aesthetics of concrete, Durability, and repair, LCC, SDC, and SCC, Cement accelerator

• Concrete cancer, Concrete leveling, Test methods, Case studies

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   3. Advanced geotechnical engineering area:

• Finite element modeling of saturated/unsaturated geotechnical systems/materials

• Soil improvement techniques and modification by inclusions and confinement

• Dynamic soil-structure interaction and pipeline-soil interaction

• Underground structures, tunnels, trenchless construction, Soil classification, exploration, and laboratory testing

• Soil dynamics and geotechnical earthquake engineering, Geotechnical site investigation and instrumentation

• Numerical simulation of multiphase porous media, Computer applications in geotechnical engineering

• Soil bearing capacity and foundation settlements

• Geotechnics for road and railway transportation, Computer applications in geotechnical engineering

• Slope stability, landslides, and retaining walls, Recycled wastes & lightweight geomaterials

• Earthquake-resistant design of foundations, Numerical analysis of suction caissons

• Sensor-Enabled Geosynthetics (SEG), Seepage, and dewatering systems

• Limit state design of foundations, Erosion, and deterioration, Deep foundations / Pile foundation

• Unsaturated soil mechanics, Geotechnical aspects of landfills, Geo-environmental engineering

• Computational geomechanics, Constitutive modeling, Dam and marine geotechnics

• Computational poromechanics, Soft soil engineering, Liquefaction analysis, Soil-Bio interactions

• Field seismic testing, Rock mechanics

• Creep of clayey soils, Probabilistic approaches, Geohazards, Offshore Foundations, Centrifuge model tests 

• Reliability-based design for foundations, Local site effects, and microzonation

• Cemented soils / Expansive soils, Case studies

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   4. Offsite manufacturing and digital construction area:

• Sustainable construction, Construction issues in modular systems, and planning of modular building

• Types of modular construction and application of modular systems 

• Smart construction (3D printing, artificial intelligence, robotics)

• Precast concrete modules and hybrid modular construction systems

• Prefabrication forms, designing, process, and formwork systems

• Factory production of modules, automation, and field factory

• Technological forecasting and strategic planning, Intelligent decision support systems

• Information technologies in construction and BIM, Constructions management, and technology

• Construction law and legal issues in construction, Construction life cycle / Construction materials

• Construction economics and cost control, Construction procurement, and equipment

• Specifications and quality control, Scheduling and estimating, Value engineering and optimization

• Acoustic insulation in modular construction, Structural design of modular structures

• Tolerances; related codes and standards, Built en vironment, Inspection methods, Contract administration

• Environmental concerns, Renovation of buildings, Case studies​

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