The research areas currently active in the faculty are as follows:
Protection and repair of concrete; Non-destructive testing of concrete; Fiber reinforced concrete; High performance concrete; Natural building blocks; Foam concrete; Pozzolans in concrete; Corrosion of steel in concrete; Self compacting concrete; mine-waste usage in concrete. Fracture Behaviour of Concrete under uniaxial compression, Interfacial Transition Zone Effects on crack initiation and propagation, Drying Shrinkage Crack Effects on Concrete Performance.
New procurement models and approaches in construction, Managing change and innovation in construction, Stakeholder Management in Construction, Innovative performance measurement systems in construction, Intelligent Techniques in Construction Cost Estimation, Methods and Algorithms for Optimizing construction scheduling, Risk management in construction, Information technology in construction, Collaboration and integration in construction management, Automation in construction management, Building Information Modelling (BIM) in construction. Occupational Health and Safety System Management.
Performance based analysis. Strengthening. Finite element analysis. Neural network. Historic buildings and their analysis. Analysis of base isolated buildings. Effect of corrosion on seismic performance of RC structures. Seismic risk and fragility curves. Nonlinear dynamics and stability of systems. Effect of uncertainties on seismic risk assessment. Behaviour of Steel Members and Frames. Ductility of Steel Beam to Column Connections. Seismic Performance Evaluation of Mixed Framed Structures. Performance of Special Truss Moment Frames. Optimization of Steel Truss Systems. System identification. Active control of structures. Structural health monitoring. Vibration based damage detection. Behaviour of Steel Members and Frames.
Hydrology, Hydraulics, Groundwater, Coastal Engineering, Sediment transport and erosion, Water resources management, Environmental hydraulics, Hydro-climatologic changes, Water distribution Networks.
Expansive soils, soil stabilization, soils of arid environment, soil behaviour, calcareous soils. Analysis and design of pile foundations, Deep excavations and soil structure interaction, Geotechnical modelling using Finite Element Method, Shearing and one dimensional compression of granular matter.
Pavement design, pavement behaviour stochastic modeling, pavement management systems, traffic engineering, simulations, reliability, traffic accident analysis, data collection, concrete behaviour, cost estimation, project management.
Video Processing,
Mobile Communication System Simulation and Design, Mobile Security Systems, Mobile Payment Systems, Wireless Sensor Networks,
Antenna Design,
Adaptive Solar Panels,
VLSI Design, Inverter Design,
Geographic Information Systems,
Digital Signal Processing, Adaptive Power Filters, Complex Wavelets,
Linear System Design,
Manufacturing and Production Systems; Modeling and Analysis, Production Planning and Control; Machine Scheduling
Operations Research and Decision Sciences; System Analysis, Modeling, Simulation and Optimization; Deterministic and Stochastic Modeling and Optimization; Algorithms and Metaheuristics; Multi-Criteria Decision Making
Human Factors and Ergonomics; Cognitive Engineering
Statistics and Quality Engineering; Quality Management; Statistical Quality Control and Improvement; Design and Analysis of Experiments
Occupational Safety and Health; Public Health; Environmental Pollution and Control
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Statistical Data Analysis; Data Mining
Financial and Market Engineering
Engineering Education; Ethics in Engineering
Manufacturing System Design and Implementation,
Prototyping in product development,
Multi Agent System Architectures,
Virtual Reality, Laboratory Equipment Design, Implementation and Testing,
Renewable Energy, PV Solar Systems, Solar-Collectors for Water Heating, Wind Turbines,
Solar Cars, Jet Engine Simulation,
Heating, Solar Air Heating, Cooling, Solar-Cooling, Refrigeration, Thermo-Physics, Evaporative Cooling,
Power Plant Design and Operation.