Architecture and infrastructural design

• Architecture and urban planning
• Climate control in buildings
• Fatigue in large constructions
• Concrete, steel and glass structures
• Hydraulics and maritime technology
• Bridge design and construction

Materials science and engineering

• Metals science and technology
• Concrete technology
• Advanced textiles, fibrous materials and composites
• Durability and sustainability of materials
• Advanced material characterization techniques
• Fracture and damage mechanics
• Multi-scale modeling of materials

Modeling and systems design

• Design of optimal logistic systems and supply chains
• Control of complex dynamical systems
• Stochastic modeling of systems
• Signal processing
• Neural networks and Reservoir computing
• Computer architecture: modelling and optimization
• Multiphysics modeling and numerical simulations
• Multiscale modeling of chemical production processes
• Atomic-level tailoring of nanomaterials

Biomedical engineering

• Biomedical imaging
• Biomedical signal processing
• Bio-fluid and tissue mechanics
• Medical devices
• Biomaterials
• Biosensors
• Advanced feedback control methods

Sustainable energy and machinery

• Alternative fuels for engines
• Tribology
• Renewable energy
• Electrical power systems
• Clean technologies in chemical reaction engineering
• Nuclear fusion and plasmas

Electronics and electronic devices    

• From applied physics to electronic applications
• Electromagnetics
• Photonics
• Acoustics
• Advanced components, circuits, and systems design
• Microsystems technology
• Display components and systems
• Sofware, hardware and embedded systems

ICT and multimedia

• Broadband communication networks
• Wireless and cable networks
• Multimedia (trans)coding and processing
• Multimedia content analysis, synthesis and recognition
• Content management
• Semantic web technology
• Standardization for networks and multimedia