Research - Active Areas
Active Research Areas by Department
The Office of Planning and Quality has conducted a thorough review of all the research areas currently either active or of primary interest by the several departments on campus. Following is a list of these research areas as recommended by the chairmans of the respective departments.
Department: Architectural Engineering (ARE)
- Indoor Air Pollution Assessment and Remedies
- Air Infiltration and Ventilation in Buildings
- Assessment of Total Indoor Environmental Quality (TIEQ)
- Heat and Moisture Transfer in Buildings (Building Envelope Studies)
- Solar Energy Applications in buildings
- Noise Control Techniques in Buildings and Environmental Noise Assessment Studies
- Mosques and Smart Classroom Acoustics
- Computer-Aided Building Energy Analysis
- Energy Conservation, Analysis and Management in Buildings
- HVAC Systems Design and Operation Studies
- Building Operation and Maintenance Studies
- Facilities Management and Post-Occupancy Evaluation
- Safety Systems in Buildings
- Concrete Durability/Problems and Assessment Studies
Department of Architecture (ARC)
- Chairman Recommendations
- Architectural Design and Creativity
- Architectural Computing
- Housing Studies
- Architectural Conservation
- Digital Design Education
- Smart Buildings
- Virtual Environment in Design and Architecture
- Data Mining in Architecture Engineering and Construction
Department of Chemical Engineering (CHE)
- Desalination (Multidisciplinary)
- Catalysis in Refining & Petrochemicals
- Polymers and Plastics
- Nanotechnology and new materials
- Corrosion (Multidisciplinary)
Department of Chemistry (CHEM)
- Computational Chemistry
- Water Soluble Polymers: Synthesis and Characterization
- Catalysis
- Polymers
- Corrosion
- New Materials and Nanotechnology
Department of City & Regional Planning (CRP)
- Computer-Aided Planning
- Development Planning
- GIS and its applications in City and Regional Planning
- Urban Manpower Planning
- Urban Economics
- Urban Demographic Analysis
- Urban & Regional Planning
- Urban Growth & Development
- Urban Systems & Policy Planning
- Urban Survey Analysis
- Sustainable Urban Development
- Strategic Environmental Assessment
Department of Construction Engineering & Management (CEM)
- Construction Contracting
- Construction Administration
- Life Cycle Costing
- Project Delivery Systems
- Risk Management
- Value Engineering
- Quality Assurance
- Safety Management
- International Construction
- Project Management
Department of Earth Sciences (ES)
- Near-Surface Seismic Investigation
- Petroleum Geology
- Groundwater Exploration & Management
- Seismic Exploration
- Seismology
Department: Physics (Phys)
- Laser Spectroscopic Applications for Sustainable development
- Laser Photonic Replication Spectroscopy
- Neutron Physics
- Radiation Physics
- Superconductivity and Magnetism
- Surface Science
- Supersonic Jet Spectroscopy
- Thin Films & Materials
- Medical Physics
- Laser Physics
- Theoritical physics
- Laser Induced breakdown Spectroscopy
- Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy
- Photoacoustic Spectroscopy
- LIDAR
- Infrared cutting Films Temperature Characterization