Seismic behavior of unreinforced masonry (URM) structures, Application of Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP) in strengthening and repair of masonry/reinforced concrete structures, Seismic behavior of reinforced concrete bridges, Damage-free bridge columns, Segmental construction, Rocking mechanics and the use of sustainable materials in seismic prone regions

Design and performance of advanced structural materials, including high-performance concrete with adapted rheology, self-consolidating concrete and specialty grouts, Repair and rehabilitation of civil engineering infrastructure, Rheology and workability of cement grout, mortar, and concrete, Physico-chemical interaction of chemical admixtures and modern hydraulic binders, Microstructure and properties of cement-based materials
Mechanical properties, visco-elastic properties, and structural performance of specialty concrete, Durability and deterioration of cement-based materials in aggressive environments, Use of chemical admixtures, supplementary cementitous materials and fibers in concrete

Recycling of asphalt pavement, Modified asphalt binders, Quality control/quality assurance in pavement construction, Road materials and construction, Design and characterization of asphalt binders and mixtures, Pavement design and analysis, Advanced materials characterization and modeling, Pavement rehabilitation and management, and Environmental aspects of road material recycling

Life cycle assessment, Sustainability assessment of new construction materials, Agent-based modeling for sustainability, Community engagement for sustainable construction

Large-scale power grid planning, Power grid operational efficiency and resilience, Power system computation, optimization and economics, High performance computing, Electricity market simulation and design

Fiber reinforced polymer composites, modeling and simulation, additive manufacturing,  transparent composites, bio-composites, and multifunctional composites

Computational Intelligence
Complex Systems
Bioinformatics

Electromagnetics, Embedded sensors, Modulated antennas/scatterers, Microwave/millimeter wave engineering, Microwave material characterization, Terahertz methodologies, Electronics design

Modeling and simulation (multi agent systems, system dynamics, and social network analysis), Sustainable infrastructure management, Resilient hazard management, Energy management, Contractual and dispute management, Planning management, Safety management, Decision and risk management, Engineering education, Engineering ethics

Behavior of highly workable concrete in the fresh state, Rheology of complex materials and suspensions, Suspension flow and sedimentation, Fluid mechanics and flow modeling, Concrete made with recycled materials and advanced sustainability

Markov Decision Processes, Simulation-Based Optimization, Reinforcement Learning, Disaster Management, Risk Analytics, Airline Revenue Management, Total Productive Maintenance, Remanufacturing

Finite element methods, domain decomposition methods, interface problems, computational fluid dynamics, data assimilation, feedback control, stochastic PDEs

Sensors and instrumentation for applications in harsh environments, Photonic/microwave micro/nano materials, structures, devices and sensors, Structural health monitoring, Distributed sensor networks, Intelligent infrastructures, Environmental monitoring, Biomedical sensing and imaging, Distributed sensor networks

Deepwater well integrity technologies. This includes technologies that provide improved understanding of cement/geopolymer cement properties under extreme temperature and pressure conditions and in the presence of contaminants in wellbore fluids during drilling and completion operations. It also includes new cement formulations utilizing additives such as polymers, resins, or nanoparticles to improve cement properties and long-term reliability. 

Composition-structure-property relationships in silicate materials, Experimental characterization and numerical simulation of reaction processes (thermodynamics and kinetics) and evolution of microstructure, Development of sustainable binders for construction infrastructure, Simulation of fluid/ion transport in porous media

Development and characterization of cement based construction materials with emphasize on self-consolidating concrete (SCC), fiber reinforced concrete(FRC) and high performance concrete (HPC). Design and performance of cement based materials for additive manufacturing. Numerical modelling in engineering mechanics. Development and implementation of educational tools in engineering education.

Engineering characterization and modeling of materials, Materials’ recycling, reuse, and renewal, Sustainable materials and resilient infrastructure adapting to climate change and extreme events, Pavement design, testing, and evaluation, Pavement preservation, repair and rehabilitation, Non-destructive testing, Pavement management
Environmental sustainability in life cycle of transportation infrastructure

Critical Infrastructure Systems, Strategic Management, Sustainable Infrastructures, Management, Supply Chain and Transportation, Systems Management, Organizational Behavior, Sociotechnical Systems Analysis

Nano- and biological technologies in construction, Phase change materials in concrete, Magnesia-phosphate cement (MPC) and MPC-based functional materials, Acoustics- and optics-based NDTs and sensing, Hydration kinetics of (blended) cementitious materials, Microstructural characterization and modeling of cement paste, interfacial transition zone and mortar/concrete, Measuring and multi-scale modeling of transport properties of concrete, Mechanisms and properties of novel construction/rehabilitation materials, Deterioration mechanisms of concrete structures, Molecular simulation of C-S-H

IoT and sensor cloud based smart city applications, ride sharing and cyber-physical transportation applications, sensor networks, big data analytics, security

Structures/high performance concrete (HPC) behavior and durability performance, Fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) in structural repair and strengthening applications with an emphasis related to concrete and masonry structures, and their durability performance, Development of environmentally sensitive construction materials
Hybrid materials and enhanced systems for blast resistant structures

• Advanced polymers for sustainable infrastructure
• Nanocomposites and functional materials
• Hydration, microstructure development, and durability of cement-based materials
• Cement - chemical admixture interactions
• Rheology of cement-based materials and complex fluids
• Waste immobilization in cementitious matrices
• CO₂ conversion and utilization
• Mechanism and control of deteriorative reactions in concrete
• Inorganic electrides and microporous materials

Thermo-active foundation systems; seismic performance of improved ground; cyclic vulnerability of fine grained soils; dynamic soil-structure-foundation interaction; and advanced numerical modeling.

Advanced li-ion battery, Beyond li-ion battery, Energy storage systems, Renewable energy systems, Grid energy storage systems, Nano-/macro-mechanics of materials, Self-assembly of nanoparticles, nanostructures, multiphysics/multiscale experiment and simulations

Optimization under uncertainty, Statistical/stochastic modeling, Coordination of centralized/decentralized flexible systems, Modeling and computational methods for cyber physical systems with applications to transportation workforce safety enhancement, transportation workforce training, and coordination of transportation systems

Aggregate-interface effects in cementitious composite, Corrosion resistance, Asphalt recycle, Polymer-modified asphalts, Renewable resource materials, Strong polymer gels (PPGs) utilized for enhancing oil recovery, Biomedical materials

Critical infrastructure protection, Cyber-physical systems, Quantitative modeling; pervasive systems, Development, modeling, and assessment of dependable networks and embedded systems, System and information assurance, Engineering education

Environmental impact of construction materials

Multi-scale experimental mechanics and numerical modeling, Mechanics of adhesion and friction, Interfacial fracture mechanics, Composite materials, Microelectronic packaging, Nano indentation of thin films and micro-pillars, Seismic modeling in elastic/poroelastic media, Waveform inversion/optimization method, Vison-based structural health monitoring method

Advanced testing techniques for geo-material characterization, Modeling of coupled hydro-chemo-thermo-mechanical behavior of geo-materials, Numerical methods and modeling, Geothermal and ground source heat pump systems, Soil structure interaction, Foundation on expansive and cllapsible soils, Slope stability and retaining walls, Soil stabilization and ground improvement, Geotechnical applications in pavement engineering
Frozen ground engineering, Remote sensing for geo-engineering applications