Structural Engineering

• Computer aided design of multistoreyed buildings
• Computer aided design of bridges
• Earthquake resistant design of buildings, power houses, towers, chimneys and bridges
• Soil-structure interaction
• Fluid-structure interaction
• Prestressed concrete elements and structures
• Finite element analysis of structures, bridges, cooling towers
• Behaviour of ferrocement building elements
• Fibre reinforced concrete elements
• Aero-dynamic studies of buildings, bridges and towers
• Expert systems in structures

• Economic evaluation of transportation systems
• Privatisation of road transportation system
• Open sky policy in domestic air travel market
• Pavement analysis design and evaluation
• Fibre reinforced, ferro-fabrocrete pavements
• Capacity analysis of urban roads and intersections
• Material characterisation
• Urban transport environment interaction
• Integrated analysis of transport modes

• Reinforced-earth retaining walls
• Skirted granular piles
• Analysis of pile groups
• Performance of shallow foundations
• Soil-structure interaction problems
• Soil dynamics and machine foundations
• Dam foundations
• Problems of river valley development (Tunnels, Shafts & Caverns)
• CAD packages for stability of soil/rock slopes
• Strength behaviour of rocks/Gorge material
• Expert systems/Artificial intelligence for problems of river valley projects

• Mathematical modelling of river processes
• Rational design of hydraulic structures
• Fundamental aspects of clear-water and sediment-laden water flows in channels
• Dispersion phenomenon in atmospheric flows and river flows
• Optimisation principles as applied to water resources problems
• Studies on fluid dynamic drag and redeveloping boundary layer flows
• Flood forecasting

Remote Sensing & Photogrammetric Engineering

• Computer cartography
• Close range photogrammetry
• Digital terrain modelling and engineering application
• Geographic information systems
• Digital image processing
• Advanced Surveying such as GPS

Environmental Engineering

• Design of air pollution control equipment
• Anaerobic treatment of high BOD waste water
• Sludge bulking in activated sludge process
• River-aquifer interaction
• Water quality modelling
• Expert systems for water and waste water treatment plant
• Environmental impact assessment and environmental management
• Hazardous waste management
• Environmental audit