College of Engineering

Area

Focus Area

Topics of Expertise at AUS Engineering

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Materials Science and Corrosion

Behavior of materials in different corrosive environments, smart nanomaterials, polymers, natural corrosion inhibitors,  corrosion mechanisms and methods, corrosion in wide-ranging industrial settings 

Energy

Renewable energy, fuel cells, biofuels, chemical fuels, oil and gas processing,  modeling and simulation of chemical processes, refrigeration

Biotechnology; Biomedical; and Pharmaceutical

Drug delivery, nano-biotechnology, pharmaceutical biotechnology, bioremediation, bio-fuels; ethanol processes, fermentation processes, bioprocess engineering and optimization, bio-reactors and bio-filters 

Environmental and Water

Water and wastewater treatment, air pollution, soil contamination, spills, mitigating emissions, carbon dioxide sequestration, handling and disposal of hazardous materials, modeling and simulation 

Petroleum, Oil and Natural Gas

Natural gas sweetening, dehydration, drilling and natural gas production, natural gas compression and measurements, safety in the oil/gas industry, liquified natural gas, modeling and simulation of chemical processes, refrigeration

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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Structures and Materials

Reinforced and pre-stressed concrete structures, steel structures, fire resistant structures, high-performance concrete, finite element modeling (FEA), earthquake engineering, bridge design, composite materials, sustainable materials, high-rise buildings, structural experiments

Environmental and Water Engineering

Water and wastewater treatment, water infrastructure management, water distribution systems modeling and analysis, hydraulic structures, open-channels, storm-water management

Geotechnical Engineering

Earth dams, soil testing and stabilization, foundation analysis and design, machine foundations, seismic site response, liquefaction analysis, retaining walls, geosynthetics

Transportation Engineering

Intelligent transportation systems, transportation planning and operations, sustainable transportation systems, airport engineering, satellite remote sensing, GIS applications, GPS networks

Construction Engineering, Management

Green buildings, infrastructure management, construction and project management, contracting, sustainable design

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COMPUTER SCIENCE AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING 

Mobile Computing

Mobile app development using Android, graphical user interfaces, file input/output, databases, background services, notifications, broadcast messages, GPS and maps

Cyber Security

Cyber security awareness, computer and network security, security threats and attacks, weakness identification, protection, hacking

Parallel/Multicore Computing

GPU programming-CUDA, thrust, arrayfire, computation acceleration via GPUs

High performance/cluster computing-MPI, harnessing machine networks to process heavy workloads

Industrial Control

PLC programming, language programming, interfacing, communications (MPI and PROFIBUS), commissioning, troubleshooting, maintenance and documentation

Hardware

Processor design, customized applications, fuzzy logic, patent database for research, FPGA and ASIC design using Verilog/VHDL, hardware description language and CAD tools for real world applications on FPGAs and CPLDs, ARM-based digital systems design, industry-standard embedded systems design techniques

Hardware/Software

Internet of Things (IoT), concepts, sensors, middleware, networking and application layers

Data Science and Knowledge Discovery

Data mining techniques and applications, data science models, tools, and methods, data preparation and visualization, exploration and analytics, pattern recognition and knowledge discovery, marketing analytics, fraud detection, risk management, trend forecasting, customers opinion mining, performance optimization

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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

High Voltage Engineering

Dielectric and electrical insulation, high voltage generation and measurement, partial discharge measurement, power system apparatus design and testing for  transformers, cables and outdoor insulators, condition monitoring and diagnostics of electrical insulation

Power System Analysis

Modeling of power system apparatus, electric power generation, transmission and distribution, power system protection, renewable energy systems, load flow analysis, short-circuit analysis, modeling and analysis of overhead lines and underground cables, power system operation and control, integration of renewable energy sources in the electric grid, grounding, substation design and protection, electric power transmission and distribution protection

Electronic Engineering

Electronic systems and circuits design, test and measurements of electronic systems, RF engineering, receivers and transmitters, analog, digital and integrated circuit design, wireless and cable radio and audio engineering design, Electronic systems principles, PCB design, board testing and troubleshooting, RF transmitters and receivers, mobile phones design concepts software and electronic design automation tools.

Electromagnetics

Electromagnetics and wave propagation, electrostatics, magnetostatics, time-varying waves, Maxwell's equations, interaction of media with electromagnetic waves, propagation of waves, transmission lines, emerging applications and technologies in electromagnetics

Communications

Wireless communications, digital communications, next generation wireless systems, cellular systems design, frequency reuse, multiple access interference, wireless channel characterization, Rayleigh fading, shadowing, modulation techniques for mobile radio, diversity schemes, multiple access techniques, wireless systems and standards, OFDM systems, spread spectrum communications.

RF and Wireless Systems

RF and wireless systems design for communications, radar systems, and imaging, wireless system architectures, transmission lines, microwave network theory, microwave system components, transceiver design, antenna theory and design, wave propagation in wireless systems, noise and distortion analysis, RF and microwave measurement techniques, microwave imaging and nondestructive testing, MEMs

Signal Processing

Digital signal processing, radar signal processing, pattern recognition. Fourier and z-domain analysis of digital signals for communications, radar, medical, and other disciplines, adaptive radar signal processing, multichannel radar, beamforming, space-time adaptive processing, wideband radar, algorithms for object recognition, artificial intelligence, neural networks, deep learning

Power Electronics, Electric Drives, and Solar Energy Systems

Power converters for DC and AC machines, adjustable speed drive systems, power converters for solar energy systems, power electronics, pulse width modulated DC/DC converters and DC/AC inverters, servo drives and adjustable speed drive systems, standalone solar energy systems and maximum power point tracking

Control Systems

Modeling, simulation and control of electromechanical systems and energy systems for mobile robots, solar energy systems and hybrid electric vehicles, design of standard and advanced control systems, digital control algorithms for dynamic systems, intelligent and adaptive control algorithms for nonlinear systems, Matlab/Simulink and dSPACE control systems to model, analyze, simulate, and design digital control systems

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INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Supply Chain and Logistics

Supply chain design and management, networks of suppliers, production and distribution facilities

Supply chain performance and process improvement, measures the performance of the supply chain, improvement across different stages of the supply chain, best practices and applications

Inventory and warehousing management, inventory control functions, warehousing management operations, latest best practices

Logistics and distribution, physical and information flows, economic drivers of logistics

Engineering Management

Project management, principles, applications, and practices critical to the success of engineering projects

Engineering cost accounting, costing systems, analysis techniques, decision making techniques

Decision analysis,  decision making by individuals, groups and organizations;  public and private sectors

Healthcare Management

Healthcare operations management, healthcare operations with specific improvement methods and techniques of healthcare processes

Quality and six sigma in health systems, managerial and technical elements of quality engineering, six sigma methodology, lean metrics

Quality Management

Quality engineering, quality concepts, techniques, and leadership skills, quality initiatives and systems

Lean six sigma methodology, ability to lead green-belt-level projects, productivity improvement, waste reduction

Reliability and failure analysis, assessing and predicting product reliability, identification of areas of improvement

Maintenance

Planning, scheduling and management of maintenance operations, efficient maintenance management practices, organization aspects, documentation systems, implementation issues, computerized maintenance systems

Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) for successful processes, fundamentals and implementation

Safety hazards of workplace, work-site hazards, incident severity, occurrence-reduction measures, risk assessment and mitigation

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Design and Manufacturing

Materials Processing, manufacturing processes for metal forming, welding, composite fabrication

Material characterization and quality technology, nondestructive testing (NDT) for design and manufacturing

System design optimization, topology and shape optimization via latest structural-optimization software

Finite element analysis (FEA), solid, structural and heat transfer problems, steady state, transient and dynamic analysis

Dynamics and Control

Kinematics and dynamics of machinery, health monitoring of rotating machines, vibration measurement, balancing and fault detection

Biomechanics of motion, gait analysis, rehabilitation machines, modeling of human joints

Estimation and sensor fusion algorithms, least square filters, Kalman filters, extended Kalman filters, navigation with GPS, INS and other sensors

Robotics and autonomous systems design, parallel robots, mobile robots, UAVs, autonomous ground robots path planning, navigation, and control, use of Kalman filters and sensor fusion algorithms

Dynamic systems modeling and simulation, mechanical and mechatronic systems, white box modeling, black box modeling, system identification methods

Thermofluids

Pumps and compressors, principles of operation, usage, operation, control and testing

Design of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, duct design, equipment sizing and selection using ASHRAE standards

Hybridization of power plant cycles, power plant operation

Efficient operation of steam boilers, combustion process understanding, combustion process improvement, energy conservation, testing boiler performance

Renewable energy systems in building operation, renewable energy sources, integration into building operations

Hydraulic of pipeline design, liquid and gas pipelines, ASME standards

Heat exchangers, design aspects and methodologies

Industrial furnace combustion, combustion technology, energy conservation methodologies