Research topics
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The main research topics at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture are:
Architecture and infrastructural designMaterials science and engineeringModeling and systems designBiomedical engineeringSustainable energy and machineryElectronics and electronic devicesICT and multimedia
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