Our Research Focus Areas
Offshore Engineering
- Innovative Structural Systems
- Jack-Up Platform and Floating Production Systems
- Marine Operations and Installation
- Very Large Floating Structures
Protective Engineering
- Advanced and New Protective Materials
- Airblast and Groundshock Effects, including Blast-Induced Liquefaction
- Hardening and Protective Measures for Structures, Personnels and Vehicles
- Rapidly Deployable Protective Structures
Hazards, Risks and Mitigation
- Design and Protection of Infrastructures against Natural and Manmade Hazards
- Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
- Earthquake Effects on Soils, Foundations and Structures
- Earthquake Tectonics
- Hazards Induced by Climate Change
- Risk Analysis and Management
- Tsunami Forecasting, Propagation and Run-Up
Structural Engineering
- High Strength, Lightweight and High-Performance Materials
- Novel Composite Structural Systems
- Repair and Strengthening
- Smart Materials and Structural Health Monitoring
Geotechnical Engineering
- Land reclamation and Coastal & Offshore Geotechnics
- Underground Construction
Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
- Coastal Engineering & Protection
- Modelling of Hydrodynamic and Transport Process
- Environmental Hydraulics
- Hydroinformatics
- Water Resources Planning and Management
Infrastructure Systems
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Transportation Logistics
- Infrastructure & Project Management
- Performance-based Asset Management