Research Areas

Smart ICT Technologies

• Industry 4.0.
• Agriculture 4.0, Smart Greenhouses.
• Smart Buildings.
• Digital Twins.

Water Resources Management

• Water Treatment in Industry
• Eco-Efficiency Assessment of Water Value Chains.
• Water Supply in Stressed Areas.
• Water Demand Management and Forecasting.
• Assessment of Natural and Engineered Water Treatment Systems.
• Water Desalination Systems Integrated with Renewable Energy.

Environmental Systems Management

• Natural Resources Management.
• Energy Innovation and Green Technologies.
• Life-Cycle Assessment and Environmental Footprint.
• Systemic Eco-Efficiency Assessment.
• Development of Environmental Performance Assessment Tools.
• Environmental Management and Analysis of Energy Systems.
• Air Pollution and Protection.

Process and System Analysis & Design

• Process Modelling and Simulation.
• Analysis, Simulation and Optimisation of Production Systems.
• Development and Application of Computational Methods.
• Emphasis on Heat & Mass Transfer, Fluid Flow and Chemical Processes.

Energy Systems Management

• Energy Conservation in Industry, Transportation and Buildings.
• Energy Recovery and Waste Heat Reuse.
• Energy Harvesting.
• Integration of Renewable Energy into the Energy System.
• Hybrid Power Generation Systems.
• Policies and Measures for Rational Energy Management.
• Energy Market and Energy Communities.
• Energy Planning.
• Energy Demand Forecasting.

Decision Making

• Design and Development of Decision Support Tools.
• Multi-Criteria Decision Making.
• Participatory Decision Making.
• Application of Machine Learning Methodologies.