Our research disciplines
Themes and areas
Each of our departments and schools hosts a number of broad thematic areas of research.
- Computing and information systems
Artificial intelligence - Biomedical engineering
Biomaterials and tissue engineering - Biomedical engineering
Biomechanics and mechanobiology - Biomedical
Bionics, biomedical imaging and neuroengineering - Chemical
Bioprocessing and food engineering - Infrastructure
Civil engineering - Electrical
Communication and networks - Computing and information systems
Computer science - Electrical
Control and signal processing - Computing and information systems
Digital health - Electrical
Electronic and photonic systems - Infrastructure
Environmental hydrology and water resources - Mechanical
Fluid mechanics - Infrastructure
Geomatics - Computing and information systems
Information systems - Computing and information systems
Interaction design - Chemical
Materials design and multiscale modelling - Infrastructure
Measurement science and 3D modelling - Chemical
Nano-medicine and biotechnology - Electrical
Power and energy systems - Mechanical
Robotics - Infrastructure
Spatial information science - Chemical
Sustainable technologies, processing and remediation - Biomedical
Systems and synthetic biology - Mechanical
Thermodynamics
People
View the research interests, biographies and publications of our individual researchers.
Projects
View the lists of current research projects for each discipline.
Groups and labs
Explore our specialised research labs.
- Infrastructure
Advanced Protective Technologies for Engineering Structures - Mechanical
Aerodynamics - Chemical
Aerosol Particle Technology - Computing and information systems
AI and Autonomy - Chemical
Algal Processing - Mechanical
Assistive and Rehabilitation Robotics - Biomedical
Biomechanics - Biomedical
Cell Structure and Mechanobiology - Chemical
Ceramics and Minerals Processing - Chemical
Clean Energy - Computing and information systems
Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems - Chemical
Complex Fluids - Chemical
Dagastine Group - Infrastructure
Ecohydraulics - Infrastructure
Engineering Project Management - Infrastructure
Environmental Sensing and Modelling - Infrastructure
Geopolymer and Mineral Processing - Chemical
Gras Group - Mechanical
Human Robotics - Infrastructure
Hydrology and Water Resources - Infrastructure
Indoor Air Quality - Mechanical
Integrated Computational Materials Engineering - Biomedical
Integrative Cartilage - Infrastructure
Life-cycle Assessment of Bridges - Mechanical
Manufacturing and Industrial Systems Engineering - Chemical
Multiphysics Fluid Dynamics - Chemical
Nanostructured Interfaces and Materials Science - Biomedical
NeuroEngineering - Infrastructure
Ocean Engineering - Chemical
Polymer Science - Infrastructure
Porous Media - Infrastructure
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency - Infrastructure
Simulation-guided Complex Systems Engineering - Infrastructure
Structural Impact Engineering - Infrastructure
Structures and Materials - Biomedical
Systems Biology - Biomedical
Tissue Engineering - Infrastructure
Transport Technologies - Infrastructure
Unconventional Gas Recovery