Major Research Areas

Construction engineering and management
Construction procurement system selection; contractor selection; design-construct; BOT and other public-private partnerships; claims and dispute management; construction durations and productivity; time extensions; supply chain and logistics management; risk management; quality management; benchmarking; industry development; advanced construction technologies; technology transfers; ICT tools for construction project management; durability designs; sustainable construction; whole life cycle management of infrastructure.

Geotechnical engineering
Soil and rock mechanics; in-situ and laboratory testing; soft soil engineering; pile foundations; slope engineering; landslip prevention; landslide investigation; GIS applications to natural terrain hazards; soil dynamics; pavements; tunnelling; undergrounds excavation; foundation.

Structural engineering
Computational mechanics; finite element and finite strip analysis; earthquake engineering; tall buildings; bridge engineering; reinforced concrete structures; concrete technology; soil-structure interaction; computer-aided design/analysis.

Traffic and transportation engineering
Transport demand modelling; continuum modelling in transport; theory of traffic flow; traffic management and control; traffic signals; network equilibrium problems; dynamic network modelling; transportation systems engineering; road safety.

Water and environmental engineering
Hydrology; environmental hydraulics/fluid mechanics; wind engineering; water quality modelling; advanced water and wastewater treatment; environmental biotechnology; resource recovery; solid and hazardous waste management; coagulation and sedimentation dynamics.