Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Geoenvironmental Engineering Structural Dynamics and Earthquakes Engineering, Forensic Studies (Soils and Structures), Protective Technology, Infrastructure Materials, Multidisciplinary Research.

Geotechnical and Geo-structural Engineering, Sustainable Slope Stabilization, Site Investigation and Site Characterization, Numerical modeling, Geo-physical testing, Geo-Instrumentation and performance monitoring

Water, Stormwater and Wastewater (Water Matrix) Contamination, and Treatment; Operational Problems with Secondary Contamination (Water Matrix); Techniques and Mechanisms for Enhancement of Treatment/Removal of Organic and Metallic Contamination (Water and Soil Matrixes); Emerging technologies for Water/Soil.

E-Waste, Solid Waste and Hazardous Waste, Biological Treatment, Environmental Chemistry Groundwater Pollution, Engineering Economics.

Development and Characterization of Thin films, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials

Coastal Engineering (breakwaters, wave transformations, non-linear wave theory, coastal/estuarine hydraulic modeling, long waves, tsunamis, sediment transport, shoreline evolution, tidal circulation, hurricane surge, wind-driven circulation); projectile penetration; weapons effects; high performance computing; organizational performance.

Earthquake engineering and Seismic design of structures, computational simulation of structures behaviors, static and dynamic experimental tests, structural control, structural health monitoring, concrete and steel structures, precast concrete structures, physical and visual models for educational demonstration