- Mining and Geotechniques: surface an underground mine, drilling and blasting, tunnelling, mining equipment selection and automation, mineral processing technologies, geology and mineralogy, ground water and mine drainage, mineral economics, slope stability.
- Material sciences and engineering: nanomaterial, materials processing and materials designs, materials analysis and characterization, membrane technology, rubber and polymeric materials, construction materials, ceramic materials, composite materials, surface and coating, metallic materials, welding and joining.
- Mine environment and sustainable mining: Advance life cycle assessment in mining and relevant industries, Promotion of Circular economy in upstream production, Advance remote sensing and monitoring technology for reclamation and remediation in mine operation area
- AI for Geo-resources and Renewables: AI application to Mining Engineering, Characterization of petroleum reservoir or CO2 storage formation or hydrogen underground storage using AI, Forecasting or predicting relevant fluid production, injection, withdrawal, and flow, Optimization on relevant technologies for energy transition, such as energy griding and energy transportation, Machine Learning to analyze or classify on geo-mechanical and petrophysical properties, Forecasting the power generation based renewable energy sources and power plants using AI.
- Petroleum Engineering and Energy Transition: Petroleum Geology and Geoscience, Petroleum Exploration, Drilling and Well Completion, Petroleum Production, Reservoir Engineering and Characterization, Reservoir Simulation, Enhanced Hydrocarbon Recovery, Hydraulic Fracturing, Unconventional Petroleum Production, Carbon Dioxide Geological Storage, Underground Hydrogen Storage.