Resource and Environmental Engineering: Groundwater remediation, groundwater management, water resources and watershed management, management practices, formulation of water quality target standards, water quality classification, sewage and sludge treatment, sludge treatment and reuse, global warming, ozone depletion, carbon capture and storage, biofuels, air pollution and control, air emissions trading, solid waste management, optimization of collection systems, recycling and reuse, stabilizing waste prices, resource management, technical aspects of treatment and disposal methods (landfill, heat treatment, etc.), management of hazardous solid waste, social and environmental sustainability, etc.
Energy: energy-saving technology, coal mining engineering and technology, energy storage technology, renewable energy, thermal energy and power engineering, energy engineering and environmental engineering, renewable energy technology and systems, energy security and clean utilization, mineral resources and mining engineering, wind power generation, solar energy related technologies and applications, alternative fuels, clean energy development, thermal engineering and thermodynamics, energy equipment and energy management, thermal energy engineering and wind energy engineering, energy security and energy systems, energy conversion and energy efficiency, energy analysis and energy transfer, new energy vehicles, oil and gas resource engineering, hybrid energy systems, new technologies for oil and gas development, etc.
Materials: nanomaterials, new energy materials, electronic and magnetic materials, composite, hybrid and multifunctional materials, photovoltaic materials, silicon materials, material synthesis and processing technology, material failure and protection, application of nanotechnology in rare earth, metallurgical engineering, electrical materials, etc.