G1: Process Systems Engineering, Plant Design, Digitalization & AI 

• Process modeling & simulation

• Advanced process control & optimization

• Digital twins & Industry 4.0

• AI-driven process optimization & Predictive maintenance

• Safe and Sustainable by Design

G2: Catalysis & Reaction Engineering 

• Catalyst synthesis, characterization & deactivation

• Bio-catalysis / Electro-catalysis & photo-catalysis / Nano-catalysts

• Reaction kinetics & mechanisms / Reactor design

• Process intensification in reactions

G3: Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage (CCUS) 

• Post-combustion/ pre-combustion/ oxy-fuel capture

• Direct air capture (DAC)

• Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs) for CO2 capture

• CO2 sorbents & membranes

• Carbon utilization (CO2 to fuel, CO2 to chemicals)

• Electrochemical CO2 reduction

• Techno-economic analysis of CCUS /

G4. Advanced Materials & Circular Economy

• Polymer & Geopolymer / Composite & nanomaterials

• Bio-based materials / Rubber-based advanced materials

• Functional & smart materials

• Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)

• Energy storage materials (batteries, supercapacitors)

• Semiconductor materials

G5. Waste Valorization & Environmental Engineering 

• Waste-to-energy / waste-to-resource

• Green chemistry

• Water & wastewater treatment technologies

• Air pollution control technologies

• Life-cycle assessment (LCA)

• Solid waste management

• Pollutant removal & remediation

G6. Energy Engineering & Hydrogen Technologies 

• Renewable energy integration (solar, wind, biomass)

• Green/blue/grey hydrogen production

• Electrolysis & water splitting

• Hydrogen storage & transport / Fuel cells

• Energy storage systems (batteries, thermal, mechanical)

• Energy transition & decarbonization pathways

• Net-zero energy systems design

G7. Biochemical & Bioprocess Engineering 

• Biofuels (biodiesel, bioethanol, biogas)

• Fermentation technology

• Oleochemical processing

• Bioreactor design & Bioseparation

• Pharmaceutical & biopharmaceutical manufacturing

• Food & agro-industrial bioprocessing

G8. Industrial Innovation & Case studies

• Innovation in industrial process design & optimization

• Technology transfer & scale-up (lab-to-plant)

• Plant retrofit & process improvement

• Process safety management in practice