Power Generation – Conventional and Renewable

Hydropower technologies and applications

Thermal power technologies and applications

Safe nuclear energy generation and utilization

Wind power generation and utilization

Bio-energy technologies, process and utilization

New technologies and design for energy efficiency

New technologies for minimizing CO2 generation

Environmental-friendly technologies for power generation

Geothermal and tidal wave energy

Photovoltaic for solar power application

Power System Management

Power system management technologies

Integrated substation automation technologies

Power system monitoring and mitigation technologies

Online monitoring and fault diagnosis system

Control strategies for modern power system stability

Modeling and simulation of large power systems

Application of wide area measurement system

Power system analysis and optimization

Load modeling, estimation and forecast

Power system planning and operation

Power Transmission and Distribution

Ultra High Voltage (UHV) technologies

HVDC and flexible AC transmission system

Over-voltage, lightning protection and grounding

Electromagnetic transient in high voltage power systems

Insulation condition monitoring in power systems

Advanced distribution and SCADA technologies

Electromagnetic compatibility in power systems

Plasma physics and the pulsed power technology

Electromagnetic analysis in power systems

Smart Grid Technologies

Concept and structural framing

Information and smart meter reading system

Smart grid networking

Smart Grid demand response

Intelligent dispatching

Intelligent substation

Intelligent distribution

Dynamic optimization and control

Smart appliances and consumer devices

Version of smart and intelligent grid

Communication infrastructure

Improved interface and decision technology

Integrated communication technology

Manufacturing Automation

Green automation, remanufacturing

Information based manufacturing 

Industrial robotics, material handling 

Distributed manufacturing

Construction automation 

Agricultural automation

Design Automation

System modeling and simulation

Multidisciplinary design optimization 

Model reduction for complex systems

Optimal sensor/actuator placement

Precision Automation

MEMS/NEMS

Optomechatronics systems

Micro and nano-assembly

Thermal management

Information Automation

Data analytics

Logistics and supply chain

Web, Data and Text Mining

Intelligent Search

Biomedical Automation

Hospital and medical robotics

Automated diagnosis & treatment

Robotic surgery

Health care management

High throughput screening & drug discovery

Automated cell culturing

Algorithm and Theory

Discrete-event and hybrid systems

Planning, coordination and scheduling

Machine learning

Multi-agent & distributed control 

Image processing and machine vision

Distributed sensor/actuator network 

Robust manipulation and assembly