Research Themes

UCD College of Engineering & Architecture has six Research Themes the bring together and represents the range of multidisciplinary research activities undertaken within its’ 6 constituent Schools. 

• Energy: Energy Systems; Energy & Environment; Agricultural & Environmental Technologies; Biosystems Analysis & Modelling; Resource Efficiency in the Built Environment
• Manufacturing and Materials: Advanced Material Manufacturing; Materials & Manufacturing; Advanced Manufacturing; Nano/Micro Manufacturing Technology
• Health:  Biomedical Engineering & Health; Biopharmaceutical & Pharmaceutical Engineering; Food & Bioprocess Engineering; Urban & Rural Place Making
• Internet of Things:  Circuits & Systems; Communications & Signal Processing; Optical Engineering: Internet of Things; Engineering & Critical Infrastructure
• Environment: Environmental Modelling and Sensing;  Biosystems Analysis & Modelling; Circular Economy; Water Resources; Environmental Processes & Policy; Urban & Rural Place Making
• Creativity & Design: Design, Culture, History & Heritage; Entrepreneurship, Design & Innovation

National Research Centres and large scale funded research programmes involving / representative of  UCD College of Engineering & Architecture research thematic areas