Materials for HEALTH
Biomaterials | Natural products | Diagnostics | Wound healing | Drug delivery Nanomaterials for health | Tissue engineering
SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS & CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
Emerging low cost construction materials | Cement, concrete and clay technologies | Alloys and solid solutions materials for construction | Extraction and foundry technologies
WATER & ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES
Water and waste water treatment | Desalination | Water harvesting and recycling | Pesticides degrading materials | Carbon dioxide capture | Materials reuse and recycling | Environmental friendly packaging materials | Biodegradable polymers
NANOSCIENCE / NANOTECHNOLOGY
Nanoparticle synthesis, characterization and functionalization | Nanofiber synthesis, characterization and functionalization | 1 and 2D materials – NWs, NTs, graphene, TMDs and more | Nanomaterial characterization | Derivation of nanomaterials from abundant resources in Africa | Industrialization of nanotechnology | Nanomaterial risk assessment and regulation
MINING & MINERAL PROCESSING
Mineral beneficiation/Value addition | Cement, concrete and clay materials | Nanotechnology in mineral processing | Mineral beneficiation/Value addition | Extraction & mineral processing techniques | Bioprocessing of minerals | Acid Mine Drainage and control technologies
MATERIALS FOR AGRICULTURE/ENVIRONMENT
Food storage/preservation | Enhancing agricultural yield | Air pollution treatment | Environmental remediation | Nanomaterials for agriculture
EDUCATION/NETWORKING IN MATERIALS SCI & ENG
Education, curriculum development, web-based and distance learning | International research and teaching collaborations, schools and networks | Innovation and Entrepreneurship collaboration and networks
MATERIALS FOR ENERGY
Renewable energy technologies | Nanomaterials in energy technologies | Materials for energy storage | Nuclear energy | Non-renewable energies advances | Fuels (Petroleum, Natural gas, Biodiesel etc.)
COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE
Fundamental ab-initio computation | Molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo and mesoscale methods | Finite element, phase field and statistical mechanical approaches
MANUFACTURING & STRUCTURAL MATERIALS
Manufacturing processes | Additive manufacturing | Lamination | Cold welding | Welding and joining | Mechanical properties of materials