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Ph.D. Research AreasAt the

United Arab Emirates University

Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies


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Ph.D. Research Areas at the Faculty of Engineering

DEPARTMENT PH.D RESEARCH AREA

Architectural Engineering 1. Architectural Theory and Criticism2. Urban Planning and Infrastructure3. Building Construction and Project Management4. Sustainable Built Environment5. Building Performance and Technology

Civil Engineering 1. Structural Engineering2. Construction Engineering and Management3. Highway and Transportation4. Geotechnical Engineering5. Water Resources Engineering6. Environmental Engineering7. Surveying

Chemical Engineering 1. Gas separation and industrial wastewater treatmenttechnologies

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Polymer and membrane processing3. Biotechnology and biochemical engineering4. Food and pharmaceutical processing5. Desalination and water purification6. CO2 capture and environmental engineering

Electrical Engineering 1. Power Systems, Power Electronic and ControlSystems.

2. Electronics and Microelectronics.3. Communications, Signal Processing, and

Communication Networks.4. Computer Systems and Networks.

Material Science and Engineering 1. Polymer/Composite Materials2. Energy/Superconducting Materials3. Ceramics4. Nanomaterials5. Stress/Fatigue/Fracture Mechanics

Mechanical Engineering 1. Thermofluids2. Dynamics and Control3. Materials4. Nanotechnology5. Biotechnology6. Energy and Environment

Petroleum Engineering 1. Reservoir characterization and engineering2. Enhanced oil recovery and production operations3. Fluid Flow in Porous Media4. Modeling of Fluid Properties of Crude Oil and

Natural Gas5. Multiphase Flow in Wells

Water Resources 1. Fluid mechanics and hydraulics2. Water resources management3. Surface water hydrology4. Ground water5. Desalination and wastewater treatment6. Coastal hydraulics


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Ph.D. Research Areas at the Faculty of Science

DEPARTMENT RESEARCH AREAS

Biology Cellular and Molecular Biology1. Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases(Helicobacter pylori, Streptococcal infections,and Tuberculosis)

2. Molecular Genetics of Plant Immunity.3. Neuroscience, embryology4. Cancer Research.5. Nanoparticles applications in preventive

medicine.6. MRI-based diagnostics

Ecology and Environmental Biology1. Climate Change and Desert ecosystems.2. Terrestrial plant ecology.3. GIS/GPS and desert ecosystems.4. Wildlife Disease Ecology5. Tick ecology and tick-borne diseases6. Conservation biology: especially seabirds.7. Microbial Source Tracking and Water Quality.8. Behavioral Ecology.9. Behavioral Markers of Water Pollutants.10.Aquatic Ecology research.11.Marine Biology and coastal management.12.Marine Ecosystem interactions.13. Soil and Agriculture Microbiology

Chemistry Organic Chemistry1. Organic Synthesis2. Green Chemistry3. Natural Products Chemistry4. Bioactive Compounds5. Polymer Chemistry6. Catalysis

Analytical Chemistry1. Bioanalytical Chemistry2. Chemical Sensors3. Environmental Chemistry4. Biological Mass spectrometry

Geology 1. Applied Geophysics (Development ofinterpretation techniques and modeling)

Engineering and Environmental

Geophysics Seismology

2. Stratigraphical, Micropaleontological Studiesand Sequence Stratigraphy

3. Geochemistry and Petrology of the OphiolitesRocks.

4. Environmental and Engineering Geology, SiteInvestigation, Soil and Rock Mechanics.

5. Groundwater quality using isotopic andchemical approaches.


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6. Groundwater - Surface Water Interactions.7. Petroleum Geochemistry8. Fluid Inclusions and Ore Deposits

Mathematical Sciences Pure Mathematics

1. Eigenvalue Problems2. Combinatorial Number Theory: Additive

Number Theory, Integer Partitions, RelationAlgebras, Convolution Algebras.

3. Algebra: Torsion Units of Integral GroupRings ZG of Finite Groups.

4. Geometric function theory; particularlyquasiconformal groups.

5. Knot Theory, Low dimensional topology,spatial graphs. Applied Algebra and

Cryptography.

6. Functional analysis, operator algebras andC*-algebras, unitary groups of C*-algebras,K-Theory, Banach Spaces.

7. Complex Analysis in one variable.Applied Mathematics

1. Wavelets theory2. Passive Scalar Transport3. Dynamical systems:4. Numerical Analysis5. Numerical Analysis & Numerical

Mathematical Biology

6. Numerical Analysis: Bifurcation theory7. Computational fluid mechanics,

environmental mathematics, numerical

solutions of ordinary and partial differential

equations.

8. Mathematical Modeling9. Stochastic calculus

Physics 1. Experimental Condensed Matter Physics.2. Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics.3. Medical Physics.4. Mathematical and Computational Physics.5. Atomic Physics.6. High Energy and Elementary Particle Physics.7. Nanostructures and Nano-devices.8. Nuclear and Plasma Physics.9. Laser Physics.10.Astrophysics.


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Ph.D. Research Areas at Faculty of InformationTechnology

DEPARTMENT RESEARCH AREAS

Computer Engineering (ComputerSystem Design)

1. VLSI/IC design2. Nanoelectronics (beyond CMOS)3. Testing and fault tolerance4. Circuit and system reliability5. Computer aided design / electronic design

automation6. Wireless sensor networks and communications7. Neural networks8. High performance computing9. Parallel computing10.Computer architectures11.Embedded systems12.Reconfigurable computing

Computer Science (IntelligentSystems)

1. Bioinformatics2. Parallel and distributed computing3. Computer aided learning4. Arabic computing5. Robotics6. Artificial intelligence7. Intelligent systems applications in smart cities,

smart energy systems, etc.8. Social nets and Web 2.09. Quality of service management in service-

oriented architectures (SOA)10.Mobile service provisioning and context

managementE-Commerce

1. Web services2. Cloud/internet computing3. Systems performance evaluation4. Electronic/mobile government5. Electronic/mobile commerce6. Learning technology7. Telemedicine8. Social networks9. Portal technology10.Ubiquitous computing11. Internet of things

Enterprise Systems

1. Web services2. Databases3. Strategic information systems4. Data mining5. Business intelligence6. Enterprise resource planning7. Enterprise architectures8. Organizational information systems9. Service oriented systems10.Semantic web11.Health information systems


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Software Engineering

1. Software measurement2. System evolution3. Software testing4. Software quality evaluation5. Performance engineering6. Project management7. Rapid development of domain-specific softwaretools8. Software architecture development and

evaluation

9. Search-based software engineering10.Software product lines11.Software ecosystems12.Adaptive and multi-device user interfaces13.Enterprise applications14.Embedded systems15.Formal methods16. Information transformation17.Hybrid systems modeling18.Computational linguistics19.Design analysis20.Cooperative distributed systems21. Information integration for decentralized

applications22. Intelligence in decentralized applications23.Agent-oriented modeling for decentralized

applications

Network Engineering

1. Mobile and pervasive computing2. Autonomic computing and communication3. Network management4. Wireless sensor networks5.

Mobile ad hoc networks6. Vehicular ad hoc networks

7. Routing protocols8. Quality of service9. Video and voice over IP networks10.Real-time and multimedia systems11.Network modeling12.Performance analysis13.Radio frequency networks14.Optical networks15.Middleware16.Radio resource management17.Multi-hop wireless networks

Information Security

1. Network security and dependability2. Intrusion detection, diagnosis, and mitigation3. Firewalls4. Virtual private networks (VPNs)5. Computer networks and protocols6. Broadband wireless networks7. Authentication and access control8. Secure network protocols9. Security in emerging technologies


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Ph.D. Research Areas at the Faculty of Food and

Agriculture

PH.D RESEARCH AREADEPARTMENT1. Horticulture

2. Water use in Agriculture

3. Aquaculture

4. Animal Science

Aridland Agriculture

1. Natural resources and environmental policy

2. Food security strategies and policyAgribusiness

1. Food quality and safety (Food composition and

analysis)2. Food technology and processing

3. Food innovation and functional foods

Food Science

1. Functional foods2. Nutrition and chronic disease management and

prevention3. Sociocultural determinants of food choices and

nutritional disparities4. Community nutrition interventions to improve

health

Nutrition & Health


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Ph.D. Research Areas at the Faculty of Humanitiesand Social Sciences

PH.D RESEARCH AREADEPARTMENT1. Arabic Language and Literature2. English Literature,3. World Literature,4. Comparative Literature (Arabic/English)5. Geography6. History, with a focus on the Middle East7. Linguistics, with a focus on neuro-linguistics,

TESOL

8. Mass Communication9. Philosophy, with a focus on the Arabic

philosophical tradition, political theory

10. Political Science, with a focus on comparativepolitics and international relations

11. Psychology, with a focus on educationalmeasurement, social psychology, and clinical

psychology

12. Sociology, with a focus on rapid social change ina traditional society, family and gender

13. Social Work, with a focus on rapid social changein a traditional society, family and gender

Translation Studies

All Ph.D. research is centrallycoordinated in this faculty


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PhD Research Areas - Faculty of Medicine & HealthSciences

DEPARTMENT PH.D RESEARCH AREAAnatomy and Cell Biology 1. Gross and Clinical Anatomy

2. Tissue Distribution and Effect of Neuropeptidesand Neurotransmitters in Diabetes Mellitus

3. Cell and Tissue Morphology in Health andDisease

4. Pancreas Transplantation5. Neuroscience6. Type 1 Diabetes and EAE-mechanisms

Underlying MLD-STZ Induced Diabetes and

Experimental Autoimmune Diabetes7. Stem Cells8. Carcinogenesis9. Epithelial Cell Biology10.Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS)

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1. Neuromodulation of the Immune Resonse2. Neurodegenerative Diseases3. Molecular Toxicology4. Molecular Mechanisms of Epigenetic Regulation

and Cancer

5. Cell Signaling Mechanism in Cancer6. Antimicrobial and Antidiabetic Peptides

Experimental Pathology 1. Molecular Mechanisms of Diseases2. Cancer Pathogenesis and Therapy3. Early Detection of Cancer4. Prevention of CancerPathology (Human Genetics) 1. Identification of Disease Genes2. Elucidation of the Cellular Mechanisms of

Genetic Diseases3. Development of Novel Therapies and

Diagnostics for Genetic Diseases

Microbiology & Immunology 1. Immunotherapy of Cancer2. Immunoregulation of Bacterial Infections3. Molecular Epidemiology of Drug-resistant

Bacteria4. Molecular Typing of Nosocomial Pathogens5. Oncogenic Viruses6. Viral Tumor Biology and Pathology7. Mechanisms of Inflammation and Autoimmune

Diseases8. Molecular Mechanisms of Retroviral RNA

Transport, Packaging and Gene Regulation

9. Development of Retroviral Vectors for GeneTherapy


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Pharmacology and Toxicology 1. Neurodegeneration2. Neurotransmitters and Receptors3. Neurodegenerative Diseases4. Diabetes5.

Cancer

6. Effect of Herbs on Gastric Ulcer7. Gastric Acid Inhibitors and Antiulcer Drugs8. Effect of drugs on inflammation in

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

9. Identification of Ion Channels and NeuronalNetworks

10. Identification of Ion Channels and NeuronalNetworks

11. Modulation of Neuronal Excitability byNeuropharmacologically Active Agents.

Physiology 1.

Pulmoneary Physiology2. Cardiovascular Physiology3. Smooth Muscle Physiology4. Neurophysiology

Public Health / Occupational Health inDepartment of Community Medicine

1. Occupational Health and Occupational Medicine2. Epidemiology and Control of Diabetes, Obesity,

Cardiovascular Disease or Cancer or Injury or

Infectious Diseases3. Social and Family Factors that Influence Health

Behaviour and Chronic, Lifestyle-relatedDiseases

4. Health of Migrant Workers5. Refugee Physical and Mental Health6. Health Systems Research including Cost of

Health Care7. Epidemic Disease and Air Travel8. Disease Modelling, Including HIV Transmission

and Control9. Statistical Analysis of Epidemiological Data for

Understanding Aetiology10. Intentional Injuries (Domestic Violence, Child

Abuse, Bullying)11.Epidemiology and Social Impact of HIV/AIDS12.Road Traffic Crashes (Epidemiology, Social and

Economical Impact)13. Infectious Disease (Epidemiology and

Prevention)

Genetics and Development ResearchPriority Group (Interdepartmental

Program in Human Genetics)

1. Human Molecular Genetics2. Pharmacogenetics3. Population Genetics4. Biochemical Genetics5. Genetics of Complex Diseases6. Cellular Genetics


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Cancer Biology

1. Novel Therapeutics2. Pathways of Growth, Survival, Invasion and

Metastases3. Cancer Stem Cells4. Cancer Cachexia

Neuroscience 1. Neurodegenerative Diseases include AlzheimersDisease and Parkinsons Disease.

2. Neurogenetics include Genetic Basis ofDevelopmental Brain Disorders and Age

Associate neurodegenerative Diseases.3. Developmental Brain Disorders includes Mental

Retardation, Attention Deficit HyperactivityDisorder, Autism and Neuro-psychiatry.

4. Gene-environment Interactions includeCharacterization of the Role of Intentional andUnintentional Exposure to Environmental

Pollutants that are Relevant to the UAEPopulation (e.g. smoking, pesticides,insecticides, water and food pollutants etc.) in

the Pathogeneis of Neurological Disorders.Moreover, the Interaction Among Genetic,Environmental Factors and Life Style on HumanSusceptibility to Neurological Disorders.

5. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation includesStudies of Mechanisms of Brain Plasticity inNormal Subjects and Movement DisordersAcross the Lifespan. The use of TMS in Non-invasive Modulation of Brain Plasticity and itsPotential Applications in Therapy andNeurorehabilitation.

6. Effect of Spoken Language on Arousal,Neurophysiologic, Neuroendocrine Parameters.7. Spoken Language Effect on Altering SelfPerception, Problem Solving, and DecisionMaking Capacity.


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Ph.D. Research Areas at the Faculty of Education

DEPARTMENT PH.D RESEARCH AREA

Curriculum and Instruction

1. Mathematics Education

2. Science Education

3. Language and Literacy Education

Special Education

Special Education

Foundations of Education

Leadership and Policy Studies in Education

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