Call for papers/Topics
Topics of interest for submission include any topics related to:
Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, neural networks, reinforcement learning, generative AI, large language models, computer vision, natural language processing, expert systems, fuzzy logic, evolutionary algorithms, swarm intelligence, explainable AI, trustworthy AI, AI ethics, responsible AI, human-centred AI, autonomous systems, intelligent decision-support systems, knowledge representation, reasoning systems, cognitive computing, AI-enabled robotics, edge AI, federated learning and AI-based optimization.
AI for Energy Systems
Artificial intelligence for energy forecasting, electricity demand prediction, renewable-energy forecasting, smart-grid optimization, AI-based load management, intelligent energy scheduling, energy consumption prediction, power-system monitoring, grid stability analysis, fault detection, predictive maintenance, energy-loss reduction, electricity price forecasting, energy trading, demand-response optimization, AI-assisted power dispatch, microgrid management and intelligent energy-storage control.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Engineering
Solar photovoltaic systems, concentrated solar power, wind-energy systems, offshore wind, hydropower, tidal and wave energy, geothermal energy, biomass, bioenergy, biofuels, waste-to-energy technologies, green hydrogen, fuel cells, hybrid renewable-energy systems, renewable-energy integration, distributed generation, energy harvesting, sustainable power generation and renewable-energy resource assessment.
Smart Grids and Future Power Networks
Smart grids, microgrids, nanogrids, distributed energy resources, virtual power plants, peer-to-peer energy trading, advanced metering infrastructure, smart meters, grid digitalization, grid resilience, self-healing grids, power-quality management, decentralized power generation, intelligent substations, flexible electricity networks, grid cybersecurity, real-time monitoring and digital twins for power systems.
Energy Storage and Battery Technologies
Lithium-ion batteries, solid-state batteries, sodium-ion batteries, flow batteries, supercapacitors, thermal-energy storage, compressed-air storage, pumped-hydro storage, hydrogen storage, battery-management systems, state-of-charge estimation, state-of-health prediction, battery degradation analysis, AI-based battery diagnostics, battery recycling, second-life batteries and sustainable battery materials.
Sustainable Engineering and Green Technologies
Sustainable engineering design, eco-design, green engineering, low-carbon technologies, clean technologies, resource-efficient engineering, sustainable manufacturing, green production, energy-efficient processes, environmentally conscious product design, sustainable infrastructure, industrial sustainability, sustainable materials, green buildings, sustainable construction and engineering solutions for climate-change mitigation.
AI for Renewable Energy
AI-based solar-power forecasting, solar-panel fault detection, photovoltaic performance optimization, wind-speed prediction, wind-turbine condition monitoring, wind-farm optimization, renewable-resource prediction, AI-assisted maximum power-point tracking, predictive maintenance of renewable-energy equipment, intelligent inverter control and AI-based hybrid renewable-energy management.
Energy Efficiency and Intelligent Buildings
Smart buildings, building-energy management systems, intelligent HVAC control, occupancy-based energy management, AI-based energy optimization, smart lighting, energy-efficient appliances, building automation, zero-energy buildings, nearly zero-energy buildings, passive-energy design, intelligent thermal management, indoor environmental quality, smart homes and digital twins for buildings.
Sustainable Transportation and Electric Mobility
Electric vehicles, hybrid-electric vehicles, hydrogen vehicles, battery-electric transportation, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, smart charging, vehicle-to-grid systems, vehicle-to-home technologies, battery swapping, AI-based charging optimization, autonomous electric vehicles, sustainable public transportation, railway electrification, green aviation, maritime decarbonization and intelligent transportation systems.
Artificial Intelligence for Electric Vehicles
Battery-range prediction, battery-health monitoring, intelligent energy management, regenerative-braking optimization, charging-demand prediction, charging-station placement, EV route optimization, thermal-management systems, motor fault diagnosis, predictive maintenance, autonomous driving, vehicle-energy optimization and AI-based vehicle-to-grid coordination.
Sustainable Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
Smart manufacturing, Industry 4.0, Industry 5.0, industrial AI, digital manufacturing, intelligent factories, industrial IoT, cyber-physical systems, digital twins, predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, process optimization, energy-efficient manufacturing, low-carbon production, sustainable supply chains, green logistics, additive manufacturing and circular manufacturing.
Circular Economy and Resource Management
Circular economy, recycling technologies, waste minimization, waste valorization, industrial symbiosis, material recovery, product life-extension, remanufacturing, reuse strategies, sustainable supply chains, resource optimization, life-cycle engineering, life-cycle assessment, sustainable consumption, electronic-waste management, battery recycling and circular-design strategies.
AI for Environmental Engineering
Environmental monitoring, pollution prediction, air-quality forecasting, water-quality monitoring, climate modelling, environmental risk assessment, ecosystem monitoring, biodiversity analysis, satellite-image analysis, remote sensing, smart environmental sensors, AI-based waste management, emission prediction, environmental anomaly detection and intelligent environmental decision-support systems.
Water, Wastewater and Sustainable Water Engineering
Water-resource management, smart water networks, wastewater treatment, desalination, water recycling, rainwater harvesting, membrane technologies, advanced oxidation processes, water-energy nexus, intelligent leak detection, AI-based water-demand forecasting, wastewater process optimization, sludge management, resource recovery from wastewater and sustainable sanitation systems.
Climate Change, Carbon Management and Decarbonization
Climate-change mitigation, climate adaptation, carbon-footprint assessment, greenhouse-gas reduction, carbon-neutral engineering, net-zero systems, carbon capture, utilization and storage, direct-air capture, industrial decarbonization, energy-transition strategies, carbon accounting, AI-based emission forecasting, climate-risk modelling and sustainable development pathways.
Hydrogen and Future Energy Systems
Green hydrogen production, electrolysis, hydrogen storage, hydrogen transportation, hydrogen fuel cells, hydrogen infrastructure, power-to-gas systems, hydrogen-based mobility, renewable hydrogen integration, hydrogen safety, hydrogen economics, AI-assisted hydrogen production and optimization of hydrogen-energy systems.
Internet of Things, Sensors and Energy Management
IoT-based energy monitoring, smart sensors, wireless sensor networks, intelligent metering, embedded systems for sustainability, edge computing, cloud-based energy management, real-time energy monitoring, industrial IoT, environmental sensor networks, smart-city sensing, energy-aware communication networks and AI-enabled IoT systems.
Smart Cities and Sustainable Urban Engineering
Smart cities, sustainable urban development, urban-energy systems, smart transportation, intelligent traffic management, smart street lighting, sustainable buildings, smart waste management, urban renewable-energy integration, smart water systems, urban digital twins, AI-based urban planning, resilient cities, low-carbon cities and climate-smart infrastructure.
Optimization, Modelling and Digital Twins
Energy-system modelling, mathematical optimization, multi-objective optimization, evolutionary optimization, simulation, system identification, uncertainty analysis, optimization under uncertainty, AI-assisted engineering design, digital twins, real-time simulation, predictive modelling, energy-system planning and integrated energy-system optimization.
Power Electronics and Sustainable Energy Conversion
Power converters, inverters, rectifiers, DC-DC converters, multilevel converters, wide-bandgap semiconductors, silicon-carbide devices, gallium-nitride devices, high-efficiency power electronics, renewable-energy converters, EV power electronics, smart inverters, grid-connected converters, power-factor correction and intelligent converter control.
Robotics and Autonomous Sustainable Systems
Energy-efficient robotics, autonomous inspection robots, drones for renewable-energy inspection, agricultural robots, autonomous environmental monitoring, robotic waste sorting, AI-based maintenance robots, autonomous electric vehicles, underwater robots for environmental monitoring and sustainable robotic systems.
Sustainable Agriculture and AI
Precision agriculture, smart irrigation, crop monitoring, AI-based crop-yield prediction, renewable energy in agriculture, agricultural drones, soil monitoring, climate-smart agriculture, automated farming, intelligent greenhouse systems, sustainable food production, agricultural waste valorization and energy-efficient agricultural systems.
Data Analytics for Energy and Sustainability
Big-data analytics, energy-data mining, smart-meter analytics, environmental-data analytics, predictive analytics, anomaly detection, energy-consumption profiling, time-series forecasting, sustainability indicators, carbon-data analytics, AI-based decision support and data-driven energy planning.
Cybersecurity for Smart Energy Infrastructure
Smart-grid cybersecurity, microgrid security, IoT security, cyber-physical energy systems, secure smart meters, renewable-energy cybersecurity, electric-vehicle charging security, intrusion detection, AI-based cyberattack detection, secure energy trading, blockchain-based energy systems and resilient critical-energy infrastructure.
Blockchain and Decentralized Energy Systems
Blockchain for energy trading, peer-to-peer electricity markets, decentralized energy management, smart contracts, renewable-energy certificates, carbon-credit management, blockchain-enabled microgrids, distributed energy transactions and secure energy-data exchange.
Sustainable Materials and Advanced Engineering Materials
Green materials, biodegradable materials, recycled materials, bio-based composites, lightweight materials, sustainable construction materials, advanced battery materials, photovoltaic materials, thermoelectric materials, phase-change materials, nanomaterials for energy applications and environmentally friendly manufacturing of advanced materials.
Energy Economics, Policy and Sustainability Management
Energy markets, renewable-energy economics, electricity pricing, energy policy, carbon markets, sustainable investment, green finance, energy-transition economics, renewable-energy incentives, net-zero policies, sustainable project management, techno-economic analysis, cost-benefit analysis and energy-security planning.
Life-Cycle Assessment and Sustainable Design
Life-cycle assessment, environmental-impact assessment, carbon-footprint analysis, energy-payback analysis, cradle-to-cradle design, sustainable product development, eco-efficiency, material-flow analysis, circular product design, environmental product declarations and AI-supported life-cycle optimization.
Resilience, Reliability and Sustainable Infrastructure
Infrastructure resilience, climate-resilient engineering, power-system reliability, renewable-energy reliability, disaster-resistant infrastructure, resilient microgrids, emergency-energy systems, predictive asset management, structural health monitoring, sustainable transportation infrastructure and AI-assisted infrastructure maintenance.
Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Engineering
Quantum computing for energy optimization, neuromorphic computing, AI accelerators, edge intelligence, advanced energy harvesting, wireless power transfer, smart materials, self-healing materials, next-generation photovoltaics, perovskite solar cells, advanced nuclear-energy systems, fusion-energy technologies and AI-assisted scientific discovery.
Interdisciplinary Research Directions
AI-powered net-zero energy systems, digital twins for sustainable cities, intelligent renewable-energy microgrids, AI-enabled circular manufacturing, autonomous renewable-energy systems, sustainable data centres, carbon-aware computing, green AI, energy-efficient machine learning, AI for climate resilience, smart electric-mobility ecosystems, AI-assisted hydrogen networks and integrated water-energy-food systems.
