Our strategic research areas have been identified to address the key sustainability challenges and enhance core analytical and experimental capabilities. They include:

• Water, Environment and Health:
  Research that addresses challenges behind ensuring sufficient, cost effective and equitable access to water, while maintaining the integrity of natural water supplies and minimizing any impact on the environment. 

• Future Energy Systems:
  Development and deployment of technologies, systems and polices for efficient and cost effective production, delivery and use of energy with minimal impact on the environment.  
   
• Microsystems and Advanced Materials:
  Projects that explore and develop microelectronic devices and circuits as fundamental building blocks that enable current and future transformations in energy, embedded systems, medical electronics and large scale systems.

The research sub-themes shown below cover a broad spectrum of the research activities currently undertaken at the Institute: