Recent Patents on Engineering

Aims & Scope

Recent Patents on Engineering publishes full-length/mini-reviews and research articles, and guest-edited thematic issues on recent patents in the field of engineering. A selection of important and recent patents on engineering is also included in the journal. The journal is an essential reading for all researchers involved in engineering sciences; the following topics are covered in the scope of this journal:

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Biomolecular engineering

•         Genetic engineering
•         Immunology
•         Biomolecular/biochemical engineering
•         Engineering of DNA and RNA

Materials engineering

•         Metallurgical engineering
•         Ceramic engineering
•         Polymer engineering
•         Crystal engineering

Molecular engineering

Process engineering

•         Petroleum refinery engineering works on the manufacture of refined products
•         Plastics engineering works on the plastics products
•         Paper engineering works on paper products
•         Textile engineering works on fiber, textile, and apparel products.
•         Cosmetics
•         Corrosion engineering

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Environmental engineering

•         Ecological engineering
•         Fire protection engineering
•         Sanitary engineering
•         Wastewater engineering
•         Municipal or urban engineering

Geotechnical engineering

•         Mining engineering

Structural engineering

•         Earthquake engineering
•         Wind engineering
•         Architectural engineering
•         Ocean engineering

Transport engineering

•         Traffic engineering
•         Highway engineering

Water resources engineering

•         Hydraulic engineering
•         River engineering
•         Coastal engineering
•         Groundwater engineering

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Electronic engineering

•         Control engineering
•         Telecommunications engineering
•         Electronics

Computer engineering

•         Software engineering
•         Hardware engineering
•         Network engineering

Power engineering

•         Power System Planning
•         Power System Design
•         Power System Operations and Control
•         High Voltage Engineering

Optical engineering

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

·  Acoustical engineering
·  Energy engineering
·  Industrial plant engineering
·  Manufacturing engineering
·  Optomechanical engineering
·  Power plant engineering
·  Sports engineering
·  Thermal engineering
·  Vehicle engineering

INTERDISCIPLINARY

Agricultural engineering

•         Aquaculture engineering
•         Biosystems engineering
•         Biological systems engineering
•         Biomechanical engineering
•         Bioprocess engineering
•         Bioresource engineering
•         Biotechnical engineering
•         Ecological engineering
•         Food engineering
•         Forest engineering
•         Health and safety engineering
•         Natural resources engineering
•         Machinery systems engineering
•         Information & electrical systems engineering

Applied engineering

•         Automation/control systems/mechatronics/robotics
•         Computer-aided drawing and design (CADD)
•         Construction
•         Electronics
•         Nanotechnology

Biomedical engineering

•         Bioinstrumentation
•         Bioinformatics
•         Biomechanics
•         Biosignal processing
•         Biotechnology
•         Clinical engineering
•         Medical imaging
•         Neural engineering
•         Pharmaceutical engineering
•         Rehabilitation engineering
•         Tissue engineering

Biological engineering

•         Bioacoustics
•         Biochemical engineering
•         Bioengineering
•         Biosystems engineering
•         Biological systems engineering
•         Biomedical engineering
•         Biotechnical engineering
•         Biomolecular engineering
•         Bioresource engineering
•         Bioprocess engineering
•         Cellular engineering
•         Food engineering
•         Genetic engineering, manipulate genes in organisms
•         Food and biological process engineering
•         Health and safety engineering
•         Microbiological engineering
•         Molecular engineering
•         Protein engineering, protein synthesis
•         Systems biology
•         Synthetic biology

Building services engineering

•         Architectural engineering
•         Mechanical engineering
•         Electrical engineering

Energy Engineering

•         Solar engineering, photovoltaic systems, solar thermal systems
•         Wind engineering, wind turbines

Information engineering

•         Machine learning
•         Data science
•         Artificial intelligence
•         Control theory
•         Signal processing
•         Telecommunications
•         Image processing
•         Information theory
•         Computer vision
•         Natural language processing
•         Bioinformatics
•         Medical image computing
•         Autonomous robotics
•         Mobile robotics

Industrial engineering

•         Manufacturing engineering
•         Component engineering
•         Systems engineering
•         Construction engineering
•         Safety engineering

Mechatronics engineering

•         Robotics and Automation
•         Instrumentation engineering
•         Optomechatronics engineering
•         Biomechatronics engineering
•         Avionics

Military engineering

•         Combat engineering

Nanoengineering

Quantum engineering

Nuclear engineering

•         Medical physics
•         Nuclear fuel
•         Nuclear reactor

Petroleum engineering

•         Reservoir engineering
•         Drilling engineering

Railway engineering

Software engineering

Supply chain engineering

Systems engineering

Textile engineering