Appendix I

TABLE 1: RESEARCH AND PRIORITY AREAS

No. RESEARCH AREAS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 PRIORITY AREAS Cutting tool technology Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Flexible Manufacturing Systems Metrology SN: Including Instrumentation Manufacturing such as Metrological Instrument Machining Laser machining Rapid prototyping and tooling Robotics and Mechatronics Biosensors Building and Construction Materials Fine Chemicals Green material Medical devices Microsphere technology Nano Materials Nano particle Nano photonic Nanoelectronics Nanotube Other Nanotechnology Quantum device Smart Materials 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Oceanography Instrumentation Other Advancement of Marine Sciences Knowledge/Alternative energy Sources from the sea Sea Level Changes Seismology/Earthquake Solar Energy Technology Storm Water Management Tsunami Water Resources Management (Technology development for supplying clean water for rural communities) Wind Advance and Emerging Methods SN: Forecasting Antenna Technology (mitigation).) Biometrics Security System Broadband Communication Cloud Computing Digital Image processing System (Pattern recognition UAV platform development Digital Signal Processing Earth Observation System/Ground and Space Station Equipments SN/RFID Firewalls Grid Computing Intrusion Prevention System Malware, Worms and Viruses Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) Mobile Network Technologies Other Communications n.e.c.SN: Secured Communication System Pattern Recognition and Image Recognition/Imaging Processing and Computer Vision Processor Design. Geographic Information System. Quantum Computing Radio Frequency Design (RF) Front-End Remote sensing and related technology Rocketry Safety Critical Software Satellite and Spacecraft System Satellite Communication Services (Bus). Security Protocols Security Services SN: Network Security Semantic technology Space sciences especially on Micro gravity experiments Astronomy & Astrophysics Wireless Devices/Wireless Communication and Technologies Community Development Environmental Economics Gender Studies Gerontology Policy studies Tourism Studies Transportation Economics

ENGINEERING SCIENCES

ADVANCED MATERIALS SCIENCES CHEMICAL SCIENCES ENGINEERING SCIENCES

ENGINEERING SCIENCES PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Accelerator technology Ionising Radiation Technology Non-Destructive Testing Non-Ionising Radiation Technology Radiation Technology Reactor Technology Animal Biotechnology Animal Reproduction Biotechnology Biofeed Bioinformatics Bioprocessing Biosafety(Food) Cell Culture Technology Diagnostic Kits Enzyme Technology Feed and Nutrition Fermentation Functional Food Genomics Livestock Reproduction Microbial technology Product Recovery Risk Assessment Risk Management Transgenic Plant: Rice, Papaya, Banana and Pineapple, Grain Maize Vaccine Development Biopharmaceuticals Obesity Nutraceuticals Drug Discovery Oncology Endocrinology Therapeutics Cardiology Respiratory Diseases Infectious/Communicable Diseases Gastroenterology Bio-Gas and Bio-Fuel Biomass Energy Technology e.g. Refuse-derived Fuel (RDF) Climatology Coastal Oceanography and Processes Disaster Management El Nio Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Fisheries Oceanography Hydro Power Technology Hydroinformatics /and Oceanographic Data Management Land-Sea Interactions and Processes /Oceanatmosphere interaction Marine Biodiversity, Conservation and Management Marine Ecology Marine Geology Marine Pollution Marine Products Biotechnology Meteorological Oceanography /Natural marine hazards Meteorology Monsoon System

ENGINEERING SCIENCES COMPUTER SCIENCES& ICT PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

LIFE SCIENCES AGRICULTURE SCIENCES ENGINEERING SCIENCES

SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES/ ENGINEERING SCIENCES