Focus and Scope

Issues, Methods, and Advances in Engineering Research is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to publishing original and high-quality research on contemporary engineering issues, methodological developments, technological innovations, and applied engineering solutions. The journal focuses on the academic disciplines represented within the Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, particularly Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Informatics, and Statistics applied to engineering research.

The journal provides an interdisciplinary academic platform for researchers, lecturers, engineers, industry professionals, postgraduate students, and technical practitioners to disseminate empirical, experimental, computational, theoretical, and application-oriented studies that contribute directly to the advancement of engineering knowledge, technological development, and professional practice.

The journal prioritizes research that addresses clearly defined engineering problems and offers scientifically grounded, methodologically rigorous, innovative, and practically relevant solutions. Particular attention is given to studies concerning engineering design, technological development, industrial processes, infrastructure systems, manufacturing, energy, materials, digital transformation, optimization, reliability, safety, sustainability, and the application of quantitative and computational methods in engineering.

The journal welcomes original research articles, experimental studies, engineering design studies, computational and simulation-based research, methodological papers, technical case studies, prototype development studies, systematic reviews, and applied research relevant to the following areas:

1. Civil Engineering

Structural analysis and structural design
Reinforced concrete, steel, and composite structures
Earthquake-resistant and disaster-resilient structures
Structural health monitoring and infrastructure assessment
Construction materials and concrete technology
Sustainable construction materials and technologies
Geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics
Foundation engineering and soil–structure interaction
Slope stability and ground-improvement technologies
Transportation and traffic engineering
Highway, pavement, bridge, railway, airport, and port engineering
Water resources engineering, hydrology, and hydraulics
Drainage, irrigation, flood-control, and coastal infrastructure
Construction engineering and project management
Building information modelling and digital construction
Urban infrastructure and smart-city systems
Infrastructure maintenance, rehabilitation, and resilience

2. Mechanical Engineering

Engineering mechanics and applied mechanics
Mechanical system design and analysis
Machine design and engineering product development
Thermodynamics and thermal engineering
Heat and mass transfer
Fluid mechanics and fluid machinery
Computational fluid dynamics
Energy-conversion systems
Renewable and alternative energy technologies
Internal combustion engines and propulsion systems
Refrigeration and air-conditioning systems
Manufacturing processes and production technologies
Computer-aided design and manufacturing
Machining, casting, forming, welding, and joining processes
Robotics, automation, and mechatronic systems
Mechanical vibration and system dynamics
Maintenance engineering and condition monitoring
Reliability, diagnostics, and failure analysis
Additive and advanced manufacturing
Automotive engineering
Energy efficiency and sustainable mechanical systems

3. Electrical Engineering

Electrical power generation, transmission, and distribution
Power-system analysis, operation, protection, and stability
Electrical machines and electric drives
Power electronics and energy conversion
High-voltage engineering
Renewable-energy integration
Smart grids and microgrids
Energy-storage and battery-management systems
Electrical-energy management
Analogue and digital electronics
Electronic circuits and devices
Embedded systems and microcontrollers
Control systems and industrial automation
Intelligent and adaptive control
Instrumentation and measurement systems
Sensors and actuator technologies
Signal and image processing
Telecommunications and wireless communication
Antenna and radio-frequency engineering
Internet of Things systems
Industrial communication networks
Electrical safety and equipment reliability
Cybersecurity for electrical and control systems

4. Chemical Engineering

Chemical reaction engineering and reactor design
Chemical thermodynamics
Transport phenomena
Heat, mass, and momentum transfer
Separation and purification processes
Distillation, extraction, absorption, adsorption, and membrane processes
Process design, integration, and intensification
Process modelling, simulation, and optimization
Process control, monitoring, and automation
Catalysis and catalytic-process development
Petrochemical, oil, gas, and refinery processes
Biochemical and bioprocess engineering
Biomass and bioresource processing
Polymer and chemical-product engineering
Food-process engineering
Pharmaceutical-process engineering
Green and sustainable chemical processes
Cleaner production and resource efficiency
Industrial-waste treatment and resource recovery
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage
Process safety, hazard identification, and risk assessment
Energy efficiency in chemical processes
Pilot-plant development and industrial process scale-up

5. Industrial Engineering

Production-system design and analysis
Manufacturing-system planning
Production planning, scheduling, and control
Operations research and mathematical optimization
Supply-chain engineering and logistics systems
Inventory management
Facility planning and plant layout
Material-handling systems
Quality engineering and statistical quality control
Reliability engineering and maintenance management
Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement
Six Sigma and productivity improvement
Human factors and ergonomics
Work-system design
Occupational safety and industrial-risk analysis
Decision-support systems and industrial analytics
Industrial-system modelling and simulation
Systems engineering
Engineering economy and techno-economic analysis
Technology and innovation management
Sustainable manufacturing
Smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0
Industrial digital transformation
Resilient production and supply-chain systems
Industrial performance measurement and optimization

6. Metallurgical Engineering

Extractive metallurgy and mineral processing
Pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, and electrometallurgy
Physical and mechanical metallurgy
Ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy
Alloy design and development
Phase transformation and heat treatment
Metal casting and solidification
Metal forming and deformation
Welding metallurgy and joining technologies
Powder metallurgy and sintering
Materials characterization and engineering testing
Mechanical, thermal, electrical, and chemical properties of materials
Materials-performance evaluation
Failure analysis
Corrosion and material degradation
Corrosion prevention and protection
Surface engineering and coating technologies
Composite and advanced engineering materials
Ceramic, polymeric, and functional materials
Nanomaterials and nanoscale engineering
Biomaterials for engineering applications
Materials for energy storage and conversion
Computational materials engineering
Metal recycling and resource recovery
Sustainable metallurgical processes

7. Informatics

Software engineering and system architecture
Algorithms and data structures
Artificial intelligence
Machine learning and deep learning
Data mining and big-data analytics
Computer vision
Natural-language processing
Intelligent systems
Decision-support systems
Database systems
Cloud, edge, and distributed computing
High-performance computing
Computer networks
Information and network security
Cybersecurity and digital forensics
Internet of Things
Embedded and real-time systems
Mobile and web-based systems
Human–computer interaction
Geographic information systems
Blockchain technologies
Digital twins and cyber-physical systems
Industrial informatics
Engineering software development
Computational modelling and simulation
Informatics applications in manufacturing, energy, materials, infrastructure, and industrial systems

8. Statistics Applied to Engineering

Engineering and industrial statistics
Probability and stochastic processes
Statistical modelling
Design and analysis of experiments
Response-surface methodology
Regression and multivariate analysis
Time-series analysis and forecasting
Spatial and spatiotemporal statistics
Bayesian methods
Nonparametric statistics
Computational statistics
Statistical learning
Data science and engineering analytics
Statistical process control
Quality-control statistics
Reliability and survival analysis
Risk and uncertainty analysis
Predictive modelling
Statistical simulation
Optimization using statistical methods
Statistical analysis of manufacturing and production systems
Statistical methods for energy, infrastructure, materials, and environmental engineering
Validation and uncertainty quantification of engineering models
Data visualization and statistical communication for engineering applications

Manuscript Requirements

Manuscripts submitted to the journal must demonstrate a clear and substantial contribution to engineering knowledge or practice through one or more of the following activities:

Identification and systematic analysis of a clearly defined engineering problem;
Development of an original engineering design, method, model, system, process, or technology;
Experimental investigation and laboratory testing;
Mathematical modelling and numerical simulation;
Computational analysis and algorithm development for engineering applications;
Design, development, testing, and evaluation of engineering prototypes;
Optimization of engineering processes, products, systems, or operations;
Development or validation of engineering methodologies and measurement instruments;
Application of artificial intelligence, data science, statistics, or digital technologies to engineering problems;
Evaluation of engineering performance, reliability, safety, efficiency, resilience, or sustainability;
Technical assessment of materials, infrastructure, industrial systems, energy systems, or manufacturing processes;
Implementation and evaluation of engineering solutions in industrial, infrastructural, technological, environmental, or community settings;
Systematic synthesis of previous research that produces clear theoretical, methodological, or practical implications for engineering; or
Interdisciplinary research that maintains a clear engineering problem, methodology, analysis, and contribution.

All manuscripts must present a well-defined research objective, an appropriate and transparent methodology, technically supported findings, and conclusions that contribute to the advancement of engineering science, technology, innovation, or professional practice.

Research involving Informatics or Statistics must be directly connected to engineering systems, industrial processes, infrastructure, manufacturing, energy, materials, technology, or other clearly defined engineering applications. General studies in computer science, information systems, statistics, business, education, health, social sciences, or public policy without a substantial engineering contribution are outside the journal’s scope.

Through its focused multidisciplinary orientation, Issues, Methods, and Advances in Engineering Research aims to strengthen scientific advancement, technological innovation, industrial development, and sustainable engineering practices. The journal encourages submissions that are original, methodologically sound, technically rigorous, and relevant to contemporary engineering challenges at regional, national, and international levels.