In order to track the development trend of engineering science and technology, the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) has been organizing a project known as “Global Engineering Fronts” every year since 2017. The research identifies and releases nearly two hundreds of engineering research fronts and engineering development fronts every year to guide academic development and promote the innovation of engineering science and technology. The 2022 Global Engineering Fronts research rely on nine academic divisions and academic journals of the CAE to identify 95 engineering research fronts and 93 engineering development fronts, collaborating with Clarivate. This is done by paying equal attention to the engineering research and development fronts, integrating quantitative analysis and qualitative research, and combining data mining and expert argumentation. Among these, 29 key engineering research fronts and 29 key engineering development fronts are selected for detailed interpretations. This report presents the results of the 2022 project and comprises two parts. Part A explains the data and methodology. Part B presents the technology reports focusing on nine fields. Each report describes and analyzes the engineering research and development fronts in these fields and explains the key fronts in detail.

This book is suitable for scientific researchers, engineers, teachers and students in universities, and civil servants in relevant government departments.

Foreword
Part A Methodology
  1 Identification of engineering research fronts
  1.1 Acquisition and preprocessing of paper data
  1.2 Mining of clustered literature topics
  1.3 Determination and interpretation of research fronts
  2 Identification of engineering development fronts
  2.1 Acquisition and preparation of patent data
  2.2 Mining of patent topics
  2.3 Determination and interpretation of development fronts
  3 Development roadmap
  4 Terminologies
Part B Reports in Different Fields
I. Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering
  1 Engineering research fronts
  1.1 Trends in Top 10 engineering research fronts
  1.2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts
  2 Engineering development fronts
  2.1 Trends in Top 10 engineering development fronts
  2.2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts
II. Information and Electronic Engineering
  1 Engineering research fronts
  1.1 Trends in Top 10 engineering research fronts
  1.2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts
  2 Engineering development fronts
  2.1 Trends in Top 10 engineering development fronts
  2.2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts
III. Chemical, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering
  1 Engineering research fronts
  1.1 Trends in Top 12 engineering research fronts
  1.2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts
  2 Engineering development fronts
  2.1 Trends in Top 10 engineering development fronts
  2.2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts
IV. Energy and Mining Engineering
  1 Engineering research fronts
  1.1 Trends in Top 12 engineering research fronts
  1.2 Interpretations for four key engineering research fronts
  2 Engineering development fronts
  2.1 Trends in Top 12 engineering development fronts
  2.2 Interpretations for four key engineering development fronts
V. Civil, Hydraulic, and Architectural Engineering
  1 Engineering research fronts
  1.1 Trends in Top 10 engineering research fronts
  1.2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts
  2 Engineering development fronts
  2.1 Trends in Top 10 engineering development fronts
  2.2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts
VI. Environmental and Light Textile Engineering
  1 Engineering research fronts
  1.1 Trends in Top 10 engineering research fronts
  1.2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts
  2 Engineering development fronts
  2.1 Trends in Top 10 engineering development fronts
  2.2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts
VII. Agriculture
  1 Engineering research fronts
  1.1 Trends in Top 11 engineering research fronts
  1.2 Interpretation for three key engineering research fronts
  2 Engineering development fronts
  2.1 Trends in Top 11 engineering development fronts
  2.2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts
VIII. Medicine and Health
  1 Engineering research fronts
  1.1 Trends in Top 10 engineering research fronts
  1.2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts
  2 Engineering development fronts
  2.1 Trends in Top 10 engineering development fronts
  2.2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts
IX. Engineering Management
  1 Engineering research fronts
  1.1 Trends in Top 10 engineering research fronts
  1.2 Interpretations for four key engineering research fronts
  2 Engineering development fronts
  2.1 Trends in Top 10 engineering development fronts
  2.2 Interpretations for four key engineering development fronts
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