Canadian Research and Development Classification (CRDC) 2020 Version 1.0 - Field of Research (FOR)
- RDF20-21 - Engineering and technology
- RDF201 - Civil engineering, maritime engineering, transport engineering, and mining engineering
- RDF20101 - Civil engineering
- RDF2010101 - Geotechnical engineering
- RDF2010102 - Building construction engineering
- RDF2010103 - Concrete, cementitious materials and other architectural and construction materials
- RDF2010104 - Earthquake engineering
- RDF2010105 - Infrastructure engineering
- RDF2010106 - Structural engineering
- RDF2010107 - Water resources infrastructure engineering
- RDF2010108 - Hydraulic engineering
- RDF2010109 - Geomechanics
- RDF2010199 - Civil engineering, n.e.c.
- RDF20102 - Marine engineering
- RDF2010201 - Naval architecture
- RDF2010202 - Ocean engineering
- RDF2010203 - Ship hydrodynamics
- RDF2010204 - Marine platform hydrodynamics engineering
- RDF2010205 - Offshore engineering (including marine platform structures)
- RDF2010206 - Special marine vehicles engineering
- RDF2010299 - Marine engineering, n.e.c.
- RDF20103 - Land transportation systems engineering
- RDF2010301 - Traffic and highway engineering
- RDF2010302 - Railway and airport engineering
- RDF2010303 - Public transportation engineering
- RDF2010304 - Road safety engineering
- RDF2010305 - Transportation demand modelling
- RDF2010306 - Pavement materials and structure
- RDF2010307 - Transportation systems infrastructure engineering for autonomous vehicles
- RDF2010399 - Land transportation systems engineering, n.e.c.
- RDF20104 - Mining engineering
- RDF2010499 - Mining engineering
- RDF202 - Industrial, systems and processes engineering
- RDF20201 - Human factor engineering
- RDF2020101 - Brain-computer interface
- RDF2020102 - Physical, environmental and cognitive ergonomics
- RDF2020103 - Control design
- RDF2020104 - Human-computer systems and interface
- RDF2020105 - Assistive technologies
- RDF2020199 - Human factor engineering, n.e.c.
- RDF20202 - Systems engineering
- RDF2020201 - Design and analysis of systems
- RDF2020202 - Modelling and applications of systems
- RDF2020203 - Intelligent renewable energy systems
- RDF2020204 - Intelligent transport systems
- RDF2020205 - Production systems engineering
- RDF2020299 - Systems engineering, n.e.c.
- RDF20203 - Operational research
- RDF2020301 - Programming in operational research (including linear and nonlinear programming)
- RDF2020302 - Combinatorial and network optimization (including programming and metaheuristics)
- RDF2020303 - Optimization under uncertainty (including stochastic and robust optimization)
- RDF2020304 - Bilevel optimization and game theory
- RDF2020305 - Stochastic models (including queueing and simulation)
- RDF2020306 - Decisions and risk analysis
- RDF2020307 - Quality systems engineering
- RDF2020399 - Operational research, n.e.c.
- RDF20204 - Biosystems and agricultural engineering
- RDF2020401 - Irrigation
- RDF2020402 - Agricultural power machinery
- RDF2020403 - Crop management technologies
- RDF2020404 - Pesticides and pesticides applications
- RDF2020499 - Biosystems and agricultural engineering, n.e.c.
- RDF20299 - Other industrial, systems and processes engineering
- RDF2029999 - Other industrial, systems and processes engineering
- RDF203 - Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering
- RDF20301 - Computer engineering
- RDF2030101 - Systems software
- RDF2030102 - Computational languages (including domain-specific languages)
- RDF2030103 - Middleware systems
- RDF2030104 - Computer systems engineering
- RDF2030105 - Computer architecture
- RDF2030106 - Computer memory systems and storage
- RDF2030107 - Digital hardware and technologies
- RDF2030108 - Computer configurable hardware
- RDF2030109 - Computer-aided design
- RDF2030110 - Hardware and software for computer security
- RDF2030111 - Machine learning systems
- RDF2030199 - Computer engineering, n.e.c.
- RDF20302 - Communications and networks technologies
- RDF2030201 - Wireless communication systems
- RDF2030202 - Coding and information theory applied to communications and networks technologies
- RDF2030203 - Digital communications
- RDF2030204 - Internet of Things
- RDF2030205 - Software-defined network (SDN)
- RDF2030206 - Cloud computing systems
- RDF2030207 - Service network management systems
- RDF2030208 - Network protocols and architectures
- RDF2030209 - Network science and engineering
- RDF2030210 - Spectrum sharing and management
- RDF2030211 - Multimedia communication and networking
- RDF2030212 - Cyber-physical systems
- RDF2030213 - Cybersecurity and privacy technologies
- RDF2030214 - Fibre-optic communications technologies
- RDF2030215 - Optical networks
- RDF2030216 - Communications and network control systems
- RDF2030217 - Networked robotics and automation
- RDF2030299 - Communications and networks technologies, n.e.c.
- RDF20303 - Data analytics and signal processing
- RDF2030301 - Learning and adaptive systems
- RDF2030302 - Artificial intelligence engineering
- RDF2030303 - Optimization and data analytics algorithms and systems
- RDF2030304 - Distributed computation and signal processing
- RDF2030305 - Image and video processing and analysis
- RDF2030306 - Acoustic signal processing
- RDF2030307 - Computer vision in data analytics and signal processing
- RDF2030308 - Cognition and cognitive dynamic systems
- RDF2030309 - Bio-signal processing and analysis
- RDF2030310 - Signal processing for security and privacy
- RDF2030311 - Radar and sonar signal processing
- RDF2030312 - Remote sensing of signal processing
- RDF2030313 - Signal processing modelling and simulation systems
- RDF2030314 - Signal processing theory
- RDF2030399 - Data analytics and signal processing, n.e.c.
- RDF20304 - Electrical energy systems
- RDF2030401 - Power dynamics and control systems
- RDF2030402 - Power electronics
- RDF2030403 - Renewable energy systems (except smart systems engineering)
- RDF2030404 - Power quality
- RDF2030405 - Energy storage
- RDF2030406 - Smart power grids
- RDF2030407 - Power system operation
- RDF2030408 - Power system protection
- RDF2030409 - Electric machines and drive systems
- RDF2030410 - High-Voltage DC (HVDC) systems
- RDF2030411 - Power distribution systems
- RDF2030499 - Electrical energy systems, n.e.c.
- RDF20305 - Electromagnetics, photonics and optics
- RDF2030501 - Electricity and magnetism theory
- RDF2030502 - Applied electromagnetics
- RDF2030503 - Numerical methods in electromagnetics
- RDF2030504 - Microwave theory and techniques
- RDF2030505 - Instruments and circuits for RF microwave and millimeter wave
- RDF2030506 - Terahertz studies
- RDF2030507 - Antennas and propagation
- RDF2030508 - Radar theory and applications
- RDF2030509 - Metamaterials and metasurfaces sciences
- RDF2030510 - Photonics and electro-optical engineering
- RDF2030511 - Optoelectronics
- RDF2030512 - Integrated optics
- RDF2030513 - Applied optics
- RDF2030514 - Optical spectroscopy
- RDF2030515 - Semiconductor devices
- RDF2030516 - Optical instrumentation (including sensing and metrology)
- RDF2030517 - Optical signal processing
- RDF2030518 - Quantum photonics
- RDF2030519 - Optical and data communications
- RDF2030520 - Fiber optics
- RDF2030521 - Nonlinear optics
- RDF2030522 - Ultrafast optics
- RDF2030599 - Electromagnetics, photonics and optics, n.e.c.
- RDF20306 - Electronics
- RDF2030601 - Electrical circuits
- RDF2030602 - Microelectronic devices
- RDF2030603 - Circuits and systems
- RDF2030604 - Mixed-signal integrated circuits
- RDF2030605 - Very large-scale integrated circuits
- RDF2030606 - Modeling techniques in electronics
- RDF2030607 - Microelectronics and integrated circuits
- RDF2030608 - Industrial electronics
- RDF2030609 - Microfabrication techniques in electronics
- RDF2030610 - Thin films
- RDF2030611 - Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) technologies
- RDF2030612 - Microelectrical mechanical systems and microsystems design
- RDF2030613 - Quantum electronics
- RDF2030614 - Biomedical electronics
- RDF2030615 - Sensory electronics
- RDF2030616 - Power semiconductor devices and packaging
- RDF2030617 - Semiconductor and atomic-scale electronic devices
- RDF2030618 - Semiconductor and superconducting qubits
- RDF2030619 - Power management integrated circuits
- RDF2030620 - Analog and mixed-signal VLSI computing
- RDF2030621 - Machine learning accelerators
- RDF2030622 - Electro-optic integrated circuits
- RDF2030623 - Radio, radar, and mm-wave sensor integrated circuits
- RDF2030624 - Cryogenic control electronics for quantum processors
- RDF2030699 - Electronics, n.e.c.
- RDF20307 - Systems control and automation
- RDF2030701 - Nonlinear and hybrid control systems
- RDF2030702 - Game theory and optimal control
- RDF2030703 - Discrete-event systems
- RDF2030704 - Systems biology and control
- RDF2030705 - Control with complex specifications
- RDF2030706 - Motion control of robots
- RDF2030707 - Distributed control and estimation
- RDF2030708 - Networked control systems
- RDF2030709 - Data-driven estimation, optimization, and control
- RDF2030710 - Fault-tolerant control
- RDF2030799 - Systems controls and automation, n.e.c.
- RDF204 - Mechanical engineering
- RDF20401 - Aerospace engineering
- RDF2040101 - Aerodynamics (except hypersonic aerodynamics)
- RDF2040102 - Aerospace materials
- RDF2040103 - Aerospace structures
- RDF2040104 - Aircraft performance and flight control systems
- RDF2040105 - Avionics
- RDF2040106 - Flight dynamics
- RDF2040107 - Hypersonic propulsion and hypersonic aerodynamics
- RDF2040108 - Satellites, space vehicles and missiles design and testing
- RDF2040109 - Aerospace systems design
- RDF2040199 - Aerospace engineering, n.e.c.
- RDF20402 - Automotive engineering
- RDF2040201 - Automotive combustion and fuel engineering (including alternative and renewable fuels)
- RDF2040202 - Automotive engineering materials
- RDF2040203 - Automotive mechatronics
- RDF2040204 - Automotive safety engineering
- RDF2040205 - Hybrid vehicles and powertrains
- RDF2040206 - Autonomous vehicles (except systems infrastructures)
- RDF2040299 - Automotive engineering, n.e.c.
- RDF20403 - Manufacturing engineering
- RDF2040301 - Computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) systems
- RDF2040302 - Flexible manufacturing systems
- RDF2040303 - Machine tools
- RDF2040304 - Machining
- RDF2040305 - Manufacturing management
- RDF2040306 - Manufacturing processes and technologies (except textiles)
- RDF2040307 - Mechatronics (except automotive mechatronics)
- RDF2040308 - Manufacturing safety and quality
- RDF2040309 - Microtechnology
- RDF2040310 - Packaging, storage and transportation (except food and agricultural products)
- RDF2040311 - Precision engineering
- RDF2040312 - Textile manufacturing processes and technologies
- RDF2040313 - Industrial design in manufacturing engineering
- RDF2040399 - Manufacturing engineering, n.e.c.
- RDF20499 - Other mechanical engineering
- RDF2049901 - Acoustics and noise control (except architectural acoustics)
- RDF2049902 - Automation and control engineering
- RDF2049903 - Dynamics, vibration and vibration control
- RDF2049904 - Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
- RDF2049905 - Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation
- RDF2049906 - Solid mechanics
- RDF2049907 - Tribology
- RDF2049908 - Fluidization and fluid mechanics
- RDF2049909 - Heat and mass transfer operations
- RDF2049910 - Fluid-structure interaction
- RDF2049911 - Mechanical characterization (including modeling, testing, and monitoring)
- RDF2049999 - Other mechanical engineering, n.e.c.
- RDF205 - Chemical engineering
- RDF20501 - Chemical engineering
- RDF2050101 - Carbon capture engineering
- RDF2050102 - Catalytic process engineering
- RDF2050103 - Chemical engineering design
- RDF2050104 - Membrane and other separation technologies
- RDF2050105 - Non-automotive combustion engineering (including alternative and renewable fuels)
- RDF2050106 - Fuel engineering (including renewable)
- RDF2050107 - Powder and particle technology
- RDF2050108 - Process control and simulation in chemical engineering
- RDF2050109 - Rheology
- RDF2050110 - Petroleum and reservoir engineering
- RDF2050111 - Biochemical engineering
- RDF2050112 - Reaction fundamentals and reactor design
- RDF2050199 - Chemical engineering, n.e.c.
- RDF206 - Materials engineering and resources engineering
- RDF20601 - Materials engineering
- RDF2060101 - Ceramics engineering
- RDF2060102 - Composite and hybrid materials
- RDF2060103 - Compound semiconductors
- RDF2060104 - Elemental semiconductors
- RDF2060105 - Functional materials in materials engineering sciences
- RDF2060106 - Glass engineering
- RDF2060107 - Metals and alloy materials engineering
- RDF2060108 - Organic semiconductors
- RDF2060109 - Polymers and plastics engineering
- RDF2060110 - Timber, pulp and paper engineering
- RDF2060111 - Methods of synthesis and growth of materials
- RDF2060112 - Elaboration and characterizations of thin and ultrathin layers
- RDF2060113 - Relation micro-nanostructure and properties
- RDF2060114 - Structure property relationships modelling of thin layers
- RDF2060115 - Nanoparticle synthesis, properties and applications
- RDF2060116 - Electrical, optical, catalytic and magnetic properties of thin layers
- RDF2060199 - Materials engineering, n.e.c.
- RDF20602 - Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy
- RDF2060201 - Electrometallurgy
- RDF2060202 - Hydrometallurgy
- RDF2060203 - Mineral processing and beneficiation
- RDF2060204 - Pyrometallurgy
- RDF2060299 - Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy, n.e.c.
- RDF207 - Medical and biomedical engineering
- RDF20701 - Medical and biomedical engineering
- RDF2070101 - Biomedical materials
- RDF2070102 - Biomechanical engineering
- RDF2070103 - Biomedical instrumentation (including diagnostics)
- RDF2070104 - Medical devices
- RDF2070105 - Rehabilitation engineering (except assistive technologies)
- RDF2070106 - Artificial tissues engineering
- RDF2070107 - Biomedical signal processing
- RDF2070108 - Biomedical robotics
- RDF2070109 - Image guided surgery systems
- RDF2070199 - Medical and biomedical engineering, n.e.c.
- RDF208 - Environmental engineering and related engineering
- RDF20801 - Environmental engineering
- RDF2080101 - Residual materials management
- RDF2080102 - Product life cycle
- RDF2080103 - Environmental impacts
- RDF2080104 - Bioremediation and soil restoration
- RDF2080105 - Wastewater treatment (including water treatment processes)
- RDF2080106 - Water quality engineering
- RDF2080107 - Waste management (including agricultural waste)
- RDF2080199 - Environmental engineering, n.e.c.
- RDF20802 - Geomatics engineering
- RDF2080201 - Cartography
- RDF2080202 - Geospatial information systems
- RDF2080203 - Navigation and position fixing
- RDF2080204 - Remote sensing in geomatics and photogrammetry
- RDF2080205 - Geomatic surveying (including hydrographic surveying)
- RDF2080299 - Geomatics engineering, n.e.c.
- RDF20899 - Other environmental engineering and related engineering
- RDF2089999 - Other environmental engineering and related engineering
- RDF209 - Environmental biotechnology
- RDF20901 - Environmental biotechnology
- RDF2090101 - Biodiscovery
- RDF2090102 - Biological control
- RDF2090103 - Bioremediation
- RDF2090104 - Environmental biotechnology diagnostics (including biosensors)
- RDF2090105 - Environmental marine biotechnology
- RDF2090106 - Environmental molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins
- RDF2090199 - Environmental biotechnology, n.e.c.
- RDF210 - Industrial biotechnology
- RDF21001 - Industrial biotechnology
- RDF2100101 - Biocatalysis and enzyme technology
- RDF2100102 - Bioprocessing, bioproduction and bioproducts
- RDF2100103 - Fermentation biotechnology
- RDF2100104 - Industrial biotechnology diagnostics (including biosensors)
- RDF2100105 - Industrial microbiology (including biofeedstocks)
- RDF2100106 - Industrial molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins
- RDF2100199 - Industrial biotechnology, n.e.c.
- RDF211 - Nano-technology
- RDF21101 - Nano-technology
- RDF2110101 - Environmental nanotechnology
- RDF2110102 - Nanobiotechnology
- RDF2110103 - Nanoelectromechanical systems
- RDF2110104 - Nanoelectronics
- RDF2110105 - Nanofabrication, growth and self-assembly
- RDF2110106 - Nanomanufacturing
- RDF2110107 - Nanomaterials
- RDF2110108 - Nanomedicine
- RDF2110109 - Nanometrology
- RDF2110110 - Nanophotonics
- RDF2110111 - Nanoscale characterisation
- RDF2110112 - Nanotoxicology, health and safety
- RDF2110113 - Molecular and organic electronics
- RDF2110199 - Nanotechnology, n.e.c.
- RDF212 - Other engineering and technologies
- RDF21201 - Engineering design
- RDF2120101 - Engineering design empirical studies
- RDF2120102 - Engineering design knowledge
- RDF2120103 - Engineering design methods
- RDF2120104 - Engineering systems design
- RDF2120105 - Models of engineering design
- RDF2120106 - Engineering design, n.e.c.
- RDF2120107 - Nuclear engineering (including fuel enrichment and nuclear waste processing and storage)
- RDF2120199 - Other engineering and technologies, n.e.c.
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