The Department of Civil Engineering is following the same RDEI Agenda and Priorities as the College of Engineering and Technology. These are relevant to VSU's agenda as well as its goals.

1. Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

Needs Assessment and Gap Analysis on agriculture and fisheries sectors as influenced by the changing climate; Establishment of baseline information on geo-hydrometeorological data in Eastern Visayas; Climate risk vulnerability assessment on economic crops in Eastern Visayas; Application of emerging technologies; Socioeconomic Analysis; Intervention through information dissemination and technology transfer.

2. Disaster Risk Reduction Management

Assessment and validation of geo-hydrometeorological hazards in the context of Eastern Visayas geography; Policy recommendations related to DRRM; Development of decision support system for DRRM; Application of emerging technologies.

3. Precision Agriculture

Needs Assessment, Gap, and Design Analysis (NAGDA); Benchmarking on precision agriculture practices within and outside the country; Development of controlled environments that utilize emerging technologies to improve crop yield; Design and development of automation or AI-embedded machines or farming systems for economic and high value crops; Technology transfer to communities and stakeholders; Socioeconomic analysis/Impact Studies; Establishment of international linkages for research and innovation collaborations.

4. Energy

NAGDA; Energy efficiency and conservation assessment studies; Discovery of the possible new source of renewable energy and development/modification of existing and emerging renewable (natural) source of energy for agro-industrial applications; Integration of emerging technologies for safe and efficient energy generation for agro-industrial applications; Technology transfer to communities and stakeholders; Socioeconomic analysis/Impact Studies; Establishment of international linkages for research and innovation collaborations.

5. Food Security & Sovereignty

NAGDA; Assessment studies on food sovereignty in the local context; Policy recommendation related to food sovereignty; Benchmarking on existing methods, systems, and/or technologies addressing issues on food security and sovereignty; Design and development of machines, technologies, or systems for safe and sustainable food production derived from economic crops in Eastern Visayas; Integration of emerging technologies for safe and efficient post-harvest and food processing technologies for economic crops in Eastern Visayas; Technology transfer to communities and stakeholders; Socioeconomic analysis/impact studies.