Sesuai dengan nama dan fungsi Laboratorium Geomekanika & Peralatan Tambang, dan mengingat keahlian yang diharapkan dari seorang Geomechanical Engineer mencakup kurang lebih disiplin berikut, maka pengembangan penelitian Laboraorium harus mendukung ke-arah tersebut.
- RockMass Characterization
- StressAnalysis
- RockSlope Engineering
- BlastEngineering
- Rock Support & Reinforcement
- UnderGround Rock Engineering
- In-situRock Testing & Instrumentation
- EngineeringRock Mechanics
- NumericalModeling & Numerical Analysis
- Probabilityand Risk in Geomechanics/Enviromental Geomechanics
- MineWater Engineering
- GeomechanicsProject Management
- IntegratedProject Research on Mine Pavement/Road Design