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MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development

global challenges, engineering solutions
 

8th February 

Deployment of sustainable technologies: politics and profit

Dr Doug Parr (Chief Scientist, Greenpeace)

15th February

 From hardware to hygiene behaviour: an engineering odyssey into water and sanitation

Professor Sandy Cairncross, (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

22nd February 

A sustainable climate for the future: Applying engineering skills to the challenge of climate change

Tom Delay (Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust)

1st March 

Does Resource extraction contribute to development?

Sir Mark Moody-Stuart (Chairman of Anglo American plc and former Chairman of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group)

8th March 

Climate change, the end of oil and the necessity of sustainable development

Rt. Hon Michael Meacher MP (Former Minister of State for the Environment 1997-2003)

29th March 

Flood Risk Management and Sustainable Development

Jean Venables OBE (Vice President of the Institution of Civil Engineers; Crane Environmental )

26th April 

A Science for Sustainable Living

Dr Fritjof Capra (Berkeley, California)

2006

DL2006

 

Course Overview

Context

The need to engage in better problem definition through careful dialogue with all stakeholder groups and a proper recognition of context.

Perspectives

An ability to work with specialists from other disciplines and professional groups acknowledging that technical innovation and business skills also must be understood, nurtured and combined as precursors to the successful implementation of sustainable solutions.

Change

An understanding of mechanisms for managing change in organisations so future engineers are equipped to play a leadership role.

Tools

An awareness of a range of assessment frameworks, sustainability metrics and methodologies such as Life Cycle Analysis, Systems Dynamics, Multi-Criteria Decision making and Impact Assessment.