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MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development

global challenges, engineering solutions
 
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(Maria) Jimena Alvarez

The economics of Climate Change: the social cost of carbon dioxide from the RCP emission scenarios

Abhishek Jain

Development of Decision Analysis Framework to Assist Decentralized Electrification in Rural India

Adam Burke

Construction Feasibility and Impact Assessment of Multi-Purpose Artificial Reefs

Ana Castaneda - Himmelspach

Meeting the needs of water management in Mexico City with pre Hispanic cultures practices

Andres Assar

A Framework for air pollution and its consequences in some cities in Chile

Antonia Hart

Traditional Versus Modern Homes for Barbados

Brett Ormrod

The viability of nuclear power as a decarbonisation strategy given South Africa’s emerging climate change agenda

Brittany Coff

Evaluating the Effectiveness and Sustainability of NGO Activities: A Case Study in Zambia

Caroline Brown

Assessment of the design options and feasibility of providing transitional housing to South Africans awaiting permanent low-cost government housing

Chris McClurg

Bridging the Gap Between the Design and Delivery of Sustainable Buildings Using Maintenance Tickets to Create a Data-Driven Feedback Loop

Craig Henderson

SUSTAINABILITY IN AUSTRALIAN PIPELINE DESIGN

Dana Boyer

Vegetation in buildings: greenery to address psychological and social health in sustainable building design

Dev Tayal

Designing Sustainable Cities: Urban Transport Innovations

Dinesh Kapur

A critical review of sustainability in sport: Investigating motivation and potential for the sport sector and football clubs to take up environmental stewardship

Faran Mahmood

Behavioural implications of policy instruments on triple bottom line business sustainability in an innovation-driven economy

Gerard Casey

Afghanistan: Repatriation and Resettlement

Grecia Sofia Rodriguez Jimenez

Adapting to the effect of climate change and demand shift on the UK's decarbonized energy system

Greg Felter

Water Supply Challenges in Cities as a Result of Urbanization

Haitao He

Plastic Waste Recycling Model A Study of Plastic Supply Chain from UK to China

Ji-Young Park

Assessment of Four Major Rivers Project in South Korea: Implications towards Sustainability

Joanis Holzigel

A study of consumer involvement in off-grid rural electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa: With a focus on product design in solar PV companies

Jonathan Ho

Critical Review, Analysis & Integration of Halophilic Bacteria on Modern Water Infrastructures

Kaihao Wang

Sustainability Study on Underground Space for NTU Campus

Karl Walter Scheel

Renewable Thermal Energy: Opportunities and Barriers for the Manufacturing Industry in the UK

Khangzhen Leow

Low Carbon Water Industry in Singapore

Kyle Maggard

Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management

Maria Kotsareli

Retrofit technologies and strategies to improve the energy performance of buildings in Greece

Mariam Malik

Disaster Management in Pakistan Earthquake Risk Reduction in Karachi

Milan Bruncvik

Comparative Study of Resource Efficiency of Shipping Container Based Homes

Nadiawati Salleh

The Value of Green Infrastructure in Putrajaya, Malaysia

Nicholas Copeland

Energy, Water, and Land Use in Texas: A case study of water resources in two Texan metropolises

Ozioma Uzoegwu

AGENT BASED MODELLING FOR FLOOD INCIDENT MANAGEMENT IN CANVEY ISLAND, UNITED KINGDOM

Pankaj Arora

Behavior and Policy: Framework for Planning of Low Carbon Freight Transport Systems for India’s Economic/Industrial Corridors

Prince Ogbonna

ENERGY MODELLING OF A HIGH-RISE OFFICE COMPLEX IN LAGOS, NIGERIA

Randa Fahmy

A Water Energy Agriculture Nexus Approach for Desert Agriculture in the Middle East Directed Towards Identification of Sustainable Integrated Models on Both Deployment and Policy Levels (A Case Study in Egypt)

Randolph Brazier

How education can be used to improve sustainability knowledge and thinking among teenagers

Soo Seng Lee

SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL TEACHING MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE:
FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AGED 15 TO 18

Supharat Ridthichai

Enablers and barriers to the adoption of renewable energy technologies for power generation AN ANALYSIS OF ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS IN THE UK

Thomas Ratsakatika

ALLEVIATING GLOBAL POVERTY THROUGH SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE: AN ECUADORIAN CASE STUDY

Tiffany Chow

Maintaining Energy Security in the United Kingdom through Electricity Market Reform

Timothy Kotin

Sustainable Energy for Cities in the Developing World: A Case Study of Rendeavour’s Appolonia and King City Projects in Ghana

Tzu-Ting Hsia

The Assessment of the Heathrow Third Runway and Alternatives

William Hudson

Optimising Returns from Commercial Ground Source Heat Pumps: A UK Study

William Usher

Assessing the needs for the inclusion of sustainability in the strategic planning for mining companies

Xiangyu Sheng

Achieving Sustainable Urbanisation: the Case of Air Pollution from Airports

Yuan Leng

Achieving Sustainable Transportation in Australia: A comparison of policies targeting greenhouse gas emissions in road passenger transport

Zhoujian Li

A Transition Toward a Sustainable Power Potential: Feasibility Evaluation and Improvement Methods of Wind Power in China

 

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.