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MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development

global challenges, engineering solutions
 

11th February 

Sustainability - worth fighting for?

Professor Paul Jowitt (Heriot-Watt University and SISTech)

25th February 

Towards sustainable consumption - visionary or illusory?

Professor Sir Brian Heap, (Cambridge University)

3rd March 

A systems approach to sustainable solutions- why there is no alternative

David Cook, (Chief Executive, the Natural Step International))

10th March 

Water and poverty: will the dream of sustainable development be realised?

Professor Richard Carter (Cranfield University)

21st April 

Understanding the linkages between climate change and sustainable development using the sustainomics framework 

Professor Mohan Munasinghe (Vice Chair of IPCC)

28th April 

Sustainable Urban Mobility – transport solutions for the 21st century

Fred Salvucci (MIT, and former Secretary of Transportation for the State of Massachusetts)

5th May 

Ecology, conservation and the human role

Sir Crispin Tickell Government Advisor on the Environment and former UK Ambassador to the UN)

2004

DL2004

 

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.