Welcome ESD MPhil class 18-19
The Engineering for Sustainable Development MPhil programme welcomed a new group of 27 students onto the programme this year, the 17th cohort since the programme began in 2002. The students come from 19 different countries including Bangladesh, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Sudan and Kazakhstan. The average age of the students is 28 as many of them have worked in a professional Engineering role prior to joining the course.
ESD MPhil Alumni stories: Meet Rising Star Dr Tara Shirvani
ESD MPhil Alumna Dr Tara Shirvani (Queens’ College, 2008) has been named one of this year’s UK Rising Stars in Science and Engineering.
ESD MPhil Dissertation Conference and Annual Dinner 2018
Many thanks to all the current students who took part in the annual dissertation conference - 16-18th July 2018.
ESD MPhil Dissertation Conference July 2018
The MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development Dissertation Presentations will be held on 16 – 18 July 2018 in LT0, Engineering Department.
Jaspreet Singh (ESD 14-15) Initiative to Value Human Life
The Initiative to Value Human Life (IVHL) is a non-profit organisation seeking to better understand how the value of human lives are measured by individuals, corporations, governments and other organisations.
Menna Dessouki (ESD 15-16 ) presents at Resilient Cities 2018 conference
Menna Dessouki presented her MPhil dissertation poster at the Resilient Cities 2018 conference (the 9th Annual Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation) in Bonn, Germany.
Ramit Debnath - Measuring well being in India's urban slums
ESD Student featured in Gates Trust Research News
New MPhil Brochure available
A new brochure about the MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development is now available.
MPhil Field study tour to Mid Wales April 2018
The ESD MPhil students had a successful fieldtrip to Mid Wales at the start of April. The purpose of the Field Trip was to visit a number of organisations dealing largely in Development, Energy, or Sustainable Technologies mostly in the context of mid Wales.
New Thinking Sustainability Blog set up by class of 2016/2017
The class of 2016/2017 have started a new blog
ESD MPhil students debate on Dirty Industries
Debate on dirty industries (description by Jof Ruxton)
Space for Sustainability Award Winner Katherine Bruce (ESD 16-17)
Congratulations to Katherine Bruce ESD 16-17 on winning the Space for Sustainability award 2017.
Urban Flood Resilence blog
Dick Fenner has create a blog on the need for multi functional design of sustainable urban drainage which is posted on the Urban Flood Resilence website.
Paper published by Ramit Debnath ESD 17-18
"Investigating the association of healthcare-seeking behavior with the freshness of indoor spaces in low-income tenement housing in Mumbai."
Member (Energy), Planning Commission of the Government of Pakistan
Congratulations Tahawar Hussain, ESD MPhil 15-16
Seminar on "Decision Making Under Uncertainty" led by World Bank
How do we design sustainable water resources, hydropower and dams infrastructure projects knowing that climate change and other variables are changing?
YouTube Video ESD MPhil- Global challenges, engineering solutions
New Department YouTube video about the ESD MPhil.