EESD 2020
The Engineering Education for Sustainable Development EESD 2020 conference will be hosted by University College Cork, 7th - 10th June 2020.
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Agri-Innovation 2017
Agri-Innovation is a networking session with young entrepreneurs, researchers and business people from Egypt and Cambridge looking at new opportunities and innovation in Agricultural waste.
Arthur Shercliff Travel Scholarship 2017 won by Sorcha and Emma for dissertation fieldwork in Nepal
Two ESD MPhil students have been awarded the Arthur Shercliff Travel Scholarship 2017
Assessing the benefits of blue-green infrastructure - Case Study
The case for public health policy engagement – a series of case studies
Carbon Labelling Challenge
Students from the MPhil in ESD presented to a high level industry panel including senior directors from ARUP and Buro Happold, sharing their insights into carbon labelling for large infrastructure projects.
Ces O'Hanlon, ESD MPhil student (13-14) writes "Secret Aid Worker" article in the Guardian
Secret aid worker: my bra stopped me from running into the path of gunfire
Congratulations Alain - Green Officer at Wolfson College
TWO awards given to Wolfson College in this year's Cambridge University Green Impact Challenge.
Congratulations Claire and Sam
Claire Lambe (Womens boat) and Sam Wilson (Goldie boat) both took part in the Boat Race on Sunday 2nd April.
Congratulations Dick on promotion to Professor
We are delighted to announce that Dr Dick Fenner has been promoted to Professor to take effect from 1st October 2017.
Congratulations Garrett - Boak Student Support Fund
Garrett Bray, ESD MPhil 16-17, has won support from the Boak Student Support Fund at Clare Hall College.
Congratulations Tahawar
Tahawar Hussain Syed was part of the winning Fitzwilliam College cricket team in the inter collegiate cricket cuppers competition.
CSD Staff win Highly Commended Award at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2013.
CSD Staff win Highly Commended Award at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2013.
Current ESD MPhil student in an interview by the Gates Cambridge Trust
Timothy Kotin, an MPhil student in Engineering for Sustainable Development and current Gates Cambridge Scholar was recently featured in a video interview by the Gates Cambridge Trust.
Daniel Navarro Bermudez, ESD 13-14, wins Climathon London with FiltAir team
Daniel, ESD13-14, is Graduate Sustainability Officer at Peabody Housing Association, London involved in many areas such as solar PV, renewable heat, energy efficiency and fuel poverty strategies.
Dick Fenner at EPSRC Twenty65 Conference Manchester
Dr Dick Fenner attended the EPSRC Twenty65 Conference in Manchester at the beginning of April and presented a paper on the spatial evaluation of multiple benefits from Sustainable Drainage Systems and Green Infrastructure flood management interventions.
Dr Dai Morgan appointed new Deputy Course Director for ESD MPhil
Many congratulations to Dr Dai Morgan who has been appointed as the new Deputy Course Director for the MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development.
Dr Dick Fenner wins Pilkington Prize 2013 for excellence in teaching
Thirteen inspirational academics have been honoured for the outstanding quality and approach to their teaching.
Dr Fenner Distinguished Lecturer at University of South Florida
Dr. Fenner, a recipient of the George Stephenson Gold Medal, the R.A. Carr Prize and the James Watt Medal, spoke to a packed audience at USF on September 26, 2012 for the Patel School of Global Sustainability’s Distinguished Lecture Series. The title of his talk was Engineering Sustainability: Principles into Practice.
Empowering through Light: Women and Solar Home Systems in Rural Bihar, India
ESD MPhil student 2015-16, Shivi Chandna, has research published in Cambridge University Science and Policy Exchange
ESD Annual Dinner 17th July 2013 Clare College
The Annual MPhil dinner was held on 17th July in Clare College. The dinner in the Great Hall was preceeded by Reception drinks on the Scholar's Lawn.
ESD MPhil alumni contribute to IPCC's AR5 report
MPhil Student DR ADOLF ACQUAYE (2005-06) acts as Lead Author for IPCC Fifth Assessment Report- Mitigation of Climate Change 2014
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 July 2017
The MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development Dissertation Presentations will be held on 17 – 19 July 2017 in LT0, Engineering Department.
ESD MPhil Dissertation Conference and Annual Dinner 2017
Many thanks to all the current students who took part in the annual dissertation conference - 17-19th July 2017.
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.
ESD MPhil Spring Fieldtrip to Mid Wales April 16
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.
ESD MPhil students debate on Dirty Industries
Debate on dirty industries (description by Jof Ruxton)
ESD MPhil Students visit to Crossrail March 16
The ESD MPhil Students were given the opportunity to visit Crossrail on Tuesday 22nd of March 2016.
ESD MPhil trip to Wicken Fen
Jeremy Purseglove who serves as chair for the National Trust’s Wicken Fen Local Committee took the students round the core wetland, the newly created Vision area and the proposed Vision land threatened by the Waterbeach New Town, explaining all the dilemmas and problems.
Ramit Debnath - Measuring well being in India's urban slums
ESD Student featured in Gates Trust Research News
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.
Food from waste
For Luca Di Mario [2009], water sanitation is the key. He is doing his PhD at the Centre for Sustainable Development (Engineering Department) and is looking to find sustainable business models for scaling up resource recovery from solid waste and waste water so that it can be used in agriculture in developing countries.
Former ESD MPhil student becomes Vice Chancellor
Dr Jay Golden, ESD MPhil 02-03, has been selected as Vice Chancellor of research, economic development and engagement at East Carolina University, USA.
Fotis Fotiadis, ESD MPHIl 14-15, in Financial Times article about start up company "Entomics."
Black soldier fly larvae help with a green food waste business
Goodbye and Thank you Peter!
Professor Peter Guthire has now retired from the Centre for Sustainable Development.
Duncan McNicholl, PhD student, launches new book "Volunteer Voices."
Volunteer Voices: Key Insights from International Development Experiences Edited by Duncan McNicholl, PhD Student, Centre for Sustainable Devleopment
IChemE Senior Moulton Medal awarded to Dr Dick Fenner and Dr Feriha Mukuve
Dr Dick Fenner and Dr Feriha Mukuve (ESD MPhil 10 -11, PhD 12 -15) have been awarded the prestigious Senior Moulton Medal for 2015 by the Institution of Chemical Engineers for their paper "Scale variability of water, land and energy resource interaction and their influence on the food system in Uganda" published in Sustainable Production and Consumption Vol 2 April 2015: 79-95.
International Conference Engineering Education for Sustainable Development (EESD) 2018
9th International Conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development (EESD): The Holistic Engineer Glassboro, New Jersey, USA, June 3-6, 2018
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.
Jaspreet Singh, ESD MPhil student (14-15), wins Arup competition to support Agastya’s Raspberry Pi project.
Jaspreet Singh has won a 90 second video competition based within Arup.
ESD MPhil Students at Jesus Formal May 16
ESD MPhil (39 of us!) went to a splendid Jesus Formal on Tuesday night.
Job opportunity Research Assistant/Associate in Urban Flood Resilience (Fixed Term)
A position exists, for a Research Assistant/Associate in the Department of Engineering, to work on the EPSRC funded project "Achieving Urban flood resilience in an uncertain future", which will be delivered by a consortium of 9 UK Universities.
Member (Energy), Planning Commission of the Government of Pakistan
Congratulations Tahawar Hussain, ESD MPhil 15-16
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.
MPhil Dissertation Conference 15 - 17 July 2013
The MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development Dissertation Presentations will be held on 15 – 17 July 2013 in LT0, Engineering Department.
MPhil student Heather Norton wins best presentation prize 2016
The ESD MPhil conference was held 11-13 July 2016 at the Department of Engineering.
Nafisa Bhikhoo, ESD14-15, presents her research at ZEMCH 2016 in Malaysia
Nafisa Bhikhoo produced a dissertation titled “Energy Efficiency in Low Income Tropical Housing: A Study into Improving Thermal Comfort in Low Income Housing Designs in Thailand through the Effective Incorporation of Passive Design Strategies” as part of her Engineering for Sustainable Development MPhil in 2014-15.
New book on Sustainable Water
Dick Fenner and Charles Ainger have published a new book on Sustainable Water through ICE publishing which will be available from February 2nd 2016.
New MPhil brochure available
A new brochure about the MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Dvelopment is now available.
New MPhil Brochure available
A new brochure about the MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development is now available.
New publication based on ESD MPhil thesis - Ray Pritchard (ESD MPhil 14) and Dr Scott Kelly (ESD MPhil 08)
Realising Operational Energy Performance in Non-Domestic Buildings: Lessons Learnt from Initiatives Applied in Cambridge
New Research Project gets underway: Delivering and Evaluating Multiple Flood Risk Benefits in Blue-Green Cities
A new 3 year project funded by EPSRC was launched at the beginning of this year ( January 2013) to develop fresh strategies for managing urban flood risk as part of wider, integrated urban planning intended to achieve environmental enhancement and urban renewal in which multiple benefits of creating blue-green cities are rigorously evaluated and understood.
New research support funding from Kingspan Insulation
The Centre for Sustainable Development is pleased to announce new funding from Kingspan Insulation Ltd.
New Thinking Sustainability Blog set up by class of 2016/2017
The class of 2016/2017 have started a new blog
