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Read more at: ESD MPhil Alumni Conference held 18th July 2014
ESD MPhil Alumni Conference held 18th July 2014

ESD MPhil Alumni Conference held 18th July 2014

28 July 2014

The ESD Alumni conference was held on 18th July 2014 at the Department of Engineering, Cambridge. There were 11 speakers at the event ranging from Nick Wordsworth who was a student on the first MPhil programme (2002-03) to Dev Tayal and Caroline Brown from last year's MPhil. There were four sessions; Tools to get the job...

Read more at: ESD MPhil Alumni quoted in the Economist
ESD MPhil Alumni quoted in the Economist

ESD MPhil Alumni quoted in the Economist

28 July 2014

ESD MPhil Alumni, Franco Gonzalez (2010-11), has been quoted in The Economist Jul 12th 2014 See article in the Economist: Supercapacitors First one up the drive Photo Credit: Jochen Van Cauwenberg/Goodwood in the Economist

Read more at: MPhil student Doros Nicolaides wins best presentation prize 2014
MPhil student Doros Nicolaides wins best presentation prize 2014

MPhil student Doros Nicolaides wins best presentation prize 2014

24 July 2014

The ESD MPhil conference was held 14-16 July at the Department of Engineering. Presentations were made by the students and posters were on display in reception. Congratulations to Doros Nicolaides who won the best presentation prize and Jan Monica who won the best poster prize (judged by alumni students.) Photo Credit...

Read more at: ESD Annual Dinner 16th July 2014 Clare College
ESD Annual Dinner 16th July 2014 Clare College

ESD Annual Dinner 16th July 2014 Clare College

24 July 2014

The Annual MPhil dinner was held on 16th July in Clare College. The dinner in the Great Hall was preceeded by Reception drinks on the Scholar's Lawn. Photo Credit: Jan Monica Prof Guthrie congratulating Dr Fenner on his promotion

Read more at: MPhil Dissertation Conference 14 - 16 July 2014
MPhil Dissertation Conference 14 - 16 July 2014

MPhil Dissertation Conference 14 - 16 July 2014

6 July 2014

The MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development Dissertation Presentations will be held on 14 – 16 July 2014 in LT0, Engineering Department.

Read more at: Successful 10th Brunel International Lecture held in Cambridge June 18th 2014
Successful 10th Brunel International Lecture held in Cambridge June 18th 2014

Successful 10th Brunel International Lecture held in Cambridge June 18th 2014

20 June 2014

"Collectively we are stronger - engineers generating collaborative solutions to strengthen community resilience post-disaster" Duncan Gibb - Executive General Manager SCIRT

Read more at: Front page of Independent for PhD Student Malcolm Morgan and Dr Heather Cruickshank
Front page of Independent for PhD Student Malcolm Morgan and Dr Heather Cruickshank

Front page of Independent for PhD Student Malcolm Morgan and Dr Heather Cruickshank

18 June 2014

The Independent newspaper has published an article on it's front page based on a paper by PhD Student Malcolm Morgan and Dr Heather Cruickshank. The paper is about quantifying the extent of space shortages in English Dwellings. The Independent article by Jonathan Brown is titled "Rabbit-hutch Britain: Growing health...

Read more at: ESD MPhil Alumni published in NYT Chinese version
ESD MPhil Alumni published in NYT Chinese version

ESD MPhil Alumni published in NYT Chinese version

12 June 2014

ESD MPhil Alumni, Xiangyu Sheng (2012-13), has been published in the NYT Chinese Version. The article follows on from her MPhil dissertation research about air pollution from Beijing Airport. See article in Chinese: tcn.nytimes.com/science/20140611/cc11airport/ For more information about Xiangyu: http://www-esdmphil.eng...

Read more at: ESD Alumni published in NYT Chinese version

ESD Alumni published in NYT Chinese version

12 June 2014

ESD ALumni Xiangyu Sheng (2012 -130) has had an article published (in Chinese) in NYT Chinese version. The article is an extension of her M{hil dissertation research and discusses pollution from Beijing new airport. For more information: http://cn.nytimes.com/science/20140611/cc11airport/

Read more at: Congratulations - Dr Dick Fenner promoted to Reader
Congratulations - Dr Dick Fenner promoted to Reader

Congratulations - Dr Dick Fenner promoted to Reader

12 June 2014

We are delighted to announce that Dr Dick Fenner has been promoted to a Personal Readership. Many congratulations Dick!

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.

 

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