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MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development

global challenges, engineering solutions
 
Welcome to New Visitor to the Centre

Welcome to our new Visitor, James Montgomery, a PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada. He is currently visiting the Centre for 6 months  funded through a TEE Doctoral Mobility Scholarship. While in Cambridge he will be working on the development of a new Masters Degree in Engineering Leadership and Sustainability at UBC and facilitating ties between the University of Cambridge and UBC. His research activities while in Cambridge will consist of ESEM investigations of the impact of changes in relative humidity on salt nanoparticle agglomerate structures and modeling the effects of building air filter installation changes on indoor air quality and energy consumption.

For more information: http://www-csd.eng.cam.ac.uk/people/visitors/james-montgomery

 

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.