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The MPhil students have recently returned from a study tour to Wales at the end of March.They visited MBA Polymers in Worksop, the Centre for Alternative Technology in Machynlleth, Rheidol Hydro and wind farm, Canolfan Hyddgen and had talks by Ian Tansley (Sure Chill), Katy Jones (Dulas) and John Williamson (JWP Construction.)Photo: Doros Nicolaide…

Congratulations to Mike Kang, a current ESD MPhil student, who was the goalkeeper in the Varsity ice hockey match at Oxford on Saturday 8th March. Oxford won but the score would have been much worse if Mike hadn't been there!

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment, led by the Civil Engineering Division at the University of Cambridge, invites applications for 4-year full-time fully-funded PhD studentships starting in October 2014. studentship details:www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/2982/CDT website: www.cdt-civil.eng.cam.ac.uk

The Trustees of the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators have generously awarded a £4000 bursary to Francesca O’Hanlon, a student on the MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development, for payment against fees. Francesca O'Hanlon, who studied civil and environmental engineering at Imperial College, and has relevant water experience in El Salv…

GREG FELTER, MPhil student 2012-13 from Hughes Hall, was a recipient of a CUES Rolling Grant, which he used to see and research the problems of supplying water in Uganda, one of the world’s poorest countries. He details his trip in this article taken from "The Cambridge Engineer. Michaelmas 2013."Rolling Grant: Uganda

A new book has been published (in December 2013) by ICE Publishing by Dick Fenner and Charles Ainger which tries to fill the gap between an engineer's understanding of sustainability and how to practically reach these goals. Sustainable Infrastructure: Principles into Practice is a practical and accessible handbook which addresses the key principle…

This weekend, two of the current MPhil students, Ralph Bernhard and Jack Barrie, formed a team and took part in the Cambridge Start Up Hack weekend event (create a company in 48 hours). They won! They developed a company called Water Peer. Water Peer is a water efficiency startup focused on behaviour modification through peer benchmarking. It prov…

Welcome to our two new PhD studentsCarron Blom is working with Professor Peter Guthrie looking to  further explore sustainability issues and opportunities in the systemic complexity of infrastructure and the aligned engineering processes and organisational frameworks that cocoon this.More information:http://www-csd.eng.cam.ac.uk/people/students/car…

Article taken from: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/when-building-for-the-future-means-what-it-saysToo little attention is being paid to the long-term sustainability of new buildings in a changing climate according to a new study that makes recommendations for ‘future-proofing’ best practice.It’s the ability to respond to upcoming changes th…

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 Sustainab…

Over 160 participants from 24 countries gathered last week at Robinson College for the 6th International Conference in Engineering Education for Sustainable Development (EESD13).The conference was hosted and organised by the Department's Centre for Sustainable  Development and was opened with addresses from both Professor Dame Ann Dowling and Profe…

A new brochure about the MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Dvelopment is now available.Click here for MPhil brochure

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. Photo credit: Andres Assar

The MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development Dissertation Presentations will be held on 15 – 17 July 2013 in LT0, Engineering Department.Schedule attachedPhoto credit: Pankaj Arora

The MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development Dissertation Presentations will be held on 15 – 17 July 2013 in LT0, Engineering Department. Schedule attached