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January 2012The Tenth Annual Lecture series will begin on 1st Febrary 2012 with a talk from Dr Julian Allwood (Reader in Engineering, Cambridge University Engineering Department; Lead Author of the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) based on his new book Sustainable Materials – with both eyes open.These public…

4th January 2012The MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development has won support from the Royal Academy of Engineering through the award of a RAEng Visiting Teaching Fellow.  These positions are supported by the Academy to promote experience led teaching from hands on engineers  at the  early  stages of their careers who are able to relate to t…

It's been a big year for one our PhD students, Victoria Cronin! Toria has not only handed in her thesis but has also delivered a baby girl on 2 November 2011. Our best wishes and congratulations from CSD.

Jennifer Bitting (2005-2006) introduces seven fellow graduates of the course.Uven Chong (2008-2009)Road transport is a significant component of energy consumption in cities. Uven’s research aims to quantify and spatially source the air quality and climate impacts of urban transport in order to better inform policy and technology adoption choices. T…

Students present their work to date over three days of the Dissertation Conference.Students, staff, alumni and guests celebrate at the Annual Course Dinner at Peterhouse College.

24th June 2011The Centre has recently participated in a successful funding application and the Climate Histories Network has just received a grant from CRASSH to host an interdisciplinary Climate Histories seminar series with sustainable engineering over the coming academic year. The series will include invited speakers, discussion groups, and …

4th October 2010The Centre welcomes the ninth cohort of MPhil in Engineering For Sustainable Development at the start of a new academic year.  The new class has 54 students and continues to represent a boad spread of geographical and engineering backgrounds.

23rd May 2011We are delighted to announce that one of our PhD students, Marcos Pelenur, was awarded a 2011 Dow Sustainability Innovation Prize. The Dow Chemical Company awarded three prizes, which aimed to celebrate the energy, commitment and enthusiasm of sustainability students and their supervisors. Marcos' award was based on his interdisciplina…

Current students are working on their individual research projects.  Some are undertaking field work.