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MPhil Dissertation Conference 15 - 17 July 2013

8 July 2013

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

MPhil Dissertation Conference 15 - 17 July 2013

8 July 2013

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

Dr Dick Fenner wins Pilkington Prize 2013 for excellence in teaching

24 June 2013

Thirteen inspirational academics have been honoured for the outstanding quality and approach to their teaching.

CSD Staff win Highly Commended Award at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2013.

15 May 2013

CSD Staff win Highly Commended Award at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2013.

Congratulations Milan

9 April 2013

University Boat Race 2013: Congratulations to Milan Bruncvik (MPhil Student) who become first Czech to row in race's 159-year history. See Telegraph article 28th March 2013 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/9959411/University-Boat-Race-2013-Milan-Bruncvik-ready-to-become-first-Czech-to-row-in-races-159-year-...

Sporting Heros

19 March 2013

Congratulations to our students for their sporting victories!

Current ESD MPhil student in an interview by the Gates Cambridge Trust

2 March 2013

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.

HRH The Prince of Wales at Cambridge Trusts Scholar's Reception

26 February 2013

On February 18 th members of the Centre for Sustainable Development were invited to the Cambridge Trusts Scholar’s Reception. The reception is held each year at the Fitzwilliam Museum . Along with our students, HRH The Prince of Wales attended the reception as patron of the Trusts. PhD student Claudia Mendez Jaime and HRH...

Food from waste

26 February 2013

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.

New Research Project gets underway: Delivering and Evaluating Multiple Flood Risk Benefits in Blue-Green Cities

26 February 2013

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.

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.

MPhil Dissertation Conference 15 - 17 July 2013

MPhil Dissertation Conference 15 - 17 July 2013

Dr Dick Fenner wins Pilkington Prize 2013 for excellence in teaching