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MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development

global challenges, engineering solutions
 
Read more at: Marwa El-Sayed

Marwa El-Sayed

Towards Zero Carbon Buildings in Cambridge


Read more at: Uven Chong

Uven Chong

Creating a Sustainable Transportation System: Lessons from Malaysia’s Development


Read more at: Ruel Brathwaite

Ruel Brathwaite

The Embodied Water within the Construction of a UK Sustainable Home


Read more at: Philippe Bernier

Philippe Bernier

Retrofit for the Future: Existing Homes and Building Rating Systems


Read more at: Hero Bennett

Hero Bennett

Mitigating the negative effects of the urban heat island in the UK on an urban block scale. An approach towards sustainable neighbourhood design


Read more at: Rebecca Bateman

Rebecca Bateman

Sustainability in the Cosmetics Industry


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.