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MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development

global challenges, engineering solutions
 
Read more at: Micah Melnyk

Micah Melnyk

Scaling sustainable energy for all: Business models and private sector involvement in small scale, decentralized renewable electricity in developing countries


Read more at: Patrick Mohr

Patrick Mohr

Pathways to 2030: Sustainable Energy for Ireland


Read more at: Horacio Morales

Horacio Morales

A sustainability analysis of Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer lending platforms


Read more at: Geoffrey Morgan

Geoffrey Morgan

Unpeeling the Sustainability of Certified Bananas: The Vulnerability of Certification Schemes to Ineffectual Auditing and Climate Change


Read more at: Anirudh Mukkavilli

Anirudh Mukkavilli

Land, energy, and water use in Australia


Read more at: Verónica Rojas Urquiza

Verónica Rojas Urquiza

BAMBOO AS AN ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN ECUADOR


Read more at: Adam Ryder

Adam Ryder

Sustainable implementation of Canada’s national wastewater strategy


Read more at: Rodrigo Sanchez M.

Rodrigo Sanchez M.

Sustainable Water Management in the Atacama Desert: The Copiapo River Basin


Read more at: Iain Savill

Iain Savill

Future Dynamic Demand Side Management of Non- Domestic Buildings


Read more at: Geoff Stevens

Geoff Stevens

Opportunities for and Barriers to Industrial Ecology in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


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.