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MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development

global challenges, engineering solutions
 
Read more at: Leonie van Beek

Leonie van Beek

Sustainable urban settlements; past, present and future


Read more at: Aurelien Vicenzutti

Aurelien Vicenzutti

Achieving economic transformation and CO2 control strategy in China: challenges and opportunities for alternative energies development


Read more at: Pedro Henrique Gorayeb Vitoriano

Pedro Henrique Gorayeb Vitoriano

The Scalability of UK-based Social Enterprises: case studies on organisations working in the field of community development


Read more at: Nicolas Westenenk Saint-Jean

Nicolas Westenenk Saint-Jean

Delivering Zero Carbon Offices: A whole-life cost analysis of the options to derive the optimum solution for achieving ‘net zero carbon’ in office buildings


Read more at: Philip Williams

Philip Williams

Creating demand for Resilient Resource Recovery and Reuse in Developing Countries


Read more at: Georgina Wong

Georgina Wong

Towards sustainable water management in the UK


Read more at: Pedro Zaragoza Gasca

Pedro Zaragoza Gasca

Securing food supply trough efficiency in the supply chain


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.