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MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development

global challenges, engineering solutions
 
Read more at: Joao Costa

Joao Costa

Scoping The Potential of Stormwater as a Source of Energy


Read more at: Suyeon Choi

Suyeon Choi

THE IMPACT OF LARGE-SCALE RENEWABLE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT


Read more at: Katherine Bruce

Katherine Bruce

BIO-PLASTIC MULCH FILM FROM AGRICULTURAL WASTE: A UK CASE STUDY


Read more at: Garrett Bray

Garrett Bray

Business models for disrupting urban mobility TOWARD A FRAMEWORK AND QUANTITATIVE MODEL TO EXPLORE SCENARIOS FOR SHARED, AUTONOMOUS, ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN CITIES, USING CAMBRIDGE AS A CASE STUDY


Read more at: Abdul Rahman Bin Md Din

Abdul Rahman Bin Md Din

The Dynamics of Industrial Symbiosis: An Empirical Study of Industrial Symbiosis in the Malaysian Palm Oil Industry


Read more at: Peter Beare

Peter Beare

Building an “implementation highway”: innovation transfer between universities and informal settlements in South Africa


Read more at: Comfort Ayittah

Comfort Ayittah

Plastic Waste Management in urban Ghana: A multi-criteria assessment of Polyethene waste management techniques


Read more at: Rachel Arthur

Rachel Arthur

Adaptivity of Urban Infrastructure to Rapid Population Growth in Cambridge


Read more at: Rasha Abdrabu

Rasha Abdrabu

Local Capacity Building for Water Management in Socotra Island,Yemen Water Governance Framework for Underdeveloped Areas


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.