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MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development

global challenges, engineering solutions
 
Read more at: Emily Castro-Prieto

Emily Castro-Prieto

Assessing sustainability of a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action for energy-efficiency measures in the Mexican residential building sector


Read more at: Alicia Blatiak

Alicia Blatiak

Investigating Scour at Offshore Monopile Wind Turbine Foundations


Read more at: Mariam Al-Qubaisi

Mariam Al-Qubaisi

Crisis-resilient Water Policies: What can the United Arab Emirates take from the Australian model?


Read more at: Ryan Alexander

Ryan Alexander

The costs and human benefits of an incremental approach to the upgrading of informal settlements in Cape Town, South Africa


Read more at: Tareq Al-Ansari

Tareq Al-Ansari

Analysing the Resilience of Qatar National Food Security Program


 

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.