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MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development

global challenges, engineering solutions
 
Read more at: Joan Ko

Joan Ko

Drivers and barriers for the adoption of energy efficiency innovations in new UK housing


Read more at: Jennifer Gonser

Jennifer Gonser

The United States Army Adoption of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighbourhood Development Green Building Rating System


Read more at: Jacob Cornelius

Jacob Cornelius

A soft systems analysis of poverty and energy in rural El Salvador: Exploring implications for capacity development


Read more at: Ian Brenkley

Ian Brenkley

The opportunity for growth for small wind microgeneration in the UK


Read more at: Karl Walter Scheel

Karl Walter Scheel

Renewable Thermal Energy: Opportunities and Barriers for the Manufacturing Industry in the UK


Read more at: Supharat Ridthichai

Supharat Ridthichai

Enablers and barriers to the adoption of renewable energy technologies for power generation AN ANALYSIS OF ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS IN THE UK


Read more at: Grecia Sofia Rodriguez Jimenez

Grecia Sofia Rodriguez Jimenez

Adapting to the effect of climate change and demand shift on the UK's decarbonized energy system


Read more at: Brett Ormrod

Brett Ormrod

The viability of nuclear power as a decarbonisation strategy given South Africa’s emerging climate change agenda


Read more at: Zhoujian Li

Zhoujian Li

A Transition Toward a Sustainable Power Potential: Feasibility Evaluation and Improvement Methods of Wind Power in China


Read more at: Yuan Leng

Yuan Leng

Achieving Sustainable Transportation in Australia: A comparison of policies targeting greenhouse gas emissions in road passenger transport


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.