Profile Pre 2010

Alumna Dr Tara Shirvani (Queens’ College, 2008) has been named one of this year’s UK Rising Stars in Science and Engineering.

Davide Stronati, Clare Hall, 2003/04

Marcos Pelenur, Queens, 2009-2010

Pravin Karki, Darwin College, 2006-07

Luca Di Mario, Selwyn College, 2009-2010

Marilyn Waite, Clare Hall, 2007 -08

I’m writing my update from the world’s newest country: South Sudan. When I joined the MPhil cohort in Fall 2004, I had vague notions of coming to Africa, and chose courses in the “developing world” track. Africa-based job prospects at the end of the course, however, were slim for a young engineer...

I am back at Technische Universität Berlin, pursuing a PhD in "energy systems". Previously, I worked as a consultant at McKinsey and spent some time as a political advisor in Berlin.

Before joining the course I had worked as a Design Engineer on large scale oil and gas projects working to deliver projects on time with in acceptable quality and budget. I was working at the higher end of the value chain but I was feeling a huge gap in terms of what I am doing and what I could...

Prior to completing the MPhil course, I studied civil engineering at the Cooper Union in New York City, which is where my interest in sustainability began. My focus then had tended toward water resources and environmental engineering. I was part of a research group working on sustainable water...