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MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development

global challenges, engineering solutions
 
Read more at: Jin Hooi Chan

Jin Hooi Chan

Water quality modelling and assessment in Maputo, Mozambique


Read more at: Yulia Timoshkina

Yulia Timoshkina

A systems dynamics approach for evaluating the sustainability of asset management in the UK water industry


Read more at: Olivia Thorne

Olivia Thorne

A case based reasoning approach for appraising the asset condition and performance of water industry


Read more at: Maureen Ntege

Maureen Ntege

An evaluation of the pollutant removal efficiency of small wastewater treatment systems in the UK


Read more at: Jan Adamowski

Jan Adamowski

Weekly water demand forecasting using simple Artificial Neural Networks


Read more at: Amy Embury Jones Satrom

Amy Embury Jones Satrom

Sustainability and high-level asset investment in the UK water industry


Read more at: Anna Cestari

Anna Cestari

The hydropolitics of water management


Read more at: Mara-Tafadzwa Makoni

Mara-Tafadzwa Makoni

The relationship between aid effectiveness and sustainable urban water supply and sanitation service delivery in rebuilding fragile states: Zimbabwe as a case study


Read more at: Ralph Thompson

Ralph Thompson

Formalising Sustainable Practice: Increasing the scale of a rainwater harvesting project in Mexico City


Read more at: Ye Tao

Ye Tao

River Basin Water Resource Management in Taihu Lake Basin: an institutional assessment


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.