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Read more at: ESD Students hand in Dissertations August 15
ESD Students hand in Dissertations August 15

ESD Students hand in Dissertations August 15

2 September 2015

Congratulations to the 2015 ESD MPhil cohort who handed in their dissertations by Friday 28th August. Photo credit: Sandra Asgrimsdottir


Read more at: ESD Alumni Jan Adamowski (2003-04) recipient of 2015 New Holland Young Researcher Award
ESD Alumni Jan Adamowski (2003-04) recipient of 2015 New Holland Young Researcher Award

ESD Alumni Jan Adamowski (2003-04) recipient of 2015 New Holland Young Researcher Award

19 August 2015

ESD Alumni Jan Adamowski (2003-04) has been presented an award by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE.) He is the the recipient of the 2015 New Holland Young Researcher Award for his outstanding accomplishments and leadership in the research and teaching of hydrological modeling and...


Read more at: ESD MPhil Alumni Conference held 17th July 2015
ESD MPhil Alumni Conference held 17th July 2015

ESD MPhil Alumni Conference held 17th July 2015

21 July 2015

The ESD Alumni conference was held on 17th July 2015 at the Department of Engineering, Cambridge. There were 9 speakers at the event ranging from Simon Lamb who was a student on the 2006 MPhil programme to Nils Goldbeck, Angeliki Gkogka and Peter Levi from last year's MPhil. The topics ranged from the winterisation of red...


Read more at: MPhil student Nafisa Bhikhoo wins best presentation prize 2015
MPhil student Nafisa Bhikhoo wins best presentation prize 2015

MPhil student Nafisa Bhikhoo wins best presentation prize 2015

21 July 2015

The ESD MPhil conference was held 13-15 July 2015 at the Department of Engineering. Presentations were made by the students and posters were on display in reception. Congratulations to Nafisa Bhikhoo who won the best presentation prize, and to Tom Niven and Dan Smith who jointly won the best poster prize (judged by alumni...


Read more at: MPhil Dissertation Conference 13 - 15 July 2015
MPhil Dissertation Conference 13 - 15 July 2015

MPhil Dissertation Conference 13 - 15 July 2015

3 July 2015

The MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development Dissertation Presentations will be held on 13 – 15 July 2015 in LT0, Engineering Department.


Read more at: “Sustainability as if it Mattered” ESD MPhil Students Arup Presentations
“Sustainability as if it Mattered” ESD MPhil Students Arup Presentations

“Sustainability as if it Mattered” ESD MPhil Students Arup Presentations

3 July 2015

ESD MPhil students addressed an audience of over 100 people from Arup on Monday June 29 th 2015. Their assignment had been to address a panel of senior directors from international consulting firm Arup in March making proposals as to how they might change their business to embrace sustainability on their large...


Read more at: EPSRC / NSF Clean Water for All China Visit June 2015
EPSRC / NSF Clean Water for All China Visit June 2015

EPSRC / NSF Clean Water for All China Visit June 2015

2 July 2015

Dick Fenner and Malcolm Morgan spent a week in China hosted by Nottingham University's Ningbo campus, about 3 hours drive south of Shanghai, from 14-20 June. This was the culmination of the EPSRC / NSF Clean Water for All initiative which enabled a team of researchers from the UK (including Malcolm and Dick) to work with...


Read more at: EESD15 UBC Vancouver
EESD15 UBC Vancouver

EESD15 UBC Vancouver

2 July 2015

Dick Fenner and Heather Cruickshank recently attended the 7th International Conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development which was hosted by the University of British Colombia in Vancouver from 9-12 June. They presented two papers on the use of games in teaching concepts of sustainable development and on...


Read more at: Dr Heather Cruickshank promoted to a Senior Lectureship
Dr Heather Cruickshank promoted to a Senior Lectureship

Dr Heather Cruickshank promoted to a Senior Lectureship

29 June 2015

We are delighted to announce that Dr Heather Cruickshank has been promoted to a Senior Lectureship. Many congratulations Heather!


Read more at: ESD MPhil Students Visit Potton Company
ESD MPhil Students Visit Potton Company

ESD MPhil Students Visit Potton Company

28 May 2015

The ESD MPhil Students had a successful visit at Potton Company on Monday 27 th of April 2015. Potton Kingspan is a leader company that assembles timber-based structural systems, delivering architectural design and high performance energy efficient solutions into private sector. On the visit the students were received by...