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HRH The Prince of Wales at Cambridge Trusts Scholar's Reception

22 February 2013

On February 18 th members of the Centre for Sustainable Development were invited to the Cambridge Trusts Scholar’s Reception. The reception is held each year at the Fitzwilliam Museum . Along with our students, HRH The Prince of Wales attended the reception as patron of the Trusts. PhD student Claudia Mendez Jaime and HRH...

Food from waste

8 February 2013

How can we boost agricultural output in an affordable and safe way and benefit urban and peripheral communities in developing countries? An article on the Gates Cambridge website: http://www.gatescambridge.org/news/detail.asp?ItemID=13711 For Luca Di Mario [2009], water sanitation is the key. He is doing his PhD at the...

New Research Project gets underway: Delivering and Evaluating Multiple Flood Risk Benefits in Blue-Green Cities

7 February 2013

A new 3 year project funded by EPSRC was launched at the beginning of this year ( January 2013) to develop fresh strategies for managing urban flood risk as part of wider, integrated urban planning intended to achieve environmental enhancement and urban renewal in which multiple benefits of creating blue-green cities are...

Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Teaching Fellow

6 December 2012

4th January 2012 The MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development has won support from the Royal Academy of Engineering through the award of a RAEng Visiting Teaching Fellow. These positions are supported by the Academy to promote experience led teaching from hands on engineers at the early stages of their careers who...

ESD MPhil Dissertation Presentations 17 – 19 July 2012

6 December 2012

The MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development Dissertation Presentations will be held on 17 – 19 July 2012 in LT0, Engineering Department. Schedule attached Photo credit:Cruickshank

MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development students winners of “McKinsey Innovate” 2012!

6 December 2012

Cambridge students announced winners of “McKinsey Innovate” 2012 Cambridge, UK, 9th May 2012 At the final judging ceremony of the McKinsey Innovate 2012 competition, held yesterday evening at The Commonwealth Club, London, The Ethical Tomato Co. was declared winner. The annual competition, sponsored by global management...

Where are they now? University of Cambridge Research Feature - Focus on alumni of the MPhil course

6 December 2012

Where are they now? 2012 saw graduates of the MPhil course in Engineering for Sustainable Development (ESD) come back to the Department of Engineering from all over the world to celebrate the programme's tenth anniversary and catch up on developments. When a fatal earthquake hit the city of Christchurch in New Zealand in...

Dr Fenner Distinguished Lecturer at University of South Florida

6 December 2012

Dr. Fenner, a recipient of the George Stephenson Gold Medal, the R.A. Carr Prize and the James Watt Medal, spoke to a packed audience at USF on September 26, 2012 for the Patel School of Global Sustainability’s Distinguished Lecture Series. The title of his talk was Engineering Sustainability: Principles into Practice ...

'Reducing Risks of Future Disasters: Priorities for Decision Makers' report.

6 December 2012

Science key to reducing impacts of future natural hazards in developing countries 3 December 2012 Image: Professor Peter Guthrie See: http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/stories/2012/Reducing_disasters/ The use of science to reduce the effects of future natural hazards such as floods, droughts and earthquakes must be stepped up...

11th Distinguished lecture series

6 December 2012

The Eleventh Annual Lecture series will begin on 30th January 2013 with a talk from Professor Jared Diamond, UCLA titled "Growing older in yesterdays world. These public lectures, organised for the specific benefit of the MPhil students, are designed to attract speakers of international standing and repute to give their...

HRH The Prince of Wales at Cambridge Trusts Scholar's Reception

Food from waste

New Research Project gets underway: Delivering and Evaluating Multiple Flood Risk Benefits in Blue-Green Cities

Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Teaching Fellow

ESD MPhil Dissertation Presentations 17 – 19 July 2012

MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development students winners of “McKinsey Innovate” 2012!

Where are they now? University of Cambridge Research Feature - Focus on alumni of the MPhil course

Dr Fenner Distinguished Lecturer at University of South Florida

'Reducing Risks of Future Disasters: Priorities for Decision Makers' report.

11th Distinguished lecture series

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