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How are engineers contributing to a sustainable future?

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Civil engineering Dr Alice Alipour is a civil engineer, working in the branch of engineering that focuses on the design and construction of infrastructure, such as buildings, roads and bridges. She is leading a team of engineers from a range of disciplines who are designing smart façades for buildings.

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How can engineering address human rights issues?

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Across Peru, thousands of people do not have access to clean water or efficient transport links. Dr Davis Chacon-Hurtado , a Peruvian engineer at the University of Connecticut in the US, is using a human rights-based approach to engineering to solve these problems. HOW DOES PUBLIC TRANSPORT AFFECT INEQUALITY?

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Controlling and engineering systems for the benefit of all

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“This produces a powerful computer-aided design tool that uses data from only a limited number of prototype tests to produce an optimal design for complicated engineering systems including, for example, mechanical and civil engineering structures and complex dynamics materials.”. Key findings and successes.