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Aswathy Rajendran, Cohort 5 student, recently attended the Summer School on Carbon Storage in Net Zero Construction Products, hosted by the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Zagreb on the beautiful island of Zlarin, Croatia. Aswathy’s research focuses on focuses on exploring the carbon sequestration potential of construction materia…

Title: Exploring the Embodied Ecological Impacts of Construction Materials and beyondAbstract: This seminar examines the ecological impacts of raw material extraction for construction, a foundational yet often overlooked phase in the life cycle of building materials. From mining and quarrying to logging, extraction processes drive habitat destructi…

Lunchtime Seminar features Hem Dholakia, Senior Research Associate at the Smart Prosperity Institute. Title: A skills-ecosystem approach to Canada's net-zero transitionAbstract: Our research identified the skills and jobs needed for three clean-growth opportunities: plant-based protein agriculture and manufacturing in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, zer…

Title: From cradle to gate: embedding sustainability into engineering thinking and choicesAbstract: In this talk, Federico will address the critical role of engineers and transport professionals in supporting global sustainability and the climate resilience goals. Starting with the broader context of of global sustainability and climate resilience …

Max Langtry and Monty Jackson recently returned from their highly successful secondment in California. Over April they visited Stanford University to join their supervisor Ruchi Choudhary, who is a Stanford Visiting Professor during her sabbatical, and spend time with the Urban Informatics Lab led by Professer Rishee Jain.The secondment was a fanta…

Speaker for the next Lunchtime Seminar is Neil Montague, Senior Data Scientist at Arup. Title: The applications of Agent Based Modelling in the transport contextAbstract: Based in the Arup London office, the City Modelling Lab applies Agent Based Modelling and advanced data analytics techniques to delve into complex questions on how transport impac…

Alice Bennett from Cohort 3, returned from an incredible research trip to New Zealand, hosted by Jannik Haas and Rebecca Peer in the Sustainable Energy Research Group (SERG) at the University of Canterbury. The secondment explored how the age and condition of existing infrastructure can influence the pace and rollout of hydrogen technologies — a cr…

Join Anna Beckett from BuroHappold as guest speaker at the Lunchtime Seminar series. Title:Building and Material Reuse in London Abstract:  In recent years the retention of existing buildings has risen to the top of the political agenda; we all know it’s more sustainable to retain an existing building than it is to demolish and rebuild. But when th…

Join Stephen Hodge from Versarien for this Lunchtime Seminar talk.Title:Material & Technology Innovations to Support The Path Towards Net ZeroSpeaker Bio: Dr Stephen Hodge was appointed Versarien’s CEO in July 2023. He initially joined the board as Chief Technology Officer in 2021. Prior to this, he was Head of Research overseeing the company's gra…

Talk Title: The Deep Geological Repository in Switzerland - Some Critical Engineering ChallengesSpeaker Bio: Dr Alexandros Nordas is a Senior Scientific Associate and Lecturer in the Chair of Underground Construction at ETH Zurich. His research focuses on life-cycle simulation and hazard assessment of underground systems, squeezing ground condition…

Callum White, a student from FIBE2 cohort 3, recently attended the STEM for BRITAIN 2025 exhibition organised by the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee at the Houses of Parliament as a finalist in the Engineering category.STEM for BRITAIN is a significant scientific poster competition and exhibition that has taken place in Parliament since 1997…

Congratulations to Shagun Garg who has been recognised as a Geo-Spatial Rising Star 2025 at the  Geospatial World Forum 2025. See the article PhD student Shagun Garg named Geospatial World Rising Star 2025 | Department of Engineering"I’ve always been fascinated by the way data from space can help us better understand problems here on Earth. As clim…

This year’s Annual Conference was organized by Cohort 4. India Harding, Cohort Rep opens the conference held at Old Divinity School, St John's Collegewith a welcome from FIBE2 Head and Director, Prof Abir Al-Tabbaa. Prof Sarah Sharples, Chief Scientific Advisor for the Department of Transport, took the virtual stage with an online presentation on “…

Congratulations to Doug Morley from Cohort 2 on his published paper in the Journal of Bridge Engineering.  This paper is an outcome of his secondment in South Africa. Extended Monitoring of Earth Pressures Behind a 90 m Integral Bridge | Journal of Bridge Engineering | Vol 30, No 4"The opportunity to carry out research into integral bridges in Sout…

Speaker Bio: Suman Ramasundaram is the Associate Vice President (AVP) leading the Airport Planning and Development Department at Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), where she ensures that the airport meets the growing air traffic demands with adequate capacity and operational flexibility. With over 24 years of experience as a Project Ma…