Re-engineering Engineering: from buildings to communities

UCL IEDEpursues a deeper understanding of the part played by choices relating to buildings and the urban environment in tackling some of the greatest challenges facing mankind, in areas such as health, human well-being, productivity, energy use and climate change.We are part of The Bartlett: UCL's global faculty of the built environment.

UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering

UCL IEDE would like to warmly invite you to the Inagural lecture of Professor Sarah Bell on Thursday 6 September. 
Abstract:
Engineers change the world, but not always for the better. In this lecture, to mark Sarah’s promotion to Professor of Environmental Engineering at UCL, she looks back to her earliest impressions of engineering as a career, and traces how things have changed. Engineering isn’t just building things. Sometimes, doing nothing is the best option. Small engineering might be better than big engineering. Good engineering takes time. Engineering is more effective if it’s done with people, rather than for them. Sarah has changed her mind about engineering, more than once. In this lecture, she hopes you might too.
Biography: 
<A HREF="https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=SJBEL56" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sarah Bell</A> is Professor of <A HREF="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/environmental-design/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Environmental Engineering in the Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering</A> at UCL. She is Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management. She is an EPSRC Living With Environmental Change Research Fellow and Director of the <A HREF="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering-exchange/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Engineering Exchange</A> at UCL. Her current research and practice aim to enhance community engagement with engineering and infrastructure. Her most recent book <A HREF="https://www.routledge.com/Urban-Water-Sustainability-Constructing-Infrastructure-for-Cities-and/Bell/p/book/9781138929906" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">‘Urban Water Sustainability’</A> was published in 2018 by Routledge. She has performed standup comedy about her work since 2009.

Anatomy Building G29 JZ Young Lecture Theatre

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