All Outputs (3)

Assessment of policy-society interface to increase female participation: A study of aerospace engineering in the Maldives (2023)
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Afaal, S., & Bakthavatchaalam, V. (2023). Assessment of policy-society interface to increase female participation: A study of aerospace engineering in the Maldives. https://sdgs.un.org/: The United Nations

This study aims to identify and analyse the various factors leading to low female participation in Maldivian aerospace industry and discuss the policies required to improve this sector. Using a qualitative method, data from both male and female aeros... Read More about Assessment of policy-society interface to increase female participation: A study of aerospace engineering in the Maldives.

What can be done about the discarded face mask pandemic? An innovative engineering solution (2022)
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Elhawary, O., & Bakthavatchaalam, V. (2022). What can be done about the discarded face mask pandemic? An innovative engineering solution. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum)

The severe increase in pollution caused by the discarded face masks during COVID-19 cannot be overstated. This research provides an innovative engineering solution to this issue by recycling polypropylene, the primary plastic found in the facemasks t... Read More about What can be done about the discarded face mask pandemic? An innovative engineering solution.

Circular economy as a strategy in European automotive industries to achieve (2022)
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Hernandez, M. D. A., & Bakthavatchaalam, V. (2022). Circular economy as a strategy in European automotive industries to achieve. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum)

The automotive industry is reported as being one of the main contributors to the global environmental crisis, thus requiring a radical shift in the way they perform business-as-usual (UNFCCC, 2018). The UN and a growing number of studies hail Circu... Read More about Circular economy as a strategy in European automotive industries to achieve.