Dr Venkat Bakthavatchaalam's Outputs (10)

Mapping and enhancing sustainability literacy and competencies within an undergraduate engineering curriculum (2022)
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CONTEXT There is growing pressure today to tackle complex sustainability challenges of climate change, resource limitations, extreme poverty, to name a few. As part of this drive, today's engineers are expected to deliver technological solutions that... Read More about Mapping and enhancing sustainability literacy and competencies within an undergraduate engineering curriculum.

Educating engineers to contribute to a regional goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2030 (2022)
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The environmental and health impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss are now apparent and yet cohesive policymaking to mitigate emissions is moving too slowly. The UK’s target for carbon neutrality has been set for 2050, but this has been sup... Read More about Educating engineers to contribute to a regional goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2030.

Acceleration of circular economy in EU's automotive industry (2022)
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Background:
The world is facing an environmental crisis driven by unsustainable industrial practices, with the automotive industries reported as being one of the main contributors, thus requiring a radical shift on the way they perform business-as-u... Read More about Acceleration of circular economy in EU's automotive industry.

Recycling face masks for manufacturing FlaxPP eco-composites (2022)
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SDGs addressed: 9, 11, 12, 14 and 15.
Introduction:
The severe increase in the 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 p... Read More about Recycling face masks for manufacturing FlaxPP eco-composites.

Development and evaluation of a successful method to embed sustainable development goals in engineering curriculum (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Bakthavatchaalam, V.P., Fogg-Rogers, L. and Gough, G. 'Development and evaluation of a successful method to embed Sustainable Development Goals in engineering curriculum', Nexus Conference, 24/05/2022: United Nations University - FLORES.

Smart municipal governance system using confluence of technologies in a developing country scenario (2021)
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Smart Municipal governance system focuses on the development of urban sustainability, infrastructure, economic improvement and providing better service for their citizens. This paper details the ongoing research on developing a model that brings toge... Read More about Smart municipal governance system using confluence of technologies in a developing country scenario.

I don’t want to be an academic anymore! Changing perspectives on the academic profession in South India’s HEIs (2019)
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Gender and research productivity of academics in South India's HEIs (2019)
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Conducting and publishing research is a very important aspect of any Higher Education System. In India, despite the rapid increase in the number of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), students and staff, very few studies have been conducted investi... Read More about Gender and research productivity of academics in South India's HEIs.

Enhancing the learning process of people with special needs using wearables and Artificial Intelligence (2019)
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Wearables are widely used in monitoring various physical activities and biological signals of an individual to improve their current lifestyle. This research proposes a novel way to enhance the learning of individuals with special needs, by collectin... Read More about Enhancing the learning process of people with special needs using wearables and Artificial Intelligence.

Enhancing sustainable development goals and empathy through digital education: A pilot cross national study between India and the UK (2018)
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This e-poster builds on our last year’s research (Bakthavatchaalam et al., 2017) on the effectiveness of digital education in enhancing the subject knowledge and SDGs in engineering Higher Education (HE) learners. In this study, expand our study by c... Read More about Enhancing sustainable development goals and empathy through digital education: A pilot cross national study between India and the UK.