Progress in Sustainable Development

David S-K. Ting is a professor in the Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering at the University of Windsor, Canada. Professor Ting supervises students mainly in the Renewable Energy and Thermofluid areas. He studied combustion, turbulence, heat transfer, and fluid-structure interactions prior to joining the University of Windsor. Dr. Ting founded the Turbulence and Energy Laboratory at University of Windsor in 2011. To date, he has co-supervised more than 75 graduate students, co-authored more than 130 journal papers, authored three textbooks, and co-edited seven books. Paul G. O’Brien is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, York University, Canada and has extensive experience working in leading research labs based in materials, mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering, and the chemical sciences. His interdisciplinary research efforts focus on the application of expertise from these fields to develop solutions for the realization of a transition to clean energy. Dr. O’Brien has authored over thirty-five papers in the area of materials and energy. He is the founder of the Advanced Materials for Sustainable Energy Technologies Laboratory at York University, where he and his students continue to innovate and advance clean energy solutions.

1. Engineering Sustainable Development – Realizing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
2. Reviving Aging Cities’ Infrastructure: The Case of Riverfronts
3. Nature-friendly Architectural House Design in Tropical Cities to Minimize Home Energy Consumption
4. A Review on Liquid Jet Impingement for Industrial Cooling Applications
5. Analyzing the Portfolio Optimization Models in the Solar Energy Sector
6. Optimization of Wells Turbine Performance
7. A Review of Materials Used for Carbon Dioxide Capture
8. Advances in Water Research: Enhancing Sustainable Water Use in Irrigated Agriculture in South Africa
9. Assessment of Groundwater Quality in Vihiga County, Kenya
10. Sustaining Marine Biodiversity in Singapore’s Heavily Urbanised Coast