SusTech Talk – Engineering a Greener Future: Sustainable Technologies and Opportunities

“Engineering a Greener Future: Sustainable Technologies and Opportunities”

with San Murugesan, Director of BRITE Professional Services, Adjunct Professor at Western Sydney University, Australia, Senior Consultant with Cutter Consortium (USA).

Date/Time: Tuesday, Feb 17, 6 pm, USA (Wednesday, Feb 18, 1 pm, Sydney)

Abstract:

Our well-being and socioeconomic progress are inseparable from the health of our environment. A sustainable environment underpins human survival, economic stability, and the future of life on Earth. Livelihoods, industries, ecosystems, and biodiversity all depend on a stable planet. Yet decades of environmental degradation have brought us to an unprecedented crisis. Extreme weather events—droughts, floods, heat waves, snowstorms, and wildfires—are increasing in frequency and intensity, disrupting lives, damaging economies, and escalating recovery costs. Environmental degradation also poses serious health risks, contributing to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, the spread of infectious illnesses, and food insecurity.

Engineering has long driven human progress, and today it must lead sustainability efforts. Green (or sustainable) engineering balances environmental responsibility with economic viability, performance, and profitability.

Speakers
San Murugesan is Director of BRITE Professional Services, an Adjunct Professor at Western Sydney University, Australia, and a Senior Consultant with Cutter Consortium (USA). His career spans senior roles in academia, industry, and government research, including service as a Senior Research Fellow at the US National Research Council at NASA Ames Research Center, California, and as Deputy Division Head and Project Engineer at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Bangalore.