University Associate Professor in Engineering, Environment and Sustainable Development
Academic Division: Civil Engineering
Research group: Structures
Telephone: +44 1223 7 60561
Email: ag806@cam.ac.uk
Research interests
Dr André Cabrera Serrenho is exploring new ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions at a faster pace to meet international climate pledges. This involves identifying new configurations of energy and material systems to supply our future needs with less demand and emissions.
André has been working on the identification of feasible opportunities to deliver our future needs for transport and buildings without emissions. He has recently developed dynamic material flow analyses to anticipate the future demand, use and disposal of cars, buildings, plastics and steel in the UK, and fertilisers globally. These models quantify the trade-offs and emissions reduction potential of alternative interventions over time.
Research projects
BuildZero, an EPSRC project to transform the building stock of the Unitek Kingdom to zero material extraction, zero carbon and zero waste
Climate Compatible Growth, a UK-aid funded project which supports countries looking to attract investment in sustainable growth, energy and transport
Current Postdocoral Researchers:
- Dr Alexey Noskov
- Dr Philip Mitchell
- Dr Samuel Stephenson
Current PhD Students:
- Jack Lynch
- Hugh Thomas
- Alice Bennett
- Jakub Lastowiecki
Teaching activity
Engineering Tripos:
- 2CX Sustainable Engineering (Part IB)
- 4M22 Climate Change Mitigation (Part IIB)
- supervising Thermofluid Mechanics (Parts IA and IB)
- supervising Part IIB Projects
MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development:
- ESD200 Sustainability Methods and Metrics
- MPhil Dissertations
Other positions
Fellow and Director of Studies in Engineering (Part IB) in Clare College