Progress in Sustainable Development

David S.-K. Ting is the founder of the Turbulence and Energy Laboratory at the University of Windsor, through which he supervises students primarily on energy and thermofluids. He is a prolific author/editor and a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta (APPEGA); Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO); the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE); the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); the Engineering Society for Advancing Mobility Land Sea Air and Space (SAE). He has edited several books for Elsevier, the most recent ones especially focused on sustainable engineering and development practices. 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 Goals2. Reviving Aging Cities’ Infrastructure: The Case of Riverfronts3. Nature-friendly Architectural House Design in Tropical Cities to Minimize Home Energy Consumption4. A Review on Liquid Jet Impingement for Industrial Cooling Applications5. Analyzing the Portfolio Optimization Models in the Solar Energy Sector6. Optimization of Wells Turbine Performance7. A Review of Materials Used for Carbon Dioxide Capture8. Advances in Water Research: Enhancing Sustainable Water Use in Irrigated Agriculture in South Africa9. Assessment of Groundwater Quality in Vihiga County, Kenya10. Sustaining Marine Biodiversity in Singapore’s Heavily Urbanised Coast