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Agile Engineering

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Failure Mode 6

Failure Mode 6

Our changing climate brings many engineering challenges. The heart of this failure mode is finding creative ways to use limited resources wisely, handle disruptions, and adapt quickly

Building on Failure Mode 5 “Transdisciplinary Engineering” effort, this failure mode asks:

How can we make sure new engineering ideas solve real-world problems?

And how can we encourage fresh, creative solutions to these tough challenges?

Agile Engineering adapts flexibly to limited resources and rapidly shifting conditions in a climate-threatened world.

Christa Searle
Dr Christa Searle
Co-lead
Heriot-Watt University
Business School
Larissa Naylor
Prof. Larissa Naylor

Specialist (adaptation and mitigation)
University of Glasgow
School of Geographical and Earth Sciences

Yue Hu
Dr Yue Hu
Specialist (adaptation and mitigation)
The University of Edinburgh
School of Chemistry