How is engineering addressing SDG 9?
Dr Waressara Weerawat is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Mahidol University in Thailand. She currently serves as director of the Logistics Innovation Center and deputy director for Cluster of Logistics and Rail Engineering (CLARE), leading several industry, research and academic projects on topics such as logistics improvement, rail operations and timetabling, the livable city, and logistics improvement. Together with the support of the Academy's Transforming Systems Through Partnerships programme, Dr Weerawat's university team worked with local and global partners to develop sustainable railway education in Thailand.
Transforming Systems Through Partnerships (formerly known as the Industry-Academia Partnerships Programme) is part of the Engineering X collaboration supported by the Newton Fund.
What is SDG 9?
Worldwide, 2.3 billion people lack access to basic sanitation, 2.6 billion people do not have access to constant electricity, and more than four billion people still do not have access to the internet, creating an ever-growing digital divide.
This goal aims to find lasting solutions to these economic and environmental challenges.
The Royal Academy of Engineering supports the Sustainable Development Goals.
SDG information taken from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) website.
