Seminar on Sustainable Engineering 2026

The Faculty of Engineering Sustainability Committee invites you to attend a Seminar on Sustainable Engineering.

Sustainability is essential for preserving natural resources, reducing environmental impacts and ensuring the health and wellbeing of future generations. The seminar will highlight how engineering is addressing key sustainability challenges, showcasing innovative research conducted across the faculty’s departments.

To register your attendance, kindly fill in and submit the online registration form by Friday, 3 April.

Seminar Programme:

12:00
Introduction
Prof. Ing. Paul Refalo, Chair of the Faculty of Engineering Sustainability Committee
Prof. Valerie Sollars, Pro-Rector for Strategic Planning & Sustainability

12:05
Sustainable Engineering through Energy Performance Improvement: From Regulation to Industrial Practice
Prof. Vitro Introna, Dept of Enterprise Engineering, Università degli Studi di Roma TorVergata
From Detection to Mitigation: A Sustainable Approach to Compressed Air Systems
Mr Massimo Borg, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Surface Engineering of WE43 Magnesium Alloy for Sustainable Bone Healing Applications
Ms Sarah Galea, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering
AI-Driven Digital Twin for Sustainable Residential Microgrids
Dr Muhammad Mahad Malik, Department of Electrical Engineering

13:00
Coffee Break

13:20
Hybrid Reinforcement Learning for Intelligent Control of Nonlinear Systems
Dr Hani Ahmed, Department of Systems and Control Engineering
TowFOWT: Drag Reduction Strategies for the Energy-ELicient Towing of Floating OLshore Wind Turbines
Ms Martina Zammit and Mr Nathaniel Scerri, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Development and Characterisation of a Microwave Imaging Test Bed
Mr Nicholas Conrad, Department of Electronic Systems Engineering

14:00
Conclusion