Melanie Singh

PhD in civil engineering, optimist, urban farmer, analyser of data, consumer of news. Interested in trade-offs and balance of water, energy, food and society.

[Melanie Singh @meljanssingh]

@SaraBarqawi Oh no! This is the worst news- hope she finds her way home soon!

[Melanie Singh @meljanssingh]

Deaths in UK were worse than worst-case predictions - great short article about why models can be useful, and hopefully a wake up call to heed the modelling of the #ClimateCrisis and its effects https://t.co/aEnZHyjNZI

[Melanie Singh @meljanssingh]

What a shame. The most progressive law in Europe to make rents fair in Berlin has been overturned. Rent was capped by location & refurbishment for 5 years, but now 1000s asked to back pay rent difference. #Mietendeckel
https://t.co/tGmcmOceCp

[Melanie Singh @meljanssingh]

@d_spiegel Isn't the difference the type of blood clot? Blood clots in the legs vs in the brain - perhaps should compare mortality? Pill has known risk & many women avoid for this reason.

[RuPaul's DragCon @RuPaulsDragCon]

Are you #TeamSymone? 👑🍬

Retweet, like, comment, and use the hashtag if you want @the_symonee to snatch the #DragRace crown! 🏁 https://t.co/Iv98Xe41E3

[Jennifer Schooling @JenniferCSIC]

Great piece here on @RuchiChoudhary_ and @meljanssingh's work on energy efficient urban farming in disused underground spaces
@GrownUnder @CSIC_IKC @turinginst

[Melanie Singh @meljanssingh]

@nowthisnews @HelenBeckwith

[Melanie Singh @meljanssingh]

@mariannaspring Hi! Just watched your panorama show - thanks for making it. I was wondering if you could delve more into who stands to profit from anti-vax campaigns? Is it genuine belief or is there a subtle financial gain?

[France tv @FranceTV]

Paysans d'hier et d'aujourd'hui : ce documentaire rend hommage et donne la parole à celles et ceux qui nous nourrissent et façonnent nos campagnes.

👉 Regardez #NousPaysans, raconté par Guillaume Canet.

▶️ https://t.co/fRNCN58tTM

[Melanie Singh @meljanssingh]

Press release drop! :) Lay audience description of our work for @GrownUnder

[Engineering Dept @Cambridge_Eng]

#Hydroponicfarming challenges traditional methods in favour of soil-less, water-based #farming processes.

To ensure its ongoing operational success, our engineers have developed a virtual forecasting model to provide bespoke feedback to #farmers.

https://t.co/PgZISGbwF8

[Melanie Singh @meljanssingh]

@SaraBarqawi it started out so tame though! had the same experience 😅😂

[Melanie Singh @meljanssingh]

Consumers often have little effect on climate change mitigation, but food is different. Replacing high-emission animal products with vegetables can reduce GHG of food production by 20%. https://t.co/EdymxN4OsE

[Data-Centric Engineering @DCE_Journal]

NEW ARTICLE: The #DigitalTwin development process for @GrownUnder - an underground farm - and modelling implications for energy, agriculture and decision-making https://t.co/nQRKtsgykp #OpenAccess @meljanssingh @KatLeeming @RuchiChoudhary_ @Cambridge_Eng @turinginst @warwickstats

[Melanie Singh @meljanssingh]

Aside from France having one of the poorest results in science tests in the world.. The test used rooftop farming as one of the test questions! Wonder what the correct answer was #TIMSS2019 https://t.co/kRCCJdDkjv

[Melanie Singh @meljanssingh]

@lewis_goodall Hi Lewis! You might know already, but TIMSS have just been published today- comparing science &maths education in UK and the world for past 25 years - might be useful for future docs on education

[Melanie Singh @meljanssingh]

perhaps this year is a year to test out a new style of teaching @SidneySussex , that welcomes more students given more will be done virtually. Lift the restrictions on living in college accom, employ more tutors, & make a statement on accepting deserving state educated students.

[Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge @SidneySussex]

Congratulations to all A-Level students receiving their results today. You should be very proud of everything you have achieved during this difficult period. We look forward to welcoming new students to the College in October. #alevelresultsday

[Melanie Singh @meljanssingh]

Good luck to all students & teachers trying to make this right today. Future opportunities should not hang so much on one grade, and this could have been a chance to elevate from that rather than make it even more random & unfair.
Why did they leave this to the last minute?

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

OK I'm going to do one last mini-thread on teacher assessment as this deeply unhelpful Telegraph headline has pissed me off.

[Melanie Singh @meljanssingh]

@benjamturner @HelenBeckwith another cow?!

[Melanie Singh @meljanssingh]

Exciting news for budding and experienced cyclists alike! Room for London to be more ambitious

[Melanie Singh @meljanssingh]

@BBCr4today don’t understand why you interviewed the duchess of Cambridge about how hard it had been during lockdown with kids? And no one mentioned the respective privileges (or names) of the interviewees?