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Throughout history, engineering has played an essential role in development and human welfare. Ensuring that future generations of engineers and scientists will be able to design solutions for local and global challenges is critical.

World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development on March 4th aims to raise awareness of the role of engineering in modern life, which is essential to mitigate the impact of climate change and advancing sustainable development, especially in Africa and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). This year’s theme is “Unleashing the Power of Engineers to Advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”.

Sustainability has always been a core value of MDPI, starting with the collection and preservation of rare chemical samples that started in 1996 and led to the first journal, Molecules (ISSN: 1420-3049). As a global enterprise, it is our duty to advance responsible practices that will ensure a bright future for our planet. MDPI’s commitment to sustainability is focused on open access publishing that promotes content related not only to environmental sustainability, but to all 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) defined by the UN.

To commemorate this special day, we invite you to explore a curation of insightful journals, articles, and Special Issues in the field of engineering. By sharing these findings, we hope to inspire the next generation of engineers, elevate engineering capacities, and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

“Vastness of Tribology Research Fields and Their Contribution to Sustainable Development”
by Enrico Ciulli
Lubricants 2024, 12(2), 33; https://doi.org/10.3390/lubricants12020033

“Steam Explosion-Based Method for the Extraction of Cellulose and Lignin from Rice Straw Waste”
by Víctor M. Serrano-Martínez, Henoc Pérez-Aguilar, María Pilar Carbonell-Blasco, Francisca Arán-Ais and Elena Orgilés-Calpena
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(5), 2059; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14052059

“Green-Powered Electric Public Mobility: Integrating Urban and Interurban Routes—A Case Study Analysis”
by Alessandro Franco, Giovanni Lutzemberger, Marco Giorgio Bevilacqua, Francesco Giuseppe Quilici and Matilde Vezzani
Electricity 2024, 5(2), 254–270; https://doi.org/10.3390/electricity5020013

“Evaluating Sustainable Practices for Managing Residue Derived from Wheat Straw”
by Harikishore Shanmugam, Vijaya Raghavan, Rajinikanth Rajagopal, Bernard Goyette, Linxiang Lyu, Siyuan Zhou and Chunjiang An
Bioengineering 2024, 11(6), 554; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11060554

“A Telemetric Framework for Assessing Vehicle Emissions Based on Driving Behavior Using Unsupervised Learning”
by Auwal Sagir Muhammad, Cheng Wang and Longbiao Chen
Vehicles 2024, 6(4), 2170–2194; https://doi.org/10.3390/vehicles6040106

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“Advances in Energy Harvesting Technologies for Wearable Devices”
by Minki Kang and Woon-Hong Yeo
Micromachines 2024, 15(7), 884; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15070884

“Integration of Smart Cities and Building Information Modeling (BIM) for a Sustainability Oriented Business Model to Address Sustainable Development Goals”
by Zhen Liu, Yixin Liu and Mohamed Osmani
Buildings 2024, 14(5), 1458; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14051458

“Synergistic Applications of Graphene-Based Materials and Deep Eutectic Solvents in Sustainable Sensing: A Comprehensive Review”
by Rossella Svigelj, Rosanna Toniolo, Cristina Bertoni and Alessandro Fraleoni-Morgera
Sensors 2024, 24(8), 2403; https://doi.org/10.3390/s24082403

“Sustainable Power Generation Expansion in Island Systems with Extensive RES and Energy Storage”
by Emmanuel Karapidakis, Christos Kalogerakis and Evangelos Pompodakis
Inventions 2023, 8(5), 127; https://doi.org/10.3390/inventions8050127

“Modeling the Global Annual Carbon Footprint for the Transportation Sector and a Path to Sustainability”
by Vikram Mittal and Rajesh Shah
Modelling 2023, 4(2), 264–282; https://doi.org/10.3390/modelling4020015

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