2308, 2021
AZO Sensors：Liquid Metal Antennas with High Wireless Powering Efficiency for Biological Use
AZO Sensors featured a research by SUTD researchers on using Galinstan to make stretchable and conductive traces microfluidic antennas for biological use. The article included a quote from postdoctoral research fellow, Dr Kento Yamagishi from DManD, Associate Prof Michinao Hashimoto and also mentioned Assistant Prof Huang Shaoying. Development of a wirelessly powered light-emitting device based on a liquid metal microfluidic antenna. Direct […]2807, 2021
WED Seminar Series: Sustainability and Circular Economy
From 2 June to 28 July, every Wednesday, you are cordially invited to 2021 June & July Wednesday Seminar Series on Sustainability and Circular Economy! A Better World by Design is our motto in Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) that is reflected in our teaching and research. A Better World in the 21st century must include sustainable development and human activities. Sustainability is a complex […]2807, 2021
2021 Jul Wed Seminar: Design Optimization for Circularity
Title| Design Optimization for Circularity Speaker| Peter Ortner, Assistant Professor, Architecture and Sustainable Design, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). ABSTRACT This lecture asks how designers can reduce the waste produced by their buildings and products by implementing computational optimization within a design for circularity framework. Circular Economy is an idea that proposes moving from a ‘take-make-use-dispose’ linear economy toward a zero-waste future, where waste outputs […]2607, 2021
Straits Times: Singapore taps green tech to feed, water and power its people
Straits Times published an article on Singapore tapping green technology to feed, water and power its people. The article briefly mentioned that a research team at SUTD has found a way to harness energy from the desalination process. This research is led by Associate Prof Yang Hui Ying. Original Link: https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/singapore-taps-green-tech-to-feed-water-and-power-its-people On July 14, Singapore unveiled one of the world’s largest inland floating […]2107, 2021
2021 Jul Wed Seminar: Water Circularity Assessment and Policy Implications for Singapore
Title| Water Circularity Assessment and Policy Implications for Singapore Speaker| Mohit Arora, Postdoc Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. ABSTRACT With significant efforts made to consider water reuse in cities including Singapore, a robust and replicable framework is needed to quantify the degree of urban water circularity and its impacts from a systems perspective. A quantitative urban water circularity framework can benchmark the progress […]1407, 2021
2021 Jul Wed Seminar: The Role of Design in Circular Economy
Title| The Role of Design in Circular Economy Speaker| Ana Espada, Research Fellow, UTOP Driving Circularity, Portugal and Belgium. ABSTRACT An overall perspective of today’s reality: unprecedented challenges and the call for urgent action. The European Green Deal a paradigm-shifting in politics on the EU level and the brief link to UN Sustainable Development Goals. Discussion on the role of design in this shift from […]0707, 2021
2021 Jul Wed Seminar: Green Composites for Automotive Sustainability
Title| Green Composites for Automotive Sustainability Speaker| Georgios Koronis, Research Fellow, Engineering Product Development, SUTD. ABSTRACT The use of natural fibers in applications where synthetic fibers are the norm has been growing steadily in recent years. Comparing the structural performance and environmental impact of parts made of natural and synthetic fibers becomes increasingly important for both industry and education. However, it is not always clear the advantages […]0707, 2021
Tech Xplore: A universal approach to tailoring soft robots
Tech Xplore published research on a novel automated process for designing and fabricating customised soft robots. This study was led by Assistant Professor Pablo Valdivia y Alvarado. Original Link: https://techxplore.com/news/2021-07-universal-approach-tailoring-soft-robots.html By combining two distinct approaches into an integrated workflow, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) researchers have developed a novel automated process for designing and fabricating customized soft robots. Their method, published […]0607, 2021
Phys.org: Ultra-strong squeezing of light demonstrated for ultrafast optical signal processing
Phys.org published an article about squeezing light in time by a factor of 11, which can enable ultrafast optical signal processing. The principal investigator of this work is Associate Prof Dawn Tan. Original link: https://phys.org/news/2021-07-ultra-strong-ultrafast-optical.html Schematic of the USRN compressor system. The system is comprised of separate nonlinear and dispersive stages. For spectral compression (SC), pulses enter the dispersive stage (DS) first before […]0407, 2021