Dear students, alumni, colleagues, and partners of CDE,
It has been quite a vibrant start to 2024 here in CDE.
We hosted CDE's Donor Appreciation Dinner on 19 January and welcomed more than 150 donors and their guests to a celebration of their generosity. Donors continue to support our students, education and research initiatives, joining us in our mission to inspire, innovate and transform. CDE would not be able to achieve as much as it has without their contributions. Through a showcase of projects that have blossomed from their contributions, we hope that we have shown our donors that they are very much a part of the extended CDE Community.
The CDE community spirit was also in full force at the 3rd CDE Day on 24 January. Spearheaded by our Office of Student Life with the support of the student clubs and others, CDE Day was a riotous welcome back to campus for our students and an opportunity to reconnect before the anticipated workload of Semester 2 and exams! I was very heartened to see so many staff and faculty members joining the fun, mingling with our students and chatting as they nibbled on the food provided.
It is this connectedness that is the true strength of this College. That we can so easily come together - be it donors, alumni, students or staff - is a testament to the value of shared experiences, bringing with it a sense of belonging to CDE. I look forward to many more opportunities to build bonds in the College.
I would like to end by wishing everyone who celebrates the Chinese New Year much happiness, good health, and prosperity in the year ahead.
Professor Teo Kie Leong
Acting Dean
College of Design and Engineering
HIGHLIGHTS
EVENTS
Prototyping to Answer Critical Questions
This seminar introduces Critical Function and Critical Experience Prototyping (CFP/CEP), core methods from Stanfordā€™s ME310 course that guide design teams in answering focused questions throughout the development process. A CFP is a physical prototype built to test a specific function, while a CEP creates or simulates an experience to study user responses. Effective prototypes are […]
ARC Seminar Series: Soft and Deployable Robots for Manipulation in Space
Seminar on the deployment of robots in space.
CFI Symposium 2025
The Coastal Protection and Flood Resilience Institute (CFI) Singaporeā€™s Annual Symposium is back this September, serving as a key platform to unite thought leaders, researchers, policymakers, and industry partners in addressing the urgent challenges of coastal protection and flood management in a changing climate. Through dynamic discussions, knowledge sharing from external speakers, and collaborative engagement, […]
A talk by Professor Marcus Foth
This talk invites a rethinking of urban futures through the lens of relational urbanism and more-than-human design. What if cities were co-designed not just for people but with the wider web of life? What role can design play in restoring biodiversity, rewilding cities, enabling multispecies justice, and embracing ecological entanglements?
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