Dear students, alumni, colleagues, and partners of CDE,
March was a month of highlights, with three international days that are significant to our CDE community.
World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development, held on 4 March, highlights the role of engineering in achieving sustainable development goals. On 8 March, we celebrated International Womenā€™s Day, which recognises the achievements of women across the globe, with the 2024 theme being "Invest in Women: Accelerate Progressā€¯, showcasing women's pivotal role in driving economic growth, innovation and social progress. Finally, on 22 March, we celebrated World Water Day, which supports the achievement of UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.
On our socials, we featured our faculty and researchers who have contributed in different ways to support these causes. This month's newsletter also highlights research news and videos of our researchers from a tumour platform that cuts drug testing and screening time for cancer patients to triple-junction tandem solar cells demonstrating world-record efficiency, from tree upcycling for architectural healing to the innovative use of waste materials to produce more environmentally sustainable cement.
At the heart of all these projects lies the commitment to make a difference and strive for excellence. Kudos to all of our dedicated researchers and faculty members, without whom it would certainly be challenging to forge new frontiers.
Professor Teo Kie Leong
Dean-Designate
College of Design and Engineering (CDE)
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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