Programme Lead and others involved
Professor (Practice) Ignatius Rasiah will lead the module. There will also be guest speakers and seasoned professionals available for consultation.
Objective
The intent is to create minimum viable organisations or propose and demonstrate frugal solutions for enterprises. Students learn to lead innovation which involves creating more value with less resources.
Grading
This is a 4MCs module registered under MT5912 Frugal Innovation.
As an experiential course, there are no exams but students will be assessed continuously based on their creativity, involvement, team collaboration, progress made in developing their project, peer reviews and overall participation.
Pre-requisites
The module does not require pre-requisites.
The module requires students to actively engage with industry in the form of interviews (in person, zoom/skype, phone) during normal week work hours.
Part-time students currently employed will have to balance their time well.
How the module works
Students will work in teams on projects with industry or other stakeholders.
Students will learn how to approach solving problems in a frugal way (such as lowering cost, using less materials, reducing energy requirements, reducing complexity etc). Using an Open Innovation approach, they will learn how to search and identify viable technology “good enough” to meet the frugal requirements of the target markets.
During the process, students will experience how to work as a team in an intense environment, facing external demands, thus developing soft skills in teamwork and leadership. At the end of the module the project teams would have developed a potential solution with justification, as well a sustainable plan of action be it as a new venture or an application within the stakeholder organisation.
Each team will be required to keep documenting their progress through the module. The module will conclude with students presenting their project and value proposition to a panel of industry experts, seasoned professionals and university staff.
Registration for non-ISEM students
As this module is parked under the Industrial Systems & Engineering Management Department (ISEM), graduate students should utilise this [Submit Module Requests] function to request for non-programme requirement modules (i.e. cross-faculty modules). The request will go through a two-step approval process: it is first routed to the home department for decision before approved requests are routed to the module host(s) for final assessment. There are two Rounds of Module Requests each semester. However, a second request can only be submitted through the function after the first one has been concluded. For guidance on this see page 10 of the User Guide.
Registration for undergraduate students
Undergraduates interested to take this 5000-level module need to make an appeal via the system. Please refer to Mod Reg workflow.
Do note:
There are very limited placements for undergraduates who can apply on an appeal basis.
UGs interested in the IEL graduate modules can apply for consideration if they:
1. Are in 4th year (or above for Med)
2. Have an average CAP of 4.0 or above
3. In Engineering, Medicine, Science disciplines
4. Have participated in innovation, design and/or entrepreneurship activities
Do note that fulfilling the above criteria need not guarantee a place.
Selection of projects
The module will run in Semester 2 AY2022/2023. Watch out this space for the project list and register your interest via this link: Selection
Schedule
For AY 2022/2023, Semester 2, classes will take place on Fridays, 6:00-9:00PM at E2-03-02/03 (TechHub).
Contact
Have some questions? Please email Professor Ignatius Rasiah at rasiah@nus.edu.sg.