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2025 American Physical Society APS Fellow  Professor Ricky Ang
2025 American Physical Society (APS) Fellow – Professor Ricky Ang
10 October 2025

A distinguished theoretical and computational scientist, Prof Ang’s research focuses on developing theoretical scaling laws and models to address complex physical problems.

Singapore start-up founded by SUTD graduate wins prestigious US1m Hult Prize
Singapore start-up founded by SUTD graduate wins prestigious US$1m Hult Prize
8 September 2025

Stick ’Em is an education technology start-up co-founded in 2021 by SUTD alumnus Adam Huh Dam, Singapore Polytechnic graduate Chong Ing Kai and National University of Singapore students Tew Jing An and Chong Kai Jie. The Hult Prize, often referred to as the “Nobel Prize for students”, is the world’s largest platform for social impact start-ups.

2025 Singapore 100 Women in Tech SG100WIT
2025 Singapore 100 Women in Tech (SG100WIT)
29 August 2025

SUTD Associate Professor Wu Lin and alumna Jia Yifan have been featured in the Singapore 100 Women in Tech (SG100WIT) 2025 list.

Small but mighty A biomimetic idea takes flight
Small but mighty: A biomimetic idea takes flight
8 August 2025

From a seed-inspired design to a 26-minute flight time on a single rotor, a new monocopter developed by SUTD researchers marks a 10-year journey towards redefining how efficient small flying robots can be.

Robotics & Electronics
SUTD and APU Collaborate to Host First Regional Edition of RoboRoarZ in Malaysia
SUTD and APU Collaborate to Host First Regional Edition of RoboRoarZ in Malaysia
15 July 2025

RoboRoarZ, Singapore’s largest reconfigurable robotics competition, went regional for the first time. This marks a significant milestone in expanding technology-driven education beyond Singapore.

Professor Chua Chee Kai named 2024 Highly Ranked Scholar Lifetime by ScholarGPS
Professor Chua Chee Kai named 2024 Highly Ranked Scholar (Lifetime) by ScholarGPS
8 April 2025

SUTD President Professor Phoon Kok Kwang, as well as Prof Tony Quek (Head of ISTD), Prof Yang Hui Ying (EPD), Assoc Prof Soujanya Poria (ISTD), and Assistant Prof Xiong Zehui (ISTD), are also named Highly Ranked Scholar based on prior five-year activity.

SMU and SUTD Deploy Drone and AI-Driven Analytics to Improve Performance of National Swimmers
SMU and SUTD Deploy Drone and AI-Driven Analytics to Improve Performance of National Swimmers
4 March 2025

Singapore’s national swim team will get a new and improved “coach” – powered by artificial intelligence and leveraging drone technology. The system helps coaches
analyse their swimmers’ performance, including stroke duration, swimming velocity,
and the symmetry of the swimmer’s moving body, in real-time.

Creating bioinspired structures with 3D printing
Creating bioinspired structures with 3D printing
27 January 2025

Using toolpath-optimised deposition-based methods, an SUTD team of researchers has proposed an innovative approach to 3D-print bioinspired structures that could optimise designs in industries such as robotics and wearable technologies.

Robotics & Electronics
SUTD Staff and Students Work Together With Smart AI-Powered Robots in Beach Clean-Up
SUTD Staff and Students Work Together With Smart AI-Powered Robots in Beach Clean-Up
22 January 2025

Four smart robots from SUTD made their way to Pasir Ris Park today to help their human teammates clean the beach – together with Guest-of-Honour, Mr Baey Yam Keng, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (SPS) for the Minister of Sustainability and the Environment as well as the Ministry of Transport, and the SUTD community comprising students, faculty and staff.

An innovative no-code prototype to automate design structure matrix generation
An innovative no-code prototype to automate design structure matrix generation
22 November 2024

An SUTD researcher has developed a promising automated workflow that leverages a large language model to generate a design structure matrix in less than five minutes.

Design Science & Engineering