Highlights

Two of our postgraduates, Aw Jia Zhi Billy (EPD Master’s student) and Ouyang Fuxi (HASS PhD student), have been listed as winners for the Seed Award 2025 awarded by Design Business Chamber Singapore (DBCS).

Bringing together individuals, families, students and creators of all ages to reimagine what technology could be when play and imagination were placed at the heart of design—the Festival showcased how Design AI can spark joy, curiosity and meaningful human connection.

SOAR’s competitive robotics team (SCRT) reached the semi-finals and won the Amaze Award — an award for consistently high-performing and competitive robot.

In the latest “World’s Top 2%” scientists list released by Stanford University in September 2025, SUTD faculty were listed across fields including artificial intelligence & image processing, networking & telecommunications, optics and applied physics.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.