SUTD-MIT

INTERNATIONAL

DESIGN

CENTRE (IDC)

11 August 2015

Venue: Singapore

University of Technology

and Design

8 Somapah Road

Singapore 487372

Welcome to the Grand

Opening of the SUTD-MIT

International Design Centre

(IDC). It is with great pride,

humility, and excitement that

we share with you this

historic milestone of the IDC.

Just a mere six years ago, the

IDC was a dream, a vision,

and an expectation for

Singapore and its citizens.

Now it is a full blown reality.

The IDC connects the world

from Boston, to Singapore, to

Hangzhou. It supports over

500 personnel and 140 current

projects. The IDC has

produced over 1,200 research

publications, over 40 patents,

over 100 creations, and over

130 international awards.

These numbers grow and

multiply each moment of

each day. The IDC is

currently rated in the top ten

of design research enterprises

in the world. At the very

least, the IDC enriches the

Singapore landscape of

research, technology and

design, and seeks to catalyze

Welcome!!

Welcome Note 1

Credits 1

The SUTD-MIT IDC

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IDC Grand Opening Programme

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Design your own experience at the IDC

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Contents:

The SUTD-MIT IDC is Grateful for Every Contribution

The IDC staff and

leadership, including co-

Directors Profs Kristin

Wood, John Fernandez and

Chris Magee, wish to

extend our gratitude for

your participation in this

special day at SUTD’s East

Coast Campus. We look

forward to the lively

conversations, numerous

ideas, and forging of new

and long-lasting

collaborations. The future

is bright for the IDC and for

the growth and impact of

design science and practice.

The IDC gratefully

Rosnizawati Binte Sani, in

organising and preparing

for this day.

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SUTD-MIT IDC

Singapore as a design hub

for the region and global

economy. There is no

doubt or dispute that the

IDC is the largest design

research, design science,

and design application

centre in the world. We

humbly seek to leverage

this scale and propagate

our unique brand with

partners from all

disciplines and cultures.

Thank you for being a part

of this special day. Let’s

seek to Design and

Innovate together!!

acknowledges the support

of the Singapore Ministry of

Education, in addition to

guests from numerous other

government and industrial

organisations. We are

thankful to have strong

backing in our endeavours

from SUTD’s President and

Provost, Profs Tom

Magnanti and Chong Tow

Chong. We also

acknowledge the dedicated

efforts of our staff,

including Chiew Seng

Guan, Dawn Chia, Erich

Christian Elkins, Ifraim

Sofian Faylasuf and

Grand Opening

@ 8 Somapah Road

Past IDC co-Directors honoured: Prof Dan Frey and

Prof Pey Kin Leong

IDC workshop space “Gecko Works” at temporary SUTD

campus in Ghim Moh

“...IDC has quickly

emerged as one of

the world‘s top 10

research centers in

design… The

research

achievements of IDC

so far are excellent

in all regards…” -International

Review Panel

Report, 2014

SUTD-MIT

INTERNATIONAL

DESIGN

CENTRE (IDC)

The SUTD-MIT International

Design Centre (IDC) is a

world premier scholarly hub

for technologically-intensive

design science, research and

practice. It is a multi-million

dollar Centre based both in

Singapore at SUTD, and in

Cambridge, MA, USA at

MIT, with academic and

industrial partners from

around the world. IDC

faculty, researchers and

students work together to

design devices, products,

systems, services and the

The SUTD-MIT IDC

built environment that

address strategic needs of

Singapore, the greater Asian

region, the US, and the global

community. At the same

time, the IDC studies and

advances the design process

and design science, seeking

to develop new tools and

methods for design practice

and education. The IDC is

organised and concentrates

its efforts on three Grand

Challenges: Sustainable Built

Environment, Design with

the Developing World, and

ICT-enabled Devices for

Better Living, in conjunction

with six Design Research

Thrusts: Experimental

Design, Fostering Creativity,

Visualisation and

Prototyping, Design

Computation, Decision

Making, and Global

Collaboration. Through this

concentration, the IDC

creates quality research,

talent, curricula, and value

for the innovation ecosystem.

Programme for the IDC Grand Opening

Time Description Venue

2PM IDC official opening and presentation L1 IDC Space

2:30PM Design your own experience at the IDC (see

pages 3 and 4 for more information)

L1 and L3 – L5 IDC Space

3PM Reception L4 IDC Space

4PM End

“Your program is

definitely the best

design thinking

workshop I've

attended. What

stood out is the

values that you

impart a Design

Thinker should have

- collaboration and

empathy. After all,

most of the time we

are innovating for

the good of our

users.” -Bank of Singapore:

Design Innovation -

Thinking

Workshop, 2015

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Official opening of the IDC space at SUTD’s interim campus in Dover Road

Recent IDC Creations

The image on the left shows

IDC co-Director, Prof Kristin

Wood, and IDC Research

Scientist, Dr Bradley

Camburn presenting IDC

creations, Harmonic

Levitator and Tectonic

Origami to Prime Minister,

Mr Lee Hsien Loong.

The Harmonic Levitator is a

brass musical instrument,

inspired by the traditional

singing bowl. It represents,

the creativity,

innovativeness, and

technology development of

the students, graduates,

researchers, faculty, and staff

of SUTD. The free motion is

enabled with a novel

magnetic levitation array.

Tectonic Origami is an

invention that transforms

from a planar surface to a

three dimensional form

using Euclidean geometric

relationships. The walls are

engraved with detailing of

the antique pavilion located

on campus.

SUTD-MIT

INTERNATIONAL

DESIGN

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2:30 – 3PM Activity: Design your own experience at the IDC

Spend this time engaging us and exploring our space! We have designed and prepared the

following activities for our guests as part of a unique IDC experience. Layout of these activities

can be seen on the next page.

L1 IDC Space

Zone Description Type

1. Three IDC creations for the Prime Minister and Jackie Chan for

SUTD’s Grand Opening

Demo

2. A Student’s Creation of the SUTD Ring Display

3. Low Cost DIY 3D Printer Demo

4. Capstone Project Display

5. Personalisation of IDC Token Activity

6. 3D Metal Printer Display

7. UAV Demo

L3 IDC Space

Zone Description Type

8. Design of Mobile Imaging System for Early Diagnosis of Melanoma Demo

8. Magnetic Field-based Localisation of Nasogastric Tube Demo

8. Projects from the Augmented Human Design Lab Demo

8. Very Large Scale Prototyping Display

8. Binder Free Lithium Ion Battery Based on Graphite Demo

8. Ebots, Etags Display

8. SUTD Grid Shell Display

9. Behavioral Design Lab Tour

10. Computationally Intensive Design Lab Tour

11. Augmented Human Design Lab Tour

12. Composites Design Lab Tour

13. DARES Lab: DENSO 6-axis Robot Arm Demo

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IDC L1 Workshop

L4 IDC Space

Zone Description Type

14. Thin Film Characterization Design Lab Tour

15. Electrical Device Characterization Design Lab Tour

16. Optics Design Lab: Coherent Legend Elite laser machine Demo

17. Magnetic & Mechanical Materials Characterization Design Lab: XRD Demo

18. Materials Design Lab Tour

L5 IDC Space

Zone Description Type

19. Chemical Synthesis Lab Tour

20. Bio Design Lab Tour

21. Chemical Analytical Design Lab Tour

IDC L4 Collaborative Space

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L1 IDC Space

L3 IDC Space

L4 IDC Space L5 IDC Space