Here are some of the accolades garnered by our students:
International Design Award (IDA) 2016
Asa Lin, Engineering Systems and Design (ESD), Founder of MOGICS won Bronze at the International Design Award (IDA) 2016. MOGICS Bagel takes the existing universal adaptor to the next level — converting all types of devices and charging them at the same time.
Read more at #WeAreSUTD: https://goo.gl/KGUiAz
"Monstrosity" won Best Indie Film at the Los Angeles Film Awards and an "Honorable Mention" for Cinematography and Acting.
Dr James Rowlins and his HASS Film I students, whose fall 2016 semester film project has won Best Indie Film at the Los Angeles Film Awards and an "Honorable Mention" for Cinematography and Acting. "Monstrosity" is a modern-day retelling of the Russian classic "Crime & Punishment", set in Singapore and filmed on our very own campus. This success, along with 9 official film festival selections, is extraordinary given that we are competing against movies made by industry professionals with big budgets.
The team comprises James Rowlins (Director), Arjun Singh Brar (Director of Photography), Tan Yi Hao (Cinematography), Zoe Ming (Assistant Director), Chay Choong and Keith Chia (Sound & Music Composers), Shi Yuyao, Wu Jinglian, Tommy Arden Phang, Joshua Lim and Ryan Wong (Set, Camera, Editing and Production Assistants).
Watch the film: https://vimeo.com/200925158
(content warning: violence)
BCA ProjectBUILD 2016
Our Sophomores - Lee Yu Chao, Zen (EPD), Teo Qian Yi Rilla (ASD), Zhao Guanlun (EPD), and Tasya Aditya Rukmana (ISTD) won 1st and Merit Prizes with their 2 entries (Team UNICA and Team Estoque) for the BCA ProjectBUILD 2016.
Photo Credit - Chiu Po Heng (ASD Sophomore)
Three SUTD students in the Asian leadership programme (ALP) won award in Alibaba contest
Students Ong Wen Jun Dominic, Lee Jing Rui Marvin (Li Jingrui) and Tan Kwan Fu won Bronze in the Ali-cloud “Tianchi” Visualization Contest organised by Alibaba.
904 teams (1130 participants) from 10 countries and regions participated in the Ali-cloud “Tianchi” Visualization Contest, out of which only 16 teams have emerged into the finals. The finals was held on 13 October 2016 at the Alibaba Xixi Park in Hangzhou.
The prize giving ceremony was held on 14 October 2016 at the Yunqi Township International Convention and Exhibition Center, Hangzhou (杭州云栖小镇国际会展中心).
More information on the Ali-cloud “Tianchi” Visualization Contest can be found here.
The Aquatics team won SUTD's first Silver and Bronze medals
IKEA Young Designer Awards 2016
Jonathan Ng Ming-En (Sophomore, ASD) has clinched 1st runner-up at the IKEA Young Designer Award. His entry "COMPACT" is an environmentally friendly, origami-inspired container that can collapse to save space for households, shipping and storage costs for manufacturers.
More details about the winning design.
SG Grand Challenge
Through 14-16 April 2016, a team from SUTD consisting of Agrim Singh (ISTD Senior), Bryan Cresswell (Freshmore), Tan Yi Long (Freshmore) and Eyasu Getahun (PhD, ISTD) took part in the SG Grand Challenge organised by Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD).
The Grand Challenge in Digital Health - sponsored by MSD, is a 3-day challenge for students from academic institutions across Singapore to come together and showcase their ideas on how information technology could influence and transform global healthcare to create value for the world.
Team SUTD were First Runners’ Up and pocketed a cool $10,000 along with an opportunity to work with MSD as Digital Technology Consultants.
Student Achievement Awards 2016
The annual Student Achievement Awards recognises the Fifth Row and Academic achievements of all our students who brought honour to the University, and contributed positively towards the quality and vibrancy of campus life, from January to December 2015. The winners of SAA 2016 have been featured here.