GIVING TOWARDS A BETTER WORLD BY DESIGN SUTD Advancement would like to thank all donors for supporting the work done at the University. During the Financial Year 2023, donors gave a total of $9.97 million Fundraising Highlights Bursary Recipient did SUTD proud at the James Dyson Award 2023 Together with her teammates, SUTD student and bursary recipient, Sarah Loo Jia Ying, was awarded National Runner-Up of the James Dyson Award 2023, an international design competition organised by the James Dyson Foundation. The project that won Sarah and her team the award was Project Mimir, a printer that prints Braille materials for the visually impaired. Braille printing is known to be prohibitively expensive all over the world, but with Project Mimir, the costs of Braille printing can be brought down drastically to make it commercially viable and affordable because Sarah and her teammates constructed it from repurposed 3D printing parts. This brings significant value to visually impaired communities worldwide. Sarah was grateful for the support she had received from the University and her donor, the SIM People Development Fund (SIMPDF). She said: “Without the bursary, I wonder if I would have had the energy and time to dedicate myself to my craft, and who knows, Project Mimir would not have been developed and pushed to its current potential.” Currently, the University is helping to commercialise Project Mimir, and Sarah graduated in May 2024. Sarah and Project Mimir in the lab Sarah (second from left) in her graduation gown, with SUTD FabLab staff p. 49 ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24
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