Aviation and connectivity sector

At SUTD, we are dedicated to advancing the future of aviation and connectivity through innovative applications of design, data analytics, operations process modelling, AI, robotics, and automation.

Our vision is to connect academia and industry, driving impactful research and innovation in the connectivity sector, both in Singapore and beyond. Our educational programmes cultivate the next generation of design thinkers and solution providers, equipping the students with the skills to address complex urban mobility challenges. Through hands-on projects and interdisciplinary teamwork, our students engage with real-world problems. Our robust R&D initiatives tackle critical challenges across air, land, sea, and logistics, utilising cutting-edge technologies to develop transformative solutions. Collaboration with industry partners ensures that our research translates into practical applications, enhancing connectivity and operational efficiency.

Focus areas of research collaboration

1. Facility design, drone routing, information fusion and autonomous systems, operations of production systems
2. Just-in-time production of large assemblies/scheduling, integrated production logistics and supply chain design
3. Game based learning in PATCO training, evaluating CONOPS for FF-ICE in Southeast Asia
4. Airport connectivity and routing, slot scheduling, air traffic management
5. Waste management – design locations of landfills and transfer stations
6. Distributed drone/robotics networks, multi-agent reinforcement learning, controlling robotics swarms, policy design and regulation
7. Dynamic routing recommendation for curbing road congestion, travel choice analysis and toll/informational mechanism design
8. Dual-channel supply chains and inventory management, transportation networks
9. Vehicle routing and object detection in transportation systems, infrastructure design, transportation planning
10. Transportation systems and control, human-building interaction, pedestrian infrastructure design
11. Risk analytics and optimisation, online decision with limited information about future, air traffic flow management and simulations
12. Mobility data collection platform, transportation planning and travel behaviour analysis
13. Car ownership and usage choices for ride-hailing platforms
14. Supply chain sustainability and digitalisation
15. Last mile transportation, interplay of choice, robustness and optimization in transportation

Collaborators

• Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS)
• Gardens by the Bay
• Land Transport Authority (LTA)
• Port of Singapore Authority (PSA)
• SITA
• ST Engineering
• Thales