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EPD

Research

Explore the research capabilities available at EPD that continue to enable our students, faculty and partners to strive towards the next advancements in technology.
research areas

Our areas of focus

Our research explores several applications of engineering and product design, to enhance processes and efficiency across major industries.
Optics & Nano-photonics
Robotics & Electronics
Design Science & Engineering
Energy & Sustainability
Biomedical & Healthcare
Research centres

Explore our research spaces

These centres bring together experts and students to explore pioneering research and apply their findings to solve complex global challenges.
Temasek Laboratories
This centre for defence-related research specialises in systems design and integration—unmanned systems, information systems, soldier systems and more.
Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC)
The LKYCIC focuses on researching critical issues of cities and urbanisation, and providing solutions by integrating technology, design and policy.
iTrust
The iTRUST is a centre for interdisciplinary research in trustworthy infocomm systems. It conducts fundamental and applied research in the broad areas of information and system security, including large and complex cyber physical systems.
SUTD Digital Manufacturing and Design and (DManD) Centre
The SUTD Digital Manufacturing and Design and (DManD) Centre has been established to carry out cutting-edge research that will create the frontiers of digital design and manufacturing by bringing together new ideas and multidisciplinary fields to develop new technologies, catalyze new products, create entire industries centered in Singapore based on digital design and manufacturing, and provide the human capital that will help establish Singapore as a world leader in high-value-added digital manufacturing.

Research highlights
An innovative no-code prototype to automate design structure matrix generation
22 Nov 2024
An innovative no-code prototype to automate design structure matrix generation
SUTD faculty recognised globally for exceptional research in Clarivates Highly Cited Researchers 2024
21 Nov 2024
SUTD faculty recognised globally for exceptional research in Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers 2024