As part of Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) 2024, A*STAR’s SME Tech Day celebrated the exceptional work of research scientists and engineers at its annual T-Up Awards Ceremony, recognising their achievements in creating innovative, marketable products and advancing R&D for local businesses 🎉 Congratulations to our T-Up Emerging Talent Award Recipient 👏 Dr Du Zhenglin, Senior Scientist, Remanufacturing Process Technology, SIMTech, who was seconded to Univac Precision Engineering for the development of process parameters for the additive manufacturing of tooling inserts, with conformal cooling channels, used in injection moulding. The project has since helped Univac to clinch two commercial projects. Congratulations to our T-Up Eagles Award Recipients 👏 Mr Sunny Tan, who was seconded to JM Vistec, assisted in the programming of the robot in a project to develop 3D vision solutions for a robotic pick-and-place application. He was mentored by Mr Alvin Tan, Senior Research Engineer, Optics and Imaging Systems, SIMTech. Mr Mohamed Asyraf who was seconded to Univac Precision Engineering, assisted in the reduction of simulation processing time in a project for the application of conformal cooling channels to injection moulding tool inserts using additive manufacturing technology. He was mentored by Dr Du Zhenglin, Senior Scientist, SIMTech. Your dedication and contributions continue to shape the future of innovation for local enterprises. Here’s to more achievements in the journey toward a deep tech future! 🙌
𝗦𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰: 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 A*STAR’s SME Tech Day 2024 was a huge success, bringing together local SMEs, industry leaders, and innovators to explore the future of deep tech in manufacturing, healthcare, and sustainability. Our Guest-of-Honour Minister of Manpower and Second Minister of Trade and Industry Dr Tan See Leng shared challenges and benefits of adopting deep tech and reiterated the Government’s committment to supporting business and local enterprises to stay competitive in a deep tech future. From insightful talks by Dr Joel Li and Dr Seri Lee and R&D showcases at Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH), to the T-Up Awards Ceremony, the event highlighted the impact of #collaboration, #innovation, and #deeptech adoption among Singapore’s growing SME landscape. Thank you to all our inspiring speakers and participants for making this event a success, and our heartiest congratulations to the T-Up Excellence, Emerging Talent and Eagles Award winners! #SMETechDay2024 #TechForSMEs #InnovatewithASTAR #SWITCH2024