Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise - CREATE

Developing more sustainable food systems with microalgae-based proteins The new ‘Urban Microalgae-Based Protein Production’ project is set to establish a resilient and sustainable agri-food platform, in a step towards more sustainable food systems and greater food security.

Prof Peter Edwards, PI of the Ecosystem Services in Urban Landscapes and Natural Capital Singapore has been featured in Channel News Asia.Prof Edwards explains how vegetation can bring temperatures down as much as 6°C in Singapore.

Trees and scrubs to bring down temperatures Vegetation can bring temperatures down as much as 6°C in Singapore. Prof. Peter Edwards explains how on ChannelNews Asia.

CREATE is at the ITS World Congress 2019!

CREATE's exhibition will showcase the research work on urban mobility, carried out by three CREATE entities – TUMCREATE, SMART-FM and SEC – and visitors can speak to our researchers directly to understand the innovations and technologies developed, as possible solutions, to improve the transport scene in Singapore.

The ITS World Congress will be held from 21-25 October 2019 at Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Professor Gerhard Schmitt will speak about mitigating urban heat island effect and improving outdoor thermal comfort, and Cooling Singapore's interface with Singapore's development at the CLC lecture on 8 Aug 2019.

Cooling Singapore amid climate change 8 Aug | At the CLC lecture, Professor Gerhard Schmitt will speak about mitigating urban heat island effect and improving outdoor thermal comfort, and Cooling Singapore's interface with Singapore's development.

Professor Gerhard Schmitt will be chairing the Understanding Integrated Urban Systems through Complexity Science session at the Science of Cities track at the Urban Sustainability R&D Congress.

The fifth Urban Sustainability R&D Congress themed "Transformative Innovations, Cities of Tomorrow" will focus on the research and deployment of transformative innovations to enable Singapore to be a city of tomorrow.

In the Science of Cities track on 24 July, Professsor Gerhard Schmitt, director of the Singapore-ETH Centre, will be chairing the session "Understanding Integrated Urban Systems through Complexity Science" at 9:00 am.

Panellists at the session include:

Associate Professor Dr Elsa Arcaute, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, UCL
Associate Professor Dan Friess, Department of Geography, NUS and also co-investigator of the Natural Capital Singapore project.
Dr Hee Limin, Director of research, Centre for Liveable Cities
The congress includes an exhibition, where Cooling Singapore will be showcasing its work on mitigating urban heat island (UHI) effect and improving outdoor thermal comfort. The project, led by the Singapore-ETH Centre, is supported by the Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) under the National Research Foundation. Partners include the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), TUMCREATE (established by the Technical University of Munich), National University of Singapore, and Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).

Opening of CNRS@CREATE, the most recent addition to our list of illustrious partners here in the CREATE campus.

[Science, Technology, Prototyping, Policy and Practice (STP3) Workshop]
The launch of the Intra-CREATE Science, Technology, Prototyping, Policy and Practice (STP3) Workshop 2019 was officiated by Dr Cheong Wei Yang, deputy CEO of the National Research Foundation on 10 June. This was followed by a panel discussion on the theme of “The Future of Urban Society” moderated by Dr Cheong.

The high-powered panel consists of Prof. Marc Angélil, Professor for Architecture and Design at ETH Zurich and instructor of the STP3 workshop; Prof. Cheryl Chung, co-director for executive education at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), National University of Singapore (NUS); Dr Oliver Inderwildi, visiting researcher at Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore (CARES); Prof. Joseph Liow, dean of the College of Humanities at the faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University (NTU); Prof. Maria-Elisabeth Michel-Beyerle, CEO of TUMCREATE (established by Technical University Munich); and Prof. Gerhard Schmitt, director of the Singapore-ETH Centre.

Over two weeks, 48 graduate students from ETH Zurich, MIT, Cambridge, TU Munich, NTU, NUS and SUTD will jointly explore the theme of “The Future of Urban Society” through a series of lectures, visits, discussions and design thinking workshops. The workshop will culminate in an exhibition and presentation, when student participants will present solutions and prototypes developed in response to the theme”

The STP3 workshop is a reinvention of the last three editions of the Science, Technology and Policy (STP) workshop, with design thinking as a new element, led by Professor Prof Marc Angélil. It is organised by the Singapore-ETH Centre, together with CARES, TUMCREATE, NUS, NTU, and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP).

‪Dr David Eckhoff of TUMCREATE talking about privacy in smart cities, a pertinent topic in today’s highly interconnected world. ‬

Mark your calendars - Friday, 7 June 2019, at 11 am, for a lunchtime Monthly CREATE seminar by Asst. Prof Hayden Taylor (UCB and BEARS) and Dr. David Eckhoff (TUMCREATE), both of whom will touch on pertinent issues in Urban Systems Research that we are sure will affect many of us around the world today!

we hope to see you there! 😉

The importance of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is often overlooked in the world's pursuit for economic growth, yet, the two are actually very much interlinked. Check out this article by our researchers from the Natural Capital Project, detailing the importance of taking stock of Singapore's biodiversity in its preservation and protection for posterity and prosperity.

Tackling global biodiversity challenge from the ground