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CONNECTING SCIENCE & OPPORTUNITIES

THROUGH A TRIPLE HELIX COLLABORATION MODELAN NTU CASE STUDY

FORUM ASEAN/CHINA- THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMIC POWERTuesday, December 5th, 2017

Alexander J.B. Zehnder, Board of Trustees, NTU

NTU

FACTS & FIGURES

33,200 STUDENTS

24,300 UNDERGRADUATE

8,900 GRADUATE

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS13% of undergrads

(10.2% for AY16 intake)

44% of Masters

68% of PhDs

University

Industry /

External Orgs

Public Agency

UNIVERSITY e.g.

Contributes specialised researchers,

research facilities and de-risked

research

INDUSTRY e.g. Contributes product knowledge,

funding and relevant problems

PUBLIC AGENCY e.g.

Contributes capital funding,

strategic support and

economic context

NTU & THE TRIPLE HELIXCONNECTING SCIENCE & OPPORTUNITIES through the triple helix collaboration model

NTU IN THE

TRIPLE HELIX EQUATION

1 Research Talent across all levels:

Senior Professors, Young Researchers and Postdocs, Graduate

Students

2 Infrastructure and institutional networks with China and ASEAN

3 Industry Engagement

TOP RECRUITMENT OF FACULTY, POSTDOCS & STUDENTS

85 outstanding young researchers 37 out of 77 NRF Fellows (48%) chose NTU as host institution

48 Nanyang Assistant Professors presently (from >3,000 applicants worldwide)

Senior Faculty

American based

appointment - P&T

system with high bar

for success

2 NTU Professors named World's Hottest Researchers 2015 by Thomson Reuters “The World’s Most Influential

Scientific Minds” report

Singapore International

Graduate Award Scholarship for outstanding

international students to conduct

PhD training in Singapore

EDB Industrial Postgrad

Placement ProgrammeScholarship for doctoral

researchers working on industry

sponsored projects

Graduate Students International PhD student body from 6 regions and growing

NTU IN THE

TRIPLE HELIX EQUATION

2 Infrastructure and institutional networks

3 Industry Engagement

1 Research Talent across all levels

BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN NTU

Nanyang Avenue

‘North Hill’

Nanyang Avenue

(Faculty)

‘Nanyang Grove’

Nanyang Crescent

(Students)

Learning Hub NorthAcademic Block North

Sports Hall

NTU investing >S$1.8 billion in new infrastructure, 50% more halls of residence

Learning Hub South

Campus for Research Excellence

and Technological Enterprise

CREATEHebrew University of Jerusalem

MIT's first, and to-date only, research centre outside USA

Nanyang Centre for Public Administration

Since 1992, NCPA has offered executive development programmes

to senior government officials from China, extending to Vietnam,

Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Laos.

Since 2007, the Lien Ying Chow Legacy Fellowship has laid the

foundation for over 100 fellows to enrich their professional work

through deepening their understanding with China and vice versa.

Topics include development strategy, social security systems and

public health management

institutional networks

EARTH OBSERVATORY SINGAPORE

• Received over $150 million in NRF funding

• Industry funded Chair Professorship for world renowned researchers

• Collaborates with all of ASEAN nations to apply world-class geohazards monitoring technologies

for insurance valuation for risk management related to climate change

• Utilizes cutting-edge drones, infrasound, sophisticated physical-chemical climate modeling, coral cross

section chemical analysis, crystal patterning and satellite imaging

institutional networks

Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City Investment & Development Co

Nanyang Technological University,Singapore

Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City Administrative Committee

South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN

Top for IP translation in China

RMB 250M (S$50m)

Sino-Singapore International

Joint Research Institute

13

Signing of Agreement to set up JRI on Nov 7th, 2015

SSGKC Admin CommitteeSouth China University of

TechnologyNanyang Technological

UniversitySSGKC Investment &

Development Co.

Signing of MOU

21/04/14

Signing of Agreement

07/11/15

Plaque Award Ceremony

21/12/15

Signing of

Supplementary

Agreement

15/07/16

Timeline of Progress

Colloboration

Workshop for

Joint Projects

23/02/17

22/03/17

Registration

complete

23/03/17

First Council

Meeting

June 17

24 projects

rewarded for

funding support

21/08/17

Visit By Minister

Ong Ye Kung at

new R&D bldg

Sino-Singapore International Joint Research Institute

24 projects awarded

70% joint

research

A.I.

Plus

Biomedical

Materials &

Medical

Instruments

Buildings

Urban Dev

EV, Traffic

and Energy

Nutritious &

Safe Food

Development in

South China

Pollution Control &

Environmental

Restoration

6 Key Research Topics

Project Management

External Collaboration

Financial Reporting

Logistics

Incubator Space FROM DAY 1

International Research Alliances with

Top Universities

NTU IN THE

TRIPLE HELIX EQUATION

3 Industry Engagement

1 Research Talent across all levels

2 Infrastructure for Research

STRONG LINKS WITH

INDUSTRY

Energy Research Institute @ NTU♦ Supported by EDB and agencies such as Maritime and Port Authority of

Singapore (MPA), Energy Market Authority and SP Group (Singapore Power)

♦ 61 industry partnerships, >$8m industry funding, >8 technologies deployed,

>125 Post grad students trained, 5 spin-offs, top-10% journal publications

Large-scale prototyping of solar, wind, tidal, storage & power-to-fuel technology

Meralco, the largest electric distribution company in the Philippines, is a key adopter

$20 million worth of projects over 5 years

$8 million worth of investment in infrastructure at Semakau Landfill

Renewable Energy Integration Demonstrator Singapore

COORDINATOR

Philippines

Indonesia

Ireland

Japan

Singapore

/ Thailand

Franc

e

United Kingdom

France

ChinaUSA

Denmark

ISLAND ADOPTERS

SOLUTIONS PROVIDERS

Integration Demonstrator Singapore

Nanyang Environment And Water Research Institute Advanced know-how in Bio-electrochemical

System Membranes, Process Modelling,

Environmental Planning And Toxic Waste

Management

350-400-strong scientific research and engineering

team, 117 IPs, 10 spin-offs

3 researchers placed among top 25 environmental

thought leaders

Interacts with more than 120 companies

and 45 academic institutions globally

Lien Environmental Fellowship in Indonesia

$75 million funding – largest of 31 RR University Research Centres (URCs) worldwide

Multiple research areas: Electrical Power & Control Systems, Manufacturing Process Technology and Data

Analytics

50 projects with direct translation into business units: Southeast Asia is Rolls-Royce’s No. 1 market

56 NTU PIs/Profs, 20 Rolls-Royce PMs/Staff, 70 fellows/RAs, 40 PhDs, 25 master’s,

100 undergraduates, 30 patents, 260 publications

Data

Analytics &

Complex

Systems

ROLLS-ROYCE NTU@CORPORATE LAB

Digital highways for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ; Tower and

NARSIM simulator that simulates Changi Airport actual

working conditions.

$50million over 5 years from CAAS

Open Sky concept for ASEAN and airspace design for

Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and many other

countries in the pipeline

Led by Prof Chua Chee Kai, the world’s most cited scientist

in 3D printing technologies

Publishes Top 1% cited papers in Engineering (Jun 2017)

Trains 100 PhD students & 27 full time researchers

World-class selective laser melting systems, bioprinter,

stereolithography apparatus & digital light processing

$150m from NRF, A*STAR, EDB & partners over 10 years

Founding Industry Partners:

• Aerospace and Defence

• Building and Construction

• Marine and Offshore

Marine & Offshore

Building & Construction

Future of Manufacturing

Biomedical & Food

ElectronicsAerospace & Defence

Design

Materials

Machines

Output

Lightweight4

3D Scanning5

Metal Printing20

Hybrid AM2

StandardsQualification

4

4D

Printing

1

3

Electronics

12

Polymer

4Concrete8

Biomed

BIOMATERIALS

• Bio Printer

METALS

• Selective Laser Melting (SLM)

x3

• Electron Beam Melting (EBM)

• Hybrid Manufacturing (DED +

milling)

ELECTRONICS

• Optomec Aerosol jet

• Inkjet Printer (Dimatix)

POLYMERS

• Inkjet x3

• Fused Deposition Modeling

(FDM) x6

• Selective Laser Sintering

(SLS) x2

• Stereolithography (SLA) x3

FOOD

• Chocolate Printer

Scanning devices x2

Equipment at SC3DP

Connectivity is key

NTU is a Global

University with a

network of

collaborators,

innovators and

researchers

Academic Alliances

Industry Partners

Connecting translational research

NTU & THE TRIPLE HELIX

Contributes capital

funding, strategic support

and economic context

PUBLIC

AGENCY e.g.

INDUSTRY e.g.

Contributes

product knowledge,

funding and

relevant problems

UNIVERSITY e.g.

Contributes specialised

researchers, facilities

and de-risked research

CONNECTING SCIENCE & OPPORTUNITIES through the triple helix collaboration model

Connecting economic growth

Connecting R&D innovation

Thank You