News & Events
Associate Professor Jaime B. Windeler (University of Cincinnati) – When Virtual Reality Bites: The Unintended Consequences of Immersive ICT for Minorities in Virtual Teams
As use of immersive technology increases, so does the potential for negative, unintended [...]
Associate Professor Sybil Derrible (University of Illinois at Chicago) – Advances in Urban Engineering: Machine Learning, Infrastructure Interdependencies, Design Processes
Urban engineering is the discipline that studies and designs urban infrastructure as integrated and [...]
Rajesh Iyer (Ernst and Young) – AI and its Role in Business Transformation
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming the topic of mainstream conversations. AI can help [...]
ESD Summer Newsletter 2019
July 23rd, 2019
[Click here to download the newsletter] We are excited to launch the new ESD core curriculum in [...]
Singapore Airlines App Challenge – Grand Prize
November 27th, 2017
Congratulations to ESD student Yustynn Panicker, Naunidh Bhalla (ISTD student), Lee Tze How (ISTD [...]
Singapore Airlines App Challenge – 1st Runner Up
November 7th, 2017
Congratulations to ESD students, Jarvin Ong and Justinian Siah, for being the 1st runner-up and [...]
INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group (JIFG) Paper Competition
October 30th, 2017
Assistant Professor Yiwei Chen's paper "Joint Pricing and Inventory Management with Strategic [...]
Engineering Systems and Design deals broadly with large-scale systems and the design, the planning and the management of these systems.
Peter Jackson, Head of ESD Pillar
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ESD – A Gateway Pillar to an Exciting Career
We have put together a video to share the experiences and future opportunities that SUTD ESD students are exposed to.
Focus Tracks
The ESD undergraduate program has been designed with flexibility in mind, so that students can customize their courses to suit their interests and future careers.
PhD Programme
The ESD PhD program aims to produce the next generation of leading engineering systems researchers and thinkers.
For Industry Partners
In ESD, we engage actively with industry to ensure the relevance of our programmes, and contribute to industry needs, such as providing expertise and building the talent pool.
Research Projects
A selection of current ESD research projects.
About ESD
Engineering Systems and Design (ESD) is one of four academic pillars at SUTD.
Undergraduate Programme
The ESD undergraduate curriculum is concerned with the design, analysis, and management of large scale complex engineering systems such as supply chains, financial services, health care delivery systems, transportation systems, security and defense systems, energy production and distribution systems.