Manufacturing
Systems and Technology Programme (MST)
Focusing on micro- and nano-manufacturing
Description
The Manufacturing
Systems and Technology Programme is a comprehensive education and research
effort that concentrates on enabling manufacturing systems and technologies for
emerging industries. In the nutshell, the MST Programme focuses on micro- and
nano-manufacturing.
We define emerging
industries as those based on new technologies that are just beginning to be
considered for commercialization. Currently, this includes a host of new
concepts in micro-and nano-technology such as molecular diagnosis, advanced
drug screening, new ideas for photonic devices, micro-robots, nano-scale
optical devices, and a multitude of potential products employing micro-and
nano-scale fluidics. At the commercial manufacturing-level these industries
will be characterized by micron-scale product dimensions, high value-added,
extreme quality requirements, mass customization, time sensitive distribution
and entirely new business structures.
In the immediate time
frame our research will focus on an emerging industry that is now at the point
of large-scale commercialization, namely: microfluidic devices for chemical,
biomedical and photonic applications. While specific in nature, we also believe
that the manufacturing issues for this emerging industry will have
manufacturing process, systems and business issues that are common with many others
yet-to-emerge industries, such as fluidic devices computation, advanced drug
delivery systems and advanced health maintenance systems. Our research themes
focus on critical issues enabling high volume, low cost, high quality products
in these industries. Thus, our R&D effort focuses on acquiring the
scientific know-how for micro- and nano-manufacturing.
Scope of
Manufacturing for MST
In the MST programme we
define manufacturing as the collection of technologies and systems that are
necessary for commercial scale production and distribution to customers. This
includes the disciplines of:
In addition, since
commercial viability is a key issue, it is necessary to address the business
economics of the new operations in these emerging systems. In MST these topics
are treated as an integrated set, sharing common performance metrics such as
cost, quality, rate and flexibility in all aspects of the system.
An
NUS/NTU PhD degree with SMA Certificate: 4-year programme
Students in the PhD
programme will be part of a concentrated research effort to address the
critical technological roadblocks brought about by working at the micron and
sub-micron-level length scale and on this new class of products. PhD. students
will have a primary supervisor at NTU or NUS with formal participation by MIT
faculty. They will also spend no more than two semesters at MIT during their
degree. Students must pass a qualifying exam before entering PhD study. The
total financial support is capped up to US$6000 during the residence at MIT
inclusive of both trips. This is in addition to the regular monthly stipend.
What
makes SMA attractive?
SMA Graduate Fellowship
·
Stipend of SGD1500 per
month
·
Living allowance of
USD1000 per month up to a maximum of USD6000 during residence at MIT
·
Fully-paid return
airfare to MIT
·
Full tuition fee
subsidy