SIT-Polytechnic Innovation Centre of Excellence (SPICE)

Launched on 1 March 2022, the SIT-Polytechnic Innovation Centre of Excellence (SPICE) supports companies, especially local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in their innovation journeys and develops new products/services and talent in the process.

Supported by Enterprise Singapore, SPICE collaborates with the various Centres of Innovation (COIs) at the Polytechnics and the Applied Research Centres (ARCs) at SIT to help companies move up the innovation value chain. The first of its kind, this university-polytechnic partnership will provide companies access to an expanded suite of complementary expertise, skill sets and facilities from SIT and the Polytechnics to co-create innovative solutions.

Value to Industry

Access to domain experts and technical professionals to help companies innovate.
Access to facilities and equipment, thus lowering upfront investment and risk.
Access to a diverse talent pool and inter-disciplinary resources.
Value creation with new or improved products and services.

How We Support Companies

Step 1:
Scope problem statements with companies

Step 2:
Jointly ideate and conceptualise solutions

Step 3:
Co-create new products and services

Step 4:
Assess potential/viability of new products and services for scale-up and commercialisation.

Our Team

Raymond Keh

Head, SPICE
Principal Professional Officer

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Aw Kok Seng

Deputy Head, SPICE
Lead Professional Officer

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Quah Chee Kwang

Engineering Software/Programming
Lead Professional Officer

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Kang Liat Chuan

Electronic, Electrical & Control System
Lead Professional Officer

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Kenichi Kato

Autonomous System & Robotics
Lead Professional Officer

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Emily Woo

Teaching Excellence / Innovation
Lead Professional Officer

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Mabel Wang

Food Technology
Lead Professional Officer

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Shen Lu

Industry Innovation / Testing and Inspection
Lead Professional Officer

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Our Domain Expertise

Artificial Intelligence
Augmented/Virtual Reality
Cybersecurity
Electronic, Electrical & Control Systems
Engineering Software
Food Technology
Internet of Things and Industrial Internet of Things
Mechanical System Design
Medical Systems for Therapy
Robotics & Autonomous Systems
Software Programming
5G

SPICE will be supported by SIT’s pool of faculty, Professional Officers (POs) with diverse industry experience, and students across our academic clusters.

Network for Industry Collaboration

SPICE supports companies in propelling their transformation plans through an expanded suite of complementary expertise, skill sets and facilities jointly offered by SIT’s Applied Research Centres, overseas university partners and participating Polytechnics.

Singapore Institute of Technology

Centre for Infrastructure and Tunnel Engineering (CITE)

Construction Technology Innovation Laboratory (CTIL)

Design Factory @ SIT (DF@SIT)

Energy Efficiency Technology Centre (EETC)

FoodPlant

Future Communications Translation Laboratory (FCTLab)

Rapid Product Innovation & Development (RaPID) Centre

Temasek Polytechnic

Aquaculture Innovation Centre (AIC)

Centre of Innovation for Complementary Health Product (COI-CHP)

Recent Event

Organised by the SIT-Polytechnic Innovation Centre of Excellence and the Singapore National Employers Federation, the recent ‘Enhance Your Competitive Edge Through Innovation’ event saw over 70 participants from local SMEs.

Participants gained valuable insights from our speakers, who shared their experience working with SPICE and how we helped to create value for them.