NTU, UK university open research facility for light technology
SINGAPORE - The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) today (Oct 30) opened a new research institute focusing on light technology, in partnership with the University of Southampton, UK.
Signing of the Memorandum of Agreement between Nanyang Technological University and University Southampton. Photo: Robin Choo
SINGAPORE - The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) today (Oct 30) opened a new research institute focusing on light technology, in partnership with the University of Southampton, UK.
The opening of The Photonics Institute coincides with the simultaneous launch of Singapore’s first high-tech fibre optic research manufacturing facility, the Centre for Optical Fibre Technology, the last of five research centres under the institute to come online.
The Photonics Institute will be helmed by three co-directors. They are NTU professors Tjin Swee Chuan and Nikolay Zheludev, and director of the Optoelectronics Research Centre at Southampton, Professor Sir David Payne.
Minister of State for Ministry of Trade and Industry, Mr Teo Ser Luck was present at NTU today to witness the signing of the research partnership agreement between the two universities to formalise the US$100 million research institute.
“The joint initiative is an important conduit for the transfer of scientific and technological knowledge, breakthroughs and industrial innovations between Singapore and United Kingdom,” said NTU president Professor Bertil Andersson.
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