A TRANSDISCIPLINARY STEAM X D WORKSHOP ON AI RESCUE ROBOTICS FOR PRE-UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Jeffrey Chan Kok Hui, Minkyung Jun, Zimou Zeng, Soon Kiat Matthew Yeo, Mei Xuan Tan, Yixiao Wang, Chee Huei Lee, Chandrima Chatterjee, Yannic Noller, Natalie Agus, Sumbul Khan, Ibrahim Thahir, Mohan Rajesh Elara, L. K. Ang, Fra Anariba · 2024
In this work, we apply the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)’s STEAM x D (STEAM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics, and D = Design Thinking) transdisciplinary collaborative principles to a different set of disciplines (i.e. Humanities, Artificial Intelligence, 3D printing, etc.), in a workshop which was carried out for a total of 46 participating high school students (17-18-years old) in which ~ 40% were female students. In this 5-day workshop the students worked in teams of 4 to 5 students along 8 SUTD instructors from different disciplines, and 10 SUTD undergraduate helpers, to solve a design challenge using a systems approach complemented with human-centric, design thinking, and engineering elements as part of our daVinci@SUTD immersion programme, which seeks to inspire youth in human-centered design and innovation that are grounded in STEM education fused with the understanding of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences to serve greater societal needs. In general, survey feedback showed high levels of student engagement, awareness of using Artificial Intelligence, engineering, and design thinking to address real-life problems, and overall, the students found the workshop useful and insightful.