Sarat Babu   






I work on physical products focusing on the convergence between design, manufacturing, materials and software. I've developed new computational methods, processes and commerical strategies needed to conceive, execute and scale the performances advances this confluence unlocks.

Currently I am part of Meta’s Reality Labs working on mixed reality devices.
Previously, I worked as Chief Digital Officer  at Alloyed. Chief Executive Officer at Betatype. Co-founded BREAD and Orthonika. A Research Associate in the Medical Engineering group at Imperial College London. A Senior Visiting Tutor on the Innovation Design Engineering course at the Royal College of Art, and a materials specialist at Ross Lovegrove Studio



2023
3Degrees Podcast
youtube.com



2022
The Royal Danish Academy
Copenhagen



2020

An Interview with Sarat Babu
nTopology.com



2019
Bartlett School of Architecture
London

British Computer Society
London

Develop3D
Sheffield

Manufacturing Technology Centre
Coventry


2018
Additive World
Eindhoven

Design thinking will propel 3D printing
themanufacturer.com

Introducing The Uniform Wares M Collection With PreciDrive Movements And A Unique Titanium Mesh Strap
Hodinkee.com

Making Additive Manufacturing Perform For Manufacturing 3DPrint.com

Uniform Wares: A trip to the workshop of the UK watchmaker doing things differently
Monocle on Design



2017

Additive Manufacturing Users Group
Chicago

ALM Technologies for Space Applications
Didcot

Breathing chandeliers and algae sculptures: bionic art comes to the V&A 
Financial Times

International Conference on Additive Manufacturing
Nottingham

Irish Manufacturing Research
Dublin

Materials and Manufacturing Challenges for Power Electronics Systems
Stone

RAPDASA
Durban

University of Kent
Canterbury
2015
Autodesk
San Fransisco

Innovate 15
London

Makerversity
London

Saatchi Gallery
London



2014
Architecture Association
London

The Cooper Union
New York

Make Shift
London

Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
London

The Royal Danish Academy
Copenhagen

University College London
London
2013
Århus Arkitektskolen
Århus

Roca Gallery
London

Shenkar University
Tel Aviv



2012
The Royal Danish Academy
Copenhagen



2010
Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN)
London

Hidden Art Forum
London

The Royal Danish Academy
Copenhagen

SATnet Virtual Seminar
London



2009
Sight and Sound
Crafts, Issue No. 218



Patents
Moveable display supports, computing devices using same, and methods of use
US 10886498 B2

Tool path data generation in additive manufacturing
US 2021 / 0146623 A1

Additive Manufacturing
US 2019/0315©067 A1

Implant and Implant System
US 2021/0161673 A1
Journal Articles 
Additive Manufacturing
Volume 22, Pages 290-301, 2018

Materials & Design
Volume 131, Pages 498-508, 2017

Architectured Objects through Selective Laser Sintering
Doctoral Thesis, University College London, 2014

Architectural Design
Volume 84, Issue 1, 2014

Material Matters — New Materials in Design
Black Dog Publishing, 2012

Persistent Modelling: Extending the role of architectural representation, Routledge, Oxon, 2012
Research Grants
The Arts Foundation & Clotherworkers Association
Materials Innovation Fellowship, 2015

NIHR BRC at the Royal Marsden and the Institute of Cancer Research Confidence in Concept, 2014

OA Centre Imperial College London, Wellcome Trust & EPSRC Proof of Concept Funding for Medical Engineering Solutions in Osteoarthritis, 2014

Industrial Fellowship
The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, 2011

Bursary
Dyson Foundation, 2009
Workshops
Thinking through Making
Korean Institute of Design Promotion Busan, Korea, 2012

Digital Representation and Analogue Matter
The Bartlett School of Architecture, London, 2012

Exploratorium: Composite Design and Fabrication
Royal College of Art, London, 2011 & 2010


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