GREGORY RAUPP
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
This path led Gregory to conceive and establish the Flexible Display Center( FDC) at ASU, a US $ 100m industry-academia-government collaboration supported by the Army Research Labs. While flexible displays were the FDC’ s flagship technology, Gregory was particularly intrigued by the potential of flexible sensor arrays for applications in wearable health and human performance technologies and for ubiquitous sensors embedded throughout urban environments.
The traditional concept of smart cities envisioned urban areas as“ self-aware” systems monitored by centralised technologies making intelligent decisions.“ The original thinking was a city that had everything sensed and some central intelligence making decisions and taking actions to make it a better place to live,” Gregory says.
However, the Zimin Institute ' s approach evolved towards being more citizen-centric, focusing on the lived experience of residents where technology enhances daily life without being intrusive.“ We want to create solutions that are seamless, where the inhabitants don’ t really know the technology is there – it just makes life safer, healthier and more sustainable,” Gregory explains.
“ We want to get lab technologies out into the real world, making cities better places to live and work.”
GREGORY RAUPP
TITLE: FOUNDATION PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR COMPANY: ZIMIN INSTITUTE
Gregory Raupp is a senior leader in the university research enterprise and senior faculty researcher and educator with extensive experience in visioning and identification of unique and largescale opportunities; strategic investment, planning and execution; creation and leadership of complex trans-disciplinary and multi-institution ventures and partnerships; and technology development, transitioning and commercialisation.
He has held important leadership posts, including Associate Dean for Research in engineering and Associate Vice President for Research at ASU, and Vice President Research & Technology and Dean of Graduate Studies at City University of Hong Kong. He was the Founding Director of the Flexible Display Center at ASU, and is currently the Research Director at the WearTech Applied Research Center and the Director of the Zimin Institute for Smart & Sustainable Cities.
52 December 2025