NEWS ON THE DEPARTMENT

    • 01 NEWS
      Prof. Hyuck Mo Lee was appointed as the head of the Korean Institute of Metals And Materials(KIM).
    • 02 NEWS
      Prof. Sang-Hee Park was appointed as the head of the Korean Information Display Society(KIDS).
    • 03 NEWS
      Prof. Keon Jae Lee was awarded the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education.
    • 04 NEWS
      Prof. Il-Doo Kim has been selected for Fellow in KAST.
    • 05 NEWS
      Coursera online lecture of Prof. Seungbum Hong is becoming a big hit with 40,000 international students.

      ‘Electrodynamics Specialization' established by Seungbum Hong, the head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, gathered more than 40,000 students.

      Cousera is an online education platform launched by Prof. Ng of Stanford Univ. and Daphne Koller.

      After it started in 2012, more than 77 million students are taking online lecture in Cousera.

      When asked what was thinking behind the global hit, Prof. Hong said “I thought about how to convey knowledge in an easy-to-understand manner while considering student level,” adding, “the explanation related to prior knowledge and figurative explanations worked greatly.”

      He than said “500 students have taken the same lecture in the last 10 years, compared with 40,000 students attended the lecture in 3 years”, and “I was surprised by the influence of online lectures.”

    • 06 NEWS
      Prof. Il-Doo Kim won Grand research prize, Prof. Byong-Guk Park won Prize for excellence in teaching in 2022 Outstanding Faculty Awards and Special Awards in Commemoration of the 51st Anniversary of Founding.
    • 07 NEWS
      5 Research achievements of KAIST has been selected for Top 100 National R&D Excellence Achievements in 2021 Ministry of Science and ICT/ Korea Institue of Science & Technology Evaluation and Planning

      Prof. Byungha Shin, Development of next generation high efficiency perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells technology

    • 08 NEWS
      Prof. Dokyung Kim was appointed as KEPCO Endowed Chair Professor.
      Prof. Keon Jae Lee was appointed as KAIST Endowed Chair Professor.
    • 09 NEWS
      Prof. Eun Ae Cho has been selected for Member in NAEK.
    • 10 NEWS
      Prof. Hyuck Mo Lee and Prof. Byungha Shin won “2021 College of Engineering Technology Innovation Award”.
    • 11 NEWS
      Prof. Kyung Min Kim has been selected as KAIST’s Top 10 Research Achievements of 2021.
    • 12 NEWS
      Prof. Kibum Kang won “New Academic Reward(신진학술상)” in RPGR 2021

      Prof. Kibum Kang won “New Academic Reward(신진학술상)” in RPGR 2021 (The 12th Recent Progress in Graphene and Two-dimensional Materials Research Conference).

    • 13 NEWS
      Prof. Himchann Cho has been selected for ‘2022 POSCO Science Fellowship’.
    • 14 NEWS
      Min Jae Kim won “15th Yooth Hero Prize” (Host: Korea Scout Association) on November 22, 2021.
    • 15 NEWS
      Jinhyun Kim won “2021 Talent Award of Korea” (Host: Ministry of Education, Organizer: Korea Student Aid Foundation) on December 28, 2021.
    • 16 NEWS
      Dae Han Kim and Dong Ha Kim(Ph.D. graduates) won the "Excellent Thesis Award" from the department.
      Young Jin Ham(Ph.D. graduates) won the "Excellent Thesis Award" from Korea Institute of Materials Science(KIMS).
    • 17 NEWS
      2021 Fall Semester Dean’s List Award

      The following students were selected as winners of the 2021 Fall Semester Dean’s List Award, which is presented to undergraduates with outstanding academic performance and innovative ideas.

    • 18 NEWS
      Jun kyu Kim won the Changhyun Creative Award as a representative of the graduates at the Ceremony to Commemorate KAIST's 51st Anniversary of Founding on February 16, 2022
    • 19 NEWS
      Jinhyun Kim won “KAIST Global Leadership Award (Creativity)” on February 16, 2022.
    • 20 NEWS
      Jiyoung Lee won “KAIST Global Leadership Award (Volunteering)” on February 16, 2022.
    • 21 NEWS
      Introduction of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering(MSE) for freshmen was held on November 23, 2021.

      Seungbum Hong Head of the Department, Prof. Jihyeon Yeom and many freshmen attended.

    • 22 NEWS
      MII Lab has been selected as one of the Global Labs in KAIST. (February 14, 2022)
    • 23 NEWS
      AI Lab Solution won the 4th ranking prize in E*5 Lab Startup evaluation. (November 12, 2021)
    • 24 NEWS
      Min Goo Kang doctoral course student won Samsung Human Tech Paper Award Energy & Environment category silver prize hosted by Samsung.
    • 25 NEWS
      Information on Personnel Change

      - Prof. Seung Min Jane Han was promoted to Professor (2022.03.01.)
      - Prof. Kibum Kang was promoted to Associate Professor (2022.03.01.)
      - Prof. Pyuck-Pa Choi was promoted to Tenured Professor (2022.03.01.)

      - Prof. Byungha Shin was appointed as Associate Vice President of Global Leadership Center (2021.11.01.)
      - Prof. Dokyung Kim was appointed as Interim Auditor (2021.12.03.)
      - Soo Jeong Noh was promoted to Principal Administrative Staff (2022.03.01.)

      - Prof. Yeon Sik Jung took a Sabbatical (2021.07.10.-2022.07.08. Univ. of California, USA)
      - Prof. Byeong-Soo Bae Lecture Exemption (2021.09.01.-2022.08.31)
      - Prof. Keon Jae Lee Lecture Exemption (2021.09.01.-2022.02.27)