NEWS ON THE DEPARTMENT

    • 01 NEWS
      Joo Woong-yong's alumni donated 50 million won to build a new MRL.(August 29, 2022)

      "MRL KAIST" is an "AI-based extreme material research institute" established by the Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering for future high-tech materials research. MRL KAIST, which will be built over four stories, is a location that allows one-stop research from exploration of future new materials, process development, measurement and analysis, and plans to establish an industry-academic cooperation system to ultimately enable Lab-to-Market transition.
      Through this, the Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering expects to drastically shorten the material development period with an eventual goal to enter Global Top 10 universities in the field of material engineering.

    • 02 NEWS
      MRL KAIST New Fund Delivery Ceremony.

      The KAIST Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering has been raising funds for the "MRL KAIST New Construction" since the beginning of this year.

    • 03 NEWS
      Prof. Il-doo Kim’s startup company ‘IDK Lab’ received an investment of 3.5 billion won.

      'IDK Lab', founded by Prof. Il-doo Kim, received an investment of 3.5 billion won.

      Of the total amount, KRW 3 billion was invested by POSCO Technology Investment, and KRW 500 million in investment was received from Hanyang ENG. 'IDK Lab', a company specializing in safety diagnosis, has developed a product that uses an optical sensing method to check for toxic gas leaks.

    • 04 NEWS
      Prof. Steve Park was awarded the Science and ICT Ministerial Commendation in celebration of the 55th Science Day.
    • 05 NEWS
      Prof. Hyuck Mo Lee was awarded the Order of Science and Technology Merit. (April 21, 2022)

      He was awarded the Order of Science and Technology Leap Forward for his contribution to science and technology promotion at the '2022 Science Information and Communication Day' ceremony held at the Korea Science and Technology Center.

    • 06 NEWS
      Prof. WooChul Jung was elected as an ISSI councilor of Asian & Oceania branch.

      He gave an oral presentation as a keynote speaker at 23rd International Conference on Solid State Ionics (SSI-23).

    • 07 NEWS
      Prof. Il-Doo Kim received the Ministry of Science and ICT Award. (July 06, 2022)
      Prof. Il-doo Kim was awarded the Research Grand Prize at the ‘KAIST Research Day’.(May 31, 2022)
    • 08 NEWS
      Prof. Kyung Min Kim, selected as the 2022 KAIST Research day <10 R&D research achievements representing KAIST – Engineering>
    • 09 NEWS
      Benedictus Madika selected as a scholarship student of the Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-koo Foundation.(March 31, 2022)
    • 10 NEWS
      Nakyung Kim has been nominated to as the Kim Young Han global leader scholarship student 2022.
    • 11 NEWS
      Hojin Lee won the “Best Poster Award” at the Global Photovoltaics Conference 2022(GPVC 2022).
    • 12 NEWS
      The following students won the outstanding poster presentation award in the spring conference of The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials.

      Dong-hyun Chae presented on improving of thermoelectric performance of grain refined Nb1-xTaxCoSn half-Heusler via amorphous precursor.

      Sangwon Lee presented on the influence of long period stacking ordered (LPSO) phase on the mechanical properties in the Mg-Gd-Zr-Zn Alloy.

      KenHee Ryou presented on Hot cracking prevention mechanism by adding Hf into the Ni-based superalloy during the additive manufacturing.

    • 13 NEWS
      Soyun Joo won the Best Poster Award and the 3rd place for the Award for Materials Microstructure Imaging at 2022 Spring Conference of The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials. (Apr. 2022)
    • 14 NEWS
      Hyun-Jun Chai won the “Novoselov Excellence Poster Award” from Korean Graphene Society.
    • 15 NEWS
      Seunghyeong Lee was awarded the 12th KINC Best Convergence Research Award
    • 16 NEWS
      Jaimin Kang received an excellent poster award for his research on Spin-orbit torque manipulation of exchange bias in IrMn/NiFe bilayer structures at the KMS Summer Conference.
    • 17 NEWS
      Hamin Shin won the Young Scientist Awards at the NANO KOREA 2022 Symposium.
    • 18 NEWS
      Yong-koo Son and Yu-Jang Cho won the Best Poster Award at the NANO KOREA 2022 Symposium.
    • 19 NEWS
      Seyeon Park, Haeseong Lim and Hamin Shin won the Best Presentation Paper Award and Outstanding Presentation Paper Award at the Korea Sensor Society Fall Conference.(August 08, 2022)
    • 20 NEWS
      NGON Lab. has been selected in '2022 KAIST C2(Creative&Challenging) Research Lab'
    • 21 NEWS
      2022 Israel Technion-KAIST joint Workshop.(May 19, 2022)
    • 22 NEWS
      ADVNano Lab. UNICEF Donation.

      ADVNano Lab. Donated to UNICEF for children around the world.

    • 23 NEWS
      Oh, Hyejin was selected as the winner of the Employee of the Month Award for October 2022.
    • 24 NEWS
      Welcoming New Staff.

      Yuongjin Kim started to work as a staff member in Dept. MSE from August 1, 2022. She manages financial affairs of the department.

      Kihoon Han started to work as a staff member in Dept. MSE from August 1, 2022. He manages business trip/promotion of the department.

    • 25 NEWS
      Information on Personnel Change

      - Prof. Byong-Guk Park was promoted to Professor (2022.09.01)
      - Prof. Jae-Byum Jang was promoted to Associate Professor (2022.09.01)

      - Prof. Jihun Oh received a research annual leave (2022.08.29 ~ 2023.08.25)
      - Prof. Do Kyung Kim received a research annual leave (2022.09.01 ~ 2023.08.31)
      - Prof. Il-doo Kim received a research year (from 2023.01.20. ~ 2024.01.29)

      - Prof. Chan Beum Park, Lecture Exemption (2022.08.29 ~ 2023.08.27)