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KIST and Dresden University of Technology Sign MOU (2016.07.06)
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KIST and Dresden University of Technology Sign MOU (2016.07.06)
- MOU for researcher exchanges and joint research on next-generation composite materials -
On July 6, at KIST’s Jeonbuk Branch in Wanju, The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Jeonbuk Institute of Advanced Composite Materials and Dresden University of Technology (DUT) signed an MOU regarding researcher exchanges and joint research on next-generation composite materials.
The Dresden University of Technology is one of the leading universities in Germany and was evaluated as “excellent” in three areas under the German Universities Excellence Initiative organized by the German Research Foundation. In particular, DUT’s Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (ILK) is one of the world’s best research institutes in the field of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP), which is regarded as next-generation core technology for the automobile and aircraft industries. ILK is commercializing the developed technology in collaboration with a German automaker.
Professor Hubert Jaeger, who visited Korea to sign the MOU, is a world-renowned scholar in the composite materials field. He majored in chemistry at Germany’s Karlsruhe University and received a doctorate in high polymer composite materials.
The MOU served as an opportunity for KIST to strengthen international ties with Germany, the world’s most advanced country in the composite materials field. The two parties agreed to cooperate in developing CFRP components for next-generation automobiles and aircraft, and to determine potential joint research projects.
The KIST Jeonbuk Institute of Advanced Composite Materials also conducted a seminar with Professor Jaeger in order to propose a research project for developing high intensity, heat-resistant carbon nanotube-based composite materials and to discuss how to utilize facilities/infrastructure for the development of new CFRP production processes.
“Through mutual agreement with the world’s leading research institute in composite materials, Dresden University of Technology, and with MOUs with Japan’s Shinshu University and NIA (NASA) in the US, The KIST Jeonbuk Institute will strengthen its international research collaboration and pave the way to becoming a global research institute,” said KIST Jeonbuk Institute of Advanced Composite Materials Director Kim Joon-kyeong.