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Celebrating the 47th anniversary of KIST (Feb 7, 2013)
- Date : 2013-10-28
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On February 7, 2013, KIST celebrated its 47th birthday with a ceremony held on KIST’s Seoul campus.
President Kil Choo Moon, in his commemorative address, stated, “The science and technology sector and government-invested research institutes in Korea are confronted with enormous changes this year,” and, “We must have an institutional revival and become born again as a research institute loved by all the people of Korea. Further, we must create new growth engines by taking up the challenges of future technologies based on self-transition and innovation, making a contribution towards creating new jobs, which is one of the major pending issues in Korea, and through resolving national social issues.”
At the commemorative ceremony, the KIST Indonesia ODA Project Team received the Grand Prize for their efforts in designing, establishing and operating an on-site pilot plant in Serre-Pon, Indonesia, that can produce bio-ethanol using agricultural wastes. This was recognized as a new ODA model for developing countries. In addition, Dr. Seong Moo Cho of the Carbon Convergence Material Research Center at KIST received the Songgok Science and Technology Award for having published several research papers in Korea and overseas on the development of nano-fiber technology.