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[Press Release] Key GIST projects selected for national science and technology development
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- REG_DATE : 2015.08.18
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Commercialization of transparent electrode technology, high-speed X-rays,
and the promotion of grassroots enterprises were selected as key projects
for national science and technology development
Professor Kwanghee Lee Professor Do-Young Noh Professor Kiseon Kim
□ Korean agencies have selected several GIST projects for national science and technology development. GIST has received a total of more than 10 billion won in research funds to support several projects, including the development herbal-based supplements for pain relief, the commercialization of transparent electrode technology, and the utilization of high-speed X-rays for basic science research.
□ “Commercialization of transparent electrode technology” - Last March, a research team led by Professor Kwanghee Lee, the director of the Research Institute for Solar and Sustainable Energies (RISE), and announced the development of a transparent electrode that can function even after being crumpled. Building upon that research foundation, the team will now collaborate with S-Mac, a company specializing in touch-screen technology, and with OKBKOREA, a company specializing in LCD technology. The goal of this collaboration is to develop advanced transparent electrodes for touch-screens and for smart windows within two years.
These images show the transparent electrode’s flexibility: (a) capable of flexible bending and (b) still being able to conduct electricity after being crumpled like an old piece of paper.
This project was selected from the “2015 New Industry Creation Project” that was funded by Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning and the Commercialization Promotion Agency for R&D Outcomes. 2.4 billion won is being allocated to commercialize the technology.
Professor Kwanghee Lee said, “Our research has the potential to dramatically expand the use of transparent electrodes in electronics, such as in the next-generation of wearable technologies and in advanced flexible displays. Also, smart windows can be utilized in new and exciting ways by various industries, such as in transportation with vehicle display integration as well as new possibilities for advanced architectural designs. We will focus all of our hard work and effort to successfully commercialize this technology to create new markets, new industries, and new opportunities for Korea.”
□ “X-ray related basic science research” – Professor Do-Young Noh of the Department of Physics and Photon Science and his team of experts will develop an ultra-fine high-speed x-ray diffraction, imaging, and spectroscopic measurement techniques by 2022.
The Ultra-Fine High-Speed X-Ray Research Center was selected from 13 research centers from across Korea that applied for the 2015 new research center enterprise initiative in the field of physic. The center will receive 8.6 billion won in research funds for seven years. There are five GIST professors and thirteen researchers at the center.
Members of Ultra-Fine High Speed X-Ray Research Center
Professor Do-Young Noh said, “We will contribute to Korea"s development and maximize Korea"s economic competitiveness by ensuring advanced research into basic and core technologies, such as high-speed nano-dynamics (physics), molecular reaction processes (chemistry), single molecule imaging (structural biology), and nano-material elements development.”
□ “Promote grassroots enterprise” – Grassroots enterprise is a project designed to create jobs and contribute to strengthening the competitiveness of local industries by focusing on specific micro-economic conditions, such as an ointment industry that harmonizes well with local conditions and characteristic. Professor Kiseon Kim of the School of Information and Communications professor who is also director of the elderly-friendly General Experience Center (Gwangju-Namgu) will promote community-based grassroots enterprises with mid-sized local businesses supported by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy.
The center will receive 1.7 billion won for three years to develop regional technologies and infrastructure to produce herbal-based supplements for pain-relief by using the natural herbs that grow of Gwangju"s Mudeung Mountain.
The elderly-friendly General Experience Center located in Namgu, Gwangju
The center will collaborate with several high-tech medical equipment manufacturing companies: ‘Nanoom Tech’, ‘Myungshin Medical’, and a portable dental x-ray developer ‘HDT’. Chosun University will also participate to support the research and development.
□ GIST President Seung Hyeon Moon said, “Commercialization of technology, propagation of basic science and technology, and the development of local industries and businesses related to these selected research projects meet the core objectives and vision of GIST, and we will do our best to achieve substantial results through collaboration and communication between organizations, businesses, and municipalities.”