Professor Tae-Sun Choi of GIST School of Mechatronics and Professor Joon Ha Kim of GIST School of Environmental Science and Engineering have been elected a full member and an associate member, respectively, of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), which is the representative association of distinguished Korean scholars in science and technology.

Professor Choi received his Ph.D. degree from State University of New York at Stony Brook in the United States and has been a member of GIST faculty since 1996. He has made notable contributions in the fields of digital signal processing and image processing and won prestigious academic prizes, including an IEEE Third Millennium Medal.

Professor Kim received his Ph.D. degree from University of California, Irvine in the United States and has been a member of GIST faculty since 2004. He has published over 100 papers in the fields of water environment management and treatment and seawater desalination and won an Environment Minister’s Citation, a Science Minister’s Award and a GIST Education Award.