Wins Daegu Mayor Award held by the Korea Textile Development InstituteProposed 'alternating array PVA hollow fiber membrane manufacturing' technologies
High durability, simple spinning process for wide application in water-treated membranes
[January 9, 2017]
<YU student Kim Won-seop who won the grand prize at the 2016 College (Graduate) Creative Convergence Textile Idea Contest>
Kim Won-seop (24) of the YU Department of Nano, Medical and Polymer Materials won the grand prize at the '2016 college (graduate) creative textile idea contest' held by the Korea Textile Development Institute.
This idea contest held by the Korea Textile Development Institute was designed to find the creative ideas of college (graduate) students and utilize it for the development of the textile industry, while providing an opportunity to contribute to the development of the textile industry. This year, the contest received ideas in the corporate support capacity improvement sectors such as new industry and technology and commercialization support for joint growth with other industries through convergence and pioneering new channels for the textile industry and utilizing 6T-based new material and convergence technologies.
Ideas were received from September of last year. After the first document reviews and second presentation judging, Kim Won-seop, who proposed the 'alternating array PVA hollow fiber membrane manufacturing' technologies, won the grand prize. This technology received good reviews in that it is an advanced material manufacturing technology that can be applied in the water industry, which is one of the new regional industries, and is both creative and practical. Mr. Kim received a cash prize of 5 million won and will be passed in the document application if he chooses to find employment at the Korea Textile Development Institute.
The technology proposed by Mr. Kim uses polymer materials with water-friendly and hydrophobic properties to raise durability and suppress fouling, and is a hollow fiber membrane manufacturing idea that has both improved productivity and lower cost by simplifying the processes. It is expected to be widely applied in various fields such as the medical and electronic materials sectors, in addition to the water treating sector.
Mr. Kim, who won the grand prize, said, "Membranes are important materials that are essential in various industrial sectors. At this juncture where membrane demand is increasing rapidly, localization of new materials that maximize filtering effects to procure platform technologies will contribute in the development of high value advanced materials industries." The Korea Textile Development Institute is planning to use ideas from this contest to begin R&D in various methods.
Furthermore, Mr. Kim was also selected for the 'Start-up leading university start-up item commercialization' support project of the Small and Medium Business Administration in September 2016 with another one of his creative ideas, and thus received funding amount to 26.7 million won from the SMBA, and is putting spurs to IT-based smart device commercialization.
