Professor Park, Chin Ho and Lee, Moon Yong of the School of Chemical Engineering wins 'Seokmyeong Outstanding Chemical Engineer Award' and 'Traditional Chemical Engineering Special Award' from the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers
Listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World
[Nov 6, 2013]

 Professor Lee, Moon Yong (left) and Professor Park, Chin Ho showing the prowess of the YU School of Chemical Engineering by winning major awards from the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers

 The YU School of Chemical Engineering once again demonstrated its potential power. Professors Park, Chin Ho and Lee, Moon Yong received major awards from the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers(KICHE), which is the most influential academic society on Korean chemical engineering.

 According to the School of Chemical Engineering, Professor Park, Chin Ho (55) won the 'Seokmyeong Outstanding Chemical Engineer Award' and Professor Lee, Moon Yong (55) won the 'Traditional Chemical Engineering Special Award' at the general assembly of the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers that was held at the Daegu EXCO on the 24th.

 In the past 5 years, Professor Park published over 30 SCI papers as the primary author and made various technology transfer achievements and acquired domestic and international patents in the electronic material process, OLED and thin film solar cell sectors. Thus, he was awarded the '2013 Seokmyeong Outstanding Chemical Engineer Award' for his excellent academic achievements and practical industry-academic cooperation results in various sectors of chemical engineering.

 Professor Park also served as a photovoltaic program director for the Ministry of Knowledge Economy (currently Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy) two years ago in 2011. He is currently the Korean representative for the IEA's (International Energy Agency) PVPS (Photovoltaic Power Systems) Task 1, the chairperson of the KICHE International Cooperation Committee, and the Vice-chairman for the international cooperation of the Korea Photovoltaic Society. Furthermore, Professor Park was also listed in the 'Marquis Who's Who in the World 2014, 31st edition’, which is one of the world three biographical dictionaries.

 The 'Seokmyeong Outstanding Chemical Engineer Award' is operated with funds donated by the late Kwon, Seok Myeong, who is the former CEO and vice-chairman of Dongyang Chemical Co., Ltd. (currently OCI). The KICHE selects researchers who made excellent academic achievements or contributed greatly in its industrialization. It is awarded every year at the fall general assembly and academic seminar.

 Meanwhile, Professor Lee, Moon Yong received the 'Traditional Chemical Engineering Special Award', which was given for the first time this year. This award is given to persons recognized for their technological and academic contributions in traditional chemical engineering industry sectors such as the petrochemical and engineering industries, which are Korea's top export items and main industries, and Professor Lee became the first to receive this honor.

 Professor Lee worked as a process engineer at SK Energy, a petrochemical company, for ten years from 1984. He joined YU in 1994 and has been conducting a variety of industrialization research and academic activities in the petrochemical and engineering sectors since then.

 In particular, he planned and led the implementation of dividing wall distillation columns technologies, which is a next generation distillation technology, as well as development for its localization, thus contributing greatly in the development and installation a commercial dividing wall distillation columns for the first time in Korea in 2006, and is still playing a leading role in the petrochemical field.

 Professor Lee published over 50 SCI papers in the past 5 years and was the most frequently cited author by 'Computers and chemical engineering', which is the most prominent journal in the chemical process sector. He has been continuously listed in the 'Marquis Who's Who in the World' since 2006 until now. Furthermore, Professor Lee's research lab won the bronze at the 'European Huntsman Design Contest' and first place at the 'Asia Pacific Honeywell UniSim Design Challenge', thus being recognized for their research abilities in a number of international contests related to the petrochemical process design sector.