Professor Jung, Jae-hak, supervisor of project, awarded Minister of Knowledge Economy Award
YU is officially recognized as hub for fostering corporate customized, linked to employment human resources in energy
[November 12, 2012]

 Professor Jung, Jae-hak (School of Chemical Engineering) won the Minister of Knowledge Economy Award. This was in recognition for his excellent work in the 'Energy Human Resources Fostering Project' sponsored by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy.

 In the morning of the 8th, the '2012 Korea Energy R&D Expo', hosted by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy(MKE) and the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning, was held at the 2nd Exhibit Hall of KINTEX in Ilsan, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do. In the midst of experts in the domestic energy industry such as energy, resources, renewable energy, power and nuclear power, Professor Jung received the 'Best-Practice Minister of Knowledge Economy Award'.

 The 'Best-Practice Award' was given for the first time this year and is an awarded given to the supervisor of the best project according to the evaluation results of energy human resource fostering projects around the nation by the MKE.

 The MKE, which funds about 1 trillion won in energy related projects a year, introduced the human resource fostering project with the goal of nurturing the energy industry from two years ago. After fierce competition, only 80 project teams were selected. The MKE and the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning recently made annual and stage-by-stage evaluations for these teams to select the 'Best Practice'.

 Evaluations were made by categorizing it into 'Basic Energy Human Resources Fostering Project Teams' (basic track) for undergraduates and the 'Advanced Energy Human Resources Fostering Project Teams' (advanced track) for graduate students. One best project team was selected from each. In result, Professor Jung, Jae-hak won the Minister of Knowledge Economy Award for supervising the 'YU Solar Cell Materials and Process R&D Workforce Cultivation Program', which is an advanced track for nurturing outstanding research and masters and PhDs.

 On this, Professor Jung, Jae-hak said, "YU has made the best achievements in research and technological transfer in the nation focusing on the materials, parts and progress in the solar cell sector, and it is being assessed as a hub university that supplies outstanding human resources to solar cell industries through its 'corporate customized, linked to employment' human resource fostering project." He added, "By actively responding to the demands of companies in need of the best brains, I am happy to contribute in the enhancement of global competitiveness for the Korean energy industry."

 YU's 'Solar Cell Materials and Process R&D Workforce Cultivation Program' was selected for the MKE's energy human resources fostering project in November 2010 and is receiving national funding of 2.27 billion won for 5 years.