Three bachelors/masters at Professor Koh Young-gun's research lab

Swept '1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the poster awards' at the 'APSMR-2017' international academic conference in the materials sector

Research power synergy effects through sharing and collaboration in research among undergraduate and graduate school students

[August 16, 2017]

YU students swept the thesis awards at a recently opened international academic conference in the materials sector.

At the '2017 APSMR (Asia Pacific Society for Materials Research)' held from July 27 to 30, YU School of Materials Science and Engineering undergraduate and graduate school students under the YU School of Materials Science and Engineering Professor Koh Young-gun (41) research lab took home first, second and third places in the best poster awards section. It is very rare for students from the same research lab to sweep first, second and third places in a globally acclaimed international academic conference. This shows that the research prowess of the YU School of Materials Science and Engineering is at a world-class level.

At this international academic conference, over 200 researchers from Japan, China, Taiwan, etc. participated to present 120 research results. Mahendradhany Agasty (24, second term of master's degree program) enrolled at the YU Graduate School of Materials Science and Engineering) took first place, followed by Min Ji-hoon (26, first term of master's degree program) for second, and Joo Yong-hwan (25) who is currently a senior for third place. They presented the latest research results for 'giga steel heat treating technologies', 'bio-activating surface treating technologies', and 'light metal plastic working technologies'. The research results were published in the internationally respected academic journals 'Scientific Reports;, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, and Langmuir.

 Advising Professor Koh Young-gun said, "The awards received were achieved based on the materials application technologies of heat treating, surface treating and plastic working, which is the backbone for the competitiveness of next-generation automobile materials industries." He added, "The technologies are highly applicable for the automobile materials industry, which is a key industry in the region, and can thus contribute in creating high values through materials innovations."

Min Ji-hoon, who was awarded at this conference, also took first place in the poster session of the 'IPMC 2016 (International Process Metallurgy Conference 2016)', which is an international academic conference in the metals field held in Bandung, Indonesia last year while he was a senior as an undergraduate. 'IPMC' is an event where master's and PhD-level researchers from around the world present their research results, and Mr. Min thus received huge attention after taking first place as an undergraduate.

Min Ji-hoon said, "Our research lab's culture is one of cooperating and sharing research from undergraduate levels to graduate levels. Focusing on research with our professor and graduate school students ever since my undergraduate school years led to improved research capacities and great outcomes."