Began 'Automobile Conversion Parts Creative Human Resources Fostering Project Team' supervised by the School of Mechanical Engineering
Eight YU project teams selected for college specialization projects attracting the highest in national funding at 35 billion won for 5 years
[October 1, 2014]

 YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) opened the specialized project team and will begin pursuing in earnest the 'University for Creative Korean Project for Fostering Provincial Universities and University Specialization' (hereinafter called College Specialization Project).

 At 11:30 a.m. on the 1st, YU held the 'Automobile Conversion Parts Creative Human Resources Fostering Project Team (Director Song Dong-joo)' opening and sign-hanging ceremonies at the Mechanicals Hall Room 104. At the opening ceremony were in attendance YU President Noh Seok-kyun, Director Song Dong-joo, College of Engineering Dean Jung Hyeon-yeol, School of Mechanical Engineering Dean Koh Tae-jo, Department of Information and Communication Engineering Dean Nam Seung-yeobg, and other professors involved in the specialization project.

 The 'Automobile Conversion Parts Creative Human Resources Fostering Project Team' is a specialization project pursued as a regional strategic project made up of a consortium by YU and Kyungpook National University. It is expected to create synergy effects by maximizing the strengths of the top local private university and top national university of YU and Kyungpook National University. The project team will be overseen by the YU School of Mechanical Engineering and will be participated by the YU Department of Information and Communication Engineering, and Kyungpook National University Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Energy Engineering.

 At the opening ceremony, YU President Noh Seok-kyun said, "The automobile conversion parts industry, a specialization project being pursued by YU, is one of the representative regional strategic projects' and added, "We will do our best in fostering human resources, who will be the key resources to create industrial value of the regional strategic project, as an education and research institute to maximize the achievements of the college specialization project."

 Meanwhile, in the 'college specialization project' carried out for the first time this year, YU will receive a total of 35 billion won in the next five years with its eight project teams, which is the highest in the nation. The Automobile Conversion Parts Creative Human Resources Fostering Project Team will be receiving national funding in addition to the Global Co-prosperity Human Resources Fostering Project Team, Cultural Convergence Design Ecosystem Establishment Project Team, Multi-cultural Age Korean Language and Literature Human Resources Project Team, Medical and Precision Chemical Specialization Project Team, Parts and Materials Creative Human Resources Fostering Project Team, IT/Energy/BT Industry Customized Creative Chemical Engineering Fostering Project Team, and the DREAM Software Human Resource Project Team.