Contributes in the academic development of the domestic catalyst/reaction engineering sector and enhancing Korea's international position
Selected as 'National Research Laboratory' for 5 years from 2002 with leading research performance
In past 5  years, contributed in a total of 13.7 billion won in research expenses and national treasury
[April 29, 2014]

 Professor Lee Tae-jin (59) of the School of Chemical Engineering won the 'Yeosan Catalyst Academic Award' from the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers.

 Professor Lee received the 'Yeosan Catalyst Academic Award' for recognition of his academic contributions in the domestic catalyst process development and related sectors through ceaseless research for 30 years at the '2014 Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers Spring General Assembly and Academic Conference' held at the Changwon Convention Center on the 24th.

 The 'Catalyst Academic Award', which is celebrating its twelfth year this year, selects scholars with excellent achievements and who contributed in raising Korea's international position in the catalyst/reaction engineering sector, which is a key field in chemical engineering, to award them at the annual spring academic conference of the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers.

 Professor Lee's lab was selected as an 'NRL (National Research Laboratory)' of the Ministry of Science and Technology (currently Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning) for five years from 2002, pumping out unparalleled research achievements in 'high temperature dry desulfurization' and clean energy-related catalyst conversion process'. The 'NRL' program is a government funded project that strategically fosters excellent labs in core platform technology sectors to procure competitiveness in national science technology.

 Professor Lee published 53 studies in prominent academic journals in Korea and abroad in the past five years and won over 1.6 billion won for research expenses from the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning, Ministry of Environment, and various industries. He also contributed in receiving national funding support worth 12.1 billion won in the metropolitan green energy leading industry human resource fostering center project, BK21 Plus project, etc.

 Professor Lee majored in chemical engineering at Seoul National University and earned his master's and PhD at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) and was appointed as a professor at YU in 1985. He served as the YU green energy leading industry human resources fostering center director, director of the school affairs office, and is currently the dean of the YU School of Engineering and the director of the industrial technology research center.