UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Through the week of September 12, Penn State hosted a delegation from the Korea Institute for Science and Expertise (KIST) and Korea College (KU). The delegation was led by the KIST’s President, Professor Seok-Jin Yoon, who together with Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi, signed a memorandum of understanding between the schools. The college partnership will give attention to clear and invisible electronics.
“Only a few locations on the planet have analysis happening in clear and invisible electronics, and we’re very excited to be participating on this topic,” stated Shashank Priya, affiliate vp for analysis and director of strategic initiatives within the Workplace of the Vice President for Analysis at Penn State.
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In line with the college web site, KIST was established in 1966 as the primary government-funded analysis institute in Korea. The historical past of KIST is the historical past of Korean growth within the aftermath of the devastation attributable to the Korean Warfare. In 1960, when Korea launched into its nationwide growth plan and laid the inspiration for a brand new analysis institute, it was one of many poorest international locations on the planet. Now, it boasts the world’s eleventh greatest economic system due to its developments within the subject of science and expertise.
KIST is now organized into 9 devoted analysis institutes which give attention to relevant science and expertise. The college’s most up-to-date imaginative and prescient assertion is “GRaND KIST” which stands for “Globally Acknowledged and Nationally Dedicating KIST.” The college focuses on new grand challenges, with the intention to enhance the human, the group, and the earth.
“I’m very pleased to be the President of KIST and make a wonderful analysis institute,” stated President Yoon. President Yoon, the truth is, has a protracted historical past with Penn State, having been a Nationwide Analysis Basis postdoctoral home and abroad coaching member from 1995-97, after which an alternate scientist by way of KIST technical coaching in 2004.
KIST is the oldest government-commissioned R&D institute in Korea, with a analysis workers of 1,200, a scholar physique of about 1,000, and a assist workers of 460. The analysis affect of KIST has been within the science and financial areas of Korea.
