SKKU was selected as ‘2020 Industrial Technology Hub Center’
- 사범대학
- Hit2541
- 2020-10-14
SKKU was chosen as ‘2020 Pilot Fostering Project of Industrial Technology Hub Center’ ran by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy.
The project is aimed for university research institute to continuously develop and accumulate original technologies through R&D (step 1) and to establish R&D support and supply base systems that would make it possible to provide them to companies (step 2).
Skku will receive 5.25 billion won of support from the Government for 2.5 years of the first stage for being selected as the number one target of this project by the topic ‘composite materials and simultaneous design’. In the second stage, it is planned to establish supply base systems for 4 years with the support of the government.
‘Composite materials and simultaneous design’ technology is to design parts with considering manufacturing of composite materials and parts at the same time. It is expected to dramatically improve component quality and shorten the development period, which is differentiated with the previous paradigm of individual stages (component development, design parts, and manufacturing.).
In addition, it is planned to efficiently connect and expand the industry-academic cooperation capabilities already established in SKKU, such as Collaboration Research Center with Hyundai Motor Company, Collaboration Research Center with Hanhwa Solution, and research center with Semes etc. and then utilize these in the Hub Center.
This project will be led by the director, Prof. Jong-hwan Seo of Mechanical Engineering, and 9 professors of Chemical Engineering and 5 research professors of Industry-University Collaboration will participate in this project. Also, 6 R&D cooperation organizations and 71 corporations will participate as consortium.
During the first stage of the pilot project, the Hub Center plans to develop core technologies for composite materials and simultaneous design, and manufacturing technologies.
Moreover, it is planned to verify the possibility of practical use of this technology after developing battery pack covers applicable to the future car market, which is emerging as Purpose Built Vehicle (PBV) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM), and non-pneumatic tires with the 6 consortiums. Based on these technologies and achievements, it is expected to supply and spread the developed core technology by diversifying the composite material parts area into semi sectors such as semiconductor equipment and 3D printing sectors over four years in the second stage.
[Image1] PBV (Purpose Built Vehicle) Example of composite material
Hyun-seung Chu, The dean of SKKU Univ-Industry Collaboration said “If this hub centeris successfully developed, it is expected that domestic/international exports will be possible as an exemplary industry-academic cooperation model between universities and corporations.”
The director of this project, Prof. Jong-hwan Seo, said “It will serve a role as supply base for supplying and distributing the original technologies of domestic composite materials and components to related industries in the future as it is will grow to a world-class level. Also, it is expected to dominate the high value-added materials and parts market and enhance domestic competitiveness.”