On February 10, a graduate team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering (lead by Professor Joon Ahn) visiting Malaysia signed an agreement on academic exchange with the Mechanical Engineering department of Universiti Technologi Malaysia(UTM).
The ceremony was attended by six professors including Dean Roslan, while from Kookmin, four professors including Professor Tae Yong Jung and five graduate school students were present. The signing ceremony was followed by presentations from participating professors regarding their research, and discussions ensued regarding joint thesis supervision, joint operations on research, and other practical areas of exchange.
UTM is one of Malaysia's top 5 universities, known as the top university in Malaysia for engineering. This agreement is expected to accelerate student exchange and joint research between the two universities. The visit was sponsored by an energy human resources group and BK Energy's ODA project group (headed by Professor Hwa Taek Han).
The visiting team also visited Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia(UTHM)in nearby Johor Baharu for a workshop in Thermofluid Engineering. No specific agreements were signed with UTHM, but both parties agreed to strengthen strategical cooperation in the future.