Kookmin University Industry-Academia Cooperation Center announced on the 10th that it held an award ceremony for the '2024 First Half Graduate Student Thesis-based IPR Creation Support Program Competition' at the Kookmin University Industry-Academia Cooperation Center.

The competition, which is designed to intellectualize the excellent research achievements of graduate students in the leading fields of innovation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and further enhance national competitiveness through technology commercialization, was held for the seventh time under the auspices of the LINC 3.0 project and sponsored by the Kookmin University Industry-Academia Cooperation Center.

The grand prize was awarded to Heebin Jeong (Department of New Materials Science and Engineering, advisor HONG JOHN) for her research on “A method of manufacturing zinc anode by chemical etching using piranha solution for aqueous zinc-ion batteries. “I am grateful to Prof. HONG JOHN for his full support of my research, and I will continue my follow-up research to inspire and motivate my juniors and produce innovative results in a positive direction,” said Hee-Bin Chung. The grand prize was awarded to Kim Lip (Graduate School of Business and IT, advisor Namkyu Kim) and Shin Shin-yoon (Graduate School of Software Convergence, advisor Jangho Kim), who were well received by the judges, while Park Si-yeon (Graduate School of Food and Nutrition, advisor Yoonjee Jang), Lee Yeon-jae (Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, advisor Segeun Jang), and Yoo Da-yeon (Graduate School of Automotive Engineering, advisor YOO JIN WOO) were honored with the second prize.

“It is very rewarding to see that our contest, which enables graduate students to put their creative ideas into practice and challenge themselves from intellectual property rights to start-ups, has maintained its reputation and continues to attract attention.” ‘We will continue to strive to create an environment where graduate students can focus on research and become competitive on their own,’ said Lee Inhyung, head of Kookmin University's Industry-Academia Cooperation Center.