Materials Science and Engineering plays the key role in high technology era of the 21st century:
Just as the history of mankind is categorized into the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age, the development of industries and technologies are based on the materials that human beings have used. From this fact, we can easily find that the development and utilization of new materials are closely related to the quality of our life. The success of various cutting-edge technologies that lead the 21st century, such as information technology (IT), nanotechnology (NT), biotechnology (BT), energy and environment technology (ET), and space technology (ST) are determined by the development of new materials. This is why the key to realizing the technologies only dreamt of by people is in material science.
With these very important needs, The School of Materials Science and Engineering at Yeungnam University offers undergraduate degrees as well as both Master and Ph. D. programs. Students learn to understand, characterize, and develop technology needed to process and manufacture new materials and the resulting specialized products.
Metal is an important material that plays an important role in human culture and civilization from prehistoric times. Since today’s high technology is possible through metallurgy, it is one of the most crucial fields in industries. Metallurgical Engineering includes the production and research on metallic materials, including high-tech materials. Students majoring in metallurgical engineering study about properties, manufacturing process and new material synthesis, which are the basics for industrial application. In addition, there are industry-academia cooperative education and research programs for high-performance metals, structural metals, processing, high-tech material design and processing for IT, NT and ET materials.
Structural metal includes light-weight, high-durability and high-temperature materials developed by controlling the crystal structures and compositions, which require understanding of both the manufacturing process and the mechanical properties of metals. The development of functional metal requires understanding on the electric, mechanical, optical, thermal and chemical properties. This material can be applied for various electronics and communication parts, photoelectric elements, sensors and energy transformer devices.
Together with metallurgy, ceramic and semiconductor materials are very important in engineering fields in both academic and industrial aspects. Ceramics are featured with unique electrical, thermal, optical and magnetic properties. The Major in Ceramics and Semiconductor Materials aims at fostering creative engineers that are needed in the ceramic and semiconductor industry. Its curriculum includes materials engineering theory, thermodynamics, phase equilibria, X-ray diffraction, instrumental analysis, ceramic processing, semiconductor materials and processing, display engineering theory, telecommunication materials, and many more. Students who want to be a professional engineer in the near future will be taught high-tech fields, including electronic materials, functional ceramics, next-generation semiconductors, display materials, automobile parts, nano-materials, and energy-related materials.
The School of Materials Science and Engineering at Yeungnam University (http://mse.yu.ac.kr) was founded in 1973. The School of Materials Science and Engineering won the national grant for five years through 'The National Support Project for Outstanding Engineering College’ by The Korean Ministry of Education since 1994. Due to the effort and enthusiasm for research and education, the School of Materials Science and Engineering was ranked number 1 for four consecutive years from 1995 in the performance evaluation among national engineering colleges. In 2000, it was also recognized as one of the best colleges in national materials department by The Korean Credit for University Education. The School of Materials Science and Engineering was moved to the newly built Materials Building, which is equipped with modern educational equipments, in 2001.
In 2004, The School of Materials Science and Engineering won the NURI (New University for Regional Innovation) fund sponsored by The Korean Ministry of Education and Human Resources, titled 'Next Generation Materials Manpower Fostering Project' with POSTECH. Through this project, our team was awarded 4.5 billion won per year for five consecutive years, where one-third is supported only for The School of Material Science and Engineering of Yeungnam University. We are using this grant effectively for the achievement of the department's academic and research goals, which are mainly focused on 'fostering outstanding engineer with professional knowledge and leadership' for the innovation of regional materials-related industry.
Students who graduated from our school play a very important role in various industrial fields including automobile, ship building, semiconductor, electronics and display as well as ceramic industries depending on their individual interests and abilities. Many of them already found their jobs through internship programs, which were begun in 2004. Some students also continue their studies at domestic and foreign graduate schools.
The list of major company that our alumni are currently serving:
Semiconductor (Samsung Electronics, Hynix Semiconductors), Steel (POSCO, Dongkuk Steel, POSCO Specialty Steel), Automobile part (Sangsin Brake, SL, Ajin, Hwashin), Electronic parts (Samsung Corning, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, LG Electronics, LG Siltron), Display (LG Display, Samsung SDI, Samsung Corning, JuSung Engineering), Ceramics materials (POSREC, ChoSun Refractory, Asahi Glass, Owens Corning), Cutting tools (TaeguTec, Korea OSG, ShinHan Diamond), Energy (ETA Solar, NF New Materials, Smart Ace), Bio-material (Austem, Megagen), Nonferrous metal (Korea Zinc, LG Metals, PoongSan), Heavy industries (Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries, DooSan Heavy Industries, Samsung TechWin), and Powder metallurgy (Korloy, Korea Tungsten)
- POSTECH , Physics and Chemistry of Metals
younggun@ynu.ac.kr- Illinois Institute of Technology, Energy & Environment Materials
hkkimyu@yu.ac.kr- Kyoto University, Multiple Principal & High Entropy Alloy
nokeun_park@yu.ac.kr- POSTECH , Alloy Design
erbaek@yu.ac.kr- Clemson Univ., Electroceramic processing, powder, dispersion, SOFC
dhyoon@ynu.ac.kr- Pennsylvania State Univ., Electrochemistry, Fuel Cell, Corrosion & Failure Analysis
kcho@ynu.ac.kr- Seoul National Univ., Materials Processing (TIM, Powder Processing, Sintering)
jhhan@yu.ac.kr- , Physical metallurgy
jeekang@yu.ac.kr- , Functional ceramic materials and devices
jhryu@ynu.ac.kr- , Metal Additive Manufacturing
dhyungkim@yu.ac.kr- , Electronic Materials & Devices
minjae.kim@yu.ac.kr-
manjeeri@gmail.com- IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY
abdelkarim.chaouiki@yu.ac.kr-
fatimah@ynu.ac.kr- University of Damascus , Surface Engineering
Wailalzoubi@ynu.ac.kr-
iputuwidiantara89@gmail.com- Universite Ibnou Zohr
maryam.chafiq@edu.uiz.ac.ma- Ain Shams University
heba_elsabban@epri.sci.eg- Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
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