full-scale support for commercialization! The Comprehensive Support Project for Business implemented by the Korea Institute of Materials Science(KIMS) made a great contribution to the participating companies’ operational output. The result was revealed through the result evaluation conference held on February 15th to analyze the project performance. KIMS, a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, has invested its budget for the project for two consecuti...

Securing new metal 3D printing technology that drives the renaissance of the manufacturing industry! A research team led by Dr. Sang-woo Song, Dr. Chan-kyu Kim, Dr. Kang-myung Seo at the Department of Joining Technology of the Korea Institute of Materials Science(KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, has developed a foundational technology for controlling the volume of molten metal in the process of 3D printing metal using welding techniques. They ...

Researchers aid in conversation with artificial intelligence (AI)! Following the craze of ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence (AI), the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, is holding “KIMS Artificial Intelligence and Science Talk Contest” which connects interactive artificial intelligence platforms and materials science. The ChatGPT, OpenAI’s conversational AI model, has gone viral, but sometimes...

Bright and hopeful sprouts in material technology! The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS, President Jung-hwan Lee / hereinafter referred to as the KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, held an opening ceremony for the ‘KIMS Daycare Center’ on February 28th (Tuesday). This event was attended by President Jung-hwan Lee, Vice President Young-seon Lee, the Korea Institute of Materials Science branch manager Soo-seop Cha of the Korean Union of ...

Identify the current address of metal materials and seek development direction! The Busan․Gyeongnam Branch winter academic lecture of the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials was held on February 28th (Tuesday) at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT located in Changwon City, Gyeongsangnam-do. This lecture, co-hosted by the KIMS and the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials, and jointly organized by ...

Head to head to occupy the sky road! The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, promised to accelerate the development of aircraft materials and parts in cooperation with Korean Air the representative airline in Korea. KIMS signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korean Air for the development of aircraft materials and part technology at the ‘2023 Drone show Korea’ held at BEXCO, Busan on February 23 (Th...

Green hydrogen, now obtained directly from the sea! The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, entered into a ‘multilateral business agreement for the joint development of core technology for seawater electrolysis system’ at a seminar room of the Research Building 1 of the Korea Institute of Materials Science located in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, on February 22 (Wednesday). A total of 8 organizations participa...

Let’s create an (E) E-lobgo (beneficial), (S) S-eulgilobgo (wise), and (G) G-sogganeunghan (sustainable) future! In line with the decision of the first year of the transition to a carbon-neutral society in Changwon, the Korea Institute of Materials Science(KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, gave a special lecture on the theme of‘carbon neutrality and ESG management’. On February 22nd (Wednesday), KIMS invited more than 20 employees, including...

Defects in the additive manufacturing process, are overcome with our material technology! A research team led by Dr. Kyung Tae Kim of the Powder Materials Division of the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, through a joint study with Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. and Pohang University of Science and Technology (Professor Hyung-seop Kim), succeeded in localizing powder material manufacturing technology exclusively f...

The world's highest level of handwriting pattern recognition rate! A research team led by Dr. Yong-hun Kim and Dr. Jeong-Dae Kwon has successfully developed the world’s first neuromorphic semiconductor device with high-density and high reliability by developing a thin film of lithium-ion battery materials. This is a key element manufacturing technology for the next-generation artificial intelligence semiconductor with high density and high reliability by producing ultra-thin lithium ion, a key ...

Starting the localization of ceramic membrane for the extreme environment! A research team led by Dr. In-Hyuck Song of the Ceramic Materials Divison of the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, developed ‘ultrafiltration class ceramic membrane manufacturing technology by ceramic extrusion process and sol-gel coating process’ and transferred the technology to Finetech Co., Ltd. (CEO Seok-joon Jang). The techn...

Cancer Diagnosis using Urine! A research team led by Dr. Ho Sang Jung of the Surface & Nano Materials Divison of the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, conducted joint research with Professor Junsuk Rho of POSTECH and Professor Samjin Choi of Kyung Hee University Medical School to find metabolites in urine. They succeeded in developing a strip-type urine sensor that can amplify the light signal of metabo...

We will strengthen communication to make the powder industry a hub! As the 25th president of the Korea Powder Metallurgy & Materials Institute, Ji-hoon Yoo, director of the Powder Materials Division at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) was inaugurated. Established in 1993, the Korea Powder Metallurgy & Materials Institute is playing an important role in leading the world’s powder technology with more than 2,200 members and 83 member companies in the field through a solid a...

Investing in antibacterial/antiviral additives has passed through the cold season! Twinwiz Co., Ltd., a research spin-off company of the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, made a pre-series A investment of KRW 2 billion in less than a year since its establishment amidst the cold investment. Pre-series A investment is between the ‘seed investment’ received at the stage of building a startup idea into a protot...

Opening a new smart window era! The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, held the ‘1st Smart Window Industrial Technology Exchange Meeting’ at Konkuk University Seoul Campus on January 10th (Tue). At this meeting, where experts from industry-academia-research institutes related to smart windows and government officials gathered together, suggestions were made on the direction of industrial development from var...