Department of Materials Processing is focusing our efforts to create innovative materials processing technologies for enhancing the added value of materials and to develop smart manufacturing process for the 4th industrial revolution. In addition, it is contributing to strengthening the competitiveness of the metallic materials and parts industry by introducing and integrating state-of-the-art pilot-scale manufacturing and evaluating equipment, and subsequently by leading the construction of infrastructure hardware platform.

Department of Materials AI & Big-Data focuses on development of digital transformation technologies for innovative materials and processes. To this end, the research at Department of Materials AI & BigData covers artificial intelligence technology, virtual engineering technology, data generation/collection/ analysis/management system.