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Vol.24.2024.06.28

KAIST President honored at Université de Montréal​ President Kwang-Hyung Lee received an honorary doctorate on the 15th, local time, from the Université de Montréal in Canada, one of the largest French-speaking universities in North America.

Research

Decades-old puzzle solved: '3D vortex' of zero-dimensional ferroelectrics​ revealed The research team led by Dr. Yongsoo Yang from the Department of Physics at KAIST has, for the first time, experimentally clarified the three-dimensional, vortex-shaped polarization distribution inside ferroelectric nanoparticles.

KAIST introduces microbial food as a strategy food production of the future​ Research Professor Kyeong Rok Choi of the BioProcess Engineering Research Center and Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering published a paper that covers various non-edible raw materials and strategies for using them that can be used to produce microbial food in a more sustainable way.

A Korean research team develops a new clinical candidate for fatty liver disease​ A team of Korean researchers have succeeded in developing a new drug candidate for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) acting on peripheral tissues.

Campus/People

KAIST appoints K-Pop Star “G-Dragon” Kwon Ji-yong as a visiting professor​ Department of Mechanical Engineering has appointed Kwon Ji-yong, a K-Pop star better known as G-Dragon, as a visiting professor.

Team KAIST placed among top two at MBZIRC Maritime Grand Challenge​ Team KAIST, composed of students from the labs of Professors Jinwhan Kim and Hyunchul Shim came through the challenge as the first runner-up winning the prize money totaling up to $650,000 (KRW 860 million).

KAIST Jiyun Lee - the first Korean to receive the American ION’s Thurlow Award​ Distinguished Professor Jiyun Lee from the KAIST Department of Aerospace Engineering had won the Colonel Thomas L. Thurlow Award from the American Institute of Navigation (ION) for her achievements in the field of satellite navigation.

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