Samsung Heavy Industries and KAIST celebrate 30 years of industry-academia collaboration…”Exemplary Model for the Domestic Industry”

More than 1,000 joint research and technology advisory projects… Assessment of the longest-running successful industry-academia collaboration model,
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Samsung Heavy Industries and KAIST, 30th Anniversary of Industry-Academia Collaboration
(Seoul=Yonhap News) A commemorative photo of Samsung Heavy Industries and KAIST from 1995, when the Industry-Academia Collaboration Committee was established. At the time, Vice President Lee Kyung-won of Samsung Heavy Industries (center) was taking a commemorative photo with KAIST officials. May 10, 2024 [Provided by Samsung Heavy Industries. Redistribution and DB prohibited],
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, ‘(Seoul=Yonhap News) By Han Sang-yong = Samsung Heavy Industries announced that it will hold an event to celebrate the 30th anniversary of industry-academia collaboration with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) at the KAIST Daejeon headquarters in the afternoon of the 10th.’,
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, ‘ The event will be attended by Choi Sung-an, Vice Chairman of Samsung Heavy Industries, and Lee Kwang-hyung, President of KAIST, as well as former and current research directors of Samsung Heavy Industries and KAIST professors.’,
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, ” Since the establishment of the ‘SHI-KAIST Committee’ in 1995 by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) Shipbuilding Research Institute and KAIST Department of Mechanical Engineering, they have maintained a cooperative relationship for 30 years. It is evaluated as one of the longest-running successful industry-academia collaboration models in Korea.”,
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, ‘ Over the years, they have conducted cooperative projects such as operating a professor advisory system for technical support, offering customized courses to enhance practical skills, and identifying and implementing joint research projects for new businesses.’,
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, ‘ Through the professor advisory system, they have carried out over 1,000 collaborative projects including 370 joint research projects and 740 technology advisory projects. Activities such as short-term training for researchers and support for on-site practical training programs like Co-Op have continued to promote technology exchange.’,
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, ‘ Samsung Heavy Industries has greatly benefited from securing differentiated technologies in environmental, digital, and autonomous navigation technologies, future product development, and manufacturing innovation, while KAIST has gained practical opportunities to apply basic technologies to actual industrial sites.’,
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, ‘ Lee Dong-yeon, Director of Samsung Heavy Industries Shipbuilding Research Institute, said, “The collaborative relationship between Samsung Heavy Industries and KAIST, passed down through a generation, has followed the development trajectory of the Korean shipbuilding industry and serves as a model industry-academia collaboration case in the domestic industry.”‘,
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, ‘ He added, “We plan to expand cooperation into various fields to actively respond to new industrial paradigms and future technological changes.”‘,
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