“Multidisciplinary research”, indicating the new paradigm through the realization of convergence science and technology
Since its opening in 2009, UNIST has truly become one of world’s leading science and technology universities. UNIST aims to be ranked within the top 10 Science and technology universities by 2030.
Multidisciplinary research is bringing disciplines together to talk about issues from each of their perspectives. They may collaborate, but they maintain a separation of their disciplines in that process. When the project is done, those disciplines go back to where they originated to start other projects.
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UNIST’s Major Research Area isAdvanced Materials
UNIST’s major research areas are next generation energy and advance materials. UNIST Research Center, together with its world class faculty, plans to contribute to the development of local industry and economy through transferring the research experience, knowledge, and technology of its scientists.
UNIST now stands at the center of global research with cutting edge research equipment, especially in the field of high tech materials and next-generation energy technologies. We create the best research outcomes based on an optimal research environment. UNIST strives to create a new future for the city of Ulsan.
MajorResearchArea
- Next Generation Energy
- Advanced Materials
Next Generation Energy : Lithium-ion Secondary Battery
In recent years, UNIST became one of the world’s top three universities in the Lithium-ion Secondary Battery research field, along with MIT and Stanford University. Moreover, the University has been also selected as a best practices institution in Technology Transfer & Commercialization by the National Science & Technology Commission in 2012 for:
- Inventing high-efficiency
and high-stable materials for
secondary battery. - Receiving 6.4 billon/year (KRW) for transferring technology, highest in Korea.
- Selected as a best practices
institution in Technology Transfer & Commercialization by
National Science & Technology
Commission (2012). - Technology development:
fully-charging an electric
car within one minute.
Advanced Materials : Bio-materials, Energy Materials, Composite Materials
Together with Konstantin Novoselov, the 2010 Nobel laureate in Physics and a chair-professor (Life Science), UNIST has developed an innovative technology where one can mass-produce high-quality graphene that is eco-friendly at the same time. Moreover, in the recent years, UNIST has hosted 3 IBS Campus Research Groups, receiving the funding of 300 billion (KRW) over the next 10 years from Korea Institute for Basic Science.
- A Joint Graphene research with
Dr. Konstantin Novoselov, the 2010
Nobel laureate in Physics and chair-professor
in Life Sciences, UNIST. - UNIST has developed an innovative
technology where one can
mass-produce high-quality gaphene,
which is also eco-friendly (2012). - UNIST has been Inventing mass producible
3D mesoporous graphene nanoballs
that can be used as high efficiency
electrode material (2013). - UNIST has hosted three IBS Campus
Research Groups