Honam University - Hunan University of China Jointly Promote 'Global Capstone Design'

Over 50 Students and Professors from 5 Departments Visit Hunan University... Present and Share Achievements

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Honam University (President Park Sangcheol) is jointly promoting the 'Global Capstone Design' with Hunan University in China.

According to Honam University on the 6th, students from five departments have started exchanging global capstone design achievements and jointly pursuing projects with students from Hunan University, a prestigious science and engineering university in China, to maximize the core competencies required in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Honam University is the first to promote academic exchanges on joint projects in departments and majors beyond the usual student and faculty exchanges between Korean and Chinese universities.

The Honam University Fourth Industrial Revolution Innovation Leading University Project Group (Director Jeong Daewon) visited Hunan University in Hunan Province, China, from the 5th to the 10th to share the results of the 2019 academic year capstone design projects. They also reached an agreement on seven joint research and project tasks to be jointly pursued in the 2020 academic year.

About 50 people, including students from five departments affiliated with this project group?Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, Future Automotive Engineering, and Industrial Design?and professors Jeong Daewon, Jeong Younggi, Kim Jejung, Yoo Heesoo, Yoon Geunyoung, and Son Byungrae, presented and discussed the capstone design research project results conducted last year with about 50 doctoral and master's students and professors from related departments at Hunan University.

They also set the theme for the projects to be jointly conducted by students from both universities this year as "IoT for the better life" and finalized seven projects through mutual discussions and consultations among the students.

Both universities agreed that students from both schools will carry out the 2020 Global Capstone Design projects during the first semester of this year, centered on the selected projects, and share the results and achievements of the joint projects during the summer vacation.

Especially at the Korea-China Capstone Design Exchange Meeting held that day, Honam University introduced 11 creative engineering design award-winning works, including the grand prize-winning "Air purifier with cooling and heater functions" (Lee Jihyun, Lim Yumi, Kim Seulgi, Hwang Donghyun, Heo Seunghyun, Kim Garim) and the gold prize-winning "Air purifier with mood light and sterilization functions" (Kim Suin, Kim Juseong, Kim Taeyang, Park Jaehee, Choi Soyoon, Guk Yejin), IoT-based medicine storage box (Choi Hyunseong, Kim Jun, Shin Yunsik), and autonomous driving dehumidifier through temperature and humidity control (Gu Taewan, Park Gyubin), receiving high praise.

Jeong Daewon, director of the Innovation Leading University Project Group, said, "In the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which all countries in the world are facing, nurturing talents with problem-solving abilities such as critical thinking, creative thinking, communication, and collaboration is more important than anything else," adding, "This event was planned to realize this, and through this opportunity, we expect active exchanges of new technologies among students in major fields of the two universities in Korea and China."

Jiang Bin (姜斌), head of the Computer Engineering Department at Hunan University, said, "Through the exchange of the latest research achievements between students from Korea and China, we have enhanced the understanding of the development of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies not only at both universities but also in the two countries," and added, "I hope this will be a good opportunity for all students from both universities to have an international perspective and to raise academic confidence and passion for research in their respective fields."

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