Changwon National University-Korea AVL, MOU for Future Vehicle Development and Research

Changwon National University and Korea AVL are holding an industry-academic cooperation agreement ceremony at the Industry-Academic Cooperation Building of Changwon National University. (Photo by Changwon National University)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Woo-kwon] Changwon National University announced on the 27th that it held an industry-academia cooperation agreement ceremony with AVL Korea at the Industry-Academia Cooperation Building to develop and research future automobiles.

Attendees at the agreement ceremony included Lee Jae-hyun, head of Changwon National University's Industry-Academia Cooperation Group, Park Kyung-hoon, head of the LINC+ Project Group, Professor Lee Woo-taek of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Control Engineering, Kim Jin-hyung, CEO of AVL Korea, and Son Min-hyuk, General Manager of Advanced Simulation Technologies, along with other university and company officials.

The agreement, based on the necessity of cooperation for mutual development between industry and academia, includes future active collaboration on ▲ provision and operation of AVL's UPP (University Partnership Program) worth over 300 million KRW related to simulation software and vehicle electrification ▲ education, training, and consulting for nurturing outstanding talent ▲ establishment and execution of joint research foundations for industry-academia cooperation ▲ human resource exchange cooperation for youth job creation such as field training and internships ▲ and other necessary matters for future automobile development and research.

Lee Jae-hyun, head of the Industry-Academia Cooperation Group, stated, "We expect this to be very helpful to local companies planning to expand their business areas from mechanical parts processing to advanced mechatronics parts manufacturing," and emphasized, "Especially through this MOU signing, Changwon National University's LINC+ Project Group will participate in comprehensive support projects for industry-academia cooperation, becoming an integral part of an organic industry-academia cluster."

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