Kwon Sang-soon, Head of Renault Samsung Research Institute, Appointed as New President of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers

Kwon Sang-soon, Head of Research at Renault Technology Korea

[Asia Economy Reporter Changhwan Lee] Renault Samsung Motors announced on the 19th that Kwon Sang-soon, head of the Renault Technology Korea Research Institute, has been elected as the new president of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers.

The Korean Society of Automotive Engineers elected Director Kwon Sang-soon as the 35th president for 2022 at the autumn academic conference held on the 18th at the Yeosu Expo Convention Center.

The Korean Society of Automotive Engineers is the largest automotive-related academic society in Korea, with over 700 corporate and organizational members including the five domestic automakers, research institutes, and libraries, as well as 38,000 individual members.

The new president Kwon joined Samsung Motors in 1994 and has significantly contributed to the successful product development of Renault Samsung Motors, serving as the chief engineer for the development of the SM3, SM3 Z.E., and Renault Fluence vehicles.

In 2015, he was appointed as the first Korean head of a Renault Group research institute and has been leading the development of Renault Samsung Motors' flagship models SM6, QM6, and XM3. Since 2016, he has also been responsible for overseeing engineering for the Asia-Pacific region of the Renault Group.

Renault Technology Korea, located in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, is a global research institute participating in the development of new vehicles across various segments alongside the French research institute among Renault Group's global research centers. Renault Technology Korea has also established a Renault Group vehicle testing center for the Asia-Pacific region at the Daegu Intelligent Automotive Parts Driving Test Center, conducting comprehensive vehicle testing.

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