Hannam University-K-water, Industry-Academic Cooperation Achieves 'International Paper Presentation and Patent Registration' Results

Hannam University students are collecting water samples at the Ara Waterway as part of an on-site training program with researchers from the Korea Water Resources Corporation. Photo by Hannam University

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Hannam University and Korea Water Resources Corporation have achieved international paper presentations and patent registrations based on long-term industry-academic cooperation research.

According to Hannam University on the 10th, the university has maintained a collaborative relationship in the water environment field since 2014 between the K-water Research Institute and the faculty of the Department of Advanced Materials Engineering. Students and faculty from the Department of Advanced Materials Engineering and researchers from the Water Resources Corporation brainstorm research ideas and conduct convergent research together.

Based on this, the two institutions recently developed the world's first technology for 'water environment concrete adhesion materials and removal of water environment pollutants,' achieving outcomes such as patent application in 2017, publication in an internationally renowned academic journal in 2018, and domestic patent registration completion in 2020.

In particular, the two institutions recently participated in the '2021 X-Corps Festival' hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Research Foundation of Korea, demonstrating their strength as the only regional university to win the grand prize.

The students who won the grand prize carried out the project titled 'Development of Sponge-type Graphite-based Coating Absorbent for Marine Pollution Restoration.' This is a joint research achievement of the K-water Research Institute and Hannam University and was also published in a prestigious journal issued by the American Chemical Society (December).

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