Professor Kwon Jin-hoe of Gyeongsang National University Elected as the 22nd President of the Korean Society for Composite Materials

Carbon and Nano Composite Materials Field... Over 4,100 Members in the World's Leading International Society

Professor Kwon Jin-hoe, Gyeongsang National University.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Professor Kwon Jin-hoe of the Department of Aerospace and Software Engineering at Gyeongsang National University College of Engineering was elected as the 22nd president at the Korean Society for Composite Materials General Assembly held at Changwon Convention Center.

The Korean Society for Composite Materials, founded in 1988, is a society specializing in carbon and nano composite materials and publishes three types of international and domestic academic journals. With about 4,100 members, it is regarded as the most prestigious society in the related field in Korea.

Professor Kwon graduated from the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at Seoul National University and received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from KAIST. He participated as a senior researcher at Samsung Aerospace Industries in the development of the advanced trainer T-50.

Since 1997, he has worked at Gyeongsang National University, producing over 120 master's and doctoral graduates. He currently serves as a member of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Committee and as the senior vice president of the Korean Society for Composite Materials.

His authored (and translated) works include Aircraft Structural Design, Computational Structural Analysis, and Statics. Professor Kwon will assume the presidency starting January 1, 2023.

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