UNIST Collaborates with US NREL on Carbon Neutral Technology

UNIST President Yong-Hoon Lee and others visited the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Denver, Colorado, USA, on October 31 to sign an exchange agreement aimed at discovering and expanding joint research projects in the field of carbon neutrality.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is the leading research institute under the U.S. Department of Energy specializing in next-generation energy research and development. According to the agreement, the two institutions plan to collaborate in research areas such as renewable carbon technologies and solar cells.

UNIST intends to focus on promoting the exchange of research personnel and joint technology development.

Specific areas of cooperation include technologies to replace fossil fuel-derived plastics, technologies to reduce waste plastics, and large-area modularization of next-generation solar cells. Plans also include co-hosting international academic conferences and establishing international consortia in related fields.

NREL Director Martin Keller (left) and UNIST President Lee Yong-hoon are signing the agreement.

On the 1st of this month (local time), UNIST also signed an exchange agreement with the University of Texas at Austin for the operation of student and researcher exchange programs.

The University of Texas at Austin ranked 58th in the QS World University Rankings and 52nd in the THE World University Rankings this year.

UNIST is striving to secure a ‘global innovation DNA’ across all fields including research, education, and international cooperation, aiming to become one of the world’s top 100 research universities by 2027.

To promote direct exchanges with the world’s top 100 research universities and strengthen international academic networks, UNIST operates a short-term overseas faculty dispatch system. Leveraging cooperation with U.S. national institutions and universities, known as a ‘talent powerhouse,’ UNIST plans to continuously expand the institutions to which researchers are dispatched.

President Yong-Hoon Lee stated, “We will promote international exchanges so that UNIST’s young researchers can conduct research at world-class institutions alongside global scholars and take on challenges in solving technical difficulties.”

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