"The Future of Universities and Companies is the Same"... Dong-Eui University Link 3.0 Project Group Accelerates Industry-Academic Projects

"The future of universities is the future of businesses!"

Dong-Eui University (President Han Suhwan) is dedicating its efforts to projects that create the future of both universities and businesses through industry-academia cooperation.

In April 2022, Dong-Eui University was selected for the 3rd phase Leading University for Industry-Academia-Research Cooperation Project (LINC3.0), hosted by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea. The project aims to advance workforce development, technology commercialization, and infrastructure enhancement to meet the demands of industry and future society.

Since 2022, the university has received over 12 billion KRW in support through this project, and through the Ministry of Education’s upcoming RISE project starting next year, it is attempting to further enhance the achievements made over the past three years.

Located in the heart of Busan, Dong-Eui University is known as a prestigious private university leading industry-academia-research cooperation projects in the region. Recently, it has been focusing on the Lab Rental program as a key brand for industry-academia-research collaboration.

The LINC3.0 Project Group at Dong-Eui University awarded certificates to companies participating in the lab rental program and signed an agreement to foster industry-academia-research talent in the Global Conference Room last August.

Lee Imgeon, head of the Dong-Eui University LINC3.0 project team (Vice President for External Affairs), stated, "Dong-Eui University regards industry-academia cooperation as a major strategic task, and the LINC3.0 project team is currently concentrating on more proactive industry-academia-research activities such as Lab Rental."

He also said, "Dong-Eui University’s Lab Rental program is considered an important initiative that can enhance the sustainability of regional universities and provide clear direction for industry-academia cooperation."

On August 21, the Dong-Eui University LINC3.0 project team held a certificate awarding ceremony and signed an agreement for nurturing industry-academia-research talents at the Global Conference Room on the 2nd floor of the main building.

On this day, Dong-Eui University awarded certificates to three companies participating in the Lab Rental program: ByteSize Co., Ltd., Ajin X-Tech Co., Ltd., and Christine Company Co., Ltd. The university also pledged to cooperate with these companies in nurturing outstanding talents and revitalizing related industries.

Dong-Eui University’s Lab Rental program is an industry-academia cooperation project where company practitioners reside on campus (in the Lab) and collaborate with experts and professors using specialized equipment to develop technology. The goal is to enhance companies’ technological innovation capabilities and for the university to achieve outcomes such as talent development and technology transfer.

ByteSize Co., Ltd., an AI R&D specialized company in footwear and fashion participating in this Lab Rental, has stationed about 20 AI research and development experts on the 8th floor of the Dong-Eui University library building. This company is conducting research and development on AI and DeepTech technologies in the footwear and fashion industry in collaboration with the Image Deep Learning Lab (Professor Kwon Sunggak, Department of Computer Software Engineering).

Additionally, Ajin X-Tech Co., Ltd. opened a Device R&D Center on the 4th floor of the Dong-Eui University Information Engineering Building and has been conducting joint industry-academia research in intelligent robotics and digital twin fields with the RECS Lab. (Professor Ok Seungho, Department of Robotics Automation Engineering). Many graduates who participated in this joint research have been employed by Ajin X-Tech and are working as experts in related fields.

Professor Ok Seungho (first from the left) of the Department of Robot Automation Engineering at Dong-Eui University is giving a lecture to students on automated mechanical systems.

Christine Company Co., Ltd., which has entered a growth trajectory through selection for the Ministry of SMEs and Startups’ Scale-up TIPS program, is collaborating with the Human-Computer Interaction, Data Visualization Lab (Professor Kim Sunghui, Department of Industrial ICT Engineering, Vice Director of the Industry-Academia Cooperation Foundation). Two company employees reside at the university center, responsible for developing and operating the company’s core resource, the "AI-based footwear manufacturing platform."

Professor Kim Sunghui stated, "Founded in 2019, this company registered as a family company of Dong-Eui University’s LINC3.0 project team in 2020. Through joint industry-academia technology development, it secured core technologies and is projecting sales growth from 4.6 billion KRW in 2023 to 33.7 billion KRW by the end of this year, driven by additional growth momentum through Lab Rental."

Dong-Eui University plans to continuously expand the number of companies participating in the Lab Rental program.

Lee Imgeon, head of the Dong-Eui University LINC3.0 project team, emphasized, "Through more proactive industry-academia-research cooperation activities such as Lab Rental, we will enhance the capabilities and value of Dong-Eui University and regional companies, establish a virtuous cycle structure for industrial revitalization and talent development."

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