Sunmoon University Wins Eight Awards at National Competition

Top National Performance in Startup and Local Problem-Solving Fields
Demonstrating the Strength of Fostering Innovative Talent

Sunmoon University once again demonstrated its overwhelming competitiveness by winning a total of eight awards, including the Grand Prize, at the '2025 Regional Innovation Talent Development Joint Festival Conference Competition.' The university was praised for its creative technological ideas and its ability to address local community issues on a national stage.

On November 18, Sunmoon University announced that it had achieved remarkable results at the '2025 Regional Innovation Talent Development Joint Festival Conference Competition,' held on November 14 at the International Conference Hall of the Bankers Club in Myeong-dong, Seoul, by winning the Grand Prize with one team, the Excellence Award with one team, and the Merit Award with six teams, totaling eight awards.

This competition featured participation from 13 universities and colleges nationwide. Sunmoon University fielded eight teams comprising 33 students in the fields of startup ideas and local community problem-solving. Competing against 116 teams from across the country, Sunmoon University won awards in all categories: Grand Prize, Excellence Award, and Merit Award.

The Grand Prize was awarded to the student team of Ha Yoonji, Kim Youngwoong, and Kim Hwanhee for their proposal of a "chair device to reduce lower back strain."

The students received high marks for creatively solving everyday inconveniences with technology and were awarded prize money of 1 million won.

For this competition, five teams participated in the startup idea category and three teams in the local problem-solving category, led by the Sunmoon University Startup Education Center. The faculty advisors included Yu Jaeho, Director of the Startup Education Center, and Professor Lee Jangwon.

The festival was hosted by the Korea Information Communication Security Ethics Association and co-organized by 12 universities, including the Sunmoon University RISE Project Group, with the goal of fostering creative and convergent professionals for the AI era.

Participating students shared creative ideas and solutions to local community problems, strengthening their practical skills through hands-on experience.

Yu Jaeho, Director of the Startup Education Center, stated, "These achievements are the result of students proactively discovering ideas and working to solve problems," and added, "We will continue to nurture creative and convergent talent suited to the Fourth Industrial Revolution era, further enhancing our educational competitiveness."

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