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	KU Research Recognized by the National Government
	관리자		1020		2016.01.20

Professor Jung Kul Lee’s Research Selected for “100 Outstanding National R&D Projects”
In October 2015, Konkuk University (KU) announced that research by Professor Jung Kul Lee of the Department of Chemical Engineering was selected by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning as one of the “100 Outstanding National R&D Projects.” To encourage scientists and researchers, promote R&D, and form a consensus on the importance of science and technology among the Korean people, the ministry has announced 100 outstanding cases that receive government funding every year since 2006. Professor Lee's research lab received a total of 900 million won in government funding from 2013.
Among 53,000 R&D projects, Professor Lee’s research on converting methane using nano biocatalysts was recognized for its scientific and technological impact as well as contribution towards a creative economy. His research team obtained hyperactive methane oxidation enzyme through the quantitative screening method based on quantum mechanics, then introduced it to methane oxidation bacteria to produce hyperactive bacteria. Using a nano biocatalyst reactor, the research team succeeded in continuously producing methanol from methane, a greenhouse gas, from the bacteria. 
KU’s Research and University-Industry Cooperation Foundation Receives Ministerial Award at the Korea Invention Patent Exhibition 2015
The Research and University-Industry Cooperation Foundation of Konkuk University received the Ministerial Award at the Korea Invention Patent Exhibition 2015. The exhibition was held at Coex during November 26-29, 2015, and 525 patented technologies and inventions from 33 countries, including the United States and Germany, were presented. The foundation received the award thanks to the magnetic stimulation technology for haptic devices developed by Professor Soon Cheol Chung of the Division of Biomedical Engineering at the Glocal Campus.
Through the joint project by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea to commercialize “creative assets” owned by universities, such as ideas and patents, KU’s Research and University-Industry Cooperation Foundation provided support to manufacture the “safety-microwave application” using Professor Chung’s technology. In addition to promoting technology transfer and entrepreneurship utilizing KU’s creative assets, the foundation also facilitates innovation in the private sector through the “KU-Technology Transfer/Commercialization Platform.” <img style="margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto;" alt="" src="ArticleFile.do?id=11648614" />

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