Agreed on student, professor and research exchange and joint research in the carbon fiber industry
Planning to expand exchange to various fields such as join diploma programs
Synergy effect expected by constructing a government-academic-research-industrial cluster through the establishment of the Gyeongsan AMRC Asia Hub Center
[December 13, 2017]
<On the 13th, YU and the University of Sheffield of England signed an international academic exchange MOU.>
(From fourth on left, YU President Sur Gil-soo and AMRC Chairman Keith Ridgway)
YU (President Sur Gil-soo) and The University of Sheffield signed an academic exchange MOU. The University of Sheffield is a prestigious national university of England located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire County. With this MOU, the two institutes agreed on exchange of undergraduate and graduate school students, professors and researchers, as well as international joint research.
At the MOU signing ceremony held at the YU President’s Reception Room at 2 p.m. on the 13th, YU President Sur Gil-soo, Department of Fiber System Engineering Dean Kim Sam-soo, Professor Lee Jae-woong, and External Cooperation Office Director Lee Hee-wook, while AMRC (Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre) Keith Ridgway, Vice President John Baragwanath, Center Director Richard Scaife, and AMRC Korea Director Lee Jung-hwan representing the University of Sheffield, and Gyeongsan Vice Mayor Kim Ho-jin, and the US Embassy in Korea Science Technology Team Leader Gareth Davies attended the event.
YU President Sur Gil-soo said, “By signing an academic exchange agreement with the University of Sheffield that graduated multiple Nobel Prize winners, our two universities now have the foothold to gain world-class research capacities.” He added, “Starting with personnel exchange and joint research related to the carbon fiber industry, we hope to expand our exchange to other fields as well.”
Chairman Keith Ridgway replied, “As AMRC is pursuing the construction of a research center with local authorities such as Gyeongsan City and discussing plans to construct infrastructure related to the carbon fiber industry, we hope that exchange with YU will be pursued successfully. We hope for broad-ranged academic exchange with the university such as in operating joint diploma programs.
AMRC (Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre) is an advanced manufacturing technology research institute co-founded by the University of Sheffield and Boeing in 2001. Over 100 member companies around the world including Rolls Royce are currently participating in joint R&D of products such as the carbon fiber industry.
AMRC is planning to build the Asia Hub Center in Gyeongsan for the first time overseas. AMRC is pursuing the carbon fiber industry development project together with local governments such as Gyeongsan and local companies, and through this exchange with YU, it is expected to gain synergy effect through its global government-academic-research-industrial cluster.
