Balanced activities in creative general design, portfolio contest, honorary ambassadors for engineering, etc.
2012 'Gold (1st)', 2014/2015 'Silver (3rd)'... Top prestigious engineering university
[Nov 18, 2016]
<YU took the 'grand prize' for college of the year at the '2016 Engineering Education Festa'.>
YU took the 'grand prize' for college of the year at the '2016 Engineering Festa'.
This is the third consecutive year of winning awards as it won silver in 2014 and 2015. YU also took first place for college of the year in 2012, but now displayed its power as a prestigious university in engineering by once again taking first place.
The '2016 E2 Festa' was sponsored by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and co-hosted by the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology and the Engineering Education Innovation Association from Nov 10 to Nov 11 at Ilsan KINTEX. This event, which is in its fifth year this year, was held together with the World Engineering Education Forum and Global Engineering Dean's Council (WEEF & GEDC) making it the biggest engineering event for spreading awareness and fostering talents in engineering who will lead the future convergence and new industry sectors, while sharing the excellent achievements of engineering education in Korea.
<YU Car Production Club 'YUSAE' that participated in the ‘2016 E2 Festa'>
'College of the Year' evaluates the activities, awards and student participation of engineering education innovation centers of 93 universities that participated in the E2 Festa. The theme of this event was 'EN-Light our future!' A total of 25 students from YU participated in honorary ambassador for engineering, creative design contest, engineering band, engineering education innovation center achievement presentations, and student portfolio contests. The YU Education Engineering Innovation Center received good assessments through balanced activities in all sectors of the event.
At the creative design contest, 'I Live alone' team comprised of students in various majors such as electronic engineering, architectural engineering and living products design won the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology award with the 'LED ceiling light for the hearing impaired' and the 'Soul Engineer' team won the special award (Women in Science, Engineering and Technology in Korea Chairperson Award) with the 'Development of bicycle with pneumatic motor system'.
At the engineering education innovation center achievement presentations, Kim Hyun-gi, a junior in the School of Mechanical Engineering, won the 'Passion Award', and at the portfolio contest that makes a comprehensive evaluation on college life such as assignments, grades and extracurricular activities by students, Choi Ji-hye, a junior at the Department of Computer Engineering, won the 'Silver Prize', while Seo In-ae, a senior in the School of Architecture won the 'Bronze'.
School of Mechanical Engineering Professor Kang Dong-jin, who also serves as the YU Engineering Education Innovation Center director, said, "By winning four awards in the past five years including the grand prize this year, it was possible to confirm the status of YU's College of Engineering," and added, "Using the creative/convergence engineering talent fostering education system of YU, we will take the lead in fostering creative human resources that will lead the national industry and technological innovation."
Meanwhile, YU was selected for the first stage 'Engineering Education Innovation Center Support Project' held from 2007 to March 2012, and for the second stage project from April 2012 to February 2022, and is now pursuing the 'Creative Convergence Good Engineer Fostering Project'.
