The Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that Dr. Sultan Alneyadi, an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the UAE Minister of Youth, visited the College of Engineering on the 20th. Accompanying the visit were Nora Almatrooshi, the first female astronaut from the Arab world, the UAE Ambassador to South Korea, and Salem Al-Mari, the director of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre. Kim Young-oh, the dean of the Seoul National University College of Engineering, introduced research plans in the field of space and agreed to establish an active cooperative relationship with the UAE.
The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Institute of Standards and Science announced the establishment of the "Innovation R&D Equipment Technology Policy Center." The policy center will unify policy planning in the domestic research equipment sector and support medium- to long-term technology development, as well as facilitate technology exchange and cooperation with global research institutions. The Ministry of Science and ICT plans to establish a strategy for the development of the domestic research equipment industry by the second half of this year.
The Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute announced the opening of the "AI CNC Demonstration Center," which will promote technological independence and advancement in the field of machine tools. CNC serves as the brain of machine tools, and due to high technical difficulty, over 90% of the equipment is imported from Japan and Germany. The research institute will proceed with the establishment of separate testing infrastructure to achieve self-sufficiency in CNC technology. The CNC demonstration center will be composed of one basement level and five above-ground floors, housing 73 pieces of equipment worth 18 billion won.
The Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) held a board of directors meeting on the morning of the 25th and appointed Jeong Jin-taek, the former president of Korea University, as the new chairman. Currently a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Korea University, the new chairman also serves as an outside director and audit committee member at HDC.