Sungkyunkwan University and Samsung SDI held an academic-industrial agreement ceremony on February 2nd, 2018 at the Engineering Building 2 conference room. The signing ceremony was attended by the President of SKKU, Dr. Kyu Sang CHUNG, and the CEO of Samsung SDI, Young Hyun JUN. From SKKU the Dean of the Research & Business Foundation and Vice President Ji Beom YOO, Prof. Young June KIM (Representative Professor of the Research & Business Foundation, SAINT), Prof. Chil Gee LEE (Department of Semiconductor Systems Engineering), Prof. Won Sub YOON (Department of Energy Science),Prof. Ji Man KIM (Department of Chemistry), Prof. Pil Jin YOO (Department of Chemical Engineering), Prof. Jin Kyu LEE (Department of Computer Science and Engineering), and Prof. Eui Hwan SONG (SAINT) participated in the ceremony. From Samsung SDI, Vice President Hyuk JANG (Director of Research), Vice President Yoo Mi KIM (Manager of Small Battery Development Division), Executive Director Gi Ho KIM (Director of Medium and Large Battery Cell Development), Executive Director Jeong Soon SHIN (Group Leader of Medium and Large Battery Model Development), Director Tae Kyung LEE (Group Leader of Medium and Large System-Based Technology), Executive Director Kwang Sung KIM (Director of Human Resources), Director Ho Joon SONG (Director of Planning), and Director Tae Il YOON (Group Leader of Technology Planning) participated in the ceremony.

Samsung SDI, a global leader in secondary batteries, has set up a joint research center for lithium-ion battery and BMS research for electric vehicles, and will support research funding of 2 billion won for 4 years. Both organizations have agreed to expand cooperation through research and personnel exchanges. An executive from SDI will give a guest lecture at the joint research project briefing (scheduled for April 30th), and the Human Resources team plans to hold a separate recruitment fair.