[April 22, 2014]
Koh Young-geon (37), a professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, was selected as a winner of the '2014 Korean Institute of Metals and Materials Rising Reseacher Award' for his contributions in the development of materials engineering in Korea.Actually, he succeeded in developing many new materials such as the world first non-toxic implant materials with excellent bio-compatibility.
The Korea Institute of Metals and Materials Rising Academic Award is an award given to rising researchers under the age of 40 with excellent research capacities with high potential for growth and contribution to the development of the domestic materials engineering sector through outstanding research performance and achievements.
Professor Koh earned his bachelor's, master's and PhD at Pohang Institute of Science and Technology, and upon completing his doctorates program at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) from 2007 to 2008, he was appointed as a professor at YU in March 2009.
Professor Koh's area of expertise is 'development of ultra high-strength nano-material development and multi-purpose coating technologies', and he has published over 80 academic discourses. In particular, he has a whopping 72 studies published in SCI-grade journals such as the world's most prestigious academic journal in the materials sector, ≪Acta Materialia, IF (Impact Factor) 3.941≫, a prominent academic journal in the bio-compatible materials sector ≪Acta Biomaterialia, IF 5.093≫, as well as ≪Electrochimica Acta, IF 3.777≫. The paper on 'Analysis on Aviation Titanium Material Transformation Mollification and Breakdown (when voltage or pressure is applied on elements, rapid change when exceeding a limitation) that was published in ≪Scripta Materialia≫, IF 2.821≫ was cited over 130 times, thus being recognized for its qualitative superiority.
Professor Koh said, "As part of studies related to materials processing research, I developed new lightweight materials with nanostructures," and added, "I will continue to work on related research to develop materials that can be applied in future automobile industries."
Meanwhile, Professor Koh registered 10 patents on materials in Korea and abroad and also became Korea's only and the youngest chair in the 'American Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) Ultra Fine Grain Materials Symposium' in 2010. In 2012, he was awarded an outstanding discourse in science technology award by the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (chairperson Lee Boo-seob).
The '2014 Korea Institute of Metals and Materials Rising Academic Award' will be presented at the 'Korea Institute of Metals and Materials 2014 Spring Academic Conference' that will be held at Daegu EXCO on the 24th.
