Yonsei University Professor Lee Young-guk Named Next President of the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials

[Financial News] Yonsei University said that Lee Young-guk, a professor in its School of Advanced Materials Engineering, was elected the 57th president of the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials, the country’s largest academic society in the materials field, on the 9th. Lee, the incoming president, plans to lead the society for one year starting next January, substantially strengthening ties with emerging high-tech industries, including artificial intelligence (AI), while promoting members’ rights and interests.
Lee Young-guk, the incoming president, said, “I will serve researchers, building on the society’s 80-year tradition,” and expressed his ambition: “In particular, I will create a new growth engine for the society by fostering practical cooperation with future industries, including AI.”
Founded in 1946, the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials is an academic society marking its 80th anniversary this year. It has at least 20,000 researchers active at universities, research institutes and companies, and has helped drive the development of materials engineering in Korea by hosting presentations of around 2,500 papers each year and publishing three international academic journals.
Lee is a leading expert in steel materials. After earning his PhD from Yonsei University, he worked at research institutions in Korea and abroad, including the Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology (RIST) and Bethlehem Steel in the United States. He has been a professor at Yonsei since 2001. He has served as president of the Korean Society for Heat Treatment and as a POSCO steel expert professor, and is currently a full member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST).   

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