"초목에서 인공태양까지: 실현 가능한 재료 혁신의 여정" Superwood, 고체 전해질, 폐플라스틱 기반 청정 연료, 인공태양 기술까지 —
Nature, Science 등에 다수의 논문을 발표하며 재료과학과 지속가능 에너지 분야에서 세계적인 영향력을 가진 Liangbing Hu 교수가,
한국 산업 및 학계와의 기술 협력 기회 확대를 목표로 이번 특별 웨비나를 개최합니다. |
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Tuesday October 14th, 9 am in Korea Monday October 13th, 8 pm EST in the US |
| Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Materials Science Founding Director, Center for Materials Innovation |
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DISCOVER YALE PARTNER WEBINAR SERIES |
From Superwood to Artificial Sun: Inventing Materials through Scalable Innovation |
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Professor Hu focuses on inventing new classes of materials through disruptive yet scalable processes, with the goal of enabling practical applications. In this talk, Professor Hu will highlight several recent material innovations that open pathways toward emerging technologies: |
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(1) Superwood: Nanostructure-engineered wood for next-generation sustainable buildings (Nature, 2018); (2) Molecular-scale wood nanofibers: Engineered fibers as solid-state battery electrolytes (Nature, 2021); (3) High-entropy catalysts: Designed via shock synthesis for energy and chemical transformations (Science, 2018); (4) Ultrafast high-temperature sintering (UHS): Rapid processing of oxide-based ion conductors for batteries and solid oxide electrolysis cells (Science, 2020); (5) Ultrahigh-temperature stable plasma (USP, or “artificial sun”): A platform for extreme materials synthesis (Nature, 2023); (6) Dynamic heating strategies: Conversion of waste plastics into jet fuel, and methane pyrolysis for clean hydrogen production (Nature, 2022; Nature Chemical Engineering, 2025). Together, these advances illustrate how nanoscale design, extreme processing conditions, and unconventional approaches can converge to create disruptive materials solutions for energy, sustainability, and advanced manufacturing. |
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| The Global Industrial Technology Cooperation Center (GITCC) is a flagship program initiated by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) of Korea, operated by the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT).
Its mission is to strengthen Korea’s global industrial competitiveness by fostering R&D collaboration, technology commercialization, and workforce development with leading international partners across fields such as biotech, smart manufacturing, advanced sensors, robotics, semiconductors, and AI-driven technologies |
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| Korea- Center for Industrial Technology- Yale (KCITY) serves as an essential medium for developing international collaboration between Korean companies and Yale faculties.
KCITY supports joint R&D project development and execution in close partnership with KIAT and Korean industry leaders.KCITY was able to secure 4 joint R&D projects related to emerging sectors of industry which are AI, robotics, material sciences, biological systems, and scientific computation. |
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Korea-The Americas Industrial Technology Cooperation Office serves as a strategic hub for the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) in the Americas. This role is carried out by the Washington, D.C. office (KIAT) in cooperation with the San Jose hub (KEIT) and the Boston hub (KEIT), with the goal of strengthening industrial technology collaboration between Korea and the United States. Email kiat.usoffice@gmail.com Address 8229 Boone Blvd Ste 625, Vienna, VA 22182 |
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