Organic materials have begun to be widely used since the mid-20th century. And now its industry of Korea is top 5 in the world in the producing quality. Our goal is to produce creative organic materials engineers who can effectively contribute to the technical fields in the industry, academia, and government. Organic materials engineers seek to understand and manipulate the basic structure of organic and hybrid materials in order to make the products of technology faster, stronger, lighter, brighter, safer, and better suited to human needs.
In the undergraduate course, the curriculum includes the synthesis, chemistry, physics, rheology, and processing of organic materials. In the graduate course, the curriculum covers the brand new topics about the polymer and fiber materials for the high performance chemical materials, energy, electronics, automobiles, and medical engineering as a core of information technology (IT)·biotechnology (BT)·nanotechnology (NT)·energy and environmental technology (ET) industry.
Advanced organic materials engineering is the discipline devoted to helping human beings use materials more effectively and efficiently. Organic materials scientists and engineers focus on the manipulation of atomic scale structure to change materials properties. This focus has pushed our discipline to the forefront of developing and applying new tools to observe and control matter at the smallest scales. These advances continue to play a crucial role in the convergence of fields such as NT, BT, ET, and information communication technology (ICT) for the future century.
Approximately 400 graduate and undergraduate students and 15 faculty members comprise our department. More than one third of our undergraduates subsequently earn graduate or professional degrees, while others find employment in chemistry, materials, plastics, textiles, medical/biomedical, automotive, electronics, and other consumer products industries. We are very proud of our much higher graduate employment rates than the average of the engineering college’s.
After the graduation, students can work in the industries related to chemicals such as LG, Samsung, Hyosung, Doosan, Hanhwa, SK, Kolon, and Hankook Tire, etc. Other job opportunities are in the government established research institutes such as KIST, KRICT, KAERI, KIER, etc.