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DGIST Student Startups Won Top Excellence and Excellence Prizes at the 2025 R&D Special Zone Science Technology Startup Investment Competition

- Guest lecture by Director Sesin Kim of the Integrity Training Center, the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission to raise awareness about anti-corruption and strengthen integrity capacity - Engaged and resonated with employees with experiential programs, including plays and campaigns

- A research team led by Professor Seongkyun Kim of the Department of Physics and Chemistry, DGIST, developed an artificial plant device that simulates plant transpiration - Purified more than 95% of soil contaminated by radioactive cesium within 20 days using solar energy alone

- 6,182 applicants, a 23.4% increase from the previous year, for a competition rate of 27.85:1 - Achieved despite preference for medical schools, declining school-age population, and concentration in the Seoul metropolitan area

- A collaborative research team from DGIST, Dankook University, KIST, and Ajou University has successfully developed a multifunctional surface modification technology. - The study findings were published as a cover article in Advanced Healthcare Materials, one of the most prestigious international journals in the field of new materials.

- KRW 27.9 billion in total for two research centers... Expected to become an interdisciplinary research hub connecting the region and the world

- To be held September 21-25 at DGIST and Daegu EXCO - About 800 participants from more than 50 countries expected

- Promote collaborative drug screening and identification research and exchanges across the drug development industry

Cultivating top talent for the global high-tech industry through integrated education in engineering and management

- President Kunwoo Lee remarked, “We shall take a step forward as the innovative university that the country needs” - Demonstrate interdisciplinary education achievements, and lead future society with flagship research

- “CTCeptor” technology demonstrates best performance in circulating tumor cell (CTC) isolation across all types of cancers compared to leading devices around the world. - Simultaneously capture circulating tumor cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts with liquid biopsy... Chartering a new chapter in personalized precision diagnostics. - The findings of the study were selected as a cover story in Analytical Chemistry.

- Achieved high-resolution quantum dot displays using photo-reactive materials and analyzed performance variations depending on the material - Developed a photoresist-free quantum dot patterning technique using a diazirine-based crosslinker - Research findings published in Nano Letters and ACS Nano

- A research team led by Professor Kyung-In Jang at DGIST has developed a flexible implantable device for brain drug delivery, which applies a pump structure inspired by human gastrointestinal motility. - Wireless control enables precise drug delivery to deep brain regions, thus opening new possibilities for treating intractable brain diseases.

- DGIST research team led by Yoonhee Lee successfully fabricated CNT FET high-sensitivity biosensors based on surface tension-induced inkjet printing. - The new technology enables low-cost and large-area fabrication without complicated processes. - It is expected to contribute to fabricating next-generation, high-sensitivity biosensors.

- Development of a highly stretchable color conversion layer through direct cross-linking between eco-friendly quantum dots and stretchable polymers - Research findings published in Advanced Materials, a top-tier international journal in the field of materials science

- Enhances creativity and problem-solving skills through hands-on programs, including an autonomous driving hackathon - Showcases an innovative talent development model through collaboration with local educational institutions

DGIST Opens the Convergence Talent Academy... Fully Starting to Develop Talented Individuals with Creativity and the Spirit of Challenge

- Seminar to be held 9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. on December 11th–12th and 15th–17th, 2025, at the Daegu R&D Special Zone Headquarters - Early registration is encouraged since strong demand is expected for lectures by leading domestic and international experts

- Professor Youngu Lee’s team at DGIST develops a new hole transport layer material that dramatically enhances the efficiency and stability of QLED displays. - Using a high-binding-energy organic hole transport layer material, the team achieves 25.7% external quantum efficiency and improves device lifetime by 66 times.

Conferred diplomas on 154 scientists: 55 PhD, 47 Master’s, and 52 Bachelor’s holders

- Built capacity of 90 talented students to compete on the international stage through theory and experiment classes - DGIST develops the next generation of chemistry leaders in Korea through theory and experiment classes

- Carrying out two projects, including “Chain-of-Thought (CoT)-Based Manufacturing and Logistics Robot Data” - Developing CoT-based training datasets for industrial applications

- Confirmed protein-bound microplastics disrupt brain cells and potentially cause neurotoxicity - Published findings in Environmental Science & Technology and registered in Hanbitsa (People Making Korea Shine)

- A research team led by DGIST Professor Younghoon Kee has identified a novel DNA damage repair pathway and mechanism. - Study published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), one of the most distinguished international journals.

Researchers from South Korea engineered a robotic folding sheet that can crawl across a surface as well as grasp and lift various objects.

- DGIST is a place that knows no boundaries between academic disciplines in Korea and around the world

- DGIST develops a low-cost, high-performance fuel cell catalyst, paving the way for next-generation eco-friendly hydrogen technologies - The catalyst shows enhanced performance and durability compared to conventional ones, exceeding the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2025 targets

- Fully charges a commercial battery in under two hours... Achieves world-class energy efficiency - Enables battery charging inside the body without surgery... Expected to revolutionize future healthcare technology

- DGIST research team led by Yoonhee Lee and Gyogwon Koo enhances lung cancer diagnostic accuracy by combining exosome physical properties with AI. - The research also proposes the potential for rapid and precise liquid biopsy-based lung cancer diagnosis without fluorescent labeling.

- Hosted DGIST Future Insight Forum on Jul 23 (Wed) at EL Tower in Seoul, Korea - Expected to deliver innovative achievements in three future strategic areas: physical AI, human digital twins, and quantum sensing