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President of Gyeongsang National University
Kweon Jin-hye
Aerospace and Defense Specialization Drives Glocal University Success, Focus on Completing University Integration
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Last Updated on Aug 22, 2024
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President of Gyeongsang National University
Life Summary
Kweon Jin-hye is the President of Gyeongsang National University, officially inaugurated on July 22, 2024, with a term of four years.
He is dedicated to achieving a sophisticated level of organic integration following the physical merger of Gyeongsang National University and Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology.
Kweon is also focusing his efforts on revitalizing the regional ecosystem of Gyeongnam by leveraging the university's specialization in aerospace and defense to generate and disseminate the outcomes of the Glocal Leading University Project.
An expert in aerospace, his primary areas of expertise include aircraft structures and composite materials.
He was born on December 6, 1964, in Jinju, Gyeongnam Province.
Kweon Jin-hye graduated from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University and earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in Aerospace Engineering from KAIST.
He worked at the Samsung Aerospace Research Institute before being appointed as a professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Information Engineering at Gyeongsang National University.
At Gyeongsang National University, he served as the Deputy Dean of the Graduate School of Aerospace Specialization, the Director of the Aircraft Parts Technology Research Institute, and as the Director of Planning.
He is also the editor of the International Journal of Aerospace Sciences and the President of the Korean Society for Composite Materials.
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He is dedicated to achieving a sophisticated level of organic integration following the physical merger of Gyeongsang National University and Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology.
Kweon is also focusing his efforts on revitalizing the regional ecosystem of Gyeongnam by leveraging the university's specialization in aerospace and defense to generate and disseminate the outcomes of the Glocal Leading University Project.
An expert in aerospace, his primary areas of expertise include aircraft structures and composite materials.
He was born on December 6, 1964, in Jinju, Gyeongnam Province.
Kweon Jin-hye graduated from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University and earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in Aerospace Engineering from KAIST.
He worked at the Samsung Aerospace Research Institute before being appointed as a professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Information Engineering at Gyeongsang National University.
At Gyeongsang National University, he served as the Deputy Dean of the Graduate School of Aerospace Specialization, the Director of the Aircraft Parts Technology Research Institute, and as the Director of Planning.
He is also the editor of the International Journal of Aerospace Sciences and the President of the Korean Society for Composite Materials.
#KweonJinhye #GyeongsangNationalUniversity #aerospace #defense #aerospaceengineering #GlocalLeadingUniversity #SeoulNationalUniversity #KAIST #SamsungAerospace #academicleadership