Korea''s first ''Engineering MBA'' ''Pre-graduate
Byung-Sup Byoung · Representative Kim Jung-ho

LG Electronics executive researcher (40, left), who is a mobile phone development engineer, had been trying to figure out a major issue for years- how to make a cell phone that does not break even when it is dropped.

It was Seoul National University graduate school of engineering graduate school (public official) where the researcher of the researcher sought a clue to solving the problem. In March 2016, he enrolled as the first freshman in Korea, where he opened the first ''Engineering MBA'' in Korea. Getting a diploma from an engineering project regarding solving the difficulties of the engineering field without a paper was a great opportunity.

He has worked with advisors such as Professor Sung-Hoon Ahn of Seoul National University, Professor Seo Eun-seok Seo and Professor Kyu-hwan Han (current S&T industry representative) of Seoul National University.

After a year of collaborative research for over a year, the researcher finally succeeded in developing a technique for predicting liquid crystal damage with a simple formula at the initial stage of mobile phone design. In just a few seconds,  they were able to determine the design flaw with an accuracy of 95% or more. Lee Jae-wook, a researcher of LG Electronics Apparatus Design Team, said, "It is a research result that is good enough to be officially applied in the research institute.”

Professor Ahn said, "Thanks to the know-how of the on-site engineer who designed the actual mobile phone was the reason, the research that stayed in the theoretical stage was reborn as a technology that can be used directly in the enterprise."

There are also venturing businessmen who have found potential corporations in Seoul National University. Kim Jung-ho, CEO of Harnics (36, right), founded Harnics, a company specializing in automotive measurement equipment in 2012, and has grown into a mid-sized company with sales of 10 billion won within five years. Entering the first stage, he focused on a project to develop an appropriate control system for autonomous vehicles. "I realized that the knowledge I had in the past stayed in the past," he said. "The public is attracted by the fact that they can select the necessary knowledge in the engineering field and apply it to their own work."

Seoul National University will start screening candidates for the third freshman year (80 students) next year from next October.

Hwang Jung Hwan reporter jung@hankyung.com

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