PhD student Mincheol Kim from Prof. Sung-Hoon Ahn’s lab received “Best Poster Award” for his research titled “Hybrid Laser-Polishing System for Machining Ceramics” at the International Symposium on Precision Engineering and Sustainable Manufacturing 2018 (PRESM 2018), held in Sapporo, Japan from Jul 3 to Jul 7.<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

The research presented a hybrid machining equipment combining CO2 laser and mechanical polishing in order to increase the machining efficiency of Silicon Carbide (SiC), a type of ceramic difficult-to-cut materials.