On March 11, 2024, the Institute for Energy Systems (IES, www.ost.ch/ies) of the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences OST in Buchs welcomed a Korean delegation team of experts for energy from KRAAC, KIMM and KEIT.
The members of the Korean delegation team were (see group photos):
- Jeong-Sik Seo, Ph. D., Vice president, Head of Carbon Neutrality Energy Machinery, Chair of Energy Machinery (KRAAC)
- Min-Jun Kim, Ph. D., Chief Researcher, Carbon Neutrality Machinery team (KRAAC)
- Geun-Seok Park, Ph. D., Program Director, Department of Machinery, Robotics & Equipment (KEIT)
- Hyojun Park, Ph. D., Representative KEIT Europe Office, Berlin (KEIT)
- Jeong Hwan Yun, Legal Affairs and Project Accounting Team (KEIT)
- Sang Hyuk Lee, Ph. D, Senior Researcher, Team Leader, Rotating Machinery Research Team, Virtual Engineering Research Center (KIMM)
- Byung Chang Jung, Ph. D., Principal Researcher, Team Leader (KIMM)
Links:
- KRAAC (Korea Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Assessment Center): KRAAC is a non-profitable testing and certification laboratory specializing in HVAC products according to various standards
- KEIT (Korea Planning and Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology): KEIT is a government funding agency under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE)
- KIMM (Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials). The vision of KIMM is to be the Research Institute for the People Challenging for the Future of Humanity
The purpose of the visit was to get to know each other and knowledge exchange.
- Welcome and presentation of the Institute for Energy Systems (IES)
- Research projects at OST IES (www.ost.ch/ies)
- Visit of the IES laboratories
- Visit of the heat pump test center (www.wpz.ch)
- Discussion of trends in research for heat pumps and industrial technology for carbon neutrality in Europe
- Enhancements on the global cooperation network
- Planning a joint R&D project
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