UHP Members & Alumni

UHP students have consistently demonstrated excellence through award-winning oral and poster presentations at major national conferences, as well as distinguished honors recognized at the university level.

🎓 PKNU Awards

• “Proud Engineering Student” Research Excellence Award (2024)

• Outstanding Engineering Student Award (2025)
  
  

🏆 2023 Conference Awards

• Editor’s Choice Award (Journal of Welding and Joining, October Issue)
  Hot Cracking Characteristics During Single-Mode Fiber and Green Laser Welding Processes in Lithium-Ion Battery Applications

• Poster Presentation Award
  Solidification Cracking Mechanism in Cu–Steel Laser Welds for Lithium-Ion Batteries

• Oral Presentation Award
  Solidification Cracking Behavior of B-Free 247LC Nickel-Based Superalloy Welds

• Poster Presentation Award
  Solidification Cracking Behavior of Hf-Free 247LC Nickel-Based Superalloy Welds

🏆 2024 Conference Awards

• Oral Presentation Award
  Solidification Cracking Behavior of CMSX-4 Superalloy Welds:
  Effect of Single-Crystal and Polycrystalline Solidification on Brittle Temperature Range (BTR)
  
  

• Oral Presentation Award
  Solidification Cracking Behavior of Cu–Steel Laser Welds for Lithium-Ion Batteries:
  Feasibility of Crack Mitigation Using Ni–P Electroplating
  
  

• Oral Presentation Award
  Evaluation of Solidification and Liquation Cracking in Hard-to-Weld 247LC Superalloy Welds
  and Integrated Crack Control Strategies
  
  

• Poster Presentation Award
  Solidification Cracking Behavior in Al–Cu Laser Welding for Lithium-Ion Battery Applications:
  Effect of Ni–P Electroplating Thickness
  
  

• Poster Presentation Award
  Solidification Cracking Behavior of Hf-Free 247LC Superalloy Welds
  
  

• Poster Presentation Award
  Liquation Cracking Behavior of Multi-Pass 247LC Superalloy Welds
  Evaluated by Triple-Bead Varestraint Testing
  
  

• Poster Presentation Award
  Solidification Cracking Behavior of Single-Crystal CMSX-4 Superalloy Welds
  
  

• Poster Presentation Award
  Microstructural and Mechanical Property Comparison of L-PBF and L-DED Processed STS410 Stainless Steel
  
  

• Poster Presentation Award
  Reduction of Brittle Temperature Range (BTR) in 247LC Superalloy Welds
  Using ERNiCrMo-3 Filler Metal
  
  

• Poster Presentation Award
  Evaluation of Solidification Cracking Behavior in Cu–Steel Laser Welds
  Using the Houldcroft Fishbone Test
  
  

• Poster Presentation Award
  Effect of Coating Composition on Solidification Cracking Behavior
  in Single-Mode Fiber Laser Welded Cu–Steel Joints
  
  

🏆 2025 Conference Awards

• Poster Presentation Award
  Investigation of Solidification Cracking Phenomena in Arc-Welded Single-Crystal Superalloys
  Using Phase-Field Modeling
  
  

• Academic Excellence Award (National Conference)
  Outstanding Academic Achievement Award

Broad Industrial Scope of Career Pathways !

Through rigorous training in materials processing, solidification, welding, and advanced manufacturing, students of the UHP Materials Processing Laboratory develop a broad and versatile industrial perspective, enabling career opportunities across a wide spectrum of industries.

Our graduates are well prepared for careers in:

• Major manufacturing and engineering companies
  (e.g., automotive OEMs, shipbuilding companies, aerospace and defense manufacturers, energy system manufacturers, and battery and semiconductor manufacturers)
  
  

• Major materials and component suppliers closely linked to these industries

• National research institutes and government-funded laboratories

• Industry–Academia–Research Cooperative Ph.D. Programs, bridging industrial practice and advanced academic research

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In recent years, graduates of the UHP Materials Processing Laboratory have pursued careers and advanced training in the following organizations and programs:

• Hanwha Ocean

• Research Institute of Medium & Small Shipbuilding (RIMS)

• Chosun Welding Co., Ltd.

• Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS)
  (Industry–Academia–Research Cooperative Ph.D. Program)