August, 2012

STATUS AND ACTIVITIES OF KOREA INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS

SCIENCE

General Introduction

R&D Activities

CONTENTS

Major R&D ActivitiesInternational Cooperation

I. General Introduction

- Location- Mission- History- Organization- Personnel - Budget

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KIMS Location

SeoulBusan

ChangwonKIMS

Tokyo

Beijing

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R&D Technology SupportTest & Evaluation

Metals

Ceramics

Composites

Surface Technology

Property Test

Failure Analysis

Nuclear Inspection

Standardization

Metals Bank

Training

Test-Bed

70% 20% 10 %

Industrial Support

Promotion of the Materials Industry through R&D, Test & Evaluation, Technology support

Mission: Function & Role Government Funded Institute of ISTK and The Ministry of Knowledge Economy

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History

Korea Test Institute of Machinery and Metals

established.

KIMM Headquartermoved to Daejeon

Branch of KIMM established

(in Changwon)

Renamed as Materials Science Institute

Korea Institute ofMachinery and Materials

(KIMM) launched (in Changwon)

’81.1

’02.3

’07.4

’92.3 ’93.4

’76.12

Korea Institute of Materials Science(KIMS) established

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Organization

Advanced Metallic MaterialsDivision

Korea Research Council for Industrial S&T

Fusion Research Planning Team

Light Metal

Division

SurfaceTechnology

Division

Powder&

CeramicsDivision

CompositesResearch

Center

IndustrialTechnology

SupportDivision

Strategic PlanningDivision

Audit

Audit Department

Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials

President of the KIMS

Vice President

Management &

Administration Division

Wind Turbine Technology

Center

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Personnel

Researcher 165

Engineer34

Admin.28

Contract163

Permanent227

Total : 390(’12.04.)

Field of Research

Metals40%

Ce-ram-ics

15%Sur-face15%Comp.

7%

Test23%

Permanent workers only

No. of Ph.D. holders : 141

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Budget

Funding Sources

GovernmentGrant(41%)

PersonnelExpenses

(24%)

Others(59%)

DirectResearch

Fee(62%)

Income Outcome

Operating, etc. (14%)

$66million (2012)

Ⅱ. R&D Activities

- Metals

- Ceramics / Powder

- Surface / Composites /Deformation

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Metals Ceramics / Powder Surface / Composites /Deformation

Ferrous Alloys

High Tempera-ture

Alloys

Light Alloys

Special Alloys

∙ High strength steels for automotive∙ Corrosion resistant stainless steels∙ Alloy design for special steels

∙ Superalloys for gas turbine∙ Directional solidification technology∙ Single crystal blade

∙ Magnesium alloys (cast & wrought)∙ Aluminum alloys (high strength & high temperature)

∙ Titanium alloys: design & forming∙ Nickel alloys: microstructure control∙ Copper alloys: high strength / high conductivity

R&D

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Structural Ce-ramics

Functional Ce-ramics

Metals Ceramics / Powder

Structural & Functional

Metallic Powder

∙ Multi-porous ceramics (100µm↓)∙ High purity SiC for IT∙ Si3N4 Honeycomb filter

∙ Aerosol deposition technology∙ RT Ceramic coating ∙ Bio-ceramics

∙ Powder fabrication and synthesis∙ Nano size metallic & composite powder∙ WC-Co alloys for tools

R&D

Surface / Composites /Deformation

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Metals Ceramics / Powder

Electrochem-istry & Thin

Film

Composite Ma-terials

Deformation Control

∙ Nano-plating technology for energy conversion∙ Environmental friendly surface finishing∙ Transparent conductive coating for opto-electric application (eg. flexible display)

∙ Composite materials design & processing∙ Wind turbine blade∙ Functional composites

∙ Numerical analysis for process design∙ Precision forging technology∙ Innovative new material forming technology

R&D

Surface / Composites /Deformation

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Test & Evalua-tion

Post-R&D Database Scale-up

Authorized In-spection

R&D

Business

Materials Characterization

Metallic Materials Test-bed

Materials Problem Solving

Authorized Nuclear Inspection

Test & Evaluation / Technical Support

No. of Patent ApplicationNo. of SCI/E Papers

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1,236 1,16

4

2009 20112010

136

207

2009 2010 2011

Oversea 35

Oversea 17

201

239

2009 2010 2011

I.F 1.63

I.F 2.09

참고 ) CAGR(’07-’11) : 연구비 9.23% / 인력인력 2.02%

Technology Transferring Fee(Million KRW)

R&D RESULTS

209

I.F 1.779

I.F 1.779

169

Oversea 24

1,491

Ⅲ. International Cooperation

- Global Partners- Global Research Collaboration

Institute of Metal Research(IMR)General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals(GRINM)

National Institute for Materials Science(NIMS)

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Boeing CompanyGeneral Motors (GM)Bourns College of Engineering, U.C. RiversidePurdue UniversityCenter for Composite Materials, UDAdvanced Materials and Processing Institute (Fraunhofer IFAM)Helmholtz –Zentrum Geesthacht Center for Materials and Coastal Research

Wollogong University

Jozef Stefan Institute(JSI)

The National University of Science and Technology(MISIS)Tomsk Polytechnic University

The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine(PWI)

Postgraduate Institute of Science and Technology(PGIS)

Institute of Materials Science(IMS)

Industrial Technology Development Institute(ITDI)

Metal Industry Development Center(MIDC)

Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research(TISTR)

Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia(SIRIM)

GLOBAL PARTNERS

Technical Standards and Safety Authority(TSSA)

Rolls Royce, Plc.

Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics

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CANADA

U.S.AGER-MANY

CHINA JAPANUKRAIN

EBE-

LARUSSWE-DEN

SLOVE-NIA

AUS-TRALIA

ASEAN

2 7 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1

Collaborative Research Projects (2010~)

※ 23 PROJECTS IN TOTAL

INDONESIA JAPAN CHINA VIETNAM EGYPT PAKISTAN FRANCE INDIA

1 1 9 1 1 2 2 3

No. of Foreign Researchers at KIMS

GLOBAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION

※ 20 PERSONS IN TOTAL

※ About 10% of Total Projects(≒200) in the KIMS are international research collaboration

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