College of Engineering College of Engineering

In the major of Ceramic Engineering, students learn to control the type and bonding of atoms and study the manifestation of specific crystal/microstructures and properties. They also acquire the skills for material process and material analysis for property evaluation.

Based on advanced physical and chemical education that understands the structure of atoms, atomic bonding, and material reactions, students acquire fundamental theories such as material engineering, thermodynamics, and crystallography. They perform experiments and theories used in ceramic processes and material analysis. Also, they take data statistical analysis required for the 4th industrial revolution, like big data, and hone expertise through advanced lectures closely related to the current and future industry, such as energy-environmental new materials, nano-ceramics and devices, and ceramic composite materials.

Talents leading the advanced material fields that pave the way for the future, such as energy and environmental ceramics used in secondary batteries and catalysts, electronic ceramics applied to semiconductors and sensors, bio-ceramics for dental and artificial skeletons, and structural and extreme ceramics used in aerospace and heat-resistant environments, are being nurtured.

Information Electronic Ceramics: The goal is to cultivate talents with foundational knowledge and creative skills essential for organically integrating all stages from the development of semiconductor industry-based materials and devices, to evaluation and analysis.

Especially, our faculty members are focusing on research for the development of brain-mimicking materials and advanced semiconductor materials by merging nanotechnology (NT) and information and communication technology (IT).

Energy Environment Ceramics: The secondary battery is evaluated as the 'second semiconductor' and is expected to play a significant role in the next generation growth engine of the Korean industry, and in the green industrialization through the development of high-performance energy materials and processing technology.

In particular, our faculty members are focusing on research for the development of next-generation battery electrode materials and ion-conductive ceramics to secure an international and leading position in the energy-environment material, parts, and equipment fields.

Extreme Function Ceramics: Extreme environment technology used in special environments must withstand tens of thousands of rpm rotational power, function in ultra-low temperatures reaching several hundred degrees below zero and ultra-high temperatures of several thousand degrees, withstand ultra-high pressures of thousands of atm, and operate without deformation or damage in strong electromagnetic environments. Our faculty members are focusing on research for the development of ceramic-based composite materials that can overcome such extreme environments and improve properties based on ceramic crystal structures