Kyungnam College of Information & Technology Students Fly to Germany to Visit Secondary Battery Labs and Materials Plants

13 Students Take Part in Five-Night, Seven-Day Field Training in Germany

Visit MEET and BASF to Explore Research and Production Processes

University students studying secondary batteries visited research institutions and companies in Germany to explore the battery industry firsthand. They saw how the theories they had learned in the classroom are applied in research and materials production, and learned about technology trends in Europe.

Kyungnam College of Information & Technology President Kim Tae-sang announced on Nov. 13 that 13 students had recently taken part in field training on the secondary battery industry and research in Frankfurt and Münster, Germany, on a five-night, seven-day itinerary.

The students visited the MEET Battery Research Center in Münster and BASF, a secondary battery materials company. They toured battery research facilities and materials production sites to learn about the technologies and processes used in the industry.

Students from Kyungnam College of Information & Technology participating in the global battery technology field training program pose for a commemorative photo during a visit to BASF in Germany.

Students participating in a field training program on cutting-edge battery technologies visit the MEET Battery Research Center in Münster, Germany, for a commemorative photo.

Yoon Songhak, a senior researcher at the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies (IWKS), also gave a special lecture. Under the theme "The Circular Economy and Recycling of Eco-Friendly Batteries," he discussed European research trends, including direct recycling technologies for lithium-ion batteries.

The program included five students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, three each from the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Department of Fire Safety Management, and one each from the Department of Business Administration and the Department of Interior Design. Before departure, the students researched the institutions they would visit and prepared questions in teams for the field training.

The program was organized as part of the secondary battery education curriculum under the Innovation Convergence University Project for Advanced Fields.

Shim Jaehyeong, head of the Secondary Battery Innovation Convergence University Project Group, said, "I hope that experiencing secondary battery research in Europe firsthand will help students define their career paths."

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