The 8th Hanwha Non-tenured Faculty Award (2023)

The Hanwha Group1¹ is pleased to announce the 8th Hanwha Non-tenured Faculty Award. To demonstrate Hanwha’s commitment to promote cutting-edge research and innovation in Materials Chemistry & Processing, this award will support the career development of non-tenured young faculty particularly in the following areas.

• Polymer composite materials (Aerospace, Electric vehicle, UAM (PAV,AAM) application)
• Composite material design & properties prediction
• Chemical engineering process (Reaction engineering, modeling, simulation, etc.)
• Catalysts (Synthesis, kinetics, deactivation, etc.),
• Advanced polymerization technology (Block Copolymer, Chain transfer polymerization, Radical polymerization)
• Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) technology (CO2 reduction Technology)
• Biopolymers and biodegradable polymers (White biotechnology)
• Biomolecular simulation/engineering, Bio-process modeling,
• Plastic recycling technology
• Electrochemical process & catalysts
• Green chemistry, Biofoundry, Green hydrogen production technology
• Computational chemistry
• Foodtech
• Li-ion battery separators (multifunctional, stable and safe)

Award

• Eligibility: Non-tenured faculty with Korean heritage in North America, Europe working in the chemistry, chemical engineering, Materials science and engineering and other related disciplines.^{2, 3}
• No. of Awards: 3~4 Awards
• Award amount: $12,000 as an unrestricted gift funding
• The awardee required to deliver a seminar at “Hanwha Non-tenured faculty Award Ceremony” in the summer of 2023 on Hanwha TotalEnergies Daesan site (Seosan-Si, ChungNam, Korea).

Application Package

• Short Bio-sketch including a comprehensive list of publications.
• Summary of research interest (max 1 page)
• Descriptions of research interest (max 5 pages)
• Application package must be submitted as a single word document file.

Timeline

• Submit your package to taehee.lee@htpchem.com by March 24, 2023
• Announce the Awardees by April 2023
• The 8th Hanwha Non-tenured Faculty Award (tentatively scheduled on June 8, 2023)

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• ¹Hanwha Solutions Chemical Division, Hanwha Solutions Advanced Materials Division, Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical Corp.
• ²The non-tenured faculty in his/her 3rd – 5 th years as a faculty are particularly encouraged to submit the application package for the consideration.
• ³We encourage you to submit the application package again, even if the non-tenured faculty had applied before.