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Approved Case 1:
· Field of Specialty: Aircraft and Intelligent system engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 5
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 5
· Number of Patents: 0
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Completed large-scale national aircraft projects / Developed low-cost maintenance technologies for aircrafts
Approved Case 2:
· Field of Specialty: Geotechnical Engineering / Power Plant Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 2
· Number of Patents: 0
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Enabled Korean companies to expand their nuclear power generation facilities to other countries
Approved Case 3:
· Field of Specialty: Chemical Engineering (Ceramic and Chemical Engineering)
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Bachelor’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 3
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 0
· Number of Patents: 0
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Developed new technologies that were introduced to several national and global corporations
Approved Case 4:
· Field of Specialty: Marine Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 1
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 6
· Number of Patents: 0
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Successfully completed 30 major projects for the government and global companies / Awards
Approved Case 5:
· Field of Specialty: Civil Engineering (Urban Development)
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Bachelor’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 23
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 4
· Number of Patents: 1
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Successfully completed 20 major domestic and overseas construction projects / Appearances in media channels
Approved Case 6:
· Field of Specialty: Mechanical Engineering / Aerospace Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 7
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 1
· Number of Patents: 0
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Developed major national defense science technologies
Approved Case 7:
· Field of Specialty: Electrical Engineering / Computer Science
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 9
· Number of Patents: 10
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Development of innovative technologies which were applied to the products of several global corporations, which achieved high volume of sales and large amount of profit / 10 patents
Approved Case 8:
· Field of Specialty: Electrical Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Bachelor’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 0
· Number of Patents: 0
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Executed contracts with numerous clients of major national and global corporations
Approved Case 9:
· Field of Specialty: Polymer Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 65
· Number of Awards Received: 6
· Number of Patents: 65
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: High number of citations of the publications/Patents / High number of patents
Approved Case 10:
· Field of Specialty: Construction Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 0
· Number of Patents: 0
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Published project guidebooks for major companies and government agencies, which they adopted for their use
Approved Case 11:
· Field of Specialty: Construction Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 3
· Number of Patents: 6
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Successfully completed construction projects for the U.S. army in Korea
Approved Case 12:
· Field of Specialty: Electronic Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 33
· Number of Awards Received: 3
· Number of Patents: 6
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Developed new technologies for major national companies and applied them to their products / 6 patents
Approved Case 13:
· Field of Specialty: Environment Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Ph.D.
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 26
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 0
· Number of Patents: 0
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Appearances in media channels / Successfully completed 24 major national projects
Approved Case 14:
· Field of Specialty: Semiconductor Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 8
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 242
· Number of Awards Received: 0
· Number of Patents: 0
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Developed innovative technologies for numerous global corporations / High number of citations of the publications
Approved Case 15:
· Field of Specialty: Environment Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 12
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 4
· Number of Patents: 18
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: High number of patents / Developed innovative technologies which were introduced to large companies for their product development, and achieved high sales revenue from selling these products
Approved Case 16:
· Field of Specialty: Software Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Ph.D.
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 6
· Number of Patents: 0
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Received awards from companies / Developed technologies which were introduced to and applied by large companies / Completed major national R&D projects
Approved Case 17:
· Field of Specialty: IT (Information Technology) / Software Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Bachelor’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 1
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 5
· Number of Patents: 0
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Development of a software which achieved a high number of downloads
Approved Case 18:
· Field of Specialty: Mechanical Engineering / Aerospace Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 4
· Number of Patents: 4
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Developed innovative technologies and related patents, and introduced them to large companies for manufacturing their products
Approved Case 19:
· Field of Specialty: Electrical Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 4
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 12
· Number of Patents: 1
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Developed innovative technologies and introduced them to large companies for manufacturing their products / Developed automation technologies to reduce company manpower and improved production efficiency / Successfully conducted investment for companies
Approved Case 20:
· Field of Specialty: Semiconductor Packaging
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Ph.D.
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 34
· Number of Awards Received: 5
· Number of Patents: 8
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Improved product quality and production efficiency for large companies
Approved Case 21:
· Field of Specialty: Electrical Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: Unknown
· Number of Awards Received: 4
· Number of Patents: 21
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: High number of patents / Developed innovative technologies to reduce product maintenance cost
Approved Case 22:
· Field of Specialty: Chemical Engineering / Environment Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Ph.D.
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 117
· Number of Awards Received: 2
· Number of Patents: 9
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: High number of citations of the publications
Approved Case 23:
· Field of Specialty: Electrical Engineering / Computer Science
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Ph.D.
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 3
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 76
· Number of Awards Received: 1
· Number of Patents: 2
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Successfully completed 36 major government agency projects / Developed technologies and introduced them to the IT systems of government agencies
Approved Case 24:
· Field of Specialty: Chemical Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Ph.D.
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 1
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: Approximately 1,500
· Number of Awards Received: 3
· Number of Patents: 24
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: High number of citations of the publications and patents / High number of patents / Developed innovative technologies which were introduced to and applied by major national corporations for mass production of their products
Approved Case 25:
· Field of Specialty: Mechanical Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Ph.D.
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 150
· Number of Awards Received: 0
· Number of Patents: 41
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: High number of patents / High number of citations of the publications and patents
Approved Case 26:
· Field of Specialty: Electrical Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 1
· Number of Patents: 9
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: High number of patents / Developed innovative technologies that increased the sales of a major global corporation
Approved Case 27:
· Field of Specialty: Chemical Engineering (Renewable Energy Specialist)
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Ph.D.
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 7
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 500
· Number of Awards Received: 2
· Number of Patents: 31
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: High number of citations of patents / Awards / Appearances in media channels
Approved Case 28:
· Field of Specialty: Electrical Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 4
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 30
· Number of Awards Received: 4
· Number of Patents: 21
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: High number of citations of patents / Developed new technologies for major national corporations
Approved Case 29:
· Field of Specialty: Electrical Engineering (Metal Cutting Specialist)
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Bachelor’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 0
· Number of Patents: 0
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Completed projects for a major national corporation and achieved the sales revenue of 80 million dollars
Approved Case 30:
· Field of Specialty: Software Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Bachelor’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 0
· Number of Patents: 0
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Developed innovative technologies which enabled major national corporations to reduce their costs and time for production
Approved Case 31:
· Field of Specialty: Computer Science
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 4
· Number of Patents: 0
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Developed technologies for a major global corporation / Completed major projects for a government agency / Executed partnership contracts with major national corporations
Approved Case 32:
· Field of Specialty: Mechanical Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Ph.D.
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 3
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 100
· Number of Awards Received: 8
· Number of Patents: 10
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: High number of citations of the publications / High number of patents
Approved Case 33:
· Field of Specialty: Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Bachelor’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 3
· Number of Patents: 16
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Patents / Awards / Successfully completed 70 projects for major government agencies and companies in Korea, which resulted in generating more orders from overseas markets
Approved Case 34:
· Field of Specialty: Electrical Engineering / Computer Science (Robotics Major)
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Ph.D.
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 20
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 150
· Number of Awards Received: 9
· Number of Patents: 0
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: High number of citations of the publications / Developed technologies that were introduced to major government agencies
Approved Case 35:
· Field of Specialty: Mechanical Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Ph.D.
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 0
· Number of Patents: 0
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Delivered higher sales revenue for large companies and contracts with overseas clients
Approved Case 36:
· Field of Specialty: Semiconductor Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 11
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents:
· Number of Awards Received: 2
· Number of Patents: 45
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Appearances in media channels / High number of patents / Developed technologies which increased the sales and revenue of a major global corporation, and enabled it to enter into contracts with other companies
Approved Case 37:
· Field of Specialty: Mechanical Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Ph.D.
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 8
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 401
· Number of Awards Received: 5
· Number of Patents: 1
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: High number of citations of the publications / Completed R&D (research and development) projects funded by several global companies for over one million dollars
Approved Case 38:
· Field of Specialty: Electrical Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Ph.D.
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 10
· Number of Awards Received: 1
· Number of Patents: 1
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Successfully completed numerous semiconductor development projects for global corporations
Approved Case 39:
· Field of Specialty: Computer Science
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 0
· Number of Patents: 3
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Developed new technologies for a major global corporation, which led to an increase in the number of its clients
Approved Case 40:
· Field of Specialty: Electrical Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Ph.D.
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 3
· Number of Awards Received: 1
· Number of Patents: 2
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Developed new technologies which improved the productivity of a major global company
Approved Case 41:
· Field of Specialty: Technology Transfer Agent / Electronic Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Master’s degree
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 1
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 2
· Number of Patents: 6
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: Successfully completed patent registrations for new technologies of a major global corporation
Approved Case 42:
· Field of Specialty: Mechanical Engineering
· Highest Academic Degree Earned: Ph.D.
· Number of Appearances in Media Channels: 0
· Number of Citations of the Publications/Patents: 0
· Number of Awards Received: 0
· Number of Patents: Approximately 40
· Achievement(s) Emphasized in the Petition: High number of patents / Developed innovative technologies which enabled a major global corporation to increase its revenue
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