The 6th Hanwha Non-tenured Faculty Award (2021)

The Hanwha Group1 is pleased to announce the 6th Hanwha Non-tenured Faculty Award. To demonstrate Hanwha’s commitments 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, Nano-composites (Aerospace, Hydrogen Fueled vehicle, Defense applications)

• Functional Materials for 5G & Electronics

• Material Design & Properties Prediction

• Chemical engineering process (Reaction engineering, modeling, simulation, etc.)

• Catalysts (Synthesis, kinetics, deactivation, etc.),

• Advanced Polymerization Technology (Various kinds of polymerization method)

• Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) Technology (CO2 reduction Technology)

• Biopolymers and biodegradable polymers, Biomolecular Simulation/Engineering, Bio-Process Modeling,

• Plastic Recycling Technology

• Electrochemistry

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 2021 via online

   

  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 hanyoung@hanwha.com by March 31, 2021

  • Announce the Awardees by April, 2021

  • The 6th Hanwha Non-tenured Faculty Award (tentatively scheduled on June 8, 2021)

1 Hanwha Solution/Advanced Materials Division, Hanwha Solution/Chemical Division, Hanwha TOTAL Petrochemical Corp.

2 The non-tenured faculty in his/her 3rd – 5th years as a faculty are particularly encouraged to submit the application package for the consideration.

3 We encourage you to submit the application package again, even if the non-tenured faculty had applied before.