The agreement on joint research was signed by Dankook University’s Department of Display Engineering and Kent State University’s Liquid Crystal Institute. Other ongoing international cooperation projects between the universities also gains momentum.
The signing ceremony of the MOU between Dankook and Kent was held at 10am on May 19 at the office of Vice President of Cheonan Campus. The ceremony was attended by Vice President Wook Kim from Dankook, and Provost Todd A. Diacon and Associate Provost Marcello Fantoni from Kent.
The agreement will allow the universities to work cooperatively on the joint research project in the area of display engineering. Dankook and Kent created a research consortium with a domestic company to conduct practical research and boost industrialization of the sector. In addition, both universities agreed to cooperate in developing and promoting various exchange programs in other fields such as engineering, architecture, business and fashion. The representatives also had an in-depth discussion about other ongoing issues including the Dankook-Florence at KSU-Florence project.
Since the first agreement between the universities in 2013, Dankook University has been running various cooperation programs with Kent State University to strengthen its international competence and generate synergy effects in education and research. Last summer, 2 professors and 6 students from Kent stayed at Dankook to take part in Dankook’s International Summer School program. Moreover, Dankook and Kent concluded an exclusive agreement last March, which allows Dankook to brand Kent State’s Florence campus as one of its own programs. The unique partnership between Dankook and Kent was deepened further after Dankook hosted Kent’s annual short-term study abroad program called International Storytelling early this semester.