History

2020. 09

Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) in the College of Information-

Bio Convergence launched after merging BME and HFE.

2020. 09

Faculty appointments totals 24

2020. 09

W.G. Jung is appointed as BME department head

2020. 09

BK21+ program awarded (BME)

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2020. 03

S. Kim appointed as DHE school head

2018. 06

Y. Kwak appointed as DHE School Head

2017. 03

S. Kim appointed as HFE track coordinator

2016. 03

Track name changed to Human Factors Engineering. G. Kyung appointed as HFE track coordinator

2015. 09

H. Christiaans (ID) appointed as DHE school head. D. Kim as HSE track coordinator

2014. 03

Track name changed to Human and System Engineering

2013. 09

BK 21+ program awarded (Human and System Engineering Department)

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2013. 09

G. Shin appointed as DHE School Head and AHE Track coordinator

2010. 07

S. Jung appointed as DHE school head. G. Kyung appointed as AHE track coordinator

2009. 03

Y. Kwak appointed as DHE School Head and AHE Track coordinator

2009. 03

School of Design and Human Engineering (Affective and Human Factors Engineering Track) founded

2009. 03

UNIST undergraduate & graduate program established

2018. 09

UNIST-WFIRM-UniBasel Global Research Organ-Mimetic Center

2018. 06

Priority Research Centers program awarded (BME/BIO)

2017. 06

Korean Genomics Center (KOGIC) opened

2015. 11

C. M. Ghim is appointed as BME track chair

2014. 07

The Genome Institute opened

2014. 03

Track name changed to Biomedical Engineering (BME)

2014. 03

School name changed to School of Life Sciences

2014. 03

BK 21+ program awarded (BME)

2009. 04

World Class University (WCU) program awarded

WCU professors: M. Madou (UCI), S. Soper (UNC) and S. Takayama (U of Michigan) joined

2009. 03

Y.K.Cho is appointed as chair of school of NBC and track coordinator of BEN

2009. 03

Bioengineering track (BEN) founded

2009. 03

School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering (NBC) founded

2009. 03

UNIST undergraduate & graduate program established