| 1972 | Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York |
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| 2003 | Ph.D. International Management Honoris Causa, The Institute of Finance and Economics, Mongolia |
| 1967 | M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla |
| 1964 | B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, Seoul National Univ. |
| 1973 ~ 1974 | Scientist, US Army Construction & Engineering Research Lab, Illinois, USA |
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| 1974 ~ 1976 | Research Scientist, NASA Lewis Research Center |
| 1976 ~ 194 | Principal Investigator, INCO R&D Center, New York |
| 1971, 1981 | Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
| 1982 | NASA Tech Brief Awards |
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| 1986 | Korean National Medal, Dongbaekjang |
| 1987 | King Se-Jong Award (Korean government) |
| 1995 | Chosen 'Scientist of the Year' by The Science Reporter in Korea |
| 1998 | Member, American Men and Women in Science(AMWS) |
| 2003 | Noted in Five Hundred Leaders of Influence, by American Biographical Institute |
| 2003 | Special Education Medal (Mongolian Goverment) |
| 2007 | UNESCO Chair / UNITWIN Network |
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| Oct. 2008 ~ Dec. 2010 | Chairman of the committee on Science & Technology PACEST, Presidential Advisory |
| Council on Education, Science & Technology, Republic of Korea | |
| Mar. 2009 ~ Mar. 2012 | Chair of the Programme Committee on Education, Korean National Commission for UNESCO |
| 2010~Present | Advisory Committee of Korea International Cooperation Agency(KOICA) |
| 2010.9 ~ Present | Chairman of Accreditation Board for Engineering Education of Korea(ABEEK) |
| Feb. 2011 | KAIST honorary doctorate in Management Science |
| Aug. 2012 ~ Present | Co-Chairman of UN Academic Impact Korea |
| Feb. 1955 ~ Jan. 2014 | The 1st ~ 4th President of Handong Global University |
| Feb. 2014 ~ Present | Chairman of Handong Global Foundation |
