On April 19, the appointment ceremony for Professor Hyoung‑seop Kim as an adjunct professor was held in Conference Room 2 of the Main Building at Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai). Professor Kim is an academician of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST) and the National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK), and currently serves as Director of the Steel and Environmental Materials Research Institute at Pohang University of Science and Technology. Zhang Wencong, Secretary of the CPC Committee of HIT (Weihai), attended the ceremony and presented the appointment letter and university badge to Professor Kim. The ceremony was presided over by Zhong Bo, Secretary of the CPC Committee of the School of Materials Science and Engineering. Representatives from the School of Materials, the Office of Science and Technology, the Office of International Cooperation, and the campus administration attended.
At the ceremony, Zhang Wencong extended a warm welcome to Professor Kim on joining HIT(Weihai). He highlighted internationalization as a key priority of the university’s 15th Five-Year Plan , and noted that Professor Kim’s expertise will play an important role in promoting the international development of the university and foster cooperation in talent cultivation, research, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
Professor Kim expressed his gratitude for the trust and recognition from the university. He spoke highly of HIT’s long history and outstanding reputation, and stated that he was delighted to become a member of HIT. He also looked forward to further in‑depth cooperation with HIT (Weihai) and promised to promote the implementation of various cooperation initiatives as soon as possible to support the high‑quality development of the campus and the School of Materials.
During his stay, Professor Kim visited the Powder Metallurgy and Difficult‑to‑Deform Materials Laboratory and the Graphite Deep‑Processing Center to gain a detailed understanding of the School of Materials’ signature disciplines and landmark achievements.
He also delivered an academic report entitled Mechanism‑Based Constitutive Modeling of High‑Entropy Alloys Across Length Scales to teachers and students of the School of Materials, which received an enthusiastic response.
