전주기전대학 혁신융합캠퍼스사업단(RISE사업단 공동협업)은 23일 베스트웨스턴 군산호텔에서 열린 ‘전북 새만금 이차전지 지속가능 발전 포럼’에 참여해 지역 이차전지 산업의 미래전략 논의에 동참했다고 밝혔다.

이번 포럼은 전북탄소중립순환경제협회, 군산대학교, RIS에너지신산업사업단 등 9개 기관이 주최·주관하고 전북특별자치도, 새만금개발청, 군산시 등 10개 기관이 참여한 협력 행사로 진행됐다.

행사에서는 전주기전대 이차전지소재부품과 1학년 은지오 학생이 교내 대표로 참석해 전북탄소중립순환경제협회로부터 표창장과 장학금을 받았다. 전주기전대 학생이 지역 이차전지 관련 공식 행사에서 장학증서를 받은 첫 사례로, 산학협력 기반 지역특화 인재양성 성과로 평가된다고 대학 측은 설명했다.

조현진 학과장은 “학업 태도와 실습 참여도가 뛰어난 학생”이라며 “대학의 이차전지 전문인력 양성 교육이 자리잡고 있음을 보여주는 지표”라고 말했다. 조덕현 사업단장은 “현장 중심 교육의 성과”라며 “전북 이차전지 산업을 이끌 인재 양성을 위해 산학연 협력을 강화하겠다”고 밝혔다.

The Innovation Convergence Campus Project Team at Jeonju Institute of Technology (RISE Project Team Collaboration) announced on the 23rd that they participated in the 'Jeonbuk Saemangeum Secondary Battery Sustainable Development Forum' held at the Best Western Gunsan Hotel to discuss the future strategies of the regional secondary battery industry.

The forum was organized and hosted by nine organizations including the Jeonbuk Carbon Neutral Circular Economy Association, Gunsan University, and the RIS Energy New Industry Project Team, with the participation of ten organizations including Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province, Saemangeum Development Agency, and Gunsan City.

At the event, a first-year student, Eun Ji-oh, from the Secondary Battery Materials and Parts Department at Jeonju Institute of Technology, attended as the school's representative and received a commendation certificate and scholarship from the Jeonbuk Carbon Neutral Circular Economy Association. This was the first case of a student from Jeonju Institute of Technology receiving a scholarship certificate at an official event related to the local secondary battery industry, and the university explained that it was evaluated as an achievement in cultivating specialized talents for regional industrial-academic cooperation.

Department head Cho Hyun-jin described the student as having "excellent academic attitude and participation in practical training," stating that it is an indicator that the university's education in cultivating secondary battery professionals is taking root. Director Cho Deok-hyun stated, "This is the result of field-oriented education," and expressed, "We will strengthen industry-academic cooperation to cultivate talents who will lead the secondary battery industry in Jeonbuk."