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SEM Co., Ltd. is Korea's leading energy material
company possessing technology for both research
institute development and product commercialization.

CEO

  • sem 정욱진 대표이사

    CEOChung, Wook-Jin

    • Career

      B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University

      Master of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, the United States

      Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, the State Univ. of New Jersey.

      BK21PLUS Program Responsibility (Ministry of Education)

      Director of the Institute of Energy and Environment University Center (Ministry of Education)

      Director of the Korea Institute of Clean Technology (Ministry of Commerce and Industry)

      Director of the Gyeonggi Regional Environmental Technology Development Center (Ministry of Environment)

      Professor of Energy Science and Technology, Myongji University

    • Research Experience

      Authored 134 SCI papers from 2010 to present.- 36 SCI papers related to Li research topics

      Registered both domestic and international patents- Li related Patents; 18 patents registered (two in the United States) and 25 patents applied (two in the United States)- Application and registration of domestic and international patents; A total of 100 domestic patents have been filed since 2002 (two U.S. patent applications), a total of 72 domestic patents registered (two U.S. patent registrations) Six lithium recovery research projects are in progress

      Six lithium recovery research projects are in progress

      Presentation of domestic and international conferences: 174 international conferences, 338 domestic conferences, and more than 100 research projects were conducted.

HEAD OFFICE AND FACTORY

  • Vice President / Factory Manager

    The head of a Korean Caprolacam Team

    Business feasibility review, project management of Caprolactam's second plant construction project (40,000 tons/year)

    Director of KCI Management Factory

    Design, construction, and commissioning of tertiary amine (nonhenylamine) commercial facilities (1,200 tons/year)

    Design and construction of fatty acid ester plant commercialization, commissioning (1,000 tons/year)

    Polyglycerin plant (6,000 tons/year) and Carverfall plant (600 tons/year) Commercial design and construction, commissioning

    Commercialization design and construction of MPC plants, commissioning (10 tons/year)

    Director of Daejin Precision Chemical Plant (currently PMC Biogenics)

    Fatty Acid Amide Factory Project Manager (1,500 tons/year)

    Vice President of Hans SNB

    2-EHG development and pyrotte facility construction, commissioning (30 tons/year)

  • Manager

    Hongik Univ Chemical Engineering Department, Production Management, Environmental and Customs Act Licensing Proceeds

Technical research institute

  • Head of The
    Research Team
    Membrane technology
    and separation process

    R&D Team Leader

    Authored 99 peer-reviewed SCI papers (H-Index: 37, i10-index: 82)

    More than 200 presentations in domestic and international conferences

    Principal investigator of four (4) NRF funded research projects

    20 accomplished domestic (18) and US patents.

    Patents for lithium recovery separation membrane from low-grade brine

    Patent for electrochemical lithium recovery technology

    Patent for ion-exchange membrane for lithium adsorption

    Patents for Lithium Carbonate production technology from spent batteries

    Patents for Lithium Hydroxide production technology from cathode materials

  • Researcher Metal Separation

    R&D Researcher

    Development of self-assembled adsorbent for recovering gold and silver ions

    Development of self-assembled adsorbents for platinum group recovery

  • Researcher Chemical Reaction

    R&D Researcher

    Development of Adsorbents for the Recovery of Rare Earths

    Development of Porous Adsorbents for Gold Ion Recovery

    High-temperature chemical reaction study