Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) professor Choe Won-ho, proper, receives the 2025 Ok-T Rie Award from Asian-European Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering Chairman Masafumi Ito throughout a ceremony in this handout photograph launched Friday. Courtesy of KAIST
KAIST professor Choe Won-ho / Courtesy of KAIST
Choe Won-ho, a professor in the KAIST Nuclear and Quantum Engineering Department, was chosen because the winner the 2025 Ok-T Rie Award, one of the vital prestigious recognitions in the sector of utilized plasma science.
Choe gained the honour offered by the Asian-European Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering (AEPSE), a global convention the place the areas’ top specialists share their newest updates in plasma floor engineering, KAIST mentioned Friday.
The Ok-T Rie Award was established in 2015 to honor the achievements of professor Rie Kyong-tschong, a famend Korean scholar in plasma floor engineering who labored in Germany. The biennial award is offered to a global researcher who has made excellent contributions to the development of utilized plasma science and engineering.
Choe is acknowledged internationally for his analysis on the bodily and chemical adjustments that happen on the plasma-liquid interface. He developed plasma imaging diagnostics, a way that permits real-time remark of plasma reactive species technology and vitality switch processes, which earned him excessive tutorial reward.
Based on this analysis, Choe based Plasmapp, a Kosdaq-listed firm that has commercialized plasma sterilizers and bio-plasma merchandise.
He additionally expanded plasma purposes into area exploration by establishing Cosmo Bee, a startup creating plasma-based Hall thrusters. The firm developed a dice satellite tv for pc outfitted with its plasma Hall thruster and the satellite tv for pc was loaded on the Nuri rocket which succeeded in its fourth launch on Nov. 27.
He was the chief organizer for AEPSE 2023 because the chair of the Asian Joint Committee on Applied Plasma Science and Technology. He is about to imagine the presidency of the Association of Asia-Pacific Physical Societies Division of Plasma Physics from 2026 to 2027.
“Winning the K-T Rie Award is a great honor, and it demonstrates the global competitiveness of plasma research in Korea,” Choe mentioned. “The achievement was made possible by KAIST’s research environment, and I will continue working to advance plasma science and broaden its applications.”