Hui-suk Yun

ICACC ’23 Plenary Speaker

Hui-suk Yun is the head of the Department of Advanced Biomaterials Research at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) and a professor at the University of Science & Technology (UST) in the Department of Materials Science. Furthermore, she is working for the Korea government as a deliberative council member on the Presidential Advisory Council of Science and Technology. She is also an advisory committee member for the Ministry of Science and ICT and a medical devices committee member for the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.

Yun holds a Ph. D. in Materials Science Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan. She completed her post-doctoral research at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, Japan) and then began working as a lecturer at the Consolidated Research Institute for Advanced Science and Medical Care at Waseda University, Japan. Her research interests include bioceramics in tissue engineering, mesoporous materials, and technologies for ceramic additive manufacturing, including materials, processes, and systems.

Yun has 37 domestic patents, 6 international patents, and has published over 70 SCI papers. She has also written 6 technology transfer contracts relating to ceramic additive manufacturing. Yun has received many honors, such as the best performance award of running royalty from the Korean Intellectual Property Office, in 2021, the 2021 Global Ambassador Award and 2020 ECD Jubilee Global Diversity Award from The American Ceramic Society, the 100 Most Distinguished Researchers Achievement from the Ministry of Science and ICT, and the World’s Top Technology Prize from the Korea Institute of Materials Science.

Title: New challenges for ceramic additive manufacturing

Abstract: Additive manufacturing (AM) is a fabrication process that uses digital information from a computer-aided design file to stack 2D layers of various materials to produce a 3D object, without requiring any part-specific tooling. AM technologies have attracted significant attention in various fields such as medicine, automotive, aerospace, electronics, and other industrial applications. However, the market for ceramic AM is still significantly smaller compared with metals or polymers because there are still technological barriers that limit its adoption. Despite this, ceramic AM is expected to see dramatic market growth, with an expected market value of $4.8 billion by 2030 (SmarTech Analysis) because ceramic AM may eliminate many of the disadvantages associated with traditional ceramic forming techniques. Since 2006, our research group has developed two unique technologies: a multi-ceramic AM technology based on stereolithography including a unique AM system and ceramic AM process without sintering, based on material extrusion. Furthermore, our group has tried to identify the need for ceramic AM based on our new technologies through collaboration with various industrial companies. We believe that these new technologies may provide big turning point not only to overcome limitation of traditional ceramic form process but also to enlarge the market for ceramic AM.