2021 AJOU Valley Festa ONtact, a festival to promote the outcomes of cooperation between university and industry, was held with great success. With the participation of more than 6,000 people, the AJOU Valley Festa exhibition hall took place online from December 27 to 31, 2021 in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Hosted by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) and managed by the Ajou University Leaders in Industry-University Cooperation (LINC), Ajou University Business Incubation Center, and the Ajou University Center for University Education Innovation, the festival highlighted the notable achievements of university-industry cooperation over the past year.

A variety of programs were on offer for both members of the university family as well as partner businesses and the local community, including an exhibition on the major achievements of university-industry cooperation, notable cases of university-industry training and start-ups, an exhibition on what the Industrial Collaboration Center (ICC) and Regional Collaboration Center (RCC) have achieved, free consultation on legal, policy and patent matters, and corporate support for family businesses, seminars to enhance understanding of the 4th Industrial Revolution and businesses, and changes in the local community, meditation and humanities lectures to grant some mental rest for those exhausted from COVID-19 worries, and an event encouraging people to click ‘LIKE’ for their favorite exhibits. All exhibitions, events, and sessions were accessible via the online exhibition hall.

The award ceremony for the “2021 AJOU Valley AWARDS – University-Industry Cooperation Connecting Star” took place on the afternoon of December 30. The awards commend organizations, businesses, and faculty for their work in training on university-industry cooperation, cooperation with businesses, and local community contributions throughout the year, as well as departments that contribute to university-industry cooperation projects and effect direct results from working actively to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The Industry-university Cooperation Award for outstanding students in-field practices, capstone design, entrepreneurship training, and industry-university cooperation training was also granted. The presentation of achievements and the awards ceremony itself were streamed live through the online exhibition hall, with students able to participate via the video conferencing platform.

In his welcoming speech, President Park Hyung-ju stated, “Ajou University’s strength lies in intellectual capabilities in industry-university cooperation that resolves difficulties faced by businesses and local communities. […] This year, we achieved remarkable results, realizing more than 5 billion won in technology transfer revenue and ranking 2^nd in the proportion of students participating in the JoongAng Daily University Rankings’ assessment field practice.”

He added, “From our outstanding achievements over the years, we are continuing to move forward as a university that teaches well, conducts good research, solves social problems, and contributes to national growth through industry-university cooperation.”

Ajou University has promoted the LINC+ project in education, university-industry research, and local community contributions towards creating “AJOU Valley,” an innovative ecosystem of connected intellectual university-industry cooperation involving universities, businesses, and local communities working together and without boundaries. Despite challenges presented by the prolongation of COVID-19, new achievements have been seen in each field through domestic and international cooperation.

The online exhibition hall where AJOU Valley Festa ONtact was held will remain in operation even after the event to continuously promote the achievements of Ajou University’s industry-university cooperation.

# Go to Online Exhibition Hall ▶lincplusfesta.ajou.ac.kr

# Watch presentation of achievements and awards ceremony ▶https://youtu.be/6m2SuLxMcwA

Connecting Star Awards for Exemplary Affiliated Businesses

Connecting Star Awards for Exemplary Partners of Industry-university Cooperation

Industry-university Cooperation Award Ceremony for Students

<Award recipients>

Part 1. Industry-university Cooperation Connecting Star Presentation of Achievements – AJOU Valley Awards

[Exemplary Partners of Industry-university Cooperation]

▲Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) (President: Dr. Yoon Seok-jin) ▲Korea Industry Intelligentization Association (Chairman: Kim Tae-hwan) ▲Drone School International (CEO: Cho Hyeon-joon)

[Exemplary Affiliated Businesses]

▲Genesen (CEO: Lee Seong-ho) ▲United Digital Manufacturing Technology (UDMTEK) (CEO: Wang Gi-nam) ▲Kyulajen (CEO: Kim Dong-hoon) ▲Morai (CEO: Jeong Ji-won, Hong Joon) ▲S&D Powernics (CEO: Choi Seung-hee) ▲Panoptics (CEO: Kim Jang-seon) ▲A&K (CEO: Kim Jae-ho) ▲The.Wave.Talk (CEO: Kim Young-deok)

[Exemplary Faculty Contributors]

▲ICC Sector: Kim Sang-in (Electronic engineering) ▲ICC Sector: Song Bong-seop (Mechanical engineering) ▲ University-Industry Training Sector: Kim Young-ho (LINC+) ▲University-Industry Training Sector: Lee Kang-hyeon (LINC+) ▲ University-Industry Training Sector: Park Sa-hyeon (LINC+)

[Exemplary Staff Contributors]

▲Kim Dong-hyeon (Project Management office of AUT) ▲Kang Min-cheol (Industry-university Supporting Team of the Industry-university Cooperation Institute) ▲Choi Yeon-soo (Faculty Affairs Team of the Office of Academic Affairs)

[ONtact Industry-university Cooperation Contributors]

▲ Purchasing and Property Management Team [KHTC1]in the Office of General Affairs / Industry-university Purchasing Team [KHTC2]in the Industry-university Cooperation Foundation (contribution to the construction of infrastructure for contactless industry-university cooperation training and research), ▲ Industry-university Accounting Team [KHTC3]in the Industry-university Cooperation Foundation (contribution to construction of industry-university cooperation infrastructure, promotion of family membership system, improvement of project performance, including construction of ICC)

Part 2. Industry-university Cooperation Awards for Students

[2^nd Suwon Sustainable City UCC Contest]

▲Grand Prize: Design Room Fairies (Chae Soo-jeong and Kang Min-jeong) ▲Participation Prize: Yeorohaesalyi (Kim Ye-seul, Park Kyoung-jin, and Kim Sang-beom, Han Chang-hee ▲Participation Prize: Soji (Park So-min)

[2021 APC Programming Contest]

▲Grand Prize: Park Joo-hyeon and Han Sang-hyeok ▲ First Prize: Song Seon-woo and Lee Bong-hak ▲Excellence Prize: Jeon Min-gyu, Lee Chang-yeop, Park Hae-rim, Cho Woo-yeon, and Jeong Tae-gyu ▲Participation Prize: Kim Young-gil, Joo Jeong-ho, and Kim Gyu-hwan

[2021 Ajou University Deep Learning Challenge]

▲Grand Prize: Kim Hae-jin ▲ First Prize: Park Jong-hyeok ▲ Excellence Prize: Han Cheol-hwa, Sohn Ji-ah, Lee Dong-geon, Kim Hoe-min, Kim Tae-hong, and Yu Ju-won

[4^th Industry-university Cooperation Review Awards]

▲First Prize: Chae Jeong-woo and Hwang Hyeon-seok, Excellence Prize: Sim So-eun, Kim Yong-joon, and Jeong Jin-ah ▲Participation Prize: Choi Jae-wook, Lee June-soo, Kim Hae-bin, Jo Jeong-wang, and Kang Jin-woo

[15^th Field Training Review Contest]

▲Grand Prize: Lee Hae-rang ▲ First Prize: Lee Hae-jin, Park Jeong-seon, Maeng Hee-seon, and Shin Ye-ji ▲Excellence Prize: Oh Soo-bin, Sohn Min-jae, Ahn So-yeon, Goo Ji-eun, and Jeong Jae-yeop ▲ Participation Prize: Bae Soo-bin, Kang Byeong-soo, Lee Ji-yeop, Jang Jae-hyeok, Kim Kyu-ae, Jeong Jae-yeop[KHTC4], Kim Sae-hyeong, Sim So-eun, Lee Hyeon-woo, and Shin Ji-woo

[14^th Capstone Design Contest]

▲Grand Prize: AI Teacher (Lee Byeong-han, Kim Ji-hyeon, Song Sang-gyu, and Hwang Sang-min ▲ First Prize: DA (Song Ji-yeon, Goh Ye-joon, Woo Na-yeong, Lee Seung-hyeon, and Choi Jeong-min, 213(Seong Hyeon-ji and Cha Ha-eun ▲Excellence Prize: Sally (Seon Woo-chan, Kim Chang-hee, Ahn Seong-min, and Kwon Min-hoe), Together (Jeong Seok-hwa, Kim So-yi, Kim Joo-yoon, Lee Min-ha, and Jang Jae-wook), Mangjeong (Moon Ji-hyeon, Lee So-yeon, and Jeong Yoon-joo), FAT (Yeon Jeong-heun, Jeong Yeon-woo, Kim Da-san, and Jang Jae-hoon) ▲Participation Prize: Opinio (Shin Dong-hoon, Yoon Min-sang, Kim Young-woo, Lee Sang-woong, and Lee Yae-bin), Connect (Kim Dong-hyeon, Gong Min-jeong, Kim Hee-seung, Park Min-woo, and Soh Hyeon-young), Happiness and Justice Team (Lee Seung-hee, Kim Soo-bin, and Jeong Ah-ram), Princess Rapunzel of COVID-19 Kingdom Team (Yoon Jin-won, Hwang Ji-yeon, Kim Tae-joon, and Cho Jeong-ho), Haengseman Team (Ha Hyo-ryoung, Lee Ji-heon, and Park Joon-hyeon)

[5^th LINC+ Humanities & Social Studies Capstone Design Exhibition]

▲First Prize: Ajou Gosaeng (Yang Soo-jin, Kim Da-jeong, Lee Soo-yeon, and Lee Seul-bee), ▲ Excellence Prize: Mooncorngi 8Jo (Kim Gyeong-eun, BUI, THI HANH, and Kim Soo-hyeon) ▲Participation Prize: GRAVITY (Yoon Jeong-min, Kwon Hyeon-jin, Park Ga-eul, and Yoo Jeong-hyeon), Who is The Villain (Lee Chan, Jeong Ye-rim, Yu Jeong-soo), Ajou Taco (Yoon Ho-sang, Park Yong-won, and Shin Joon-seop)

[7^th LINC+ Entrepreneurship Idea Contest – Curricular Category]

▲First Prize: Sigma.i (Gong Min-tae and Ahn Ye-young) ▲Excellence Prize: Clustering Oil Fence (Lee Ho-joon), FORECO (Kim Ye-won, Jeong Se-won, TRAN THI QUYNHNHUT, Bae Geon-hee, Kang Min-seok, and Sohn Jeong-ho), Butterfly Effect (Seo Jeong-won, Park Eun-seong, Choi Gwang-hee, and Choi Woo-ho) ▲Participation Prize: Multicultural Family (Lee Joon-yeop, Jeong Rae-seong, Yeom Won-seop, and Lee Seung-yoon), Don’t Want to Buy! (Han Joo-hyeon), Oh My Jo (Kim Jin-hee, Han Soo-hyeon, Yoon Yeo-song, Hong Seong-pyo, and Moon Joon-hyeok), Kim Ee-hwang (Lee Jae-seok, Kim Geun-yeong, Kim Jong-chan, Lee Jeong-ah, and Hwang Shin-cheol), Inheritance (Heo Jin, Hyeon Soo-hwan, Quan Chuyan, Gwon Ye-jin)

[7^th LINC+ Entrepreneurship Idea Competition – Extracurricular Category]

▲Grand Prize: Nudge (Min Jeong-geun, Ryu Hyeon-jin, Ryu Chang-hyeon, Song Ah-young, and Jeong Il-joo) ▲First Prize: Hyangyoo (Seo Ji-yoon, Eom Yoo-jin, Yoon So-yeon, and Hwang Hyeon-ji) ▲Excellence Prize: R.A.D (Jang Hyeon-soo, Jang Young-il, and Choi Myeong-soo), Hada (Lee Seung-hyeon, Bang Jin-hyeok, Kang Seon-ho, and Lee Beom-soo) ▲Participation Prize: Dis-reality (Choi Seon, Kim Eun-seo, Kim Ye-jin, Jeong Min-ji, Seo Eui-soo, Yang Ji-min, and Kim Ye-eun), Kim Ri-hyeon (Kim Ri-hyeon and Jo Seong-ho), KTEEN (Kwon Ji-han, Kim Jin-won, and Song Young-beom), Couple: The (Baek Se-hee, Bae Mi-ran, Kim Yoo-eun, Park Jin-young, and Shin Eun-joo), Fork Fork (Cho Ye-jin, Kang Hae-won, Jang Hyo-taek, and Kang Tae-yoon)

2021 AJOU Valley Festa ONtact, a festival to promote the outcomes of cooperation between university and industry, was held with great success. With the participation of more than 6,000 people, the AJOU Valley Festa exhibition hall took place online from December 27 to 31, 2021 in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Hosted by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) and managed by the Ajou University Leaders in Industry-University Cooperation (LINC), Ajou University Business Incubation Center, and the Ajou University Center for University Education Innovation, the festival highlighted the notable achievements of university-industry cooperation over the past year.

A variety of programs were on offer for both members of the university family as well as partner businesses and the local community, including an exhibition on the major achievements of university-industry cooperation, notable cases of university-industry training and start-ups, an exhibition on what the Industrial Collaboration Center (ICC) and Regional Collaboration Center (RCC) have achieved, free consultation on legal, policy and patent matters, and corporate support for family businesses, seminars to enhance understanding of the 4th Industrial Revolution and businesses, and changes in the local community, meditation and humanities lectures to grant some mental rest for those exhausted from COVID-19 worries, and an event encouraging people to click ‘LIKE’ for their favorite exhibits. All exhibitions, events, and sessions were accessible via the online exhibition hall.

The award ceremony for the “2021 AJOU Valley AWARDS – University-Industry Cooperation Connecting Star” took place on the afternoon of December 30. The awards commend organizations, businesses, and faculty for their work in training on university-industry cooperation, cooperation with businesses, and local community contributions throughout the year, as well as departments that contribute to university-industry cooperation projects and effect direct results from working actively to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The Industry-university Cooperation Award for outstanding students in-field practices, capstone design, entrepreneurship training, and industry-university cooperation training was also granted. The presentation of achievements and the awards ceremony itself were streamed live through the online exhibition hall, with students able to participate via the video conferencing platform.

In his welcoming speech, President Park Hyung-ju stated, “Ajou University’s strength lies in intellectual capabilities in industry-university cooperation that resolves difficulties faced by businesses and local communities. […] This year, we achieved remarkable results, realizing more than 5 billion won in technology transfer revenue and ranking 2^nd in the proportion of students participating in the JoongAng Daily University Rankings’ assessment field practice.”

He added, “From our outstanding achievements over the years, we are continuing to move forward as a university that teaches well, conducts good research, solves social problems, and contributes to national growth through industry-university cooperation.”

Ajou University has promoted the LINC+ project in education, university-industry research, and local community contributions towards creating “AJOU Valley,” an innovative ecosystem of connected intellectual university-industry cooperation involving universities, businesses, and local communities working together and without boundaries. Despite challenges presented by the prolongation of COVID-19, new achievements have been seen in each field through domestic and international cooperation.

The online exhibition hall where AJOU Valley Festa ONtact was held will remain in operation even after the event to continuously promote the achievements of Ajou University’s industry-university cooperation.

# Go to Online Exhibition Hall ▶lincplusfesta.ajou.ac.kr

# Watch presentation of achievements and awards ceremony ▶https://youtu.be/6m2SuLxMcwA

Connecting Star Awards for Exemplary Affiliated Businesses

Connecting Star Awards for Exemplary Partners of Industry-university Cooperation

Industry-university Cooperation Award Ceremony for Students

<Award recipients>

Part 1. Industry-university Cooperation Connecting Star Presentation of Achievements – AJOU Valley Awards

[Exemplary Partners of Industry-university Cooperation]

▲Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) (President: Dr. Yoon Seok-jin) ▲Korea Industry Intelligentization Association (Chairman: Kim Tae-hwan) ▲Drone School International (CEO: Cho Hyeon-joon)

[Exemplary Affiliated Businesses]

▲Genesen (CEO: Lee Seong-ho) ▲United Digital Manufacturing Technology (UDMTEK) (CEO: Wang Gi-nam) ▲Kyulajen (CEO: Kim Dong-hoon) ▲Morai (CEO: Jeong Ji-won, Hong Joon) ▲S&D Powernics (CEO: Choi Seung-hee) ▲Panoptics (CEO: Kim Jang-seon) ▲A&K (CEO: Kim Jae-ho) ▲The.Wave.Talk (CEO: Kim Young-deok)

[Exemplary Faculty Contributors]

▲ICC Sector: Kim Sang-in (Electronic engineering) ▲ICC Sector: Song Bong-seop (Mechanical engineering) ▲ University-Industry Training Sector: Kim Young-ho (LINC+) ▲University-Industry Training Sector: Lee Kang-hyeon (LINC+) ▲ University-Industry Training Sector: Park Sa-hyeon (LINC+)

[Exemplary Staff Contributors]

▲Kim Dong-hyeon (Project Management office of AUT) ▲Kang Min-cheol (Industry-university Supporting Team of the Industry-university Cooperation Institute) ▲Choi Yeon-soo (Faculty Affairs Team of the Office of Academic Affairs)

[ONtact Industry-university Cooperation Contributors]

▲ Purchasing and Property Management Team in the Office of General Affairs / Industry-university Purchasing Team in the Industry-university Cooperation Foundation (contribution to the construction of infrastructure for contactless industry-university cooperation training and research), ▲ Industry-university Accounting Team in the Industry-university Cooperation Foundation (contribution to construction of industry-university cooperation infrastructure, promotion of family membership system, improvement of project performance, including construction of ICC)

Part 2. Industry-university Cooperation Awards for Students

[2^nd Suwon Sustainable City UCC Contest]

▲Grand Prize: Design Room Fairies (Chae Soo-jeong and Kang Min-jeong) ▲Participation Prize: Yeorohaesalyi (Kim Ye-seul, Park Kyoung-jin, and Kim Sang-beom, Han Chang-hee ▲Participation Prize: Soji (Park So-min)

[2021 APC Programming Contest]

▲Grand Prize: Park Joo-hyeon and Han Sang-hyeok ▲ First Prize: Song Seon-woo and Lee Bong-hak ▲Excellence Prize: Jeon Min-gyu, Lee Chang-yeop, Park Hae-rim, Cho Woo-yeon, and Jeong Tae-gyu ▲Participation Prize: Kim Young-gil, Joo Jeong-ho, and Kim Gyu-hwan

[2021 Ajou University Deep Learning Challenge]

▲Grand Prize: Kim Hae-jin ▲ First Prize: Park Jong-hyeok ▲ Excellence Prize: Han Cheol-hwa, Sohn Ji-ah, Lee Dong-geon, Kim Hoe-min, Kim Tae-hong, and Yu Ju-won

[4^th Industry-university Cooperation Review Awards]

▲First Prize: Chae Jeong-woo and Hwang Hyeon-seok, Excellence Prize: Sim So-eun, Kim Yong-joon, and Jeong Jin-ah ▲Participation Prize: Choi Jae-wook, Lee June-soo, Kim Hae-bin, Jo Jeong-wang, and Kang Jin-woo

[15^th Field Training Review Contest]

▲Grand Prize: Lee Hae-rang ▲ First Prize: Lee Hae-jin, Park Jeong-seon, Maeng Hee-seon, and Shin Ye-ji ▲Excellence Prize: Oh Soo-bin, Sohn Min-jae, Ahn So-yeon, Goo Ji-eun, and Jeong Jae-yeop ▲ Participation Prize: Bae Soo-bin, Kang Byeong-soo, Lee Ji-yeop, Jang Jae-hyeok, Kim Kyu-ae, Jeong Jae-yeop, Kim Sae-hyeong, Sim So-eun, Lee Hyeon-woo, and Shin Ji-woo

[14^th Capstone Design Contest]

▲Grand Prize: AI Teacher (Lee Byeong-han, Kim Ji-hyeon, Song Sang-gyu, and Hwang Sang-min ▲ First Prize: DA (Song Ji-yeon, Goh Ye-joon, Woo Na-yeong, Lee Seung-hyeon, and Choi Jeong-min, 213(Seong Hyeon-ji and Cha Ha-eun ▲Excellence Prize: Sally (Seon Woo-chan, Kim Chang-hee, Ahn Seong-min, and Kwon Min-hoe), Together (Jeong Seok-hwa, Kim So-yi, Kim Joo-yoon, Lee Min-ha, and Jang Jae-wook), Mangjeong (Moon Ji-hyeon, Lee So-yeon, and Jeong Yoon-joo), FAT (Yeon Jeong-heun, Jeong Yeon-woo, Kim Da-san, and Jang Jae-hoon) ▲Participation Prize: Opinio (Shin Dong-hoon, Yoon Min-sang, Kim Young-woo, Lee Sang-woong, and Lee Yae-bin), Connect (Kim Dong-hyeon, Gong Min-jeong, Kim Hee-seung, Park Min-woo, and Soh Hyeon-young), Happiness and Justice Team (Lee Seung-hee, Kim Soo-bin, and Jeong Ah-ram), Princess Rapunzel of COVID-19 Kingdom Team (Yoon Jin-won, Hwang Ji-yeon, Kim Tae-joon, and Cho Jeong-ho), Haengseman Team (Ha Hyo-ryoung, Lee Ji-heon, and Park Joon-hyeon)

[5^th LINC+ Humanities & Social Studies Capstone Design Exhibition]

▲First Prize: Ajou Gosaeng (Yang Soo-jin, Kim Da-jeong, Lee Soo-yeon, and Lee Seul-bee), ▲ Excellence Prize: Mooncorngi 8Jo (Kim Gyeong-eun, BUI, THI HANH, and Kim Soo-hyeon) ▲Participation Prize: GRAVITY (Yoon Jeong-min, Kwon Hyeon-jin, Park Ga-eul, and Yoo Jeong-hyeon), Who is The Villain (Lee Chan, Jeong Ye-rim, Yu Jeong-soo), Ajou Taco (Yoon Ho-sang, Park Yong-won, and Shin Joon-seop)

[7^th LINC+ Entrepreneurship Idea Contest – Curricular Category]

▲First Prize: Sigma.i (Gong Min-tae and Ahn Ye-young) ▲Excellence Prize: Clustering Oil Fence (Lee Ho-joon), FORECO (Kim Ye-won, Jeong Se-won, TRAN THI QUYNHNHUT, Bae Geon-hee, Kang Min-seok, and Sohn Jeong-ho), Butterfly Effect (Seo Jeong-won, Park Eun-seong, Choi Gwang-hee, and Choi Woo-ho) ▲Participation Prize: Multicultural Family (Lee Joon-yeop, Jeong Rae-seong, Yeom Won-seop, and Lee Seung-yoon), Don’t Want to Buy! (Han Joo-hyeon), Oh My Jo (Kim Jin-hee, Han Soo-hyeon, Yoon Yeo-song, Hong Seong-pyo, and Moon Joon-hyeok), Kim Ee-hwang (Lee Jae-seok, Kim Geun-yeong, Kim Jong-chan, Lee Jeong-ah, and Hwang Shin-cheol), Inheritance (Heo Jin, Hyeon Soo-hwan, Quan Chuyan, Gwon Ye-jin)

[7^th LINC+ Entrepreneurship Idea Competition – Extracurricular Category]

▲Grand Prize: Nudge (Min Jeong-geun, Ryu Hyeon-jin, Ryu Chang-hyeon, Song Ah-young, and Jeong Il-joo) ▲First Prize: Hyangyoo (Seo Ji-yoon, Eom Yoo-jin, Yoon So-yeon, and Hwang Hyeon-ji) ▲Excellence Prize: R.A.D (Jang Hyeon-soo, Jang Young-il, and Choi Myeong-soo), Hada (Lee Seung-hyeon, Bang Jin-hyeok, Kang Seon-ho, and Lee Beom-soo) ▲Participation Prize: Dis-reality (Choi Seon, Kim Eun-seo, Kim Ye-jin, Jeong Min-ji, Seo Eui-soo, Yang Ji-min, and Kim Ye-eun), Kim Ri-hyeon (Kim Ri-hyeon and Jo Seong-ho), KTEEN (Kwon Ji-han, Kim Jin-won, and Song Young-beom), Couple: The (Baek Se-hee, Bae Mi-ran, Kim Yoo-eun, Park Jin-young, and Shin Eun-joo), Fork Fork (Cho Ye-jin, Kang Hae-won, Jang Hyo-taek, and Kang Tae-yoon)