Hanyang University Fusion Technology Center

Fusion Technology Center (FTC) is a building for research on "fusion technologies" in

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. It was constructed under the sponsorship of the city of

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and

Hanyang University Hanyang University (Korean: 한양대학교) is a private research university in South Korea. The main campus is located in Seoul and its satellite campus, the Education Research Industry Cluster (ERICA campus), is in Ansan. ''Hanyang'' (한양, ...

. The headquarters of Asian Research Network is in this center. In January 2009,

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, the former

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visited this building to encourage researchers.

Building

It was constructed for research institutes and education with 13 floors : B2~11F. The features of this building are focused on research. There are spaces for a research group office, seminar rooms, and experimental equipment. Also, this building is connected to the Annex of Engineering Center of

with a

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. A

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for special devices is located on 2F. The building is located in the

campus,

Notable research institutes in FTC

* Asian Research Network ** RIKEN *

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research organization **

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** Hynix * Specialized Research Lab of DAPA Korea (Defense Acquisition Program Administration) * Institute of Nano Science & Technology(INST) – UT-Dallas/Texas Fusion Center and there are many research institutes and laboratories.

Next generation Memory Education-Research-Industry Co-research Center

In 2009, this center was founded by

and Hynix. Research field is STT-MRAM(Spin Transfer Torque – Magnetic Random Access Memory), one of the powerful candidate for next generation non-volatile memory. It has 300mm scale semiconductor manufacturing devices, which is the second constructed in worldwide university.“Co-research center for next generation memory was founded”
– Yonhap news, 2009-11-26 (Korean)

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* {{authority control Research institutes in South Korea Buildings and structures in Seoul

Building

Notable research institutes in FTC

Next generation Memory Education-Research-Industry Co-research Center

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