Partners to conduct cooperative research, support research activities on sustainable solutions and promote STEM education
Syensqo has renewed the partnership with Ewha Womans University in South Korea, existing prior to the demerger of the company from the Solvay group. The cooperation in collaborative research, the support to the next generations of female scientists as well as the business activities in the research center established in Ewha’s University-Industry Cooperation Building will be carried on under the Syensqo brand name, after 10 years of fruitful collaboration with Solvay.
The R&I center in Seoul employs 60 scientists. Syensqo’s ambition to be the prime innovation partner of its customers clearly benefits from this world-class R&I center and unique partnership with the university, to serve Asia’s fast-growing battery, electronics and car markets.
On top of that, Syensqo will carry on contributing to the university-industry cooperation to support scholarships for highly talented women, as well as Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) joint activities. R&D grants pursuing innovation and new technologies that benefit future development of sustainable technologies will be awarded for joint research activities between Ewha and Syensqo.
“I am very proud of Syensqo’s valuable partnership with Ewha. In the last 10 years, the Research & Innovation center has helped put the Group in a prime position to work closely with key Asian customers and universities. Moreover, scholarships and STEM activities will be dedicated to further support scientific education for women in Korea. We intend to invest in training employees and to provide state-of-the-art infrastructure and enhance laboratory competency to be presented as a role model of academic-industry cooperation.”
Over the past decade, Ewha and Solvay/Syensqo have embarked on 13 joint research projects, including pioneering initiatives involving Artificial Intelligence. The Ewha-Syensqo Research Center has invested over 2.8 million EUR in research funding, supporting 11 professors from diverse fields such as chemical nanotechnology, chemical engineering, architecture, environmental engineering, and management.
In addition to advancing research, Syensqo has demonstrated a strong commitment to nurturing female leaders in science and technology and has also awarded over 1.7 million EUR in scholarships to 63 students at Ewha Womans University.
"Ewha Womans University and Syensqo's partnership symbolizes our shared vision for innovation, education, and gender equality in science. Together, we are paving the way for groundbreaking discoveries and empowering future generations of female scientists."
Syensqo is a science company developing groundbreaking solutions that enhance the way we live, work, travel and play. Inspired by the scientific councils which Ernest Solvay initiated in 1911, we bring great minds together to push the limits of science and innovation for the benefit of our customers, with a diverse, global team of more than 13,000 associates in 30 countries.
Our solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices and health care applications. Our innovation power enables us to deliver on the ambition of a circular economy and explore breakthrough technologies that advance humanity.
Learn more at www.syensqo.com.
Ewha Womans University was founded in 1886 with the educational spirit to modernize women’s education, expand educational opportunities and create a harmonized society by nurturing female leaders, by aiming for a creative and innovative platform leading to a sustainable society.
Learn more at https://www.ewha.ac.kr/ewhaen/index.do