Purpose and History
A specialized structural testing center equipped with world-class facilities
and experimental equipment
Vision and Mission
Vision
A specialized structural testing center equipped with world-class facilities and experimental equipment
Mission
- Experimental facilities with maximized user-centered efficiency, convenience, and openness
- Construction technology R&D through industry-academia-research collaboration and facility sharing
- Cultivation of high-level construction technology personnel through the establishment of an On/Off-Line education system
- Establishment of education, research, and information infrastructure incorporating IT technology
Roles and functions
Experimental service
- Contract Experiment Services for National R&D Projects
- Experiment Services for Research Institutions and Industries
- Structural Performance Verification Experiment and Evaluation
- Batch Experiment Service
- Experiment D/B Service
Structural Experiment Cluster
- Establishment of a research cooperation system between industry, academia, and research institutes
- Joint use of facilities and experimental equipment
- Establishment of workforce and research infrastructure
- Technology cooperation and support
- Technology education and dissemination
Research
- Joint National and Private R&D Research
- Hybrid Experimental Techniques Research
- Construction-related patents and new technology development
- International joint research and development
Education
- Experimental training for undergraduate and graduate students
- Training for construction practitioners
- Future Construction Professional Education
- Professional Consulting
History
(Ministry of SMEs and Startups) Establishment of the Bachelor's
Program in Smart Social Infrastructure Maintenance
Professor Kwon Seung-hee inaugurated as the 3rd Center
Director
Establishment of Hystec-es Corporation
(Ministry of SMEs and Startups) Establishment of the Doctoral
Program in Smart Social Infrastructure Maintenance
(Ministry of Education) Selection for the 'Research Equipment
Establishment Support' project
(Ministry of Education) Selection for the 'Smart Social
Infrastructure Core Research Support Center' project
(Ministry of SMEs and Startups) Establishment of the Master's
Program in Smart Social Infrastructure Maintenance
Management
Professor Kim Cheol-young inaugurated as the 2nd Center
Director
Completion of the Construction Infrastructure Research
Building
Completion of the 20MN UTM Experiment Facility
(Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) Selection of the
'20MN Class Integrated Large Capacity UTM System Experiment
Facility' project
Acquired KOLAS International Accredited Testing Laboratory (KATS
KT503)
Joined the ILAC-MRA Mutual Recognition Agreement
Completion Ceremony for the Hybrid Structural Testing
Center
Professor Park Young-seok inaugurated as the 1st Center Director
Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Hybrid Structural Testing
Center
(Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) Selection of the
'Real-time Hybrid Multi-Degrees-of-Freedom Structural System
Experiment Facility' project