Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Department of Architectural Engineering students formed two teams and won awards at the ‘2023 National Concrete Technology Competition,’ jointly organized by the Korean Concrete Institute and the Korea Construction Living Environment Testing & Research Institute, and hosted by the Korea Ready-Mixed Concrete Industry Cooperative Federation.

At the 30th edition of the competition, the JBNU Department of Architectural Engineering's two teams that entered the student division of the Quality category both received awards. With this, they have been listed among the awardees nine times to date, demonstrating top competitiveness in this field.

In this competition, which judged economical yet novel concrete mix technologies, the ‘지존이조’ team—강지존·김성현·노승환·노유진·신예빈·정승혁 (advisor: 소승영, Department of Architectural Engineering)—received the Director's Award of the Korea Agency for Technology and Standards, equivalent to second place.

Also, the ‘하이콘’ team—김진욱·라용채·서종찬·손홍찬·이하영·조준현·한승일 (advisor: 장홍석, Bioactive Material Innovation Talent Nurturing Project Group)—received the President's Award of the Korean Concrete Institute, equivalent to third place.

The JBNU Department of Architectural Engineering teams were highly praised by the judges for achieving high flowability and strength in the concrete, as well as excellent accuracy and precision.