KERI Appoints Kang Sang-hee as New President... "Leap Forward as National Power Policy Think Tank"
Published2026.10.01 16:28
Advancing National Power Grid Integrated Analysis Platform·Promoting AI-Based Power Grid Innovation
Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has appointed Kang Sang-hee, former professor at Myongji University, as its 16th President, and is strengthening national power policy research capabilities.
KERI held the inaugural ceremony for newly appointed President Kang Sang-hee at the grand auditorium of its headquarters in Changwon on the 1st and announced the official start of his term.
President Kang presented "leap forward as a core think tank for national power policy" as a management objective in his inaugural address, and stated that he would strengthen the role of an objective and trusted research institution amid energy transition and changing power supply and demand environments.
To this end, the newly appointed president presented key tasks including △advancing the national power grid integrated analysis platform △promoting intelligent power grid innovation based on digital transformation (DX) and AI transformation (AX) △expanding 8GVA-class high-power testing infrastructure.
Cultivating Core Technologies in Power Grid and Power Semiconductors
President Kang explained the institute's core objectives into three categories: "things that must be done well," "things that can be done well," and "things that need to be done better."
He announced plans to advance the national power grid integrated analysis platform to strengthen power policy support functions and focus on securing strategic technologies such as electrical medical devices, power semiconductors, electric mobility, and secondary batteries.
Additionally, he announced plans to expand international collaborative research with major countries including Europe, North America, and China, and to promote AI-based power grid innovation.
Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Research-Focused Environment
President Kang stated that he would leverage the recent reorganization of the project-based system (PBS) and administrative specialization policies as an opportunity to enhance research engagement.
He also presented a plan to establish a "regional-industry-academia (Jizan-hak) collaboration platform" linking regional organizations in Ansan, Uiwang, and Gwangju with the Changwon headquarters to connect regional research capabilities and industrial ecosystems.
President Kang Sang-hee graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Seoul National University and earned master's and doctoral degrees from the same university's graduate school. After being appointed as a professor at Myongji University in 1994, he conducted research in power system automation and protection, and served as the director of the Korea Electric Power Corporation's energy hub university cluster project.
The newly appointed president's term runs for three years from September 29, 2026 to September 28, 2029.
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