History

1978

CANESM(Computer Aided Net Shape Manufacturing lab) was established.

1. Faculty Service in the Institute
   - Assistant Professor, KAIST : Appointment on Sept.1, 1978 ( - Feb. 28, 1983)
   - Associate Professor, KAIST : Appointment on March.1, 1983 ( - Feb. 28, 1988)
   - Professor, KAIST : Appointment on March.1, 1988 ( - Present ) 

2. Other Experiences
   - Humboldt fellow, Metal Forming Institute, Stuttgart University, Stuttgart, Germany (March.1981-June.1982)
   - Technical Consultant to Korea Heavy Industrial Co. (March. 1986 - Feb. 1988 ) : Development of Large Forging    Products
   - Visiting Professor to Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris, Center for Materials Forming (CEMEF). (May dd1988 - March 1989)
   - Director on Board in Korean Society of Precision Engineers (1991 - 1997 )
   - Director on Board in Korean Society of Technology of Plasticity (1992 - 1999)
   - Member of Advisory Board for Government - Industry Mixture Project (1984 - 99 )
   - Member of Advisory Board for National Projects (Ministry of Science and Technology) (1986 -1988 )
   - Honorary or Members of International Conferences including ICTP (1987, 1993, 1996), ICDM (1990), ICMF (1996), NUMISHEET (1993, 1996)
   - President of National Research Group for Order-Adaptive Rapid Product Development System(1998 - present)
   - POSCO Professor of Mechanical Engineering(2002 - present)

3. Membership
   - Member, Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
   - Member, Korean Society of Technology of Plasticity
   - Member, Japan Society of Technology of Plasticity
   - Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
   - Member, Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
   - Member, Korean Society of Rheology
   - Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers
   - Member, CIRP
   - Member, Korean Society of Precision Engineers
   - Life Member, Korean Academy of Science and Technology

4. Honors and Awards
   (1) Outstanding Researcher Award Conferred by Ministry of Science and Technology(1984)
   (2) Baekam Best Paper Award in Production Engineering Conferred by KSME(1986)
   (3) Outstanding Paper Award by Korea Federation of Societies for Science and Technology(1994)
   (4) Research Achievement Award by KAIST(1998)
   (5) KAHUN Research Award by Korean Society of Precision Engineering(1998)
   (6) Strickland prize by IMechE(1999)
   (7) Sang woo prize by Korean Society of Technology of Plasticity(2003)
   (8) N/M Basic research Award, Center for Nanoscale Mechatronics & Manufacturing (2004)
   (9) Thatcher Bros prize, Instn Mech Engrs (2004)
   (10) Hignly Commended Award, Engineering Computations (2005)

2016 

•  Prof. Dong-Yol Yang retired
  since 1978, 57 PhDs and 92 Masters have been advised by Professor Dong-Yol YANG.
  They have played as leaders for industry, research institute, academia, government, and society.

•  Prof. Jeong Whan Yoon started his professorship at KASIT, who is also professor at Deakin university in Australia