The CEO of the company, which achieved mass sales growth, donated to the university to express his gratitude for the technology of his alma mater and advisor. The professor also donated to help develop his former university.

Representative Lee Hong-Gi (male, 56 years old) of Hanmak IPS, which mainly produces parking control devices and an image recognition system, and Professor Kim Jin-Ho of the Electronic Engineering Department of Kyungil University, visited the president’s office of KIU on July 20. Not only the representative, but the professor aloso donated 30 million won and 10 million won, respectively.

After graduating from the Department of Electronic Engineering at KIU in 1987 and setting up Hanmak ENG, the representative Lee has been engaged in R & D with professor Kim through industry-academia cooperation.

The parking control system is equipped with the automatic number recognition technology developed by Professor Kim is commercialized at public institutions such as Incheon International Airport, Yeungnam University, Kyungpook University Hospital, and is being exported to China and Malaysia. As a result, the sales of the company has grown by more than 50% each year.

In recent years, Professor Kim's "CCTV face detection technology for road crime prevention" is ready to be commercialized, which is expected to contribute to sales growth.

Representative Lee has been making the best practices for sales growth and job creation through industrial-university cooperation. Moreover, he decided to donate after thinking of a way to contribute more to the university. Mr. Lee and Kim had a commitment for 30 million won and 10 million won each.

Lee said, "If there was no help from KIU and Professor Kim, I would not have a current IT professional company, Hanmak IPS. I always wanted to help my alma mater like a mother who cheers me in the back.“

Professor Kim said, "I am happy to watch the growth of our alumni companies and donate together. I feel proud of what we did. I will help and commit for Hanmakto be an international lT corporation."

The president of KIU, Hyun-Tae Chung, said, "The university has helped the economy by providing technology to the companies, and they are contributing to society by an increase in sales and providing jobs, a structure that helps society and the university. KIU will use the donation to begin industry-academia cooperation.