Inha University held the 2026 Inha Engineering Festival, where students shared their engineering design achievements and exchanged ideas with industry. The university announced on the 15th that it had held the 2026 Inha Engineering Festival on the 11th, featuring engineering competitions, achievement exhibitions, and career and employment support programs.
The Inha Engineering Festival began in 2013 and reached its 14th edition this year. The event develops students' creativity and practical competency through engineering competitions and achievement exhibitions.
This year's event was jointly hosted by the Inha Engineering Education Innovation Center, the Anchor Business Division, and the College of Engineering. The festival adopted the slogan "Next-IN" to signify the connection between the university, Incheon, and industry.
Notably, offshore wind energy companies participated, allowing students to experience technologies and trends from the industrial field.
The opening ceremony was attended by Inha University President Choi Ki-young, National Assembly Member Lee Hun-ki, Korean Engineering Accreditation Board Chairman Kim Woo-seung, Ørsted Korea CEO David Taeseung Yoo, Inha University Hospital Director Lee Taek, Inha University Alumni Association Chairman Kim Jong-woo, World Wind Energy Society Honorary Vice President Son Chung-yeol, and Windlake CEO Yun Jong-hwan.
The event featured congratulatory performances by Inha University's cheerleading team Aces and the Maritime Police Band, as well as a memorandum of understanding between Inha University, Ørsted Korea, and Windlake, and an Ørsted Korea scholarship awards ceremony.
26 Prototypes Submitted to Comprehensive Design Competition
The Inha Comprehensive Design Competition, where students showcased their design achievements, received 26 prototype submissions. Students demonstrated their engineering problem-solving abilities and creative ideas through prototypes they had conceived and manufactured themselves.
The achievement exhibition introduced booths from the general category of the comprehensive design competition, semiconductor field posters, first-semester award-winning works from multi-year research projects, award-winning works from the Inha Idea Competition and Inha Portfolio Competition, and recommended works from the Inha Architecture Exhibition.
Corporate booths included Ørsted Korea, Hanwha Ocean, Taihan, A-Pass, Newboltec, and Hydroforest. Companies participating in Inha University Hospital's open-type laboratory, including RK&D Med, Ogma, and Pistis, also participated.
On campus, the Secondary Battery Business Division, Secondary Battery Specialized University Project, IPP Dual Joint Training Center, Startup Support Division, and Bio-Specialized University Project participated and communicated with students.
Career and employment support programs included Hanwha Ocean new employee recruitment briefings, resume and interview workshops, job mentoring, secondary battery business division forums and briefings, and convergence lectures.
Pyun Seok-jun, director of the Inha Engineering Education Innovation Center, said: "With offshore wind energy companies and local institutions participating, students were able to experience technologies and trends from the industrial field and develop concrete career plans."
Inha University President Choi Ki-young said: "This was an opportunity to confirm students' creative ideas and technical capabilities and for the university, local community, and industry to share directions for nurturing future engineering talent. We will support students in communicating with the industrial field and developing their capacity for challenge and creativity."
KWI developer profile — Ørsted
2 projects in Korea totalling 1,470 MW. Compiled from the KWI database. Not part of the source article.
Incheon 1 Offshore Wind — this article
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Incheon 2 Offshore Wind — this article
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Project data: KWI database — Electricity Business Licence records, EIA filings (ME2025C009, ME2025C010), Electricity Regulatory Commission minutes, and pre-EBL permit filings.
Original Korean article: Incheon Today
English brief by Korea Wind Intelligence, koreawindintel.com
