The KIMS-IMR Workshop on Advanced Materials 2008 was held at IMR on May 30.

During the opening session, Prof. Huiming Cheng, Deputy Director of IMR and Prof. Hak-Min Kim, President of KIMS gave welcome addresses and greetings to the scientists from both sides, and hoped IMR and KIMS would strengthen cooperation on materials sciences and engineering through this workshop. About 40 participants were present in the workshop, including 9 scientists from KIMS and one official from The Ministry of Knowledge Economy of Korea. A total of 14 papers were presented in the workshop, including superalloys, Mg alloys, magnetic nanocapsules，bioactive coating，textile reinforced MMC，process modelling，corrosion and protection.

In additional, General Collaborative Agreement between IMR and KIMS was signed by Prof. Ke Lu, Director of IMR and Prof. Hak-Min Kim, President of KIMS in MOST Beijing on May 29, 2008.