History
| 2000 | Established ‘Design Research Institute’ |
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| 2002 | Designated as a 'Center for Research Excellence' by the National Research Foundation of Korea (2002-2008, the first designation in the field of design) |
| 2006 | Selected as the 2nd stage of BK21 Support Projects from The Ministry of Education (Smart Home UID Project, 2006-2013) |
| 2008 | Hosted an international and joint design conference for Korean Society of Design Science, Ergonomics Society of Korea and Korean Society of Emotion and Sensibility |
| 2010 | Selected as KCI Candidated Journal by the National Research Foundation of Korea - ‘Journal of Integrated Design Research' |
| 2011 | Re-selected as the 'Center for Research Excellence' supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (2011-2020) |
| 2012 | Selected as Healthcare Service Design Development Program supported by Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy |
| 2013 | Selected as the 3rd stage of BK21plus Support Projects (Healthcare U-Service Design, 2013-2020) |
| 2014 | Conducted 2nd stage Research ‘Environment Based u-Healthcare Design (2014-2017) |
| 2015 | Awarded ‘Excellent Research’ by Ministry of Education – |
| 2015 | Journal of Integrated Design Research' was nominated as a KCI Accredited Journal by the National Research Foundation of Korea |
| 2017 | Conducted 3rd stage Research‘Service Oriented u-Healthcare Design (2017-2020) |
| 2019 | - Presidential Citation at the Korea Design Awards (Director of Design Research Institute) - Awarded ‘Excellent Research’ by Ministry of Education 2019 |
| 2020 | Selected as a 'Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute' supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (2020-2026) |
| 2021 | Selected a '2021 Journal publish support program' by the National Research Foundation of Korea |
| 2022 | Selected a '2022 Journal publish support program' by the National Research Foundation of Korea |
| 2023 | Continued supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (2023~2026) |
| 2023 | Selected a '2023 Journal publish support program' by the National Research Foundation of Korea |
