Professor Junghwan Kook received the Best Performance Award at the 2025 RISE Industry–Academia Collaboration Program Performance Sharing Event on February 9, 2026. 

Professor Junghwan Kook received  a Certificate of Commendation at the 2026 GNU RISE Shared Growth Plus Festival. 

Jaewan Lee has been appointed as the new Lab Leader, and Seongmin Kim has been appointed as the Lab Administrator. 

Members of the NAVL attended an invited seminar by Associate Professor Jin Hyun Chang (DTU), a leading researcher in AI-based materials design and digital twin technologies for nuclear and energy systems.