The 2012 POSTECH Commencement Ceremony takes place at 11 A.M. on Feb. 15 in the POSTECH Gymnasium. Special guests such as President Yongmin Kim, Chairman of the Board Joon-yang Chung, and other dignified guests are invited to congratulate 702 graduates on this honorable day.The student procession starts at 10:40 A.M., and the main ceremony begins at 11 A.M., and will proceed in the following order: the pledge of allegiance, report on academic affairs, commencement address by the President, complimentary address by the chairman of the board, conferral of degrees, honors and awards, student addr

Professor Jung Ho Je (MSE) and Research Assistant Professor Byung Mook Weon (MSE) discovered why coffee marks remain in a ring. Colloidal particles suspended in a fluid usually inhibit complete wetting of the fluid on a solid surface and cause pinning of the contact line, known as self-pinning. The research team showed difference in spreading and drying behaviors of pure and colloidal droplets using optical and confocal imaging methods. The study showed that the difference comes from the spreading inhibition by colloids. By tracking individual colloids near the contact lines of evaporating col

Like Parkinson’s, Lou Gehrig’s, and Alz-heimer’s, the Huntington’s disease is a typical degenerative cranial nerve disorder that affects five to ten of every 10,000 people. Huntington’s disease has symptoms like chorea, psychiatric symptom, dementia, and is well known as a non-treatable disease. However, a treatment for this Huntington’s disease was developed by a research team at POSTECH. Using trehalose, a disaccharide that exists in nature, and independently developed technology about drug delivery vector, the research team of Professor Emeritus Sung-Kee Chung (CHEM) and team of Prof. Kyong

Professor Seung Hwan Kim of the Departemnt of Phy-sics was appointed as the 13th pre-sident of the Korea Brain Re-search Associa-tion in 2013. The Korea Brain Re-search Association was established in 1998 to promote and invigorate brain research in Korea. It was established by ten academies, including the Korean Society for Brain and Neural Science, the Korean Society for Computational Neuroscience, the Korean Society for Brain Engineering, and the Korean Society for Cognitive Science.By cooperation among societies, the Korea Brain Association has popularized brain research through various ini

Professor Barlat of the department of Graduate Insti-tute of Ferrous Technology was awarded the 2013 Khan International Medal for his outstanding contributions to the field of Plasticity. This award is given by the International Journal of Plasticity (IJP) conference to an individual based on both the quality and quantity of his or her achievement, along with the number of citations it generates. IJP is considered the most authoritative symposium in this area of study.Remarkably, this is the first time for an individual from a domestic institution to win this prize. Also, Prof. Barlat was unan

On Jan. 2, Professor Wan Kyun Chung of the Department of Mechanical Engineering was appointed as the president of the Korea Robotics Society (KROS). The Korea Robotics Society is a representative robotics society, established in 2003 for information interchanges and academic activities of robots and robotics in Korea.This society has held “International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence,” published academic journals such as Robot and Human, and promoted academic-industrial cooperation.Prof. Chung said, “although I feel a heavy sense of responsibility, I will put forth my

Professor Gyoo Yeol Jung (CE), Dr. Sang Woo Seo (IBIO), and Jina Yang (CE Ph.D candidate) developed arti-ficial “Ribo-switch” that ma-kes microorga-nisms evolve artificially. Terrestial life forms have had “Riboswitch” that could make them adjust to the surroundings by sensing specific compounds and controlling gene expression. In addition, the research team announced the evolutive technology that makes selective exaptation possible to produce desired materials. This technology could be applied to medicine and medical supplies, biofuels, biomaterials, and petrochemicals. Prof. Jung emphasized,

Thanks to the continuous fund donations, POSTECH is expected to thrive in the upcoming years. A total of 2.8 billion KRW has been donated during Dec in 2012 to Feb in 2013, which will be used to invest in the university’s development and educational environment. POSCO ENERGY donated one billion KRW, while POSCO Engineering and Construction donated eight hundred million KRW. Including these two companies as well as several others, such as POSCO CHEMTECH, POSCO M-TECH, POSCO P& S, and POSCO ICT, a total of 2.7 billion KRW was donated. Furthermore, POSTECH Corporate Mutual Investment Companies su

POSTECH promotes “World-leading University Initiative” to be a leading university in the world from 2013. Among other things, the initiative will convert top-down management, in which departments follow the universal development plans of POSTECH, to bottom-up management, in which departments suggest development plans of POSTECH. This change is expected to allow each department flexibility in dealing with characteristics unique to the department and increase overall efficiency. The core of the World-leading University Initiative is based on support systems developed by evaluating plans of depar

The opening ceremony of Tae-Joon park Institute is held in the lobby of the Tae-Joon park Digital Library on Feb. 15. The ceremony proceeds in a following order: Opening Ceremony, Signboard Hanging Ceremony, Institute Tour, Tae-Joon Park Memorial Hall Tour, and Visit to Tae-Joon Park Statue in the Nobel Garden. Chairman Joon-yang Chung, President Yongmin Kim, Mrs. Ok-ja Jang, dignitaries and various POSTECH members are invited to the ceremony to celebrate the opening of Tae-Joon Park Institute. Tae-Joon Park is the late founding chairman of POSTECH, whose visionary thoughts and philosophies on

To whom it may concern:It is a great pleasure for me to write this letter to express my sincere support for new graduates who are about to drop anchor for a mysterious voyage. I believe they are now armed with strong competence for the new journey. They have completed laborious course works and grown through discussions with friends and professors at the university. Thus, I strongly recommend them to be members of your society. Looking back over those years they have spent at the ivory tower and feeling that they are ready to set a novel sail to an unknown world, they may be proud of themselve

From the perspective of a 2013 POSTECH graduate, university is an important period that will never come back. It is the borderline between schools, a strictly scheduled life, and the society, a life composed of freedom. University is like a gas station on a highway, where you can take a rest and practice how to survive in the society that you will live for the rest of your life.Life of college can be expressed in three words, “on your own.” Unlike the strictly scheduled life provided by schools, private academies, and parents, there is no one next to you anymore in college to provide your sche

No one disputes that firms have to make organizational changes when the business environment demands them. But the idea that a firm might want change for its own sake often provokes skepticism. Why inflict all that pain if you don’t have to?A famous journal, Harvard Business Review, introduced an interesting article on changes for a successful business firm. The article suggested that change for change’s sake can be a necessary evil because the internal environment demands a response, even if the external environment is not changing in ways that do.Tempting offer as it is, it is not too much t

From Nov. 2012, POSTECH has enforced a spatial allocation policy on managing campus space to propel redistribution and the efficient management of this university resource. The policy is based on the public concept of using space and the principle of maximum benefit. Having been discussed and reported since 2008, the spatial allocation principle has been implemented since 2012. According to the policy, the university is in charge of supervising charged space as well as free allocated space. Free allocated space is classified as educational space, research space, administration basic space and

Nam Woo Yi (ME M.S.-Ph.D. integrated course) was elected as the 2nd student president of graduate school for 2013 on Jan. 3. The Postech Times reporter asked him online what Postechians are curious about.1.The election of student president graduate school was delayed due an absence of candidates. First of all, thanks for your attention to the Graduate Students Association (GSA). I participated in GSA last year as an executive member and saw many possibilities. For that reason, I wanted to support GSA works as an executive member of GSA this year just like last year even though I need to focus

When Postechians registered for the next spring semester, freshmen and sophomores stuck it to POSTECH Leadership Center on Facebook. They would say, “we could not graduate on time because of ABC.” The Activity Based general education Curriculum (ABC) is implemented by POSTECH Leadership Center to provide whole-person education by complementing the existing major and HASS(Integrated Humanities and Social Science Program in POSTECH) in 2011. The object of ABC is for Postechians to foster their abilities of liberal humanity, culture, and leadership. So, ABC has emphasized the positive participati

29 POSTECH students took up the challenge to volunteer for three weeks at schools in Ethiopia. What did they teach and what did they learn?From Jan. 12 to Feb. 2, POSTECH students volunteered as teachers at schools in Ethiopia. This three week projects kicked off based on the idea of “We share the future,” which encouraged students to learn about the humanity of humans and equipped them with the right sprit so that they can lead the future global world through sharing and volunteering. The project was conducted with the help of COPION, INC., an non-profit and non-governmental organization, and

‘‘‘Teacher, please don’t go.’ were the last words that the Ethiopians cried out, wiping their tears while trailing along our vehicle’s pathway.” said Lee Dagam (CE M.S.-Ph.D integrated), a team leader. During community service, students often believe that they are the only ones providing the deeds. However, Lee felt that she was the one who had learned more from the students.The community service was performed in two schools, Vera School and Deya Elementary School. Postechians were divided into two groups so that each group could teach at one school and swap after about ten days. For each scho

On Jan.3, the Food Service, and Undergraduate Student Association organized a survey to evaluate leased stores in POSTECH for the year 2012. There were a total of nine targeted leased stores, including Burger King, Kyobo Internet Bookstore, Woori Bank, Stationery Store, POSTECH Souvenir Shop, Optical Shop, Laundry, Printing Station (CheongRamSa), and the Travel Agency. The poll asked the members of POSTECH to evaluate the leased stores in the categories of friendliness of the employees, appropriateness of price, quality of the product, and the environment of the store. For each category, the t

2012학년도 학위수여식이 702명의 졸업생과 김용민 총장, 정준양 이사장, 학부모를 비롯한 교내외 인사가 참석한 가운데 오늘(15일) 오전 11시 체육관에서 거행된다.오전 11시에 개식선언을 시작으로 국민의례, 학사보고, 김용민 총장의 식사, 정준양 이사장의 치사, 축가, 학위수여, 성적우수자 상장 및 메달 수여, 졸업사 및 교가제창의 순으로 진행된다. 그리고 오후 1시부터는 각 학과별로 졸업장 수여 및 축하연이 열린다. 올해로 24회째인 학위수여식에는 학사 286명, 석사 192명, 박사 224명 등 총 702명이 학위를 받는다. 학사과정 수석의 영광은 심지현(생명 09) 동문에게 돌아갔다. 심 학우는 평점평균 4.18점(4.3점 만점)으로 역대 최우수 평점인 4.21에 조금 못 미치지만 매우 우수한 성적으로 전체 수석을 차지했다.학사 졸업자는 이학사 86명, 공학사 200명이었으며, 석사 졸업자는 이학석사 33명, 공학석사 159명이었다. 박사 졸업자는 이학박사 73명, 공학박사 151명이었다. 더불어 학사 졸업자 중 복수전공자가 15명, 부전공 이수자가 5명이었다.최우수 박사학위논문 발표자에게 시상하는 ‘정성기 논문상’(이학 분야)과 ‘장근수 논문상’