The inauguration ceremony of the new president, Doh-Yeon Kim, took place at the POSTECH Auditorium at 11 a.m. on Sep. 1. Many honorable guests, including the POSTECH Chairman Kwon Oh-joon, Pohang City Mayor Lee Kang-duk, SNU President SUNG Nak-in, and National Research Foundation of Korea President Chung Min Keun, attended the ceremony. After the opening remarks, those in attendance recited the pledge of allegiance. This was followed by an introduction of the president, and addresses by attendees.In the inaugural address, President Doh-Yeon Kim claimed that POSTECH is to become a “flagship” un

The POSTECH Tae-Jun Park Future Strategic Laboratory held the awards presentation of “2015 Under/post Graduate Essay Contest” from Apr. 1 to May 31 at the POSCO International Center. This contest drew particularly high participation, receiving applications from 53 Korean universities and 57 foreign universities (179 students), including Tunisia University, Tilburg University, and Hanoi University. written by 5th year students, Yu-jin Park and Yun-jung Park, who both major in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Ihwa Woman University, and

For three days, participants are intensely showing off their ideas and abilities to make new games.

Professors Doh Jun Sang (ME) and Lee Jin Woo (CE) developed a new pregnancy diagnosis kit. Diagnosis of highly sensitive diseases requires much time and special instruments, making it difficult to do in an emergency. The principle of the pregnancy diagnosis kit overcomes the problem by applying the same principle as traditional pregnancy tests: when a certain molecular reacts with gold, two lines appear. The research team used the same principle with platinum molecules instead of gold.These tests may be used to detect Norovirus infections, AIDS, cancer, etc. because it is twenty times more sen

Professors of POSTECH have improved the mobility of organic thin-film transistors. The team of professors Jae-Joon Kim (CiTE) and Sung-june Jung (CiTE), and Yoo Ho-Cheon (CiTE integrated Ph.D. candidate), Prof. Kil-won Jo (CE) and Hyun Ho Choi (CE Ph.D.) announced the technology to make an organic thin-film transistor based on TIPS-pentacene, which has the highest level of mobility. This research was announced in a prestigious journal of material science, Advanced Functional Materials, on Jun. 24.The research team also revealed the correlation between mobility of organic thin-film transistor a

A team of Professor Moon Jeong Park (CHEM), Choi Il-Young (AMS Ph.D. candidate), Lee Jung-Pil (CHEM Ph.D. candidate) made a nanosheet of conducting polymer "polyaniline" using ice as a mold. Renowned chemistry journal, Angewandte Chemie, selected this paper as a Highly Important Paper on its issue 36 published on Sep. 1, a distinction only given to the top 10% of papers they publish.The nanosheet has 40 times higher electric conductivity than the previous polyaniline nanosheet, and it can deliver two times more electricity than graphene does. This nanosheet is expected to be utilized as an ele

On Jul. 17, research team of Professor Park, Tae Ho (CE) successfully synthesized polymers of high sufficiency that can replace low molecular spiro material that is used in constructing perovskite solar cells.The perovskite solar cells using the new high polymer material shows solar energy sufficiency of 14.1%, which is an unprecedented level throughout the academia history.The research outcome has been pronounced through issue 14 of Advanced Energy Materials, an authoritative material science magazine, published on Jul. 22.“Our research outcome will be the groundwork for commercializing futur

As of Aug. 7, the General Affairs and Safety Team is operating car sharing zones on campus. The car sharing is a system where members can rent cars that are parked at designated parking lots. The purpose of this system is to improve Postechians’ affordability and convenience of transportation. The service providers are two major car sharing companies, "Green Car" and "Socar." Six cars are allocated at the Residential College parking lot, 4 cars at the Tae-Joon Park Digital Library outdoor parking lot, and 2 cars at the Posville parking lot. Students can rent cars via the service providers’ mob

From Aug. 25, the mail service system changed to Outlook. Users cannot enter their mail with Povis app anymore, and they have to download Outlook app to access to mail on their mobil phone. It sounds sudden but it was already announced on Povis Bulletin Board. The new mail system starts with an empty mailbox. If users want to access to the former mail, they have to go to "oldmail.postech.ac.kr."Also, users can use "office 365" with "onedrive" through Outlook so that they can share files and work simultaneously with other users online.

OLED displays contain organic materials that are vulnerable to oxygen and moisture. Encapsulation is a process required to protect the organic layer and modules of OLED from water and oxygen in the atmosphere. A team of Professor Tae Woo Lee (MSE) and Min Ho Park (MSE Ph.D. Candidate) has announced a novel method of encapsulation called Flex Lami-capsulation through issue 29 of Advanced Materials, published on Aug. 5.Flex Lami-capsulation not only efficiently protects the organic materials but is also suitable for flexible displays. The conventional encapsulation method using glass was not app

The 4th POSTECH GSA Futsal League finished at POSTECH futsal field on Aug. 27. This league has been held every summer to relieve the stress from research and to encourage physical activity of graduate students. The games were every Monday and Thursday from Jun. 15 to Aug. 27. This year, 22 teams participated in and it was sponsored by “Poissports”.After long and keen competition, 12 teams advanced into finals and four teams, “Please come back Minsu Kim”, “RESPECT”, “Heavy rain watch” and “RF”, reached semifinals. In 4th GSA futsal league, “Please come back Minsu Kim” defeated “RESPECT” in the

Professors Chang-Ki Baek (CiTE) and Tauik Rim (CiTE), Kihyun Kim (CiTE Ph.D.) reported the development of the next generation asymmetric nanowire solar cell in the journal issue 5 of Scientific Report, a sister journal of Nature, published on Jul. 8. The efficiency of the new nano-wire solar cell is 2.7 times higher than commercial planar solar cells, and is 1.4 times higher than conventional nanowire solar cells. The research team focused on enhancing the conventional nanowire’s efficiency. As a result, they have discovered that an asymmetrical design with a widened upper part and narrowed bo

My beloved students, proud alumni, faculty, staff, and distinguished guests! It is with my heartfelt gratitude and joy that I welcome your presence here today. Today I humbly accept the honor and responsibility to lead POSTECH as its 7th president. As a top research university in science and engineering, this university is a crown jewel of our nation, and I am beyond honored and thrilled to join the POSTECH community. Yet, standing up here, I am once again reminded of the sheer gravity of the responsibility to raise POSTECH to even greater international prominence. I pledge that I will devote

On Aug. 27, three press organizations including The Postech Times interviewed President Kim and the answers are followed below.Q. What is the most important to POSTECH? A. It is more important than anything else and I will try my best to employ talented new professors in the near future. In addition, POSTECH will open everything to students including administration policy. This is ethical and the best way to communicate with students, which is core of education in college.I want to say the opinion of each student is critical to the development of the college. Some problems have resulted from l

I wanted to do something challenging during summer vacation, so I participated in the "rail-ro". The biggest advantage was that I could enjoy the trip with my friends at a low price. Our plan was to visit Jeonju, Seoul, Yangpyeong, and Gangneung. We had a lot of good foods in Jeonju, visited Cheon-an on our way to Seoul, and tried paragliding, which provided us awesome experiences. We really looked forward to hanging out at the beach in Gangneung but security guards did not let us in due to high waves. However, we still managed to secretly play near the beach. This was actually the first time

Most students make vacation plans with the purpose of learning, getting an experience that can’t be acquired in school, etc. Postechians also try to achieve their own goals in summer and winter vacation. Many fail and many succeed. The results depend on individual characteristics and mindsets. So, The Postech Times surveyed students on how many goals they have tried to achieve, how they could have achieved them better, and why they failed to achieve their goals if they failed.Studying English, their majors, or materials to prepare them for the next semester was the most common goal of students

Today, singing seems to have imprinted itself as a huge part of music. The method of singing that probably has the longest history is classical vocalization.One of the easiest things that humans can do is to breathe. Humans breathe unconsciously with their lungs, for the sake of providing oxygen through vascular systems, thus energy. Simply put, we breathe, for the sake of survival. However, classical vocalists ‘consciously’ have to rely on breathing, because, as world vocalist Sesto Bruscantini said, "The measure of how well you sing comes from how well you breathe." To verify this, we have i

Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Music is one of the basic arts of humanity. Every culture has its own unique music. Music is inseparable from people’s lives and has numerous effects on people. One of the ways music affects people is by influencing their mood. To begin with, music can make you happy. Scientists at the University of Missouri discovered that one’s mood could be improved simply by listening to upbeat music. Participants reported higher levels of happiness after listening to the upbeat music. Participants who listened to downbeat music did not seem to have a

We are living in an increasingly global society. We can watch a football game played on the opposite side of the Earth and easily make foreign friends. In this context, various kinds of genres inevitably intermingle. Already, mixing between the east and the west such as fusion cuisines holds a special place in people’s heart. In the same way, various genres of music are being mixed and charming people’s ears. This is, fusion music."Fusion" is the mixing of different qualities, ideas, or things to create something new. Fusion music is the music formed by mixing 2 or more genres. “Crossover” is

제7대 김도연 총장 취임식이 9월 1일 오전 11시 대강당에서 거행됐다. 취임식에는 권오준 학교법인 포항공과대학교 이사장과 국내외 학계ㆍ언론계ㆍ정관계 인사들, 교직원, 학생 등이 참석한 가운데 △개식 △국민의례 △약력소개 △권오준 포항공대 이사장의 임명사 △Mace 전달 △김도연 총장의 취임사 △꽃다발 증정 △ 성낙인 서울대학교 총장과 이강덕 포항시장의 축사 △교가 제창 △폐식 순으로 진행됐다. 김도연 총장은 취임사에서 “앞으로 4년간 총장으로 일하면서, 포스텍을 포항과 지역의 발전에 기여하며 대한민국의 경쟁력을 견인하는 최고 명문대학으로 발전시키는 데 진력하겠다”라며, “학과간의 벽을 훨씬 낮추어 학제활동을 진작시키고 아울러 우선적으로 포항의 기업들과 교류를 강화해서 대학의 개방을 통한 광범위한 협력체계 구축으로 교육 및 연구에서 시너지를 창출하겠다”라고 덧붙였다. 대학 운영의 첫 번째 방침으로 최우선 사명인 미래세대를 위한 교육에 더욱 힘 쓰겠으며, 과학기술의 수월성과 올바른 가치관을 함양하고, 끊임없이 탐구하고 도전하는 인재가 배출되도록 혼신의 힘을 다 하겠다고 말했다. 학생들에게는 “여러분 개인의 삶은 스스로가 가꾸는 것이며 대학생활은 자신의 인생을