On May 13 - 15, the Sunrise Festival was held. For the festival, several departments’ freshmen prepared dances while the sophomores of each department prepared a bar with a unique concept and particular alcohols, mostly based on soju, makgeolli (raw rice wine) or beer. Most of the Postechians, surveyed for this article, answered that during the festival they enjoyed bars of the departments of CSE, LIFE, EE, and CE. Total 79 people surveyed for this article.Alcohol & food : The Department of CSE mixed chocolate, sparkling apple juice, and coolpis, a non-alcohol drink with juicy flavor, with soj

POSTECH has held its spring anniversary festival since 1987 by the name of “Sunrise Festival”. Open to members of POSTECH but also to the local community, this year’s Sunrise Festival was held from May 13 - 15. For three days, people enjoyed foods and drinks in booths organized by various departments and individuals while watching shows prepared by diverse performers.The eve of the festival commenced on 13 at 8p.m. with congratulatory messages from Joon Ho Cho, the vice president for Admissions and Student Affairs, Lee Wonjong (IME 13), the representative of student body, and Baek Sangwon (MSE

The 2015 Spring Annual Conference of the Korean Society for Journalism & Communication Studies (KSJCS) was held at Hogil Kim Memorial Hall on May 15 - 16 from 12p.m. to 6p.m. There were more than 400 participants including professors, graduate students, media scholars, and others related to media all over the country. A total of 140 papers about media were announced in 52 sessions on the first day, among which three papers were awarded before sharing dinner at Posco International Center.The title of the annual conference was “Crisis of Korean Society and Public Communication” and the president

Prof. Chang, Taihyun (CHEM) received an International Award at the 64th SPSJ Annual Meeting held on May 27 - 29, at Sapporo Convention Center, organized by The Society of Polymer Conference, Japan (SPSJ).SPSJ is a non-profit organization dedicated to the development of polymer science and technology in the world. Since 1984, SPSJ has held International Polymer conference (IPC) every two or three years under the aim of providing the world polymer community opportunities to exchange their ideas about the newest topics in the field of polymer science. Also, since 1994, SPSJ has annually awarded s

Professor Hyung Joon Cha (CE) developed nano protein particles that secrete chemicals in a certain pH, using the mechanism from adhesive mussel proteins. This achievement was selected as a cover article of Angewandte Chemie, a world-renowned journal in the field of Chemistry.Prof. Cha utilized metal-catechol bonding, which is one of the mechanisms of mussel attachment. This bonding is critical in attaching mechanisms. Its strong coherence and ability to restore itself made it a popular motif of bio-binding agents and developing medical materials in the past. The research team of Prof. Cha used

On May 10, POSTECH had a meeting with UNIST. Each team consisted of university reporters and three volunteers who were ready to share the characteristics of their university. The meeting was held in Gyeongju.Various topics such as the conditions of the dormitory, annual festivals, and the ratio of males to females were discussed in a cheerful atmosphere. Some topics generated lively discussions. One of them was the comparison of things banned in each university. In POSTECH, chewing gum is prohibited. Kim Ye-jin (IME 14) suggested this rule might be related to the fact that Tae-joon Park Librar

On May 19, Professor Jong-Lam Lee (MSE) was selected as “Invention King of the Year”. This award is known as the Noble Prize of the invention world. Also, Lee Baek Hui (IME Ph.D. candidate) received a Ministry of Science, ICT and Future planning minister’s citation.Prof. Lee developed an extreme flat metal substrate, which is a core technology of displays, and was recognized for contributing to the industrialization of flexible devices. He is also famous for receiving WIPO Secretary General Awards, and a special award in the 2010 Korean Invention Patent Exhibition.Meanwhile, Lee Baek Hui inven

On May 30, the 26th Annual POSTECH-POSCO-RIST Athletic Game was held in the POSTECH Stadium. This game is held every year to promote the spirit of unity and cooperation among the three academic institutes of POSTECH, RIST, and POSCO Technical Research Laboratories (PTRL). The host of the game alternates annually among the three institutes, which was PTRL this year. The game started with the opening remarks from Sung-Ho Park, the Director of PTRL, and congratulatory remarks from President Yongmin Kim and Woo Jong-Soo, the CEO of RIST. The competition consisted of OX game, volleyball, foot volle

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In May, two major intramural contests were held at POSTECH. For students to understand actual business by virtually managing an enterprise and to reinforce their entrepreneurial spirit by amalgamating their major and administration, POSTECH Entrepreneurship Education and Development Center (POSEED) and POSTECH Entrepreneurship Center (PEC) held the Company Management Simulation Competition on May 22 at Engineering Building # 4. Students participated as teams, and each team member assumed a particular role of a company. The winning team’s name is “Pioneer”, and the representative of the team is

Due to the establishment of the high-speed KTX train service in the northern part of Pohang, a carpool bulletin board has been established for the increasing needs of carpool information among POSTECH members in Povis from May 14, 2015. The establishment of the carpool bulletin board will hopefully be helpful in saving energy and reducing the financial burden for all POSTECH members.To use the board, first login to Povis, go to “general post”, and write a notice. The notice must include “Taxi sharing”, “I will give you a ride”, or “Give me a ride.” The carpool organizers display the status of

What kind of academic exchange do you have with your lab students?I arrange a meeting with my lab students once a month and give them any advice that they require, such as changing subjects and how to schedule each day in order to work efficiently. I want students not to be pressured about meeting their professors. Having conversation with professors may look formal on the surface, but professors were once students, just like them. Thinking in that way should help students to approach their professors more intimately, I hope.Is there any specific suggestion to your lab students?Every time I se

"The relationship that you have with your supervising professors becomes closer when you become postgraduates”, said Baek Jong-won (ME M.S. candidate). Different from undergraduates, postgraduates are required to not only study their majors, but also construct a project on their own. During this process, postgraduates are introduced by their supervisors to the labs that are undergoing research similar to their project topics. "In my case, I get to see my supervisor about once a week, whenever I need to, as long as the professor does not have any overlapping schedules. I think it is a huge meri

POSTECH is famous for its low ratio of professors to students. In comparison to other universities, POSTECH professors and students seem to have closer relationships.In POSTECH, once freshmen enter the university, an advisor professor is designated for each of them. Advisors are from the same department as the students they advise. All departments have money allocated for advisors to have meals with students they advise. This support is possible because the number of Postechians is very small. During the dinner time with advisor, Postechians have a talk with advising professors and become clos

Most Postechians might have voted for the present representative of Student Body last year. As a result, Lee Wonjong (IME 13) was elected as the 29th representative of Student Body. He made various campaign promises during the campaign period. Postechians have the right to know the extent to which he has delivered on his promises. Therefore, The Postech Times interviewed the representative Lee Wonjong about some major campaign promises and their current progress.The first campaign promise is generating the KaKaotalk Yellow ID. One of the fundamental problems occurring in promoting their busine

A place of Harmony and Communications, Festivals Around the WorldThe most obvious difference between the Sunrise Festival and other university festivals is the theme. This year, the theme of Sunrise Festival was “Still Alive,” meaning that the festival of POSTECH is still fun and enjoyable, opposing the existing opinions that the Sunrise Festival was boring for the past few years. As most Postechians know, the theme of the Sunrise Festival changes every year. It is determined by the students who prepare for the festival.Festivals from other universities usually have unique themes and remain co

This time of the year, it is very common to see students falling asleep in class. The situation is understandable since POSTECH students do not have much interest in learning English, which in many cases requires boring, repetitive memorization and considerable time and effort to reach a high level of proficiency. The lack of interest in English, however, appears not to be enough to explain why students doze or try to take a nap during my energetic, enthusiastic lecture. Rather, it seems like many of them suffer from insufficient sleep as they do a lot of activities which are not directly rela

A recent feature & culture in The Postech Times covered “cause marketing,” or “doing business concerning humankind.” It explained the concept of cause marketing by providing readers a few successful and unsuccessful examples. It concluded that there were three things to be aware of when designing cause marketing. Firstly, as shown from the failure of Domino’s, people still wish to get a similar product while helping others. They do not want to get half of their pizza chopped off even for the sake of donation. Secondly, there should be a relationship between the product the consumers buy and th

When I was in the 8th grade, my dad asked me if I wanted to go to America with him. I could not answer right away because it was a difficult decision for me. I knew I would have to start all over again in America: new school, new friends, new language, new culture, etc. I was young and I knew nothing about the country so I was afraid that I would fail to adjust. Also, at that time, I was preparing to enter a science high school and if I were to leave, I would miss the opportunity for higher education. However, I thought it would be a unique experience to face new challenges and I knew it was a