POSTECH ranked first on the overall score of the ‘2013 National University Ranking’ conducted by JoongAng Daily. POSTECH won back first place after five years. KAIST was relegated to second place and Seongkyunkwan University (SKKU) ranked third place. Korea University ranked fourth and SNU and Yonsei University were joint fifth place. JoongAng Daily surveyed and evaluated 100 Korean universities based on 31 indicators from Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS), National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), such as research, conditio

Professor Moo Hwan Kim (ME), who also works in the Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering (DANE), was elected as the tenth Director of the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS), an independent regulatory expert organization that supports the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission in licensing and regulation of nuclear facilities and related activities. His inaugural ceremony was held on Oct. 2, and his term lasts three years. KINS envisions its institute to become “the ‘heart of global nuclear safety’ trusted by the world by being committed to nuclear safety with the best expertise and le

POSTECH announced that the National Center for Nanomaterials Technology (NCNT) changed its name to National Institute for Nanomaterials Technology (NINT) and stated that POSTECH expects a new renaissance of nano industry and strengthening of its role as a national nano infra institution. NINT’s purpose is to contribute to the new age of nano technology by fusion with other areas of expertise. NCNT has completed its role as a center for the past 9 years. It started new under the name of ?INT?in Jan. 1, 2013. NCNT was the title of the construction business supported by the Ministry of Commerce,

Professor Kwang S. Kim (CHEM) has developed a DNA-graphene hybrid substance that accelerates the catalytic process by more than three-folds by using platinum in fuel cells. Numerous scientists have only attempted to enhance the catalytic process by increasing the surface area using minute platinum particles. They could not find a way to evenly distribute the nanoparticles and stop them from coagulating. Prof. Kim approached this problem differently by halving the size of the platinum particles and has successfully formed a compound consisting of a hybrid and a complex with platinum nanoparticl

POSTECH’s Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology (GIFT) raised the student of the year in the materials field. Jae Hoon Jang (Ph.D., advisor Professor Suh Dong-Woo), who was formerly a Ph.D. student in the computational metallurgy lab (CML), won the Acta Student Award this year. This is an tremendous accomplishment because he is the first Korean student to have received this award. This award is given to the student who is the lead author of a paper and shows outstanding excellence among papers published in ActaMaterialia, Scripta- Materialia, and Acta-Biomaterialia.Jang won this award by hi

In the film Pacific Rim, robots that have swift move- ments like that of humans appear. This is possible due to artificial human muscles created through actuators. An actuator is a mechanism that puts something into automatic action.Professor Moon Jeong Park (CHEM) published her research, “Fast low-voltage electroactive actuators using nanostructured polymer electrolytes,” in Nature Com- munications. It has been a challenge to discover viable actuators of large electromechanical deformation, fast switching response, low operating voltage, and durable operation. Prof. Park and her team have fou

In Facebook there is a function called “People you may know.” It suggests people its user may know, such as old friends, teachers, and even ex-girlfriends. So far, this has been the work of several hundreds of high-performance computers. However, new technology is drawing people’s attentions as it does this work with just one normal performance computer.Professor Wook-Shin Han (CiTE, CSE) and Professor Hwanjo Yu (CSE) developed a technique “TurboGraph.” Compared to the previous technologies which took 13 minutes with 100 computers to deal with the data from Twitter, “TurboGraph” took only 3.7

The 12th POSTECH-KAIST Science War was held in KAIST on Sep. 27-28. Outstanding and passionate undergraduates of each university have competed in Hacking, Basketball, Artificial Intelligence (AI) programming, E-sports (League of Legends), Baseball, Science Quiz, and Soccer. About 540 undergraduates of POSTECH registered as the supporters for cheering POSTECH. POSTECH beat KAIST 1-0 in Soccer, and 2-0 in League of Legends. However, POSTECH was beaten in the rest of the events: Hacking (3-4), Basketball (55-62), AI programming (1-2), Baseball (9-16), and Science Quiz (526-712). Therefore, the vi

From Oct. 5 3 P.M. to Oct. 6 3 P.M., the first POSTECH Hackathon only for POSTECH undergraduate students was hosted by PoApper in Tae-Joon Park Library room 502. Hackathon combines elements of hacking and a marathon. People create new programs or services in a given time. The participants of POSTECH Hackathon were given 24hours and allowed to go out during the competition. The only stipulation was that the time outside the classroom could not exceed 12 hours. Developing services includes not only programming but also planning the service and systems, making UI and UX, testing, design, and main

Professor Kun-Hong Lee (CE), Jeong-Hoon Sa (CE Ph.D. candidate), and Dr. Kunwoo Han and his crew (RIST) found an effective method of inhibiting the for- mation of gaseous hydrate in pipes by using environment-friendly amino acids. Gaseous hydrate, a crystal-like compound formed from gas and water, causes serious blockages in pipes used in transportation of natural gas and oil. This has been one of the main problems in the industry as the entire transport process must be forced to halt immediately, and it is both uneconomical and time-consuming to locate its exact location and to remove its blo

There is the saying, “A sound mind in a sound body.” Postechians are living this out on the sports field. The photo on the left is from the FA Cup. 16 teams organized without restriction participated in this soccer competition, which was hosted by ELEVEN, the soccer club. This competition was scheduled from Sep. 30 to Oct. 13. The picture on the right one is from the freshmen athletics competition on Oct. 3 hosted by the Delegation of the Class. Fifteen classes participated in the athletics competition, which consisted of seven sports, such as futsal, dodge ball for female freshmen, tug-of-war

We just called the 21st century the era of information a few years ago, but now the world is stepping into the creative economy age. Reflecting this trend, the National Economic Council of the US government announced “A Strategy for American Innovation: Securing our Economic Growth” in 2011 and insisted that investment in creativity and imagination will ensure future jobs and industries. Early this year, the newly established Korean Government also suggested ‘realization of creative economy’ as a goal of its administration to keep up with global trends. The Korean government and public institu

As a freshman student, I still do not know many things about the school, and I always try to find some useful information in The Postech Times. However, frankly speaking, it was my first time to peruse the English version. I found many differences from the Korean version. I recognized some possibilities, but on the other hand, I couldn’t overlook some limitations.Firstly, I would like to applaud the ambition of The Postech Times. POSTECH claims to be a bilingual campus, but the school doesn’t seem too focused on improving the lives of foreign students. In this situation, the role of The Postec

Although we assume that our impulsive behaviors are unpredictable, the novel, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions written by Dan Ariely, claims that there are patterns to our irrational behaviors. For example, how many times have we impulsively bought items off our shopping list? In the website of a magazine, the Economist, there are three choices for subscriptions. The one year online subscription costs US $59.00, the print subscription costs US $125.00, and the print and online subscription together costs US $125.00. Which one would you go for? Among 100 studen

Remember Postechians’ Beads of Sweat in Camp Training of Athlete ClubsDuring summer vacation, most students leave POSTECH. However, POSTECH is crowded against expectation. The reason is that some students who belong to athlete clubs (soccer, baseball, and basketball) have a camp training for POSTECH & KAIST Science War. Postechians truly showed their passion for the competition through beads of sweat.Firstly, KAISER, the soccer club that participates in the science war, held a camp for training from the months of Aug. to Sep. Under the hot sun (from 4 P.M. to 8 P.M.), about 30 students underwe

From Sep.27-28, the POSTECH & KAIST Science War was held in KAIST in Daejeon. There were many competitors and supporters. Supporters are students who cheer for their university team and meet to interact with each other. Although foreign exchange students have always been welcome to participate in this event as supporters, it is questionable whether they were aware of this opportunity before this year. In this year’s Science War, many international students participated as supporters. Before the event took place, Nathan (POSTECH, Brazil) was aware of the event and planned to visit KAIST. He com

Although the Science War between POSTECH and KAIST is one of the main festivals for Postechians, it is not well advertised compared to the festival between Yonsei University and Korea University. According to External Relations and Communications, the event is not appealing enough to be advertised widely, especially in newspapers. The underlying reason is that although this event is called the ‘Science War,’ the contents of the competitions are general. The only competitions that really require scientific knowledge are the hacking competition, AI, and the science quiz. But even the science qui

Most people are already able to print everything ranging from their assignments to photograph that has memories for them on paper. However, what if you could print actual objects: clothes, stationery, and so on? It will likely be an incredible and fantastic idea if it happens. In fact, with 3D printers, it is becoming a reality.Michael Feygen is credited with developing the first 3D printer in 1985. 3D printing is known by many names depending upon the context: rapid prototyping, stereolighography, architectural modeling or additive manufacturing.3D Printing is currently a hard term to define.