Whenever I summarize my life as an undergraduate, I always use the term 'free' and 'diverse'. Rather than achieving a high GPA, I have tried to go outside and experience as many things as I can. Thanks to those so-called extra-curricular activities I've done so far, I'm here to write about what I've done in my past 4 years.Since I'm not a special person, I was clumsy at entering competitions. Until my sophomore year, I tried and failed repeatedly. Failing in those competitions could have depressed me, but I thought failure was natural, as numerous brilliant people were participating there with

Many undergraduate students have some experiences of participating in contests or competitions, and I also participated in many competitions and was awarded some prizes. However, when thinking of memorable and special experiences as I am graduating, the Korea Computer Simulation Competition (2014-2015) reminds me of the reason why I study industrial management engineering. It is because the competition was the most important experience to me as an engineer. In 2014, many safety accidents occurred such as collapse of resort in Gyungju and sinking of ferry Sewol. The whole nation was deeply sadd

I’m embarrassed to say it but I’d been very careless about reading news. I didn’t know the importance of reading it. Well, to be frank, I wasn’t interested in knowing nerve-wracking issues and tried to believe that they are not related to me. However, The Postech Times, piled next to the RC elevator all the time, brought me a positive gentle change. While waiting for the elevators to come, I found myself enjoying looking through The Postech Times. At first, I quickly had a glance at the photos just to find someone I know. However, as days went by I started to read it more carefully and more de

It is truly amazing how a small nation virtually devoid of any kind of natural resources achieved such a dramatic breakthrough in diverse facets including economy, technology, industry, and so on. Now, Korea is a nation whose economy is fueled by major conglomerates such as Samsung and LG. People in other nations may expect products from such companies to be more affordable in terms of price in Korea simply because they are Korean companies. However, this is not true at all. In fact, many items sold by these companies are more expensive in Korea than in other countries like the United States.

It is kind of a strange story, but I will join the Tuition Committee as the President of the Undergraduate Association on Jan. 4. Actually, our college tuition is always the same and exempt from scholarships in many cases, so I did not think it is important. However, as a person representing students, I had to think more about it. I joined tuition camp, at which people learn about fee calculation method and law of higher education. I also analyzed the various financial figures of the school. In the process, I felt both pride and sadness. Like our nescience to the thing that we have seen for a

The 30th anniversary of POSTECH is coming with the New Year. At the 29th anniversary celebration meet of the last year, I shared a few words for toast. "I cannot forget September 14, 2010. Arriving at a hotel in Nantes, France, we received an email from the Times media (THE). It said that POSTECH is ranked 28th in the world! I was so excited that I could not help dialing to wake the president at 2 a.m. in Korea. Get the Glory Back!"How could POSTECH start as a prestigious university 30 years ago? Was it because of top quality faculty or research? Or good laboratory facilities? Or was it becaus

The New Year has finally dawned. I hope the powerful energy from Yeongil Bay spreads out on the POSTECH campus to encourage Postechians to try harder in their duties and work for better future.Founded in 1986, our university is 30 years old. 2015 was the so-called 'ahhopsu', which means the years ending in 9, a time to be careful regarding cultural sentiment in the country. The number 9 means the end of time when we are preparing for a new start. Actually, POSTECH underwent many difficulties including scale of researches, finance, university rankings, and other statistics, which did not achiev

This year is the 30th anniversary for POSTECH and the members of POSTECH would not help recognizing the fact. Recently there is a popular drama called 'Respond 1988', which reminds us of the emotions of the moment as we look back to the era of 30 years ago. This trend makes us remember the past easily as I do in this article.The late 1980s, when POSTECH was founded, were a time of growth in Korea. The GDP growth rate of Korea reached nearly 12%, which was the highest rate in the world, and people experienced price stability and surplus balance in international trade. At the same time, the nati

Over past 50 years, silicon has been a core material in the semiconductor industry. So far, the number of microchips that can be integrated in a unit area has continued to increase, but it is now facing a fundamental limit due to the natural properties of silicon. It would thus be timely and important to look for another material with better properties for achieving higher performance and even smaller devices. In this respect, “two-dimensional (2D) materials” is attracting rapidly growing interests in the study of condensed matter physics and materials science. 2D materials are in the thinnest

Reading these articles, I was reminded that it has been a long time since I had read this news’ paper. Because most people are used to reading online articles, I could see many newspapers left at the booth. I picked one of them up and started reading it. First of all, The Postech Times has interesting articles. Before I seriously read all the articles, I did not know such many subjects are covered. Especially the article about students’ monthly allowance and expenditure was closely related with my daily curiosity. Also the start-up article was very informative. The figure in the article was co

To begin with, I am very excited to deliver “my” first story, not just an article. The topic that I will handle is my ‘Chemistory’, which is a compound word for Chemistry and story. It is also the title of magazine published by department of Chemistry. There are two reasons that I want to introduce my story. One of the reasons is because this article will be published in the last newspaper of 2015, so I want to say something meaningful. And the other reason appeared after I saw prospective freshmen taking their entrance interviews in these days, which brought back memories about my admission i

Kar Marx once said “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce” (Geschichte wiederholt sich – erst als Tragödie, dann als Farce). Marx suggested French and Ancient Roman history as examples. In 1789, the French Revolution demolished Bureuong’s Royal Family and established the First Republic, but it was delocalized with Napoleon’s coup, returning the whole state back to Le Premier Empire. Later on, following the downfall of Napoleon due to his failure in aggressive wars, the monarchy was retained in France, but this again changed into the Second Republic by the French Revolution

Before I go onto my review column, I would like to thank ‘The Postech Times’ and the reporter who gave me a chance to share my opinion with the public. I was quite introverted to share my ideas. Writing this review helped me solve this problem.I think the first page was good enough to get readers’ attention. The main news must be classified as a bad news for POSTECH. Our university’s overall ranking had fallen, but by comparing it to other famous universities including KAIST, and showing that POSTECH is in a better position the article gave a positive ending and kept the readers’ attention. Ta

Have you ever questioned why social notions and common behaviors have to be that way? Well, I have questioned them intermittently, and I was able to find an alluring study called “Evolutionary psychology, a theoretical approach in the social and natural sciences” that investigates psychological structure from a modern evolutionary viewpoint. The study contradicts traditional theories that the human mind is a blank slate when people are born, and contends that a big part of our mentality is predetermined by natural selection. The study sometimes becomes polemical since it seems to vindicate som

In the Sumerian mythology, humans were created to free the gods from difficult and unending labor. The low-ranking gods, Anunnaku and Igigu, had undertaken the toil to provide a decent living for the other gods. After a long and grievous suffering, these lesser gods eventually rioted, and the High Council of Gods ordered the Mother-goddess, Ninhursag or Nintu, to ‘create human beings to bear the yoke.’ To serve gods better, these human servants needed to have some degree of intelligence.History repeats itself. Now it is the humans who are creating intelligent servants to serve their own societ

To start with, I would like to say that I am honored to have a chance to suggest my personal opinions in The Postech Times, POSTECH’s representative English newspaper. As I do so, I would like to offer some feedback with honesty. I liked how the contents of the newspaper in overall are focused on POSTECH-KAIST Science War. As it is probably one of the biggest annual festivals held both in POSTECH and KAIST, it is an important job for reporters and editors to let people know about the existence of the festival, and furthermore, any interesting information about the festival that the students mi

Almost all scientists publish research papers to announce their research results or interesting scientific discoveries. Also the published paper itself works as criteria of the scientific activity of scientists. There is famous saying in scientific fields: “publish or perish”. Due to the burden of publication, some scientists violate research ethics. Early last year, there was a tremendous discovery in the field of biology. A Japanese scientist, Haruko Obokata, developed the Stimulus-Triggered Acquisition of Pluripotency (STAP) technique, which can generate pluripotent stem cells from ordinary

Each one of us is the sum of all of our life experiences put together. This world and life are dynamic. Everything exists in a state of flux. Our experiences keep on adding up as we move through life. You are young (relatively speaking), dynamic and have impressionable minds, embarking on this journey of life. These four years at POSTECH will be your “transformative” years. Most of us who have been through the university phase of life would agree about the “transformation process” and relish the nostalgia associated with the university years. Some of us would say, “Those were the best years of

As Postechians are really busy during semester, it is natural for them to eagerly look forward to the vacation. Also, university students can have long vacations for about two months unlike those of high school students. However, it is hard to feel satisfaction in having a nice vacation for many people. At that time, I saw an article concerning how Postechians spent their vacation and how many goals Postechians achieved during vacation. It seemed useful for many students including myself.In the article, there were seven stories which were all different from each other. As I expected, some peop

In this POSTECH-KAIST Science War, POSTECH got second, which could also be considered failing to win against KAIST. Maybe, people who have watched the result of POSTECH-KAIST Science War think that POSTECH always loses in the festival. However, if they understand the situation more clearly, they will realize the result is not just losing the game. Potechians did their best.Since I am a sophomore Postechian, I saw POSTECH-KAIST Science War both last year and this year. In both festivals, POSTECH failed to defeat KAIST. Last year, POSTECH’s loss was determined on the first day. POSTECH was defea