The Fukushima nuclear accident, which occurred after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on Mar. 11, is still going on and seems to be far from a complete resolution. With an enormous amount of public interest, the influence of radiation the human body has been explained in many kinds of media.In spite of the high interest of readers and media in the issue, scientific details of contents seem to be insufficient. For members of POSTECH, The Postech Times prepared scientific explanations about how radiation affects the human body and how to measure radiation. Professor Moo-hyun Cho of the Departme

As a Postechian, it is very natural to boast of POSTECH, especially now that it is officially one of the top universities in the world. It is also very natural to wish to own something ‘POSTECHish’. However, many become disappointed after having seen the items that are displayed at the souvenir shop. The Postech Times wants to view this in as many perspectives as possible and hopefully identify the cause of such a regrettable situation.To find out the general opinion about the souvenir shop, The Postech Times conducted a school-wide survey. A total of 3 professors, 28 staff members, 58 graduat

The Postech Times survey which was available for university members from Mar. 11 to Mar. 15 gave a lot of interesting results. On spreadsheets also typed in English to satisfy our campus bilingualism, some international students generously responded. Especially, well-organized opinions will be delivered to the Welfare Facilities and the souvenir shop for their reference.One of the interesting features of the survey is the difference of responses from among undergraduates, graduates, and staff members. For the question asking about the experience of buying goods at the souvenir shop, all staff

‘The lights never go out in POSTECH’s library and classes.’ The university public relations team may not use this phrase anymore because of a new policy on saving energy. POSTECH’s saving greenhouse gas and energy union made a plan to reduce energy consumption with the installation of motion-sensor controlled lights. Framework Act of low carbon, green growthPresident Baik adopted the government’s recommendations addressing climate change based on the Framework Act on ‘Low Carbon, Green Growth,’ which commits the entire country to reducing 30 percent of its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.The

In addition to the 700 graduates who received degrees at the 2010 Commencement Ceremony, a special guest was invited to receive an honorary doctorate degree. Dr. Peter S. Kim, the current president of Merck Research Laboratories, was invited to accept the honor. The POSTECH Times had an exclusive interview with Dr. Kim to learn more about his life and career as a researcher. To introduce his brief profile, his alma maters are Cornell University (B.S.) and Stanford University (Ph.D). He then went on to the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Introduction - What we were interested inOn the first of January, there was a huge snow storm which Pohang has never experienced, at least in the last 60 years. The average snowfall was 24.5cm according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. In the aftermath, all flights were cancelled for two days, and the traffic was paralyzed.POSTECH was not any different. On the day of the snow, most of the sidewalks were covered with snow; people had to make their own ways through it. The roads were in the same condition. As the first measures, a few heavy equipment vehicles were leased to remove the

The blizzard that struck Pohang in the first week of January left nature’s work of art on the POSTECH campus. Record breaking snowfall made people frown in frustration because they had to shovel off the snow covering the roads. However, Postechians seemed to be making the best of the situation. The next day there were countless brilliant snow sculptures around campus: from classic snowmen to one-of-a-kind snowmen with funny items such as a monitor or a broomstick, igloos, snow castles, Great Walls of 78 Stairs, and everyone’s favorite, 78 Stairs sleigh slope. The Postech Times compiled a few p

The time are changing, and the meaning of a university is now somewhat different from that of past.Long ago, universities were training sites for future leaders of each field. Among them, scientists were eager to discover and define principles of the world. What was published by one of the greatest scientists, Sir Isaac Newton of Cambridge University, was about behaviors of light and particles, and mathematical methodology.On the other hand, technology has been developed in actual spots, by one’s experience and sense. Technicians didn’t have to refer to the works of Isaac Newton. There was no

In the latest ‘The Times Higher Education World University Rankings’ associated with Thomson-Reuters, POSTECH was ranked the 28th. As the beginning of the general introduction to POSTECH’s academy-industry cooperation activity, the elaboration on the industry income of the rankings will be the first.There were five decision factors in scoring the individual colleges: teaching, international mix, citation, research, and finally industry income. POSTECH’s highest scores among these were citation at 96.5 and industry income at 100. Although industry income counts for 2.5% of total, the fact that

Walking by the main streets of any suburban or more crowded place of Korea, it is easy to find motor bikes moving around transporting stuff. First-time visitors to Korea are mostly surprised at this usual scene. The delivery services with motor bikes have long been a huge part of the Korean culture. In urban areas, the speedy delivery services with motor bikes cutting in buses and automobiles have decreased the opportunity costs of city residents and office workers, and helped soothe the laziness to go out buying food. This is not any different in the lives of Postechians. Usually, the Postech

“It is a disappointing result that the students do not have a relationship with professors whom they turn to for help,” said Prof. Kim Jung Ki (Division of Humanities and Social Sciences). Mentioning the recent survey results, Prof. Kim emphasized the importance of relationships between professors and students at the Nov. 6 luncheon party of the 2nd career education program for female students. According to the survey, most POSTECH students do not have a relationship with any professor whom they can turn to for help.The Women’s Students’ Council, WISE (Women In Science and Engineering) of Ehwa

Pohang Museum of Steel Art (POMA) and the City of Pohang invited an exhibition of 150 pieces of Nam June Paik, the renowned media artist. The exhibition began from Sep. 9 and will continue until Nov. 21.The title and the theme of the exhibition is Teletopia. Teletopia is a combined word of ‘tele-’, meaning ‘far’ in Greek, and ‘-topia’, meaning an ideal society. Teletopia is basically an ideal society encompasing the harmony of nature, mankind and technology. Expert Lee Gyung Wha said, “Teletopia reflects the vision and philosophy of Paik who wanted to produce the new aesthetic concept through

Not too surprisingly, video art is often considered to have begun with a Korean artist called Nam June Paik in the early 1970s. Though it is not concretely known about the motivation of this type of art, there are two most obvious suppositions: the artistic possibility of technology and the antithesis against the formalistic art movement. As it is, Paik was famous as an avant-garde artist even before he began video art.Regardless of the hidden motivation of the icebreaker of video art, the point is the pursuit of freedom of the audience in interpreting the pieces, as Dadaism suggested. It requ

The Postech Times had an exclusive interview with the alumnus Sang-Hyob Nam, CEO of the search engine company Buzzni. The opinion search engine was awarded first place at the National Institute of Standard and Technology, TREC 2008 Blog Track. Sang-Hyob Nam tells the secret to becoming a successful entrepreneur and app designer. What are the strong points of searching for opinionated voices rather than facts? When it comes to searching, traditional search engines are not convenient. Because they only show text matching with keywords, you need to read and figure out which match, and which do no

“It is a shape of a skull,” said a volunteer. The other students are laughing and trying to find eyes and a nose from a lump of a cheese; but it soon becomes clear that finding a piece reminiscent of Edvard Munch’s Scream from the lump of a cheese is going to challenge even the most proficient young scientists, and very soon they’ll all be crushing the cheese to eat it.These city-based students are not used to this sort of experience; although they might be skilful at calculating the earning rate of the chemical reaction from milk to cheese, they are not used to seeing and touching green chees

Dustin Jaesuk (Mix) Moon is a graduate student in the Department of Chemical Engineering. When he is finished with his research in the laboratory during the day, he teaches intermediate Korean to the foreign students every Tuesday at 10 PM at DICE. The Postech Times interviewed him to hear more about foreign students learning Korean.He started teaching because he felt the need to teach the colloquial style Korean to the foreign students. Also, he thought that it would be even more helpful because Korean students fluent in English live in DICE as well. Through this class, foreign students could

This past 9th was Hangul Proclamation Day, or simply just Hangul Day, a Korean national commemorative day marking the 1443 invention and 1446 proclamation of the Hangul alphabet by King Sejong the Great. As English is becoming the global language, more Korean students are struggling with a Korean-English dictionary and watching American TV shows to learn English. However, there is a group of students trying to learn Korean. In Dormitory 16, better known as DICE (Dormitory for International Cultural Exchange), there reside many foreign exchange students. As its name explains, Korean students al

Here Are The Postech Times MakersMany people have once misunderstood The Postech Times to be an English translated version of the Korean written campus newspaper. It is NOT true. The Postech Times is an independent medium having unique contents, and it is only printed in the same paper. Different reporters belonging to different editor-in-chief write different articles.Nevertheless, its basic organization is similar to that of The Korean Postech Times. The Publisher is POSTECH President Sunggi Baik, and both the English and Korean divisions are practically managed by the current Editor Profess

For students who study science and technology, and especially who study engineering, a deeper understanding to what makes a good product is necessary since the obligation of engineers is to invent or synthesize products that are likely to satisfy the people. In the past, the most important factors for a product were considered to be hardware-based aspects, such as function, weight, cost and practicality. For cost and practicality, adventures were unlikely to be made. Design was always the last thing to consider as an accessorial and decorative factor. These days, usually exemplified by the iPr

On May 27, The Postech Times had an exclusive interview with the special lecturer Youngse Kim. Youngse Kim is the CEO of a design consulting company INNOdesign. INNOdesign is renowned for its innovative ideas and designs that have brought huge impacts in the market. INNOdesign is based in Silicon Valley, CA and has branches in Korea.As The Postech Times had only a little time given for the interview, we could not ask all questions prepared. Answers to some questions are direct quotations, while others are based upon his lecture, under the approval of Youngse Kim.What is design?Design is not so