On Aug. 2, United States politician Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. This was the first high ranking American official’s visit to the island nation since 1997, when the Republican politician Newt Gingrich visited. Pelosi portrayed the reason for her trip as an obligation to stand with democratic countries in opposition to autocratic nations. This was not her first show of support for democracy, as she had also visited Tiananmen Square in 1991.After Pelosi’s visit, the relationship between China and Taiwan deteriorated significantly. This is because China has declared Taiwan as part of its territor

POSTECH’s Summer Experience in Society (SES) is a field training program kicked off in the summer of 2016 to help undergraduates design their future careers. Students see how knowledge learned in school is applied in practice by companies and research institutes; learn communication and management skills and expand their view of society. The Postech Times contacted Yangwoo Kwon, the general manager of Student Affairs and SES, for accurate information concerning 2022 SES.Over 250 undergraduates participate in SES every year. Two hundred and eighty-seven, a number close to the number of freshmen

Professor Chong Soo Lee in the Graduate School of Energy and Materials Technology (GIFT) recently published two ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standards for evaluating the hydrogen embrittlement resistance of high strength steels, which are essential for the wide application of hydrogen energy. Such achievement was possible through the collaboration with the Korea Testing Laboratory (KTL). In commemoration of the enactment of these standards, The Postech Times requested a contribution article about Prof. Lee’s research and teaching life.Brief information about Prof. Lee a

I think summer break is a time to do things that I have not done before and gain various experiences. I had a good opportunity this summer to meet friends from MIT, Berkeley, Georgia Tech, Seoul National University, and KAIST at the same time during my research experience. Meeting students from various universities around the world, I realized that what I was thinking was wrong, and I was able to broaden my horizons.Academic GrowthDuring this summer break, I studied machine learning. Although I am planning to go to the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, my knowledge of machine lea

This summer, Korea experienced setbacks due to heavy rain. On Aug. 8, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, a daily precipitation of 381.5mm was recorded . This is the highest record in 115 years since Seoul began its first modern weather observation system in 1907. This record-breaking rainfall caused many casualties, including a death in isolation under a semi-basement apartment and a disappearance in a manhole. According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, as of Aug. 15, 14 people died, 6 went missing, and 2,280 became homeless. Yet, this was not the only damage caused by extreme

Professor June Huh at Princeton University is the first Korean American Mathematicians to receive the Fields Medal during the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) awards ceremony which was held in Finland in July. He grew up and graduated from Seoul National University, so an interest in the Fields Medal also increased in Korea. The Fields Medal is called the Nobel Prize of Mathematics, and Korean academia is paying much attention to it along with the Nobel Prize to be announced this fall.The Fields Medal was established according to the will of J.C. Fields at the University of Toron

Ever since COVID-19 became a worldwide pandemic, travel rates have steadily decreased and caused severe damage to the tourism industry. The prolonged pandemic affected all economic sectors, but due to the nature of tourism, it has arguably been one of the most negatively impacted sectors. According to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), the tourism industry’s contribution to GDP decreased by US $4.9 trillion in 2020, which is a 50.4% decline when compared with the previous year. However, as the COVID-19 situation was prolonged, in 2021, the contribution to GDP increased by US $1 trillio

2020년 초부터 거세게 몰아친 코로나19의 기운이 다소 주춤하고 있다. 2022학년도 2학기부터는 마침내 전면적으로 대면 수업을 한다. 그러나 코로나19가 가져온 디지털 전환의 가속화는 계속될 것으로 보인다. 비단 대학뿐만 아니라 이미 우리 사회에서 광범위하게 나타나는 현상이다. 지난 2년 동안 우리는 비대면 문화와 초연결·초지능을 강조하는 스마트 환경에 확연히 익숙해졌다.편의점과 패스트푸드점의 무인 단말기, Zoom을 포함한 LMS 고도화, VR로 진행되는 실험 수업 등 시공간을 가로지르는 대학 생활이 가능해졌다. 지난 2년 우리가 경험한 디지털 혁신은 정말 놀랍다. 어떻게 보면 대학을 포함한 사회 전체가 미디어화되고 있다. 이러한 환경의 가장 큰 장점은 단연코 편리함, 효율성, 안전성 등일 것이다. 가상, 증강, 혼합 현실을 구현할 수 있는 디지털 네트워크 기술이 가져다주는 동시성, 가역성, 초지역성, 초시간성 등은 분명 매력적이며, 특히 가상적 근접성이나 물리적 거리감의 약화는 우리 대학에 큰 기회를 제공할 수 있다. 그러나 새로운, 그리고 낙관적인 ‘솔루션’ 기술에만 초점을 둬서는 안 된다. 이러한 기술은 마치 물고기가 자신이 헤엄치는 물을 의식하지

Recently, electric vehicles (EVs) are everywhere, from passenger cars, and buses, to taxis. EVs have the advantage of being eco-friendly and having low maintenance costs, but their owners must remain wary of fatal accidents in case the battery runs out or reaches the end of its life. Therefore, precise capacity and lifespan predictions for lithium-ion batteries – commonly used in EVs – are vital.A joint research team led by Professor Seungchul Lee (ME), Ph.D. candidate Sung Wook Kim (ME Ph.D. Candidate, advisor Prof. Seungchul Lee), and Prof. Ki-Yong Oh (Hanyang University) conducted research

Tactile sensors have been used as the basic platform of an artificial sensory system for fabricating robotic skins, prosthetics, haptic devices, and wearable or implantable devices. Several technological issues to produce practical tactile sensors have been intensively investigated and have seen remarkable advances. However, low power consumption and simple device structure are still big technological challenges. Among the potential power sources for tactile sensors, self-powered high potential signal generation with a weak external stimulus could be obtained through a triboelectric nanogenera

A prediction was raised that Apple’s own charging port which was first released in 2012 would finally be discontinued. In the last decade, Apple has stuck to their charging type, ‘Lightning’, but it is predicted that Apple will change it into ‘USB-C’ which is an international standard due to the recently emerging environmental issues, increase in consumer complaints, and EU sanctions. Accordingly, consumers and the mobile market show a hospitable position.Almost every company adopted USB-C since the mid to late 2010s and port standardization seems to be achieved, but Apple continued to use lig

People in the cryptocurrency industry believed that stable coins, like the Terra coin, are a brilliant idea and predicted that stable coin methodology is the direction that coin methodology would develop in the future. As the name suggests, the purpose of a stable coin is to remain stable, as they are pegged to fiat currency, such as the dollar. Furthermore, the Luna system promised investors an interest rate of 20% per year and made it into the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap. In the case of the Terra system, one Terra was pegged on one USD by additionally creating a new coin, Luna, tha

Professor Jung, Chea Yun studied law at Korea University, the New York University School of Law, and is licensed to practice law in the State of New York. She has previously spent time in the Supreme Court Judicial Policy Research Institute and the Graduate School of Future Strategy at KAIST. She is currently a professor in the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences at POSTECH and offers law courses – such as Artificial Intelligence and Law and Introduction to Law – that are popular amongst Postechian cohorts. She specializes in legal philosophy, legal sociology, and legal anthropology whi

The winter break in the third year of high school is a good time to invest in hobbies. I fell in love with skiing and visited the Yongpyong ski resort more than 30 times. Skiing is a winter sport activity in which you come down from the top of the mountain while enjoying the view of the mountain range and the open sky. Skiing is attractive in that one can run at a speed that is difficult to experience in daily life and you can directly control the speed and posture. Feeling the air while skiing down at 70km/h is like thin ice crashing on your face which is cool and refreshing.The 2021/2022 ski

The moon has been a source of curiosity for everyone living on Earth. From goddess worship to folklores about the moon, no one quite knew anything specific about the moon until fairly recently. However, it seems that another large step is being taken towards the future of humanity, because scientists have succeeded in growing plants in lunar soil for the first time. The moon soil used was a sample collected from the Apollo missions during 1969-1972, and to all the researchers’ astonishment, cress seeds planted in the soil sprouted after just two days. The next question that researchers harbore

오늘, 학위 취득의 영광을 안은 졸업생 여러분! 진심으로 축하드립니다.코로나19 사태의 장기화로 몹시 어려웠던 시간을 인내와 슬기로 극복했기에 더 큰 마음으로 축하드리고 싶습니다. 여러분이 자랑스럽습니다. 졸업생 여러분이 지금의 자랑스러운 시간을 마주하기까지 사랑과 희생으로 누구보다 헌신하셨을 부모님과 가족들께도 진심으로 축하와 감사의 인사를 드립니다. 또한, 김무환 총장님과 지도 교수님들, 대학구성원 모두에게도 깊은 감사의 마음을 전합니다.국내 최초 연구중심대학으로 개교한 우리대학은 지난 35년간 대한민국의 고등교육과 과학기술 발전을 선도해 왔습니다. 우수한 교육을 통해 국제적 수준의 인재를 양성하고, 첨단 연구를 수행해 이를 산업체에 전파함으로써 사회와 인류에게 봉사한다는 건학이념을 모든 구성원이 힘을 합쳐 실천해 왔기 때문입니다. 이를 통해 우리대학은 짧은 역사에도 불구하고 교육과 연구에서 모두가 괄목할 만한 성과를 이룰 수 있었습니다. 오늘 이 자리에 계신 졸업생들 또한 자랑스러운 우리대학의 역사를 써 내려온 주인공입니다. 끊임없이 노력하고 인내해 얻은 우리대학의 학위는 이제 ‘명예’와 ‘자부심’으로 여러분의 가슴에 새겨질 것입니다.자랑스런 졸업생 여

안녕하십니까, 총장 김무환입니다.먼저 코로나19 사태라는 끝이 보이지 않는 듯한 어둠을 헤치고 학업의 결실과 함께 이 자리에 함께한 767명의 졸업생 여러분! 진심으로 축하합니다. 또한, 누구도 겪지 못했던 어려움 속에서도 국가와 인류의 기둥이 될 인재들을 훌륭히 키워주신 학부모님과 교수님, 직원 여러분과 협력업체 선생님 등 우리대학의 모든 구성원 여러분께 깊은 감사의 마음을 전합니다. 전대미문의 위기를 극복하고 무사히 졸업한 학생들을 축하하기 위해 바쁜 일정에도 학위수여식에 참석해주신 이덕락 부이사장님과 김병욱 국회의원님, 이장식 포항시 부시장님, 남수희 RIST 원장님, 여준구 한국로봇융합연구원장님, 이대공 애린복지재단 이사장님 등 내빈 여러분께도 감사드립니다. 정말 긴 시간이었습니다. 공기 속에 떠다니는 바이러스로 인해 모든 것이 닫히고, 막혔습니다. 여러분의 활기찬 웃음이 가득했어야 할 캠퍼스는 황량하기 그지없었습니다. 우리 포스테키안 여러분은 누구도 겪어본 적 없는 이 시기, 자신의 길을 묵묵히 걸어 나가며 건강하게 학업을 완수해줬습니다. 대학원생들도 팬데믹 속에서 꿋꿋하게 연구실을 지키며 찬란한 성과를 올렸습니다. 이 자랑스러운 포스테키안과 함께했

21세기 들어 우리는 4차 산업혁명, 인공지능, 팬데믹, 기후변화 등 거대한 도전을 연이어 맞이하고 있다. 한편 최근 과학기술과 정보통신 ICT의 기하급수적인 발전과 가속화되는 혁신은 우리의 삶의 일자리 터전과 일상을 크게 바꾸고 있다. 졸업생 여러분을 포함해 모든 사람들이 지구촌 공동운명체의 일원으로서 개인의 자발적 의지와 무관하게 이 첨단과학기술 문명의 패스트트랙에 올라타게 됐다. 앞으로 인류가 당면한 위기를 극복하고 미래의 지속적인 번영을 함께 도모하려면 이제 여러분도 과학기술 혁신과 함께할 미래의 수많은 도전적 과제에 동참해나가야 한다.다가오는 미래에도 과학기술은 인류 지식의 경계를 어떻게 계속 확장해갈 것인가? 인류는 어떻게 세게와 함께 바이러스와 싸워 현재와 미래의 공중보건 위기를 극복할 것인가? 인류는 어떻게 지구촌 전체를 위협하는 기후변화의 난제를 풀어갈 것인가? 특히 새롭게 펼쳐지는 우주, 극지, 심해 등 공동의 공간을 어떻게 탐험하고 집단적으로 관할할 것인가? 궁극적으로 지구촌 전반에 높아지는 긴장과 다양한 갈등을 어떻게 극복하고, 미래 세상의 번영과 안전을 담보해나갈 것인가?큰 갈림길 앞에 선 우리 지구촌 전체의 미래에 대한 근원적인 질문