The 2010 POSTECH Commencement Ceremony is scheduled to be held at 11 AM in the POSTECH Gymnasium today (Feb. 11). Special guests such as President Sunggi Baik, Chairman of the Board Lee Gu-Taek, the founding chairman Tae-Joon Park, and other dignified guests are invited to congratulate 700 graduates on this honorable day. The commemorative tree planting took place on the west lawn of the Student Union Building at 3:30 PM on the 10th. The student procession starts at 10:40 AM today and the main ceremony begins at 11 AM in the following order: the pledge of allegiance, report on academic affairs

POSTECH concluded an MOU with Technische Universitat Dresden (TUD) of Germany. The two universities held an agreement ceremony in the POSCO International Center on Jan. 25, followed by a ceremonial workshop about Convergence Engineering with invited officials of TUD and Siemens, a German global corporation.POSTECH plans to set up a cooperative system with TUD by exchanging faculty and students, carrying out joint research, holding mutual conferences, and sharing references. It is expected to enhance communication of global human resources in science and technology as well as cooperation with l

On Jan. 25, W-Zone was established within the boundaries of the campus. W-Zone is part of the Mobile Campus Establishment Plan associated with SK Telecommunication (SKT). W-Zone is the service which binds SKT base stations within certain specified areas to allow free calls for 3G mobile users. With W-Zone service, within the zone, phone calls to 3G mobiles and calls between 3G mobiles will all be free as long as the mobile is subscribed to SKT.Specifically, W-Zone includes the entire campus area including PAL and the research buildings, RIST, POSCO Educational Foundation areas, and parts of th

From Dec. 22 to Jan. 15 for twenty-three days, Freedom Cafeteria, the student dining hall, was under renovation. Though there were miscellaneous changes, the main purpose of the renovation was to enhance the condition of the ceiling in the kitchen and change the tablecloths. According to Welfare Facilities, there were several reasons for the renovation. One of them was the advice from Pohang City Hall to renovate the aged ceiling of the kitchen. Another was Welfare Facilities’ own reflection for the necessity to renew the facilities. However, the needier problem was the aged exhaust system rig

A research team led by Professor Kwang S. Kim of Chemistry Department succeeded in developing an innovative DNA base sequences analysis method which can decode thirty billion gene sets in an hour.The research, published online in Nature Nanotechnology on Feb. 6, proved an ultraspeed DNA analysis method which measures the two-dimensional electronic conductivity caused by the interaction between graphene nanoribbons and DNA bases. Previously, it took more than a few weeks to decode DNA sequences. However, the new method makes it available to decode the entire human genome in one hour. According

A new mechanism of ferroelectric RAM(F-RAM), the major constituent of non-volatile memory (NVM), has been discovered by a POSTECH Master’s degree student.Min-Ae Ouk and Prof. Hyun M. Jang’s research team from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering expected InMnO3 might cause a new type of ferroelectric polarization and uncovered its mechanism. The results were published in Physical Review Letters, which is exceptional, considering that the research was conducted under the leadership of a Master’s student.This research holds its significance in that by regulating polarization pheno

The joint research by the team of Professor Woo-Sung Jung of the Department of Technology Innovation and Management and the team of Prof. H. Eugene Stanley of the University of Boston discovered the fact that ‘Matthew Effect’ is applied in sports as well as in science.The Matthew Effect refers to a theory in sociology that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. According to research, players who are exposed to many chances to play when they are young are more likely to be successful at the sport later in life.The joint research team demonstrated how the Matthew Effect applies to eminent

A retirement ceremony for Professor Sung-Kee Chung was held at 2:20 PM on Jan. 28. Prof. Chung has served as a full-time professor at POSTECH since its foundation. While he researched and taught rigorously during his stay, he held various positions such as Dean of Academic Affairs and President of POSTECH. While he has shown leadership in the administrative ranks, he also has been active on the academic stage as well. He not only made tremendous contributions to biochemistry, but also raised and mentored a multitude of pupils.On this honorable day for Prof. Chung, several of his pupils came to

Dear POSTECH Family members,The year 2010 is drawing to its end. I am deeply thankful to all faculty, staff, students, and researchers of POSTECH for their dedication and hard work for the continued advancement of the University. I wish all members of POSTECH a healthy and happy new year in 2011.Looking back, we devoted ourselves this year to establishing a solid foundation for POSTECH Vision 2020 under challenging circumstances. This year, we affirmed that our Vision 2020 is not a mere slogan or wishy-washy hope, but achievable with our unity, passion, and earnest exertion. We cherish the yea

POSTECH has now received its first financial aid for the advancement of humanities and social sciences and art and cultural awareness, not for science and engineering. The Dongkuk Steel Group and KISWIRE LTD signed agreements with POSTECH about their contributions to the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences on Dec. 7 and Dec. 21, respectively. The fund from Dongkuk Steel Group will be used as the Dongkuk Endowed Professor Fund, which will support a selected professor in the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, who has exceptional achievement in education and research, for three ye

Professor Taihyun Chang of POSTECH Department of Chemistry was elected as a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). To be elected as a fellow, one must be a member of APS with outstanding academic achievements. It is only awarded to the erudite scholars accounting for 0.5 % of the total number of APS members.Prof. Chang specializes in various detection techniques such as High-Performance Liquid Chromatography. Using these techniques he succeeded in separating and analyzing polymers very precisely, which had not been possible before. He created a sensation for developing a new technique

‘Late Bloomer’ was the key word for the 2011 admission officer system. POSTECH announced that potential as a crierion determined acceptance for 54 out of 298 students, making up 18.1% of the total number. Also, 27 of these students were participants in POSTECH’s Potential Development Program. This accounts for almost one out of five students accepted to POSTECH, an increase of 8% from last year’s admission. This can be interpreted as a stabilization of the newly adopted admission officer system, which was first implemented in the 2010 admission. The admission officers focused on the applicants

A research team led by Professor Kimoon Kim, a graduate student Don-Wook Kim, Prof. Sung Ho Ryu and POSTECH’s bio-venture company NOVACELL technology succeeded in selectively isolating plasma membrane proteins using a synthetic compound cucurbituril. Cucurbituril, which is named by its resemblance to a pumpkin, is fully expected to be a useful biotechnological application tool for disease analysis and treatment.The research, published online on Nature Chemistry on Dec. 19, proved that this isolation method using cucurbituril-ferrocene (Fc) produces higher chemical and physical stability than t

Coordinated by the International Relations Office, POSTECH International Night for students and scholars were held on Dec. 14 and Dec. 16, respectively, in the POSCO International Center. The annual celebration was divided into two separate ones this year, following the increase of international members.The event for international students, in which 100 students joined, provided an opportunity for Korean students, such as members of the Undergraduate Association and Dormitory for International Cultural Exchange (DICE), to make connections and build networks with the foreign students.On Dec. 16

The research achievement of Professor Kilwon Cho of the Department of Chemical Engineering was selected as one of the top 10 published papers for the last 10 years, by a renowned journal Advanced Functional Materials (AFM). Published in the title of ‘Control of the Morphology and Structural Development of Solution-Processed Functionalized Acenes for High-Performance Organic Transistors,’ the paper became a big issue right after its release, as it recorded the highest online download number. The research group of Prof. Cho developed high-performance organic thin-film transistors using structura

President Sunggi Baik was selected as the recipient of this year’s Honorable Korean Alumnus of Cornell University Award. Not only for performing influential research in the field of ceramic materials, President Baik has also contributed enormously to the advancement of POSTECH, including achievements such as POSTECH reaching the 28th place in the world according to the THE (Times Higher Education) rankings, the first time for a Korean university. In 2007, the Cornell Club of Korea established the Award in commemoration of the first visit by Dr. David Skorton, president of Cornell University. T

Nov. 3 marked the 24th anniversary of POSTECH foundation. A day ahead, on Nov. 2, a ceremony celebrating the start of our university was held in the POSCO International Center. This event was to commemorate POSTECH’s remarkable achievement in the World Rankings conducted by The Times Higher Education, to reflect our steps taken and to applaud members of the school community. The ceremony was held in both Korean and English, with the President’s opening speech and major presentations done in English primarily.Following Kwon Yong Choi‘s report on POSTECH’s history, he addressed the results of va

POSTECH has colborated with LG Innotek (LGIT) to acquire core original technologies and customized talent. POSTECH announced an academic-industrial agreement with LGIT, holding a collaboration ceremony on Nov. 23 in the Administration Building. For the next five years, LGIT will support a total of two billion won for research projects and scholarship funds. At the ceremony, President Sunggi Baik and Mr. Young Ho Hur, CEO of LGIT, attended as the representative of each side.For the smooth progress of collaboration, steering committees will be organized and a technology exchange complex will be

Professor Byeang Hyean Kim of the Department of Chemistry and Jin Kon Kim of the Department of Chemical Engineering were elected as regular members of the Korean Academy of Science and Engineering (KAST). KAST, founded in 1994, is the most prestigious among Korean academic societies of science and engineering.Prof. Byeang Hyean Kim, who has worked at POSTECH since 1988, achieved many outcomes in the total synthesis of Nonactin, the development of new isosters including peptides, and the development of synthesis method for macrocyclic compounds. Especially, Prof. Kim first designed an effective