The Office of Academic Information Affairs awarded 25 Selections for POSTECH Historical Photo & Video Contest. From Sep. 1 to Oct. 22, nearly 630 photos and video clips were submitted for the contest. Among 25 awards, the piece by Mr. Jang Young-jun (MSE) named ‘The outdoor class (2006.4)’ was chosen for the Gold Award. Two Silver Awards fell to Mr. Lee Yun-ki (MSE)’s ‘Snow-covered POSTECH (2005.1)’ and Mr. Han Yun-sun (ITCE)’s ‘Rainbow (2010.9)’. Two international members, Tian Zhaomo (MSE) and Abhijit Biswas (PHYS) got the Bronze Award and the Merit Award for ‘Happiness (2010.9)’ and ‘Snowfa

Professor Kwang S. Kim, selected as a “Top Scientist 2010”, donated his entire 300-million-won cash prize to POSTECH to provide special meals to students. On Nov. 3, POSTECH students enjoyed steak dinners for only 2,200 won. Respecting Prof. Kim’s wish, POSTECH has designated Nov. 3 as the Kim Wook Special Meal Day in honor of Prof. Kim’s father, Kim Wook, and to provide a special meal annually.At the dinner event, more than 1500 students came to Freedom Cafeteria in the Jigok Community Center, exceeding the planned accommodation; some students had to queue up for more than 30 minutes for dinn

The POSTECH library held the ‘2010 Open Library, Meeting Culture’ event on Nov. 10, which was planned to export the familiar image of POSTECH to citizens. Its significance lied in the fact that it showed the role of a library as a place of cultural exhibition as well as a traditional information getting area.Events included introducing the Mobile Library, a Korean traditional fusion concert “古,GO,告”, and an auction for secondhand books. Also, Pohang Daryewon hosted a traditional tea tasting party at the 2nd floor of library. Speaking of the events, Choi Kwi Suk, the team leader of library, sai

On Nov. 12, the POSTECH Science Cafe (PSC) was held in POSCO International Center Conference Room. It was the first event with Professor Seung-Jae Lee of Molecular Genetics of Aging Lab as the host-speaker.The main purpose of the event was to provide a place for the discourse to conscilience. The participants were limited to the Master’s degree candidate. As a whole in this POSTECH Science Cafe, nine professors, one research professor, one researcher and three Ph.D. candidates participated. The fifty minutes of the conference were constituted of free questions, answers and discussions among th

On Oct. 29, the Pohang Science City Festival, hosted by POSTECH and Pohang Technopark and funded by the City of Pohang, was held in celebration of POSTECH’s ranking 28th in ‘the Times World University Rankings’ and the 10th anniversary of Pohang Technopark. The festival took place in POSTECH not only because part of the festival was to rejoice the POSTECH’s rocket climb in the rankings, but also because the festival was a symbol of science communication, bringing difficult science to the public more easily.City mayor, SeungHo Park, officially designated Jigok, the area around the campus and re

POSTECH received tentative permission to establish the Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, the university’s fourth World Class University (WCU) program, from the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.The proposed Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, led by Professor Moo Hwan Kim of the Department of Mechanical Engineering is in charge, is planned to educate and research Nuclear Engineering as an interdisciplinary study of four ordinary fields: Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Material Science and Engineering. With a worldwide interest in nucle

The International Student and Scholar Service (ISSS), recently started anew with its separate own office, hosts an event every month for official school exchange students, including both undergraduates and graduates, and exchange researchers from overseas. Two programs run separately: one for the undergraduate and graduate students, and the other for the researchers and faculty. A total number of around 140 exchange students are maintained throughout the semester. To provide them unique cultural and social experiences, ISSS plans trips to nearby places. POSTECH almost completely funds the prog

POSTECH’s Professor Sang Ho Oh from the Departement of Materials Science and Engineering and his research team have uncovered the developing mechanism of nanowires. Prof. Oh observed the nanowires’ VLS (Vapor-Liquid-Solid) developing mechanism, and published the results in the online edition of Science on Oct. 21.The VLS mechanism allows the growth of one-dimensional structures, such as nanowires, from chemical vapor deposition; introducing a catalytic liquid alloy phase, it can rapidly adsorb vapor to supersaturation levels.Nanowires are utilized in transistors, memory, chemical sensors, and

“Ideas are contagious and I believe ideas shown with Prezi can change the world,” said Jihoon Roh (IME 05), the korean Facebook group (facebook.com /pezKor) leader, at the release party of the Korean Prezi theme for Hangul Day.Prezi is a web-based presentation application specializing in storytelling by using a single canvas instead of traditional slides. Since the canvas allows users to create non-linear presentations, Prezi allows users to have more freedom compared to MS PowerPoint.The problem was that because Prezi was only supported in English, Japanese, and Chinese, Korean people had dif

Following the news that POSTECH ranked 28th in the world in Times Higher Education annual rankings in the previous issue, there have been updates of subject specific rankings. As it did in the overall ranking, POSTECH produced an outstanding attainment in each of the subjects.POSTECH ranked the 28th in Engineering & Technology, as the overall ranking, 37th in Life Science, and 26th in Physics.On Oct. 19, there was a celebration dinner for the achievement in the dining halls of the Jigok Community Center. Bossam, boiled pork with soybean paste wrapped in lettuce, was served. With the popularity

On Oct. 29, the Dormitory for Cultural Exchange (DICE) and the student rock band club, Steeler, hosted a Halloween party together at the Atlas Hall of the Student Union. While the students came to the party dressed up as various characters, Steeler’s all-freshman band performed.Bizarre and funny costumes made the party fun, but the passionate performance from Steeler definitely added fuel to the party fervor. As wearing a costume is the spirit of Halloween, party comers wearing a costume each received a free bottle of beer. Even though it is still an unfamiliar occasion in Korea, a lot of Kore

The Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP) hosted two special public lectures on Oct. 10 about graphene, the material behind the 2010 Noble Prize in Physics. This lecture specifically targeted the general public, so that anyone could come and listen.These lectures were planned to celebrate the opening of Institute of Edge of Theoretical Science (IES), and as a part of APCTP’s Science Communication Forum/Lecture series. With the title “What makes Graphene so interesting?”, the first lecture was delivered by Professor Young-Woo Son of the Korea Institute for Advanced Study. It was t

On Oct.1, the members of POSTECH assembled at the Central Square in front of the Auditorium for a reception to celebrate the victory in the 9th KAIST-POTECH Science War. (The naming tradition places the name of the away team first.)With the victory from the 9th Science War, POSTECH achieved three consecutive victories, and received the permanent ownership of the championship flag. The ceremony consisted of greetings from President Baik, appreciation to the sports team coaches and a performance of Cheero to recall the passion at the time of Scinece War.The Central Square was crowded with over 2

The 2010 Pohang joint festival of universities, ‘Color Light Joy’ was held on Oct. 9 at Sunlin University. It was organized by the student unions of POSTECH, Sunlin University, and Handong University from 2 PM to 11 PM, with the support of Pohang city.Various activities including club booths, stage performances, and official events took place in the main stadium from 2 PM to 11 PM. On one side, admission counseling corners of each university were opened.Many clubs of POSTECH joined the festival and visitors were fascinated by their unique and brilliant expositions. The president of Power On, a

The Pohang Institute of Intelligent Robotics (PIRO) has developed a multi-functional underwater robot, named PIRO-U3. PIRO-U3 is designed to sweep the floor of any underwater environment, freshwater or seawater, as its main function.Till now, reservoirs have been drained and cleaned manually. The floors of freshwater lakes and the shallow sea were cleaned by equipped divers. With the robot, the risks that the divers have to take will be minimized. And the whole cleaning session will be as unmanned as possible.PIRO-U3 was field tested near the beach in the coastal waters off Pohang to determine

POSTECH’s research team discovered that the gene DISC1, known to cause schizophrenia, influences the functions of mitochondria in cells. Published in the latest online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of the US, the research is drawing the spotlight for suggesting a new path for schizophrenia treatment and explanation of the previously unknown interaction between DISC1 and mitochondria.The research team led by Professor Sang Ki Park, Dr. Young-Un Park, and Ph. D candidate Jaehoon Jeong from the Department of Life Science uncovered that a malfunction of the DISC

A novel nanostructured membrane which can be used in the hydrogen fuel cell technology has been developed. This structure is revealed to have three times the proton conductivity and one tenth of the production cost, compared with Nafion, the only utilized membrane in this technology made in the U.S.The development, done by POSTECH WCU Professor Park, Moon Jeong and her team in the Division of Advanced Materials Science, is recognized as they are flexible ionic liquid membranes that conduct protons in a water-free condition and are thermally stable in temperatures as high as 180℃. Finding an el

POSTECH’s Department of Chemical Engineering (CE) and Industrial and Management Engineering (IME) Departments were ranked first in the ‘2010 National University and Department Rankings’ conducted by the JoongAng Daily.Released on Sep. 9, the rankings consisted of 4 major categories based on the university information officially announced by the respective school in 2009-2010: Education Environment, Competence of Professors, Financial Support to Students, and Effectiveness of Education. Evaluated from a pool of 48 universities, POSTECH’s Chemical Engineering Department squarely ranked number on

Now, a POSTECH professor, performing a national research project, does not have to worry about the submission of reports even if there is an international symposium at the same time. Using the Desktop Cloud service offered by the university, he can store and manage all his data on clouds, and there he can prepare and revise articles. Because all data is stored in servers, there is no possibility of hacking or data spill.A POSTECH student does not need to go to his departments’ computer rooms. Instead, he can access the Desktop Cloud service through smartphone, operate programs and do assignmen

POSTECH launched The Office of International Student and Scholar Service (ISSS) to provide services to the international community at POSTECH and enhance campus globalization. It started operation with the opening ceremony on Oct. 11 in the POSCO International Center. International members and POSTECH faculty members including President Sunggi Baik honored the ceremony.The main services provided are the following: publications and orientations about lives in POSTECH, organizations of social activities, counseling, and aids for administration problems. Before, services offered by the Internatio