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

It is the time of the year when clubs show off their performances they have prepared. No single day in November passed by without the sound of clubs practicing and performing well past midnight in the Student Union building.First off, various clubs held displays and seminars. The Pi Day event by the math club Marcus, cartoon displays by the animation club Mania, models by the robotics club Power-On, art works by the visual arts club Guerbois, movie showings by the movie club FOCUS, star-gazing by the astrology club Byul Sarang, and a joint seminar of the Christian clubs IVF-SFC were held. Vari

MSE graduate students of POSTECH are drawing the spotlight for winning awards for their papers at conferences. SH Joo, a Master’s degree candidate whose advisor is Professor HyeongSeop Kim, won two awards recently from two different conferences. In the dissertation competition hosted by the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity, he won the excellence award in the poster division. His dissertation about increasing the productivity of Aluminum powder and carbon nanotubes through high-pressured torsion shape morphing drew a great deal of attention. Joo was also recognized as an outstanding

The joint research of the team of Professor Youngsook Lee of POSTECH and the team of Prof. Martinoia of the University of Zurich with the participation of the team of Prof. Schroeder of UC San Diego discovered botanic gene sets which eradicate the toxicity from arsenic.The discovery was posted on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences as breaking news. Also, the application for a patent for the research was completed. The discovered gene sets have the codes of AtABCC1 and AtABCC2. The sets protect the plants from being poisoned by arsenic by isolating arsenic to vacuoles from the

On Nov. 13, in the Residential College (RC) conference room, there was a debate on the co-ed dormitory. The debate was hosted by the Women’s Student Council and the Dormitory Union. Currently, POSTECH has nineteen student dormitories for males and three for females only. And two of them are co-ed. One of the two is the Dormitory for International Culture Exchange (DICE) and the other is the RC which is only for freshmen and sophomores.According to the opening speech of Jeon Jin-seong, the head of the Dormitory Union, the purpose of the debate was to prepare for long-term measures against the v

On Nov. 17-18, the 12th Cross Strait Symposium, in which POSTECH, Kyushu University, and Pusan National University participated, was held in POSTECH. The aim of this symposium is to provide graduate students with the opportunity to present their scientific findings to overseas counterparts in English and exchange opinions not only on their research but on world-views. In this way, it is hoped that they will be exposed to many different viewpoints, thus providing them with much broader perspectives.At this time, 38 students from POSTECH, 34 students from Pusan National Univ., and 66 students fr

The 12th Korea Intelligent Robot Contest (KIRC) was held on Nov. 5 ~ 7 in the gymnasium of the Pohang Sports Complex in conjunction with the 7th Pohang Family Science Festival (PFSF). The event, conducted by the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP) and the Pohang Institute of Intelligent Robotics (PIRO) and sponsored by POSTECH, Pohang City, and Gyeongsangbuk-do, included robot competitions, robot expositions, and sports science expositions.Three sub-competitions were held for the KIRC competition. As a main stage event, an intelligent robot competition granted different awards

Several awards have been granted to the faculty members and students of the Department of Industrial and Management Engineering (IME).On Oct. 29, Professor Jaewook Lee was awarded with the first ‘Hyeonwoo OR/MS Award,’ which is given to a scholar for excellence in research in the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society (KORMS).On Nov. 4, Prof. Injun Choi was awarded with a citation by the Ministry of Education Science and Technology in the ‘2010 Industry-University-Institute Collaboration Expo.’ In twenty years, he established an IT solution company named Cyberdigm and develo

The Indian student community at POSTECH held its annual Diwali celebration on Nov. 6 at the auditorium in the POSTECH Information Research Laboratories building. The community embraces the national and cultural backgrounds of Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India, and gathers regularly to celebrate common festivities. Pronounced ‘Divali’ and known as the festival of lights, Diwali is a very important five-day festival in Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism. This special occasion holds religious meaning in celebration of the victory of good over evil. Celebrants usually decorate their houses with lights,

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