Being a value creating university is one of the goals that POSTECH pursues. To achieve this, Kim Doh-Yeon, the president of POSTECH has emphasized the notion ‘Open innovation’. Open innovation means creating new products and services while outsourcing technologies and ideas that companies need. It is not about monopolizing ideas, but about sharing intellectual property with the outside world. Compared to existing R&D, open innovation ultimately helps capabilities to cross the boundaries of innovation.For example, there is a company named Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). PARC gathered th

Rumors that spread via the Internet are being used not only as an engendering keyboard warrior but also as a means of violence against certain people. Furthermore, people are unaware of the fact that personal information is being spread without consent and only conceive it is a platform for advertising one’s SNS. Yellow journalism, which is based on exaggeration that does not present legitimate well researched news, uses eye catching headlines to increase sales, and cloud people’s judgement.Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon strongly denounced fake news as a ‘disturber of democracy’ and ordered stern

Professor Choi Young-ju (MATH) was awarded the Korea Mathematical Society (KMS) academic award. The award is given annually to researchers who have made outstanding research achievements in a specific field and this is the first time a woman has received the award.The KMS announced on Oct. 3 that it selected Prof. Choi as the winner of this year’s KMS academic award. The institute appraised that Prof. Choi set a new direction for research and led a great progress in the research of ‘L-functions’(a meromorphic function defined on a complex plane), which is one of the most difficult in number th

In ‘2018 JoongAng Daily University Evaluation (JDUE)’, POSTECH IME ranked ‘the best’, which means it is within the top 10% of industrial engineering departments in Korea. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and Seoul National University ranked the same grade.JDUE is the first university evaluation program in Korea and has been carried out since 1994. POSTECH was not rated last few years because the evaluation was carried out on four-year universities with four or more colleges of humanities, social sciences, engineering, natural sciences, medicine, and arts. This year, JDUE sele

If there is one thing that POSTECH students complain about their school, it is the 78 stairs between the dormitory area and the lecture halls. Climbing 78 stairs in the morning, or at any time, is so tiring that the sound of huffing and blowing fill up the scenic view above the stairs. Some students even prefer to take a longer trip around the campus to avoid the stairs. While that is the case for the majority, the unignorable problem exists for the people with disabilities for whom the 78 stairs feel like a mountain. For the disabled, the 78 stairs not only take tremendous amount of effort bu

Hong Seok-woo, former minister of Ministry of Knowledge Economy, visited POSTECH to lecture in ‘Hyun-Eun Lecture’, which was first held on Sep. 19. Former minister Hong is an economic expert who is currently a senior advisor to AT Kearney Korea. He also worked as president of KOTRA and the Small and Medium Business Administration before. Theme of the lecture was the economic development on the Korea and preparing for the age of inter-Korean economic cooperation. Giving this speech, he provided insights on the changes and prospects of Korea’s politics and economy via relief of inter-Korean rela

From Sep. 14 to 15, the 17th KAIST – POSTECH Science War (KPSW) was held at POSTECH campus. Though it rained heavily throughout two days, the passion of players and supporters were intense enough for them to enjoy KPSW.Hacking, Football, Science Quiz, E-Sports took place on the first day. Hacking started 9 AM to 9 PM, for 12 hours. Two teams were assigned the same problems. The one who solved it first took one point at hacking. Both sides succeeded in solving all the nine problems, but KAIST got ahead of us by close score of 847 to 843. The Football match was proceeded on a wet field, so suppo

Microfluidics is a study of systems that can process small quantities of fluids by using micro-channels smaller than one millimeter in at least one dimension. It is viewed as an essential tool for life science research, or in a larger way, biotechnologies. However, it has been difficult to commercialize this technology; taking a great deal of time and effort due to its fine and sophisticated technologies. Professor Lee Hyo-min (CE), Choi Chang-hyung (CET, Daegu Haany University), and David Weitz (PHYS, Harvard University) have developed a microfluidic technology that can continuously produce w

This May, the Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM) laboratory at POSTECH was selected as outstanding safety management. Under the supervision of Professor Kim Jee-hoon of the Physics department, the students feel safe doing researches in the MFM laboratory.Professor Kim confidently asserted that the lab safety is momentous because “people’s lives are the priority,” and elaborated that human lives are “priceless” and that once one gets hurt, there is no turning back.According to Prof. Kim the first step to safety is assessing any expected threats and eliminating them. For instance, gas cylinders are

From May 9 to 11, the 2018 Sunrise Festival was held with the theme ‘Byeo-Rak-Chi-Gi’ which means thunderbolt, and the slogan ‘Giving exciting stimulus for dry everyday life’. This year, the Preparatory Committee for the Sunrise Festival (PCSF) planned various day and evening programs. Before the festival, they ran the ‘Offline Po-Dae-Jeon’, which is the offline version of the Facebook page called Po-Dae-Jeon which posts anonymous writing. People wrote on postcards or sent messages through Kakaotalk’s open chat room, and members of the PCSF delivered them. The ghost house with the theme ‘Save

This May, an episode of the KBS variety show ‘Two Days One Night’, that focused on POSTECH was broadcast. Another program ‘Night goblin’ was also broadcast last year. The Postech Times interviewed the External Relations and Communications team regarding POSTECH’s exposure in the media.The External Relations and Communications team usually refrains from having POSTECH participate in brief publicity venues such as TV variety shows and fabricated advertisements, but these recent broadcasts were regarded as being adequate and effective for POSTECH in the long term.Search keywords related to POSTEC

Just like aircraft carrier which launches air fighters to attack a target, the nano machine which can penetrate deeply into our body and release anti-cancer drugs to destroy cancer cells has been developed, anticipated as a new strategy for nano particle cancer treatments.Professor Kim Won-jong (CE) and Lee Jin-woo (CE) developed a nano structure that can deeply penetrate cancer tissues. Large size-nano particle (150nm) containing small size-nano particle (15nm) can release anti-cancer drugs twice to target periphery and interior cancer tissues. It is suggested as the new paradigm of medical t

On April 23 and 24, the election for the first Mueunjae Undergraduate Council (MUC) was held. There were two candidate campaigns: ‘Garo-Sero’ consisting of candidate Lee Ji-eun (Mueunjae 18) and her running mate Go Ye-song (Mueunjae 18), and ‘Beom-In’ consisting of candidate Lee Sin-beom (Mueunjae 18) and his running mate Ham Beom-ju (Mueunjae 18). Finally, Lee Sin-beom and Ham Beom-ju were elected president and vice president of MUC respectively.Among 315 qualified voters, 242 voters participated in the election – 2 votes were not recorded on the list, recording a percent error of 0.826%. 143

POSTECH conducted evacuation drills to prepare for sudden earthquakes. Due to the two massive earthquakes that struck Pohang in Nov. 2017 and Feb. 2018, the need to train and experience evacuation came to the fore. The drills were conducted individually by each building and its respective departments. From mid-April to May, most buildings and departments practiced evacuating.The goal of the drills is relatively simple: to experience evacuation and to be aware of nearby evacuation spots. The evacuation spots are wide vacant lots with no structures, mostly parking lots, grass fields, and sports

On April 11, an article was posted on the school Suggestions board, ‘About an unsavory event in the graduate student’s apartment’. The writer, a graduate student (student A), explained the incident as follows: Student A officially requested for a light bulb change in her apartment’s bathroom through the school website POVIS: Report facility problem. Her roommate was on a business trip, so she was alone that night. The next day, she was awoken by a pounding sound on her door. Shortly after, her phone started to ring and as she answered, a man introduced himself as the service engineer. The man

The American business magazine Forbes has recently announced the ‘2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia’ on March 27. In the Health Care and Science categories, two Korean Scientists were nominated, both Postechians. Professor Jeon Hyung-kook (ME, Division of Mechanical Engineering for Creative Emerging Technologies) and senior research scientist Woo Seong-hoon (KIST, Center for Spintronics) were nominated as being young and effective leaders in the Health Care and Scientific fields. Forbes stated; the reason for selecting Professor Jeon was for his contribution in developing a monitoring technique whi

While ‘Me Too’, movement for disclosing sexual assault, continues at POSTECH, students’ groups and civic groups have set out to support these accusations. On March 26, an anonymous posting “I am not a hostess but a colleague” was posted on the POSTECH lounge, an online community. The writer described herself as a professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at POSTECH, and said that she was sexually abused by senior civil servant B, whom professor A introduced her to in 2015.She complained that she suffered from a sleeping disorder and had stomach problems from the memories sh

POSTECH invited Kim Yong-hak, the president of Yonsei University, for a special lecture on March 12. President Kim visited Pohang and delivered a speech he prepared specifically for freshmen. The speech was delivered in POSTECH’s auditorium, with the topic, ‘I have so many ‘me’s inside’. During the lecture, President Kim acknowledged the fact that a person has many different personalities and characteristics. He then questioned the audience about what they truly need to do as a college freshman, whether they would choose to achieve licenses and official test scores to fortify one’s portfolio i

On March 5, POSTECH and Yonsei University established a full cooperation model to respond to current changes in the global environment and to lead the evolution of education.Education will be affected greatly. POSTECH, a national representative of science and technology, and Yonsei, a prestigious university with a profound history will join forces to create a high-level co-education system that encompasses both a professional and well-rounded education. The two universities will share lectures and grades starting this year, ultimately allowing for a joint degree from both universities. New pro

POSTECH held the POSTECH No.1 fund establishment ceremony at the Seoul Startup Hub in the Seoul Business Agency on Feb. 26. President Kim Doh-Yeon, the president of the QUAD Hwang Ho-sung, and the chairman of Genexine, Sung Young-chul were in attendance. This fund was first established through colleges and private sources to support venture companies, which record a maximum capital scale of 53.5 million KRW. This fund started from ten million won worth of stock, which was donated by professor Sung Young-chul. POSTECH wanted to use this donation to vitalize start-ups, and with many companies an