The 2011 POSTECH Commencement Ceremony takes place at 11 A.M. on Feb. 10 in the university gymnasium. Officials including President Yongmin Kim and Joon-yang Chung, Chairman of the Board, attend for the congratulations.Beginning with the opening speech, the ceremony will proceed with the special commencement speech of Son Wook, visiting professor of Seoul National University. He was once the president of Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology and Chairman of the Board of POSCO. After the ceremony, a conferment ceremony and celebration party will be held by the departments.In the 23rd conferm

For the last 25 years, POSTECH has grown rapidly. Finally, in return for the growth, POSTECH was ranked 28th in The Times World University Rankings in 2010. It’s a valuable fruition mainly from aggressive investments and results in research.Only a few steps remain to be completed in order for us to realize the dream of VISION 2020. However, the standard of POSTECH is not only determined by its academic achievement, but also its tradition and culture. In that sense, the number of steps looks far larger. POSTECH needs special alumnus, symbol, and events like what it has produced ? special output

The 13th ‘A-Un’ special lecture of Professor Barry Marshall, 2005 Nobel laureate in Physiology and Medicine, titled ‘Road to the Nobel Prize and Beyond: Man versus Helicobacter pylori’ was held in the POSTECH Biotech Center on Nov. 2.Celebrating the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between South Korea and Australia, POSTECH specially invited an Australian scientist.Prof. Marshall, also famous to Koreans for his appearance in the commercial film of a yogurt product, confirmed the existence of virus in human stomach, and proved that the virus is the cause of gastric ulcer. T

One of the most famous artists in Korea, Yoon Kwang Cho conducted a lecture about the history of Korean pottery and its future. It was held in the POSCO International Center on Nov. 3.Born in 1946, Yoon is known for his extraordinary works in the grayish blue powdered celadon, called Buncheong Ware. He was selected as ‘the Artist of this year’ by National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea in 2004. Many renowned galleries including Metropolitan Museum of Art and British Museum own his major masterpieces.Buncheong Ware is an intermediate style of pottery whose order of development is between cela

Professor Dong Sung Kim of the Department of Mechanical Engineering developed basic technology of replicating polymeric cell-cultivating substrates in quantity. This is essential for stem cell researches, one of the cores of Biotechnology.Collaborating with Prof. Soo-Hong Lee of CHA University in charge of observing stem cells, Prof. Kim succeeded in investigating stem cell behaviors on polystyrene substrates with lotus leaf surface structure (LLSS). The result is published in Macromolecular Bioscience, titled ‘Effect of Replicated Polymeric Substrate with Lotus Surface Structure on Adipose-De

More than a year ago, the campus became noisy with a feeling of expectancy when ‘POSTECH Mobile Campus Agreement’ with SK Telecom was made public. (Refer to The Postech Times No. 15 published on Oct. 22 in 2009)The agreement included the funding for smartphones to university members, the production of a mobile groupware for users, and the installation of Wi-Fi zones across the campus. University members were sensitive to direct changes on their life (especially the grant of smartphones) as well, and that’s why one of the common business agreements of the university became so famous. It looked

The second session of the Seoul Forum (see page 2) discussed how to manage the cooperation system of universities, industries, and research institutes. As a really “hot potato” of this era, there was a careful discourse on what we should do to transfer scientific innovations from universities to industries. Additionally considered is what the mission is of universities to have desirable interactions with industrial firms.President Yongmin Kim opened the session with his keynote lecture, emphasizing the awareness of university members on commercialization of basic research is always required. T

Third generation of synchrotron light will be supplied in the next year.Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL) observed a successful trial run of advanced third generation accelerator.PLS-Ⅱ, the improvement started in 2009, aims for a higher accuracy and a ninety percent reduced time period of experiments. The first trial run was conducted on Aug. 5, and continuing trials are still in process. The new light source will be available to users within the next year.Professor Moonhor Ree of the Department of Chemistry, also the director of PAL, said “Scientists are expected to create more excellent re

The Division of IT Convergence Engineering held the third International Symposium on IT Convergence Engineering (ISITCE 2011) at the POSCO International Center on Jul. 14 and Jul. 15. Renowned scholars of Information Technology (IT), Nanotechnology (NT), Biotechnology (BT), and Networks assembled at POSTECH to discuss the subject of ‘Ubiquitous Healthcare & Ubiquitous Environment’.14 outside scholars, 25 POSTECH professors and 155 students participated in the symposium under four fields of studies including Autonomics, Communications & Networks, Nano Sensors & Systems, and Biotechnology.The sp

A POSTECH research team investigated how an air bubble bursts and forms a liquid jet at air-liquid interface, making aerosols, small particles of several microns, in the air.Professor Jung Ho Je of the Department of Material Science and Engineering developed the research with Research Prof. Byung Mook Weon and Ph.D candidate Ji San Lee. The result was published on Nature Communications, titled ‘Size limits the formation of liquid jets during bubble bursting.’The phenomenon can be easily seen with a glass filled with soda. When bubbles go up, they burst and water aerosols are discovered as well

It was a really gloomy and humid summer with frequent rainfall. Many people, perhaps more than I, have been looking forward to the coming of fall. Even though it is far from what we have expected, this fall there are a lot of events from its start, especially for The Postech Times. We welcome the new publisher, also the new president, President Yongmin Kim. In addition, two more happy occasions are to come.After the former Editor-in-chief Kim Eun-ji, I was appointed as The Postech Times? third Editor-in-chief last July. Only I can be seen in the commemorative photograph taken two years ago. Be

The Postechian has gained attention for her performance not only in leadership but research. Former student president Mi-Ri Choi and Prof. Tae-Woo Lee of the Department of Material Science and Engineering developed a new technology which can improve the lives of Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) and Organic Solar Cell, by using self-doped conducting polymer compositions.The achievement, titled ‘Soluble Self-Doped Conducting Polymer Compositions with Tunable Work Function as Hole Injection/Extraction Layers in Organic Optoelectronics’, was published in Angewantde Chemie online on May 24.Once

The summer vacation is coming. Even for really busy graduate students, it is definitely impossible to talk about an enjoyable life without any holidays, especially in summer. Nevertheless, a typical term of a vacation for graduate students is not so long; they are granted only a few days of vacation and it is not enough to visit their home countries.Then, how can international university members fulfill their holidays? Just escape from Pohang, and head for wonderful places in Korea. The Postech Times offers special recommendations for your enjoyable vacation. Reach all over the country with a

The 12th ‘A-Un’ special lecture of Prof. Kurt Wuthrich, 2002 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, titled ‘At the interface of chemistry and biology: NMR spectroscopy with proteins,’ was held in the Chemistry Building on May. 12.Born in 1938, Prof. Wuthrich was educated at Universitat Bern and Universitat Basel, where he received his Ph.D. Having studied electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, he has investigated the structure of proteins using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) in his postdoctoral studies. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for ‘his development of nuclear mag

The POSTECH Sports Multiplex (POSPLEX) is at the peak of construction. In July, finishing construction after one year, the new gymnasium next to the old one is going to have its opening.Once there was an indoor tennis court at the sight, but due to the low rate of use and necessity of a swimming pool, reconstruction was decided.POSPLEX, which cost 16 billion KRW, is being built by Seohee Construction. In the three-story building, with a basement floor, there will be a swimming pool composed of six 25m lanes with baths, a fitness club which supports ground for yoga and aerobics, 13 booths for a

The Pohang Institute of Intelligent Robotics (PIRO) revealed its achievements for the last six years to the public at the 6th Open Laboratory, held from Apr. 26 to 27.Six government-supported research institutes in Robot Technology, including PIRO, have held the Open Laboratory from last year to activate communication, technical sharing among industries and institutes, and finally commercialization robots.In the event, PIRO introduced not only robotic components and products developed in the last years, but also original ones. Especially robots, such as WINDORO, a window cleaning robot which i

On Apr. 7, President Sunggi Baik visited Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for the agreement of a new partnership. With the agreement, mainly two cooperative programs will be established. One, HKUST will be added to the list of the students exchange program from the spring of 2011. Then, the students will be provided with a wider choice from another cultural background added. Also, the students will be benefited with the well-known HKUST business program.Two, POSTECH and HKUST will embark on the joint Ph.D. programs. As a requirement, the candidates to the program will have co-adv

The 4th POSTECH Science Cafe (PSC) was held in the Administration Bldg. on Apr. 22. Starting with a lecture by Professor Jeomshik Hwang of the POSTECH Ocean Science and Technology Institute (POSTI) named “Is Global Warming Real or a Hoax?” a discussion and a lunch followed.In the lecture, general issues and background knowledge from different viewpoints surrounding global warming were introduced with two conflicting opinions for the reason of global warming, and data for those ideas were deeply investigated.Hosted by the POSTECH Academy Council, the POSTECH Science Cafe has been a forum within

A ‘π style’ interdisciplinary approach between humanities and science made its first step in POSTECH.On May 1, POSTECH launched its Humanities, Imagination and Technology Institute (HiT), which supports interdisciplinary research cooperation connecting Humanities, Sociology, and Scientific Technology. HiT conducts researches on several stressed topics, such as Science and Technology Studies, studies on images, media, and communications, and Cognitive Science.The Division of Humanities and Social Sciences now covers not only collaborated research across disciplines on various subjects but commu

Is there any beach in the world located in the downtown of a huge city other than Haeundae in Busan? This 1.8 km seaside becomes crowded with more than a half million people in the summer, enjoying the sea, hot springs, and urban entertainments day and night. Here is a little known fantastic taste of Busan, other than its renowned pork soup with rice. Started almost fifty years ago, Bokguk has been one of the famous meals of Haeundae. Somewhere between a clean and spicy taste, each dish will give an unforgettable impression with an improvement in health. Standing next to Haeundae Beach, Dongba