Among nearly 250 faculty members of POSTECH, how many of them can be ranked among the best academic leaders of Korea? The Dong-A Ilbo, one of the three major newspapers of Korea, selected 100 people from five fields of interest who are expected to honor Korea after ten years. Among 20 dreaming pioneers were three POSTECH professors and one visiting professor, Prof. Kimoon Kim (CHEM), Prof. Seunghwan Kim (PHYS), Prof. Hyungju Park (MATH) and visiting Prof. Donhee Ham from Harvard University.One of the POSTECH Fellows, Prof. Kimoon Kim is a worldwide authority on supermolecular chemistry. Once n

Professor Yoon Hee Jeong of the Department of Physics received the ‘the 2011 Netzsch-KSTP Award,’given by Netzsch Korea Co. Ltd and the Korean Society of Thermophysical Properties (KSTP). The award was presented in the annual conference of KSTP at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology on Apr. 8. He conducted a lecture titled ‘Relaxation phenomena in matter’.Prof. Jeong has been developing various methods of calorimetry and applied them to solid-state materials for last several years, while he was striving to concentrate on his studies of thermophysical properties. He also rece

The Fukushima nuclear accident, which occurred after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on Mar. 11, is still going on and seems to be far from a complete resolution. With an enormous amount of public interest, the influence of radiation the human body has been explained in many kinds of media.In spite of the high interest of readers and media in the issue, scientific details of contents seem to be insufficient. For members of POSTECH, The Postech Times prepared scientific explanations about how radiation affects the human body and how to measure radiation. Professor Moo-hyun Cho of the Departme

Among commonly known Korean proverbs, there is one which says, ‘Stagnant water is bound to go bad.’ Without any air ventilation or water flow, water in a pot is bound to corrupt. It means, figuratively speaking, that people and organizations will become stagnant or even degraded if there is no stimulation or change.Unfortunately, many features of the social background among Postechians are enough to have us keep the proverb in mind.Our school, POSTECH, is deficient in a broad spectrum of the backgrounds and characters of university members due to a limited diversity in majors. Also, geographic

The Postech Times survey which was available for university members from Mar. 11 to Mar. 15 gave a lot of interesting results. On spreadsheets also typed in English to satisfy our campus bilingualism, some international students generously responded. Especially, well-organized opinions will be delivered to the Welfare Facilities and the souvenir shop for their reference.One of the interesting features of the survey is the difference of responses from among undergraduates, graduates, and staff members. For the question asking about the experience of buying goods at the souvenir shop, all staff

POSTECH, the 28th ranked university in the world, takes a new step toward ‘VISION 2020’ with newcomers of the 2011 Matriculation ceremony on Mar. 2. The ceremony is held in the POSTECH Auditorium at 11 AM. Afterwards, 862 students including 298 B.A, 162 M.S, 113 Ph.D and 289 M.S-Ph.D integrative program candidates now become Postechians.In preparation before the ceremony, newcomers and professors wear ceremonial clothings and enter auditorium in order. With the Pledge of Allegiance and the national anthem under the baton of Lee Seung-hyun (ME ’08), the ceremony proceeds with the report on acad

As it was predicted in The Postech Times last year, an overall change of the university curriculum is happening with the start of the 2011 class, after the last change in 2000. The gist of the reform is a stressing of education in humanities and leadership, and promoting comprehensions on other majors’ subjects. In detail, the change includes a launching of the Activity-based General Education Curriculum (ABC), a reorganization of the educational system in the fields of humanities, arts, and social sciences, and shortened term for degrees.Under the new curriculum, students who show advanced pr

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

Professor Emeritus Sooyoung Chang of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, an authority in the field of electromagnetic compatibility and control theory and the former president of POSTECH, retired at the end of last August. The Postech Times met him at his office, even though he already retired, and had an interview with him.“Retirement does not mean finishing the relationship with the school,” he said. “Koreans commonly think that retirees stop working, but in many countries retirees remain active in their field and this is more efficient. In many advanced countries, retir

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

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

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

The time are changing, and the meaning of a university is now somewhat different from that of past.Long ago, universities were training sites for future leaders of each field. Among them, scientists were eager to discover and define principles of the world. What was published by one of the greatest scientists, Sir Isaac Newton of Cambridge University, was about behaviors of light and particles, and mathematical methodology.On the other hand, technology has been developed in actual spots, by one’s experience and sense. Technicians didn’t have to refer to the works of Isaac Newton. There was no

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

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

Guess which office is beloved by outsiders, but which Postechians are uninterested in. If there is an office which you have not been to after you entered POSTECH, that would be the answer. Yes, it is the Office of Admission Affairs, which works to select qualified students as new Postechians. Different from admission of undergraduates, that of graduates largely depends on the views of particular departments and laboratories. Nevertheless, the Office of Graduate Admission Affairs performs a lot of activities in order to attract better students.In actual admission, the Office concentrates on dis

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

In the next spring semester, a partially modified class time table will be executed. The main change of the amendment is a deletion of lunchtime and a time range change of afternoon classes. Under the new slot, fourth period classes will start at 12:30 P.M, after 15 minutes of break behind third period classes, not an hour of lunchtime. Then, all afternoon classes will be conducted 45 minutes earlier.The item was first suggested last July in the POSTECH Academic committee, which takes charge of main issues about education and its organization. To reflect opinions of undergraduates mainly depen

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