Because all the international students in POSTECH inhabit the Dormitory of International Cultural Exchange (DICE), people often regard DICE as the only place where international English is used officially. However, there is another English-speaking space in the POSTECH dormitory. It is in the highest floor of Residential College building - the newly built residence of 13 floors, simply called Dormitory 21.The Residential College (RC) for freshmen and sophomores was founded to offer practical education and support to help young students adapt to living alone. The life of Korean high school stud

Using mussel adhesive proteins, a natural resource, a more advanced bioadhesive has been developed. Professor Cha Hyung Joon of the Department of Chemical Engineering reported the achievement in Biomaterials. The article will be published in Volume 31, Issue 13, May 2010 under the title ‘The adhesive properties of coacervated recombinant hybrid mussel adhesive proteins.’ Researchers already patented the bioadhesive domestically, and are preparing to apply for an international patent. Mussels, which maintain their position on boulders, secrete adhesive proteins, but no one could reveal how the

Welcoming World Brain Awareness Week, POSTECH’s Brain Research Center, chaired by Prof. Kim Dai-jin of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, held an open lecture titled ‘The Brain, Humans, and Computers’ on Mar. 19.For the general public a lecture titled ‘The Brain and Consciousness: Why man?’ by Prof. Seunghwan Kim of the Department of Physics and one named ‘Brain-Computer Interface’ by Prof. Kim Dai-jin were delivered, and a laboratory tour was held.The brain, different from other organs, is still an unexplored field so it is regarded as the last project of the 21st century in

On Mar.1 an advertisement concerning Dokdo was hung in Times Square in New York. The reason for such attraction-seeking publicity lies in the dispute over the ownership of the Island. The following article will explain the background of the dispute.The overview of disputeThe main position of each side is following; the sovereignty of Dokdo (called ‘Takeshima’ in Japan) is claimed by both South Korea and Japan. Dokdo has been physically dominated by South Korea after the foundation of the Republic of Korea. The Japanese Empire occupied Dokdo before that, and Japan insists on submission of the d

A dark and cold midnight of Feb. 28, it was in downtown Seoul where the Dokdo Academy expedition met. The 117 students who applied to be Dokdo Academy attendees were preparing itinerary for visiting Dokdo. Riding on our buses, we headed toward the East Sea. There is no nonstop ship to Dokdo, so we first approached Ulleungdo. At 3:30 pm, 15 hours having passed from the beginning, there appeared two tiny islets.Dokdo, the easternmost islet of Korea, has been a part of Korean territory from more than 1000 years ago. It had several ancient names like Usando and Songdo. Researchers predict that an

Yu Ji-hoon, who is in the combined master’s and doctorate program of the Department of Material Science and Engineering under professor Hyoungseop Kim, received the Best Poster Gold Medal Award in Ultrafine Grained Materials VI (UFG6), the biggest symposium of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) 2010 held in Seattle, USA.He proposed a new evaluation method for a property of matter without experiments using the Finite Element Method, after executing experiments and simulations of Equal Channel Angular Pressing in his paper ‘Analysis of Post-Equal Channel Angular Pressing Behavior by

[Interview] Prof. Dong Wan Cho (Director of the Bilingual Campus Plan) Professor Dong Wan Cho of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, the director of POSTECH Language Education Center, is the systematic operator of the Bilingual Campus plan. The Postech Times visited him and conversed about the details and prospects of Bilingual Campus plan.Many students are concerned about communication problems in English-delivered lectures.In the case of the professors, there is no big problem because they have used English in external seminars and conferences. Delivery of content will be achieve

The first step to train intellectual property-based (IP-based) gifted entrepreneurs was started by POSTECH and the Korean Intellectual Property (IP) Office. Bill Gates of Microsoft, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin, co-founders of Google, are typical examples of IP-based entrepreneurs, creating future growth industries based on intellectual properties.POSTECH launched the Education Center for IP-based Entrepreneurs last September with cooperation and supervision of the IP Office, and the opening ceremony was held on Jan. 27 in POSTECH. The establishment progress report, congratulatory speech of

For a faster and more precise security management, POSTECH staffmembers will serve as personal guides. POSTECH made agreement with subcontractors and appointed 106 employees as campus guides.These new guides will serve to solve unstable factors or report them, not only completing their original tasks. In addition, if in need, guides help visitors or members with what they need. Guides will receive monthly education.In connection, Lee Sang-pil, an administration officer of POSTECH, said, “Greater development of the campus is expected from careful management on security services”. To contact cam

The first report of a transporter carrying abscisic acid (ABA), synthesized in plants undergoing stresses like climate and salinity, was done by POSTECH faculties. So, a new possibility of modifying plants to adapt to harsh environments can be suggested. In the process, the discovered transporter (ABCG40) genes translate ABCG40 proteins which quickly absorb ABA into cells, activating stress-tolerant genes inside cells. Professor Youngsook Lee of the Department of Life Science directed the research and it was presented in the Proceedings of National Academy of Science of the United States of Am

POSTECH, Genomine, a South Korean venture, and BASF Plant Science, the biotechnical division of the German chemical company BASF, entered into a license agreement. The focus is on the discovery of genes that help maximize yields in staple food and feed crops. This includes genes that increase yield under normal circumstances as well as under adverse conditions such as drought. Genomine, one of the leading bio-venture companies in Korea, creates value by gathering source materials and genes. In addition, Genomine has leading edge technology in identifying useful plant genes by utilizing functio

On Nov. 18, the POSTECH Orchestra performed a lunchtime concert, titled ‘The Chamber Music Concert’, on the first floor hall of the POSCO International Center. Twenty-one members played four chamber compositions within an hour. The audience, including POSTECH President Sunggi Baik and Professor Kim Jung Ki, the Chairman of the POSTECH Orchestra as well as professor of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, watched their performance.The first in the repertoire was R. Schumann’s Op. 47, piano quartet in EЬ major (1842). Proceeding with J. Haydn’s Op. 64, No. 5, string quartet in D maj

From Nov. 24 to Nov. 25, the ‘POSTECH Science Festival with Global Companies’ was held in POSCO International Center. Major companies gave introductory presentations and promoted themselves to talented students of POSTECH for their future potential. As well as presentations, there were active recruiting and cultural performances. A part of schedule was named ‘Undergraduate Research Program Presentation’. What is the Undergraduate Research Program?Normally, in undergraduate school, students in science and engineering departments learn basic principles and knowledge about their major. It is in g

Peter Fulde, the chief of the Asia Pacific Center of Theoretical Physics (APCTP), received the 2009 Tsungmin Tu Award, the highest award bestowed by the National Science Council (NSC) of Taiwan. As the first president of Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik Komplexer Systeme (MPI-PKS) in Dresden, Germany and the current chief of APCTP, Peter Fulde was awarded for his worldwide achievement in solid state physics as well as his contribution to joint research and international cooperation among Asia-Pacific regions. NSC had an awarding ceremony at the National Taiwan University on Nov. 4, and presented

Recent research by Professor Seung-Jae Lee of the Division of IT Convergence Engineering has shown that every kind of sugar may decrease life span directly, not only by causing obesity and diabetes. Prof. Lee examined the mechanism by which glucose reduces life span by preventing transportation of glycerol using Caenorhabditis elegans, a species of soil-living nematode which eats bacteria, with Prof. Cynthia Kenyon of the University of California, San Francisco. This achievement is introduced as the featured article in Cell Metabolism, sister journal of Cell.The insulin signaling system of C.

New source technology of POSTECH which raises exhaust performance greatly using a whirlwind was commercially revised and its marketing is close. Tornado, Inc. will start selling new a kitchen air exhauster using swirl generator based technology developed by Prof. Lee Jin Won of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. This technology effectively excludes fluid uncertainty, and generates a strong whirlwind flow. Its performance is five times better and its efficiency ten times better than older devices. It is an eco-friendly technology, too.When it was first introduced, high interest was shown

POSTECH launched its first overseas office with an opening ceremony on Oct. 30 in Chaoyang District, Beijing, to effectively enhance internationalization and attract excellent foreign students. Nearly 50 officials, including Sunggi Baik, the president of POSTECH, and Kim Dong-jin, the CEO of POSCO China, were in attendance to offer their encouragement for the project. The event was followed by a college fair, which focused on superior Chinese students of sister universities. Representatives from 13 sister universities in China attended, including the president of Peking University, Zhou Qifeng

“POSTECH @ The Ritz 2009” was the title of the POSTECH alumni meeting held on Sep. 23 in the Seoul Hotel Ritzcarlton. Nearly 260 alumni and invited guests attended the meeting to reinforce relationships among alumni and reminisce about pleasant memories of their old days at POSTECH.Starting with opening remarks by the chairman of the POSTECH Alumni Association, the event proceeded with messages from Sunggi Baik, the current president of POSTECH, an encouraging speech by the representative of Tae-joon Park, the founder of POSTECH, a briefing of the association, an introduction to Vision 2020, a

How much do you know about Korean intangible treasures? How many kinds of Korean performances have you seen? Why haven’t you been able to seek them out? No time? No opportunity? For international students, The Postech Times introduces the Korean Traditional Orchestra concert held in POSTECH.Busan Metropolitan Traditional Orchestra, founded in 1984, covers not only Korean traditional music but Korean creative music for a new era. Composed of nearly 70 members, the orchestra has performed more than 120 subscription concerts and 1100 special concerts. Since 2003, it has held the Busan Traditional

Professor Jin Kon Kim of the department of Chemical Engineering succeeded in developing macromolecule materials with supporting technology which can write nano-scale patterns of TB scale ultrahigh-density data only using pressure in room temperature. The new technology is particularly expected to save energy consumption compared to the ordinary technology of IBM, which should be operated at over 350℃. Introducing the significance of the development, Professor Kim said, “Now we can construct nano-scale patterns only using pressure at room temperature. The research achievement prepared a basis o