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Since Japanese version in 2006 and Chinese version in 2011, translated version in Korean published this year First academic book of 'Jung Byung-gyu Edition' established by Korea's first North Korean Designer Jung Byung-gyu Plans to author trilogy including <Modern Doctrines of Wang Yangming of East Asia> and <Contemporary Doctrines of Wang Yangming of East Asia> [May 20, 2016] YU Professor Choi Jae-mok (55, photo below), an authority in Doctrines of Wang Yangming in Korea, published a book in Korea since writing <Doctrines of Wang Yangming of East Asia> (Jung Byeong-gyu edition, translated by Lee Woo-jin) after 25 years. 'Doctrines of Wang Yangming of East Asia' was the PhD thesis written by Professor Choi in 1991 at the University of Tsukuba, and it was published in Japan by the famous Japanese publisher Pelican Press in 2006. In 2011, the Chinese version was published by the Taiwan University Press. This book was recognized as an essential book to read for experts in the field. It was recommended in the past by Professor Tu Weiming of Harvard University, Professor Kojima Yasunori of the International Christian University in Japan and Chien Ming, the chief of the International Wang Yangming Research Center in Zhejiang, China. After publishing the Korean version, it will also be translated into English. This book was published in March after three years of translation by Dr. Lee Woo-jin (Academy of Korean Studies), a young scholar majoring in the Doctrines of Wang Yangming in Korea. It is a 730 page book that shows the progression of the Doctrines of Wang Yangming in the three East Asian regions such as China, Korea and Japan, and includes over 2,000 footnotes to help readers understand the contents. It can be called a 'Study on Modern Philosophy History of East Asia Seen from the Perception of the Doctrines of Wang Yangming' as it compares the development and processes of the Doctringes of Wang Yangming for the three countries. The Doctrines of Wang Yangming are a system of thoughts that share common traits in the three areas of East Asia, and studies on this were carried out by region. Professor Choi chose a new method to understand the 'universality of the Doctrines of Wang Yangming' and 'peculiarities of each region' to overcome the limitations of past studies through his book. Professor Choi is planning to make three editions following <The Doctrines of Wang Yangmin of East Asia> followed by <Modern Doctrines of Wang Yangmin of East Asia> and <Contemporary Doctrines of Wang Yangmin of East Asia>. This book is receiving even more attention as it is the first academic book for 'Jung Byeong-gyu Edition', which is a publishing company established by Jung Byung-gyu, who is called Korea's first book designer. Professor Choi majored in East Asian Philosophy and Philosophy History (Doctrines of Wang Yangming) at the University of Tsukuba in Japan where he earned his master's and PhD, and is currently serving as a professor at the YU Department of Philosophy since 1991. He also conducted researcher as a visiting scholar or guest researcher at Harvard, Tokyo University, Leiden University of the Netherlands, and is the chairman of the Korean Association of Japanese Thought. His major works include <Doctrines of Wang Yangming of East Asia>, <My Heart is the Lamp: The Life and Philosophy of Wang Yangming>, <Toegye Shimhak and Wang Yangming>, <Lao-tzu>, and <Eastern Philosopher Visits Europe>.
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Traditional customs and gwanrye and gyerye event for 44th 'Coming-of-Age Day' International students wear gat and binyeo to experience the charms of Korean traditional culture [May 16, 2016] <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bRzF_jygRm4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: currentColor; border-image: none"> <iframe> <44th Coming-of-Age Day 'Traditional Coming-of-Age Ceremony with International Students'> At 10 a.m. on the 16th, at the Gugye-seowon in the YU Gyeongsan Campus Folk Village, international students with gat (traditional hat for men) and binyeo (ornamental headpiece for women) attended the 'traditional coming-of-age ceremony' of Korea. YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) offered a traditional coming-of-age ceremony event for international students for the 44th 'Coming-of-Age Day'. During 'gwanrye', which is the first of the four ceremonial occasions of coming-of-age, the honorary guest, YU President Noh Seok-kyun recited words of congratulations for the futures of the male students who became 20 years old. They wore the chipogeon, yugeon, and the gat, which is the third headpiece, and tied a knot to announce that they have become adults. 'The Coming-of-Age Day' is a legally designated commemoration date held on the third Monday of May. It is a day to naturally tell young adults who became 20 about the duties and responsibilities of becoming an adult, and to congratulate them from growing out of puberty and becoming matured both physically and mentally. At this traditional coming-of-age ceremony, a total of eight students, including six international students from Afghanistan, Philippines and China wore traditional clothes called dopo and dangui and participated in the 'gwanrye' and 'gyerye' ceremonies. Hadi Farid Ahmad (25) from Afghanistan who was admitted to the graduate school program at the YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul said, "I wanted to learn as much as possible about Korean culture while studying here. Experiencing this traditional coming-of-age ceremony was a very meaningful experience." He added, "I was able to learn about the charms of traditional Korean culture that teaches the pride and responsibilities of becoming an adult." Gwanrye is a ceremony of placing three gwan, or head pieces, to men who became 20 years old and emphasizes their responsibilities to their family, relatives, and country. it is completed with tying the hair up in a not and wearing three hats, and the bunri-ceremony of changing clothes, and is completed with a drink of alcohol and announcing to the heavens that one has become an adult. It also includes the myeonjarye ritual of giving an 'alias' to be used instead of one's name as a symbol of protecting one's body and name that was given to them by their ancestors. Gyerye is a ceremony of untying a girl's hair and placing a binyeo, which is an ornamental hair piece, in the hair to announce that a girl has become an adult. YU President Noh Seok-kyun, who watched the entire traditional coming-of-age ceremony for an hour and a half, said, "I hope that by participating in the traditional gwanrye and gyerye events, you will be able to understand the meaning of becoming an adult, and gain a deeper understanding on our culture." He added, "Becoming an adult is being responsible for your actions. Please remember the meaning of wearing the gwan and receiving an alias and go forward with your dreams in this global era."
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Pursuing industry-customized talent fostering projects Newly establish College of Mechanic IT, Department of Automobile Mechanical Engineering, Department of Robot Engineering Pursuing two-track plans to foster humanities and basic academics [May 3, 2016] YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) for the Ministry of Education's PRIME (PRogram for Industrial needs - Matched Education) Project' (hereinafter 'PRIME Project'). On the 3rd, the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation announced that they selected a total of 21 universities to receive support for the PRIME Project. According to this, YU will receive approximately 15 billion won in national funding annually amounting to around 45 billion won for three years up until 2018. In addition to YU, nine universities such as Konkuk University, Kyungwoon University, Dong-Eui University, Sookmyung Women's University, Soonchunhyang University, Wonkwang University, Inje University, and Hanyang University (ERICA) were selected as social demand leading universities (large-scale projects), while a total of 12 universities from the five regions of Seoul, Daegu/Gyeongbuk/Gangwon, Southeast, Chungcheong, and Honam/Jeju were selected as creation-based leading universities (small-scale). With the selection for this project, YU procured approximately 45 billion won in national funding and is planning to concentrate on fostering the smart robot, future automobile, convergence materials, and chemical sectors, which are future growth engine fields. In order to foster talents for these industries, YU is planning to separate the electric, electronics, computer, information communication, and mechanics majors in the College of Engineering to establish the College of Mechanics IT, while newly establishing the Department of Robot Mechanic Engineering and Department of Automobile Mechanical Engineering. Plans are set to increase the 1,100 newly admitted students this year in the College of Engineering to a total of 1,400 by separating it into the College of Mechanic IT and College of Engineering. YU is planning to increase the student quota in mechanics, electric, electronic, computer, and chemical engineering sectors, which the university has traditionally been strong in, while fostering departments related to convergence materials and renewable hybrid and accelerate reorganization of futuristic departments. Therefore, it is expected that they will realize college education that meets future industry demands, and create mutual growth and synergy among the departments. In addition to this, YU will foster talents in humanities to fit the changing times by completing reforming its humanities sector. In order to strengthen its humanities education, YU is planning to improve its school system and develop the so-called 'YU-MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)' contents to promote the humanities disciplines in its multi-faceted efforts to develop the humanities and basic academics. YU President Noh Seok-kyun said, "We will foster excellent human resources through educational reorganization that reflects social changes in connection with the major industries of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk regions. Furthermore, we will increase communication between the university and society by promoting research in the basic academic sectors and industry-academic cooperation." Meanwhile, the 'PRIME Project' is a large-scale national funding project beginning this year with the goal of resolving the mismatch of human resources through college reorganization to fit the social changes and industry demands. Starting with approximately 200 billion won in 2016, it will provide a total of 600 billion won by 2018.
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100 alumni in Seoul visit YU for 6th straight years to spend two days and a night with juniors Former Minister Jeon Jae-hee, Yuhan Corporation CEO Lee Jung-hee, Football Coach Shin Tae-yong, Movie Director Cho Jin-gyu and more Leaders in different parts of society holds 'Talk Concert' with juniors [April 29, 2016] <Alumni from Seoul hold the alma mater visiting event for the 6th straight year> “It is the sixth year this year to visit our alma mater together with alumni currently in Seoul since 2011. As always, I had a hard time going to bed over the thought of meeting our juniors. Remember that we are not here physically any longer, we are always rooting for YU and our juniors!” YU Seoul Alumni Chairman Yoon Sang-hyun (66, Commercial Science '69, CEO of Ilshin Electronics) visited his alma mater YU with high expectations to meet his juniors. At 12:30 p.m. on the last Friday of April, Mr. Yoon Sang-hyun and other 'power leaders' leading Korea gathered at YU. Over 100 alumni working in various parts of society took time out from their busy schedules and took buses to go on a four hour ride to visit their alma mater. This is a scene that cannot be seen in any other university of Korea. This homecoming day event has continued for the sixth year already. Former Minister of Health and Welfare Jeon Jae-hee (66, Public Administration '68), Yuhan Corporation CEO Lee Jung-hee (64, English and English Literature '71), Kunil Engineering CEO Sohn Il-soo (59, Civil Engineering '75), Chungmu Law Firm Main Attorney Seo Young-deuk (57, Law '78), Ecopro CEO Lee Dong-chae (56, Business Administration '78), Movide Director Cho Jin-gyu (55, Painting '80), Korean Olympic Football Head Coach Shin Tae-yong (45, Physical Education '88), and others in politics, finance, culture, and sports all gathered together. YU prepared a welcoming event and luncheon for the alumni who took time from their busy schedules, and YU President Noh Seok-kyun, appointed professors, and the president of the student body stated their appreciation. When Mr. Yoon Sang-hyun said in his greeting speech, "The alumni who gathered here today will share all of the knowledge and experiences we gained to our juniors." YU President Noh Seok-kyun then replied, "Our senior alumni's interest for our school and love for juniors are of great help to the development of our school. I trust that your juniors will follow your examples and become leaders of Korea." Student body president Kwang Byung-chul (28, School of Materials Science and Engineering, senior) gave Mr. Yoon Sang-hyun flowers to welcome him on behalf of the students, while saying, "We are very proud of the fact that our seniors are active as leaders in different part of society." He added, "Even now, your juniors including myself are working hard to fulfill our role in society. We will do our best to continue your legacies." After the welcoming luncheon, a 'Talk Concert' with juniors was held at the Cheonma Art Center from 2:30 p.m. Students filled up the 500 seat Chamber Hall to listen to the experiences and advice of their seniors. The talk concert, which was emceed by Attorney Seo Young-deuk, was joined by Former Minister Jeon Jae-hee, Yuhan Corporation CEO Lee Jung-hee, Ecopro CEO Lee Dong-chae, Movie Director Cho Jin-gyu, Coach Shin Tae-yong, Misil Farm CEO Shin Sang-bo (Chinese and Chinese Literature, '92), Fill Architecture CEO Lee Sang-hyun (Architecture, '79), and Korean Intellectual Property Office Judge Jung Da-won (Pharmacy, '83). <Alumni from Seoul holding talk concert with juniors> Former Minister Jeon Jae-hee said, "Together with the title of being the first woman in Korea to pass the public administration examination, I have walked the path of a minority and came to where I am today. In order for the few to lead the majority, great efforts are needed. This is a beautiful thing." She added, "You should also not be afraid of taking the path of the minority." Olympic Head Coach Shin Tae-yong said, "I became the first to graduate from a university outside of Seoul to become the head coach of the Olympic team. I don't think there are limitations just because of the region of your university. I achieved many things, but now I am racing toward another goal to become the head coach of the World Cup Team." He added, "If you trust in yourself and use your energy, you will be able to achieve your goals." After the talk concert, dialogues between alumni and students continued in meetings by departments, and the alumni gave their advice and encouragement as social leaders and senior alumni.
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Department of Electrical Engineering Professor Seok Jul-gi's patented technology 'Alternating Motor Control Method' transferred to corporation YU receives full fees and running royalty Full-fledged 'University Intellectual Asset and Outstanding Technology' project with government support from last year [April 26, 2016] <YU and ABOV Semiconductors signed a technology transfer MOU and will pursue commercialization of patented technologies possessed by the university> YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) was once again sought out by companies and will pursue technology commercialization. The excellent research capacities and technologies of the university were once again recognized by companies. YU will pursue the technology commercialization project by transferring the 'high efficiency operation alternating motor control method' that was developed and patented by the Department of Electrical Engineering Professor Seok Jul-gi (47) to the semiconductor manufacturer, ABOV Semiconductors (CEO Choi Won). YU held a technology transfer signing ceremony with ABOV Semiconductors at the YU President reception room at 4 p.m. on the 25th and will begin full-fledged technology commercialization. At the signing ceremony, YU President Noh Seok-kyun, Industry-Academic Cooperation Team Director Park Jin-ho, Technology Transfer Commercialization Center Director Kim Seung-cheol, and Professor Seok Jul-gi (Industry-Academic Cooperation Team Assistant Director) met with ABOV Semiconductors CEO Choi Won and corporate researchers and they agreed to gather their capacities for successful technology commercialization. The 'motor control algorithm' developed by Professor Seok is an alternating motor operation method that can easily achieve max efficiency operation in high-speed operation ranges. This technology was internationally recognized by receiving the 'Society Level Prize Paper: Transaction Second Place Prize Award' from the Industry Applications Society (IAS) under the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2014. With the signing of the MOU with ABOV Semiconductors, it is expected that Professor Seok's technologies will be applied in semiconductors and be utilized in various electric devices that require high efficiency and high power density inverters such as for environment-friendly automobiles and air conditioners. According to Gartner, a market analysis company in the US IT sector, it is expected (as of 2013) that the global semiconductor market will grow to be worth 382.9 billion dollars by 2017, and it is thus anticipated that Professor Seok's technology will create a considerable amount of additional value. With this technology transfer agreement, YU will receive a fixed technology fee as well as running royalties for 10 years as soon as revenue is generated from this technology. Professor Seok, who developed this patented technology, said, "There has been continuous demands for development of the high-speed operation, high efficiency, high power density alternating motor technology sectors in order to improve industrial productivity. Additional control functions are needed for high-speed operation in the existing closed-loop method electric current controller based control." He added, "The technology developed here uses open-loop method control, and it simplified the algorithm and solved the interruption issue between controllers, while not requiring additional control functions. Furthermore, it provides design flexibility of alternating motor and inverter operating devices, and it has a wide range of uses as it can be applied in all types of alternating motors including ultra high-speed operation." Projects that tie the outstanding technologies of YU with companies have recently been very active. This technology transfer was matched with the company through the '2015 Outstanding Technology Seminar' that was jointly hosted by Samsung Electronics and Korea Association of University Technology Transfer Management that was held in September of last year. In February of this year, the 'medical new material manufacturing technology' developed by Department of Chemical Engineering professor Kim Sung-cheol was transferred to Hyun Woo Tech, which is pursuing the future medical devices business. Meanwhile, YU has been accelerating commercialization of the intellectual properties and excellent technologies possessed by the university with government support. YU was selected for the 'university creative asset commercialization support project' overseen by the Ministry of Education and National Research Foundation and will receive a total of 2.3 billion won over a span of three years.
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Alumnus Kwon Jong-hyo (Textile Engineering '72) donates 797 ancient books passed down through family Named 'Dongju Kwon Myung-soo Library' named after the pseudonym and name of the collector at the central library Plaque of appreciation given to Mr. Kwon Jong-hyo on the 22nd [April 22, 2016] <Alumnus Kwon Jong-hyo, who donated ancient books passed down from his ancestors, takes a look around the 'Dongju Kwon Myung-soo Library'> An alumnus who graduated from YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) made news by donating a large amount of ancient books that were passed down to him from his ancestors. KPH CEO Kwon Jong-hyo, who was from the YU Department of Textile Engineering class of '72, donated 797 ancient books. The books donated by Mr. Kwon included 32 types of 192 books for the woodblock-printed version and Chinese version of the Dongibogam that were reprinted by the Gyeongsang provincial office in 1754, and amount to 259 different types of 797 books. The period of publication for the donated books include 4 types of 25 books from the 17th century, 35 types of 155 books from the 18th century, 145 types of 446 books from the 19th century, and 75 types of 171 books from the 20th century. These books were collected and stored by Dongju Kwon Myung-soo (1869-1953), who is a descendent of the Andong Kwon Family Bokyagong Clan. They were passed down to Mr. Kwon Myung-soo's second eldest son Kwon Dae-gil and his eldest son Mr. Kwon, which were then recently donated to YU. Mr. Kwon said, "I decided to make the donation because I felt that it would be of more use by having the university, which has expertise in both education and research, store it instead of personally keeping it." He added, "I hope that YU will utilize it in remembrance of my grandfather's noble spirit who loved academics and collected many books." The books donated by Mr. Kwon were named 'Dongju Kwon Myung-soo Library' using the pseudonym and name of Mr. Kwon Myung-soo and it will be placed at the ancient literature library of the YU Central Library for use in research and education. To extend its thanks to Mr. Kwon for donating the books, YU presented a plaque of appreciation to him at 2 p.m. on the 22nd. YU President Noh Seok-kyun met with Mr. Kwon to present the plaque of appreciation and said, "It will be valuable as academic materials for students and researchers" and added, "We really thank you for donating valuable heritages passed down through your family to YU."
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Eight of 12 seats for the Daegu region from YU Alumni power proven again following the 19th elections In the 2014 provincial elections, 21 YU alumni elected for metropolitan and local autonomy region heads, and 1 elected as superintendent of education [April 14, 2016] <YU alumni elected in the 20th National Assembly elections> (from top left to right: Joo Ho-young, Kim Sang-hoon, Yoo Seung-min, second row left to right: Jung Tae-ok, Jung Jong-seob, Cho Won-jin, Yoon Jae-ok, third row left to right: Kim Gwang-rim, Kim Seok-gi, Lee Wan-young, Kim Jong-tae, last row left to right: Lee Cheol-woo, Choi Gyeong-hwan, Jeon Hye-sook, Choo Mi-ae) YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) once again displayed its alumni power in the 20th National Assembly elections. Results of the elections held on the 13th showed that a total of 16 YU alumni joined the National Assembly. Most of the election winners were in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions. In Daegu, they included Joo Ho-young (Law '78) of Suseong (eul), Kim Sang-hoon of Seo-gu (Law '82), Cho Won-jin (Graduate School of Public Administration '97) of Dalseo (byeong), Yoo Seung-min (Graduate School of Business Advanced Management Program (AMP) '06) of Dong-gu (eul), Yoon Jae-ok (AMP '08) of Dalseo (eul), Kim Bu-gyeom (AMP '12) of Suseo (gap), Jung Tae-ok (Graduate School of Public Administration Advanced Policy Leader Program '15) of Buk-gu (gap), and Jung Jong-seob (AMP '16) of Dong-gu (gap). Thus, 8 out of the 12 seats in the Daegu region were taken by YU graduates. In the Gyeongbuk region, they include Kim Gwang-rim (Economics '69) of Andong, Kim Seok-gi (Public Administration '71) of Gyeongju, Lee Wan-young (Public Administration '76) of Goryeong/Seongju/Chilgok, Kim Jong-tae (AMP '01) of Sangju/Uiseong/Gunwi/Cheongsong, Lee Cheol-woo (AMP '06) of Gimcheon, and Choi Gyeong-hwan (AMP '06) of Gyeongsan. In the Seoul region, Jeon Hye-suk (Pharmacology '73) of Gwangjin (gap) and Choo Mi-ae (AMP '08) of Gwangjin (eul) were elected, and thus a total of 16 YU graduates joined the 20th National Assembly. In the 19th National Assembly elections, 15 were from YU, and in the provincial elections of 2014, two were selected as metropolitan heads, 19 for local autonomy region heads, and 1 as a superintendent of education for a total of 22 people, thus showing the alumni power of YU in Korean politics. Meanwhile, the YU general alumni assembly is scheduled to be held at 6:30 p.m. on April 29 to hold a celebration banquet at the Daegu Grand Hotel to root for the 20th parliamentary activities.
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18 executives in Hyundai Motor Group placing in top 10 High ranking in executives for POSCO, Shinhan Financial Holdings, Korea Electric Power Corporation '3rd place' for colleges that graduated future CEOs for Hyundai Motor Group [April 11, 2016] YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) was found to be in the top 10 universities for the number of executives in the Hyundai Motor Group and POSCO. Recently, a weekly news magazine announced the results of the 'Top 30 Company Executive Analysis'. According to this, YU graduated 18 people who later became executives for the Hyundai Motor Group, placing 10th in the nation, and four for POSCO, placing eighth in the nation. In addition, of the 15 executives of Shinhan Financial Holdings, two graduated from YU, which is the second highest number of executives following Korea University. At the Korea Electric Power Corporation, one of the six full-time executive was from YU. Thus, it was found that YU alumni are playing key roles in major conglomerates and public corporations that lead Korea's financial sector. According to analysis by CEO Score, a corporate management performance evaluation site, last year, YU graduates two CEOs according to the analysis of colleges for the 17 Hyundai Group subsidiary CEOs, which was the third highest number following Seoul National University and Korea University. Hyundai Steel CEO Kang Hak-seo (61, Business Administration '79) and Hyundai Powertech CEO Jung Il-soo (58, Mechanics '76) both graduated from YU. Meanwhile, YU was placed 6th in the nation in the ranking for colleges for CEOs in Korea's top 100 countries by <The New Management>, and also ranked sixth in the nation for two consecutive years in 2013 and 2014 for the college ranking in the 'KOSDAQ Listed Company CEO Report', thus confirming that YU alumni are leading Korea's financial sector.
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School of Mechanical Engineering automobile production club 'YUSAE' Wins 'Best Paper Award' in international conference on electric automobiles Equipped with 'theory, practical and experience' such as winning the top overall in an international car production competition [April 8, 2016] <Automobile production club YUSAE students and advisor Hwang Pyeong who won the best paper award in the 1st International Conference on Electric Vehicle, Smart Grid and Information Technology> (from left to right: Lee Soon-gi, Yeom Seung-jae, Lee Yoon-hwa, Professor Hwang Pyeong) YU students won the best paper award at the '1st ICESI (International Conference on Electric Vehicle, Smart Grid, and Information Technology'. The winners were Lee Soon-gi (24, senior) Yeom Seung-jae (22, junior), and Lee Yoon-hwa (21, senior) of the School of Mechanical Engineering who are also part of the YU automobile production club, 'YUSAE'. Their paper on the 'Student Design of Electric Vehicle for 2015 Baja SAE Korea Competition' was selected as the best paper and received the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award. Lee Yoon-hwa, who was the first author of this paper, said, "The paper dealt with the structure of vehicles, design of decelerators, system design for motor control and cooling, and the dynamic analysis of vehicles. I had participated in the electric car sector in an international college student automobile production by designing and producing a small off-road electric vehicle. We had good results then too." She added, "I think we received good marks for our deceleration design to improve the hill angle rise, which is a weakness of electric cars, as well as our attempts in designing the motor for torque distribution and our efforts to optimize suspension (device that absorbs impact from the road so that it is not delivered to the chassis or passenger." The 'YUSAE' club has continuously participated in international automobile production contests in the past several years, and took the grand prize and second place awards, and is therefore judged to have both theoretical and practical expertise. In particular, they have been making great achievements by using experiences they accumulated by designing and driving their vehicles through numerous automobile production contests, and have been using such experiences to improve automobile performance. School of Mechanical Engineering Professor Hwang Pyeong, who advised these students, said, "The students received good evaluations by writing the paper based on their experience in designing and producing a small one-person off-road electric vehicle." He added, "I believe that this paper will contribute in the design of similar leisure vehicles, farming vehicles, and short-distance electric automobiles, and I also have high anticipations that it will be a basic model for self-driven cars in the future." Lee Soon-gi, who is the president of the YUSAE club, said, "We have been receiving a lot of advice from our advisor to carry out follow-up research to improve the performance of electric vehicles," and explained their future research plans by adding, "We will make various attempts such as in motor control technologies to increase torque and improve hill climbing abilities, changes to the structural design to reduce the weight of the vehicle, and to design the chassis in a way that it improves vehicle durability." Meanwhile, the awards ceremony for the winners of this international conference was held at the 3rd International Electric Vehicle Expo closing ceremony that closed its curtains at the Jeju International Convention Center on the 24th.
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International joint researchers with researchers from US, Japan and China, publishing over 10 SCI papers every year Jointly authored global material engineering books with domestic and foreign professors [April 18, 2016] YU School of Materials Science and Engineering Professor Han Young-hwan (59) received the 2016 'Scholastic Award' by the Korean Ceramic Society. The Korean Ceramic Society (Chairman Oh Young-jae), which was founded in 1957, is the most authoritative academic organization in the domestic ceramics sector. The scholastic award is given to one person every year who made significant contributions to the academic development of ceramics through books and papers on ceramics for at least ten years. If nobody is qualified, no winner is selected, and other measures are also taken to strictly limit eligibility of winners. Professor Han is an expert in the spark plasma sintering (SPS) field of nano-ceramic materials. For many years, Professor Han has been conducting research on evaluating the features of compounds adding carbon nano-tubes (CNT) and graphene within nano-ceramic materials through SPS, producing transparent hydroxyapatite for bio nano-sensors using materials of artificial bones, and on inoculating silicon carbides used for atomic materials. Professor Han conducted international joint research with the world's top researchers from UC Davis NIMS (National Institute for Materials Science) of Japan, and NIMTE (Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science) and has been highly active publishing over ten SCI level papers every year. Recently, he has applied for a patent related to 'stealth jet radar blocking powder materials' by conducting joint researchers with domestic and foreign researchers. In September of last year, he made news by joint authoring the fourth edition of the 'CRC (Chemical Rubber Company) [Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, co-authored by UC Davis College of Engineering Professor James Shackelford, YU School of Materials Science and Engineering Professors Kim Seok-young and Han Young-hwan, and Pusan National University College of Materials Engineering Professor Kwon Sae-hoon], which is known as the 'bible' among global materials engineering researchers. Professor Han said, "We made great achievements through international joint research with various researchers at home and abroad. I am receiving this award on behalf of them." He also added, "I will work hard so that undergraduate and graduate students can participate in various international joint research so that the research capacities of Korea and YU in the ceramics sector can reach world-class levels." Professor Han earned his PhD at the University of Nevada in the US and served as a researcher at UC Davis and UC Berkeley, and has been serving as a professor at YU since 2010. He is currently active as a guest editor of 'Scripta Materialia' and 'Advances in Applied Ceramics', which are globally acclaimed academic journals in the materials engineering sector. The awarding ceremony is scheduled to be held at the Busan Centum Hotel at 6:30 on the 21st. Professor Han is scheduled to give a lecture on 'R&D on substitute materials for next-generation nuclear power plant parts in relation to the Fukushima nuclear power plant explosion in Japan' at the '2016 Korean Ceramics Society' that will be held at BEXCO prior to the awarding ceremony.