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Use of printing technologies, low cost and very easy... Crystal-type electronic materials real-time directing printing technology Can be applied in flexible electronic devices such as smart displays and biosensors Published in world-acclaimed academic journal in the physics and chemistry sector [December 1, 2017] <YU School of Chemical Engineering Professor Kim Se-hyun (left) and Bae Jae-hyun who developed the crystal-type electronic materials direct printing technology applying flexible electronic devices> YU School of Chemical Engineering Professor Kim Se-hyun’s research team (major in polymers and bio materials) developed the crystal-type electronic materials direct printing technology that can be applied to flexible electronic devices. Crystallization and pattern-forming technologies for electronic materials in the past had multiple and complex procedures. The real-time direct printing technology that Professor Kim’s research team developed is a very simple technology that can control the crystallization orientation and patterns of electronic materials at low costs. . <Crystal-type electronic device printing technology developed by Professor Kim’s research team in action> The printing technology of ink-jet printers commonly used today discharge ink through external pressure. Compared to this, the technology developed by Professor Kim’s research team applies an electric field between the nozzle and substrate to improve the crystal orientation of electronic material molecules, while forming patterns through the movement of the nozzle. <Crystallization orientation and patterns of electronic material molecules produced with the crystal-type electronic materials direct printing technology> Professor Kim who led this research explained, “Because the crystallization direction and formation process are determined through the electric field and nozzle direction, very simple and large-area crystallization control is possible.” He added, “The technology developed here is expected to be applied in various flexible electronic devices. In addition to the transistor shown in this study, the technology was applied in smart window displays for which colors change depending on the electric field, and bio sensors as well, and we are planning to expand the fields of application through follow-up research.” The research results were published in the latest issue of the world-acclaimed academic journal in physical chemistry, <Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters> (impact factor (IF) 9.353). This research was joined by Bae Jae-hyun (YU Graduate School of Advanced Organic Materials Engineering master’s degree graduate, current senior researcher at LG Display) as the first author and Professor Kim Se-hyun as the corresponding author.
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Tracking the traces of the Joseon Tongshinsa (Korean delegation) in Hiroshima and engaging in peace activities Japanese press coverage Pursuing programs for understanding the history and culture of Korea and Japan, presenting Korea-Japan exchange model [November 22, 2017] <YU Department of Japanese Language & Literature students visited Hiroshima as the ‘21st Century Joseon Tongshinsa’. (Hiroshima Peace Park Nuclear Blast Dome)> YU students visited Japan and acted as the ‘21st Century Joseon Tongshinsa (Korean delegation)’. Twenty students in the YU Department of Japanese Language & Literature visited Hiroshima, Japan from November 5 to 11 and made field trips and took part in exchange activities based on the theme of ‘Joseon Tongshinsa and Peace’ together with students from the Hiroshima University of Economics, which is a sister university. During this program, students from the two universities were invited to the ‘Congratulatory Banquet for the Registration of the Joseon Tongshinsa Records as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage’ and pledged to act as bridges for the peace between Korea and Japan as the ‘21st Century Joseon Tongshinsa’. On the eve of the event, the students visited the Tomonoura region of Hiroshima Prefecture, which was said to be always visited by the Joseon delegation in the past, to examine the records and traces left by the delegates. In addition, as this year marks the 20th year since Daegu and Hiroshima becoming sister cities, the students of the two universities discussed the topic of ‘Thinking of Korea-Japan Peace in Daegu and Hiroshima’ to rekindle the meaning of peace. Such activities of the YU Department of Japanese Language & Literature received attention from the Japanese press as well. The biggest local press company of Hiroshima, ‘Chukoku Newspaper’ introduced the activities of YU students on its November 11 issue (article and photo on right). The YU Department of Japanese Language & Literature has been offering local learning activities for students through annual Japanese culture visit programs as well as Korea-Japan exchange activities by visiting Hiroshima, the sister city of Daegu from 2015. In November of last year, students visited Hiroshima and met with Former Hiroshima Mayor Hiraoka Takashi and those who experienced the nuclear bomb in Hiroshima in 1945 to share the true face of war and historical incidents to learn about the meaning of peace. Also, the ‘Korea-Japan joint exploration project’ was pursued together with students of the Hiroshima University of Economics as students traveled back and forth Korea and Japan in August to track the traces of the Joseon Tongshinsa and explore the modern history and culture of Korea and Japan. Recently, they participated in the planning of events related to the Joseon Tongshinsa hosted by Yeongcheon City, which was a base point for the Joseon Tongshinsa, as they worked as 21st Century Joseon Tongshinsa in both Korea and Japan. YU Department of Japanese Language & Literature Professor Choi Beom-soon said, “In this meaningful year celebrating the 20th year anniversary of sisterhood relations between Daegu and Hiroshima, students of the two countries discussed the meaning of peace and engaged in exchange activities to be able to understand each other’s history and culture.” He added, “Daegu and Hiroshima have a lot of history and culture that can be shared such as the history of the Joseon Tongshinsa and the issue of nuclear bombing damages. I hope that the various programs and activities pursued by the YU Department of Japanese Language & Literature will be an opportunity to suggest a new exchange model between Korea and Japan.” <Hiroshima Peace Park, Korean Memorial Stone>
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About 3,300 world’s most highly cited researchers for 2017 around the world were announced recently. Prof. Park was listed as one of 96 highly cited researchers in mathematics field. Park published about 120 papers in SCI journals as the first author for the last 5 years, and his papers have been cited about 10,500 times. [2017-11-20] Professor Park Juhyun (50, Right) in the department of electric engineering, YU, was selected as top 1% of researchers worldwide. He has been consecutively selected for 3 years since 2015, which signifies he is one of most impactful researchers in the world. Recently, Clarivate Analytics, a worldwide company of information analytics service, has announced the 2017 Highly Cited Researchers (‘HCR’) around the world. About 3,300 researchers were listed as the HCR for 2017, and 28 Korean researchers were included in the list. In the mathematics field, Professor Park was listed again for 3 consecutive years. Totally 96 researchers were selected in that field around the world. The HCR can be defined as those rank in top 1% most impactful researchers in sciences and social sciences around the world. The Web of Science, known as the world’s hugest database of scientific information, has served as the basis for regular counting of citation from scientific papers and for selection of the HCR. The citation counts is the mostly accepted criterion that evaluates the quality of research paper. A paper with high citation counts proves an excellence in research quality. Professor Park has published about 120 research papers on diverse subjects of non-linear dynamic system and network stabilization as the first author for the last 5 years. His papers have been cited about 10,500 times by other papers. His markedly higher research capability attracts many international students from foreign countries. It was a recent big news that three of his graduate students have been simultaneously employed as professors by famous domestic and foreign universities. Two Chinese graduates who have studied in the same laboratory together with the professor Lee Tae-hee were recently appointed as faculties by universities in China. Professor Park’s research capability proves he has a great impact on national and foreign universities as well. Professor Park acquired his doctoral degree in the major of electronic and electric engineering at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) and appointed as a faculty in YU at March, 2000. He is active as an editorial committee member in many international journals such as ‘IET Control Theory and Applications’ published by the IET (the Institute of Engineering and Technology) and ‘Nonlinear Dynamics’ published by Springer, a global company publishes science, technical and medical journals. He was appointed as a regular member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology this year, and awarded in 2013 the ‘Grand Prize of Knowledge Creation’ offered by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. The 2017 HCR list focuses on contemporary research achievement based on citation counts in science and social sciences journals during the 11-year period from January of 2005 to December of 2015. A total number of about 130,000 papers published by about 900 publishers and institutes around the world were surveyed and reviewed for evaluation. Finally, about 3,300 highly cited researchers were selected in 21 fields of science and social sciences.
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On 14th day, ‘outcomes of industry-academic cooperation’ were shown in one place. Industry-academic technical development projects, work experiences and success cases of business start-up were exhibited. As a way to commercialize ‘University-possessed Technologies’, On-spot consulting was provided on the subjects of industry-targeted technologies, patent application and financial support. [2017-11-14] YU’s success cases of industry-academic cooperation got together. ‘2017 YU Industry-Academic Cooperation Expo’ was held on November 14 at Chunma Arts Center in YU. This Expo was organized in order to share the success case of industry-academic cooperation, establish the cooperation system with industries, activate student employment and encourage business start-up. Lots of professors, students and local companies showed a high interest. This Expo was jointly held by YU LINC+ Project Group and the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation and jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Education, the Korea Research Foundation and YU. This Expo showed a variety of exhibits such as ∆ Exhibit of industry-academic joint technical development projects, ∆ Exhibit of the success cases of work experience, ∆ Exhibit of excellent technologies explored (TECH-BIZ Meeting Place), ∆ Exhibit of success cases of manufacture support for prototype and ∆ 2017 Best of the Best Business Start-up. One of noticeable programs with a special attention in this Expo was ‘Best of the Best Business Start-up’ full of student’s creative start-up items. Students as future founders displayed their ’business plans’ for open evaluation in the Best of the Best Business Start-up, which was organized to encourage a start-up friendly environment in YU. From this business competition, students could try to explore business start-up items and plan business models by themselves. It is hopefully expected to enhance their practical competence and motivation of business start-up. ‘YU TECH-BIZ Meeting Place’ was organized to commercialize the excellent technologies, developed by university, under cooperation with industry. Excellent technologies developed by YU were exhibited and attracted a great attention from the participant companies. Technical consulting and techno-financial consulting were actively taken place on the subjects of technology commercialization and technology financing, respectively, between YU and the companies. In addition, local companies gave a patent application consulting to students. Such industry-academic cooperation programs earned a good response during the Expo. Mr. Bae Cheolho, director of YU LINC+ Project Group, organized this 2017 YU Expo and mentioned, “This Expo was planned to encourage the opportunity of employment based on the industry-academic cooperation in the local society, support a cultivation of hidden champions through interactive cooperation between industry and academy and create shared value of society for mutual development of local society.” He added also, “I hopefully expect it’s a very meaningful time to look at excellent outcomes of industry-academic cooperation and find out very brilliant ideas of business and start-up items from YU students.”
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Won the ‘Grand Prize’ of PVC Eco Design Award 2017 An idea of using PVC waste blocks… Easily handled by everyone and highly applicable for facility installation “If any company shows an interest in this idea, patent application is under consideration.” [2017-11-10] A joint team composed of YU and Kyugnil University students won the grand prize of PVC Eco Design Award 2017 with a brilliant idea. The PVC Eco Design Award is a special exhibition to create new value and explore the use of PVC waste by adopting a good-design concept to PVC’s applicability and resource recycling. This exhibition, celebrating its 3rd anniversary this year, was held by the Korea Vinyl Environmental Council and sponsored by the Ministry of Environment and the Korea Environment Corporation. The year’s subject was “Add new future value to daily living.” A total number of 300 teams participated in the exhibition and about 100 qualified idea works from the preliminary tests were selected for the main contest. The grand prize was awarded to the joint team of Mun Junshik (23, Junior, Dept. of forest resources & landscape architecture, Left) from YU, Gwon Haewon (21, Junior, Dept. of biotechnology, Center) from YU and Hwang Suncheol (23, Junior, Dept. of renewable energy, Right) from Kyungil Univ. They proposed the idea of ‘PVC DIY Block Garden’, which is a block-shaped small construction material made with PVC waste. Their work got a high score in the evaluation, in view of ‘easily handled by everyone and highly applicable for daily living’. Mun Junshik mentioned his comment of award, “A variety of shapes can be made with block modules and easily applied for flower garden, vegetable garden, stair and so on.” He added, “Everyone can easily manufacture and install them with favorite colors. They create a pretty look also. Our idea seems to get a higher score in that our idea can be applied also for currently issued villager-oriented concept in urban regeneration project.” Their conceptual idea and actual size manufacture were invited and displayed in ‘Eco-Expo Korea 2017’ from November 1 to 4 at KOEX in Seoul. “Our advisor professor recommended us to apply for patent because the idea is excellent. If there is any company showing an interest and circumstances are permitted, we intend to apply for patent after refining our idea,” according to him.
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‘Chinese Alumni Meeting in China’ held. Over 70 alumni meet to strengthen ties Active in various parts of society such as college professors, public officials, national institutes, and global companies Chinese alumni network to act as a bridge for YU’s global exchange [October 30, 2017] <The ‘YU Chinese Alumni Meeting in China’ was held in Beijing, China on the 28th.> “See here, the old land of Silla~ Where the spirit of the nation lives and breathes...” YU’s school song was sung under the skies of Beijing, China. In the afternoon of the 28th, despite it being a holiday, over 70 Chinese YU alumni working in different parts of China gathered at the Rose Day Hotel in China. They made time from their busy schedules to attend the ‘YU Chinese Alumni Meeting in China’. This alumni meeting was the second meeting held in China since the general meeting for the founding of the ‘YU Chinese Alumni Meeting in China’ in 2012. They work in different fields such as public officials for the central and provincial government of China, college professors, major national institutes and public corporations of China, and the Chinese branches of Korean conglomerates such as Samsung, Hyundai and LG as they lead the development of China in different parts of Chinese society. Key university figures such as YU President Sur Gil-soo and External Cooperation Office Director Lee Hee-wook also attended this alumni meeting. YU President Sur said, “Graduates from YU are doing great things only in Korea, but also the US, China and other parts of the world. Coming to Beijing, the heart of China, I can really feel just how much power YU alumni has in China.” He added, “Even at this very moment, over 800 Chinese students are studying hard in YU. I trust that they too will become leaders of China in the near future like you. I hope that the YU alumni association will act as the center as global leaders that lead not only China, but the entire world.” At the alumni meeting, Doctor Yin Binfeng was elected as the second alumni chairman to succeed Nankai University Professor Cui Xun, who was the first chairman of the alumni association since 2012. Dr. Yin graduated from the YU Graduate School joint master’s and PhD program in mechanical engineering this year and is currently working at the Chinese National Center for Nanoscience and Technology. Mr. Yin said, “I feel a grave sense of responsibility to act as chairman on behalf of my seniors serving in different parts of China. Together with all my seniors here, I will lead our Chinese alumni association with other juniors who have graduated from YU and are working in China.” He added, “We will not stop at being simply an international student alumni meeting in China, but continue to strengthen our ties with YU by constantly interacting with our alma mater.” <YU visited the Chinese National Center for Nanoscience and Technology and discussed exchange plans.> YU is planning to strengthen its global network through its alumni network in China. Prior to this meeting, YU President Sur Gil-soo visited the Chinese National Center for Nanoscience and Technology on the 27th to discuss global exchange plans for professors, students and research, and the YU alumni in China are acting as a bridgehead for exchange activities in China. Meanwhile, the alumni that attended the meeting collected funds for YU’s development. They collected donations and handed it over to YU President Sur, and promised to meet again with more alumni in the next meeting. The funds that they donated will be used to promote the international student alumni association and as scholarship funds for Chinese students studying in China.
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Vice-President Chang Eun-woo, Chemistry Class of ‘81, visits YU Signed exchange MOU in December 2016, active exchange student program Agreed to increase exchange programs such as internships, industry/academic cooperation, joint international research, cultural experience groups, etc. [October 31, 2017] <Ashland University Vice-president Chang Eun-woo (left), a YU alumni, visited his alma mater to agree on exchange plans between the two universities.> On October 24, Vice-president of Ashland University Chang Eun-woo (55) visited YU to discuss exchange plans between the two universities. Mr. Chang is an alumnus of YU as the Class of ‘81 in the YU Department of Chemistry and has been serving as the vice president of Ashland University since February 2016. It is very rare for a Korean to serve at such an important high-ranking position in foreign universities. Mr. Chang was welcomed by YU President Sur Gil-soo and they discussed plans to expand exchange activities between the two universities such as expanding the exchange student program, pursuing mutual internship exchange, joint industry-academic cooperation projects, joint international research, and short-term cultural experience teams. Mr. Sur said, “Students going to Ashland University as exchange students will feel a great sense of pride as their senior from YU is serving as the vice-president.” He added, “Interaction will continuously be expanded in various fields such as students, professors and research for the globalization of the two universities.” YU signed an international academic exchange agreement with Ashland University in December 2016, and there are currently three YU students at Ashland University as exchange students. Mr. Chang also met with five YU students who are scheduled to go to Ashland University in the first semester of next year. Ashland University that was founded in 1878 is a private university located in Ohio and has approximately 5,700 students. The university was ranked 131st in the Washington Monthly’s 2016 College Guide and Rankings, and its MBA program is in the top 40 of the United States.
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Alumni Kim Tae-woo, the 44th student body chairman, donates 20 million won on 26th for scholarships Founded ‘Social Run To U’ and donated 49 million won for school development funds, etc. since 2013 [October 31, 2017] <CEO of Social Run To U (right) Kim Tae-woo, who was the 44th YU Student Body chairman, donated 20 million won to be used for development of the university.> Social Run To U CEO Kim Tae-woo, who is a former student body chairman of YU, made news with his continuous donations. He donated 4 million won to YU in July of this year and again donated 20 million won on October 23. Kim Tae-woo (32), the 44th student body chairman of YU, founded the cultural organization ‘Social Run To U’ to plan and host various cultural performances, and has been donating parts of the revenue from performances as development funds for YU since 2013. Mr. Kim donated a total of 49 million won through six separate occasions over the past five years. Social Run To U hosted the Dokdo Protection Hip Hop Festival during the Chuseok holidays and donated 20 million won from the revenue from the concert to YU. The funds donated by Mr. Kim will be used for student scholarships. Mr. Kim said, “Though it is not much, I want to help my alma mater and my juniors at YU whenever I have the chance.” He stated, “I worked hard in school and I am working hard now in society, and I am always hoping that YU and my juniors will do well.” YU President Sur Gil-soo said, “I am proud to have a fellow alumnus who graduated from school and is continuously donating funds for the university and juniors, while also leading the culture of donating.” He added, “The university will continuously provide support so that other students will also graduate and be able to put in their part in society.” ‘Social Run To U’ is a cultural organization established by college students and young professionals in 2013 to give hope, encouragement, advice, and to spread a new culture of donating to youths. This company planned concerts such as the Dokdo Protection Hip Hop Festival since 2013 and has been donating part of its earnings for college development funds and has been leading the donation culture through various cultural projects.
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The YU Automobile Lighting Convergence Professional Fostering Project Team fosters key personnel for future automobile technologies Recruiting master’s and PhD students in the Department of Automobile Lighting Convergence Engineering from October 27 Huge support such as scholarships, overseas projects, and industry-academic projects [October 25, 2017] There has recently been an increasing demand for LED-IT convergence technologies for smart lighting for vehicles. It is intended not only for design, but also driver safety. The automobile lighting convergence professional fostering project is being carried out by YU, Korea Polytechnic University, and the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Design Center. It is leading the fostering of professionals in automobile lighting equipped with global capacities through the support of the transportation device specialized lighting key technology development professional fostering project within the industry professional capacity strengthening project supported by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology, Gyeongsangbuk-do and Gyeongsan-si. YU is the main institute that fosters key technical professionals for LED-IT convergence for automobile lighting, while the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology and the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Design Center are participating as participating institutes that are in charge of fostering high-power LED light source technology personnel for vehicles, comparing designs, and planning and operation processes. The YU automobile lighting convergence professional fostering project team founded the Department of Automobile Lighting Convergence Engineering with the support of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and is operating master’s and PhD programs. The Department of Automobile Lighting Convergence Engineering is carrying out joint industry-academic-research projects based on corporate demand to incubate personnel with R&D capacities meeting recent technological trends. The Department of Automobile Lighting Convergence Engineering is conducting ▶practical education based on professional design and analysis tools used in automobile lighting companies, ▶reflecting opinions of companies when making the curriculum, and ▶carrying out joint industry-academic projects proposed by companies for all participating students under the leadership of professors. Students will have the opportunity to gain experience by working on R&D projects that can be applied immediately to companies and to interact with current corporate professionals. <Laser fog lamp co-developed by Hyundai IHL and YU through industry-academic cooperation [Source: Jungang Ilbo]> The automobile lighting convergence professional fostering project team is currently in its third year of the project. A total of six students graduated from the Department of Automobile Lighting Convergence Engineering as of October 2017. There are currently 13 students in major courses (10 master’s, 3 PhDs) and five are enrolled in the master’s degree track course. A total of 10 theses were published in domestic and foreign journals so far. A total of 35 theses were presented in domestic and foreign academic conferences. Ideas deduced through industry-academic projects and the ideas of professors and students were developed to apply for 17 patents, and four patents completed registration. The ‘Single-type optical meter of vehicle lighting devices (patent application number 10-2017-0015763)’ was an achievement made through the joint research with Hyundai IHL. The development of the laser rear fog lamp and improving mass-productivity is assessed to have contributed to improving the durability reliability. The Department of Automobile Lighting Convergence Engineering is developing various creative and convergence-type educational programs in order to foster personnel with professional knowledge and capacities needed on site, while investigating demand among corporate professionals. Educational courses specialized in automobile lighting are also being operated. Practical education provided by corporate experts and on-site learning where students receive education at corporations are also being carried out. The design thinking education course developed by the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Design Center is also contributing in the fostering of engineers that integrate engineering and design minds. Among ideas deduced through creative design education, the internal temperature control device for vehicles using solar powered electricity received the grand prize at the 5th Solar Festival’s ‘Solar Life Idea Contest’. Korea Polytechnic University is supporting overseas education for students as part of its global personnel fostering project in the LED lighting field. Students are continuously participating in international conferences related to automobile lighting to identify technological trends and research directions of the automobile lighting sector, while searching for plans to promote human interchange and research exchange through visits to related universities and research institutes. At the OPIC LEDIA conference, which is an international academic conference held in Yokohama, Japan, seven students made presentations on their research while five students made presentations at Photonics Prague 2017 in the Czech Republic. Up until now a total of 10 students and 16 enrolled students were fostered, while presenting 16 cases of research achievements in their active international academic activities. Recently, Professor Lee Chan-soo and student, Sohn Min-seok, presented their research thesis at the ISAL conference held in Darmstadt, Germany. An MOU was signed with Darmstadt University and they agreed to pursue joint international research. 18 companies such as Hyundai IHL, SL and AMS participated in the joint industry-academic projects related to automobile lamps. A total of 15 projects were carried out and currently nine are being worked on. An automobile lighting industry-academic-research expert forum and expert counsel were established to construct a technical cooperation network among companies, researchers and universities related to automobile lighting. The automobile lighting technical trends and convergence technology workshop was held as a special session of the Korean Society of Automobile Engineers. This year, the launching ceremony and workshop for the automobile lighting and transportation device convergence lighting research association will be held during the lighting electricity equipment society at the Korean Science Technology Association Hall on the next of next month.
