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Kim, Jong-Sup, 2nd term of Media and Communication master's degree program awarded for all 4 submitted works Active advertising activities for companies, public and educational institutes by establishing 'Big Idea Research Center' [Dec 5, 2013] YU graduate student in Media and Communication received the gold, silver and bronze prizes at an international advertising awards held in the US. Kim, Jong-Sup (32), who is in his second term in his master's degree program in Media and Communication, won the awards. He submitted a total of 4 works at the US Creativity International Awards held in September and won two golds, one silver and one bronze. The Creativity International Awards was first held in 1972 and is in its 43rd year. It is a prominent international contest and this year, a total of 1,100 works from 36 countries including the US, Europe and Asia were submitted. <Gold Award winner in the printing category> In the printing category, Kim won the gold with 'Donate mosquito net' and in the public campaign category, he won the gold with 'Paper is money'. He also won the silver with a plastic surgery poster saying, 'Beautiful breasts make guys smile' and the bronze with a Tylenol poster titled 'The headache that won't go away'. Kim, who tried a copy to find a consensus from people with different languages and cultures in the world market, said, "Advertisers must make ads that can be understood intuitively in order to communicate with more people," and added, "I am happy that the judges gave me high scores for my attempt to form the consensus without words." <Gold Award winner in the public campaign category> Kim is a 'late-blooming' advertiser that found his aptitude later. While studying at a university in Daegu, he transferred to Georgia Southern University in USA in August 2007 and studied business administration. Later, he met people majoring in visual communication design and became fascinated with advertisements. "While thinking about my major and career path while studying abroad, I became interested in advertisements after talking with a friend. I decided to work on advertisements based not on theory but on the actual world." After making up his mind, he did not hesitate. He made the bold decision to leave university and studied copywriting at 'The Creative Circus Ad School' in the US in August 2008. He returned to Korea in May 2009 and began working for a small advertising company in Seoul. <Silver Award winner in the printed poster category> After working for about 2 years, he transferred to the YU Department of Media and Communication as a junior at the age of 31 in March 2011. He continued his studies and is currently in his master's degree program at the graduate school. Kim, who said he is very busy because of school and work, recently founded an advertising company called the 'Big Idea Research Center'. Though it is a young company, it is actively working in various fields such as product advertisements for companies, branding for the Modern Culture Street in Jung-gu, Daegu, and image ads for the universities. When asked, 'Why don't you show what you got in Seoul?' Kim answered, "The first reason is because I have a lot of affection towards Daegu and the second reason is because I don't think it's important where you are as long as you are competent." He further showed his love for Daegu and advertisements saying, "I wanted to work on branding for Daegu and if I am given the opportunity, I want to help students in the region who want to study advertisements." Meanwhile, he was also awarded for two works such as a plastic surgery ad at the Busan International Advertising Festival held in August. <Honorable Mention Award winner in the printed poster category>
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2 of 10 winners from YU Professors Professor Park, Ju Hyun of the Department of Electrical Engineering published over 230 SCI theses since 2000 Professor Jung, Jae Eun of the Department of Computer Engineering became the youngest winner at 37 years old Overcoming the limitations of being a regional university and received global recognition [Dec 4, 2013] Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning gave the '2013 Knowledge Creation Award' to 10 of Korea's top scientists. Two of them were from YU (from third on left, Professor Jung, Jae Eun, Professor Park, Ju Hyun) The 2 YU professors were awarded at the 'Knowledge Creation Award' given to Korea's top scientists in creating knowledge with high contribution to international academics. Two of the 10 were from YU Professors showing the strength of the university's research capacities. The winners were Professor Park, Ju Hyun (45) of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Professor Jung, Jae Eun (37) of the Department of Computer Engineering. The two were awarded the '2013 Knowledge Creation Award' at the Future Research Information Forum 2013' hosted by the Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Minister Choi, Mun Kee). The 'Knowledge Creation Award' that began in 2009 excluded the recommendation method of the past for more fairness and objectivity of evaluations. KISTI (Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information), which in charge of the evaluation, uses papers listed in the global science and technology index database SCIE and SCOPUS to award leading scientists with the highest research productivity and impact for each section among papers in the top 1% annually in terms of number of citations for the past 10 years. Professor Park, Ju Hyun (photo, right) was recognized for his contributions to the development of the control theories sector that provides support to implement optimal performance through state analysis and interpretation of various systems in which mathematical modeling is possible. In particular, Professor Park brought YU to be ranked as the world's top 40 universities in the '2012 QS World University Rankings' by the academic subject. Thanks to Professor Park, YU became the only Korean university to be ranked in the world's top 50 in mathematics. In 2011, it was ranked higher than Stanford University and was ranked at a similar level with Yale University. Professor Park, who is nicknamed the 'Monster Professor' and 'Master of Theses', is unparalleled in research capacities. After serving as a professor at YU in March 2000, he published over 230 papers in the international SCI journals. When including the theses published in other domestic and international academic journals and presentations at academic conferences, he has over 380 theses. He basically published 29.2 papers every year. His impact on the academic circles is also noteworthy. The number of citations of SCI papers that he published in the past 15 years are 5,300 times in Elsevier's Scopus, and over 6,500 citations in the Google Scholar Citation. He is currently working as an editorial board member of 4 SCI journals including <Applied Mathematics and Computation>. Professor Park said, "I am planning to expand my research themes in convergence sectors including physics and biology." Professor Jung, Jae Eun (photo, left) who won the award as the youngest ever at the age of 37 was recognized for his research on the design and development of the Semantic Information Processing Framework for supporting the cooperation among distributed information systems in the Big Data technology sector, which is currently a global issue. In the past 3 years, Professor Jung published over 30 papers in internationally prominent SCI academic journals and his theses were cited over 810 times. Professor Jung explained, "Based on the results of analyzing lots of information exchanged online, it is possible to improve the quality of life by extracting and utilizing useful information. Furthermore, it can be used in various sectors such as improving corporate productivity, management innovation, cutting social costs in the public sector, and improving the quality of public services." Professor Jung, who said that he was interested in the 'Internet of Things' field that is one of the next-generation growth engine fostering programs, stated, "If the internet in the past was for the connection of web pages, 'Internet of Things' will increase additional value by sharing data generated by the objects surrounding us and generating various derived information," while adding, "I am thinking about what kinds of services will be possible when such environment is established."
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International students at the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul also donated 5 million won YU Medical Center goes on medical volunteer service in Cebu, Philippines Carrying out global responsibilities as international cooperation leading university [Dec 3, 2013] Dean of Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul Park, Seung Woo, Faculty Assembly Chairman Suh, Sang Gon, Labor Union Chairman Kim, Sang Soo, YU President Noh, Seok Kyun (left to right) "Though it was the Philippines that received the direct damage of one of the worst typhoon, thinking that it is an issue that the entire world must overcome together, we raised the money to share the pain." YU (President Noh, Seok Kyun) rolled up its sleeves to join in the efforts to provide relief to the Philippines that received severe damage by the typhoon 'Haiyan'. In the afternoon of the 2nd, Faculty Assembly Chairman Suh, Sang Gon (Department of Horticulture & Life Science), Labor Union Chairman Kim, Sang Soo, and Dean of Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul Park, Seung Woo (Department of Sociology) handed 24.58 million won raised by the faculty and students to YU President Noh, Seok Kyun. International students at the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul (PSPS) sparked the sharing on campus at YU. 51 international students who came to YU to learn 'Saemaul' from 27 different countries raised 2 million won. Moved by this, the PSPS and the Institute for International Development Cooperation also made donations and handed over 5 million won to YU President Noh, Seok Kyun on the 18th. Relief donations raised by the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul, the Institute for International Development Cooperation and the President PARK CHUNG HEE Leadership Research Institute was handed to YU President Noh, Seok Kyun on the 18th (second on right, international student from the Philippines, Angelilka Linga) Angelilka Linga (22, 3rd term at the PSPS), an international student from the Philippines who attended this ceremony said, "I would like to extend my deepest thanks to the YU students and faculty for their concern and help," while adding, "The warm love of YU will give those suffering in the Philippines hope and courage." YU appointed professors and members of academic affairs committee also heard this news and raised 4.7 million won from the 14th to the 22nd, while the Faculty Assembly, YU Medical Center Nurses' Office, and 136 professors and employees at YU gathered a total of 14.88 million won until the 26th of last month. YU is planning to donate the entire 24.58 million won to the Korean Red Cross. YU President Noh, Seok Kyun said, "The Philippines, which joined our side in the Korean War to help us 60 years ago, is now suffering from a huge disaster. We call ourselves 'Brother's Country' so we cannot just stand by. As an international cooperation leading university, it is what YU is supposed to do." As part of the International Cooperation Leading University Fostering Support Project, YU is currently preparing to export Saemaul Department to Enderun Colleges of the Philippines for the first time. In addition, YU is planning to carry out relief activities to help restore the damaged regions in the Philippines. Meanwhile, the YU Medical Center (YUMC) Buddhist Association (chairperson Shin, Dong Gu) recently went to Cebu, Philippines and carried out medical volunteer services to 1,300 locals. A spokesperson for the YUMC explained, "Due to the poor hygienic environment, diabetes administration was not provided and there were many patients with severe necrotic wounds on scalps and heels, as well as patients suffering from pneumonia and colds following the earthquakes and typhoons." 32 people including doctors such as Professor Shin, Dong Gu (cardiology), Professor Han, Sung Sae (thoracic and cardiovascular surgery), Professor Lee, Dong Chul (orthopedics), Professor Do, Jun Young (nephrology), and Professor Kim, Sae Yoon (pediatrics), as well as Buddhist priests, medical technicians, nurses, radiologists, medical technologist, hearing examination technicians and administrative employees went on this medical volunteer tour.
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International Professor of Legal Education needed at Yeungnam University in Gyeongsan, Korea Job Openings Yeungnam University is seeking qualified, responsible native English-speaking professors to work in Gyeongsan, Korea. 1. Job Title: International Professor of Education 2. Teaching Subjects - American Law or European Law 3. Period of Contract - March 1, 2014 to February 28, 2015 or March 1, 2014 to February 28, 2016 4. Teaching Loads & Semesters - Nine credit hours per week during two (spring & fall) regular 15 week semesters. - Eight weeks of paid vacation for each of the summer and winter breaks. 5. Requirements & Qualifications - The applicant must have practiced as an attorney or law Professor more than 5 years. 6. Salary & Benefits - An annual salary of at least 35,012,250 for twelve months, depending on previous experience. - Overtime pay: 25,000 an hour. Note: overtime is determined by work performed per contract year, not per semester. - Health insurance and Pension: 50/50 from the university and the professor. - Housing: A university-owned apartment will be provided. If not, you will be provided with the housing support of 450,000 per month. * Application & Deadline - Required Documents when you apply: 1) A cover letter (as a letter of self-introduction) 2) A resume with the applicant''s photograph attached. Please describe the dates (Month/Year) for your education and work experience. 3) A copy of passport photo page 4) Two letters of recommendation - Interview Schedule: will be noticed - Deadline: Jan. 9. 2014 - E-mail: Dean Taehwan Kum, lawyerth@hanmail.net (You may apply by E-mail.) - Mailing Address: Dean, Yeungnam University LawSchool, 214-1 Dae-dong, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 712-749, Republic of Korea
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[Nov 28, 2013] Professor Yong, Chul Soon of the YU College of Pharmacy was appointed as the chairperson of the 'AFPS (Asian Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences)’. At the '2013 AFPS Conference' held at the Ramada Plaza Jeju Hotel from November 20 to 23 co-hosted by the Korean Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology and AFPS, Professor Yong, Chul Soon was appointed as the chairperson, and his 2-year term will begin on January 1, 2014. AFPS is an international society on pharmacy made up of approximately 20 Asian countries including Korea, Japan, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. Professor Yong hosted the 2013 AFPS Conference as the organizing committees chair. Since starting at the YU College of Pharmacy in 1991, Professor Yong published 170 papers in SCI(E) academic journals and 80 theses in Korean academic journals, while also applying for over 20 patents, in his service for research and fostering students. He served as the dean of the YU College of Pharmacy, dean of the Graduate School of Clinical Pharmacy, director of the Institute for Drug Research, and director of the BK21 project. He also served as the vice-chairman and the Yeungnam district head of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea. He is currently the chairperson of the Korean Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology.
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Kwon, Jin-Ho, Choi, Min-Hyun and Shin, Seung-Hun of the Department of Industrial and Interaction Design Win Red Dot Design Award 'Best of the Best' YU Students Swept 13 awards in 5 international design contests [Nov 27, 2013] YU (President Noh, Seok Kyun) students are sweeping the international design contests. Kwon, Jin-Ho (26), Choi, Min-Hyun (26) and Shin, Seung-Hun (25), all seniors of the YU Department of Industrial and Interaction Design won the 'Red Dot: Best of the Best' in the 2013 Red Dot Design Award. The 'Design Concept' category that they participated in was competed for by 4,394 works from 56 countries. The Red Dot Design Award is one of the world's top 3 design contests and winning pieces are put on display in the Red Dot Design Museum for international exhibitions. Their work was titled 'Observer' and it had innovative design focusing on enhancing usability for the multicopter robot. A multicopter robot is an aerial vehicle with rotating blades and are basically small helicopters with cameras to take aerial photos. Though it is widely used today for creating aerial photography and videos, they focused on the fact that its use is not widespread among the general public, and thus set their design concept on enhancing the usability of multicopters. Taking into account that it is difficult for extreme sports athletes such as snowboards, rock climbing and mountain biking to take photos or videos of themselves, they designed a wristwatch-style controller and multicopter so that sports lovers could use them. Kwon, Jin-Ho said, "Lots of people just think about the outward appearance when thinking about design," adding, "I believe that design is not just changing the shell, but giving new values," as he explained his philosophy on design. Shin, Seung-Hun was awarded not only at the Red Dot Design Award, but also the IDEA (International Design Excellence Awards) and International Forum Design Awards (iF Design Awards), thus hitting a Grand Slam in the world's top 3 international design contests in 2013 alone. Furthermore, he won the bronze medal at the Pin Up Concept Awards hosted by the Korea Association of Industrial Designers, as well as the bronze at the Spark Design Awards that was announced just recently on November 3. Thus, he was awarded at all of the 5 international design contests this year. Shin, who was awarded at 5 international contests, said, "It is important to visually express ideas as much as coming up with creative ideas." He also added, "I want to study the 3D modeling sector that embodies ideas and create my own field of expertise in the design sector." Meanwhile, Kwon, Jin-hyeon and Choi, Min-Hyun, who teamed up for the Red Dot Design Award, were also awarded at the iF Design Awards, Pin Up Concept Awards and Spark Design Awards. Thus, students at the YU Department of Industrial and Interaction Design won 13 awards in 5 international design contests just this year, making the YU Department of Industrial and Interaction Design be recognized worldwide.
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After signing YU-Meiji University exchange agreement in 2010, student exchange held twice a year Constructing global partnership through joint production of learning contents [Nov 26, 2013] YU (President Noh, Seok Kyun) held the '2013 Korea-Japan e-Presentation Contest with Friendship'. In November 2010, YU signed an exchange agreement with Meiji University of Japan. Students from the two countries produced learning and cultural contents, while holding exchange events twice a year in Korea and Japan annually. At the recent 'e-Presentation Contest', students of the two countries teamed up to select topics, collect data, make presentation material, and hold presentations. The presentation process was recorded as a video so that it could be shared via the internet and smart phones. 27 students from YU, Handong Global University, Meiji University and the Bunka Gakuen University participated in this event, which was held at Gyeongju and YU from November 6 to 8. Participants were grouped into the 4 teams of 'Gyeongju National Museum/Donggung & Weolji (Anapji)/Bunhwangsa (Team 1)', 'Gyochon Hanok Village (Old house of Choi Clan)/Gyerim/Hyanggyo/Cheomseongdae (Team 2)', 'Bulguksa/Sukgulam (Team 3)', and 'Tomb of General Kim Yu-shin/Royal Tomb of King Muyeol/Daereungwon (Team 4)'. At the thousand-year old city Gyeongju, they prepared for their presentations on the theme of 'Culture and History of Silla and Japan'. At this three-day exchange event, they held an orientation and planning meeting on the first day. On the second day, they visited the sites and prepared presentation materials. And on the third day, they gave their presentation. Though it was a tight schedule, the young university students completed their mission through passion and strong teamwork geared towards a common goal. At the presentation on the 8th that was attended by YU President Noh, Seok Kyun and Meiji University Vice President Ito Akira, as well as faculty and students of the universities in Korea and Japan, the students showed off their creative presentations and original ideas. Director of YU Center for Teaching & Learning Cho, Cheong-Soo who prepared this event said, "By letting the students take the initiative for learning and cultural exchange, various ideas are being shared and the event is further advanced every year." He added, "We are planning to develop this into an international event that will be joined by excellent universities of Korea, China and Southeast Asia." Meanwhile, YU has been carrying out the 'e-Presentation Festival' for students since October. 20 teams will be selected through two preliminary rounds, and a final 10 students will be selected to participate as representatives of YU at the Korea-Japan e-Presentation event that will be held at Meiji University in January.
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School of Mechanical Engineering Jang, Won-Seok and Department of Family and Housing Studies Yoo, Ah-Young team awarded at the 'Korean Students Creative Idea Business Plan Competition' 'Mobile braille keyboard and braille pad for the visually impaired' [Nov 22, 2013] YU students won the excellence award at the '2013 Korean Students Creative Idea Business Plan Competition'. Jang, Won-Seok (27, junior in the School of Mechanical Engineering) and Yoo, Ah-Young (22, junior in the Department of Family and Housing Studies) won the award. They were awarded after passing a preliminary against over 100 teams and then competing in the final presentation at the competition held at Sungkyunkwan University on the 6th. The winning idea was 'Mobile braille keyboard and braille pad for the visually impaired'. While mobile devices have become an essential part of modern life, the visually impaired had no choice but to use earphones to use such devices. This product is inspired by such idea. Yoo, Ah-Young explained, "At a subway station I saw a blind person using a mobile phone with earphones, and saw a dangerous situation where that person was unable to hear the bell as the subway entered the station." She added, "I thought that if there is a mobile device for the visually impaired, it might be able to help utilize their sense of hearing." The two who met at 'HanOulHoe', which is a youth education volunteer club at YU, said, "I was always interested in welfare for the marginalized classes such as youths, the elderly, and the handicapped," and added with an air of happiness, "I think that manifesting our idea for this competition while thinking about mobile devices for the visually impaired led to such great results." Jang, Won-Seok, who was the team leader, said, "We are still at the basic idea stage so it is difficult to process large volumes of data and there are still some areas to be improved upon such as the long time it takes," and added, "Based on such idea, I hope that experts can commercialize it so that the visually impaired can have a more convenient life."
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First in the world to elucidate the pathological mechanisms of hearing loss Suggests new possibilities for treating hearing loss [Nov 13, 2013] Professor Kim, Hwa-Young (58) of the College of Medicine (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, photo) became the first in the world to explain the pathological mechanisms of hearing loss due to oxidative stress resulting from excessive active oxygen. 'Active oxygen' is oxygen that is excessively generated in various metabolic processes in the body that attacks biological tissues and damage cells. It is also called 'Oxygen free radical' and is known to be a major cause of aging. 'Oxidative stress' refers to the state of oxidation imbalance in the body due to excessive active oxygen. Professor Kim became the first in the world to reveal how oxidative stress works to cause hearing loss. Using experimental mice, he explained the role of 'Methionine sulfoxide reductase B3 (MsrB3, the oxidative stress suppressing enzyme)' in the auditory system and how deficiency of it can cause hearing loss. Professor Kim, who carried out the joint research with a research team from the Kyungpook National University School of Medicine developed the 'MsrB3' deficient rat model using genetic engineering techniques and confirmed the complete loss of hearing 20 days after birth. He proved that when there are no MsrB3 enzymes, the auditory hair cells in the cochlea was damaged quickly and that apoptotic cell death in cochlear hair cells occurred causing hearing loss. 'Methionine' is a proteinogenic amino acid and is easily oxidized by active oxygen, which then turns into methionine sulfoxide. Such oxidation of methionine can cause defects in protein structures and functions, but there is a cell restoration system that can restore oxidation of methionine in proteins back to normal. 'MsrB3' is in charge of this. Professor Kim stated, "An important animal model has been established to study the effects of oxidative stress on hearing and this study proposes new possibilities for treating hearing loss through the adjustment of oxidation-reduction of methionine". He added, "Through additional collaborative research, we are planning to study the actual mechanisms of which MsrB3 deficiency causes stereocilia degeneration and apoptotic cell death in cochlear hair cells, while elucidating the relationship of oxidative stress and hearing loss using MsrB3 deficient animal models and other anti-oxidation enzyme animal models." This research, which was carried out with the support of the advanced center of excellence project pursued by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and the National Research Foundation of Korea and the support of the Ministry of Health & Welfare's disease oriented translational research project, was published in the online version of the prominent academic journal in genetics, 'Human Molecular Genetics' and will also be published offline in December.
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Configured 'Navigation-based Program for Information on Electric Vehicle Charging' Area with high future growth potential, received suggestion to apply for patent [Nov 11, 2013] <Department of Electrical Engineering Team was awarded at the '2013 Power Industry Software Contest' (from left to right - Kim, Yong-Hwan, Jung, Yeon-Ju, Kwak, Byeong-Gil, Kim, Chang-Hwan)> YU students won first place at the '2013 Power Industry Software Contest'. The team was made up Kim, Chang-Hwan (29) who is in his second term for his master's degree program at the Graduate School of Electrical Engineering, and undergraduate school juniors Kwak, Byeong-Gil (24), Kim, Yong-Hwan (23) and Jung, Yeon-Ju (22). At the contest held on the 1st at Gyeongsang National University, they won the silver medal and a cash prize of 500,000 won with the 'YU EV CIS (Yeungnam University Electric Info System), Implementation of Program for Charging Information Through Building Smart Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure'. Because nobody won the gold this year at this contest, they were first place. 'YU EV CIS', a navigation-based program, provides not only location information of charging stations, but a wide array of information such as current load and chargeable load of each charging station by linking with the power system, while also managing charging station reservation through a central control center to enhance user convenience as well as making it possible to use electric energy efficiently. Kim, Chang-Hwan, who led the team, said, "It is expected that the domestic automobile industry will begin selling electric vehicles and electric vehicles will be commercialized in the near future. Thus, upon thinking about what suppliers and consumers will need the most when electric vehicle charging stations increase, we gave birth to the 'YU EV CIS'." He added, "it is also related to the 'Smart Grid' that is receiving attention as a national fostering project, and that is why we had good results." 'Smart Grid' refers to next-generation smart power networks that optimize energy efficiency by integrating IT with the existing power network in order to exchange information in real time between the power supplier and consumer. The contest judges assessed their idea saying, "This is an idea that provide convenience to both the supplier and consumer in an area with high future growth potential," and suggested that after making some additions to the program, that they should apply for a patent. Kim, Yong-Hwan, who prepared for the event with his senior in graduate school, said, "While preparing for this, we felt that we were lacking in many things, but I am happy that we won such a great award." He also added, "Though it is still in its idea stage, it has high growth potential and I want to continuously supplement and develop the 'YU EV CIS' so that it can be commercialized."
