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Unified team of regional college students including YU wins 'Grand Prize' at the 2014 Wearable Computer Contest Check information while driving such as navigation, rear camera, etc using a screen inside the helmet "It will lower the number of accidents by allowing riders to keep their eyes on the road" [November 18, 2014] A unified team of engineering students in Daegu and Gyeongbuk including YU took first place in the '2014 Wearable Computer Contest'. The winning team was 'JARVIS' made up of Lee Gi-won (senior, 25, YU Department of Electronic Engineering), Park Seong-heum (senior, 24, Kyungpook National University Department of Commuter Software Engineering), and Lim Hyo-jeong (senior, 22, Kumon National Institute of Technology). This unified team took first place with their 'smart helmet' by participating in this contest held at KAIST in Daejeon from the 13th to 14th. Wearable computers refer to devices designed to be worm freely like clothes, watches or glasses in order to use the computer when necessary by the user even while on the move. Recently, there has been growing interest in products that could provide various internet-based services by linking up with smart phones. One of the best known wearable computers is 'Google Glass' that the world's largest internet search service company, Google, launched. The 'Wearable Computer Contest' celebrating its 10th year this year being hosted by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and sponsored by KAIST and the Korean Institute of Next Generation Computing is a contest of ideas to check high tech wearable devices that integrate the creative ideas of college students and smart technologies. A total of 25 teams made presentations in fields such as information, entertainment and health management, and a total of 15 teams competed in the finals. In the finals, the product display, functions, practicality and design were evaluated. In result, the 'Jarvis' team took first place and was awarded with the Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning as well as a cash prize of 4 million won. Their idea was a 'smart helmet' that takes into consideration the safety of motorcycle riders. It was designed so that motorcycle riders could use a screen installed in their helmet for rear camera images, mobile phone navigation images, and Kakao Talk messaging. The Jarvis Team explained that they focused on preventing accidents taking into account that while motorcycle riders are much more exposed to fatal accidents, they have very little safety devices compared to other vehicles. They said, "We confirmed through data that motor cycle accidents were commonly caused when the rider does not keep his or her eyes on the road such as when coming to crossroads or looking to the left or right." They added, "If the helmet could be used to provide information that the rider needs, we believe that it can raise the rate of riders keeping their eyes on the road and thus prevent accidents." Together with the 'smart helmet' they also developed gloves that could be used for communication with the helmet. They added a function to switch screens by tapping so that the screen in the helmet does not interfere with their field of vision. Lee Gi-won, the team leader of 'Jarvis' said, "Members majoring in computer engineering were in charge of software and I was normally in charge of hardware as I major in electronic engineering. Our roles were clear cut and we cooperated well, which led to such great results." He added, "I think we receive points because there is a high possibility for applying currently available technologies in helmets."
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Signed MOU for artificial organs development through the technological convergence of harmless polymer materials and 3D printing Creating a new industry through the convergence of university R&D capacities and the specialized technologies of companies [November 14, 2014] YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) is speeding up the development of artificial organs using polymer materials that are harmless to humans. The YU Technology Transfer Commercialization Center (Center Director Han Joo-hwan) signed an MOU with Hyvision System (CEO Choi Doo-won), a 3D printer development company, and NICE IP Partners (CEO Shin Dong-won), a technology commercialization company, at YU CRC Building 406 at 2 pm on the 13th to converge the technologies of each institute and vowed to mutually cooperate. This agreement is meaningful in that the R&D capacities of universities and the specialized technologies of companies converge to realize creative economy for next-generation technological commercialization. NICE IP Partners CEO Shin Dong-won, who initiated this MOU, said, "There is a high possibility for YU's research on artificial organ materials will be successful, and companies with the right technologies and drive to commercialize this were needed." He said, "We were looking for a 3D printer company with proprietary technologies and we judged that Hyvision System, which has the world's best technologies in visual recognition and mechatronics application technologies, would be the most ideal." Artificial organ development technologies use polymer materials harmless to the human body and print an object in the form of human organs as tight-knitted nets using 3D printers. Afterwards, individual human organ cells are injected to make a life-like organ. Because it is made using the individual's own cells, there are no side effects such as rejection by the body, and since it is made using a 3D printer, it is expected to become the mainstream method for producing artificial organs in the future. It is expected that the artificial organ market will continuously grow with the longer average lifespan of humans. YU Department of Nano, Medical and Polymer Materials Professor Han Sung-soo who conducted R&D on artificial organ materials technologies said, "I am planning to place the artificial organ materials that I have been working on in the 3D printer to make artificial organs. This will be able create a new industrial ecology and it will also contribute greatly in the competitiveness of not only companies, but the national industries as well." With this MOU, YU will provide Hyvision System with polymer materials suitable for 3D printing of artificial organs. Hyvision System is planning to develop printing technologies for artificial organs by integrating their technologies accumulated while developing their 3D printer and through this, they are planning to expand their scope of business to the bio-medical 3D printing industry.
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Papers continuously published in world's most authoritative academic journal published by IEEE Research achievements in communications and network recognized internationally [November 12, 2014] Department of Information and Communication Engineering Professor Nam Seung-yeop was appointed as a senior member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), the world's most acclaimed group in the electric, electronic, communication, and computer sector. The IEEE, which was established in 1884, is a non-profit organization comprised of 430,000 technology experts as members from around the world including engineers, scientists, educators, and technical executives of companies. In particular, the academic journal published by the IEEE is recognized to have the world's highest authority in the sector. Professor Nam Seung-yeob continuously published papers in not only the world's most prominent academic journal, ‘IEEE/ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Transactions on Networking’, but also ‘IEEE Transactions on Communications’, and ‘IEEE Communications Letters’, and is thus receiving international recognition for his research achievements in the communications and networks sectors. The main field of research for Professor Nam is on internet measurement and observation and mathematical analysis of communication protocols in the internet service quality control technologies and wireless communication environment. Professor Nam said, "I have been researching various issues of network security lately and I am publishing my research results that received support from the Korea Internet & Security Agency and National Research Foundation in academic journals and seminars." He added, "I am currently receiving funding from the National Research Foundation to carry out research on methods to configure reliability of messages exchanged between vehicles in a vehicle network." IEEE senior members are selected after rigid evaluations of candidates who are currently IEEE members and have at least 10 years of experience in their field of expertise and at least five years of continuously outstanding achievements. It is very difficult as one can only become a candidate by receiving recommendations from a minimum of three IEEE fellows or senior members. Currently, only 7% of all IEEE members are IEEE senior members. IEEE senior members have life-time tenures and they are given the authority to recommend new senior IEEE members and evaluate candidates. Meanwhile, Professor Nam earned his PhD in electric and electronic engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science Technology and worked on his post-doctorate program at the Carnegie Mellon University and KAIST from September 2004 to February 2007. He was appointed as a professor in information and communication engineering in March 2007 and is currently serving as its dean. He received the 'Best Paper Award' at the 2000 APCC (Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications) and 'bronze medal' at the Samsung Human Tech Paper Awards, and he is currently serving as an editing committee member of the Korea Society for Simulation journal and a member of the operating committee of various international academic conferences such as the IEEE WCNC (Wireless Communications and Networking Conference), as well as a member of the Technical Program Committee.
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YU and POSTECH joint research team investigated cause for drop in drive safety of organic thin-film transistors Published as poster paper in 'world's most authoritative academic journal' in top 1.5% of the materials science sector Expected to be used as various electronic elements such as flexible/wearable displays and smart cards [November 13, 2014] A joint research team between YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) and POSTECH (President Kim Yong-min) developed technologies that can advance the commercialization of elements used in bendable displays and folding smart devices. The Department of Nano, Medical and Polymer Materials' Professor Kim Se-hyeon's research team investigated the cause of lower drive safety of organic thin-film transistors for flexible and wearable displays together with the research team of Professor Park Chan-eon of the POSTECH Department of Chemical Engineering. Organic thin-film transistors can be produced at low temperatures and is light and can be bent or folded, so it is receiving a great deal of attention as a core element for organic electronic devices. However, its low drive safety limits long-term operation, which has been an obstacle in its commercialization. Professor Kim Se-hyeon said, "It is necessary to procure drive safety for a long time to commercialize organic thin-film transistors, but the exact cause of the drop in drive safety has not yet been revealed." He added, "This study not only investigated the drop in performance such as charge transfer and drop in drive current that occurs when activating organic thin-film transistors for long times, but also investigated the bias-stress effect that occurs during long-term operation in terms of physics and chemistry." The research team conducted research based upon the fact that the drive safety of elements drop when the fixed electric charge made by voltage placed on the transistor increases. In result, they found that there is an energy barrier on the wall of semiconductors and insulator films and that when voltage is applied to the transistor, the electric charge of semiconductors goes pass the energy barrier and moves to the insulator film to cause fixed electric charge. Based on these results, they succeeded in adjusting the energy barrier on the border by changing the surface of the insulator film. In result, they were able to block charge movement between the semiconductor and insulator caused by high energy barriers and successfully developed an organic thin-film transistor with high drive safety. Professor Kim said with anticipation, "It will be possible to utilize the results of this research in various fields such as the flexible and wearable displays that are being developed actively recently, as well as RFID (radio-frequency identification tags) and smart cards." Meanwhile, this study was conducted as a central researcher support project and rising researcher support project by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and the National Research Foundation. The research results were published as the cover thesis (image on the left) in the latest edition (November 12) of the global academic journal <Advanced Materials (IF) 15.409>, which is in the top 1.5% of the materials science sector.
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Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul 'Saemaul Spirit Practice Day' On the first Monday of every month, about 120 international students take the initiative to clean up the campus [November 3, 2014] "It feels good waking up early in the morning to breathe in the fresh air and clean up the campus with classmates. As a student of Saemaul studies, it has a special meaning to me that I am practicing the Saemaul spirit of hard work, self-dependency and cooperation." At 6:30 in the morning on the 3d, Tufail Mahmood (41), an international student from Pakistan, had a very special morning. He is currently in his first term at the YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul, Department of International Development Cooperation. This day, he came to school two hours earlier than usual and swept up the campus with fellow students at his graduate school. Mr. Mahmood, who worked as a public employee in the Pakistani finance ministry, enrolled at the graduate school in October. He said, "By voluntarily cleaning the school, which is a community space, like my own home, I was able to gain a sense of community and also learn the spirit of cooperation to work efficiently and effectively." This was the 'Saemaul Spirit Practice Day' of the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul. This is a monthly event to kick off the new month as part of the Saemaul campaign to clean up the entire campus. Despite the cold breeze and dark morning with winter just around the corner, international students huddled around the YU Cheonma Art Center Tower Building where the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul is located. Over 120 students from 41 countries studying Saemaul gathered early in the morning. They distributed the cleaning tools according to their duties and broke off into smaller groups to clean up the campus from the main gate of the school all the way to the main building of the university. Professors and staff who teach and instruct the Saemaul Undong and spirit also participated in this campaign to encourage the international students. Navarro Sarah Elaine (30, Department of International Development Cooperation, term 3) from the Philippines also participated in the Saemaul Campaign. She said that she has never missed a day of the 'Saemaul Spirit Practice Day' since enrolling at the school in March. She said, "We clean up the campus on the first Monday of every month as part of this campaign, but I think the 'Saemaul Spirit Practice Day' is a good way to start the day," while explaining the purpose of the campaign saying, "Instead of thinking of this just as cleaning up, if we approach everything we do with the spirit of diligence, self-reliance and cooperation, we will be able to naturally the Saemaul spirit. She added, "Once I earn my diploma and return to my home in the Philippines, I want to spread the Saemaul Undong and spirit to help develop my country." Meanwhile, YU founded the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul to foster global Saemaul leaders in emerging countries in November 2011. As of now, 63 people from 26 countries around the world including Asia, Africa, Europe and America studied 'Saemaul science' and are spreading the Saemaul Undong and Saemaul spirit back at their home. Currently, 129 next-generation leaders from around the world and different walks of life such as senior public officials, college professors, professionals, and social activists are studying Saemaul sciences.
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Former student body presidents establish social company to make social donations through cultural performances 10 Million Won in Earnings from 'Dokdo Protection, YU Hip Hop Festival' Donated to YU Used for Dokdo protection funds, Cheonma Art Center sponsorship funds, and scholarships [October 31, 2014] “Though it is not a lot, it contains the will of the youth to protect Dokdo so we ask that the YU Dokdo Research Center take the initiative to find indisputable proof that Dokdo is Korean territory." At 5 p.m. on the 30th, friendly faces came to the YU President's Office. They were Kim Tae-woo (29) and Geum Jin-woo, the CEO and director, respectively, who founded the social company, 'Social Run To You That Leads the Donation Culture'. They were both YU student body presidents and handed over 10 million won to YU President Noh Seok-kyun asking that it be used for the Dokdo protection fund, Cheonma Art Center sponsorship funds for the development of cultural arts, and scholarships for students. This is their second donation since last year where the donated five million won for the Dokdo protection fund. YU President Noh Seok-kyun who received the funds said, "The 'Dokdo Protection Hip Hop Festival' is a meaningful event to raise perception of defending Dokdo to the young, and the earnings from the concert are used as Dokdo protection funds." He added, "I am especially proud as the president as former student body presidents of YU planned the concert and led the donating culture." The funds handed donated were earnings from the '2014 2nd Dokdo Protection YU Hip Hop Festival' held at the YU outdoor auditorium from 6 p.m. on October 4. This festival was supervised by Gyeongsangbuk-do and the Like Korea Foundation and hosted by 'Social Run To You'. The event went on in the order of the Dokdo Protection Proclamation Ceremony, Dokdo Sand Art, Dokdo Protection Button Touch Performance, and the screening of the Dokdo Arirang Infographic Video. In the first and second concerts following, famous hip hop musicians such as Soul Dive, Verbal Gint, SanE, and Yang Dong-geun performed with an audience of over 7,000 for a festival for loving Dokdo that went on for seven hours. Of the donations, 7 million won will be used as the Dokdo Protection Fund by the YU Dokdo Research Center, 1 million won as the YU Cheonma Art Center donation, and 2 million won for student scholarships. 'Social Run To You That Leads the Donation Culture' is a social company established in 2013 by college students and young adults in their 20s to spread hope, encouragement, advice, and a new donation culture to today's youths.
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International Student from China Li Xian in the College of Pharmacology was the only international student among five winners Published in the top journal of the world for the allergy sector, <Allergies and Clinical Immunology> Her dream is to become a professor with passion in education and research back in China [October 30, 2014] "At YU I learned that what is more important the reputation of a school from the outside is the passion of professors for education and research, and how much they are interested in their students." Li Xian (28), who is currently in post-graduate school at the YU College of Pharmacology, was awarded the '20th Outstanding PhD Thesis Award' given by the Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology (Chairman Kim Kyung-jin). She was the only international student to be awarded this year. The Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology is Korea's top academic society on bio-sciences with over 3,000 full time PhD members in the natural sciences, medical and pharmacology, and agro-fisheries sectors, as well as 10,000 registered members including student members, organization members, and industrial members. Li Xian became in the first in the world to reveal that the activation of 'AMPK' (AMP-activated protein kinase), which is a sensor protein to maintain bodily energy homeostasis, suppresses allergic and inflammatory responses in her PhD thesis. The research results were published in the September 2013 issue of the world's top SCI journal <Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI): impact factor (IF) 12.05)> in the allergy sector published by the American Academy, Asthma, Immunology). Professor Jang Hyeon-wook of the YU College of Pharmacology who instructed Dr. Li Xian said, "It has already been reported that by activating AMPK, sugar absorption and fat oxidation is promoted within the cell, it is possible to treat metabolism-related diseases such as obesity, fatty liver and high blood-sugar levels. However, Dr. Li's research is the world's first that revealed that AMPK activation can even suppress allergic and inflammation reactions." Ms. Li Xian, who earned her PhD at YU in August, graduated from the Yanbian Medical School College of Pharmacology in China in 2009 and starting with her master's degree in September 2009, she has been studying for six years at the YU College of Pharmacology. Li decided to study in Korea while attending Yanbian University. She said, "My advisor at Yanbian University who earned his PhD at the YU College of Pharmacology highly recommended YU," and added, "The passion of the professors for education and research allowed me to concentrate in school and research without much difficulty while studying here for the past five years, and this paved the way for me to win this award." She further added, "I am surprised to be able to win the PhD thesis award, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, especially as an international student," and added, "Once my research is complete and if I am given the chance to become a professor back at home, I want to teach students with passion just as I have learned here at YU."
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Professor Jung Woo-shik of the School of Chemical Engineering receives 'Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning for Contributions to Technology Commercialization' award College of Pharmacy Professor Jang Hyun-wook selected for 'Excellent Performance in Basic Research' Recognized for contributions in leading science technology in the '2014 MSIP R&D Performance Expansion Contest' [November 7, 2014] YU Professors received minister-level citations and plaques for their contributions in leading science technologies at the '2014 MSIP R&D Performance Expansion Contest'. At this event, which was held at KINTEX in Ilsan of Gyeonggi-do on the 5th being sponsored by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Minister Choi Yang-hee, hereinafter 'MSIP') and hosted by the Institute for Information & Communication Technology Promotion (Director Lee Sang-hong) and the National Research Foundation (President Jung Min-geun), Professor Jung Woo-shik of the School of Chemical Engineering received the 'Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning for Contributions to Technology Commercialization' award and College of Pharmacy Professor Jang Hyun-wook selected for 'Excellent Performance in Basic Research' award. This event was designed to show the performance of creative economy by the MSIP and to spread the performance of the R&D results, promote the commercialization of technologies, and to promote industry-academic-research technology exchange to share business information. Professor Jung Woo-shik received national funding from the MSIP and succeeded in commercializing 'aluminum nitride powder manufacturing technologies' that was possessed by Professor Jung. He was recognized for his contributions in the development of the world's best technologies after over 20 years of persistent research. Last year, the MSIP carried out the 'Research Performance Commercialization Support Project to utilize and spread basic research performance and to support the creation of jobs and new businesses. First, 10 'hidden techs' with bright prospects for commercialization were announced and Professor Jung's new technology received the highest amount of national funding at 340 million won for two years. At the time, Professor Jung's technologies had already completed technology transfer contracts with a relevant company. In 2013, Professor Jung signed a technology transfer contract with LTC (CEO Choi Ho-seong), which is a precision chemical product manufacturing company. In addition to 300 million won for technology transfer fees, Professor Jung agreed to receive ordinary technology fees of 1-1.5% (approximately worth 20 billion won) of the annual sales. Professor Jung said, "Heat from electronic devices such as LEDs and semiconductors result in the shortened life of the devices. Therefore, companies are actively developing heat-resistant substrate materials. Aluminum nitrate has excellent heat resistance and has been receiving a lot of attention from electronics industries around the world, and it also has a very high industrial value." He added, "This new technology that was developed can simplify processes more than the technologies of the existing Japanese company so it can lower production costs and it has high quality so it will be competitive." Meanwhile, YU College of Pharmacy Professor Jang Hyeok-wook received the 'Excellent Performance in Basic Research' award for the 'Allergy and Inflammation Control Path Research'. The MSIP and National Research Foundation selects and announces 'Excellent Performance in Basic Research' every year to find excellent performances with high scientific, technological, economical and social ripple effects to motivate researchers and to promote the performances to help raise the national interest and understanding of R&D projects. This year, a total of 50 were selected including Professor Jang Hyeok-wook's study for 30 in the basic research sector, nine in the humanities and social research sector and 11 in the national policy research sector. Professor Jang's study was the first in the world to discover new allergy and inflammation control paths and it is expected to help procure national competitiveness in the pharmaceutical and bio industries. Also, it is expected that it will be used as basic material not only for diabetes and metabolism related diseases, but also for the development of treatments for allergic and inflammation diseases. Professor Jang's thesis was published in the September 2013 issue of the worlds' top academic journal on allergies and immunity, <Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI, IF 12.05). Professor Jang said, "The discovery of proteins that control the activation of AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase), a sensor protein to maintain energy homeostasis in the body, and the research on the investigation of cellular control networks by these will be published as a thesis in the near future." He added, "We will continuously carry out research to discover AMPK activation materials to procure the necessary materials to development treatment for allergy and inflammation related diseases."
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'IBWA Project IT Mentoring' Presentation, 'Grand Prize' App for rehabilitative treatment to enhance child learning, to prevent Alzheimer's, and to improve cognitive abilities [November 16, 2014] Female students in the YU College of Engineering won the grand prize in the presentation for the 'IBWA Project IT Mentoring' The winning team was 'G23' (Advisor Ahn Byeong-cheol) made up of seniors in the Department of Computer Engineering, Nam Min-ji (24), Bae Jeong-eun (22), Joo Mi-ri (22), Kang Min-jeong (21) and Yoon Hyo-shim (21). In the 'EBWA Project IT Mentoring' project that has been held for the past seven years since 2008, IT companies and female engineering students make up teams as mentors and mentees to carry out joint development projects. Through this, female students are given the opportunity to receive practical experience through direct interaction with IT company workers, while fostering professional female IT experts who will lead the next-generation IT industry. This year, it was sponsored by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Minister Choi Yang-hee) and hosted by the IT Business Women's Association (Chairperson Kim Hyun-joo, IBWA) and the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (Director Park Soo-yong). A total of over 300 people in 45 teams in various fields such as robots, smart phone applications, and computer program development participated in the contest. The project started with a seminar for college IT departments and IT companies in March and through mentor and advisor training and mentor-mentee agreements, the teams worked on their projects for approximately five months from June. The YU 'G23' Team had Seok Chun-hee, VP of Jiju Soft, a company specializing in educational software, participate as their mentor who provided on and offline mentoring activities for five months. Team leader of 'G23' Kang Min-jeong said, "Our project concept was 'cognitive ability development' software, but we faced many difficulties when coming up with the detailed contents." She added, "The objective advice from our highly experienced mentor and the educational software used in the mentor's company helped us greatly in coming up with app contents." After completing the five month project, presentations were held for two days from October 31 to November 1 at the Resom Spa Castle (Yesan, Chungnam). After two project presentations, the YU 'G23 Team' won the coveted grand prize. The project name of the 'G23' team was 'Young Brain'. It is a mobile app for seniors and children to help improve cognitive abilities. 'Young Brain' can be used for learning by children, preventing Alzheimer's for seniors, and to improve cognitive abilities. It is a game-type mobile application that can improve instant memory, cognitive abilities, judgment, reaction, and concentration. In order to procure expertise and usefulness of the functions, they visited the YU Medical Center Psychiatry Department to receive advice from experts. In order to solve issues on character design copyrights and unity, they cooperated with students majoring in industrial design, and worked diligently to complete the project. Team member Yoon Hyo-shim said, "We visited nearby elementary schools and kindergartens for testing." and added, "It is a simple game-type that can be easily controlled by the elderly and children, and I think we received high scores for the high business potential." Team leader Kang Min-jeong said, "We had many difficulties because it was the first app development for all of us, but with this award, we gained a lot of confidence." She added, "There are still many improvements needed for 'Young Brain' such as Alzheimer's diagnosis program and network connection. I hope we can search for ways to make this into a feasible business through cooperation with our mentor company." The awards ceremony for the winners of the 'IBWA Project IT Mentoring' presentation will be held on the 20th at the L Tower in Yangjae-dong in Seoul. All members of the G23 team who won the grand prize will be awarded the Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning Award and be given the opportunity for short-term training in Shanghai, China.
