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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Leading research institutes on green energy of Korea, US, Germany, France and Australia gathers at Yeungnam University Announces construction of \'Global Green Energy Cluster Network\' [Nov 16, 2010] <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_06821218346900313 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_14-46-58_495.jpg\" target=_blank> The \'Global Green Energy Cluster Network\', which vowed international cooperation in R&D and industrialization of green energy technology for the future society, was officially launched in the afternoon of the 16th at the Yeungnam University Chunma Arts Center Chamber Hall. We have now passed the \'age of global competition\' and are entering the \'age of global cooperation\'. At its center stands the Republic of Korea. As to prove this, the G20 summits came to Seoul to exchange ideas for international economic cooperation such as in exchange rate policies, and now, global figures have come to Yeungnam University to search for ways for international cooperation in the solar energy sector. Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo) proclaimed the start of the new age of global cooperation after making an agreement with establishing the GGECN (Global Green Energy Cluster Network) to connect Korea, US, France, Germany and Australia in the afternoon of the 16th at the Chunma Arts Center Chamber Hall. Lee, Hyo-soo, who was the keynote speaker, emphasized in his speech titled, \'GIFT plan & GGECN for Sustainable Green Growth\', that the entire world must come together to develop environment-friendly green energy in order to overcome the crisis of mankind caused by climate-change as soon as possible. In particular, he presented the three directions of \'development of new technologies for environment-friendly green energy\', \'energy saving technology development in existing industrial fields\', and \'innovation of energy saving consumption\' for the \'GIFT Plan\', and proposed international cooperation for the future of humankind. This also meant what the global cooperation network must aim for in the green energy sector as well. President Lee stated, \"With the construction of the GGECN, we now lay the cornerstone for the GIFT plan, and information exchange and research cooperation in the green energy sector will be possible from a global aspect.\" He added, \"Yeungnam University\'s GIFT plan will be a big gift not only for the future, but for today\'s world as well. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_007517765399868287 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_14-47-43_495.jpg\" target=_blank> While introducing the three directions in the green innovation sector, which has been promoted by Yeungnam University for the future of humanity, Lee, Hyo-soo also proposed to open up the age of global cooperation in his keynote speech. Institutes participating in the GGECN are core institutes that have already led the research and industries of the solar energy sector in their respective nations. In Korea, centering on Yeungnam University\'s Institute of Solar Energy Research, Solar Cell/Module Materials and Process Regional Innovation Center, and the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Economic Belt Green Energy Education & Research Center, Gyeongsangbuk-do, the Gyeongbuk Technopark, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Leading Industry Development for Economic Region, and the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Regional Energy Climate Change Center, as well as the foreign-invested company ISET (International Solar Electric Technology) will be participating. From the US are participating FESC (Florida Energy Systems Consortium), University Center of Excellence for Photovoltaics Research and Education at Georgia Tech, and CRSP (Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion). InESS (Institute of Electronics for Solids and Systems) of France, and TÜV Rheinland of Germany, and University of New South Wales of Australia join in the network. They have gathered at Yeungnam University to promise global cooperation in development of green energy for the future of humanity. They aimed at agreeing to make collaborative efforts for effective research and education in green energy sectors such as solar energy, hydro-energy, wind energy, geothermal heat, bio-mass, atomic energy, etc, and establishing sustainable development policies, while making representative communication channels from the respective countries. Accordingly, Yeungnam University and Gyeongsangbuk-do became not only the center for green energy in Korea, but debuted in the international stage as the center of global cooperation. Yeungnam University will play a role in connecting companies, institutes, research centers and universities of the domestic green energy sector with that of the US, France, Germany and Australia. In addition, it will play the role of brokering domestic consulting of world-renowned scholars in the green energy sector. As part of this, Yeungnam University is planning to drive the details of the private collaboration with InESS of France. InESS is a world-class green energy research institute located in Alsace, France, which has a sister-relationship with Gyeongsangbuk-do, and it is within the University of Strasbourg, which is also a sister-university of Yeungnam University. The US FESC, CRSP, UCEP, and Australia\'s UNSW also promised student exchange programs, joint research, and Shared-use of solar cell manufacturing pilot lines. FESC is the world\'s largest solar energy consortium that is combined with companies, colleges and research centers in the solar energy sector in Florida. CRSP is a consortium in Colorado with members such as the US NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) which is recognized as a world-class green energy research center. In addition, by the agreement which has also been made with Germany\'s TÜV Rheinland Yeungnam University will directly operate the world-class solar cell module international certification and evaluation center from 2011. Furthermore, it agreed to cooperate in attracting foreign investments with the US ISET to promote the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region\'s CIS thin film solar cell industry. Thus, through the establishment of the fusion research paradigm, Yeungnam University has got a green light for \'Green Innovation\', which is one of the \'Global Frontier 10-3-10\', which is the university\'s goal to become one of the top 10 universities in 3 research areas within 10 years. It has already prepared 88 billion won in national funding, and has constructed world-class partnerships now. Thus, it has increased the possibility for the success of Yeungnam University\'s \'GIFT (Green Innovation For Tomorrow)\' plan, which aims at preparing a gift for following generations through green innovation. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_03648541549074868 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_14-48-13_495.jpg\" target=_blank> Professor Park, Chin-ho (52, School of Display and Chemical Engineering), who is the director of the Yeungnam University Institute of Solar Energy Research and worked hard day and night for the establishment of GGECN, expected \"GGECN will help upgrade the research capacities of the domestic solar energy sector to world-class levels, and it will not only foster human resources, but also contribute in cutting R&D investment costs of companies, and maximizing productivity.\" Meanwhile, prior to the establishment of GGECN, at 1pm on the 16th, the \'First International Symposium on Solar Energy Technology\' (photo), in which world-renowned scholars in the solar energy sector participated en masse, at the Yeungnam Chunma Arts Center Chamber Hall. This was an opportunity to identify the present and future of the world\'s solar energy technology. On the 17th, the \'Global Green Energy Cluster Network Symposium\' will be opened as a special session of the \'2010 World Green Energy Forum\' hosted by Gyeongsangbuk-do.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Chunma International Summer School, Study Korea 7 Hours a Day Various cultural experiences such as pottery, etiquette, temple stay, etc [July 16, 2010] <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_0030719005912799135 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_10-03-50_495.jpg\" target=_blank> <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_08103944606319903 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_10-10-02_495.jpg\" target=_blank> <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_06636316625227652 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_10-10-25_495.jpg\" target=_blank> Afternoon on the 15th at \'Dosan Korean Etiquette Institute\' located in Daebong-dong, Jung-gu, Daegu. About a dozen foreigners are busily taking photos wearing the hanbok (traditional Korean clothes) as traditional music gently flows. Girls who are wearing the daeryebok (full-dress uniform) for the first time in their life repeat the word \"beautiful\", and the young men who are wearing durumagi (traditional overcoat) and tanggeon (horsehair scullcap worn under hats) for some reason show mature behavior. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_02974765575292949 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_10-05-30_495.jpg\" target=_blank> They are all foreign students attending the \'Chunma International Summer School\' (hereafter referred to as \'summer school\') this summer break at Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo). At this summer school, which was offered to introduce Korea\'s culture, history, society and economy to the youth around the world, is being participated by 13 foreign students from the US, Hong Kong, Japan, Germany, Tanzania, Tunisia and China. They are busy learning about Korea for 7 hours a day, Monday through Friday beginning from the 28th of last month to the 25th of this month, focusing on the current affairs of the Korean society, tradition and culture of Korea, global economic issues, etc. After classes, the students participate in various extracurricular activities such as pottery, wearing hanbok, etiquette class, tea ceremony, natural dyeing, making kimchi, etc for hands-on experience of Korean traditional culture, and also visit historical sites such as Gyeongju and Jeonju to see and learn the history of Korea. They also get a touch of the spiritual culture that flows around the lives of Koreans through home-stays at Korean homes, and through temple-stays at Unmunsa Temple in Cheongdo, Gyeongbuk. Upon completion of this short-term program, they receive 6 credits. Joshua Campbell (22), who is majoring in international studies at the University of Nebraska, Omaha in the US, said, \"I thought Koreans only said \'hurry, hurry\', but after living here in Korea I learned that they are quite patient, considerate and know how to wait. I am learning the \'beauty of slowness\' here in Korea during my summer break.\" He added, \"I would like to come to Yeungnam University as an exchange student during a regular school term and really learn about Korea.\" <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_08579704113895952 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_10-05-55_495.jpg\" target=_blank> Gharbi Mohamed (30), who majors in business administration at the University of Tunis, stated, \"Interest of Korea has probably risen in Africa because of the World Cup in South Africa,\" and added, \"I will enroll in Korean language courses at Yeungnam University from the fall semester, and I hope that in the long-run I can contribute in promoting interchange between Korea and Africa.\" Meanwhile, the Yeungnam University School of International Studies, which offers summer school programs for the first time this year, is planning to expand them in the future so that more foreign students from more countries can have the opportunity to learn about Korea.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Team from Isfahan University of Technology in Iran joins the \'Baja SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) KOREA at Yeungnam University\' First appearance in international competition, scheduled to participate in event in South Africa 3 months later also [July 7, 2010] “We prepared very hard for the past year for this event, but we aren\'t thinking too much about the results. What\'s more important to us is that we do our best so that we have no regrets and that we make friends with university students around the world. At the automobile engineering student festival, we\'ll have fun.\" On the morning of the 7th at the plant lab of Yeungnam University. The IUT team (photo) of the Isfahan University of Technology are working hard from early in the morning. After finally checking the vehicle that arrived late last night, they will be participate in the Baja SAE Korea at Yeungnam University that will be held from the afternoon on this day until the 10th. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_05400010076814252 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_09-50-09_495.jpg\" target=_blank> IUT is the KAIST of Iran. It is a university geared to the engineering sector and is located approximately 400km from the capital, Tehran. They decided to participate in the event after finding out that it would be held at Yeungnam University from the US SAE homepage last summer, but there were many obstacles to overcome. The biggest obstacle was the financial issue. Not to mention the cost to manufacture a vehicle, but the round trip airfares and cost to transport the vehicle were quite expensive. After soliciting a number of companies, they received financial support from the well-known Iranian oil refinery companies Nargan and North Drilling Company. The IUT team focused mainly on the suspension system for their vehicle. Because there is an offroad race, it absorbed shock from the road to minimize fatigue of the driver and controls irregular motion of the vehicle when driving on severely bumpy surfaces through increasing the tire grip for better control to enhance its driving power and braking power. Thus, they have strong confidence in the dynamic test that inspects the vehicle\'s braking power, traction power, control power, etc as well as in endurance race in which the track must be completed in 3 and a half hours. The team\'s leader Mortez (23) stated, \"It is not common for university students to receive support from a company in Iran to participate in an international event, so it was very difficult for us to find sponsors. But, after continuously persuading them without giving up they pledged their support to us beyond our expectation,\" and added, \"We will do our best until the end for those who trusted and supported us.\" Another hurdle to overcome was that they never experienced international competitions. The only experience is that their upperclassmen participated in an international competition five years ago in South Africa. Thus, for the past year the 6 mechanical engineering students, 1 industrial engineering student and 1 material engineering student came together as a team of pioneers and had to learn for theirselves and gain experience from A to Z. Dr. Mohsen Esfahanian (46), who guided these students, stated, \"We had to overcome many trials-and-errors to join this event in Korea, but I am very proud of the students who solved and overcame every problem.\" He also added, \"One thing I would like to tell my students is to be willing to learn at all times wherever they are, and I hope they can enjoy this experience, regardless of the results.\" The IUT team is planning to take another challenge in the Republic of South Africa in the coming October using the experience from this event. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_02860512930665488 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_09-50-47_495.jpg\" target=_blank> On another note, the participation of the team from Iran is giving as a fresh impetus to domestic teams. Team leader Lee, Si-mok (24, Junior, Major of Mechanical System) of Yeungnam University \'Chunma DM\', which is a veteran team that participated in this event for the past 15 years and won on several occasions, stated, \"The fact that friends from foreign countries to take part in this competition is heating things up,\" adding, \"We will play fair so that they can go back to their home countries with good memories of Korea.\" The Baja SAE Korea at Yeungnam University, which is hosted by Yeungnam University, has been hosted for the past 15 years, and it will be held at the Yeungnam University Gyeongsan campus until July 10. 56 teams from Korea and abroad will compete in this event, and the first place winner will receive the Minister of Knowledge Economy Award, winner\'s flag and a trophy. Results of the event will be announced worldwide through the official homepage of SAE (www.sae.org) and through various publications. <Photo> The IUT team and Chunma DM team are making final checks at the plant lab.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Yeungnam University-United Nations Foundation, Hosting of Joint Campaign Foster the first partner \'Global Leader\' in Asia [July 2, 2010] Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo) and the United Nations Foundation (founder Ted Turner) will begin the \'Nets Go!\' campaign. The \'Nets Go!\' campaign is a campaign to raise funds to send mosquito nets with killing insects to Africa in order to prevent malaria, which is the number 1 killer of children in Africa. This is the Korean version of the \'Nothing But Nets\' campaign of the US, which has been led for the past three years by the UN. The UN Foundation is a non-profit organization that was founded with a 1 billion dollar donation by Ted Turner, the founder of CNN and vice-chairman of AOL Time Warner, to the UN, and globally prominent figures including Turner and Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general are actively participating as members of the executive board. Currently, it has made partnerships with over 300 organizations and companies, 40 UN organizations, and over 100 national governments to champion for women and population, child health care, environment, world peace and stability. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_017496434726199333 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_09-36-37_495.jpg\" target=_blank> Yeungnam University became the first cooperation partner in Asia of the UN Foundation last June. And for the first cooperation project, the presentation on the \'Nets Go!\' campaign was held at the Yeungnam University Gyeongsan campus in the afternoon of the 1st and 2nd (photo). At this event, Andreana Rogalbo (28), director of the \'Nets Go!\' campaign and Ryu, Jong-soo, senior advisor, were dispatched by the UN Foundation to explain the aim of the campaign, how to participate, and future plans to students of Yeungnam University. Lee, Jung-min (22, female), a junior in the Department of English Language and Literature who participated in this presentation, stated, \"I learned today that one child dies from malaria every 30 seconds. I feel sorry that I was so negligent about the frightening reality on the opposite side of the world.\" She added, \"They say that a 10 thousand won mosquito net can ensure the life of a 4 member family for 5 years, so I hope that all of us pitch in and help.\" <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_04797224873171761 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_09-37-04_495.jpg\" target=_blank> Yeungnam University and the UN Foundation is planning to hold a \'Nets Go!\' campaign launching ceremony in Seoul at the end of August. Over 20 students from Yeungnam University are expected to participate in this event as leaders. Also promoting internships at UN organizations and English speaking competitions together Ahead of this, an MOU was signed to establish a partnership with the UN Foundation in LA on the 12th of last month. On the day of the signing, Lee, Hyo-soo, president of Yeungnam University, and Ms. Kathy Bushkin Calvin, the CEO of the UN Foundation, vowed to cooperate in fostering global leaders who will take the initiative in solving global issues with a sincere interest. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_08420465445512817 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-31_09-37-28_495.jpg\" target=_blank> In the US Alumni Association, president Lee, Hyo-soo and Ms. Calvin, CEO of UNF, signs an MOU promising to cooperate in fostering global human resources (From the first row, left to right, Bae, Gi-won, former supreme justice, Ms. Calvin, president Lee, Hyo-soo, special minister Joo, Ho-young) The \'Nets Go!\' campaign will also be jointly pursued as part of it. In addition, Yeungnam University and the UN Foundation also agreed to cooperate and promote internship programs at UN organizations for Yeungnam University students, and English speaking competitions on UN activities and global issues. On this, president Lee, Hyo-soo stated, \"A global leader should sincerely consider global issues and take the initiative to solve them with a cool head and a warm heart.\" He added, \"While fostering our students as true global leaders through cooperation with the UN Foundation, we will also contribute in enhancing the national prestige of Korea.\"
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Jointly volunteer with UNESCO and International Work Camp Opportunity to grow into becoming a global citizen [June 30, 2010] <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_06227450202509328 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-30_14-38-23_495.jpg\" target=_blank> This summer, 129 students from Yeungnam University will practice \'love without borders\' in 14 countries in Europe and Asia. Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo) held a launching ceremony of the 19th overseas volunteer groups at the main auditorium of the Law Library on the morning of the 30th. The competition was 4 to 1 for selection, and they will be dispatched to 14 nations around the world including Turkey, Armenia, Slovakia, Estonia, Ukraine, and Indonesia from early July. In particular, since it is a program jointly being pursued by Yeungnam University and international organizations such as UNESCO and IWO (International Workcamp Organization), it is a great opportunity to increase capacities as a global citizen. This is because young people from all over the world will come together and work and live together for about a month, and so it will offer the opportunity to overcome the racial, language, and cultural differences and be able to respect each other. Furthermore, it is also a great chance to naturally create a global human network with young people from around the world. To the students leaving for overseas volunteer work, Lee, Hyo-soo stated, \"By taking time at night to assess the day\'s volunteer activities, you will be able to learn the various perspectives of people from different countries on the same problem, and will also be able to learn from them.\" He also emphasized, \"If time for assessment is not included in the schedule, our students should take charge and make this time. That is the way to global leadership.\" Yeungnam University is the only university in the local area that has dispatched an overseas volunteer group in collaboration with international organizations. The only universities in Korea to do so is Yeungnam University, Hongik University and Kyunghee University. Lee, Ju-mi (Senior in Department of Korean Language and Literature, 23), who will be departing for Turkey on July 7, stated, \"I am planning to spend the month not thinking of it as volunteer work, but as a chance to meet and become friends with the people of the world. That\'s because if I think that I am going there to help people in economically less fortunate environments than ours, that may lead to a sense of chauvinism.\" She added, \"I want to share the kindness of Koreans to Turkey, which is our \'brotherly country\' and become friends with people of all over the world.\" <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_027768582151537835 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-30_14-38-43_495.jpg\" target=_blank>
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Invited 3 scholars including the \'Cherry Award\' winner, which is the top award in the solar cell sector Over 100 students participating in Green Energy Education & Research Center, 1 week education, 6 hours a day Top 10% on tests dispatched to overseas sites [June 29, 2010] <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_02687441482147298 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-30_14-17-48_495.jpg\" target=_blank> 1 pm on the 29th, lecture hall of the Yeungnam University College of Sciences. In the campus that is a bit quiet because of summer break, only this place is filled with excitement. The eyes and ears of over 100 students are focused on the podium. That\'s because Dr. Timothy J. Coutts (70), the \'Cherry Award\' winner, which is the highest honor in the solar cell sector, and a fellow of the NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) of the US, which is the world\'s largest renewable energy research center, is giving a lecture. (photo) Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo) will concentrate on fostering next-generation human resources in the green energy sector during summer break. The University will invite globally prominent scholars in the solar cell sector and offer concentrated educational courses that will point out the A to Zs of solar cells every day for 6 hours from the 28th until the 2nd of the following month. The guest speakers are Dr. Timothy J. Coutts (photo left), Timothy J. Anderson (59, photo center), and Angus Rockett (52). All three are world renowned scholars who have studied solar cells since the early 1970s. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_07458386644552197 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-30_14-19-04_495.jpg\" target=_blank> <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_038077973366471124 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-30_14-22-16_495.jpg\" target=_blank> <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_006986612169405043 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-30_14-24-13_495.jpg\" target=_blank> Dr. Coutts and Professor Anderson are known as the \'godfathers\' of the solar cell sector. Both served as chairman of the PVSC (Photovoltaic Specialists Conference), which is the world\'s most prominent specialist conference related to solar cells. Meanwhile, Professor Anderson, who is a distinguished professor in chemical engineering at the University of Florida, is also the supervisor of the \'Florida Energy Systems Consortium\', that is operated with a 60 billion won annual budget, and he also attended the solar ray conference at the Copenhagen Climate Summit Meeting in December as the representative for the US. Professor Rockett, who is the vice-dean of the materials engineering department at the University of Illinois, is also a key researcher who has studied solar cells and materials sectors for the past 36 years. He is operating a short-term educational course on the principles of thin film solar cells at the IEEE Solar Cell Specialists Society and US Materials Research Conference. He is also actively conducting research and educational activities by offering short-term educational programs on thin film solar cells and solar cell modeling in China, Mexico, Sweden, Israel and Brazil. Next year, he will be appointed to chair the American Vacuum Society. The lucky students who will receive the teachings from such prominent scholars are the 100 or so students participating in the Yeungnam University Green Energy Education & Research Project. They are students who are majoring in either materials engineering, physics, mechanical engineering, or chemical engineering, and double-majoring in the green energy major, while being on the 3 track course of the solar cell, hydrogen fuel cell, and energy systems. In addition, 15 employees of companies and research institutes that are interested in the new and renewable energy industry such as Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Hyosung, LG Innotek, etc will also receive this education with students of Yeungnam University. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_08155430075647784 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-30_14-19-36_495.jpg\" target=_blank> Jeon, Hwa-jun (22, female), who is a senior in Department of Physics and participating in this education with the dream of entering the new renewable energy research sector such as the solar energy, stated, \"It\'s not easy to come out to school by 9 in the morning and attending English lectures until 4 pm during break, but I am thrilled to be able to learn from such world renowned scholars in the field I wish to major in, so I am participating in this course.\" She stated that, \"It was an in-depth education that really hit the nail on the head.\" Yeungnam University is planning to conduct a 2 hour test on the last day of the short-term concentrated education, and offer the opportunity for overseas on-site training for solar cell manufacturing processes to those who place in the top 10%. Meanwhile, Yeungnam University is pursuing the \'Global Frontier 10-3-10\' strategy of placing in the world\'s top 10 in the 3 fusion research areas within 10 years. One of it is the \'GIFT (Green Innovation For Tomorrow)\' Plan in the \'green technology\' sector. It contains the will to \'become a university that gives a gift to the future of mankind through green technology innovation\'. As part of the plan, Yeungnam University is aimed at success for the \'GIFT Plan\' by procuring 6.6 billion won in national funding for the green energy sectors of \'metropolitan economic belt green energy Education & Research Center\', \'LED-IT fusion Technology research center\', etc.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Research Professor Dinesh Thapa of the College of Pharmacy wins the \'Moheon(茅軒) Bio-Pharmacy Young Scientists Awards\' [June 21, 2010] An international student from Nepal came to Korea 4 years ago with the hope to continue researching in a better environment, and then acquired a PhD and became a research professor, and finally won the \'Young Scientists Awards\'. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_09603017515431009 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-30_13-48-39_495.jpg\" target=_blank> He is Dr. Dinesh Thapa (31, photo), who is currently working as a research professor at the Yeungnam University College of Pharmacy. Recently, he became the first winner of the \'Moheon Bio-Pharmacy Young Scientists Awards\'. The \'Moheon Bio-Pharmacy Young Scientists Awards\' is an award made at the personal expense of honorary professor Lee, Seung-gi, who retired from the Seoul National University College of Pharmacy, to foster young scientists. The award is granted to young scientists in graduate school or post-doc researchers who have published an outstanding thesis. Dr. Thapa received the honors at the awarding ceremony at the 20th anniversary symposium of the Bio-Pharmacy Research Association on the 16th. Dr. Thapa, who studied at the national Tribhuvan University (Kathmandu), which is Nepal\'s best university, enrolled at the Yeungnam University College of Pharmacy PhD program in September 2006. Prior to coming to study abroad, he had a managerial position at the brand development department of a beer company in Nepal, and rather than taking a high salary and stable lifestyle, he chose to become a researcher. And by the time he received his PhD in December 2009, he published over 10 theses in SCI and SCIE (Science Citation Index Expanded) level international journals on research of colon cancer. This resulted in him being hired as a research professor at the Yeungnam University College of Pharmacy in March and also winning the Young Scientists Awards. He is currently studying vascularization in the cancer cell metastasis process, and his dream spend his life researching the bio-pharmacy sector. However, he is planning to suspend his research temporarily next month and return to his home country. He is going to wed his fiance who has stood by his side waiting for the past 4 years. He was happy to give his wife a meaningful wedding gift and said, \"I am ever-more honored because this award is from private funds given by veteran professors in pharmacy and bio-science sectors to foster younger scientists.\" He added, \"I am able to receive this honor because of my colleagues and under-classmen that have shown the best teamwork in a family-like environment in the lab, and Professor Kim, Jung-ae, who always demanded our very best.\" <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_02683046616688608 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-30_13-49-01_495.jpg\" target=_blank> [Colleagues of the research lab and Professor Kim, Jung-ae (second from the right) congratulating Dr. Thapa\'s awarding] Professor Kim, Jung-ae (College of Pharmacy), who guided him as he wrote his PhD thesis, stated, \"It\'s become a problem that the younger generation of Korea are increasingly avoiding natural sciences or engineering majors, so I hope that the success story of Dr. Thapa who gave up his guaranteed lifestyle in search of his dreams will be know far and wide so that talented students will study in natural sciences or engineering.\" <See article related> <yonhapnews>2010-6-21 http://app.yonhapnews.co.kr/YNA/Basic/article/new_search/YIBW_showSearchArticle.aspx?searchpart=article&searchtext=%ec%98%81%eb%82%a8%eb%8c%80&contents_id=AKR20100621129800053 <Kyunghyang Shinmun>2010-6-22 http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201006211727505&code=100203 <The Seoul Economic>2010-6-22 http://economy.hankooki.com/lpage/opinion/201006/e2010062114353248200.htm <Maeil Shinmun>2010-6-22 http://www.imaeil.com/sub_news/sub_news_view.php?news_id=25460&yy=2010 <Electronic Times>2010-6-22 http://www.etnews.co.kr/news/detail.html?id=201006210111 <Yeongnamilbo>2010-6-22 http://www.yeongnam.com/yeongnam/html/yeongnamdaily/collar/article.shtml?id=20100622.010250711100001 <The Financial News>2010-6-22 http://www.fnnews.com/view?ra=Sent1601m_View&corp=fnnews&arcid=0922020458&cDateYear=2010&cDateMonth=06&cDateDay=21 <Kyongbukilbo>2010-6-22 http://www.kyongbuk.co.kr/main/news/news_content.php?id=493875&news_area=080&news_divide=08001&news_local=&effect=4 <Daeguilbo>2010-6-22 http://www.idaegu.com/new/pages/sub.php?load=su&bcode=ALAE&no=6525 <Kuminilbo>2010-6-23 http://news.kukinews.com/article/view.asp?page=1&gCode=kmi&arcid=0003842214&cp=du
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Lee, Ji-hye, 1st year in master\'s course and Park, Jeong-heun, senior Professor Cho, Kyung-hyun\'s research lab, continuing tradition of SCI thesis publication by undergraduates [June 7, 2010] Two female students in The Yeungnam University School of Biotechnology Professor Cho, Kyung-hyun\'s research lab placed as the joint first author in an SCI journal. This time they are Lee, Ji-hye (23), who is in her first year in her master\'s degree course and Park, Jeong-heun (22), who is a senior in her undergraduate course. They found an important clue in preventing arteriosclerosis and published their clinical research thesis in the June issue of 《the International Journal of Molecular Medicine》. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_05819085806527986 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-30_13-39-52_495.jpg\" target=_blank> [Lee, Ji-hye (left) and Park, Jeong-heun (right) are speaking with Professor Cho, Kyung-hyun (center) while looking at their thesis that published in the SCI journal] After analyzing a 64 year old Korean woman who had hyperlipidemia, but had low density lipoprotein (LDL), and thus did not show signs of arteriosclerosis, they discovered that it is essential to lower the value of LDL from cholesterol. This suggested a new direction on existing research that focused on lowering the overall value of cholesterol, and it was recognized for its value in the international society through the publication of the thesis. Park, Jeong-heun commented, \"I was able to place my name on the SCI journal as an undergraduate student because of Ji-hye.\" Meanwhile, Lee, Ji-hye praised Park, Jeong-heun stating, \"It was possible to complete tests that would have been difficult to do alone because of Jeong-heun\'s help and so we were able to attain good results.\" She added, \"She never complained of the frequent all-nighters last semester and I really thank her for being such a great research partner.\" <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_02782144359040765 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-30_13-40-24_495.jpg\" target=_blank> Lee, Ji-hye is planning to present the research results by participating in the 78th European Arteriosclerosis Conference to be held in Hamburg, Germany in the middle of this month. Park, Jeong-heun, who will begin her master\'s degree course next semester will also participate in the HDL Research Conference to be held in Reus, Spain in September and is planning to present the research results of the aging-suppression tests that she is currently working on. Thus, Professor Cho, Kyung-hyun\'s research lab has continued its tradition of \'undergraduate student SCI thesis publication\'. This first started in December 2008. At the time, Park, Gi-hoon (25, the 3rd master\'s and doctorate\'s combined program), who was at the time a senior, became the first to discover that proteins extracted from Hyphantria cunea could be transformed using bio-engineering technologies to treat atherosclerosis, and published his paper in the Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, which was the second most authoritative international journal in the related sector. Furthermore, it was an issue because the main author of the paper was an undergraduate student. Also in the past January, Jang, Wook-joo (21), a junior, became the first in the world to clarify the aging-promotion mechanism of fructose and was listed as the first author in the SCI listed journal called Biochemical Biophysical Research Communication. Moreover, the research results were used to apply for a patent on the development of a treatment for suppressing metabolic syndromes such as aging-suppression and diabetes/arteriosclerosis, which is a rare achievement for an undergraduate student. This was achieved through the \'undergraduate research program (URP)\' support of the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science & Creativity, and after completing the project, Choi was also selected as the best S-level student in the analysis. This resulted in receiving the presidential award bestowed to \'Y-type Talents\' at the Yeungnam University 63rd Anniversary. Such achievements are the results of passing down the passion for academic exploration by seniors to juniors. Jang, Wook-joo and Park Jeong-heun could be recognized internationally for their research achievements despite the fact that they were undergraduates because Park, Gi-hoo and Lee, Ji-hye become their the role models. Professor Cho, Kyung-hyun (42), who is in charge of the lab, stated, \"Thanks to the diligence of Gi-hoon, who was nicknamed \'Kant of the School of Biotechnology\' and came to school everyday at 8 am and stayed until past 9 pm, the entire lab is filled with the passion to study.\" He added, \"I hope that senior and junior students will continue to collaborate to achieve great results and continue the tradition of our lab that continues to accumulate such achievements.\" Meanwhile, Professor Cho, Kyung-hyun, was recently introduced in the Researchers Page of the National Research Foundation of Korea for the accumulated research results on aging and arteriosclerosis.
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<BODY style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: gulim; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff\"> Joint research on high-tech medical instruments and green energy sectors Third in Korea following KAIST and Seoul National University [June 1, 2010] Yeungnam University will install a research cooperation hub within the campus to promote joint research with the Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM). In 2008 and 2009, KAIST and SNU, respectively began pursuing joint research by providing a research cooperation hub within their department with KIMM. Thus the \'KIMM-S.K.Y Cooperation Center\' will be complete. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_02783870623180615 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-30_13-28-30_495.jpg\" target=_blank> Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo) signed an MOU for research cooperation with KIMM (director Lee, Sang-cheon, photo left) at the Law Library 2nd floor video conference room in the morning of the 1st. Thus the two organizations will ▲jointly research and develop high-tech medical instruments and the green energy sector ▲exchange research personnel and operate academic-research cooperation courses ▲and construct a cooperative system for jointly using facilities, equipments and space. The two organizations will install a research cooperation hub with KIMM in the Yeungnam University campus, and agreed to join hands in pioneering the fusion research frontier for high-tech medical instruments and the green energy sector. Through this, they agreed to work together for not only the success of the high-tech medical complex, but also for developing mid-large scale national projects, and finding next-generation national growth engines. For this, Yeungnam University\'s 20 key researchers of project groups that have raised 100 billion won in national funding from last year such as in the \'Yeungnam University Medical Device Clinical Trial Center\', \'Metropolitan Economic Belt Green Energy Education and Resource Center\', \'Daegyeong Solar Cell Region Innovation Center\', \'LED-IT Fusion Technology Research Center\', \'WCU Nano Research Center, \'Mechanical Parts Industry Research Education Center \', \'Atomic Energy Basic Joint Research Lab\', etc. KIMM has also agreed to dispatch researchers in the medical instrument and green energy sectors. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_05431444898491931 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-30_13-28-59_495.jpg\" target=_blank> On this, Lee, Hyo-soo, president of Yeungnam University, stated, \"I am very happy that we can cooperate with KIMM, which is a national research organ that is leading Korea\'s Intelligence-base,\" and added, \"This MOU has not only made it possible to foster talents and R&D in connection with the industrial site, but I hope that it will also be a research cooperation hub that can contribute in ensuring competitiveness for not only the region, but the entire nation.\" Lee, Sang-cheon, director of KIMM, also stated, \"Academic-research cooperation is very important. This is because the great brains of universities and the R&D knowhow and infrastructure of researchers will join to make a large synergy effect.\" He added, \"If KIMM Daegu branch is established in Technopolis, it will become geographically closer, so we should strengthen our partnership and attract mid and large scale national projects so that we can play a leading role in creating jobs for the next generation in the region.\" After signing the MOU, Lee also presented a special lecture titled, \'Evolution of National R&D Systems and the Future of Industry-Academic-Research Cooperation\'. <A class=imageUtil id=thumb_06676925397363685 onclick=\"return hs.run(this)\" href=\"http://www.yu.ac.kr/_yboard/cheditor/show_image.php?im=2010-12-30_13-29-24_495.jpg\" target=_blank>
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- International Services
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