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<YU President Noh Seok-kyun (left) is giving a photographic edition of Cheonggudo (Treasure 1594) of the YU Museum to University of Oxford Dean Hamilton of England as a gift> YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) signed MOUs on student exchange and joint research with prestigious universities and major research institutes of Europe to further expand its global education and research network. YU President Noh Seok-kyun, Industry-Academic Research Office Director Park Jin-ho, LINC Project Team Director Lee Hee-young, IT-Energy-BT Industry Customized Creative Chemical Human Resources Fostering Project Team Director Jung Jae-hak, School of Chemical Engineering Professor Oh Soo-young, and Department of Electronic Engineering Professor Park Il-gyu traveled together from the 9th to the 17th, right before the Lunar New Year holidays to the University of Oxford in England, University of Strasbourg in France, and Anhalt University, Martin-Luther University, and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft to sign MOUs to pledge research cooperation and human exchange in fields such as renewable energy, nanotechnology, new materials, pharmaceuticals, and precision chemicals. The University of Oxford that signed an MOU for exchange with YU is the oldest university in English-speaking nations. It boasts the world's top level in basic academic sectors and is one of the top 5 prestigious public universities in the world. With the signing of this MOU, Oxford and YU agreed to pursue research cooperation in the energy and nano-technology sectors, and decided to install the 'YU-Oxford Lab' within the YU LINC Project Team. Accordingly, it is expected that this will be an opportunity to upgrade the research and educational capacities of YU to global levels. The University of Strasbourg in France is the largest university in France and graduated 10 Nobel Prize winners. Three of them are currently serving as professors and is world famous for convergence education that removed barriers between majors and its research capacities. It is currently carrying out international collaboration research in the solar cell sector with YU and student exchange is also active focusing on the College of Business and Economics and the YU-EU center. Through this MOU, it is expected that student exchange will be expanded to various academic fields and to review the introduction of joint PhD programs, as well as other exchanges with YU becoming more active. In particular, the University of Strasbourg is located in the province of Alsace, which is a sister-city with Gyeongsangbuk-do, so plans are being made to expand exchange and cooperation in other fields by pursuing human exchange and joint research with the University of Strasbourg starting with the renewable energy sector, which is the main industry of Gyeongsangbuk-do. <University of Strasbourg Dean Alain Beretz fourth from right in counter-clockwise direction explains the status of the university to Mr. Noh Seok-kyun> Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft of Germany, which was established in 1949, is one of the four major government-funded research institutes of Germany and it is Europe's largest and leading institute for convergence research in the applied science sector employing over 24,000 researchers. In particular, the solar power research center under Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft carries out the highest level of research in the crystallized silicon solar cell and module sectors that currently account for over 90% of the solar power industry. The first Korea-Germany collaborative research project being pursued jointly by Korea's Ministry of Trade and Germany is being conducted with the YU research team (research supervisor: Professor Park Jin-ho). With the signing of this MOU, exchange and cooperation between Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the YU solar cell research teams are expected to increase, and it is also anticipated that research cooperation will be pursued on advanced materials and particles. Furthermore, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft maintains close cooperative relationships with Martin-Luther University and Anhalt University, both of which have recently become sister colleges with YU, and is leading venture start-ups and industry-academic cooperation, which is the growth engine of the German economy. Martin-Luther University is one of the oldest universities of Germany and is especially strong in basic sciences and humanities. Anhalt University is an engineering and technology college modeled after the practical education of Germany. 20% of the 9,000 enrolled students are international students from over 100 countries and is a college focusing on international cooperation. A large percentage of classes are in English and so students can enroll without taking separate exams in German, and its strength is that it provides field-oriented education specialized in each sector. With the signing of this MOU, it is expected that exchange in practical education and research will expand by linking up with the university specialized projects and LINC projects that YU has been pursuing. By constructing partnerships with the prestigious universities and research institutes of Europe that boast long histories and top-notch educational and research capacities, YU has high anticipations that it will be able to provide wide educational opportunities to students and opportunities for high level research to professors. It is further significant in that it expanded its partnerships to universities and research institutes of Europe, instead of holding fast to its international exchange pattern focused on the United States. YU President Noh Seok-kyun, who traveled to three countries in Europe in nine days said, "As the university now made sister relationships, it is now important to come up with execution plans so that it can lead to actual and practical exchange and cooperation." He added, "YU will take the lead to raise the level of college education and research of Korea, not only of YU, through mutual exchange of students and joint research among professors. As part of this, we will invite the dean of the University of Oxford for a special lecture for our students, and also meet with professors to search for real opportunities in the joint research sector." <Mr. Noh Seok-kyun shakes hands with Anhalt University President Orzessek after signing MOU>
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Senior official of Ethiopian SNNPR (Souther Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region) with population of 15 million begins training Senior officials of the Amhara region with a population of 18 million also receiving training last year Suggesting a new Korean style international development cooperation model of repaying kindness [January 15, 2015] YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) is working hard from the start of the year for the globalization of the Saemaul Undong. Senior officials of SNNPR of Ethiopia completed an 8-day short-term Saemaul Undong training program at YU in early January. On the 13th, YU hosted a Saemaul Undong training completion ceremony for the SNNPR (Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region) of Ethiopia hosted by the International Development Cooperation Center (Director Choi Oe Chool). Eleven SNNPR senior officials including Vice Governor TESFAYE Belijge Dara who participated in the short-term training program of the YU International Development Cooperation Center for eight days from January 7 attended the ceremony. Ethiopia is an ally country that fought on the side of South Korea as part of the UN forces during the Korean War. After carrying out training for senior public officials from the Amhara region of Ethiopia on two separate occasions in June, this time senior officials SNNPR participated in Saemaul Undong training. This proposes a new international development cooperation model of repaying kindness of Korea that has developed through the aid of the international community. Amhara and SNNPR are large regions with populations of 18 million and 15 million, respectively. In particular, SNNPR, which is located on the southwestern tip of Ethiopia, is home to 56 of the 80 ethnic groups of Ethiopia. With Awasa being its main province, 89.98% of the 15 million residents live in farming areas, making this a farming-oriented region. The team from Ethiopia that received training at YU learned about the success experience and knowhow on economical development by Korea through economic development through the Saemaul Undong, the Saemaul Undong and rural development, Saemaul Undong and erosion control projects and livestock development for eight days. They also visited Samsung Electronics, Daegu Stadium and POSCO to get a first-hand look at the developed industries of Korea, while also having the opportunity to take a look at the development of Korea by taking field trips to the Sabang Memorial Park and National Revival Hall. Nuredin Mohammed Kemal (36), who was one of the first students enrolled at the YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul and now a chief at the SNNPR Marketing Cooperation Bureau, played an important role for making this Ethiopia SNNPR training to happen. Upon the suggestion of Mr. Nuredin, SNNPR felt the need for training and thus visited YU to learn about the Saemaul Undong and rural development success knowhow using only the region's budget and not any support from international organizations or private companies. SNNPR is planning to send a second team of 12 including the governor of SNNPR for eight days starting on February 1 to learn more about the Saemaul spirit and Korea's development experience. At the completion ceremony, YU International Development Cooperation Center Director Choi Oe Chool (Vice President of YU) who oversaw the training course said, "The generation of your parents and grandparents came to this land to protect the freedom of Korea 65 years ago. Thus, Korea and Ethiopia are brother countries." He added, "Though it was a short time, we thank your passion to learn the Saemaul Undong using a 'self-reliant method' of paying for your own expenses, and YU has and will continue to do its best to share the experience of Korea's compressed growth." SNNRP Vice-governor TESFAYE Belijge Dara responded, "I was deeply impressed by the development of Korea and I have become confident through this training event that Korea's Saemaul spirit and Saemaul Undong are the development models that emerging countries must apply for economic development," while adding, "We vow that once we return home, we will make self-reliant efforts in our environment to apply and practice the Saemaul spirit, and we will share the achievements for the development of Ethiopia in our next visit." At the ceremony, the trainees handed over a framed photo and the SNNPR slogan "Our diversity is our beauty. Our beauty is our unity!" that commemorates the diversity and unity of the 56 ethnic groups to show their appreciation and share friendship with their brother country. "Vow to practice the Saemaul spirit, confident as model for eradicating poverty and developing the economy for emerging countries" Meanwhile, last year YU was selected as an 'international cooperation leading university' by the Ministry of Education to actively pursue global social contribution activities to eradicate global poverty and for mutual prosperity. In 2014 alone, training and education on the Saemaul Undong and Korea's development experience was provided for 410 people from 60 countries. In November 2011, the 'Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul' was founded to foster global Saemaul leaders in emerging countries. 197 students were admitted from 50 countries in the past three years. As of the second semester of 2014, 130 international students from 47 countries are currently learning 'Saemaul sciences' and Korea's development experience. 63 students from 26 countries have graduated or completed their studies. Thanks to these achievements, the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul was selected as the top master's degree program institute of the 'leader and instructor fostering project for regional development of emerging countries' by KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency) in March 2014. 68 students from 27 countries are scheduled to enroll at the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul in March 2015. In total, 265 international students from 54 countries learned the Saemaul Undong and spirit through the YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul. There has been a rapid increase in demand to learn the Saemaul Undong among underdeveloped countries, and thus YU established the International Development Cooperation Center in July 2013. This center carried out training for the Saemaul Undong, regional development and emerging country tourism policy development for 290 leaders from 38 countries. Recently, the school's 'Saemaul and International Development Department' was selected as the Ministry of Education's excellent regional specialized department. Accordingly, YU will act as a leading college for international cooperation by fostering experts in Saemaul international development as a state-sponsored project for the next five years, and graduates are making a firm cornerstone to contribute to overcoming poverty and for the global mutual prosperity in the international stage.
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First in the world to configure low-cost, light-reaction nano-substrate that simplified the etching process Published in the latest edition of the world's most authoritative academic journal in the nano-technology sector, 'Nano Scale' Expected to develop small medical sensor and light energy conversion materials [January 6, 2015] Mechanical Engineering Professor Byeon Jung-hoon (36, photo) developed a new light-reaction nano-substrate manufacturing process technology expected to be used for ultra-small medical sensors or energy conversion materials. Professor Byeon became the first in the world to configure a light-reaction substrate composed of dots and rings with nano-meter sizes (nm, 1/1 billionth meter) using mechanical processing-based technologies in atmospheric pressure/room temperature conditions. Normally, nano-meter sized metal patterns are configured through a complex lithography process of vacuum conditions used in the semiconductor or display manufacturing process. However, Professor Byeon's study placed nano-particles that attract metal film through the gas flow and temperature control in atmospheric pressure on top of a silicon substrate and additionally induced generation of metal films in room temperature to configure light-reaction substrates patterned with 40 nano-meter level nanodots and nanorings. The research results are evaluated to have suggested a new alternative to overcome the technological complexities of existing etching processes. Professor Byeon said "Using the mechanical non-etching process that controls the heat and flow of gases, it was possible to configure light-reaction nano substrates having various properties through nano-particle matter changes and static electricity control of nano-particle surfaces that induce metal film generation." He added, "It will thus be possible to be used to developed ultra-small medical sensors that react to light or as energy conversion materials that change light into heat at small costs." The results of this study were revealed on December 26 on the <Nanoscale (IF; impact factor 67.39)> website, which has the world's highest authority (top 7.6%) in the nano technology sector published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) of England under the title 'Aerosol-based soft lithography to fabricate nanoscale silver dots and rings for spectroscopic applications', and will be published this year. Meanwhile, Professor Byeon has published over 60 studies such as 'gaseous nano particle liquification and substance synthesis', 'gas synthesis using aerosol catalysts', 'organic-inorganic nano complex materials', and 'nano-patterning' in SCI grade international academic journals. In addition to Nanoscale, he is also serving as a reviewer for over 20 international academic journals such as <Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, IF 11.336>, <Small, IF 7.514>, <Chemical Communications, IF 6.718>, etc.
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Signed industry-academic cooperation MOU with Korea South-East Power Co. and solar power companies Create additional renewable energy value using campus building roof to construct green campus [December 17, 2014] <YU signed an industry-academic cooperation agreement for the 'solar power facility installation support project for research' together with KOSEP and solar power development companies.> YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) teamed up with KOSEP (President Heo Yeob) and solar power companies to construct a green campus. In the morning of the 16th, YU signed an MOU to pursue the 'solar power facility installation support project for research (Sunny Plant Project)' together with KOSEP, Hanwha Q Cell (President Kim Hee-chul), Topsun (President Yoon Jung-taek), and Hanvit DNS (President Lee Hyun-hwa). With the signing of this agreement, Hanwha Q Cell and Topsun will provide the materials for solar power, Hanvit DNS will be in charge of solar power facility design, licensing and construction, and KOSEP will fund installation costs to install the solar power generation facilities on the roof of the YU living hall building. YU will be in charge of the solar power facility installation, operation and operational efficiency analysis, to efficiently operate and manage the solar power facilities, and provide the facility operation results and improvement plans to the partners for this. The facility is expected to produce about 119.8MWh of power a year with the approximately 100KW solar power generator. YU Industry-academic Team Leader Park Jin-ho who attended this signing ceremony said, "Through the joint project with solar power generation companies and institutes, we have constructed an industry-academic cooperation mechanism for an efficient solar power development project," and "This will be an opportunity to utilize the college building roof to create additional value in the renewable energy sector, and take a step closer in the construction of a green campus." Meanwhile, this agreement was signed as a follow-up project to the agreement made between YU and KOSEP to cooperate in renewable energy research and development projects while signing the 'MOU for leading global social responsibility activities' in June 2013'.
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Senior educational officials of Peru learned about the Saemaul Undong and successful rural development case at YU 10 joined training including superintendent of education, college dean and mayor Over 400 people from 60 countries received education and training at YU in 2014 alone [December 15, 2014] Senior public officials of Peru pose for a photo after the completion ceremony on the 10th following the Saemaul Undong training program hosted by the YU International Development Cooperation Center “The morning bell has rung, a new morning has come~” Will this Saemaul song be heard in South America as well? With international interest of the achievements of the Saemaul Undong growing internationally, YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) spread the Saemaul Undong to educators from Peru of South America. The Saemaul Undong training completion ceremony was held on the 10th at YU hosted by the International Cooperation Development Center (Director Choi Oe Chool). A total of 10 people involved in education such as the superintendent of education of Cajamarca, education ministry administrators, mayor and college deans who participated in the 'Saemaul Undong, Regional Development and Lifelong Education', a training program of the YU International Development Cooperation Center from the 1st, attended the event. Cajamarca Province of Peru is one of the most worn down areas in Peru with a population of 1.5 million who are mostly in livestock and agriculture. A team from Peru visited YU to search for a solution to overcome their problems through the Saemaul Undong. During their 10 day schedule, they learned about the history and achievements of the Saemaul Undong, economic development through the Saemaul Undong, Saemaul Undong and rural development, and education and fostering of rural leaders, while also learning Korea's knowhow for successful rural development. In addition, the research team visited various research institutes, industrial complexes, and rural villages such as the Yeongcheon Agricultural Technology Center, Samsung Electronics, Nongshim, Maeil Milk and mushroom farms to see the success cases of Korea for their selves. In his congratulatory address at the completion ceremony, International Development Cooperation Center Director (VP) Choi Oe Chool, who oversaw the training course for educational officers of Peru, said, "The generation of your parents and grandparents helped Korea by making donations during the Korean War. This makes Korea and Peru brother countries." He added, "For the past 50 years, Korea sought for ways with the 'will do' mentality and made achievements that the international community now calls a 'miracle'. YU is striving to share our experience with the global community to make a more prosperous, safer, and happier world." In response, Cajamarca Office of Education Superintendent Félix José Silva Urbano said, "I salute the efforts of YU, which is taking the initiative to share Korea's Saemaul spirit and Saemaul Undong with emerging countries to eradicate the global poverty issue, and I am very happy that Peru is now one of the countries that will have the Saemaul Undong." He added, "We vow to practice the Saemaul spirit after going back to Peru and I hope that more talented individuals in Peru will have the opportunity to come to YU to study the Saemaul Undong and Korea's development experience." The team from Peru took the spotlight at the completion ceremony by holding a special appreciation event. All 10 of the trainees added lyrics to guitar sounds saying, "I have come from afar / Thank you for the invitation / We learned a lot about the Saemaul Undong // Our brothers in Korea / We thank you for your welcome / Truly / We thank you // Koreans and Peruvians / Through the Saemaul Undong / For a better world / We shall grow and develop." They sang this to the rhythm of a famous Peruvian folk song called 'Makahara', which is equivalent to Korea's 'Arirang'. The team from Peru is singing a folk song at the completion ceremony on the 10th. Meanwhile, YU, an 'international cooperation leading university' selected by the Ministry of Education, is actively pursuing global social contribution activities to overcome global poverty and for mutual prosperity. In 2014 alone, training and education on the Saemaul Undong and Korea's development experience was provided for 410 people from 60 countries through the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul and the International Development Cooperation Center. In November 2011, the 'Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul' was founded to foster global Saemaul leaders in emerging countries. There are currently 130 students from 50 countries learning about Korea's development experience such as 'Saemaul sciences'. 63 students from 26 countries have graduated or completed their studies. Thanks to these achievements, the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul was selected as the top master's degree program institute of the 'leader and instructor fostering project for regional development of emerging countries' by KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency) in March 2014. YU established the International Development Cooperation Center in July 2013 and this year, it conducted training on Saemaul Undong, regional development, and tourism policy development for emerging countries for 279 leaders from 37 countries this year. Recently, the school's 'Saemaul and International Development Department' was selected as the Ministry of Education's excellent regional specialized department. Accordingly, YU will act as a leading college for international cooperation by fostering experts in Saemaul international development as a state-sponsored project for the next five years, and is fulfilling its role as an internationalization leading college that fosters experts in Saemaul Undong and international development cooperation.
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Opened software major and non-major course for scholarship support and priority when hiring Expected to raise employment rate of non-major departments such as humanities and social science tracks Expected to be advantageous to those who complete program with the revision of Samsung's employment procedure [December 7, 2012] <YU students taking the SCSC (Samsung Convergence S/W Course) class> “If you want to work for Samsung Electronics, go to YU!” YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) teamed up with Samsung Electronics to take the initiative in fostering software (S/W) experts. YU established the 'YU-Samsung Electronics S/W Human Resources Fostering Center (Director Park Chang-hyun)' inside of campus and has been operating a software human resources fostering program. The center was established through an agreement between YU and Samsung Electronics to foster human resources in software and to expand the pool in October of last year. It offers the major course 'SST (Samsung Software Track)' to foster key personnel in software and the 'SCSC (Samsung Convergence Software Course)' to foster convergent-type software personnel for non-majors. SST provides a total of 10 million won in scholarships per student chosen for the scholarships from a total of four departments such as electronic engineering, electronic engineering, computer engineering, and information and communication engineering, which are departments with majors in software. Students selected for the scholarships can join Samsung Electronics after completing the SST course and passing the software certification test prior to graduation. Currently 13 students were selected as Samsung Electronics industry-academic scholarship students through the SST and are receiving scholarship funds. SCSC, which is a course for non-majors, requires students not majoring in software to complete a total of 10 courses including seven mandatory courses related to software in order for them to be equipped with capacities in the software sector. Those who complete the courses are given priority during interviews regardless of the position applied for when applying to Samsung Electronics. Furthermore, scholarships are given to students with outstanding grades every semester and in the event that students who completed the courses earn additional credits in relevant major courses, they can earn minor or double major diplomas. It is expected that the non-major program SCSC will assist considerably for students major in humanities and social sciences when applying to Samsung Electronics. In November, Samsung announced that it would reform its employment system. In the case of the software positions, they will conduct capacity tests regarding software instead of the Samsung Aptitude Test (SSAT) and would add essays and in-depth interviews for humanities majors applying for business support positions. Accordingly, it is expected that students who completed SCSC will exhibit strengths as convergent-type software professionals recognized by Samsung Electronics. A total of 22 students are participating in the YU SCSC and 16 of them are in humanities, social sciences and arts and sports tracks. Ryu Jae-il (23), a junior majoring psychology who is also participating in the YU SCSC said, "Recently, companies prefer convergent-type human resources. I took on this challenge thinking that rather than just focusing on one major, by learning other majors, I will become more useful and there will also be synergy effects." He added, "At first it was difficult to follow the classes that I was unfamiliar with, but as the course was designed for non-majors, after making preparations I am now able to enjoy the classes. I think that once I complete the course, I will gain an edge for gaining employment." The YU-Samsung Electronics S/W Human Resources Fostering Center Director Park Chang-hyeon who is a Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering, said, "The S/W human resources fostering program that is carried out through industry-academic cooperation with Samsung Electronics will not only foster professional S/W personnel, but also help with students in humanities tracks find employment," while adding, "I hope that students of various majors use this industry-academic program to gain advantages in landing their desired jobs."
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Judged highly for authoring activities and role as thesis judge in the nonlinear dynamics sector Editing committee member for four prominent international SCI journals [December 5, 2014] Department of Electrical Engineering Professor Park Joo-hyun (46) was appointed as the associate editor for a prominent international academic journal. On the 1st, Professor Park was appointed as an associate editor of 'Nonlinear Dynamics', an SCI journal published by Springer, a world acclaimed publisher of the science, technology and pharmaceutical sectors. 'Nonlinear Dynamics' was in the upper 7.2% in impact factor for 2013 (top 3.7% impact factor in 2012), and is one of the top academic journals in this sector. This academic journal mainly deals with nonlinear phenomena that occur in various engineering fields, and it also deals with chaos, fractal, nonlinear vibration, stability analysis, nonlinear modeling, signal analysis, and measuring methods. Professor Park earned his PhD at POSTECH in electrical and electronic engineering and became a professor at YU in March 2000. He not only was highly active in authoring works in the nonlinear dynamics sector, but also was a dedicated reviewer for papers submitted to be carried in journals, which led to his appointment as an associate editor. Meanwhile, Professor Park is currently active as an editing committee member in four SCI academic journals including the 'IET Control Theory and Applications' published by the British Institute of Engineering Technology.
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Balanced activities in all sectors such as creative total design, club contests, engineering college student presentation contest, etc Proving the power of YU's College of Engineering after winning 'Grand Prize' in 2012 Annual evaluation of the engineering education innovation center support project 'very good' [December 3, 2014] The YU Engineering Education Innovation Center (Director Kang Dong-jin) took home the silver medal at 'This Year's University' Award during the '2014 Engineering Education Festival'. The '2014 Engineering Education Festival' that was sponsored by the Ministry of Education (Minister Hwang Woo-yeo) and co-hosted by the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (Director Jung Jae-hoon) and the Engineering Education Innovation Association (Chairman Jang Dong-shik) at the Ilsan KINTEX from November 27 to 28 celebrated its third year this year as the biggest engineering festival with the goal of sharing and spreading the achievements of engineering education innovation and presenting a vision for the future and development direction of engineering education. In this year's event that was held under the theme of 'Engineering, the prism that colors the world with happiness' was joined by 25 YU students in fields such as the creative total design contest, club contest, engineering goodwill ambassador, engineering student presentation contest, and the portfolio contest. This Year's University is selected by assessing student participation and awards in various contests such as idea contests, goodwill ambassador activities, and presentations among the engineering education innovation centers of 65 universities participating in the engineering education festival. The YU Engineering Education Innovation Center received good marks by staying active in all sectors of the '2014 Engineering Education Festival'. In the creative total design contest, the 'EESOFT-PANORAMA' composed of nine students from the College of Engineering and School of Fine Arts such as the Department of Electronic Engineering and the Industrial Interaction Design Department won the KIAT Director's Award with 'Multi-perspective All-round Video Filming System'. The 'Good Engineer Corps' club of the Engineering Education Innovation Center won the 'gold prize' through the 'Lego Studio' activities for making bracelets and key chains in the club contest. Over 600 people visited their Lego Studio during the festival. Lee Hyeon-jin (21, junior in the Department of Mechanical Engineering), the team leader of the 'Good Engineers Corps' in the club contest, said, "We thought that non-majors might feel intimidated by the word engineering so after much consideration on allowing the general public to access it easily, we opened the 'Lego Studio'." He added, "I think we received good reviews by operating a hands-on booth where anybody can easily access and give a shot at making Lego." Also, in the Portfolio Contest where college life is given a general assessment through projects, grades and extracurricular activities while students attend school, Choi Jong-yoon (24, senior in the Department of Civil Engineering) won the 'Gold Medal'. IN the foreigner sector of the engineering student presentation contest, international student from China Cao Yazhi (22, senior in the YU Department of Computer Engineering) who made a 5 minute presentation on the life and experience of an engineering student under the title 'My Engineering Travel' won the 'silver'. YU Department of Mechanical Engineering Professor and Engineering Education Innovation Center Director Kang Dong-jin said, "By winning the silver after taking the grand prize at the 2012 Engineering Education Festival, we once again showed the power of the YU College of Engineering." He added, "I will do my best to foster creative technical human resources who will lead the technological innovation of the national industry through the creative-convergence engineering human resources fostering education system of YU." Meanwhile, YU was selected for the first phase of the engineering education innovation center support project that was carried out from 2007 to March 2012 and then for the second phase from April 2012 to March 22. YU received 'very good' rating in the first year annual evaluation of the engineering education innovation center support project carried out in April of last year and 'good in the second year annual evaluation this year.
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Contributions to the development of education and culture in Vietnam After volunteering in Vietnam in 2002, attracted Vietnamese students and led academic exchange between the two nations Used money out of his own pocket to hold international student meetings and also acted as a tourist guide [November 28, 2014] <Administrative chief Kim Mun-jae (first on right) received the Ho Chi Minh People's Committee 'Order' of Vietnam> "All I did was have a meal with YU students from Vietnam. I'm quite embarrassed to receive such an award from the Ho Cho Minh government. As faculty, it's my job to help international students at our school to settle in!" A faculty member of YU received an 'Order' from the Ho Chi Minh People's Committee of Vietnam for his contributions to the development of education and culture for Vietnamese people. Administrative Chief Kim Mun-jae (57) of the YU Health Management Center received the award. Kim received the Vietnamese Ho Chi Minh People's Committee Order from Thu Duc College of Technology. The Ho Chi Minh government of Vietnam recognized his efforts for development and exchange between the two nations for the past 12 years. Mr. Kim Mun-jae first made ties with Vietnam during a 20 day volunteer program at Thu Duc College of Technology as the director of the YU Winter Overseas Volunteer Corps in January 2002. Kim said that he held in-depth discussions about academic exchange and recruiting international students with the then-dean of Thu Duc College of Technology, Toan Nguyen (61), and stated, "At that time there was almost no exchange between our university and Vietnam so I thought that interacting with Vietnamese colleges such as Thu Duc College of Technology would contribute to the development of our colleges in different countries." Mr. Kim who came back to school after the volunteer activities discussed matters with YU departments in charge of international exchange and began full-fledged efforts to begin academic exchanges with Vietnamese universities and to attract international students. In 2003, he went to Vietnam to visit universities in Ho Chi Minh City to discuss academic exchange and to attract Vietnamese students to come to YU. In result, the first eight international students from Vietnam enrolled at the YU Graduate School (master's degree program) in August 2003. At the time, Mr. Kim used money from his pocket to hold meetings with international students to help them adapt to their new environment as soon as possible and listened to their hardships. He also created a community so that international students may help and depend upon each other. Furthermore, he sponsored students with fall and winter clothing and tried to help them with any discomforts that they might feel while studying abroad. The school also did its part to provide support to their first Vietnamese students such as giving them used computers. In December 2005, he invited Le Van Vhung, Minister of Society and Culture of the Ho Chi Minh People's Committee, and Toan Nguyen, dean of Thu Duc College of Technology were invited to YU to talk about exchange and cooperation with domestic universities. In result, the YU College of Engineering began operating the 'Ho Chi Minh faculty training program', and it is now celebrating its ninth year since 2006. Mr. Kim has also shown his affection for the training team. He took the initiative to show the Korean culture by becoming a guide for them on the weekends to traditional markets and tourist attractions. In January 2009, Mr. Kim once again used his own money to visit Vietnam in order to suggest the establishment of an alumni association for international students from Vietnam who studied at YU. His efforts led to the founding of the YU alumni association at Ho Chi Minh City in 2011, which is still active. Mr. Kim, who first made ties with Vietnam 12 years ago through volunteer activities, said, "There are so many more professors and employees who work even harder than I do to help international students, so it embarrassing that I am the only being picked out." He added, "Regardless of receiving this Order, I would like to continue to help international students as I have done until now if I can." Meanwhile, since the first eight Vietnamese students enrolling at YU in 2003, 88 international students from YU graduated from the YU undergraduate or graduate school, with 44 students currently enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and Korean language schools.
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90 people including public employees and experts in tourism development policies from 20 different countries participated Various education such as community development experiences and field trips at YU for 8 days from the 15th to 22nd [November 25, 2014] YU, which is actively making efforts to share Korea's Saemaul Undong and compressed growth experience with emerging countries, conducted education on community development and tourism development policy experiences to public employees and experts on tourism policy legislations for 20 countries. The 90 policy legislators and staff in the tourism sector from 20 countries from Asia, South America and Europe such as Vietnam, Indonesia, Mongolia, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Philippines, Laos, Bolivia, Columbia, Paraguay, Peru, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan came to YU on the 15th and took part in 'Education for Tourism Partner Country Tourism Policy Workers' for a total of 8 days that ended on the 22nd. The reason why they came to YU was to learn the community development including the Saemaul Undong that was the core driving force for Korea's explosive growth, as well as tourism, culture and economic development experiences to establish tourism development policies for the development of their home country and to search for ways to develop communities by promoting the tourism industry. This education program sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister Kim Jong-deok) and hosted by the YU International Development and Cooperation Center (Director Choi Oe Chool) and the Korean Tourism Corporation (President Byeon Chu-seok) was designed share the knowledge, technologies and experiences accumulated during Korea's community development and tourism industry development. It also aimed at providing support to help policy-makers of emerging countries to establish master plans for tourism development and the tourism industry. Columbian Vice-minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Sandra Howard who attended said, "I am taking part in this training to examine the various cultures of Asian countries and to find new growth engines for national development by promoting the tourism industry of Columbia," and added, "I hope that we will be able to establish effective tourism policies to preserve and share Columbian culture through case studies on Korea's development experience, Saemaul Undong and various tourism industries." At the opening ceremony for this training held at the YU Cheonma Art Center Sapphire Hall at 2 p.m. on the 15th, the training team was given an introduction on Korean culture while heading towards the training center together with traditional Korean musicians playing the traditional wind instrument called the gayageum wearing gracious traditional costumes. Following the orientation for introducing the participating countries and main programs, YU International Development and Cooperation Center (Vice President) gave a keynote speech on 'Global Community and Saemaul Undong for Living Together' to kick off the eight-day long lectures and field exercises until the 22nd. The training session was comprised of reports by country to share the tourism industry status and pending problems of participating nations, understanding of the Saemaul Undong, development of regional economy through the tourism industry, Korea's tourism development policy experience, lectures by experts on the Busan tourism resource development policy case and the Gyeongju Bomun Complex development case, as well as small group discussions and field trips. During the training, participants discussed the actual application of tourism, regional development, tourism development policy, and tourism industry models, and visited the Busan Haeundae Dongbaek Island and Cinema Center, and the Gyeongju Tourism Complex to actually take a look at what they studied through lectures. On the 18th they visited the YU medical Center and Daegu Haany University Oriental Medicine Hospital as a field trip on medical tourism that combines medical services with tourism products. They ended up this program with presentations and discussions on the execution plans of each of the participating countries. International Development and Cooperation Center Director Choi Oe Chool who prepared this program said, "Countries around the world are coming up with policy plans to expand the market and increase value of the tourism industry as the new growth engine of their countries." He added, "I hope that this training allowed us to share our experiences in community development such as the Saemaul Undong that was offset by Korea's rapid growth process, as well as our experience in industrialization and tourism/culture policies in order to help strengthen the capacities of policy makers of emerging countries to establish regional development and tourism policies, and to enhance the qualitative growth capacities of the global tourism industry." Meanwhile, YU signed an MOU for the exchange and cooperation with the Korean Tourism Corporation for the development of tourism of emerging countries at the Seoul Westin Chosun Hotel during the '2014 Culture/Tourism Creative Brand Construction Forum' that was hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and sponsored by the Korea Tourism Corporation on the 11th prior to this training. With this MOU, the two institutes agreed to work together to ▲ link the Korea Tourism Corporation's 'Development and Cooperation Project in the Tourism Sector of Emerging Countries' and YU's 'Research and Education Project for Sharing the Economical Development and Saemaul Undong Experience, ▲ global social contribution activities, and ▲ fostering of global tourism human resources.
