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Development of core parts for the next-generation automobile industry and fostering of professionals Participated by 15 institutes including the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, local governments, companies, universities and research centers Budget of 3.85 billion won including national funding, and joined by over 70 people including professors and PhD-grade researchers [September 14, 2016] YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) opened the 'automobile function safety SW research center (Director Park Yong-wan)'. This is to develop core parts and foster professionals who will lead the next-generation automobile industry. The 'Automobile Function Safety SW Research Center' is joined by 15 industry, academic, research and government bodies including the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (hereinafter MSIP), local governments (Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do), research centers (Gyeongbuk Institute of Convergence Industry Technology, Gyeongbuk Research Institute of Vehicle Embedded Technology), and six companies related to automobiles and IT (Ajin Industrial, E-Motion, Vadas, SMC, VIM, Jami, and universities. This project, which will be carried out until 2019, will have a total budget of 3.85 billion won comprised of 2.9 billion won from national funding and contributions from local government, companies and universities. Also, over 70 people will take part in the project including professors and industrial experts, as well as PhD level researchers. At the opening ceremony held at the YU CRC in the morning of the 1st, YU President Noh Seok-kyun, Gyeongsan Mayor Choi Young-jo, Institute for Information and Communications Technology Promotion Director Lee Sang-hong, Gyeongsangbuk-do Creative Economy Industry Director Park Sung-soo, and Ajin Industrial Company Chief Researcher Sung Dong-jin, and others attended the ceremony. YU President Noh Seok-kyun said, "With the opening of this center, we have provided the base for developing core parts in future industries and to foster creative and convergence-type human resources," while adding, "YU play a centrifugal role in constructing an industry-academic-research cooperation system for not only the development of the local industry by finding new growth engines, but also to contribute the activation of the national economic in the long term." Through industry-academic-research cooperation, YU is planning to not only create innovate products while procuring intellectual property rights by developing convergence parts software based on functional safety of electronic parts in automobiles, but also foster experts and professionals needed in the automobile ICT technology convergence era. It is therefore expected that companies participating in this project will not only strengthen their industrial competitiveness, but also construct a cycle system to supply professionals to local automobile parts companies. According to the US market study institute, Strategy Analytics (SA), it is expected that in terms of the production cost of automobiles, the expense for electronic parts that was 30% in 2010, will rise to 50% by 2020. It also predicts that the automobile electronic parts market will grow to 303.3 billion dollars by 2020, and therefore, it is expected that YU 'Automobile Function Safety SW Research Center' will play a key role in not only strengthening the domestic and international competitiveness of local automobile parts companies, but also in the future smart car industry. YU Department of Information and Communication Engineering Park Yong-wan, who will oversee the Automobile Function Safety SW Research Center said that the "Convergence of Automobile and ICT technologies is an essential next-generation technology for realizing smart cars that will bring about great changes in our lives. Currently, automobile makers, parts companies and IT companies are in the starting stages for developing convergence technologies." He further added, "With the opening of this center, YU will procure unrivaled technologies through industry-academic-research cooperation, and will foster expert personnel to lead the next-generation smart car and self-driving automobile convergence parts market."
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For two days from the 7th, joined by 80 companies and institutes such as conglomerates and public companies including Samsung, Lotte and POSCO Held simultaneously with the Daegu Chamber of Commerce 'College Recruit Tour' Various other events offered such as consulting by employment experts and interview image-making YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) will hold a large-scale job fair in light of the open hiring season in the second half of the year. From the 7th until 5 p.m. on the 8th at the YU Cheonma Art Center, the '2016 YU Job Fair' event will be held. This event, which is co-hosted by YU and the National Research Foundation and co-sponsored by the YU LINC Project Team and Daegu Chamber of Commerce, will be participated by over 80 companies and institutes such as conglomerates including Samsung Life, Samsung Fire, Lotte Group and POSCO, public corporations such as the Korea International Trade Association, Daegu Metro, SL, Sangsin Brake, and Pyunghwa Holdings, as well as strong small and medium companies. <2015 YU Job Fair> This job fair will include not only a corporate employment hall for employment counseling by company and to provide various employment information, but also a consulting hall that offers interview image-making and consulting from employment experts to students preparing to gain employment, as well as an event hall for taking resume photos and caricatures. This job fair will be held simultaneously with the 'College Recruit Tour' hosted by the Daegu Chamber of Commerce to resolve the issues with mismatching for local companies and excellent human resources. The Recruit Tour, which will be held at the YU College of Science auditorium at 2 p.m. on the 8th, will include corporate seminars and employment consulting with the best medium-sized companies in the region. During the job fair, the Daegu Chamber of Commerce is also planning to provide free 'work aptitude examinations' in the morning of the 8th for 220 students who applied online in advance. YU Student Capacity Development Office Director Yoon Sang-heum, who organized this event, said, "In order to provide more employment opportunities for job-seeking students, we organized a job fair joined by not only major subsidiaries of conglomerates such as Samsung and Lotte, but also public corporations, foreign companies, as well as strong local companies of middle standings." He added, "It is possible to obtain details on the best medium-sized companies in the region, which is sometimes hard to come by, so it will be a good opportunity for students searching for jobs." Meanwhile, YU is also planning to hold an employment seminar from Hyundai Construction on the 6th prior to the job fair, and is scheduled to continue holding campus recruiting and employment seminars from domestic conglomerate subsidiaries as well.
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Chairman of Global Saemaul Forum Choi Wae-chul meets with President of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration Discussions on constructing Saemaul Undong hub in Central and South America Pledge to recommend elites from Central and South America to Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul [August 10, 2016] <The Global Saemaul Forum and YU teamed up with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration and pledged to cooperate for the global Saemaul Undong and local development in Central and South America> The Global Saemaul Forum (Chairman Choi Wae-chul) and YU joined hands with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration and agreed to actively pursue the construction of a foundation for the global Saemaul Undong and regional development for emerging countries in Central and South America. On the 9th in Seoul, Global Saemaul Forum Chairman Choi Wae-chul (Director of YU Park Chung Hee met with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (hereinafter CABEI) President Nick Rischbieth who visited Korea and agreed to cooperate for the economic development of Central and South America and for the development of local communities such as rural areas. CABEI is the largest financial institute in Central and South America and was founded in 1960 for the balanced social and economic development of member nations and to promote regional economic integration. Its headquarters is based in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, and is comprised of a total of 12 nations such as seven from Central America including Honduras and five outer region nations such as Argentina, Columbia and Taiwan. While meeting with Mr. Choi Wae-chul, Mr. Rischbieth said, "Up until now, CABEI mainly focused on its role as a commercial bank, but it is now making more active attempts to fulfill its role as a development bank that supports regional development of emerging nations in Central and South America." He asked that the Global Saemaul Forum and YU play a bigger role in the new development projects of CABEI in the future. He also expressed considerable understanding and interest in Korea's Saemaul Undong and stated with emphasis, "Korea's development experience such as the Saemaul Undong will be very helpful to the underdeveloped countries of Central America. Mr. Choi responded, "Sharing the successful Saemaul Undong experiences of Korea is Korea's mission to the international community," and added, "We will cooperate closely with CABEI to spread the Saemaul development program to Central America." On this day, Mr. Choi requested that CABEI participated in the international NGO, Global Saemaul Development Network (GSDN), which Mr. Rischbieth said that we would positively review this. GSDN was established in September of last year to push forward with Saemaul development cooperation programs for emerging nations and to overcome poverty in the global community, and it is currently headed by Mr. Choi Wae-chul as its chairman. Mr. Choi also invited Mr. Rischbieth to the '2017 Global Saemaul Forum' scheduled for June of next year, and Mr. Rischbieth happily accepted the invitation. Furthermore, Mr. Rischbieth also welcomed Mr. Choi's request to recommend young talents such as elite public employees of Central America to the YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul (Dean Park Seung-woo), and expressed his appreciation. There are currently over 230 students from 48 countries around the world enrolled at the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul, but compared to Asia, Africa and South America, there are few students from Central America. It is expected that through this meeting with CABEI, more students from Central will come study at YU. At this meeting between Mr. Choi and Mr. Rischbieth were present CABEI CFO Hernan Danery, International Relations Bureau Director Salvador Sacasa, CABEI Costa Rica Secretary General Mauricio Chacon, and three other secretary generals of three countries, for a total of six senior officials from CABEI, while from YU were present Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul Dean Park Seung-woo and Global Saemaul Development Network (GSDN) Secretary General Kim Gi-soo (YU professor of business administration).
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'2016 YU Road' on 14th 300km walk over 8 nights and 9 days from Gumi to Pohang. Averaged 33km daily Participated in character building programs by visiting Yeongcheon Seonghwansan (Mt.) memorial tower and ancient home of Gyeongju Choi Family [July 22, 2016] <YU students who completed the 2016 YU Road Walk (22nd, Homitgot, Pohang)> The energetic shouts of YU students shook the grounds of Homigot in Pohang in the afternoon of the 22nd. Their voices were filled with passion and a sense of achievement by completing a 300km march over 8 nights and 9 days. In the afternoon of the 14th, 80 YU students started off the 'National Pilgrimage March' at the old home of the Late President Park Chung Hee in Gumi. The distance that they decided to take on as a challenge spanned across 300km starting from Park Chun Hee's old home to Homigot of Pohang. The students who took on this demanding challenge passed through Gumi, Gunwi, Yeongcheon, and Gyeongju to arrive at Homigot of Pohang over 8 nights and 9 days to the 22nd. They marched an average of 33km per day. Lee Hoon-il (24, electric engineering, senior), who participated in this march as the student leader, said, "There were times that I wanted to give up because of the hot weather and tiring trek, but I am happy that all of us pushed and pulled each other to finish the challenge successfully. I would like to express my thanks to all of the students who participated in this march," while adding, "This march was a very meaningful in that I was able to reflect on myself. I hope that more students will participate in the future and have the opportunity to gain more confidence in themselves." During this incredible march, the students visited the Yeongcheon Seonghwansan (Mt.) memorial tower and the Yeongdeok Jangsa Amphibious Landing Victory Memorial Park to remember the past patriots and to renew their vows to protect the homeland. They also visited the ancient home of the Gyeongju Choi Family to once again remember the spirit of noblesse oblige, in various character building programs. 'YU Road' a national pilgrimage march that has been offered annually since 2009 is being operated by YU with the goal of fostering its ideal 'Y Type Talents (talents with creativity, progressiveness and expertise based on character).
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Korean Association of Business Education Accreditation gives balanced assessment in seven fields of accreditation such as professors, students and facilities Since receiving accreditation for the first time in August 2011, maintained accreditation for seven consecutive years to July 2018 Simultaneous accreditation for graduate school business administration department, being officially recognized for highest quality of education [August 8, 2016] <School of Business> YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) received 'accreditation for business education' from the Korean Association of Business Education Accreditation (KABEA). With this accreditation, the YU School of Business and Graduate School of Business Administration maintained its 'accreditation' status until July of 2018. Accordingly, the YU School of Business will maintain accreditation status for the seventh consecutive year since first receiving accreditation in August of 2011. In this evaluation, YU received accreditation for both its undergraduate and graduate programs, and was recognized for the highest level of education quality in the business education sector. KABEA was established by the Korean Academic Society of Business Administration in 2005. It accredits business education through comprehensive reviews on the overall business education conditions and future plans to improve education such as the vision, mission and goal of the university's business education, learning performance and goals, curriculum, classes, professors, facilities and educational environment, and educational improvements. YU received high scores in seven accreditation fields such as ▲ mission, vision and goal ▲ study objective and performance management ▲ curriculum and classes ▲ students ▲ professors ▲ facilities and educational environment ▲ continuous improvements. YU School of Business Dean Park Jong-moo said, "This accreditation once again certifies the educational competitiveness of the YU School of Business," and added, "We will continue to spare no efforts and investments for business education that is not only top notch in Korea, but can compete at an international level."
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Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine(YUJM) Fifth registration among the nation's 41 medical schools Recognized for excellence as general medicine journal, founded in 1983, issued twice a year [August 10, 2016] 'Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine (YUJM)', an academic journal published by the YU College of Medicine was selected as a candidate for registration in the National Research Foundation's 2016 academic journal evaluations. YUJM was recorded as the fifth academic journal registered with the National Research Foundation following Yonsei University, Chonnam National University, Hanyang University, and Kosin University among the 41 medical schools in Korea. With this selection, YUJM will be recognized as a candidate journal for registration starting with the 2016 Volume 33-1 (June 30) issue. The National Research Foundation's registration candidate journals are given recognition and status equivalent to registered academic journals, and this selection officially recognized the YUJM as an excellent academic journal having both system and composition as a general medicine journal. YUJM was first founded in 1984 and has been carrying reviews articles, original articles and case reports in basic and clinical medicine fields. It is issued twice a year (June 30, December 31), and articles are received all year round. After being registered in 'KoreaMed', the nation's largest medical thesis database in 2004, YUJM was registered in 'KoreaMed Syapse' in 2013, and is now offering full-texts of academic journals that meet international standards. In addition, it can be searched in domestic databases as well such as KISS and the Korean Medical Database (KMbase). Plans are being made to register in prominent domestic and foreign citation databases such as the National Research Foundation registered journals, PubMed, EMBASE, SCOPUS and SCI(E).
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Luncheon held with students at the Humanities Hall cafeteria on 27th Free flow conversation mixing humor and wit Students say, 'Down-to-earth and genuine attitude was impressive' [Jul 27, 2016] Mark W. Lippert (44), US Ambassador to Korea, visited YU at around 11:15 a.m. on July 27. As he stepped in to the university president's reception hall located on the 2nd floor of the university head office, Ambassador Lippert said in fluent Korean, "Hello, it is a great honor to visit YU" as he greeted YU president Noh Seok-kyun. YU President Noh responded, "Welcome to our city, the city of summer," and added, "I think we should make our area known by taking advantage of the summer here, which is even called 'Dae-frica'." Ambassador Lippert answered, "I grew up in a hot area so I'm okay with the heat," and added, "I hope that more visitors will come to the Daegu and Gyeongbuk area, which is known for the summer and chicken and beer festival." Ambassador Lippert said that the purpose of his visit to YU was because he "wanted our embassy to play a role to allow talented people in the area to have more opportunities to study in American universities and companies." He also added, "While traveling across the nation, I learned that regions outside of Seoul were also full of talented people and resources. I want our embassy to help relive their concerns when going to the US to study or work. I was born and raised in the east, and it was really unnerving when I first enrolled at Stanford University. I didn't know who I needed to reach out to for help or how to ask for help. I think one of the jobs of our embassy is to act as a guide for those that are in the same situation that I once was in." Ambassador Lippert also mentioned that he wanted more active interaction and cooperation projects with YU, and stated, "That is why I visited YU with our workers. Our staff will continuously provide cooperation for exchange programs with American universities and in internship programs with American companies." After a brief tea time with YU President Noh Seok-kyun, Ambassador Lippert went to the school cafeteria and had a fun conversation with 29 YU students over lunch. He greeted the students in Korean saying, "It smells very good. Eat a lot." He took his seat at the table and enjoyed lunch with YU students going 30 minutes pass the scheduled time. The students did not even bother with the food and continuously asked him questions, and Ambassador Lippert never lost his sense of humor and wit and answered each of the questions he was asked. When asked about the meaning of his son's name 'Sae-joon' and why he was given a Korean name, Ambassador Lippert answered, "I thought it was only natural to give him a Korean name since he was born in Korea." He explained, "A friend went to a fortune teller who brought back three names, and so I chose Sae-joon. The reason for this was because it means a great person who brightens the world and lives an honest life." In addition, Ambassador Lippert, who is a self-proclaimed baseball fanatic, said, as if he took notice that he was in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region, "I'm a fan of Doosan, but Sae-joon's team is Samsung." The students responded by chanting, "Sae-joon! Sae-joon!" Doh Hye-hyun (20, International Commerce, sophomore), who said that she was a big fan and follower of Ambassador's SNS account, asked why he met particularly a lot of Korean college students, and Ambassador Lippert answered, "I think it is very important to communicate with young people because they are the ones who will lead the future. Furthermore, it's fun meeting with young people because I can gain creative ideas from them. On the other hand, I also want to hear for myself how our embassy can help youths who face realistic difficulties." When asked about his role model, he answered, "I received a lot of influence especially from President Obama. He is very academic, curios, passionate, and knows how to look far into the future with confidence and vision. Of course he is not a perfect person, but there is still a lot to learn from him. Lastly, Ambassador Lippert was asked to give a word of advice for Korean college students. He answered, "Everyone at your age will have uncertainties and fear about the future. I know you guys are going through tough times. But youth is a very unique period in life. There are a lot of choices, and there are also many opportunities to make choices. So don't be too worried about failing. Whatever it is, you should select and work on that one thing that you want at the time. Even if you fail, you will earn something, and there is still a lot of time for youths, and so you can take a different path later. A failed choice is in no way wasted time." Nam Gwan-woo (21, International Commerce, junior), who attended the meeting said, "He had a gentle impression when I saw him on television, and when I met with him, I felt quite comfortable speaking with him." He added, "His down-to-earth demeanor and ability to speak with students comfortably was quite impressive. He seemed very genuine when he talked about his experience in college life and when talking about his children born in Korea." After the luncheon, he accepted the selfie requests by students and also gave his autograph. At around 1:40 p.m. he left YU amidst cheers from students and went on to his next destination. During his visit to YU, Ambassador Lippert was accompanied by his US embassy staff including his advisor, public diplomacy officer, public information officer, as well as Kim Na-yeon (22, business administration, junior) who is doing an internship at the US embassy until the end of July. In the evening, he participated in the Daegu Chicken and Beer Festival for the second straight year.
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School of Materials Science and Engineering Koh Young-gun team develops new material that has high durability and high ductile strength simultaneously Published in latest issue of global academic journal, 'Scientific Report' Various industrial possibilities by applying technologies with other materials [August 2, 2016] [Source: KBS News] School of Material Science and Engineering Professor Koh Young-gun (39, photo) and his research team is receiving attention from academic circles by developing a new alloy material that upgraded both strength and ductility. Recently, Professor Koh announced his research results by developing a new magnesium alloy, which is receiving attention as a next-generation structural material. The specific gravity of magnesium alloy is only 1.74, which is 75% lighter than steel and 35% lighter than aluminum alloy. However, it has a hexagonal close-packet structure (each particle making up a solid comes into contact with 12 different particles, and thus comes into contact with six particles on a plane, which minimizes empty spaces) and has the critical weakness of having low ductility. Through this research, Professor Koh's research team succeeded in resolving such structural problem and succeeded in procuring both high durability and ductility. Professor Koh said, "In order to resolve the structural problem of magnesium materials, we creatively crossed shear (when opposite forces are applied on any plane of an object, phenomenon where that object is transformed by slipping across that place) transformation and achieved high durability by controlling the nano crystal grain, and at the same time, we succeeded in obtaining high ductility by effectively spreading the preferred orientation of the basal plane." He added, "Normally, when intensity increases, ductility decreases, but through the magnesium alloy that we developed in this study, we were able to obtain the dream material with the paradox of having both durability and ductility, while breaking down past preconceptions." Their research results were published in the latest issue of the world-acclaimed academic journal <Scientific Reports> (impact factor (IF) 5.228) under the title 'High durability and high ductility of light-weight magnesium allow by cross shearing'. Scientific Reports is a comprehensive academic journal spanning across all scientific fields including metals, physics, chemistry and biology published by Nature Publishing Group, which is issued by the world famous science newsletter, Nature. Professor Koh said, "The cross shearing plastic working technology proposed in this research can be applied in existing material processing sectors, and it is easy to commercialize, so it is expected to have great industrial ripple effects." He added, "As an innovative technology for developing high intensity and high ductility materials, it can be applied in different materials such as steel, aluminum and titanium, and so it by expanding the field of application, it will be possible to create new industries." Meanwhile, this study was carried out with the support of the Ministry of Education's Basic Research Support Project.
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Professors, graduate school students and undergraduate students sweep international symposium of the Asian Society for Adapted Physical Education and Exercise Centrifugal role in academic conference joined 400 experts from both Korea and abroad in the special physical education sector Professor Park Gi-yong serves consecutive term as chairman of ASAPE for the first time ever [August 4, 2016] <Department of Special Physical Education professors and students awarded at the 14th ASAPE International Symposium> The YU Department of Special Physical Education has become the mecca of special physical education. At the 14th International Symposium of ASAPE held at the YU Cheonma Art Center, YU professors and students won the research award, academic award and contribution award, and were thus recognized by experts for their capacities in the special physical education center at both home and abroad. YU Department of Special Physical Education Professor Kim Han-cheol, who served as the chair for this international symposium, won the research award, while Professor Jung Yeon-taek and Professor Kim Chun-jong won the contribution award, and graduate school student Kim Gyung-ho (PhD course in sports science, 3rd term) won the academic award. In particular, undergraduate students in the Department of Special Physical Education participated in volunteer activities for the successful hosting of the international symposium, and received good reviews by domestic and international participants, and received the volunteer award. This conference, which was held for three days from July 29 to July 31, was joined by over 400 professors, graduate school students and experts from 12 countries including Hong Kong, Japan, China, Taiwan, US and Germany, and presented over 80 theses, making it the biggest event ever. The volunteer students were praised for their contributions to successfully hold this event. Furthermore, 10 experts from underdeveloped countries such as Nepal, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, and the Philippines were invited to this academic conference to hold a global special physical education academy to share the values of special education, which received good reviews. Meanwhile, YU Department of Special Physical Education Professor Park Gi-yong confirmed to serve another terms as chairman of ASAPE at this conference. It is the first time in the history of ASAPE for the chairman to serve two consecutive terms, and the term of Chairman Park will be until July 2018. Chairman Park Gi-yong said, "The World Special Physical Education and Exercise Conference is scheduled to be held at YU in 2017" and added, "We are planning to spread traditional Korean sports to underdeveloped countries, while also sharing the development history of special physical education of Korea, academic excellence, and potential for future development and change of special physical education."
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Second victory after four years Since Head Coach Kim Byung-soo took the reins, opened the golden age with fourth victory cup in national tournament 2014, first time for college team to go to top 8 in the FA Cup [August 1, 2016] <Photo source: KFA> YU took its second victory cup in the National Fall Football Tournament, and stepped up as the nation's top college football team. At the 47th National Fall Football Tournament finals held at Taebaek Sports Stadium in Gangwon-don on the 29th, YU defeated Kyonggi University and won the tournament. Kim Gyung-jooon (20, Sports Science, sophomore, photo on left), who scored three goals in the first half, led the team to crush the opponents by a score of 4 to 1. Kim Gyung-joon started off with a strike with his right foot from distance at the front of the arc in the 23rd minute of the first half. He then scored in the 33rd minute and 40th minute by connecting with his left foot from crosses that came from the right part of Kyonggi University's side to score his hat trick. YU then scored in the 26th minute of the second half with Lee Soon-min (22, Sports Science, junior), to secure their victory. Kyonggi University scored in the 40th minute of the second half, but it was too late to change the course of the match. <Photo source: KFA> Head Coach Kim Byung-soo and Assistant Coach Kim Hyun-joon received the best instructor award by leading the team to victory, while Kim Hyun-tae (22, Sports Science, senior) won the MVP award, Kim Gyung-joon won the highest scorer award, Cha Tae-joo (22, Sports Science, junior) won the defense award, and Kim Tae-hoon (19, Sports Science, freshman) won the GK award, YU won the tournament for the first time back in 2012, and finally retook the throne after four years, proving that they are a force to be reckoned with in football. YU also won the 2010 Spring Tournament, 2012 Fall Tournament, 2013 U League King-of-Kings Tournament, and thus took home their fourth victory cup in national tournaments since Head Coach Kim Byung-soo took the reins of the squad in 2008. The YU team also stirred up the 2014 FA Cup by becoming the first college team ever to make it to the top 8 in the tournament.
