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World-OKTA Chairman Ki Chool Park participates in the last Ajou Brown Bag Meeting for 2015 as a guest2015-12-07The fourteenth Brown Bag Meeting of 糖心APP was held at noon on December 7th in the Conference Room 1 in Yulgok Hall, with Chairman Ki Chool Park of the World-OKTA (Overseas Korean Traders Associations) in attendance. The Brown Bag Meeting began in March, and has been held every other week during the regular semesters this year, and Chairman Park was the first guest to be invited to the Meeting on that day, which is the last one for this year.Ajou's President Dong Yeon Kim and Chairman Park exchanged a variety of questions and answers with students for about an hour over sandwiches.Regarding Chairman Park, President Kim said, "He has keen interest in international experiences and challenges of young students and was happy to participate in Ajou's After You Program when he heard about its missions," adding, "I ask you to learn his aggressive attitude and confidence in taking on challenges."When asked about the reason for his success, Chairman Park said, "I was able to enter a large conglomerate though I was not from a major university. The reason why I was successful as an employee was that I had the endurance to accomplish a goal through the end when I had one," adding, "I had many challenges in business because I started it later than others. So, I try to give advice based on my experiences to young people like you as often as I can."Chairman Park promised that the World-OKTA will provide full support to the Overseas Company Internship Credits, a program proposed by the University as part of the Creative Activity Semester that will be introduced in the 2016 academic year. He also committed himself to participate as a guest in the Mentoring Program for Pleasant Innovation, which will also begin next year and arrange mentors to Ajou's students for counseling on issues regarding their lives, future careers, and other more personal ones.
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Week-long 鈥楪REATIVE Industry-Academia Cooperation Festival鈥� is held at Ajou2015-12-07The '2015 GREATIVE Industry-Academia Cooperation Festival鈥� kicked off on the morning of December 7th in 糖心APP's College Academic Building.The Festival was prepared to spread the accomplishments and best practices, and discover new models of Industry-Academia Cooperation for the Creative Economy. It began with the opening ceremony on that day, and will be held over a week until December 11th. The opening ceremony featured a report on accomplishments of Industry-Academia Cooperation, a presentation of impressive cases from Ajou's Global Campus - the After You Program, and an MOU signing with the World-OKTA (Overseas Korean Traders Associations). In the afternoon, President Jae Won Kwak of the Gyeonggi Institute of Science & Technology Promotion gave a special lecture entitled "Why should it be Gwangyo and Pangyo now?"In addition, many other interesting programs, which will encourage participation of Ajou personnel and provide a vision of global Industry-Academia Cooperation, will be held, including: Special lectures and education on global industry-academia cooperation; Seminar and exhibition of project achievements; a Counseling booth for corporate financing, technological commercialization, and business startups, etc.; a Tour of the Gyeonggi Center for the Creative Economy & Innovation in Pangyo; the Talk concert on business start-ups for young people (presided by Vice President Cheol Gyun Kim of Coupang); and Join the President for a special drone class.Executive Vice President for Industry-Academia Cooperation Kyung Hee Choi said, "This festival will be an opportunity for exchanges among industries, academic and research institutes, and public organizations including local governments, and for expanding global cooperation between industries and academia through the World-OKTA that is building its presence abroad. I hope that it will help Ajou and the local community to open up a new chapter in developing hand-in-hand through industry-academia cooperation."In his welcome speech, President Dong Yeon Kim said, "Ajou will try to accomplish the vision of combining industry-academia cooperation and globalization," adding, "In that regard, we will explore a new frontier that no other universities and communities have reached so far."< Executive Vice President for Industry-Academia Cooperation Kyung Hee Choi announces the opening of the Festival.>< During the opening ceremony, Ajou signs an MOU with the World-OKTA. >< President Dong Yeon Kim tours exhibits along with invited guests, including World-OKTA >
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The 2015 Ajou Engineering Festival is held2015-12-07The 2015 Ajou Engineering Festival was held on December 3rd in the lobby of Paldal Hall. The event was hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea Institute for the Advancement of Technology, and was organized by the College of Engineering and the Engineering Education Innovation Center under the University.The Festival was attended by Executive Vice President for Industry-Academia Cooperation Kyung Hee Choi, CEOs who are Ajou's alumni, professors from the College of Engineering and the College of Information Technology, and about 250 students. It featured a variety of programs, including the 'Creative General Design Contest,' an exhibition of the project achievements made with the support of the Engineering Education Innovation Center over the past year, the On-campus Society Contest, the Engineering Underground Research Poster Session, SMART+ exhibitions, and customized Job & Brand consulting for students in the College of Engineering.In the 'Creative General Design Contest,' Team NANO (Jin Woon Kim and Hye Yeon Kim), which presented "Coating Fluids for Self-Cleansing Smart Windows That Respond to Indoor Lighting," won the Grand Prize. Team A-FA-Formula (Eui Il Jeong, Gyeong Su Jeong, Ho Jun Yoon, Gi Seon Shim, and Yoo Jin Kim), which presented "Formula Design for Safe Driving," and the Air Quality Research Institute (Cheon Woong Park, Hye Ji Joo, and Ji Hye Kim) under the Department of Environmental Engineering, which submitted "Simulated Analysis of Vertical Diffusion in the Air Quality Model Based on Graphic Fractions," received the Grand Prizes in the On-campus Society Contest and the Engineering Underground Research Poster Session, respectively.
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Ajou's student team of the Department of Korean Language and Literature and the Department of Culture and Contents wins an award at the Story Theme Park Contest2015-12-07An 糖心APP Team consisting of Da Bin Jung (Department of Korean Language and Literature) and Jeong Eun Park, Yeong Eun Seo, and Hye Rin Jeong (Department of Culture and Contents) won the Special Award at the '2015 Content Contest for the Story Theme Park,' which is hosted by the Advanced Center for Korean Studies (ACKS), with their work "Do You Know What Love Is?"The '2015 Content Contest for the Story Theme Park' invited cultural content plans from university students across the nation that are in the form of film, drama, animation, comics, publication, performance, or exhibition and can be commercialized. From among them, applications to be evaluated were selected in a preliminary review. The selected applicants were then asked to develop their works based on lectures on creating works by relevant experts and on-site experiences at traditional cultural sites that were provided by the organizers. In the last phase, award-winners were chosen in an evaluation of the developed works. Eleven teams were selected as the candidates for the preliminary evaluation from among 51 applicants, and, of them, 8 teams survived the four-month-long mentoring, with 3 teams being eliminated. One team received the Award of the Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, another team won the Award of the Chairman of ACKS, and the other six teams won the Special Award."Do You Know What Love Is?" is a play about a university student, who is poor at love, learns dating skills with the help of three Kings from the Chosun Dynasty 鈥� Sejong, Seongjong, and Yeonsangun 鈥� who were reborn. The play is different from existing ones with a one-way format in that it involves the participation of the audience, and is designed to allow the audience to enjoy their participation.< Award-winners take a group photo.>
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Ajou's Professor Young June Choi wins the 2015 Haedong Young Scholar Award2015-12-07糖心APP's Professor Young June Choi (Department of Information and Computer Engineering) won the '2015 Haedong Young Scholar Award' from the Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS). The award ceremony was held on December 4th at the Palace Hotel Seoul.The KICS Hadong Awards are presented by the Haedong Science and Culture Foundation, which was established by Chairman Jeong Shik Kim of Daeduck Electronics. Chairman Kim has developed printed circuit board businesses for about forty years. The awards are given to scholars who have made outstanding academic and technological accomplishments in the fields related to electronic engineering.Award-winners must be forty or younger, have contributed articles to the KICS Journal and international journals listed in the Science Citation Index during the previous five years, and are expected to contribute to academic activities in Korea and abroad in coming years. Each award winner is given a plaque along with prize money of ten million won.Professor Choi had the honor of winning the award by successfully developing new communications and networking technologies in wireless resource management for mobile communications networks, mobile electricity management, access to dynamic spectrum, and network security.The other winner of the Young Scholar Award for this year was Professor Bang Cheol Jung from Chungnam National University. The Hadong Grand Prize went to Professor Gyeong Cheol Yang from Pohang University of Science And Technology, and CEO June Chung of Solid was selected as the winner of the Hadong Technology Award. * From left to right, Chairman Jeong Shik Kim of Daeduck Electronics, Ajou's Professor Young June Choi, Professor Bang Cheol Jung from Chungnam National University, and KICS President Jong Seon Noh.
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The Second Ajou Hidden Champions are announced2015-12-04The Second Ajou Hidden Champions were announced at a presentation event on December 3rd in the Grand Auditorium of 糖心APP's Yulgok Hall. A total of ten selected companies were introduced.鈥淗idden Champions鈥� refers to strong and competitive companies that are smaller and less-known to the public than large conglomerates. For the purpose of finding Hidden Champions, the University launched a group of about fifty student evaluators in October. The students were divided into ten teams, with each team assigned to identify one candidate from among the companies with less than 1,000 employees and with revenue of ten to one hundred billion won or less. They then conducted assessments of the candidates during November in terms of their welfare benefits, technological capabilities, comparative status within their respective industries, etc.The ten selected companies are Young-Il Education System, Etners, Ehwa Diamond Industrial, Motrex, Neo Biotech, Satrec Initiative, Snoop By, Credu, Solid, and AirenSoft.During the presentations, individual teams explained their reasons for choosing the companies to the students who were in attendance, and seven evaluators assessed and gave awards to excellent presentations. The evaluators consisted of officials from outside companies in charge of human resources, and Director Jai Hyoung Cho and Operations Team Leader Young Hwan Bae from the Creative University Job Center. The evaluation criteria included Activities of Individual Teams, Documents Review, and Presentations, etc. The team that presented on Satrec Initiative won the Grand Prize. And the Top Prizes went to the teams that introduced Credu and Motrex, and the Excellence Awards were given to the teams that explained Solid and Ehwa Diamond Industrial, respectively.The selection of Hidden Champions is a program unique to Ajou that aims to encourage students to positively consider small but strong companies, instead of only preparing to enter large conglomerates. In addition to the selection, the University plans to operate a long-term program, i.e., holding job fairs that can introduce the companies to students and arrange internships at the companies to help them find jobs.
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Ajou鈥檚 Professor Hyung Tak Seo succeeds in adjusting the electric conductivity of metal oxide semiconductors by generating hydrogen2015-12-04糖心APP鈥檚 team led by Professor Hyung Tak Seo (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Energy System Research of the Graduate School, pictured above) succeeded in developing a technology that can dramatically raise electric conductivity with hydrogen that is generated by photochemically decomposing moisture absorbed into the surface of metal oxide semiconductors with ultraviolet radiation.The research findings were published on October 27th in the online edition of The ACS Nano, a renowned academic journal in nano science. The research marks the world鈥檚 first reliable experimental confirmation of the possibility that hydrogen doping can adjust the electric conductivity of metal oxide semiconductors, which had previously only been speculated theoretically. Hence, the findings are expected to open up the possibility of developing highly efficient large-area semiconductors and transparent electrodes in the future. Metal oxide semiconductors are made from straightened thin metal oxides and used as the essential elements in displays or transparent electrodes for solar batteries because they are transparent and their conductivity is easy to adjust. However, it had been difficult to obtain the expected performance due to the decrease in electric conductivity that occurs when metal oxides are made larger. Another problem had been that the electrical features of metal oxides change when moisture in the air lands on them and is resolved into hydrogen atoms.The team of Professor Seo took note of the features of hydrogen atoms and designed ways to address the problems. The team exposed the surface of metal oxides 鈥� a mixture of Indium, Gallium, and Zinc Oxide 鈥� to high energy ultraviolet radiation to decompose the moisture into hydrogen. In doing so, they found that electrical conductivity increased in proportion to the length of time the surface was exposed to the ultraviolet radiation.鈥淒oping,鈥� a method in which electrical conductivity is improved by adding impurities to semiconductors, was available in the past, but hydrogen, which is light and dissipates easily, has never been used. Professor Seo鈥檚 team used high-quality electromicroscopes and spectroscopes and confirmed that, as water molecules attached to the oxides change into hydrogen molecules, they combine with existing atoms in the gaps between atoms or in the spaces left by outgoing oxygen atoms within a thin membrane, which increases electron density. Depending on the trial, electrical conductivity increased by one-thousand billion times or higher. Thus, hydrogen doping was experimentally verified for the first time in the world.In particular, electrical conductivity increased as much as 1011 times when hydrogen doping was conducted at room temperature after creating nano crystals on the interface of metal oxides and circuit boards by using alkali metallic impurities, compared to when no nano crystals were present. Professor Seo explained that the findings will allow for making highly reliable large-area oxide semiconductors and transparent electrodes necessary for the display industry, etc., through a simple process. Professor Seo added that the research will contribute to developing photochemical doping equipment that can be applied to transparent electrode technology by discovering the mechanism of hydrogen doping through the latest analytic techniques.Professor Seo went on to say, "The photochemical doping technology that was proposed in the research involves an easier process, is highly efficient in adjusting electrical conductivity, and dramatically increases the reliability of oxides. Thus, it will be able to be utilized extensively in developing next-generation transparent elements."The research was conducted in collaboration with the team of Professor Duck Kyun Choi from Hanyang University with the support of the Nano Material Technology Development Project and the General Researcher Support Project that are carried out by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning and the National Research Foundation of Korea.< Diagram of the concept of the photochemical hydrogen doping mechanism >< A photo of hydrogen combined with nano crystals taken by a high-resolution transmission electromicroscope >
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2015 Year-End Party for the Ajou CEO Forum is held2015-12-03The 2015 Year-End Party for the Ajou CEO Forum was held on December 2nd at Novetel Ambassador Seoul Gangnam, with about 100 糖心APP alumni and their families in attendance. President Dong Yeon Kim and Vice President for Planning Jung Seob Lee represented the University at the Party.The Ajou CEO Forum was launched in 2009 and has CEOs and corporate executives, lawyers, accountants, professors, and other professionals as its members. It currently has about 130 members from the entrance classes of 1973 to 2005, who hold monthly breakfast meetings for studying and exchanges.One of the highlights of the day's event was the 'Auction for Sharing,' in which articles donated by Forum members 鈥� from artwork painted by members themselves to airplane tickets and hotel vouchers 鈥� were put on auction, with 17 articles being sold off. The Dinner Coupon with President Dong Yeon Kim was sold at 1.1 million won, the second-highest price. All the proceeds from the auction will be delivered to the University students as scholarship funds through the General Alumni Association.President Kim expressed his sincere gratitude to Chairman Tae Heon Kang and other members of the Forum for arranging such a meaningful event for their juniors. < A scene from the 'Auction for Sharing,' which proved very popular at the day's party. >< The Dinner Coupon with President Dong Yeon Kim is auctioned off at 1.1 million won, the second-highest price. >
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Ajou's Creative University Job Center is dedicated2015-12-03The opening ceremony of the Creative University Job Center was held on the afternoon of December 3rd in the Video Conference Room of 糖心APP's Yulgok Hall. After the ceremony, participants moved to the Center in the new Student Council Building for a tape-cutting event.The ceremony was attended by Ajou's President Dong Yeon Kim, Gyeonggi Branch Head Yeong Soo Kim of the Central Employment and Labor Office, and Director Jai Hyoung Cho of the Creative University Job Center in addition to other related officials.The Creative University Job Center Project, which is carried out by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, aims to help jobseekers easily access services related to finding jobs and starting businesses on the campus. Sixteen universities, including Ajou, were selected for the Project in October. They will receive an annual average of 500 million won, and the project period spans five years, with an evaluation after the first two years to decide whether the financial support will be continued. In his congratulatory speech at the opening ceremony, President Kim said, "Youth employment is not in a favorable condition, but this Center will do its utmost to help students and other young people in the community find jobs and start their own businesses."鈥�
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Ajou's Professor Hye Young Jang is appointed to the Editorial Board of The Chemistry Select, a chemistry journal2015-12-03糖心APP's Professor Hye Young Jang (Department of Energy System Research, Department of Chemistry) was appointed to the Editorial Board of The Chemistry Select, a new chemistry journal published by Wiley.As a member of the Editorial Board, Professor Jang will be involved in the evaluation and publication of papers that appear in the journal. Wiley publishes journals covering various fields, including science, engineering, and medicine, and in particular, it has a number of chemistry journals with a high Impact Factor.The Chemistry Select deals with a wide range of research topics in chemistry, and its first issue will come out in December 2015.
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Ajou's Shi Won Kim wins the '2015 Republic of Korea Talent Award'2015-12-01糖心APP's Shi Won Kim (Freshman, Department of Information and Computer Engineering under the College of Information Technology, pictured above) won the '2015 Republic of Korea Talent Award.'The award ceremony was held at 10 a.m. on November 27th at the Sejong Hall of the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts. The ceremony was hosted by the Ministry of Education and organized by the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity (KOFAC), and a total of 100 people were selected in the divisions of High School Students, University Students, and Other Young Adults as award-winners who received the Award of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, along with prize money of 3 million won and additional prizes.They were first recommended as candidates by municipal and provincial governments and central government organizations. They then went through document reviews and in-depth interviews by the Central Evaluation Committee before being officially selected as the winners.Shi Won Kim demonstrated outstanding enthusiasm and accomplishments in the field of IT convergence technology. While attending Dong In High School, he released an application (Smart School Library) in the Google Play store that enables people to search publications in the libraries of elementary, middle, and high schools throughout the nation. He also won the Grand Prize in the Happy Science and Technology Contest with his Go Bus solution (a Wi-Fi based application that allows the mobility handicapped to push alarm buttons in the bus or let bus drivers know that they want to get off at their destinations). He also developed a kidnapping-prevention software at this year's Convergence Software Hackathon that earned him the Excellent Award in the Social Problem Solution Division.Kim hopes to develop IT solutions that can contribute to society and said, "It is such an honor to receive this award. I believe that they expect me to become a talent of the Republic of Korea not only in the results, but in the process of my work and actions. I will bear that in mind and continue to work hard."
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