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Professor Park, Chin Ho and Lee, Moon Yong of the School of Chemical Engineering wins 'Seokmyeong Outstanding Chemical Engineer Award' and 'Traditional Chemical Engineering Special Award' from the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers Listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World [Nov 6, 2013] Professor Lee, Moon Yong (left) and Professor Park, Chin Ho showing the prowess of the YU School of Chemical Engineering by winning major awards from the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers The YU School of Chemical Engineering once again demonstrated its potential power. Professors Park, Chin Ho and Lee, Moon Yong received major awards from the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers(KICHE), which is the most influential academic society on Korean chemical engineering. According to the School of Chemical Engineering, Professor Park, Chin Ho (55) won the 'Seokmyeong Outstanding Chemical Engineer Award' and Professor Lee, Moon Yong (55) won the 'Traditional Chemical Engineering Special Award' at the general assembly of the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers that was held at the Daegu EXCO on the 24th. In the past 5 years, Professor Park published over 30 SCI papers as the primary author and made various technology transfer achievements and acquired domestic and international patents in the electronic material process, OLED and thin film solar cell sectors. Thus, he was awarded the '2013 Seokmyeong Outstanding Chemical Engineer Award' for his excellent academic achievements and practical industry-academic cooperation results in various sectors of chemical engineering. Professor Park also served as a photovoltaic program director for the Ministry of Knowledge Economy (currently Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy) two years ago in 2011. He is currently the Korean representative for the IEA's (International Energy Agency) PVPS (Photovoltaic Power Systems) Task 1, the chairperson of the KICHE International Cooperation Committee, and the Vice-chairman for the international cooperation of the Korea Photovoltaic Society. Furthermore, Professor Park was also listed in the 'Marquis Who's Who in the World 2014, 31st edition’, which is one of the world three biographical dictionaries. The 'Seokmyeong Outstanding Chemical Engineer Award' is operated with funds donated by the late Kwon, Seok Myeong, who is the former CEO and vice-chairman of Dongyang Chemical Co., Ltd. (currently OCI). The KICHE selects researchers who made excellent academic achievements or contributed greatly in its industrialization. It is awarded every year at the fall general assembly and academic seminar. Meanwhile, Professor Lee, Moon Yong received the 'Traditional Chemical Engineering Special Award', which was given for the first time this year. This award is given to persons recognized for their technological and academic contributions in traditional chemical engineering industry sectors such as the petrochemical and engineering industries, which are Korea's top export items and main industries, and Professor Lee became the first to receive this honor. Professor Lee worked as a process engineer at SK Energy, a petrochemical company, for ten years from 1984. He joined YU in 1994 and has been conducting a variety of industrialization research and academic activities in the petrochemical and engineering sectors since then. In particular, he planned and led the implementation of dividing wall distillation columns technologies, which is a next generation distillation technology, as well as development for its localization, thus contributing greatly in the development and installation a commercial dividing wall distillation columns for the first time in Korea in 2006, and is still playing a leading role in the petrochemical field. Professor Lee published over 50 SCI papers in the past 5 years and was the most frequently cited author by 'Computers and chemical engineering', which is the most prominent journal in the chemical process sector. He has been continuously listed in the 'Marquis Who's Who in the World' since 2006 until now. Furthermore, Professor Lee's research lab won the bronze at the 'European Huntsman Design Contest' and first place at the 'Asia Pacific Honeywell UniSim Design Challenge', thus being recognized for their research abilities in a number of international contests related to the petrochemical process design sector.
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Hosted by the YU Multicultural Education & Research Institute at the Daegu Myungduk Elementary School auditorium at 1 P.M. on November 2 Opportunity for cultural exchange such as multi-cultural experience booth and Korean cultural experience event [Oct 31, 2013] YU (President Noh, Seok Kyun) will host the 'Eoulleong-Deoulleong Multi-cultural Festival'. YU is the 'regional hub university of the Yeungnam region for the 'Multi-cultural/North Korean Defector student mentoring project'' that is being pursued together by the Ministry of Education(MOE) and the Korea Student Aid Foundation(KOSAF). Furthermore, in December of last year YU received the '1st Korea Education Donation Award' from the MOE and has been taking the initiative to provide educational support for multi-cultural families and to improve the social perception of multi-cultures in order to construct an 'open multi-cultural community'. This festival, which will be held as an extension of the above, was prepared in order to give them a sense of belonging to the community while enrooting a sense of pride as constituents of the community through the invitation and the voluntary participation. 'Eoulleong-Deoulleong' is a Jeju dialect that means 'mingle and be together'. This event, which will be sponsored by the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education (Superintendent Woo, Tong Ki) and hosted by the YU Multicultural Education & Research Institute (director Park, Seung Woo) will be joined by multi-cultural families and students, as well as the general public residing in Daegu at the Daegu Myungduk Elementary School auditorium from 1 P.M. to 6 P.M. on November 2. This festival will be comprised of a multi-cultural experience booth where visitors can taste the foods and teas of different countries, straw crafting booths, traditional Hanbok wearing booths, and a booth for making Jangmyeongnu (bracelet), which was made in the past with five-colored threads in hopes of long life for children. There will also be a stage performance, multi-cultural recreation, door prizes and talent shows. In particular, the 'Rainbow Troupe' made up of women who married Korean men and immigrated to Korea will offer a congratulatory performance, while 10 teams made up of multi-cultural families and students living in Daegu will put on a talent show comprised of dance, song and narration of the fairy tale. Park, Seung Woo, the director of the YU Multicultural Education & Research Institute, who prepared for the event said, "YU became the first in the region to establish a multi-cultural education research center in 2009. For the past 4 years, we have been engaged in a wide range of multi-cultural education projects such as online mentoring for students from multi-cultural families, multi-cultural family leader schools, and bilingual speech contests for students from multi-cultural families." He also added, "I hope that through this festival, various cultures can communicate and mix with each other to become a new driving force for our society."
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As a part of the 'International Cooperation Leading University Fostering Support Project', MOA with Enderun Colleges of the Philippines Hopes to localize 'Korean Saemaul Undong and Saemaul Spirit' in the Philippines [Oct 31, 2013] YU (President Noh, Seok Kyun) will begin exporting the "Saemaul Department' as an international cooperation leading university. At 11 A.M. on the 30th, YU signed an MOA(Memorandum of Agreement) with Enderun Colleges of the Philippines at the main conference room on the 3rd floor of the main administration building. Enderun Colleges signed an MOA for the establishment of the Saemaul Department at their university as a partner of the international cooperation leading university fostering and support project. With this agreement, it is expected that capacities will be intensified while sharing knowledge for the localization of the 'Korean Saemaul Undong and Saemaul Spirit' of YU in the Philippines. YU President Noh, Seok Kyun said, "We are happy to be able to build an international cooperation partnership with Enderun Colleges," while adding, "This MOA will be the beginning of our two schools in becoming international cooperation leading universities." Enderun Colleges President Edgardo Rodriguez commented, "I have always been interested in policies and activities to eradicate global poverty." He added, "The 'Saemaul Undong' that will begin through this agreement will be localized in the Philippines." Mr. Rodriguez also stated, "With the 'Saemaul Department' opening at our college, I hope that it will begin the spread and supply of the Saemaul Studies not only to the Philippines, but to all of Southeast Asia." Meanwhile, the visiting group from Enderun visited the place where the Saemaul Undong and Saemaul Spirit was first established and then visited YU from the 28th to the 31st including the meeting to pursue the international cooperation leading university project.
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Gulver Huma Meltem from Turkey compared cultural differences between Korea and Turkey with fluent Korean Adiarif from Saudi Arabia wins 'Popularity Award' talking about his experience in a taxi There are cultural differences, but the two of them still wish to live in Korea after graduating [Oct 23, 2013] <Gulver Huma Meltem (left) and Adiarif (right) who won the grand prize and popularity award at the Korean speech contest for international students> An international student at YU (President Noh, Seok Kyun) is receiving a lot of attention by speaking Korean better than Korean people. International students at YU won the grand prize and popularity award at the '2013 International Student Korean Speech Contest' held at Kyungpook National University Woodang Building on the 12th hosted by the Korean Language Society Daegu Chapter (Chapter President Lee, Sang Gyu). Gulver Huma Meltem (20), a freshman in the YU School of Architecture and Adiarif (24), a junior in the School of Mechanical Engineering were the recipients of the awards. At the Korean speech contest under the theme 'My Life in Korea' for international students enrolled in universities in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk areas, Gulver Huma Meltem won the grand prize and Adiarif won the popularity award by talking about their unique experiences with fluent Korean skills. Meltem, who won the grand prize by comparing the cultures of Korea and Turkey said, "Korean culture of wearing slippers without sox on a rainy day and people who carry parasols on a sunny day was strange to me," while adding, "My topic was so common that I didn't think that I would win the grand prize." Adiarif took home the popularity award by talking about his experience using a taxi in Korea. He said that whenever he rode taxis, the driver would ask what country he was from and said, "If I tell them I'm from Saudi Arabia, everybody thinks that I‘m rich because of oil." He also said, "Now, when I get in taxis I ask the driver what country they think I'm from first." Meltem explained that many of his grandfather's friends were Korean War veterans so he grew up hearing a lot of stories about Korea. He said, "I became interested in learning Korean since I was 9 years old when Korean dramas and movies gained popularity in Turkey," while also adding, "I got information at the Korean Culture Center in Istanbul and bought Korean books through the internet to study the Korean language and about Korea when I was in Turkey" with an air of confidence in his Korean skills. Meltem wanted to experience and study in Korea and learned about YU by the recommendation of a professor at Istanbul Technical University, who was a colleague of his mother who also works at a professor there. In July of last year, he completed the five-week short-term language course at the YU Korean Language Institute, went back to Turkey, and then returned to Korea and enrolled at the YU School of Architecture in March of this year. Adiarif, who graduated from the Yanbu Industrial College in Saudi Arabia, came to Korean in September of last year at the recommendation of the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission in Korea. After taking a year Korean language course at the YU Korean Language Institute, he transferred to the YU School of Mechanical Engineering in September of this year. Adiarif said that he first learned about Korea through a TV drama and talked about the difficulties of learning the Korean saying, "Pronunciation was difficult when I first began learning Korea. Using honorifics was especially difficult." Both are Muslims and said, "There are cultural differences in clothing, food and housing and it is a very unfamiliar environment for foreigners. However, it is fun studying at YU and each and every person we meet in Korea is valuable to us," and added, "If we have the opportunity, we would like to continue to live in Korea after graduation." Meltem also said that his life in Korea is very satisfying saying, "I hope to work in Korea, marry a Korean, and bring my parents to Korea and live together with them here."
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Seniors from the School of Textiles proposed 'Naturally Circulating Biodegradable Fiber Cigarette Filter' Outstanding Empirical processes of survey, production and testing [Oct 15, 2013] <left to right - Bae, Ho Sung, Yoo, Hye Jung, CEO Yoo, Bae Keun, Park, Sae Rom, Lim, Je Hyuk> YU students won the Top Excellence Award at the 'Eco-Friendly Fiber Idea Competition'. The winner was the 'Eco Fiber Leader' team made up of seniors in the School of Textiles (Department of Textile Engineering and Technology) - Lim, Je Hyuk (26), Bae, Ho Sung (24), Park, Sae Rom (24) and Yoo, Hye Jung (23). They took home the highest honors at the '3rd Eco-Friendly Fiber Idea Competition' with the idea of 'applying naturally circulating biodegradable fibers to cigarette filters'. They also received a cash prize of 2 million won and the special benefit of passing resume screening and personality/aptitude examinations for employment. Their idea was to use 'PLA' (Polylactic Acid), which is a naturally circulating biodegradable fiber, instead of acetate fibers that are being used cigarette filters. It takes about 10 years for acetate fibers to decompose, while it only takes 2 months for PLA to decompose, thus reducing environmental pollution greatly. PLA is an environment-friendly fiber material using corn as its main ingredient. It is commonly used for packing containers, beverage bottles and clothes. Lim, Je Hyuk, the team leader, said, "For this competition, we conducted surveys on appearance and environmental issues of cigarette filters for two months, and made cigarette filters using PLA that the team members tested out." He also added, "During the proving stage of the idea, we consulted with our professors and they helped out a lot." Park, Sae Rom said, "I had a lot of interest in starting up a business in the fiber materials sector. I have become more confident as our idea was recognized by the specialized company." She also added, "My first goal is to gain employment in the related industry, but my final goal is to found a competitive company by discovering innovative fiber materials," stating her dream of becoming a CEO. Meanwhile, this competition was held for about three months from May 29 to Sep 9 by Huvis (CEO Yoo, Bae Keun), a company that specializes in chemical fibers and materials, for university students and graduate school students.
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Hosted by the Global Saemaul School at the riverside of Geumho River in Dong-gu, Daegu on the 13th Chin Chiva from Cambodia wins overall 1st place with 'Application of Saemaul Undong to Cambodia' Heated competition in 3 sections of elementary/secondary school students, university students/adults, and foreigners [Oct 14, 2013] The Global Saemaul School (director Choi, Oe Chool) that is co-operated by the Daegu Dong-gu District (Mayor Lee, Jae Man) and YU (President Noh, Seok Kyun) hosted the '2013 Saemaul Spirit Speech Contest'. At this contest, which was held at a special stage at the riverside of Geumho River in Dong-gu, Daeu on the 13th, there was a heated competition in the three sections of elementary/secondary school student, university student/adult, and foreigner groups. Chin Chiva (24, Cambodia) competed in the foreigners section and won the Grand Prize for his 'application of Saemaul Undong to Cambodia' titled 'For the hope of my love, Cambodia'. Doh, Ae Hee (46, Dongho-dong, Dong-gu, Daegu) who won the excellence award of the university students/adults section made a speech titled 'Saemaul song that echoed in hilly neighborhoods', Cho, Yoo Jin (Gyeongsan Jeongpyeong Elementary School 4th grade) won the excellence award of the elementary/secondary school students section with 'Saemaul Undong stories that grandma had told' together with Yang, Se Jung (Cheongdo Jungang Elementary School 6th grade) with 'Remembering the Saeumal spirit', and William Edward Pacheco (26, USA) won the excellence award of the foreigners section with 'Preservation of the Saemaul Undong heritage and attitudes of the new generation'. Participation awards were given to 8 students in the elementary/secondary school students section including Kim, Do Yun (Daegu Dongpyung Elementary School 4th grade), 7 including Lee, Hyun Jin (27) for the university students/adults section, and in the foreigners section, Ruksana Akter (32, Bangladesh) received a participation award. The Saemaul Spirit Speech Contest, which was held as part of the 7th Dong-gu Lifelong Learning Festival, was organized to enhance understanding of the Saemaul Undong, which has become a learning model for emerging countries to climb out of poverty, and to commemorate the registration of Saemaul Undong records as UNESCO Memory of the World. Choi, Oe Chool, the director of the Global Saemaul School that organized the contest said, "Students, the general public and even foreigners participated to broaden the understanding on Korea's experience of development and the Saemaul Undong and Spirit, and it was a meaningful contest as it shared the values and modern meaning of the Saemaul Undong." He added, "The Saemaul Undong will contribute to Korea repaying the international community for the help it received during the war, after the war, and as it climbed out of poverty in commemoration of the 60th year anniversary of the Armistice. It will also help Korea become a mature advanced nation." The winners of this contest will receive a cash prize of 500,000 won for grand Prize, 300,000 won for excellence awards, and 100,000 won for participation awards together with a certificate and gifts from the YU President.
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YU Department of Law Class of 64, Served as CEO of GE Korea and President of Incheon International Airport Corporation Currently Representative Director of CJ Korea Express and CEO of CJ Corporation [Oct 10, 2013] Lee, Chae-wook (67) who graduated from the YU Department of Law was appointed as the CEO of CJ Corporation. Lee graduated from the YU Department of Law in 1971 and joined Samsung C&T in 1972. He later became the CEO of Samsung GE Medical Equipment, president of the GE Medical Asia-Pacific, CEO of GE Korea, and the president of Incheon International Airport Corporation, and thus one of Korea's top global businessmen. While serving as the president of Incheon International Airport Corporation, he set the unprecedented record of winning the Airport Service Quality Award, which is known as the Nobel Prize for airports, for the 7th year in a row. He became the first Korean to serve as an executive of the world congress of the Airports Council International (ACI), which is an advisor to the UN. Furthermore, he became the first president of a Korean public enterprise to be invited to the Harvard Asia Business Conference to give a speech on leadership. Meanwhile, Lee was appointed as the representative director of CJ Korea Express last April and now, he will also hold the position of CEO of CJ Corporation.
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In the financial sector, following Seoul National University and Korea University, and more than Yonsei University and Sungkyunkwan University... 14 CEOs in top 500 companies, 7th in nation, 1st in non-Seoul area [Oct 4, 2013] The power of YU alumni was once again demonstrated. According to a recent report, YU alumni once again rushed to senior positions of large conglomerates and finance companies. According to a corporate management performance evaluation company, 'CEO Score' (CEO Park, Ju Geun) on the 2nd, of the 118 senior executives of 44 finance companies from the 4 major financial holding companies as of September, 9 of them were from YU, ranking third following Seoul National University (23) and Korea University (16). The highest number was in Shinhan that had 6, followed by two in Hana and one in Woori. This is more than the 7 from Yonsei university and 6 from Sungkyunkwan university. Furthermore, they account for 1/3 of all senior executives who graduated from non-Seoul universities, which is at 27. The number of YU alumni serving as CEOs from the top 500 companies in terms of sales was also considerable. According to a report by CEO Score on July 24, the 668 current CEOs (as of July 15, 2013) of the top 500 domestic companies in terms of consolidated sales of 2012 was separated into owner-managers (142) and management specialists (526). After checking all of their backgrounds such as age, years of work, place of birth and education, it was found that YU and Pusan National University alumni had 14 each, which is the largest number for non-Seoul area universities. This is seventh place following Seoul National University, Korea University, Yonsei University, Hanyang University, Sungkyunkwan University, and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. The age of the executives who are YU alumni are mostly in the 50s and 60s. This is of the same period when YU offered huge benefits such as 4 year scholarships, living and textbook expenses to attract talented individuals in the 1970s. An official from the economic sector said, "Many students who could not go to Seoul National University because of their financial situation despite being very talented went to YU." and added, "YU alumni is already known as power alumni in the public sector." The power of YU alumni is also expected to manifest in the legal sector as well. According to a report on the average employment rate of graduates of 25 law schools nationwide who passed their bar exam and completed a 6 month training period by the Korean Association of Law Schools on the 30th of last month, the first batch of graduates from the YU Law School recorded an employment rate of 90.9% with 40 of 44 graduates, thus being seventh place nationwide and first place for law schools outside of the Seoul area. Upon examining the full-time job employment rate through the health insurance DB, YU exceeded the average employment rate for law schools nationwide that was at 84.04%, and YU was the only law school outside of Seoul that had 90% or higher employment rates, thus being shoulder to shoulder with the top law schools of the nation. The law schools that had full-time job employment rates of 90% or higher were Seoul National University (96.4%), Sungkyunkwan University (94.8%), Chungang University (94.3%), Yonsei University (92.9%), Ewha Womans University (92.7%), Korea University (91.8%), Yeungnam University (90.9%) and Hanyang University (90.8%) for a total of 8 schools.
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In culture sector, 8th nationwide and 1st for four-year universities outside of Seoul 15th in overall evaluation for competitiveness in intellectual production, outstanding for student venture sector Selected for 3 sectors such as Green Energy Convergence Technology of '2013 Special District Technology Business Project' Create profits of annual 800 million won through technology transfer [Oct 1, 2013] YU (President Noh, Seok Kyun) was assessed to be in the top 8 in terms of IP (Intellectual property) culture sector for the IP competitiveness evaluation. This is first place among non-Seoul universities. Recently, the Electronic Times announced the results of the '2013 University IP Competitiveness Evaluation'. The Electronic Times Emerging Technology Research Center, together with the Korea Patent Attorneys Association, WIPS and Neo RNS conducted a survey based on 57 indices in the 4 areas of IP culture, IP capability, global competitiveness and industry contribution for 113 four-year universities nationwide possessing more than 10 intellectual properties (patents). The IP competitiveness evaluation that was made for the first time in Korea was executed with the belief that universities are the forward bases of the IP creation, protection and utilization ecology in the creative economy of today, and thus necessary to measure it and strengthen the national IP competitiveness. They examined the disclosure information of Higher Education in Korea, conducted on-site inspections of universities, and utilized statistical data from the Korean Intellectual Property Office for this evaluation. They organized an independent university evaluation committee and carefully assessed the universities for six months from March to September. Results showed that in IP culture, YU was in the top 8 following Korea University, Sungkyunkwan University, Hanyang University, Kyunghee University, Sogang University, Ewha Womans University and POSTECH. It was the top for four-year universities outside of Seoul. IP capability was also 'above average' and was the only university in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk region to be placed in the top 22. For industry contribution, YU was placed in the top 8 by recording high scores in the student venture sector. In particular, YU has made considerable efforts to increase intellectual property related programs and to promote business ventures by students, receiving high scores for organizing systematic curricula. In the overall evaluations including IP culture, IP capability, global competitiveness and industry contribution, YU ranked 15th among four-year universities. This is first place among universities in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk region. From first to 20th in overall ranking is Hanyang University, Korea University, POSTECH, Sungkyunkwan University, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Yonsei University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Sogang University, Seoul National University, Kyunghee University, Ewha Womans University, University of Seoul, Kwangwoon University, Cha University, Dong-A University, Korea University of Technology and Education, and Hoseo University. Meanwhile, YU's IP competitiveness is resulting in economic profits as well. In particular, in the 4 specialized areas (smart IT convergence industry, medical device and material convergence industry, green energy convergence industry, mechatronics convergence industry) of the '2013 Special District Technology Business Project', technologies possessed by the YU Technology Licensing & Business Center (director Choi, In Ho) were selected for the 3 specialized sectors. Accordingly, YU signed technology transfer contracts worth a total of 790 million won for 2 years with companies to carry out commercialization R&D, as well as a 240 million won service contracts, thus catching two birds with one stone in terms of profits from technology fees and research fees. There are currently 3 research projects that pursue technology transfer to participating companies in the Daegu R&D special district such as the 'Development of Highly Functional Square nano-sized Titanium Dioxide Manufacturing Process' of Professor Kang, Mi Sook (46) in the Department of Chemistry (green energy convergence industry), 'Development of Multi-target Angiogenesis Inhibitor including Propenone Compounds as Active Ingredients' by Professor Kim, Jung Ae (51) of the School of Pharmacy (medical device and material convergence industry), and 'Multi-band Smart Transmitter-Receiver' by Professor Kim, Young Tak (53) of the Department of Information and Communication Engineering (smart IT convergence industry). Professor Kim, Jung Ae's (School of Pharmacy) technology was disclosed for the first time through the 'Health Industry IP Incubating Support Project in the first half of 2012' (hosted by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute). It received funding for patent consulting through the 'basic research performance utilization support project' of the National Research Foundation of Korea so that companies can procure their desired IP (intellectual property). Through the above, YU recorded a total of 680 million won in technology transfer earnings from January to September 2013, and it is expected that they will record a total of about 800 million won by the end of the year. YU is planning to engage in more active technology transfer projects with the goal of posting more than 1 billion won in annual profits.
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Designated as first international accredited testing lab in the LED Lamp testing sector in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region Local companies expected to raise competitiveness by cutting time and expenses and through technical support Expected to promote LED related industries in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region [Sep 30, 2013] The 'YU LED-IT Fusion Technology Research Center' (director Jang, Ja Soon, hereinafter called 'LED-IT Center') was recognized as the first international accredited testing lab in the LED Lamp testing sector in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region. On the 10th, the YU LED-IT Center was designated as an international accredited testing laboratory by KOLAS (Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme), which is under the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. The international accredited testing lab certification program accredits international level testing capacities through comprehensive evaluations of the testing lab's testing equipment, the tester's testing abilities, and facilities and environments. Accordingly, the YU LED-IT Center will be issued accredited test reports for a total of 18 specifications made up of 9 specifications for LED Lamp testing in the lighting equipment sector and 9 specifications for LED Lamp testing in the energy efficiency sector among the LED Lamp related electric tests. In addition, they will be accepted by over 80 countries under the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation and the Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation. Local companies that had to use international accredited testing labs overseas or in other cities such as Seoul, Gyeonggi or Gwangju to receive official test reports in the LED sector are expected to enhance their competitiveness by cutting down on time and cost, as well as through high quality technical support for malfunction analysis and reliability evaluations. YU LED-IT Center Director Jang, Ja Soon (42, Department of Electronic Engineering) said, "The center will expand testing areas and receive accreditation as a highly efficient energy materials testing lab and international accredited testing lab to become a hub for the LED fusion industry to contribute to regional and national economic development." The YU LED-IT Fusion Technology Research Center was established jointly by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Daegu, Gyeongsan and YU in 2009 for the purpose of fostering the LED industry through the quick execution as a creative industry by combining LED in the automobile and IT industries. It is leading the LED-IT fusion industry development through construction of LED infrastructure, development of source technologies, corporate technology evaluation support, and fostering of expert personnel.
