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Research achievements of synthesizing new physiological activation materials and functional organic molecules Research outcomes recognized internationally such as being selected in ‘prominent international academic cover papers’ Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in England and appointed as YU Chunma Seated Professor in 2016 [October 21, 2020] YU School of Chemical Engineering Professor Lee Yong-rok (61, left photo) received the ‘Lee Tae-gyu Academic Award’ on the 21st. The ‘Lee Tae-gyu Academic Award’ is an award established to commemorate the achievements of the late Dr. Lee Tae-gyu, who was a pioneer for domestic chemistry development, by the Korean Chemical Society and Lee Tae-gyu Memorial Project Association and the award is granted to scientists who made significant research achievements in any field of chemistry. Professor Lee conducted research on the synthesis of new physiological activation materials and functional organic molecules and published 345 papers as of current in international academic journals (SCI journals), thus being recognized for his contributions to the development of chemistry. At the 2020 Korean Chemical Society Fall General Meeting on the 21st, Professor Lee gave a speech in commemoration of winning the award for his research achievements on ‘Development of New Synthesis Methods of Physiological Activation Substance Aromatics and Hetero Aromatics’. Professor Lee’s papers were recognized internationally for the research achievements by being selected as the cover paper in internationally prominent academic journals such as the British Chemistry Society’s ‘Organic Chemistry Frontiers’ and ‘Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis’ that is published by the global publishing company, Wiley. Professor Lee was also selected consecutively as an Outstanding Reviewer for the global academic journal published by the British Royal Society of Chemistry in 2018, and he is currently active as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in England. He won the Korean Chemical Society’s Organic Chemistry Academic Award in 2017, the YU Outstanding Research Award (2018, 2012), Korean Chemical Society’s Academic Progress Award (2018), and in 2015, he received a citation from the Minister of Education by being selected in the top 50 outstanding achievements in basic research projects in 2015. Professor Lee was appointed as a professor at the School of Chemical Engineering in September of 1995 and was later appointed as a YU seated professor in 2016 for his outstanding research achievements during his tenure.
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School of Chemistry and Biochemistry seniors Park Byeong-hyeon and Park Hye-rim publish papers in international academic journals Undergrads publish outstanding papers every year... Recognized internally and externally for research capacities from undergraduate years To enroll in graduate school after graduation, “We will improve our expertise and research capacities’ [September 28, 2020] <YU School of Chemistry and Biochemistry seniors Park Byeong-hyeon and Park Hye-rim who published papers in international journals> Undergraduates at the YU School of Chemistry and Biochemistry published papers in international academic journals one after the other, thus being recognized for their research capacities. They are YU School of Chemistry and Biochemistry seniors Park Byeong-hyeon (24) and Park Hye-rim (22). Park Byeong-hyeon’s research paper was confirmed to be carried in the November issue of the prominent international academic journal <jiec< span="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, impact factor 5.278> and was pre-revealed online, and Park Hye-rim’s paper was published in the latest issue of <Nanomaterials, impact factor 4.324> </jiec(<>. The studies of the two studies are on the production of hydrogen, which is one of the next-generation clean energy sources. As usage of fossil fuels is growing, issues with exhausting of fossil fuels and environmental pollution rose and research to find alternative energy is being carried out worldwide, and therefore, the research achievements of the two students are receiving greater attention. The study by Park Byeong-hyeon is the achievements of his research on photocatalyst water decomposition hydrogen producing using solar power. Park Byeong-heon said, “This study showed that there is synergy by using catalysts made by combining cadmium sulfide (CdS) and cadmium oxide (CdO)” and added, “The possibility to obtain the eco-friendly energy source hydrogen using eco-friendly and cheap photocatalysts was verified.” The paper by Park Hye-rim is a research on developing ‘oxygen evolution reaction (OER)’ active materials that are the core materials for producing hydrogen in large scales. Park Hye-rim said, “The electrolysis of water is included in ‘hydrogen evolution reaction (HER)’ and ‘oxygen evolution reaction (OER)’. Our goal is to create OER active materials that serve as the core materials to produce hydrogen in large scales.” She added, “The possibility to produce large amounts of hydrogen was confirmed by reducing the negative aspects of the OER process and developing materials low-cost, high-efficiency, and highly stable OER electrodes.” Undergraduates of the YU School of Chemistry and Biochemistry have been publishing outstanding papers every year. As if a tradition for the undergraduate program, papers have been carried by international academic journals continuously, thus showing its research capacities externally. The two students who published these papers said that assistance from their advisor Professor Kang Mi-sook and seniors at graduate schools were very helpful. The two students shared their plans saying, “I think it was possible to have such great research accomplishments as undergraduates thanks to the help of our professor and seniors. We plan to go on to graduate school to gain more expertise on our majors.”
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Contest for fostering next-generation artists and designers held for the first time this year Joined by high school students around the nation... Noh Hye-ri (Busan High School of Arts, senior) wins ‘grand prize’ ‘President’s award and cash prize’ given to award winners [September 25, 2020] <2020 YU Design and Arts Contest Awards> (From left to right right: School of Fine Arts Dean Choo Jong-wan, student Lee Joo-mi, YU President Sur Gil-soo, student Choi Ye-rin, College of Design and Arts Dean Ahn Jin-ho) YU (President Sur Gil-soo) held the ‘2020 YU Design and Arts Contest Awards’ on the 25th. This contest that the YU College of Design and Arts hosted was held for the first time this year as a national contest for high school students (including graduates and those who passed GED tests) to foster next-generation artists and designers that will lead the future society, while also discovering talented individuals in the design and art sectors. This contest was held on basic design and situation expression in the design sector and ink painting (human body, still object), watercolor (human body, still object), drawing (human body, still object), and portfolio (photo, video) in the arts sector. 1,740 students applied for this contest, which was originally scheduled for mid-August, from around the nation, but due to COVID-19, it was changed to an untact method on August 29, and so 592 students from around the nation participated and competed. In this year’s contest, Noh Hye-ri (Busan High School of Arts, senior) who submitted her works in the arts (watercolor) won the grand prize, second place went to three students such as Song Shin-young (graduated from Seongseo High School, Basic Design), Choir Ye-rin (graduated from Daegu Suseong High School, Basic Design), and Lee Joo-mi (Angang Girls’ High School, senior, Ink Painting), while third place went to six students such as Koo Hyun-jeong (Suseong High School, senior, Basic Design), Ha Eun-jin (Changnyeong Girls’ High School, senior, Basic Design), Lee Yeon-jeong (Gyeongmyeong Girls’ High School, graduated, Situation Expression), Byun Chae-young (Seoul High School of Arts, graduated, watercolor), Jung Yoo-bin (Incheon High School of Arts, graduated, watercolor), and Cho Yoo-gyeong (Daegu Girls’ Commercial High School, senior, Portfolio). The YU President’s Award and cash prize were given to all of the winners. YU College of Design and Arts Dean Ahn Jin-ho, who hosted this contest said, “Participating in a nation-wide contest served as a great opportunity for students majoring in design and art to unfold their artistic talents, while also comparing their abilities with others,” while adding, “Submitting works to various contests to gain practical skills and using benefits such as scholarships offered by contests will be very helpful in enrolling in universities and making career choices.”
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Co-hosted by the YU Multicultural Education & Research Institute and the Daegu Office of Education Development of potential and raising pride by improving the bilingual abilities of multicultural students Joined by 24 local multicultural elementary and secondary school students... Top 3 to participate in nation-wide contest [September 17, 2020] <Winners of the 8th Bilingual Speech Contest> The YU Multicultural Education & Research Institute and Daegu Office of Education co-hosted the ‘Bilingual Speech Contest’. The ‘Bilingual Speech Contest’ is in its eighth year this year with the goal of encouraging being bilingual (Korean and native language of parents) of multi-cultural students to develop linguistic strengths uniquely available to multi-cultural students, while also establishing their identity and raising their pride. This contest, which was held at the YU International Exchange Center on the 12th, was joined by 24 local multi-cultural elementary and secondary school students who passed the manuscript and video preliminaries and they showed off their bilingual skills in Korean and the native tongue of their parents. For elementary school students, a three-minute presentation in Korean and then in their parents’ native tongue under free topic was held, and for secondary school students, they presented their future career plans in two languages for two minutes each, and then held a Q&A and session. Jeon Eun-jin who is in the sixth grade at Daegu Seonwon Elementary School won the grand prize and runners-up were Gashim (Daegu Shindang Elementary School, sixth grade) and Shin Sakdiana (Daegu Nongong Elementary School, sixth grade). The three winners are scheduled to represent Daegu at the national contest that will be held in December.
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CEO Moon, “I wanted to help students stay healthy as they study” Practicing coexistence by continuously donating to local governments and social welfare facilities such as in Gumi and Anyang [September 24, 2020] <Hyojin CEO Moon Hoon-hee donated 20,000 masks to YU valued at about 10 million KRW) (From left to right: YU President Sur Gil-soo, Hyojin CEO Moon Hoon-hee) Hyojin CEO Moon Hoon-hee donated 20,000 masks to YU valued at about 10 million KRW. This donation was made as Hyojin CEO Moon Hoon-hee, who was acquainted with Professor Kim Jong-won of the YU Department of Fiber System Engineering, expressed his desire to donate masks. Mr. Moon said, “I presume that as COVID-19 spreads and persists, students will have trouble with their studies. I want to do my part in helping students stay healthy while they study.” He added, “Even before starting mask productions, I engaged in various businesses while working in the textile sector for over 20 years. I hope that through this donation of masks, I will be able to continue research exchange with the YU Department of Fiber System Engineering.” YU plans to distribute the masks donated by Mr. Moon to students through each of its colleges. Meanwhile, Hyojin is a company located in Gumi that produces disposable masks, processes textiles and manufactures and sells digital printing solutions and automobile electronic parts. Masks have been continuously donated to not only YU, but also Gumi City, Anyang City, Goryeong-gun social welfare facility, and police stations and post offices in Sangju.
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High reviews from internationally respected university evaluation institutes 1,527 universities around the world evaluated, 35 Korean universities such as YU included Recognized for world-class research capacities such as ranking first place in Korea for six straight years in math and computer engineering by the Leiden Ranking [September 9, 2020] 2021 The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) Korea ranking World ranking University 1 60 Seoul National University 2 96 KAIST 3 101 Sungkyunkwan University 4 151 POSTECH 5 167 Korea University 6 176 UNIST 7 187 Yonsei University 8 251-300 Kyunghee University 9 301-350 Sejong University 10 351-400 Hanyang University 11 501-600 GIST 12 601-800 Ajou University 601-800 Chung-Ang University 601-800 Ewha Womans University 601-800 Konkuk University 601-800 University of Ulsan 17 801-1000 YU 801-1000 Chonnam National University 801-1000 Inha University 801-1000 Kyungpook National University 801-1000 Pusan National University 801-1000 Sogang University 23 1001+ The Catholic University of Korea 1001+ Chungbuk National University 1001+ Chungnam National University 1001+ Gyeongsang National University 1001+ Hallym University 1001+ Incheon National University 1001+ Jeju National University 1001+ Jeonbuk National University 1001+ Kangwon National University 1001+ Kookmin University 1001+ University of Seoul 1001+ Seoul National University of Science And Technology 1001+ Soongsil University YU (President Sur Gil-soo) was placed 17th in Korea for the 2021 World University Rankings announced by ‘THE (Times Higher Education)’ a global university evaluation institute based in England. A total of 15,27 universities around the world were included in the recently announced ‘THE World University Rankings 2021’. A total of 35 Korean universities were included in the list including YU, Seoul National University, KAIST, etc. A total of four universities were included in the rankings from 31 last year. YU, Kyungpook National University, Sogang University, Chonnam National University, and Inha University were tied for 17th in Korea (801-1,000 in the world). THE, which was established in 1971, is the world’s most authoritative global university ranking institute together with the British QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) and it has been ranking universities around the world every year since 2004. Rankings are given using five indices such as education conditions (30%), research performance (30%), thesis citation (30%), internationalization (7.5%), and industry research expense (2.5%). In particular, the THE world university rankings apply strict standards and is therefore globally acclaimed. YU took first place (78th in the world) in the Mathematics & Computer Science sector in the ‘2020 Leiden Ranking’ announced in July. YU exhibited world-class research capacities by ranking first in this sector for six consecutive years. YU ranked 13th overall in the 2020 Leiden Ranking. YU ranked 9th in Life & Earth Sciences and 24th in Physical Sciences & Engineering in the nation, thus being recognized for its extraordinary research capacities over various academic fields. Leiden Ranking assesses global university rankings based on the qualitative levels of papers, and therefore, this represents outstanding research capacities. YU President Sur Gil-soo said, “The education and research knowhow that YU has built up so far is being recognized from globally acclaimed university evaluation institute,” and added, “We will spare no support so that we can upgrade our education and research levels to world-class levels in all academic sectors.”
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Implemented YU online mentoring program... Corporate employed alumni mentor registration line up Check senior alumni company, duty and career information and participate in 1:1 online mentoring Popular with over 1,000 students participate in ‘online employment senior tacit knowledge’ [September 17, 2020] <An alumnus (first from top left) participated in the online ‘Employment Senior Tacit Knowledge’ to provide employment consulting for his juniors> In the ‘With Corona’ age, untact has become the mainstream for employment support programs of college students as well. The online employment support program that YU (President Sur Gil-soo) began newly this year, which has been very popular among students preparing to find jobs. The ‘online mentoring program’ implemented by YU in September is already very popular. The participation rate is not only high among students preparing to find jobs, but also among seniors participating as mentors. Approximately 140 alumni with corporate jobs registered in just two weeks since implementing the program. Students can check the companies, duties and career information of seniors registered as mentors, and also participate in the online 1:1 mentoring program. Online Q&A are available with seniors hired at corporations or it is possible to make a mentoring appointment for real-time online consulting. Hiring trends of companies have been quickly shifting to job-centered hiring, so the most up-to-date information from current professionals is expected to help with students in their search for employment. The 6th YU ‘Employment Senior Tacit Knowledge’ event was held online this year. The ‘Employment Senior Tacit Knowledge’ is an event where YU alumni working in different fields of society including conglomerates and public corporations after graduation provide employment consulting for their juniors at YU. After the event in May, this will be held for three days again from September 8 to 10 online. At the ‘Employment Senior Tacit Knowledge’ event held for three days, about 80 alumni employed at various major conglomerates, public companies and medium-sized corporations such as Samsung, LG, Hyundai, CJ and POSCO participated. Using Meet from the ‘Google G Suite for Education’ that YU implemented fully in the first semester, they opened online rooms and received employment consulting and their genuine experiences in the professional sector live in real-time. About 500 students participated in this three-day event and when including the event held in May, over 1,000 students took part in this year’s Employment Senior Tacit Knowledge event. YU University Job Center Director Lee Seung-woo said, “The satisfaction level of students is very high in that the mentoring program with senior alumni currently working in corporations offers real and practical information.” He added, “YU will provide full support to empower students by implementing various employment support programs fitting to the untact age for students having difficulties preparing for employment due to COVID-19.”
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YU steps up to organize Gyeongju tomb artifacts discovered in the 70s University museums unite to submit proposal to the Cultural Heritage Administration... Government and the National Assembly provides exceptional budget support Register and arrange unreported artifacts, publish reports, hold special exhibits, etc. until 2023 [September 10, 2020] <YU Museum curators arrange artifact collection> The Jeokseokmokgwakbun (stone tomb) that should be in Gyeongju is currently located at the YU campus in Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk. The ‘Gyeongju Inwangdong Tombs’ discovered in 1977 were moved in its entirety and restored at the YU Folk Village. A total of 2,262 rare artifacts were found at this time and most of them are currently stored at the YU Museum. Valuable artifacts from the Silla Dynasty were asleep at the YU Museum for tens of years. Why? There were few national institutes that could perform excavation studies in Korea since gaining its independence. At the time, YU Museum simply excavated numerous ancient tombs in Gyeongju and recorded its finds on behalf of the state. One was the ‘Gyeongju Inwangdong Tombs’ discovered in 1977. <Gyeongju Inwangdong Tombs moved and restored at the YU Folk Village> YU Museum also participated in the joint excavation of ‘Hwangnam-dong Tomb 110’ (excavated in 1973) and ‘Michuwangneung District Tombs’ (excavated in 1973-1974) in relation with the ‘Gyeongju General Development Plan Project’ of the government in the 1970s. About 2,000 important artifacts were found in this excavation as well. But this was a time when there was still no appropriate guideline on returning artifacts to the state or drafting reports. In result, the artifact excavation project ended with on-site excavations and submission of simple reports, thus being left behind as an incomplete project for 47 years. It was YU Museum that awakened these artifacts that were asleep for a half-century. YU Museum has continuously been knocking on the doors of academia and the government to present solutions for ‘unreported discovered artifacts’ from 2017. At the Korean University Museum Association general assembly and academic conference held in August of 2018, YU Museum explained the need for the ‘buried cultural heritage unarranged artifact preservation and utilization project’, uniting the academic circles. Since then, YU and a few other university museums made proposals to the Cultural Heritage Administration, and the Administration requested a budget for this from the government, which catapulted the project. The government and National Assembly finally stepped up. The National Assembly passed a budget of 4.2 billion KRW for the ‘Buried Cultural Heritage Unarranged Artifact Preservation and Utilization Project’ that has been sleeping in university museums around the nation. This was quite an unexpectedly high budget. YU Museum plans to register the unreported artifacts, arrange them, issue general reports, etc. from this year until 2023. In addition to the Gyeongju ‘‘Hwangnam-dong Tomb 110’, ‘Michuwangneung District Tombs’, and ‘Inwangdong Tombs’ artifacts, artifacts from the Gyeongsan ‘Imdangdong Tombs’ (excavated in 1992) and ‘Joyeongdong Tombs’ (excavated in 1989 and 1990) were included in this project. <Artifacts found in the 1980s (photo on left)> YU Museum Director Jung In-seong said, “Through this project, we will be able to not only arrange the artifacts discovered after the 1970s, but also begin natural science restoration, preservation, artifact measurements and illustrations, photography, etc. We will finally be able to publish a general report,” and added, “We are also planning to hold special exhibits and seminars as follow-up projects. We will use the outcomes of this project for research and education, and share it with not only academia, but also with the community.”
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Selected for the ‘Science Technology Project to Open the Future of the Region’ by the Ministry of Science and ICT Regional industry-academic-research consortium hosted by the YU Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Total project fee of 11.4 billion KRW including 5.7 billion KRW in national funding for five-year project starting this year [September 11, 2020] YU (President Sur Gil-soo) will lead the Ministry of Science and ICT’s local government-initiated new R&D project, ‘Science Technology Project to Open the Future of the Region’ Project Name Flexible Printing Electronics New Electronics Project Technology Development Host Institute Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, YU Participating Institutes Jinkwang Chemical Co., Ltd. Gyeongbuk Technopark Gumi Electronic Information Technology Institute Kumoh National Institute of Technology Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Protem Co., Ltd. Molecular Diagnosis System Research Center, TNS Co., Ltd. Andong University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation POSTECH Research and Business Development Foundation Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute Midas H&T Co., Ltd. Korea Flexible&Printed Electronics Association The ‘Flexible Printing Electronics New Electronics Project Technology Development’ (Project Supervisor, School of Materials Science and Engineering Professor Kim Hye-gyeong) pursued by the industry-academic-research consortium (see participating institutes on the right) comprised of local governments such as Gyeongsangbuk-do, Andong, Gumi, and Gyeongsan, and college industry-academic cooperation foundations, research institutes, corporations, etc., was selected as the Science Technology Project to Open the Future of the Region. With this selection, a total budget of 11.4 billion KRW including 5.7 billion KRW in national funding will be used for the five-year project starting this year. The ‘Science Technology Project to Open the Future of the Region’ is a project that supports technological development and commercialization R&D needed for regional development, and it is an R&D project initiated and planned by the region including planning, selection, and detailed business plans. The ‘Flexible Printing Electronics New Electronics Project Technology Development’ that was selected received good evaluations from the MSIT for technological development customized to local demand, correlation with industry fostering, details of project contents, composition of regional consortium, etc., as it was judged to be in line with the MSIT’s project direction. Printed electronics are electronic circuits or electronic parts made through a printing process. Flexible printing electronics technology is a printing electronics technology that is flexible and it is expected to become an opportunity to overhaul the traditional local electronics industry into a new electronics industry. The YU Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Consortium plans to develop and commercialize flexible printing electronics materials, parts and process equipment packages to pave the foundation to make Gyeongbuk the center of new electronics industry science industries.
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‘Dokdo Youth’ Team made up of four international students at YU from Uzbekistan Praised for play about the value of Dokdo... Heated competition with six teams including Seoul National University in the finals Recent rapid increase of international students from Uzbekistan... 175 students studying in undergraduate and graduate school and the Korean language education center [September 4, 2020] <’Dokdo Youth’ team that won the grand prize at the '2020 Dokdo Love Korean Speech Contest’> (From left to right: Egamberdiev Dostonbek, Musurmonkulov Umidjon, Ikromov Muzafarkhon, Professor Lee Mi-hyang) International students at YU from Uzbekistan won the grand prize at the ‘2020 Dokdo Love Korean Speech Contest’. The winners was the ‘Dokdo Youth’ team (Advisor: School of International Studies Professor Lee Mi-hyang) comprised of four international students from Uzbekistan such as Musurmonkulov Umidjon Shavkatugli (Business Administration, senior 26), Egamberdiev Dostonbek Rayimjon ugli (Business Administration, junior, 26), Ikromov Muzafarkhon Murodillo ugli (Business Administration, Sophomore, 25), and Khakimova Dinorakhon Saydinjon kizi (Korean Language and Literature, sophomore, 22). At the ‘2020 Dokdo Love Korean Speech Contest’ held at the small theater of the Daegu University General Welfare Hall co-hosted by the Dokdo Foundation and Daegu University on August 24, they received good reviews from the judges by putting on a play about students visiting Dokdo and meeting with the Dokdo Vikybteer Guards to learn about their activities and the value of Dokdo. (▶ See play by 'Dokdo Youth’ team: https://youtu.be/hvH1_v3LRgo) They have a special affection for Dokdo just like other Koreans. They said that before this contest, they were highly interested in Dokdo and had visited Dokdo. They said, “While preparing the play for this contest, we did research on historical material and learned about the historical facts about Dokdo,” while adding, “After studying in Korea, we plan to return to Uzbekistan and share with as many people about the historical facts of Dokdo and that Dokdo is Korean territory.” A total of 57 international students in 17 teams applied for this contest, and in addition to YU’s ‘Dokdo Youth’ team, a total of 23 students from six universities such as Kyungsung University, Daegu University, Daegu Haany University, Seoul National University, and Jeonju University competed fiercely in the finals. There has been a stark increase recently in international students from Uzbekistan at YU. This is because they prefer to study or take Korean language courses at YU. There are a total of 175 students from Uzbekistan studying as undergraduates (143 students), graduate school students, and Korean language education center as of September 2020.
