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Top SCI international academic journal in the control theory and applications sector Only Korean in editorial board [May 8, 2013] Professor Park, Ju Hyun (45, Department of Electrical Engineering, photo) was appointed as a member of the editorial board for the <IET Control Theory & Applications> published by the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) of England. This academic journal is one of the top SCI international academic journals in the control theory and applications sector, and Professor Park is the only Korean among the about 30 editorial board members. IET announced the reason for selecting Professor Park was because of his academic activities in various control theory sectors over the past decade in time-delay systems, chaos systems, neural networks, and complex dynamical networks. In 2008, Professor Park was also guaranteed a lifelong tenure for the SCI international academic journal <Applied Mathematics and Computation> published by Elsevier of the US for the first korean vice-chief editor. IET, which has its main office in London, England, was launched in 2006 after integrating the IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) that was founded in 1871 and the IIE (Institution of Incorporated Engineers) that was founded in 1884. It has over 150,000 full-time members in over 130 countries worldwide, making it the largest academic organization in Europe, and it also publishes 24 different academic journals.
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Sharing the love beyond borders... practicing true medicine [April 8, 2013] Professor Kim, Yong Ha participates in the project of offering free surgeries to children with congenital facial deformities in Vietnam and Laos. Professor Kim, Yong Ha (Department of Plastic Surgery) provided medical services in Vietnam for one week from March 24 to March 30. This volunteer medical service was conducted as a medical NGO project called 'Global Care', and has been continuing for the past 16 years. The Global Care volunteers is made up mainly of plastic surgery teams from 8 universities (YU, Kyungpook National University, Kyung Hee University, Dong-A University, Pusan National University, Soonchunhyang University, Ajou University, and Yonsei University) and 5 hospitals (Seoul Samsung Medical Center, Seoul Asan Medical Center, ID Hospital, Yonsei Teun-teun Pediatric Hospital, Eastman Orthodontic Center). Every year, they give free operations to children with congenital facial deformities like cleft lip and palate in the Indochina region such as Vietnam and Laos. A total of 35 people including 12 doctors of plastic surgery, 4 doctors of anesthesiology, 1 doctor of pediatrics, 1 dentist, 9 nurses and 8 social workers of Global Care went to Vietnam and Laos to provide volunteer medical services. The medical team made up of Korea's finest plastic surgery doctors used the drugs and surgical tools that they brought from Korea to provide free operations to patients from all around Vietnam at Xayaboury province hospital. In addition to free operations, the volunteer team also provided free medical checkups, hospital bills and transportation costs to come and go from the hospital. Questions: YU Department of Plastic Surgery Research lab ☎ 82-53-620-3140, 3480
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17 officials including local government heads benchmarked potentials to localize the Saemaul Undong and the Can-Do Spirit of the Park Chung Hee School [May 2, 2013] Senior Public Officials from Uganda takes a photo saying 'kimchi' "It's more amazing coming here and actually hearing and seeing it. It was an opportunity to see for ourselves the development of Korea such as the 'Miracle on the Han River', 'Saemaul Undong' and 'Saemaul Spirit' that we only saw on the news. We were also be able to have a feel for how the Miracle on the Han River was possible. I am confident that students studying at the YU Park Chung Hee School which is taking the lead in globalizing Saemaul Undong and fostering Saemaul Undong experts will do great things for humanity in the future." At 9:30 in the morning on the 2nd at the YU Law Library 2nd floor international conference room, Charles Okello (51), the governor of Soroti, Uganda, met with YU President Noh, Seok Kyun and gave him a badge with the national emblem of Uganda. YU President Noh, Seok Kyun replied, "You have come to the right place to learn about the Saemaul Undong. I hope that this visit and YU Park Chung Hee School will contribute to helping the Saemaul Undong become established in Uganda." The governor of Soroti, Uganda is handing over a Uganda national emblem badge to YU President Noh, Seok Kyun Senior Public Officials from Uganda in Africa visited YU on the 2nd. A total of 17 members including 12 governors of Ugandan districts, city mayor, secretary of the municipal council, HR official of the local governments, employee of KOICA Uganda office and a journalist from a local press agency came to the YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul (known as Park Chung Hee School). After listening to the special lecture from Park, Seung Woo, dean of the Park Chung Hee School, for 3 hours from 9:30 a.m., they visited the classrooms, library, dormitory and campus of the Park Chung Hee School, and carefully looked over brochures on the Park Chung Hee School including the curriculum, admissions and scholarship programs, educational environment, etc, with an air of seriousness. Receiving a great deal of interest from the visitors, Park, Seung Woo (54), dean of the Park Chung Hee School, said, "It is Korea's job to share how Korea was able to become a global economic powerhouse when it was one of the poorest countries in the world in the 1950s and to help countries localize it." He added, "The YU Park Chung Hee School will take the initiative in it." Meanwhile, YU established the Park Chung Hee School to become a global graduate school on policies like the 'Harvard Kennedy School' in the US and the 'Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) School' of National University of Singapore, and accepted its first students in March 2012. 52 students from 26 countries are currently working on their master's degree from the 3 majors of Saemaul Undong Theory and Practice, Public Policy and Leadership, and Forest Resources and Ecological Restoration. Most of the students are elites working as public officials, professors or entrepreneurs in their respective countries. They all receive full scholarships, monthly allowances of one million won, and dormitories. Gyeongsangbuk-do, Daegu, Korea Forest Service, and KOICA also provided support to scholarship funds. Though it is a special graduate school, classes are offered all day long and it has 3 semesters in one year. The faculty is made up of top experts and scholars from within and outside of the YU such as Lee, Jai Chnag, president of the Saemaul Undong Center, Song, Byeong Rak, chair professor of Seoul National University, and Lee, Don Koo, former Minister of Korea Forest Service. All classes are offered in English. The 17 students who enrolled in March of last year have returned to their native countries and are working on their master's degree thesis. It is expected that once their theses are accepted, the world's first masters of Saemaul studies will be born in the upcoming month of August. High ranking officials of Uganda listening to a presentation by Park, Seung Woo, director of the Park Chung Hee School
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First in the world to define new recovery mechanism of the walking functions of stroke patients [March 28, 2013] A recent research thesis published by Professor Jang, Seong Ho (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine) was selected as the cover thesis for the 2013 April issue of the prominent international academic journal 'Stroke'. According to the YU Medical Center (Executive Director Kim, Tae Nyeun) on the 28th, Professor Jang's thesis titled 'Functional Role of the Corticoreticular Pathway in Chronic Stroke Patients' was published on the cover of 'Stroke'. The Impact Factor of 'Stroke' is 5.729 and is SCI-level worldwide medical journal on strokes. In terms of impact factor, 'Stroke' is 14th place among 191 prominent international academic journals on clinical neurology, boasting high recognition and prestige. This thesis studied new recovery mechanisms for walking functions among patients with chronic strokes. The research results was placed on the cover of the 2013 April issue of 'Stroke' and was introduced in more detail in 6 pages (pp 1,099-1,104). According to the study, this was the first in the world to reveal the fact that recovery of independent walking functions of patients with chronic stroke who have completely damaged corticospinal tracts is achieved through the increase of nerve fibers of the corticoreticular pathway in the non-damaged cerebral hemisphere that was not affected by the stroke. Professor Jang said, "In the event that the corticospinal tract that was recognized as the most important motor pathway is damaged completely, walking can become possible by activating the corticoreticular pathway of the undamaged cerebral hemisphere." He added, "This is presumed to be one of the walking function recovery mechanisms of stroke patients and this will contribute to developing rehabilitation treatment so that stroke patients can recover their walking functions." Meanwhile, Professor Jang's major field of study is the rehabilitation of the stroke and the traumatic brain injury. He focuses on the recovery mechanism of the damaged cerebral nerves in stroke patients and the treatments using the recovery mechanism. He has currently written over 220 theses as the main author for SCI-level international academic journals. In the 2012 Joongang-ilbo University Evaluations, Professor Jang was selected as first place in the medical field for the individual thesis publications in international academic journals. Questions: YU Department of Rehabilitation Medicine ☎ 82-53-620-3270
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Second straight best poster award at the European Urological Association academic conference [March 27, 2013] A team of urology professors (Professors Moon, Ki Hak, Jung, Hee Chang, Song, Phil Hyun, Koh, Young Hwi) recently won the honor of being awarded an academic award for two straight years with the thesis they presented at the EUA (European Urological Association) academic conference, which boasts the world's highest prestige in urology. According to the YU Medical Center (Executive Director Kim, Tae Nyeun) on the 27th, the team of urology professors won the best poster award with their thesis titled 'A Study on the Change of Sexual Functions and Partner's Sexual Satisfaction of Female Patients after TOT (transobturator midurethral sling)' at the 28th EUA regular academic conference that was held for one week from March 15 in Milano, Italy. Professor Song, Phil Hyun participated in the academic conference in Milan and returned to Korea last week after making a presentation on their thesis. This paper examined the effects of TOT (procedure that inserts a special tape around the urethra to fix it on the normal position), which is a surgical operation for women with urinary incontinence performed by Professor Jung, Hee Chang. Professor Jung said, "TOT is a standard operation method for female stress urinary incontinence. While previous researches focused only on the clinical sectors such as success rates and complications, this study reports that this operation not only treats urinary incontinence, but also has a positive effect on sex life, which was found through questionnaires to the patient and male partner. It is expected that it will suggest a new horizon in the female sexology that is currently in a state of standstill." Meanwhile, this urology team was also awarded two best poster awards by publishing the thesis titled 'Usefulness of Prostate Volume Measurement by Rectal Examination' and the thesis titled 'Comparison of Bilateral Testis Volumes of Children with Undescended Testis and Hydrocele Under the Age of Two' at the 27th EUA academic conference held last year. When a thesis is selected by the EUA academic conference, it is published by an SCIE-level medical journal with an impact factor of 2.14 (as of 2010). When the impact factor is more than 1, it is usually deemed as worldwide academic journal with high influence. The EUA is recognized as one of the two prominent associations in urology together with the AUA (American Urological Association). Professor Moon, Ki Hak said, "The Department of Urology at the YU Medical Center has written theses selected by the EUA and AUA academic conferences for the past five consecutive years, which are indeed great medical achievements. This is unprecedented in non-Seoul areas." He added, "Based on our research achievements thus far, we will focus even more on treating patients." Questions: Department of Urology outpatient office ☎ 82-53-620-3170
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Kim, Seong Jin, senior in the School of Economics and Finance, takes first place in the 'Market Economy Development, Thesis/Idea Competition' The corporate analysis reports made by individual investors contribute to the development of the stock market [Mar 1, 2013] "In response to the repeated stock price manipulations that were unveiled recently, the financial authorities announced strong measures to stop stock price manipulations, but investors still have their hands tied as they are unable to trust companies. It is now time to have special measures to remove the prevalent mistrust in the stock market and restore its integrity. Thus, I came up with the idea to utilize the collective intelligence of individual investors to purify and monitor the market." Kim, Seong Jin (23, photo), a senior in the School of Economics and Finance, won first place in the idea sector of the 'Research Thesis and Idea Competition for the Development of the Market Economy' hosted by the Market Economy Research Institute(MERI). This competition, which is in its seventh year, was sponsored by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance(MOSF) and the Korea Exchange(KRX), and received applications for research theses and ideas for the goal of 'establishing and spreading the market economy principles' from February 18 to March 31 among college and graduate school students, and the general public. In result, Kim, Seong Jin's 'Development of the Stock Market through Ant-Reports: Collection and Use of Information through Collective Intelligence' was awarded first place in the idea sector. He received the Fair Trade Commission Award and a cash prize of 3 million won at the Merry Gold Hall on the 5th Floor of El Tower at 5 p.m. on the 26th of last month. Kim's idea was to provide an online space in which individual investors could disclose their information on the corporations and verify the information mutually like Wikipedia, the 'free encyclopedia that anyone can edit' in order to complete and supplement corporate analysis reports. "There was a book that said that a map of Mars made by scientists who researched Mars for decades was similar to that of map of Mars drawn up by about 75,000 amateurs, emphasizing the importance of cooperation. Likewise, if the information power of individual investors is used collectively, I believe that it will be possible to overcome the quantitative limitations and qualitative biases of corporate analysis reports made up by a few institutional investors or experts. Furthermore, it can prevent distrust and confusion in the stock market caused by 'stock market flyers' and 'stock price manipulations', while helping the market purify itself." Reviews on this idea were very good saying that it is realistic and excellent, and could be used as a policy agenda to put into execution. While gradually gaining experience at 'Finomics' (advice Professor Kim, Do Yeon), a club for the School of Economics and Finance, for the past 3 years, he has also won an award at a thesis competition hosted by Citibank and the Korea Institute of Finance. But, he still did not forget to say that this award was possible thanks to the positive instructions of his professors and the encouragement of his fellow classmates. He said that he hoped to go into the economics and finance sector and contribute to the healthy growth of the stock market, and said with a smile, "It would be ideal for a powerful and just person to protect the safety of the people. Likewise, a person who has better understanding of the economy and insight will be able to contribute to the establishment of a healthy market economy principle. I will study hard and work harder."
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He Published 96 SCI theses on the semiconductor quantum dots research sector for the past 10 years [April 29, 2013] Professor Kim, Jong Su (44, Department of Physics, photo) was awarded the 'Semiconductor Academic Award' in recognition of his contributions to the semiconductor academic sector in the 89th general meeting of the Korean Physical Society held at the DCC (Daejeon Convention Center) on the 25th. Professor Kim, who is highly active both domestically and internationally in academic studies such as publishing 96 SCI theses in the semiconductor quantum dot, solar cell, and semiconductor nano-structure research sectors, earned his bachelor's, master's and Ph.D at YU, and also served as a researcher for the COE (Center of Excellence) at the Japanese National Institute for Materials Science and a senior researcher at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology. He has been employed as a professor of physics at YU since March 2009 and he is currently a member of the Korean Physical Society Semiconductor Physics division, an editor of the Journal of the Korean Physical Society, and a director at the Korean Vacuum Society(KVS) and a chairperson of the KVS semiconductor and thin film sub-committee.
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Song, Eun Kyung, master of architecture, and Yoo, Seong Joon, master of architectural engineering are recognized by Korea's top academic society in architecture [April 26, 2013] Master's degree holders of YU awarded for their graduation thesis from the Architectural Institute of Korea (from left to right: Song, Eun Kyung, Yoo, Seong Joon) Master's degree theses of YU graduate school were recognized for excellence by the nation's top academic society. Recently, the Architectural Institute of Korea (AIK, president Seo, Chi Ho) announced the results from reviewing the '9th Best Graduation Theses Contest'. According to this, Song, Eun Kyung (28) and Yoo, Seong Joon (28) who graduated from the Department of Architecture in February were awarded. Song's paper that was awarded among fifty-one master's degree papers was titled 'Study on Modernization of Han-Ok through thermal performance characteristic for exterior wall' (thesis director Kim, Chul Kyu). It is a paper that analyzes modernization methods of Hanok(Korean traditional houses), for which various attempts are being made, and proposes the improvement measures for it, as interest for well-being grows. Song, who majored in architecture in graduate school visited the Seoul Bukchon Hanok Village and Jeonju Hanok Village and collected and analyzed data from related institutes. She conducted studies from three aspects such as the heat collection, heat storage and heat control (management) of the outer walls of Hanok. This was for taking into sufficient consideration of not only the life convenience of Hanok, but also the environment-friendliness. In result, she discovered that 10 architectural methods being attempted for modernization of Hanok satisfy their respective standards, but do not take into general consideration through measurement data. Moreover, she suggests the systematization considering the 3 aspects for modernization of Hanok as directions for improvement. Song, who is currently working as a design chief at 'ATF Architects Korea' and lecturing at Sunlin College, said, "I want to be an influential young architect who takes on new challenges such as remodeling old buildings in the area to make them not only comfortable to live in and environment-friendly, but also to make them into buildings with high cultural preservation values." Yoo, Seong Joon, who was also awarded with Song, wrote his paper titled 'An Analysis on Improvement Plan of IAQ in Small Printing Workplace Using CFD' (thesis director Yang, Jeong Hoon). Though he majored in architectural engineering, he had a great deal of interest in environmental issues. He began scientific explorations on the negative effects of hazardous materials emitted in production work places on the health of workers and on their work performance, and the improvement method. For this, he visited small printing workplaces located in the publication alley of Namsan-dong, Daegu to take measurements and conduct comparative analysis simulations. In result, he came to the conclusion that in the case of areas with low frequency of ventilation, 'localized ventilation', and for places with high ventilation frequencies, 'substitutional ventilation' were the most effective. Thus, he proposed effective ventilation systems to improve the indoor air quality of small printing workplaces. Since April, he has been working on his PhD in Energy and Environmental Engineering from Kyushu University Graduate School in Ito, Japan. He said, "I will continue my research to improve indoor environments so that even the less fortunate can live in pleasant and comfortable environments."
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Professor Chang, Hyeun Wook at the College of Pharmacy suggests possibility to simultaneously treat metabolic and allergic diseases His Thesis was published in the online edition of <Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology> [April 24, 2013] Professor Chang, Hyeun Wook explains his research looking at the <Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology> in which his research is carried Is there any way to treat the 'modern chronic disease' that interfere with the lives of modern people? Professor Chang, Hyeun Wook (College of Pharmacy) suggested for the first time in the world the possibility to develop new drugs that can treat metabolic and allergic diseases simultaneously. Professor Chang scientifically proved that by artificially activating AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase), which is a sensor protein to maintain bodily energy homeostasis, it is possible to treat not only metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, but also allergic diseases simultaneously through experiments with rats. It has already been reported that when AMPK is activated, absorption of sugar and oxidization of fats in cells are promoted, which can treat metabolic diseases such as diabetes, obesity and fatty liver. However, Professor Chang's research was the world's first that revealed that AMPK activation can also suppress allergies and inflammation. In particular, the result of this research is even more meaningful when considering animal test result of 'the higher blood-sugar, the more severe allergic reactions'. Through preliminary examinations, Professor Chang already gained results that allergic reactions were stronger for rats with high blood-sugar levels. This research also showed that compared to rats without having food consumption restrictions, rats with restricted food consumption had less allergic reactions. Because food consumption restriction is a condition for AMPK activation, it was interpreted that AMPK activation which has the effect on the suppression of the allergic reactions was proved. The result of this research, which was carried out for about 3 years as part of the 'leading researcher support project' (core research) by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (MSIP, Minister Choi Mun Kee) and the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF, President Lee, Seung Jong), was published on the April 15 online edition of the SCI Journal, <Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology : JACI> issued by the American Academy, Asthma, Immunology. This journal is recognized as the world's top academic journal in the allergy sector with an impact factor (IF) of 11. On this research, Professor Chang, said "There are many different causes and results for allergic diseases. Currently, over 30% of the global population and about 15-20% of the Korean population are reported to be suffering from allergic immune diseases. The problem is that it is continuously on the rise. Metabolic diseases are also on the rise due to westernized diets and lack of exercise." He added, "I hope that this research will help hasten the development of new drugs that can treat the chronic diseases of modern people, which are metabolic diseases and allergic diseases." As follow-up research, Professor Chang is researching allergic reaction control mechanisms using the interaction of AMPK and AMPK inhibitory enzyme, while also studying the suppression effects of metabolic diabetes and allergic reactions by AMPK activators separated from natural materials. He hopes to obtain results from it soon. <Test results of allergy and inflammation reaction for normal rats and AMPK congenitally deficient rats> * * The larger and clearer the blue area on the inner part of the ear shows more severe allergy and inflammation reaction
