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Of the 50 candidates, three from YU... All three still as students Three police commissioners from YU... Continuing the tradition of fostering senior policy executives Department of Police Administration recorded 21 students in passing police officer examinations as students for the past two years [February 19, 2020] <YU students who passed the employment test for the 69th police executive candidates (left to right: Kwon In-hyuk, Choi Won-joon)><제69기 YU (President Sur Gil-soo) recorded three students passing the 2020 69th police executive candidate employment test. All three passed the test while still enrolled as students. This test had 50 passers (35 general test, 5 women, special sector (10 from tax accounting, data processing and information communication), and three in the general test were from YU. The three that passed the examination were YU Chunma Honors School Senior Kwon In-hyuk (29), School of Economics and Finance Senior Park Su-ho (27) and Department of Information and Communication Engineering Sophomore Choi Won-joon (24). Choi Won-joon, who has just become a sophomore, surprised everybody by passing the test just two years since starting college. Mr. Choi passed the written test on his first try in 2018, but was not accepted at the end. This time, he placed his name on the passer list by passing the written test, physical test, and interview. Mr Choi said, “While serving as a conscripted policeman for my military service, I became to understand the importance of the occupation of policemen, and I began to dream of becoming a police executive.” He added, “It was not an easy challenge, but my goal was clear and I studied hard, which is why I was able to pass earlier than expected.” Mr. Kwon In-hyuk said, “After passing my written test and during the physical test, I injured my hamstring, but I pushed forward through my willpower and completed the test.” He said, “Preparing for tests is a life of repetition for a long time and it is certainly not easy. I think that even if you are held back once in a while, the most important thing is not to be shaken up and trust yourself and continue persevering.” Those who passed the 69th police executive candidate test will receive training for one year as a cadet at the Police Academy from February 24 and then be appointed as lieutenants with other graduates of the Police Academy. YU graduated a total of three Commissioner Generals, which is equivalent to Police Commissioner, including Choi Gi-moon (currently, mayor of Yeongcheon), numerous local police commissioners including Seoul District Police Agency Chief Kim Seok-gi, and police chiefs including Seo Hyun-soo. YU expects to continue its tradition of fostering high-ranking police officials with the three police executive cadets this time around. Meanwhile, YU newly established the Department of Police Administration in 2014 (admissions quota of 40) and appointed professors from the Police Academy, thus receiving reviews that it operates an optimized curriculum for fostering police officers. It had visible achievements in just five years of establishing the department. In recent police officer examinations, nine in 2018 and 12 in 2019 passed (9 as police 1 as railway police, 1 for educational administration, and 1 for general administration) while they were still enrolled as students, and one person every year has been going to law school.
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Received 91. billion KRW in national funding to compete the ‘MW Solar Power R&BD Testing Center’ Increase opportunities for develop solar power generation companies enter foreign markets Cooperation ‘synergy’ expected for research centers and personnel fostering project team related to solar power at YU [February 7, 2020] <YU 'MW-grade (Megawatt) solar power generation R&BD testing center'> YU (President Sur Gil-soo) completed the construction of the MW-grade solar power generation R&BD testing center of the 4th. The MW-grade solar power generation R&BD testing center was constructed receiving project cost support of approximately 9.1 billion KRW from the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning for about 40 months from June 2016 to September 2019. The solar power generation R&BD testing center was installed over an area of 20,5921 square meters at the YU Gyeongsan Campus and it is equipped with world-class standardization design, installation, power production, and system linking infrastructure. <YU MW-grade solar power generation R&BD testing center (drone photo)> YU School of Chemical Engineering Professor Jung Jae-hak, who led this project, said, “Solar power generation systems in Korea are being installed by SMEs without standardized certification on the generation system, aside from solar cell modules and inverter certifications.” He added, “With the construction of this center, it has become possible to provide stable and comprehensive standardization plans that guarantee a 20-year life for generation facilities. We will not only outreach the technologies to private sectors, but also have companies install and operate facilities at the center to measure and collect precise world-class climate information and annual generation volume to accredit electric generation track records.” Currently three domestic companies including Korea East-West Power are receiving tests at the YU MW-grade solar power generation R&BD testing center to receive accreditation of electric generation volume track records. With its full-fledged operation, the YU MW-grade solar power generation R&BD testing center is expected to help resolve issues related to the installation and construction of solar power generators, and for other parts. It is expected to play a big role in long-term stable business investments for consumers who plan to install generators and for financial investors. Professor Jung said, “Back when a Korean company tried to enter the power generation business in the US, it had to obtain track records for three years at the Sandia RTC (Regional Test Center under the US Department of Energy to export. This was because there was no track record accreditation institute in Korea. That company had to pay a large sum to obtain track records and had to delay its business for three years” as he explained the background for the construction of the MW-grade solar power generation R&BD testing center In 2017, Professor Jung held a symposium by inviting leaders of MW-grade solar power generation RTCs from around the world in the second year following the nationally funded project. He aimed at sharing weather and generation volume per country and region, as well as design methods and proposing standardization models by creating a consortium that shares data. The four institutes of YU, Sandia RTC of the US, Fraunhofer of Germany, and IRESEN of Morocco agreed on an MOU and has jointly operated the ‘PV-CAMPER (Photo Voltaic Collaborative to Advance Multi-climate Performance Energy Research) Consortium’. This consortium holds international conferences every year to discuss standardization plans and it is planning to hold its third conference this year in March in Brazil. The third conference will be joined by England and France, and will exchange mutual track records, certifications and join-research performance with 10 countries including Qatar, Singapore, Brazil and Australia that joined earlier. In particular, the YU solar power generation R&BD testing center is the only one of the ten centers around the world having farming solar power generation system equipment (photo above) and has been receiving a lot of attention from other nations. Currently, YU has furnished equipment for testing not only the farming solar power generation system, but also two-sided, rail dye reaction type, installation angle variable type solar cell generation system, but also advanced roof-type, factory slate-type, thin film solar cell building-type, and sound-proof wall solar power generation systems. YU already has the Daegu-Gyeongbuk solar cell module regional innovation center, TUV solar power module certification testing center, KOLAS solar module certification testing center, and advanced solar power personnel fostering project team. With the construction of this center, it is expected that it will be able to obtain synergy effects for improving business competitiveness by fostering experts in the relevant sectors, R&D and industry-academic cooperation. Professor Jung said, “We will be able contribute greatly for domestic solar power generation facility and parts companies to enter foreign markets,” while adding, “If more countries join the RV-CAMPER consortium, the roles and ripple effects of the YU solar power generation R&BD testing center will be upgraded.”
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The College of Mechanical and IT Engineering holds ‘3rd YU RoboCup’... School of Mechanical Engineering ‘MURA’ team wins Converged mechanical, electronic, electric, SW, and wireless communication technologies to produce and operate balancing robots “Integrate knowledge and skills of various majors to improve creativity and problem-solving skills” [January 31, 2020] <3rd YU RoboCup> YU (President Sur Gil-soo) held the 3rd ‘YU RoboCup’, a robot soccer tournament. This contest, which was held at the YU Automobile Hall lobby at 1 p.m. on January 30 sponsored by the YU College of Mechanical and IT Engineering and the Innovation Project Team, was hosted together with the YU Department of Robotics and Intelligent Machine Engineering. A total of 30 students of the departments pursuing the university innovation project participated in this contest. The ‘YU RoboCup’, which is in its third year, is a soccer tournament using self-made ‘balancing robots’. The robots’ width, height, weight, motor output, and wheel size are designated by specific rules and the robot frame material and type, internal controller, communication equipment, battery, console, etc. can be freely built by students. Students made their own convergence robot using mechanical, electronic, electric, SW and wireless communication technologies. Teams of two students built two balancing robots and controlled it with RC controllers in a tournament at a designated field. YU College of Mechanical and IT Engineering Dean Kim Young-tak, who oversaw this tournament, said, “In the fourth industrial revolution, the robot engineering sector that integrates various majors including mechanical, electronics and ICT is drawing a lot of attention. Students make and operate robots based on their knowledge in their major in order to enhance understanding on technological convergence and will be able to improve their problem-solving capacities.” He also added, “We will develop and operate various educational programs where students can apply their knowledge in lecture halls to help them enhance the practical capacities and creativity of students.” Meanwhile, the ‘Mura’ team of School of Mechanical Engineering seniors Shin Hyun-woo and Hwang Il-geum won this tournament, while the ‘Football is Soccer’ team made up of Department of Robotics and Intelligent Machine Engineering freshmen Hwang Se-jin and Bae Jae-hyun took second place.
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The Education Development Center hosted the ‘YU Can Do Contest’ for the second semester of 2019 Shared studying knowhow through ‘Study success case portfolio’ [January 31, 2020] The YU Education Development Center (Director Kim Geun-ho) held the ‘YU Can Do Contest’ awards ceremony for the 2nd semester of the 2019 school year on the 21st. This contest invited portfolios that established study plans to improve grades for the semester and containing practices and reflections on performing systematic learning. Participating students successfully performed a total of five missions, while also improving grades significantly. The submitted works contain details on the entire process for successfully practicing studies. Portfolios submitted in the contests contain post-participation reviews of various extracurricular study activities for corrective, supplementary and expansive thinking for study diagnostics, study coaching, and study plans developed by the Education Development Center, and for the student’s own practicing of studying. The Education Development Center placed significance in this contest in that the elevation of study motivation of students, effective study management, and practical study goals contributed in improving grades. This contest was planned to improve academic performance and grades, while focusing on improving the students’ self GPA management capacities and to encourage their successful studies. The works submitted for this contest were judged based on grade improvement compared to the previous semester, devotion to the portfolio contents, and case expandability. One person won the grand prize, three won excellence awards, and five won commendation awards. Yoo Ji-hye (Department of Living Products Design freshman) won the grand prize for her outstanding portfolio and huge academic improvement. Miss Yoo actively used the time management planner and recorded and managed her projects into pre-practice and follow-up review by days. The Education Development Center is planning to offer the ‘YU Can Do“ program for the 2020 school year as well. It is also planning to submit study practice success case portfolios to carry out the ’YU Can Do Contest’ that can bring fruit to the academic efforts of the semester.
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Goal to improve self-initiated learning capacities by reading classics, debating, and writing focus education Selected four out of 100 classics selected by YU to apply in class Four professors per sector lectures through team-teaching... Operating small group system [January 17, 2020] The YU Education Innovation Center (Director Kim Byung-joo) held an outstanding essay award ceremony for the ‘Great Books, Great Thoughts’ general education class on January 7. ‘Great Books, Great Thought’ is the most famous program of the University Innovation Support Program hosted by the Ministry of Education. It began in the second semester of 2019 with the goal of improving self-initiated learning capacities through reading classics in various academic disciplines, debates, and concentrating writing education. Stronger altruistic sympathy and bold challenges ‘Great Books, Great Thoughts’ is a one-semester (15 week) education program combining reading classics, debates and writing education models for three weeks at a time in fields such as literature, humanities and arts, society, and natural science. It is comprised of small (20 people or less) groups (total 4 groups) and professors were assigned to four different fields. The participation faculty (team-teaching lectures) is in charge of operating the four sub-groups under the advisor for each sub-group. After completing the three-week classes, professors review submitted essays to give excellent essay awards to students with 4 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 4 bronze medals, and held meetings about the class with the winners. Plans are to publish a book using the essays selected as outstanding essays. The first semester of 2020 will offer ‘Great Books, Great Thoughts – Benevolence’ and in the second semester, ‘Great Books, Great Thoughts – Justice’ will be offered. ‘Great Books, Great Thoughts – Benevolence’ will be comprised of lectures by Professor Nam Jung-seop (Department of English Language and Literature) with ‘The Great Gatsby’, Professor Woo Jae-ho (Department of Chinese Language and Literature) with ‘Analects of Confucius’, Professor Kim Jung-goon (Business Administration with ‘The 4th Industrial Revolution’, and Professor Seok Ho-young (Life Science) with ‘Selfish Genes’. The class will be operated as absolute evaluation schemes. Meanwhile, the Education Innovation Center is also planning to select outstanding students among those who took two or more classes of ‘Stronger altruistic sympathy and bold challenges Great Books, Great Thoughts’ from the second semester of 2019 to the first and second semesters of this year to offer them the opportunity to an overseas humanities trip (Europe) during the 2020 winter vacation. Students who took the class for three straight semesters will be given preference when selecting participants for the overseas humanities trip.
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100% passing rate for third straight year since 2018 Received ‘2019 medical education evaluation’ certificate from the Korean Institute of Medical Education and Evaluation Recognized for outstanding education infrastructure including education process, students, professors, educational resources, college operating system, etc. [January 22, 2020] <YU College of Medicine lab work> The YU College of Medicine (Dean Yoon Sung-soo) achieved a 100% passing rate (national passing rate of 94.2%) as all of YU students who applied to the written test for the 84th National Examination for Medical Practitioners in 2020. YU recorded 100% passing rate for the third straight year following the 82nd in 2018 and 83rd examination in 2019. The 84th National Examination for Medical Practitioners written test was held from January 7 to 8 and all 65 students from the YU College of Medicine passed the test. YU College of Medicine Dean Yoon Sung-soo said, “Our university is third in the nation for SCI papers per medical school professor and we are improving in all areas with an excellent educational infrastructure such as participating in the researching medical scientist fostering project. We will continue to respond to changes of the times and work on fostering medical talents who continue to develop.” YU also recently passed the medical education evaluation certification at the ‘2019 medical education evaluation certification results’ announced by the Korean Institute of Medical Education and Evaluation and received a 4-year certification, thus recognizing the excellence of the education infrastructure including the education process, student assessments, students, professors, educational resources, educational evaluation, college operating system, administration, etc.
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College of Mechanical and IT Engineering holds ‘IoT Contest’ displaying unique ideas converged with majors Total of 23 teams participate including information communication, computer, electric and electronics, and 8 teams win YU Presidential Award Excellent creativity displayed with ‘Smart LED Mirror’, ‘Smart Tent Infrastructure Platform’, etc. [January 17, 2020] <2019 YU IoT Contest winners> The YU College of Mechanical and IT Engineering (Dean Kim Young-tak) held the IoT contest. This contest aims at heightening interest in IoT, which is one of the core technologies of the fourth industrial revolution, and to improve practical abilities in ICT. A total of 23 teams made up of students with various majors including information communication, computer, electronics, electric, mechanics and business administration participated in this contest. Creative ideas converging various majors such as smart LED mirrors, smart tent infrastructure platform, mobile air pollution measurer, etc. were displayed to attract attention of participants. <IoT work demonstration and poster presentations> The participants submitted reports, actual products and videos of demonstrations from November of last year and after the preliminaries, a total of eight teams joined the finals on January 10. At the finals, the students demonstrated their ideas in works that they produced and held poster presentations, and the top four teams received the YU Presidential Award. YU College of Mechanical and IT Engineering Dean Kim Young-tak said, “This has served as an opportunity to share the ideas of students in different majors on the field for utilizing IoT, which is a core technology of the future, and to make their own products by applying such ideas to improve their practical competencies.” He added, “I hope that they will take part in not only intramural contests, but also in various domestic and foreign contests to check their skills and improve their capacities.”
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MOU with the Pan-East Sea Industry Research Institute to develop industry-academic cooperation research system customized to the Age of the Pan-Pacific Age Operate field-work course to foster experts in the Department of Biotechnology, Department of Medical Biotechnology, and the Department of Life Sciences, etc. Improving practical competencies during undergraduate courses such as accepting credits for students who completed course Enhance satisfaction in major through field work that helps with setting career path such as employment, etc. [January 17, 2020] <The YU Industry-Academic Cooperation Team signed an MOU with the Pan-East Sea Industry Research Institute to foster experts in the marine bio industry> (from fifth from left to right: Pan-East Sea Industry Research Institute Director Kim Tae-young, YU Industry-Academic Cooperation Team Director Park Yong-wan) The YU Industry-Academic Cooperation Team will kill three birds with one stone such as improving industry-academic research customized to the Pan-Pacific Age, improve capacities of majors in relevant departments, and increase student employment rates through industry-academic cooperation with the Pan-East Sea Industry Research Institute. The two institutes entered a work MOU to foster marine bio experts at the YU Industry-Academic Cooperation Team office in the afternoon of the 13th. The two institutes agreed on ▲cooperating in the marine bio expert fostering project ▲accepting credits for students who completed the marine bio expert fostering project ▲interaction of professors and researchers ▲promoting exchange of information and personnel in areas where mutual cooperation is possible ▲co-hosting information exchange events such as academic conferences, training, seminar and workshops, etc., and ▲mutual cooperation for joint use of facilities between the two institutes. The YU Department of Biotechnology, Department of Medical Biotechnology and the Department of Life Sciences had operated field work programs with the Pan-East Sea Industrial Research Institute even before entering this MOU. From 2012 to 2019, a total of 117 students completed field work and the satisfaction of participating students were very high as well. In particular, two of those students who completed the program are now employed at the Pan-East Sea Industrial Research Institute and four out of five students who completed a 24-week education course at the Pan-East Sea Industrial Research Institute last year have continued their education into graduate school. Field work at a specialized institute having close association with their major had a major impact on improving student capacities in their majors and for determining their career paths. Students who participated in field work said, “I gained higher satisfaction on my major by receiving training at a specialized institute and learning practical work. My goal of studying my major in greater depth has become clearer.” By signing this MOU, the YU Industry-Academic Cooperation Team will be equipped with a cooperation system for not only the Department of Biotechnology, Department of Medical Biotechnology and the Department of Life Sciences, but also for offering field work courses linked with school credits in all departments related to life and environment. The reason for this is to enhance practical capacities in their majors during their undergraduate years so that they may find employment as soon as they graduate. Furthermore, departments that had cooperative relationships will continue to expand field work education courses with other specialized institutes. YU Industry-Academic Cooperation Team Director Park Yong-wan said, “Field work at specialized institutes will not only reinforce student capacities in their majors, but also help greatly in enhancing employment rates,” while adding, “We will reinforce industry-academic cooperation with biotechnology-related companies, in addition to research institutes, so that students will be able to enhance their practical capacities needed by companies, institutes and research centers, etc. so that they may have broader employment choices.”
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Selected ‘overseas study research scholarship student’ together with the Department of Saemaul and International Development for the 2019 school year to pay scholarship funds Established in Dec 2003 centering on alumni who benefited from the ‘Saemaul scholarship’ and has been supporting studies for junior students every year Provided approximately 208 million KRW to a total of 212 students in total [January 16, 2020] The YU Saemaul Scholarship Association (Chairman Choi Wae-chul) held the 14th scholarship transfer fund at the YU Law Building on the 15th. The YU Saemaul Scholarship Association is a scholarship association that supports the academic studies of juniors mainly by alumni who benefited from the ‘Saemaul Scholarship Fund’ by the YU Department of Community Development (currently Department of Saemaul and International Development). Alumni gathered donations for the 14th time this year and gave 12 million KRW to juniors. This year’s scholarship was given to students by accepting overseas study research plans to enhance global capacities of students. The selected students submitted research plans related to the sustainable development goals (SGDs) of the international community to inspect and analyze various pending issues such as poverty and climate change, which the international community currently faces, from the perspective of ‘Saemaul studies’ and especially from the perspective of ‘Saemaul Development’. Evaluations were conducted based on appropriateness of the theme (correlation with Saemaul and International Development majors), uniqueness (creative composition and ideas), possible to realize/apply (possibility to realize the research plans and applicability to solve joint projects of the global community) by judges selected by the scholarship association. Students selected as scholarship students for the 2019 school year were the G-EOP team (Song Jung-hoon, Yoon Chae-won, Lim Joon-young, Kim Tae-gyeong) who submitted a research plan on the case of the quality of life of Thai women, the I-Yet-Ho team (Lee Seung-yoon, Jung Ye-eun, Shin Ji-ho, Lee Ye-bin) who submitted a research on the case of the role of the private sector to achieve the SDGs of Vietnam, and the Saemaul F.C team (Bang Joon-woong, Bae Min-jae, Bae In-sung, Shin Myeong-seok) who submitted a research plan on the case of new industries of Thailand. The YU Saemaul Scholarship Association has provided scholarships for not only students in the Department of Saemaul and International Development, but all students regardless of their department or course. Among the students selected for scholarships this year, one graduate school student at the Department of Saemaul and International Development and one junior in the College of Engineering Department of Computer Engineering were included, and in the past, international students from Africa and Southeast Asia, as well as a student in the School of Economics and Finance were selected for scholarships. The scholarship students participating in overseas study research activities will draft a research report after completing local studies and share the results with other students. Since its establishment in December 2003, the YU Saemaul Scholarship Association provided 208 million KRW up until this year. This scholarship ceremony was attended by Chairman Choi Wae-chul, Gyeongsan Internet Newspaper CEO Choi Sang-yong, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Co-Prosperity Committee Secretary General Ha Young-sook, Choi Young-jae Certified Public Labor Attorney Office PResident Choi Young-jae, Palgong M&C CEO Kim Jin-young, Toolis CEO Jung Jae-hoon, Kyungil University Lifelong Education Support Project Team Assistant Director Lee Gyeong-seop, Professors Kim Jung-hoon, Lee Yang-soo, Lee Jung-joo and Lee Mi-sook of the YU Department of Saemaul and International Development, Park Chung Hee Saemaul Institute researchers Hwang Seung-il and Lee Seol-gi, and other alumni and student government representatives. Chairman Choi Wae-chul (Professor at the YU Department of Saemaul and International Development, Global Saemaul Development Network (GSDN) chairman) said at this ceremony, “This year is the 10th year since offering the ‘Global Saemaul major’ as a master’s degree course at the Graduate School of Public Administration by YU back in 2010, and it is the 50th anniversary of the start of the Saemaul Undong with proclamation of President Park Chung-hee. Furthermore, the ‘Saemaul Economic Development Department’ is scheduled to be installed offered to freshmen at the Phnom Penh main campus of Western University (WU) in Cambodia and at its branch shool in Kampong Cham, following the department that was newly offered in the Philippines, making this year a very special year. This year is also the 43rd year since YU opened the Department of Community Development in 1976 and decided to operate the ‘Saemaul Scholarship Program’. Though the amount of money may be little, I hope that students will gain insight on what tasks lie ahead to solve the issue of co-prosperity for humanity and that it serves as an important opportunity so that students may take on challenges to solve problems and enhance their expertise to contribute to social development.” He closed his statement saying, “I would like to thank all the alumni who have supported YU students to become talented individuals who can contribute to the process of making society safer and happier for not only Korea, but the entire global community.”
