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KSEA 42 LETTERS

The Journal of Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association
The Journal of
Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association
Vol. 42 No. 3 (Serial No. 225)
MAY 2014
ISBN 978-0-9911337-3-4
www.ksea.org
KSEA 42
LETTERS
Vol.42
no.3
ProDeW 2014
Chapter, APS, and HQ News
The Journal of
Vol. 42 No. 3 (Serial No. 225)
May 2014
ISBN 978-0-9911337-3-4
www.ksea.org
KSEA 42
LETTERS
Vol.42
no.3
KOREAN-AMERICAN SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial Note02
Message from the 42nd President03
Highlights of Professional Development Workshop (ProDeW)
Summary ProDeW 201405
Summary of Workshops07
ProDeW 2014 Essay10
Post-ProDeW 2014 Testimonial17
KSEA HQ News
Election Result19
Featured Article
Obesity, Aging and Health21
Technical Articles
Battery Evaluation in a Systems Context Using Battery Component in the Loop
23
APS News
Korean Society of Civil and Environmental Engineer (KSCEE) News
Report on 2014 OYRA Award Ceremony and the Korean Physicist Symposium at the
25
APS March Meeting27
The Korean-American Woman in Science and Engineering (KWISE) 9th Annual
East Coast Conference28
Korean-American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA) Seminar
29
Chapter News
A Meeting Between MOTIE and KSEA was Held in New England with a Great
Success30
The New Horizon: KSEA Chicagoland Chapter’s New Leap to Serve its Community
More and Better31
KSEA-Chicagoland Seminar 201432
USPAS Achievement in Accelerator Physics Award to Dr. Kwang-Je Kim
(KSEA-CHI Member) of Argonne National Laboratory
33
Virginia Regional Conference 201434
KSEA Silicon Valley and UC Berkeley Annual Banquet Forum
35
2014 Southeastern Regional Conference (SERC 2014) 36
Career Workshop37
Member News
Mentoring Service for Engineering Applied Mathematics
KSEA Sponsors
38
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KSEA Sponsor Advertisements41
KSEA Organization60
Publication Team
42ND KSEA EDITORIAL NOTE FOR 42ND KSEA LETTERS
Journal of the Korean-American Scientists & Engineers Association
A Message from the Publication Directors of the KSEA 42nd Administration
The 42nd KSEA publication team wishes you all the best in your research, development, work, and
health.
The May issue of KSEA Letters of the 42nd term highlights the Professional Development Workshop
(ProDeW) which was held in Chicago on March this year. We are presenting the summary of workshop
and the testimonials from inspired participants.
In this issue, we deliver the results of the 2014 general election including the list of newly elected officers
and councilors.
Moreover, we are honored to deliver a featured articles from famous medical research fellow, Dr. Jay H.
Chung and a selected technical article from distinguished scholar, Dr. Namdoo Kim in Argonne National
Laboratory, introducing their frontier research projects in “Obesity, Aging and Health,” and “Battery Evaluation System for Electric Vehicles”.
We are pleased to share the news about events held by many affiliated professional societies of KSEA:
Korea-American Intellectual Property BAR Association (KAIPBA), Korean-American Woman in Science
and Engineering (KWISE), and Korean Society of Civil and Environmental Engineers (KSCEE).
We are also excited to deliver successful stories of great chapters, including regional conferences and
seminars hosted by these chapters: Chicagoland, Southern Virginia, Georgia, Central Virginia, and New
England.
Lastly, the 42nd KSEA publication team wants to take a moment to say thank Ms. Michelle Cho for her
dedication and time on this issue. We will continue to make the Letter better for all the KSEA members. If
you have any news, events, or articles to share, please simply e-mail them to database@ksea.org.
KSEA LETTERS
Vol. 42 No. 3
May 2014
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Prof. HYUNGGUN KIM
General / Publication Director 1
Prof. HANSEUP KIM
Publication Director 2
Prof. KEN CHOI
Publication Director 3
Prof. JUN BUM SHIN
Creative Designer
Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Houston
Assistant Professor
University of Utah
Associate Professor
Illinois Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor
James Madison University
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Message from
the President
Dear all KSEA members,
DR. MYUNG JONG LEE
KSEA PRESIDENT
We are gripped by the sorrowful reality overwhelming our motherland Korea. At the time of writing this
remark, more than 275 have died and more than 50 remain missing. I know you are with me in mourning
precious but shortened lives, especially those of budding years, and praying for the rescue efforts still taking
place. Let us also pray for the survivors and their families -- that amidst their grief, support and solace will be
upon them and they can find peace.
While our prayers are there with afflicted families, many of you have generously stretched your helping
hands and offered donations, which will be delivered to the families of victims or used for their wishes. I am
extremely grateful to all of you who joined the cause. Once again we come together for our community and
show our compassion. Thank you.
General Election and Bylaw Change: Time flies! The term of 42nd admin is already passing the third quarter mark, dashing toward the transition to the 43rd admin. Nonetheless, I am excited to report several great
achievements we made together in the last several months. First is the election of new KSEA officers, councilors, and an auditor. Congratulations to all newly elected, especially Prof.Youngsoo Richard Kim as the 44th
President. With these dedicated and capable new leaders, I can only see the KSEA ship sail safely to the next
level of prosperity.
Anotherimportant issue affirmed at the last general voting was the Bylaws change, finally passed after two
prior failed attempts. In it, there are two fundamental Bylaws changes: the relaxation of the membership
qualification to accommodate non-Korean ethnic groups and the restructuring of the HQ council. Anyone
interested in promoting the US-Korea collaboration, anyone wanting to contribute the welfare of KSEA
members, and anyone willing to participate in the community services can now join KSEA without any
restriction. With open minds, we took a bold step to become a relevant and premier organization valuable to
the US society in which we live.
Council Restructuring: The KSEA council restructuring is indeed an urgent and fundamental issue for KSEA.
The role of the council in KSEA is “Board of Directors (BoD)” and as such, it is responsible for planning and
managing all important KSEA businesses to fulfill the mission of the KSEA. The current council structure
not being effective and scalable for the future of KSEA, the 42nd midterm council mandated the development of a new council structure. With the passage of the general voting, a nine-member task force on council
restructuring was established and is actively working on a set of recommendations for a new council. The
nine member committee, headed by the co-chairs Dr.Youngsoo Richard Kim and Jaehoon Yu, is composed
of respected and dedicated members representing all KSEA constituents:Local Chapters, Technical Groups,
APSs, Former President Councilors, current administration, KWiSE, and Young Generation. A new council
is expected by the end of June 2014 to be ready for the August council meeting. Thank you all task force
members!
ProDew 2014: In recent years, KSEA witnessed a tremendous growth thanks to the visionary leadership and
sacrifices by many dedicated members. How to sustain this momentum? I believe the sustainable growth
has to come from strengthening the quality membership base, which can create abundant opportunities for
members with professional career help and networking, especially for those members at their early career
stage. The Professional Development Workshop (ProDew)2014 was set out to do exactly that and to offer practical guidance to postdocs, assistant professors, early career researchers, and engineers. It is the first national
and comprehensive program grown out of positive experiences like UKC and regional program SEECD. 10
directors from this admin planned the ProDew since last July in order to create the most effective workshop.
Our partner, the KOFST, co-sponsored this event, helping to position the ProDew as a permanent annual
workshop. Through this workshop, not only useful career advicewas given but alsothe life stories and wisdom
from the caring senior members and friends, whether they were of successes or failures. The program chair
Dr. Seogjoo Jang, the local chair Dr. Ken Choi, all program committee members and advisors, invited speakers, and volunteers deserve a big round of applause.
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Message from the President
Project Development: The foremost mission of KSEA is to promote US-Korea collaboration. In pursuit of
the mission, this admin strives to expand the collaborative projects. After the successful campaign of delivering more than 200 KIET surveys, 9 Call for Proposals (approx. 10% of all KEIT CFPs) are made from the
ideas of our members, and it is highly likely that our members will participate in those collaborative projects.
This year, more than 100 members may be able to participate for KIAT project evaluation and participation.
A planning report for the World Korea Conference (WKC) was led by KSEA and joined by the counterparts
in Canada and Singapore. The WKC will be held in Seoul 2016 by KOFST in collaboration with worldwide
Korean scientists and engineers associations. This project exemplifies the leadership role of KSEA in worldwide Korean scientists and engineers associations. I wish that this trend can continue and benefit many KSEA
members.
NMSC, NHSPC and the First International Math Competition 2014: What could be a higher priority than raising and nurturing our next generation? The National Mathematics and Science Competition (NMSC) aims
to achieve exactly that goal; furthermore, it serves as a platform for our members to contribute and serve their
dear local communities. It was held April 12, 2014 and details will be reported in the next KSEA letter.
Other Goings-On: There are several ongoing items to be reported in the next KSEA letters. Two task forces
progressing: one on KSEA Handbook and another for the council restructuring. In collaboration with the
Korea National Institute of Environmental Research, a workshop is planned in Seoul May 2014 for sharing
research for atmospheric dust. The Honors and Award committee is evaluating many deserving KSEA members, the scholarship committee is in the process of selecting 25 undergrad and 25 grad scholarship awardees,
etc.
The KSEA maintains a healthy growth thanks to many dedicated members. In fact, a student member in the
North Carolina chapter triggered our immediate action for the Sewol tragedy. Working together, I believe we
too can achieve great things.
May God keep safe our motherland Korea, the United States, and the world!
Myung Jong Lee, Ph.D.
President of KSEA
Highlights of ProDeW
SUMMARY OF 2014 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
WORKSHOP (PRODEW )
1. Background and motivation for the development of ProDeW
DR. SEOGJOO JANG
Project Director 1
Professor
Queens College
City University of New York
Becoming a leading scientist or engineer takes much more than just being excellent in specialized
knowledge and skill sets. It takes exceptional vision, motivation, confidence, and hard work. In the end,
only a very small fraction of aspiring professionals can champion such attributes and climb up the ladder
of professional stages to its highest status. Of course, success does not necessarily mean being at the
top but reaching up to the highest possible status commensurate with one’s capability and also having
access to new opportunities for further progress. While no official statistical information is available on
the ratio of Korean-American scientists and engineers who are successful in this sense, anecdotal stories
indicate that our success rate is at the lower end among various ethnic/race groups in the US. What is
the main reason? There may be no simple answer. However, a broad consensus shared by many as an
important contributing factor is that our culture and educational philosophy in general do not provide
good preparation for Korean-American students to become self-motivated and highly confident professionals. Thus, many talented students and early career professionals are relatively ill prepared by the time
they enter the career market or tipping points of their career. This recognition is the main motivation for
the 42nd administration of the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) to develop a
new career workshop, called Professional Development Workshop (ProDeW).
The main goal of ProDeW was to provide practical, systematic, and concrete career advice for junior members of KSEA. There have been such efforts through various regional conferences, sessions of UKCs, and, in
particular, two regional Scientists and Engineers Early Career Development (SEECD) workshops organized
by the 41st administration. However, no national level workshop addressing all related issues in a comprehensive manner has been available. ProDeW inherited some ideas of SEECD and has emerged as the first KSEA
workshop of such nature. The organizing committee of ProDeW consisting of ten members of the 42nd
administration, developed programs that can address unique career issues facing junior KSEA members and
prepared for the workshop over seven months.
2. Program Details of ProDeW
ProDeW was held at the Rosemont Hilton hotel near Chicago
O’Hare airport in collaboration with the Chicago chapter during March 15-16, 2014. Among the participants totaling 164,
there were 134 attendees, 10 committee members, 10 invited
speakers, and 10 additional Chicago local chapter members
who helped running the workshop. Detailed information of
the workshop is available at the website (http://www.ksea.org/
ProDeW2014/).
ProDeW consisted of an opening session and five specialized
workshops. The objective of the opening session and the first
workshop was to provide attendees with new inspiration for
success and with broad information on developing research
projects or venture capital activity.
As the keynote speaker, Prof.Young-Kee Kim, who served as the deputy director of the Fermi National
Laboratory and is currently the Louis Block professor of Physics in the University of Chicago, presented her
life story of growing up in a small village town in Korea and maturing into one of the best female scientists
directing research efforts of thousands of scientists worldwide, and lessons learned from her experience. As
the plenary speaker, Dr. Larry Kwak, a pioneer in the cancer immunotheraphy and the chair of the Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma at the MD Anderson Cancer Center of the University of Texas, gave a talk on
his search for cure for cancer over 20 years. While having been selected as one of Time’s 100 most influential
people in 2010, he delivered his accomplishment in a remarkably unassuming manner and taught us how
consistent perseverance and faith played crucial role in his success.
Highlights of ProDeW
In the first workshop, Dr. Clive Woods from the National Science Foundation (NSF) gave overview of NSF’s
mission, general funding opportunities, and detailed information on the support of international collaboration. Dr. Minkyung Song from the National Institute of Health (NIH) presented comprehensive information on various NIH programs in support of biomedical research in the US. Prof. Jay Myung of the Ohio
State University offered insights into funding decision based on his experience as a program officer at the Air
Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), and delineated essential components
of successful proposals. Dr. Bong Kyun Ryu, the president of the Korean-American
Entrepreneurs Association now called Tek One, presented how to create venture capitals
and utilize opportunities available, and patent lawyer Sungyong In explained how to file
successful patents and recent changes in the US patent law.
The second workshop consisted of three parallel sessions tailored for different career
groups. For postdoctoral researchers and graduating PhD students, Dr. Byeong Mun
Song from the Argonne National Laboratory and Prof.Youngsoo R. Kim of the North
Carolina State University talked about essential components of successful job application such as preparing application letters, research presentation, and interview skills.
For untenured university faculty members, Prof. Kyung A. Kang of the University of
Louisville and Prof. Jaehoon Yu of the University of Texas at Arlington provided comprehensive and clear review of tenure process and suggested how to balance teaching,
research, and service activity. For employees of national laboratories and companies,
Prof.Young-Kee Kim and Dr. Sam Ryu of Exxon-Mobil emphasized the importance
of teamwork, leadership, and purposeful effort, and also led actual teamwork exercise.
The third workshop after the dinner started with a general lecture by Prof.Youngsoo
R. Kim. He gave inspirational speech on how to live a successful life by balancing family, work, and spiritual aspect and taught us steps of becoming a true leader. Then, the
participants were divided into small groups of ten attendees and a mentor. Members of
each group shared their experiences and exchanged intimate discussions and conversations, which lasted until about 12 am.
The fourth workshop in the next morning was focused on writing successful papers
and research proposals. For postdocs and graduate students, Profs. Kyung A. Kang, Jaehoon Yu, and Jay Myung
talked about writing successful papers and job application research proposals. For university faculty members and employees of national laboratories and companies, Prof. Taekjip Ha of the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Clive Woods, and Dr. Minkyung Song gave compelling advices on writing excellent
papers and research proposals.
In the fifth and final workshop, Profs. Taekjip Ha and Young-Kee Kim lectured on leadership and self-promotion issues, and also shared their valuable experiences. According to the data provided by Prof.Young-Kee
Kim, the percentage of Asian-American scientists and engineers assuming leadership positions is significantly
less than other groups. Although there was no official data, many agreed that the proportion of KoreanAmericans in leadership positions might be even lower. It was recognized that ProDeW was a much needed
and timely event in this sense.
3. Concluding Remarks
ProDeW achieved its objective of providing practical information and concrete help for junior KSEA members. It also forged a stronger sense of community among all the junior and senior members of KSEA, and
gave us new ideas about future activity of similar nature.
Workshops in ProDeW
DR. JAE HYEON RYU
Chapter President of Boise Idaho
Assistant Professor
University of Idaho
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP (PRODEW ) 2014
As a junior faculty member, I took the opportunity to participate in the ProDew being held in Chicago, Illinois, March 15-16,2014. I noticed that KSEA HQ wanted to have a professional development workshop this
year targeted to broad range of professionals from research scientists in industry to mid-career faculty (e.g.,
associate professor) via postdoctoral research associates. When I came across this opportunity, I have concerned
a little bit on this year workshop because KSEA HQ organized two workshops last year in East (Atlanta) and
West (San Francisco) to give geographical advantages across the states. But, unlike last year, HQ decided to offer just one workshop this year to increase meeting efficiency so that Chicago was selected as the venue.
Surprisingly, the ProDew blew my mind and gave excellent outcomes along with the good quality of the
workshop fed by many participants, including guest speakers and attendees. One of the most important avenues from the workshop was, from my perspective, to highlight how junior faculty can leverage self-promotion, and what strategies he/she can adopt to maximize their promotion packages for external reviewers and
internal faculty members on campus for successful P&T processes.
Excellent speakers and senior faculty members gave a broad range of recommendations, self-promotion strategies, and survival skills on complicated campus politics. Mentor-mentee interactions was another value of this
workshop. After plenary session and concurrent specialized development workshop, all participants have been
asked to join their respective groups in similar field and expertise for further discussion.
I attended Civil and Environmental Engineering Group led by Dr. Richard Kim, Distinguished Professor at North Carolina University. We shared
academic experiences and research opportunities with a series of research/
personal questions to promote our successful career path in academia. The
setting of the round table was very effective in the sense that all participants
interact each other and interestingly most of them have similar concerns and
issues as likely seen by early career and mid-career faculty members. Such
setting and interactions was very helpful for me to advance my knowledge
on mentor-mentee processes and together to seek collaboration opportunities for mutual benefits.
The workshop was short, but very intensive, informative, productive, and
rewarding. Only my comment/hope on this workshop is that KSEA HQ
may want to consider offering mockup interview exercises to improve communication skills during job interview processes for many young scholars
and career-ready students. Such exercises will definitely helpful for their
career success.
Again, thanks to organizing committee for the ProDew, the great opportunity was given to young KSEA members across the states. I hope this opportunity continues in a sustainable way so that many KSEA members can be
beneficiary in years to come. Ultimately, it will groom them into successful
global leaders for the future.
Go KSEA and let’s get connected!
Workshops in ProDeW 2014
SUMMARY OF WORKSHOP 2: RESEARCHERS IN LABORATORIES AND COMPANIES
DR. BYEONG-UK KIM
Membership Director 1
Environmental Modeler
GA Dept. of Natural Resources
A total of 20 people joined the session. It was filled with live Q&A and hands-on exercise about leadership
and teamwork. Dr.Young-Kee Kim gave her overview on the status and operational aspect of U.S. Federal laboratories. After the overview, she shared her thoughts and her personal story about how to develop
leadership and advance in career path inside research organization. Dr. Sam Ryu shared his thoughts about
the importance of TOP (Teamwork, Ownership, and Purpose) from the view of a researcher in private sector.
He also posed some challenging questions to participants and shared his own experience about how we can
achieve greatness in our career addressing promotion to either managerial or highly visible technical tracks.
He emphasized that we often need to make extra efforts to improve non-technical skills. Finally, we had a
team exercise with which we could learn how we can collaborate with each other focusing on teamwork
with a goal in a way that is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Result-oriented, and Timely (SMART). During
the Q&A period, it has been proposed that we will need an actual leadership workshop, not just discussion
sessions in the future ProDeW-like event.
SUMMARY OF WORKSHOP 2
Most audiences (~50) were mainly junior faculties, especially tenure track assistant professors. Professor
Jaehoon Yu gave a talk titled “Things that might be helpful for an academic career for junior faculty” which
focuses on tenure and promotion in academia. As a full professor and Associate Chair at the University of
Texas at Arlington, he shared not only common rules/criteria but also practical strategies.
DR. JONG PARK
Project Director 2
Associate Professor
University of South Florida
The session began his talk by introduction of his research and followed his dream of making human life better. He explained on the normal process and requirement for obtaining tenure and promotion, such as period,
approval process, and three evaluation areas. He pointed out that one of the common weaknesses of Korean
faculties is a good communication skill. He emphasized consistently that a good network and communication
with colleagues and the upper administration are essential.
Dr.Yu described in detail regarding requirements for tenure and promotion with his experiences; publications,
grants, presentations/talks, education and service. He also shared information about a hot item, department
politics, thus what those issues are, more importantly how to handle them. At the end, he encouraged audiences that difficult times always bring new opportunities and advised that the audiences have to keep their
head held up high.
The second presenter, Dr. Kyung A Kang, a professor and graduate program director, at University of Louisville presented “Preparing to be Academician”. Dr. Kang described three components of academic aspects
required for tenure and promotion; teaching, research and service. She provided information and strategies
for each component. She suggested that the candidate should collect all information regarding expectation,
evaluation process, and potential mentor system before process initiation for tenure and promotion. Dr. Kang
described in detail what to do for teaching, service, and research with examples. She also gave audiences valuable and practical lessons about attitude to keep and how to handle conflicts. In conclusion, Dr. Kang advised
that “do as much as you can but live your life full” and “be happy”.
SUMMARY OF WORKSHOP 3
The workshop 3 was composed of two sub-sections.
The first section was a lecture titled “How to build Successful Career,” by Professor Youngsoo R. Kim, who is
Distinguished University Professor and Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor in the Department of Civil
Engineering at the North Carolina State University.
DR. KYUNG A. KANG
Project Director 4
Professor & Graduate Program Director
University of Louisville
His lecture introduced various types of leaders including positional, permission, production, people development, and purpose leaders, providing the audience with opportunity to think on what type of leader one is
now and what type of leader one should value.
He then taught us how one can manage time and set the principles one’s priority.in life (e.g., according to
the principles of evaluate; eliminate; consider what is important in life; balance among many roles; physical/
spiritual/mental/social; family vs. work; leadership at home; etc.)
Dr. Kim ended his lecture emphasizing the importance of one’s life with building trust and own character,
and by reflecting oneself.
For the second section, which was immediately followed the first one, the participants were divided into 14
groups: 8 groups for students & postdocs; 5 groups of junior faculty and staff; and one group of National lab
and Industry. Each group was assigned with a mentor with a relevant background.
I was assigned for a group (Group #8) with 10 (5 female + 5 male) postdoctoral fellows in various parts of
the U.S., with purpose of networking and mentoring After each member was introduced to the group following the protocol provided by the organizers, which was talking to the person sitting next with the topics
of:
(a) What is your career role model and why?
(b) How would you define career success?
(c) What are your milestone goals for 5 years from now to achieve it?
(d) What are your milestone goal fs for 10 years from now to achieve it?
(e) What challenges do you currently have?
(f) What challenges do you expect in the future as you pursue your specific career goal?
In our group the discussion topic slowly moved to more specific ones, which seemed to be the ones that all
participants have been struggling. They were: (1) when is the right time to move from the postdoctoral position to an independent investigator and (2) how one balances the family life and work. Especially for female
postdocs, when is the right time to get married and/or have children. Senior postdoctoral members who
already have family provided their opinions/ suggestions on the issues. These two topics may be suggested to
be added for the next ProDew meeting.
It was interesting to see that there were frequent email exchanges among the ones at the same table during
the immediately following week after the Workshop,
NOTE:
* If other group has summary like the one above, I will be happy to add to my summary.
** I am also attaching the email exchanges among the Table 8 members.
ESSAY
When I started to work with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 2010, I did not anticipate that I
would have such important leadership responsibilities so early in my position. At the time, key deliverables for
the project development strategies depended on a few researchers and so I was asked to effectively manage
my responsibilities. Through this experience I have been making my best effort to refine my leadership and
teamwork ability, and at this point the 2010 KSEA Professional Development Workshop (ProDew) helped me
gain a better appreciation for the necessary qualities of an effective leader and a team member. Here are some
pieces of my thoughts and lessons learned from the ProDew Workshop.
DR. WON YOUNG PARK
Senior Research Associate
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
A leader needs to establish strong trust with others through demonstrated professional performance and by
following through with responsibilities. Not only do these abilities benefit the team, but they provide the
leader with keen insight into projects from the perspective of others. Through the cultivation of trust within
the team and long-term planning to prepare for challenges, the leader will be able to exercise effective leadership at the organization.
Using a long-term perspective, leaders should share knowledge and experiences with their juniors and manage human capital through training them to maximize their potential. To best help the team, the leader needs
to work to thoroughly understand their personalities, qualifications and potentials, and develop team morale
to foster a positive work environment by initiating a tradition of sharing advice and bonding.
Leaders must sustain good horizontal relationships with other groups, called “inner customers”. In business
and academia, good communication skills are key to the successful completion of any job. For example, inperson communications could work better to have our ideas best be understood or explained in a way that
made sense to an outsider than e-mails. This insight would be particularly useful for early career professionals
who often have difficulty speaking with managers senior to them.
Throughout the ProDew Workshop, it was great to be reminded that good leaders and good team members
are not born, but trained and supported by their endeavors and circumstances. I would like to express my
gratitude to all those who organized, led, and participated in the Workshop. I also would like to convey my
appreciation to Dr.Young-Kee Kim from University of Chicago and Sam Ryu from Exxon Mobile who
coordinated the Workshop 2 (designed for researchers from national labs and private companies) with their
integrative approach to both theories and practice on leadership and teamwork. All the words shared on the
round table with all Group 12 members are integral parts of my two days in Chicago.
As a longtime member of KSEA Texas chapter, it was my first time participating in the ProDeW workshop
2014. The ProDeW workshop 2014 was everything I expected and more as I took every opportunity to associate and network with other KSEA member scientists, engineers, and scholars from different chapters.
I was much inspired by practical information and advices from each workshop including the very personal
account from Korean American faculty members regarding careers in academia in general. It was extremely
beneficial to hear specific comments regarding the composition of research writing for grant as well as submitting scientific paper for publication. It was invaluable experience for me since I would like to embark an
independent research project of my own soon.
DR. MIN SOON CHO
Postdoctoral Fellow
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
I was very impressed with the humility and unreciprocal desire to help others demonstrated by some of the
presenters and lecturers including Drs. Kwak and Kim, in spite of their renowned scholarly accomplishment
and highly regarded academic recognition.
I would like to appreciate for everyone of table group 8, especially for Prof. Kang, who gave me insightful advice during a mentoring time by saying “Take the high road. It has less traffic”. It will resonate in me
throughout my journey to, not only accomplish my goal but also live my life in general. I was also exulted to
encounter not only my friends and KSEA colleagues whom I haven’t seen for a long time but also met with
future collaborators in my field of research. I only wish that I had spent more time to be acquainted with
other workshop participants. I give my thanks to KSEA staff, board members and countless volunteers for
organizing ProDeW 2014 and I sincerely hope that many more will experience the benefit of building professional network and the opportunity to be acquainted with other Korean American scientists and engineers
in the US.
ESSAY
DR. GLORIA JUNG-A KIM
Assistant Research Professor
University of Florida
I have a confession to make: Up until March 2013, when the long-dormant Gainesville FL Chapter was
resurrected through the efforts of several colleagues of mine (most notably Profs.Yoonseok Lee and Jaesung
Kim), I didn’t even know KSEA existed. At that general assembly meeting last year, I learned about the organization and was convinced if extremely busy and prominent Korean researchers made the effort to devote
time to be part of KSEA, it had to be truly special. I joined on the spot, enjoyed the networking dinner that
followed, and eagerly anticipated the next events. The wait wasn’t long. Due to scheduling conflicts, I missed
UKC 2013 and the first chapter event. Then, in January 2014, the ProDew announcement arrived in my
inbox.
In many ways, the solicitation for applications seemed like a gift for me. First, the timing couldn’t have been
more appropriate: I had just finished interviewing for a job that would bring major changes to my career and
needed guidance on how to proceed. Second, it so happened that my new job would take me to the Chicago
area, which was conveniently ProDew’s site. The application process itself was an uncomplicated matter of
filling out an online-form and uploading a photo of myself. After the acceptance notification, I received a few
more e-mails about registration, the reimbursement process, accommodation assignment, the final program,
and a list of questions to ponder on before the networking session on Day 1.
I was definitely star-struck at the sight of the dignitaries and speakers. Especially, I was excited to spot Prof.
Young-Kee Kim, the keynote speaker, who had been my idol when I was in college ever since I came across
a newspaper article on her. (I even got to ask her a question during Workshop 5 on Day 2!) Dr. Larry Kwak’s
plenary speech touched upon the often-neglected human and spiritual side of science. Notably, “the human
factor” made a recurring appearance across all sessions in the five workshops, the themes of which were:
Grantmanship dos and don’ts (Workshop 1); Tenure and promotion process (Workshop 2 - Faculty & Staff
Track); Career development (Workshop 3); Building a successful research program (Workshop 4 - Faculty &
Staff Track), and; Presentation, self-promotion, and leadership (Workshop 5).
Outside the framework of ProDew, I don’t think I would have summoned so much mental and physical
energy to absorb the collective experience and wisdom the presenters offered with such candor and humility.
If it weren’t for ProDew, I wouldn’t have recognized that my mentors I look up to had all achieved what Prof.
Youngsoo Kim had described in his poignant talk as the ultimate level of leadership, i.e, “purpose leadership.”
Thanks to ProDew, I met many more purpose leaders, reconnected with a long-lost college friend at the
networking session, and had the courage to announce my pending move to a room full of strangers and establish initial contact with KSEA-CHI members. I can’t possibly do justice to the benefits of attending ProDew
with my writing on a single page. At the risk of sounding cliché, I must invoke the overused adage “to see is
to believe” and encourage members to jump at the chance to register for next ProDew invitation.
That being said, these are a few workshop topic suggestions I would like the next ProDew planners to consider:
• Art of networking: The NSF data Prof.Young-Kee Kim presented on how few faculty members of Asian
descent achieve tenure at Workshop 5 was sobering. There may be many underlying factors, but the
Asian cultural conditioning to be polite and hold back most certainly is a major one. Practical tips on
networking could help members metamorphose into social butterflies.
• Effective Negotiation: I attended a COAch (Committee on the Advancement of Women Chemists)
workshop on this topic a couple of years ago. The techniques I learned then were extremely useful when
I entered the negotiation phase for my new job. Certainly, KSEA members would benefit from being
exposed to a session dedicated to this subject.
• Alternative career paths: According to NSF statistics, the vast majority of doctoral scientists and engineers
are employed in sectors other than academia, and even areas outside their training. In fact, I noticed
some presenters at ProDew 2014 had embarked on non-academic paths and achieved sucess. I don’t
think I am the only one who wondered how.
By any measure, ProDew was phenomenally informational, inspirational, and motivational. Thank you, KSEA,
for hosting the event and providing financial support. I am proud and blessed to be a member of an organization wholly devoted to its members’ success.
ESSAY
“You are blessed!” one of the speakers said during his presentation.Yes, we are!
If you have ever tried to build up your career in the US, you would wonder how and where you can get
information and resources. I remember I searched all over the websites for sample writings and how to find,
apply, and interview for a job, and of course, to start my career in academia, how to get the funding was also a
big question. The KSEA ProDeW helped answer many questions I had. It was informative and helpful especially for young scholars like me to develop our future careers.
DR. JIHYE BAE
Postdoctoral Fellow
Florida International University
Although all sessions were very impressive, the most memorable and motivating session was Networking
and Mentoring. I met researchers in various fields and sympathized with their concerns. I am a postdoc in
biomedical engineering. To me, this was not an easy decision because it required moving from my original
major, electrical engineering. This new phase has come accompanied with many challenges which I need to
overcome. However, I am certain that I will face more moments like this throughout my entire career journey. After sharing my story with other participants during the session, I realized that I am not the only one
pondering upon issues including how to decide research topic, to balance between work and family, to have
good research collaborators, and to improve non-technical skills such as social interactions.
In addition, our mentor Dr. Sam
Ryu gave a truly sincere talk to
us. I learnt that it is required to
have good ability for team work,
to have ownership, and to set
up proper purpose in work. He
remarked that for our career success, our goals should be specific,
measurable, attainable, realistic,
and achievable in reasonable time.
Moreover, he emphasized on the
importance of getting exposure. As a Korean, I have been
taught that “humility is a virtue.”
However, his talk encouraged
me to take a more active role and to make a positive action to change my attitude and embrace the cultural
differences in the US. He gave advice to us with sincere care and told us personal stories, and I really feel that
I met a true mentor in the US.
Now, it is time to step up! I feel confident to step forward to be a leader
in my field and to contribute with my ability to the world. This workshop gave me enough information and motivation to make this change.
Even though this attempt may not go as I expected, I am ready to
confront any difficulties and overcome them. I would like to thank our
mentor Dr. Sam Ryu, the organizers who contributed to this workshop,
and previous and current members who maintain the KSEA missions. Also, I thank Dr. Miae Ha who introduced me to the KSEA and
encouraged me to participate in ProDew 2014. It was an unforgettable
moment which will be a part of my professional life in the US.
ESSAY
The success of 2014 KSEA ProDeW was obvious!! Great speakers, well–organized programs, dedicated staffs/
modulators, great mentoring session, and the vast network… All of these made this workshop very helpful for Korean-American scientists and engineers in position of young and junior faculty/staff. The research
background of participants was very diverse, but the workshop dealed with our common interest to improve
our leadership, grant funding, time/work management, teamwork, good presentation/speaking skill, and
networking.
DR. MISUN PARK
Associate Research Scientist
Columbia Univ., Medical Center
Through plenary talk of Dr.Young-Kee Kim’s “Journey from a small town to big science”, I was inspired by
a totally different scale of research. Dr. Larry Kwak’s “In pursuit of Excellence” gave me an excellent research
modeling for me as a biologist. Grant funding is always a tough and top issue for me. Funding opportunity
Workshop-1 followed by Workshop-4 gave us a more detailed understanding of the operation of NSF and
NIH grants funding. Dr. Clive Wood and Dr. Minkyung Song shared practical tips on how to improve our
grant writing skills and encouraged us to never give-up.
In Workshop-2, Dr.Young-Kee Kim shared her experiences in national lab. I learned that leadership, teamwork, and research are key elements to be a successful leader. A weakness, such as being an Asian woman,
cannot be an excuse of passive attitude any more. Dr. Sam Ryu’s teamwork workshop was also very impressive. Open discussion and sharing our thoughts for ‘3 men vs. 15 hungry lions” and practicing for teamwork
gave me a challenge for my future to have more of a positive attitude in career development.
In Workshop-3, Dr.Youngsoo R. Kim’s influential talk for ‘building a successful career and high level issues’
challenged me how to be well-balanced between my scientific career and my family. He also encouraged
us to be a purpose-driven leader. His successful career path, advice, and philosophy truly touched my heart.
During the networking/mentoring meeting, we shared our past and current research career experiences and
future goals with our junior faculties and staff of group 11, mentored by Dr. Jong Y. Park. As a senior researcher, his personal story and warm-hearted advice opened our mind and led to a wonderful time in which
we could share experiences with one another.
This 2014 ProDeW was my first link to KSEA during my 7 years-stay in US. With busy and tight lab schedule and as a mother of two, this two-day weekend workshop was not an easy choice to make, especially since
it was out of state. However, after workshop, I realized that it was totally worth it! From this intensive and
valuable workshop, I came back full of appreciation for KSEA, which provided me this great opportunity to
meet a wonderful group of people and be inspired by their lives.
I am sure 2014 ProDeW encouraged and facilitated all attendees to prepare themselves in starting a journey
to build their career with no traffics blocking their way. Once again, I would like to thank the organizers and
speakers for this wonderful event.
ESSAY
The Professional Development Workshop (ProDew) 2014 was truly an inspiring and challenging experience.
I would recommend it to all of my Korean-American colleagues. Departing from LAX, the main goal of
my trip was simply to learn how to write a grant proposal. Like many other fresh graduates, grant writing
was not a part of my doctoral training and I had to struggle writing from scratch. From the first session in
ProDew, the workshop itself showed that it was about much more than just teaching grant writing skills.
DR. EON S. LEE
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, Los Angeles
The workshop organizing committee aimed higher by offering up-to-date information and very detailed
advice for writing grant proposals. The first two sessions were given by Dr. Clive Woods from National
Science Foundation and Dr. Minkyung Song from National Institute of Health. The sessions guided us
from the mission of two agencies to the recent information on success rates and even specific funding
programs that would attract many Korean-American scientists. The following session provided more detailed
/ practical guidelines for grant writing. This session, given by Dr. Jay Myung, was very helpful for fresh
graduates like me. Dr. Myung discussed grant writing from the starting point and also advised what to do
and what not to do. Many of his advice helped me improve my current proposal. Addressing a topic from
different angles, these excellent speakers offered very practical advice with the most recent information. In
the first workshop session, my trip was already successful.
The workshop continued with parallel panel sessions to provide practical advice on industry and academic
job searches. Dr. Byeung Mun Song wittily explained job search skills for the industry and Dr. Youngsoo
Kim further discussed the same for the academia. The two enthusiastic speakers addressed this topic with
great examples. Dr. Kim offered very practical advices from the search committee’s point of view. He
explained the hiring processes and continued with what to prepare for each step using excellent examples.
I kept learning from the materials he presented in each slide and thought about what I would do. Finally, I
was impressed by how detail he covered when he discussed table manners during on-site interviews. That
was something that I have never thought of. Personally, I applied for faculty positions last year and had an
interview about week before this workshop. I thought to myself that I should have scheduled the interview
after this workshop.
Among all excellent workshop sessions, the best part to me was dinner time. More than just the menu, I
truly enjoyed the dinner table discussion with peers and mentors. A short talk with Dr. Youngsoo Kim
reminded me of the reasons why I decided to pursue higher education. It would be another life-changing
talk, which reminded me of where I started and what I prayed for 13 years ago. Soon after the short
conversation, his presentation session about leadership added another question: what defines my success?
Later in a mentoring session with Dr. Kook Joon Ahn, we all in a junior scientist group discussed and shared
our thoughts and concerns about our goal, career, and success. It was a great opportunity to fine-tune my
career plan as discussing with peers and Dr. Ahn. Certainly, a few hours were not enough to get to a definitive conclusion for all these discussions. However, this workshop was an unforgettable and unparalleled
experience that left me with invaluable lessons and more homework for my career and life.
Back in Los Angeles, I summarized the lessons at ProDew workshop 2014 and implemented all the advice
from peers and mentors. I feel so grateful for this great opportunity, made possible by ProDew committee
and Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association. I believe that the inspiration from the excellent
senior members have become another great driving force toward the career success of young scientists,
including myself.
ESSAY
MR. MINJUN SON
Graduate Student
University of Florida
If you are an early scientist such as a postdoctoral researcher or temporary faculty member, one of the major
concerns you have would be how to get a tenure track position. Of course, having enthusiasm to research
diligently and productively would be most important. However, if there was another equally important element in building a good career, that would be effective communication and clear presentation skills. These
skills not only help the audience appreciate the value of your work, but also facilitate the wide recognition of
your research. Especially in these days of high unemployment rate and shrinking funding for research, such
public relation skills have become more critical to one’s success. The ‘Professional Development Workshop’ or
ProDew hosted by KSEA was the most efficient workshop to learn the public relation skills and to develop
one’s professional career.
Senior professors and scientists across the U.S. were invited and gave invaluable advice based on their long
term experiences. One of the speeches which were practical to most audience was how to write a good
resume by Dr.Youngsoo R. Kim and Dr. Byeong Mun Song. Two speakers taught us specifically how to plan
and build a good structure when writing a resume, what to include and not include in each paragraph, how
to leave contact information, etc. Especially they enlightened us the importance of the cover letter, that a
well-written cover letter distinguishes our application.
The speeches about the professional behavior or attitude during interview were inspiring as well. Dr. Jaehoon
Yu, Dr. Kyung A Kang, and Dr.Youngsoo R. Kim presented about how to prepare a job interview. Some of
the memorable advice were: (1) prompt action or punctuality is essential, (2) investigate the job and prepare 4
~ 5 questions before the interview, (3) do not try to show off your erudition and try to answer concisely, (4)
never ask about the salary, and (5) do not forget to send thank you letter to the interviewer to reiterate your
interest in the job. Other practical lessons included how to do an effective presentation by Dr.Young-Kee
Kim and Dr. Taekjip Ha.
There were also many informative speeches about numerous funding opportunities and how to write a successful proposal. From Dr. Clive Woods’ and Dr. Minkyung Song’s speeches, we learned the grant opportunities from two major funding institutions, NSF and NIH. They also informed about the funding opportunities
for international scientists, which interested many who were not U.S. residents. Dr. Jay Myung, a professor of
psychology, presented what kind of research idea would get a higher score in evaluation. From his lecture, we
also learned that one needs to be proactive to win the grants. Dr. Jay Myung, Dr. Jaehoon Yu, Dr. Kyung A.
Kang, Dr.Young-Kee Kim, and Dr. Taekjip Ha also lectured about how to write a persuasive proposal or good
paper in general. Additionally from Dr. Jaehoon Yu, we learned that the proposal needs to give hopes and
dreams to the readers.
At the closing remarks, Dr.Youngsoo Kim touched our hearts with his edifying speech. He emphasized the
importance of health, family, and the people, which we may take for granted. Like ‘A sound mind in a sound
body’ says, without health there would be no happiness. Without love and support from our family, we would
be stranded. Without people, if you were the only one living on this world, what good would your research
do and what meaning should your work have? It is important to realize that we are working with and for the
people. Also Dr.Young-Kee Kim and Dr. Taekjip Ha provided insightful advice about how to work efficiently
with others in a team and how to build a leadership.
Overall, ProDew was an invaluable workshop which would affect the attendee’s future career profoundly. It
was one of the most helpful workshops, in which one could learn and absorb five to ten year worth of experience in short period of time. I sincerely hope more Korean scientists would participate and benefit from this
splendid opportunity. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all speakers, who devoted their valuable time and effort to share their experience. Lastly but not leastly, I would like to thank President Myung
Jong Lee and other organizers for preparing and holding this comprehensive and influential workshop.
ESSAY
DR. PILWON HUR
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
First of all, I should say that ProDeW 2014 was
more than successful. Let me briefly introduce
myself to give more credentials to my essay.
After completing doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign in 2010, I have been
working as a postdoctoral research fellow at the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for stroke
rehabilitation research. I am starting my new
career as an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Texas A&M
University, College Station from the Fall 2014.
To a beginning assistant professor like me, even
a handful of tips about what assistant professors
are destined to do and how that could be accomplished would be like an oasis in a desert. For me, ProDeW 2014 was the oasis.
So many invaluable information, ideas, and tips were spoken.Yes, they were spoken
out. I couldn’t even write down them all. I wish KSEA uploads all the presentations
they videotaped. How to write successful NIH and NSF grant applications, where
to search funded research abstracts, who to contact, how and when to bug the program managers via phone call, but not email, how to manage decent sized research
laboratory, how to make fascinating presentations, how to start small business out of
research, how to protect intellectual properties, and so on. Especially, practical guides
on grant writing by Dr. Clive Woods and Dr. Minkyung Song, and practical tips for
getting tenured by Dr. Jaehoon Yu and Dr Kyung A. Kang were the most helpful for
me.
Beside the practical benefits, I really appreciated the opportunity to think about
something at higher levels. Dr. Richard Kim’s presentation helped me extend my
perspective about a professor as not just a person who teaches and performs research
at a university but a leader or mentor who embraces and serves students, who seeks
high roads instead of shortcuts, who can contribute his/her community, and who
loves his/her family the most. I believe that this meta-concept along with the practical tips can help me become not only a successful professor but also a great human
being.
Lastly, I thank all the organizers and speakers for their commitment and devotion.
Without them, not a single session could be run. Every details including venue,
meals, transportations, program, and even coffee were well-organized and taken care
of by them. I especially thank Dr. Seogjoo Jang, the program chair, who took care
of every single step of registration for me. Without him, I wouldn’t be able to attend
the workshop since I missed the registration deadline. Finally, I can see the importance of KSEA and ProDeW for the success of Korean Scientists and Engineers in
the United States. I hope and support the continued and extended ProDeW in the
future.
Testimonial in ProDeW
Professional development workshop (prodew ) 2014
testimonial
“I learned a lot from Dr. Larry Kwak’s keynote speech: ‘Follow the inner conviction.’”
-Jin Kang, PhD (Teacher at Teach for America, Los Angeles, CA)
“It was wonderful workshop to learn how to write a paper and grant proposal. Also, great
experience and networking with peer in various fields.”
- Si Hong Park (Post-Doc at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR)
“Excellent networking opportunity with various PIs (mentors) and colleagues who have
different professional backgrounds. Impressive with many devoted mentors and organizers to
help young generation. Thank you so much!”
- Hyunsun Jo (Post-Doc at J David Gladstone Institute (UCSF), San Francisco, CA)
“Although I joined the workshop as an associate professor, I could learn a lot for my future
career planning. I had several moments when my heart was more dynamically beating. I am
so sure that this effort will dramatically improve Korean junior professionals for their career
plan. Great jobs done, and I congratulate all participants to the event!”
- Yong-Rak Kim, PhD (Associate Professor at University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE)
“ProDeW was really great experience for me. This is first time career developmental workshop for me, even though I have attended a couple of presentation for career or funding in
local area. I met many potential colleagues or friends who are struggling with same challenges and I was encouraged and motivated again through this workshop.
Also many mentors I met during ProDeW shared their invaluable experience and knowhow. They also advised us we need to be a good scientist as well as great human being as a
leader. This touched deeply my heart. I would highly recommend many other colleagues
who haven’t attended this workshop yet to make a chance to attend here next time. “
- Hyun Lee (Postdoctoral fellow at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston,
Houston, TX)
Testimonial in ProDeW
“The best workshop ever! I felt that Korean senior faculty really cared about junior researcher’s success.”
- Seonjin Kim (Assistant Professor at Miami University, Oxford, OH)
“ProDeW 2014 was a great experience to prepare my career goal. Speakers gave an insightful
talk from their experiences. I really appreciate all your efforts (ProDew committee) to make
this thing happen for us.”
- Min Soon Cho, PhD (Post-Doc. at MD Anderson Cancer Center, HOUSTON, TX)
“My experience with ProDeW 2014 was wonderful. I appreciate all the effort by organizers
and speakers to make the program the most helpful for us. I would like to give my special
thanks to Dr. Sam Ryu who led us to deep discussions on our professional development issues in the mentoring session.”
- Sohyun Park, PhD (Post-Doc at Pennsyvania State University, University Park, PA)
“This workshop covered a broad range of topics that are essential for junior level scientists/
engineers who have Korean background to survive in the US. In my experience, MIT and
Harvard University also provide similar workshops, but they are not 1-2 days of extensive
programs nor provide opportunities for networking. I really appreciate this workshop.”
- Kyoo Chul Park, PhD (Post-Doc at School, Cambridge, MA)
“Actually it is very hard to find any career-related workshops on campus. Online resources
and books are people usually rely upon. However, those tutorials are often from American
citizens with different boundary conditions” for international students. In addition, online
resources are pretty much biased in the sense that big success and big failures are posted. If
you are busy with ongoing progress with your career, you simply do not have time to linger
around those career and job-seeking online forums.
In that sense, ProDeW can be a very good starting point for anybody starting your own
career: whether it is a postdoc, a junior faculty, or an industry position --- you hear talks from
people who used to be exactly in the same situation you are now.
In addition, you can meet other people on a national scale facing the same career problem.
Since the backgrounds are diverse, I think there is higher possibility to find a collaborator
from a different discipline --- which is a trend of current scientific research.”
- Jung-woo Sohn (Lecturer at Penn State University, Altoona, PA)
KSEA HQ News
2014 ELECTION RESULT
KSEA Election Committee
The Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) is pleased to announce the results of
its 2014 general election.
The ballot counting took place at KSEA HQ on April 19, 2014. All ballots have been accounted for according to the rules that were pre-established by the Election Committee and no serious election-related
irregularity was observed.
• Total Eligible Voters: 5589
• Total Ballots Received: 1222 (21.86% of Eligible Voters)
The newly elected officers and councilors are:
PRESIDENT-ELECT
(44TH PRESIDENT)
43RD VICE PRESIDENT 1
YOUNGSOO RICHARD KIM, PhD.
NC State University
STEVE J. LEE
Program Project and
Resource Management, Caltrans
43RD VICE PRESIDENT 2
AUDITOR
YONGHO SOHN, PhD.
University of Central Florida
BYUNGKYU "BRIAN" PARK, PhD.
University of Virginia
COUNCILOR GROUP “A”
COUNCILOR GROUP “B”
SEUNG-HUN LEE, PhD.
University of Virginia
DONG HEE SON, PhD.
Texas A&M University
KSEA HQ News
COUNCILOR GROUP “C”
COUNCILOR GROUP “D”
SOOKKYUNG LIM, PhD.
University of Cincinnati
JONGDAE LEE, PhD.
University of California, San Diego
COUNCILOR GROUP “E”
COUNCILOR GROUP “F”
SUNG WOO KIM, PhD.
NC State University
HAEJUNG AN, PhD.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
COUNCILOR GROUP “G”
COUNCILOR GROUP “H”
SU HA PhD.
Washington State University
SEUNGBAE PARK, PhD.
SUNY Binghamton
COUNCILOR GROUP “J”
COUNCILOR GROUP “L”
JAE HYEON RYU PhD.
University of Idaho
JEONGHEE SHIN PhD.
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Featured Article
OBESITY, AGING AND HEALTH
JAY H. CHUNG MD, PhD.
Senior Investigator
Laboratory of Obesity and Aging Research
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Scientific understanding of aging and possible strategies to extend lifespan have grown dramatically over the
past decade. The most robust means of extending lifespan in mammals is calorie restriction (CR), which
typically involves reducing caloric intake by 30-40% while maintaining adequate nutrition. CR not only extends the lifespan of a wide range of animals but also protects against many aging-related diseases such as type
2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer and neurodegeneration in animal models. Importantly, studies with
rhesus monkeys indicate that long-term CR decreases aging-related mortality and diseases in non-human
primates. However, it is not known whether CR delays the aging process in monkeys as these animals have
not yet reached their maximum lifespan. Despite these demonstrated benefits of CR, it is very difficult for
most people to maintain CR for long periods.
The beneficial effects of CR are partially related to loss of excess fat. Currently, body mass index (BMI,
weight in kg/(height in m)2) >25 is considered overweight and BMI >30 is considered obese. For the general
population, the recommendation is to keep the BMI less than 25. However, far less is known about the
relationship between obesity and mortality in older people, or how mortality risk should be estimated. The
excess health risks associated with having a high BMI are known to decline with age. In fact, BMIs of 25-27
are not a risk factor for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in those aged 65 and over. By contrast, at old
age, having a low BMI is a health risk factor, with people in the lowest quintile (less than 23 in men and less
than 22.3 in women) demonstrating the highest risk of death for total
mortality and for major causes of death.Very underweight men (those
with a BMI of under 18.5) were found to be particularly at risk. The reason for the lack of a positive association with BMI and mortality at older
ages may be that, in older persons, BMI is a poor measure of body fat.
The measurement of weight does not differentiate between fat and fatfree mass, and fat-free mass (especially muscle) is progressively lost with
increasing age. In addition, the relationship between fat and disease risk
is not only determined by the quantity of fat but also by the location of
the fat depot (subcutaneous vs. abdominal) (figure 1). Waist circumference
(WC) has been proposed as an alternate or additional measure of obesity.
The limitation of WC alone as a measure is that it takes no account of
the height or body composition, whereas waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) is a
measure of body shape and to some extent of central adiposity (abdominal
fat). WHR appears to be a more reliable metric for assessing the health
status of an individual. As shown in Figure 2, high WHR is a stronger risk
factor for myocardial infarction than high BMI. Therefore, WHR should
instead be used in the older age group because of its positive correlation
with risk of death, and attention should also be paid to the problem of
elderly people who are underweight.
Figure 1. Factors that affect the accumulation of visceral (abdominal) fat. Subcutaneous
fat (yellow mass under the skin) and visceral fat (yellow mass near the intestines) are shown.
When we consider the health risks of obesity, we must also consider the
race of the individual. Although the prevalence of obesity in Korea is
almost 10-fold lower than that in western countries such as the United States (Figure 3), the prevalence of
type 2 diabetes, one of the obesity-related diseases, is not that much lower in Korea compared to the United
States. One possible reason for this is that Asians tend to have more adipose tissue mass and less lean tissue
mass. Another contributing factor for this may be related to high consumption of white rice in Korea. Each
additional daily serving of white rice, a staple of Asian diets, may increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes by 10%.
In one study, those who ate the highest amounts of white rice had a 27% higher risk of diabetes than those
who ate the least, and the risk was most pronounced in Asian people.
Why white rice may impact diabetes risk isn’t clear, but it may have to do with the food’s high score on the
glycemic index (GI) — a measurement of how foods affect blood sugar levels — meaning that it can cause
spikes in blood sugar. High GI ranking foods have previously been associated with increased risk of diabetes. White rice also lacks nutrients like fiber and magnesium. People with high white rice consumption lack
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these beneficial nutrients. White rice is not the only culprit in diabetes risk. Rather, a general decrease in physical activity
and increase in food consumption may be responsible for the rise in obesity and insulin resistance in Asian countries. White
rice has long been a part of Asian diets in which diabetes risk was very low. It is white rice plus aspects of modern living
— including less physical work — that conspire to elevate the incidence of Type 2 diabetes. Transition to a more Western
lifestyle may render Asian populations more susceptible to the adverse effects of high intakes of white rice, as well as other
sources of refined carbohydrates such as pastries, white bread, and sugar-sweetened beverages. In addition, the dose-response
relationship indicates that even for Western populations with typically low intake levels, relatively high white rice consumption may still modestly increase the risk of diabetes.
Figure 2. High waist-to-hip ratio is a strong risk factor for myocardial infarction. The odds ratio
for myocardial infarction is shown according to BMI and increasing waist-to-hip ratio (left to right)
within each BMI group.
In conclusion, for any healthful diet, moderation is key. In addition, make physical activity a high priority, include some protein and fiber in each meal and snack, and spread your calories throughout the day.
Figure 3. Korea has one of the lowest obesity rates in the developed world. Obesity is defined as BMI >30.
Technical Article
NAMDOO KIM
Associate Mechanical Engineer
Argonne National Laboratory
BATTERY EVALUATION IN A SYSTEMS CONTEXT USING
BATTERY COMPONENT IN THE LOOP
Recent advances in electrical energy storage (ESS) technology have been key enablers in the availibilty of
plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles in the market today. The use of Li-ion technologies for vehicle applications in batteries is higly efficienct when compared to tranditional IC engines with petroleum based fuels,
but energy density, cost and life issues still make petroleum fuels and IC engines the prime –mover of choice
for most of today’s vheicles. Further development in material science, engineering, manufactuing may be
expected to improve the energy and power densities, reliability, longevity and life expectacy of Li-ion batteries[1]. Paradigm changing concept like Li-air, if successfully developed, are expected to provide usable energy
density comparable to gasoline [2].
Quantification of the developments in battery technology, on a cell level and its impact on the vehicle level
are important. Traditionally, evaluation of the electrochemical storage devices is performed with constant
current or square pulse current profiles. An example of such tests would be the tests prescribed by the United
States Advanced Battery Consortium [USABC] [3]. The Battery Test Maual for Plug-In Hybrid Electric
Vehicles [4] is a collection of constant current, constant power and pulse current tests used to charaterize
battery capacity, calendar life, cycle life, pulse power capability. Such tests are important to benchmark the cell
characteristics and compare different chemistries. These tests can be carried out on a cell, module or a pack,
but are generally conductted on a cell or a module level, where the Battery Management System (BMS) does
not interfere with the test(s) being conducted. Specilized tests are also conducted on the cell level to oberve
changes in battery chemistries, understand exact mechanisms that limit battery life and cause performance
degradation [5]. These tests are performed by the battery manufacturer to ensure that the cell/module meets
the specifications. The Original Equipement Manufacturer (OEM) also perfoms similar tests to study aspects
of aging like capacity fade and performance degradation.
Battery evaluation can be indirectly performed in a controlled environment
during vehicle benchmarking and testing on a chassis dynamometer. During
such testing, the battery operation , within the confines of battery utilization
by the vehicle, can be studied. For example, impact of ambient temperature
on battery and vehicle performance can be evaluated through chassis dyanmometer testing at cold, normal and hot ambient conditions [6].
Figure 1: Conceptual diagram of Battery in the Loop
Cell or battery evaluation using standardized tests, while important in
benchmarking battery performance from a comparison perspective (for
example,different chemistries, impact of aging) does not give much insight into battery performance in a vehicle ,since additional constraints are
imposed by the BMS and vehicle powertrain. On the other hand, battery
evaluation in a vehicle using chassis dyno testing restricts battery analysis to
that possible within the limits of the BMS and the vehicle powertrain demands. Battery in the Loop (BIL)
provides a flexible environment which bridges the gap between standardized tests on the cell level and battery
evaluation in a vehicle on a chassis dynamometer.
In Battery in the Loop (BIL), a real hardware battery (pack/module/cell) is evaluated in a virtual vehicle
(system simulation model) environment as shown in Figure 1. The battery cycler circulates current through
the battery pack to exercise the battery as if it were in a vehicle. Battery feedback variables (state of charge,
temperatures, battery voltage) over a CAN bus, are used by the vehicle control unit in the real time simulation model to make energy management decisions, similar to a real vehicle scenario. Thus, battery performance and its vehicle level impact can be evaluated.
As explained in Figure 2, Battery in the Loop, bridges the gap between cell level standard testing and battery evaluation in a vehicle. Battery in the loop, as described in the middle bubble, provides the flexibility to
perform two kinds of experiments: Battery evaluation in a flexible systems context: These are battery focused
experiments where battery utilization (SOC swing, temperature rise) can be studied for different vehicle
classes, energy management or drive cycles.
Technical Article
Vehicle system impacts of various battery conditions: These are vehicle focused experiments where the impact battery conditions (life, temperature) on vehicle fuel economy and performance is evaluated.
Micro and mild hybrids, with 12 V or 48 V systems, are garnering a
lot of interest in the Automotive industry, because of their capability
in providing fuel economy benefits with minimal hardware changes
to the existing conventional powertrain, when compared to powertrains with higher degree of hybridization. Most of these micro and
mild hybrid systems provide fuel economy benefits by turning the
engine off when the vehicle comes to a stop (idle conditions for an
engine in conventional powertrain). In addition, some mild hybrid
also provide limited traction assistance as well [7]. A start stop system
is expected to provide a smooth, transparent start stop operation
on the road, and integration of such a system involves work on the
electric motor, engine and transmission system of the vehicle [8].
Figure 2: Battery component in the loop bridges the gap between standard battery tests and
From a battery perspective, apart from calendar life and cycle life
‘in vehicle’ benchmarking
requirements, sustained cold crank capabilities are important due to
the frequent starting requirements in such powertrains. USABC requirements state 6 kW for 0.5 seconds followed by 4 kW
for 4 seconds as the power requirement for 12 V start stop batteries at -30 ° C [9]. Similarly, Freedom CAR requirements for
a 42 V system state 8 kW as the minimum cold cranking power at -30 °C [10].
Repeatable testing of cold cranking capabilities of a battery in an actual vehicle is expensive, since it involves maintaining
the under hood temperature of the vehicle at -30°C for sustained periods of time. Standard tests of batteries at -30°C (e.g.
current profiles with periodic square pulses, like the HPPC) involve testing with only the battery in a thermal chamber, and
are therefore less expensive. But, these tests do not exercise the battery with the exact current profile as would be seen with
a start-stop system. In addition, the duty cycle of the HPPC does not reflect the duty cycle the battery would have been
subject to, in an actual start-stop vehicle.
With Battery in the Loop, it is possible to exercise the battery with a current profile that closely approximates the one seen in
a start-stop system. At the same time, it is much less expensive and time consuming when compared to repeatable cold cranking tests in vehicle at -30°C.
For the current research project, an OEM’s BISG system (Belt Integrated Starter Generator and Battery) developed for
start-stop operation was to be evaluated using simulation and Battery in the Loop. The simulation study involved evaluating
the fuel economy improvement due to the OEM’s system, and the Battery in the Loop study involved evaluating the battery
performance over repeated battery utilization in a virtual vehicle scenario, and different cold cranking temperatures.
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KOREAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER
(KSCEE) NEWS
Dear Korean-American Civil and Environmental Engineers:
KSCEE signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korean Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE)
to boost collaboration among members in each society, and with Dohwa Engineering Co. Ltd. to share technologies among members in Korea and the US on December 20, 2013.
DR. ㅓJㅕ UN-SEOK OH
Professor
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MOU between KSCEE and KSCE
MOU between KSCEE and Dohwa Enginnering
KSCEE also signed three more MOUs with Korea Society of Road Engineers (KSRE), Korea Institute of
Construction Technology (KICT), and Korea Water Resources Corporation (KWater) in January, 2014. We
trust that these MOUs will be a solid platform to achieve members’ fullest career potential through networking and sharing the technology information with engineers in our mother land.
MOU with Korea Society of Road Engineers MOU with Korea Institute of Construction Technology
MOU with Korea Water Resources Corporation
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER FOR LIVABLECOMMUNITIES BY PROF. JUN-SEOK OH
Prof. Jun-Seok Oh at Western Michigan University received a $1.4 million research grant from the Research
and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) of the US Department of Transportation to establish a
University Transportation Center. The center is one of 33 university transportation centers in the nation
aiming to address the nation’s critical transportation challenges. The TRCLC coordinates research efforts
among 30 top researchers in multiple fields to collectively enable livable communities through transportation
research, education, workforce development and technology transfer. The primary goal of the center is to
improve environmentally sustainable transportation options for under-represented communities, with special
attention paid to non-motorized travel, pedestrian and bicycle safety, job accessibility and ‘smart’ transport
technologies. Details on the center can be found from http://www.wmich.edu/transportationcenter or
https://www.facebook.com/TRCLC.
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NEW ENGLAND TRANSPORTATION FORUM (NETC) RESEARCH PROPOSAL
WITH KSCEE MEMBERS
To fulfill the MOU with KSCE, Prof. Kang-Won Wayne Lee, President of KSCEE and Professor at University of Rhode Island, prepared a New England Transportation Consortium (NETC) research proposal
with KSCE members, entitled as “Development of High Early Strength Concrete for Accelerated Bridge
Construction Closure Pour Connection.”
KSCEE PRESIDENT, PROF. KANGWON WAYNE LEE RECEIVED A PRESIDENTIAL CITATION
The KSCEE president, Prof. K. Wayne Lee, recently received a Presidential Citation from the Korean government. On behalf of the President Park Geun-hye, the Korean Consul General in Boston Mr. Park Kangho
delivered the citation at the Korean Consulate General in Boston. The citation was to recognize Prof. Lee’s
lifelong achievements in his research and dedicated services to the professional and local Korean community.
From left, NUAC Boston President Kim, Prof. & Mrs. Lee, Boston Consul General Park, Former
KAARI President Lee and Current President Lee
Addressing after receipt
NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND MODELING
KSCEE members are invited to the 10th International Symposium on Advanced Environmental Monitoring
and Modeling to be held August 11-13, 2014 at Doubletree by Hilton Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, CA, USA
(http://www.doubletreeberkeleymarina.com/). This symposium will provide a venue for multidisciplinary
teams of experts to share their knowledge, present new research results and work together to develop new
avenues for science and technology in the field of environmental monitoring. The symposium covers all
aspects of environmental monitoring and modeling related to air, water, soil, and environmental toxicity. After
the symposium selected papers from oral presentations will be published in a special issue of Chemosphere
journal. More information on the symposium, registration, and abstract submission can be found at http://
ademrc.org/10th_sym or contact at sympo@gist.ac.kr.
13TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES IN ASPHALT PAVEMENTS (ATAP)
The 13th International Symposium on Advanced Technologies in Asphalt Pavements (ATAP) will be held on September
25-26, 2014 at the Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea. Please submit abstracts of 200 words in English via
e-mail at futurepaver@gmail.com. Selected papers will be published in Road Materials and Pavement Design through
peer review process. Please contact Dr. Sungun Kim for more details.
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REPORT ON 2014 OYRA AWARD CEREMONY AND THE KOREAN PHYSICIST SYMPOSIUM AT THE APS MARCH MEETING
DR. JAEHOON YU
AKPA President
Professor
University of Texas at Arlington
DR. HOYDOO YOU
Argonne National Laboratory
The award ceremony of the 2014 Outstanding Young Research Award (OYRA) was held at the annual
Forum on International Physics (FIP) reception on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, during the American Physical
Society (APS) March meeting. Among the two OYRA winners, Dr. Dohun Kim of University of Wisconsin
was present at the reception. AKPA works closely with FIP and is one of the major contributors to the forum. This ceremony was then followed by the third Korean Physics Symposium at in Plaza Court 1, Sheraton
Denver Downtown, on Wednesday evening, March 5, 2014. This annual symposium is intended to serve as a
forum during the APS March meeting, where Korean physicists in US and Korea exchange information on
their research activities in an open environment, which would lead to potential collaboration in future. This
year, the symposium was organized by Professor Seunghun Lee, University of Virginia, and the session was
chaired by Dr. Hoydoo You, Argonne National Laboratory.
The session started with an opening remark by Professor Jaehoon Yu, University of Texas, the current AKPA
president, by introducing AKPA and KSEA. The first speaker, Prof. Luke Lee, UC Berkeley, gave an overview of his program, Bioinspired Photonics-Optofluidics-Electronics Technology and Science and presented
various molecular-level controls using plasmonic excitations of gold nanoparticles attached to DNA’s and
proteins. Professor Steve Granick, UIUC, followed and presented a fascinating system of two dimensional
monolayer formed on water surface and driven magnetically. Professor SungChul Hohng, Seoul National
University, presented his recent study of long-standing issues in biology, whether biological ligands actively influence the conformational change of receptors or not. Using single-molecule fluorescence technique, he was
able to unambiguously demonstrate that conformational change are not influenced by the presence of ligands.
The last speaker was Dr. Dohun Kim, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, one of the two OYRA 2014 awardees.
He presented his recent activities on control and measurements of quantum bits, which lays down a basis for
future quantum computing technology.
The AKPA APS Korean Physics Symposium was a great success with many participants from US and Korea
attending the symposium. After the symposium, the participants joined for the traditional Korean Physicists’
Wednesday Banquet organized by Professor Young-Kee Yeo at a nearby Chinese restaurant, in which further
discussions of collaborations and networking took place in a courteous atmosphere. The annual Korean Physics Symposium is organized by AKPA (Association of Korean Physicists in America) and KPS (Korean Physical Society), and sponsored by APS-FIP, KSEA (Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association), and
KUSCO (Korea-US Science Cooperation Center).
FIP reception in APS March meeting. From left of the photo, Dr. Baeyeon Ha, Dr. Seunghun Lee, Dr. Yoonseok Lee, Dr. Duhun Kim, Ms. Amy Flatten of AIP, AKPA President
Dr. Jaehoon Yu, FIP Chair Dr. Esen Alp and Dr. Hoojong Lee of PosTech.
After the Korean Physicists Symposium at the 2014 March APS meeting. The symposium
speakers sat in the front row are from left Prof. Steve Granick, Prof. Luke Lee, Prof. Sungchul
Hohng and Dr. Dohun Kim. Second row from left are Prof. Hu Jong Lee of PosTech, Prof. **** of
California State Univ., Prof. Hyuk Yu of Univ. of Wisconsin, Prof. Jaehoon Yu of Univ. of Texas at
Arlington and Dr. Hoydoo You of Argonne National Laboratory. Among the participants was Prof.
Sungwon Lee of Texas Tech benind Prof. Hyuk Yu on the left.
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THE KOREAN-AMERICAN WOMAN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(KWISE) 9TH ANNUAL EAST COAST CONFERENCE
DR. HEY-KYOUNG LEE
PRESIDENT OF KWISE WASHINGTON METRO
Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins University
KWiSE 9th Annual East Coast Conference was held at the University of Maryland (UMD) College Park
Campus on Saturday April 19, 2014. The title of this year’s annual conference was “Reaching out to young
scientists,” and was organized by the Greater Washington DC chapter of KWiSE. The meeting was opened by
an introductory remark by the current chapter president, Prof. Hey-Kyoung Lee of Johns Hopkins University
(JHU). This was followed by an introductory speech from Prof. Eun-Suk Seo of UMD, the president-elect
of KWiSE. Prof. Seo outlined the relationship between KWiSE and KSEA, as well as the organization and
missions of KWiSE. Prof. Lee then introduced the next chapter president Dr. Eun-Ju Cheong of the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA), who will be leading the Greater Washington DC chapter from this
July.
The conference started by two keynote lectures. The first was given by Dr. Myung-Hee Park, who is a Section Chief at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) division of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Park presented her life long research on the functional and evolutionary
significance of eukaryotic translation factor, eIF5A. The second keynote speaker was Prof. Jung-Youn Lee,
who is an Associate Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware. She gave an overview
of her research examining intercellular signaling between plant cells, and how it relates to developing means
to strengthen plant’s resistance to pathogens. Both keynote speakers also gave brief overview of their career
paths.
The morning session was followed by lunch, which allowed members to network with each other in an informal setting. The afternoon session started with Research Highlight Short Talks by younger members of
the chapter, who gave brief overview of cutting-edge
research on-going at regional institutes. The speakers were Dr. Eunchai Kang at Johns Hopkins Medical
Institute (JHMI), Dr. Una Park at the National Institute
of Neurological Disorder and Stroke (NINDS), Dr. Ann
Choe at JHMI, Dr. Joo-Young Park at the National
Cancer Institute (NCI), Ms. Bok-Eum Choi at Georgetown University, and Dr. Jenny Kim a the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
The last session was a panel presentation to introduce
the diverse career paths in science. The panel speakers were Dr. Amy K. Flatten (Director of International
Affairs, American Physical Society), Dr. Hyun Son
(Senior Program Management Officer, Food and Drug
Administration), Dr. Jong-in Hahm (Associate Professor of Chemistry, Georgetown University), and Dr. Hee
Participants of the conference posing for a group photo during lunch break
Yong Kim (Laboratory Chief, National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH). The panelists
outlined diverse career options and various resources that can allow one to evaluate different career options,
such as myIDP. The presentation was followed by a question and answer session, where members were able
to obtain valuable insights on diverse topics ranging from practical skills needed for different career options to
professional difficulties faced by woman scientists.
The KWiSE 9th Annual East Coast Conference was a great success with over 60 participants from regional
institutes covering Washington DC, Maryland,Virginia, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. There was a notable
increase in the participation of Korean-American undergraduate students (about 20) compared to previous years, which suggests that we met our goal of reaching out to the younger generation of scientists. The
conference not only show-cased scientific achievements of local Korean woman scientists, but it also provided
networking opportunities between the members. The career development panel was interactive and provided
members with valuable information and resources for their career development. Overall, we have achieved
our set goal to reach out to young scientists, and received valuable positive feedback as to how to enhance our
interaction with local Korean student associations.
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KOREAN-AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BAR ASSOCIATION (KAIPBA)
SEMINAR
KAIPBA (Korean-American Intellectual Property Bar Association, president: Ms. Sunny Lee, Sughrue Mion
PLLC) held a special lecture seminar at the Korean Cultural Center Washington D.C. on Wednesday, May 7,
2014. The special lecture seminar was sponsored and supported by the Korean Embassy Washington D.C.
MS. SUNNY LEE
KAIPBA PRESIDENT
Partner
Sughrue Mion, PLLC
The special program was a part of the KAIPBA
bimonthly seminar and Mr. Ho-young Ahn, the
Excellency Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States, and a guest speaker, Mr.
Randall R. Rader, the Honorable Chief Judge
of the United States Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit shared their thoughts with the
audience, who are mostly the Korean American
intellectual property practitioners.
Ambassador Ahn, in his greeting and opening
KAIPBA President, Ms. Sunny Lee
speech, recalled his time working as the Counselor of the South Korean delegation to the
OECD and explained how the international IP
system has evolved via several international treaties. In addition, Ambassador Ahn highlighted the importance
of IP policy and welcomed Judge Rader’s lecture.
MR. HYUNSEOK PARK
Associate
Sughrue Mion, PLLC
Judge Rader, who opened his talk by mentioning his recent visit to Korea during the International Judicial
Program in last October, talked patent troll problems and suggestions to solve the problems. As a believer
that patent protection promotes innovations and technology developments, Judge Radar viewed the problems
associated with the patent trolls (e.g., sending mass threatening letters to retailers and solicit settlements or licensing fees which is far less than the actual litigation expenses) from the economic standpoint. He identified
two sources of the patent troll-related problems: utterly expensive US litigation costs which mostly attributed
to massive discovery procedure and an inflated assessed value of patented technology due to lack of public
information on the actual value of the technology at the transactions. He viewed solutions to these two
problems would address concerns about the patent-troll. He also indicated that legislative approach targeting
patent trolls, for example litigation fee shifting to a losing party, would not be a good solution because judges
should make a decision based on the merits and facts, not by characteristics of litigants (e.g., patent troll is
Ambassador Ho-Young Ahn
Judge Randall R Rader
defined as an entity which does not manufacture a goods, but exercises patent rights for monetary gains) and
any abusive litigation should be determined by conducts of litigants, but not by characteristics of the litigants.
Judge concluded his lecture emphasizing that not only judges but also patent practitioners are responsible
for and should play a role in solving the problems. KAIPBA special lecture was a great success with over 70
attendees from diverse intellectual property fields. After the lecture, there was a networking session with food
and coffee, provided by the Korean Embassy.
Chapter News
A MEETING BETWEEN MOTIE AND KSEA WAS HELD IN NEW ENGLAND WITH A GREAT SUCCESS
New England Chapter (April 4, 2014)
A meeting with Korean Government officers from MOTIE (Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy) and
Korean-American Engineers was held in New England on April 4, 2014 with a great success.
The meeting was organized by KEIT (Korea Evaluation Institute of Industry Technology) and KSEA New
England chapter (chapter president: Jae Hyung Yi). Several NE chapter members from industry and academia in Boston area helped to coordinate the meeting.
The meeting started with a motivational speech by Vice Minister of MOTIE, Mr. Jae-Hong Kim. Introducing the current status and direction of Research and Development of MOTIE, he emphasized the importance of future collaboration between MOTIE and Korean scientists and engineers in promoting projects
led by Korean government.
On behalf of KSEA, NE chapter president, Dr. Jae Hyung Yi thanked MOTIE and KEIT for arranging the
meeting to have a dynamic and fruitful discussion with Korean scientists and engineers, expecting more
collaborative research with Korean government could be undertaken with tangible results.
Notable attendees at the meeting include Vice Minister of MOTIE, Mr. Jae-hong Kim, Team leader of MOTIE, Mr. Kyounghoon Lee, U.S. representative of KEIT, Mr.Yongweon Seo, KOTRA director, Mr. Tae-sik
Lee, KSEA NE chapter president, Dr. Jae Hyung Yi (Dow Chemical), NE chapter vice president, Jinhaeng
Cho (NVIDIA), Professor Hakho Lee (Harvard University), Joshua Park (SiTrix) and Prof.Yung J. Jung (Northeastern University) among others.
Chapter News
THE NEW HORIZON: KSEA CHICAGOLAND CHAPTER’S NEW LEAP TO SERVE
ITS COMMUNITY MORE AND BETTER !
Chicagoland Chapter (May 4, 2014)
KSEA-Chicagoland Chapter had a benefit dinner on May 4, 2014 for the first time ever in the chapter
history. The event was sponsored by the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Chicago. Guests
were over a hundred including from the Consulate office, KOTRA, major community organizations &
businesses, and individuals.
Throughout its 41years of history, as one of the most active
chapters they would proudly say, KSEA-CHI has been facing
evolving needs from the community for more and better
quality services including possible new projects for the next
generations on top of the existing active services (Math Competition, Open Seminar, Summer Science Camp, Scholarship
Award, etc). This year, a fundraising committee was eventually
organized, voluntarily, to establish a great start to fulfill those
needs.
Indeed, this benefit dinner was prepared not only to raise
more funds but also to appreciate those longtime supporters. To reach these goals, the chapter members donated their
talents for the silent auction, a video maker donated introvideo from Korea (Hyunmin Kang), and two music teams
were invited for entertainment such as Violin & Piano duo
(Jenny Jung & Aaron Stamfl), and Saxophone & Keyboard duo
(Benjamin Kim & Beomsoo Kim). The Saxophone duo especially flew from Pennsylvania to Chicago just for this event to
donate their talents, not to mention they also prepared extra equipment just to fit for this event out of their
own pockets.
Furthermore, the chapter later found out the saxophonist, Benjamin Kim, was a
past recipient of KSEA scholarship program. According to Kim, after accepting
to donate his talent to the chapter, he searched the web to find more about “재미
과학자협회”and realized that he had known “KSEA“ while back in 90’s when he
graduated from Connell University for his undergraduate study. Kim shared that he
interned at the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) in Changwon,
Korea in 1997—a summer internship sponsored by the KSEA. Currently working
at Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State University with his PhD in
Acoustics and he also plays Saxophone professionally. Kim still says multiple times
that the experience he had in Korea was “the best experiences” he had in his life
and performing at this benefit concert was “magical” experience. Life can sometimes bring you full circle as Benjamin expressed.
Seeing an actual recipient from KSEA who not only cherishes the lifelong impact
he had through KSEA but also succeeded in his career and life was a quite encouraging moment for the chapter since this was one of the main reasons of having the
fundraising event.
Thanks to the sponsors, supporters, performers, volunteers, chapter members, board
members, and fundraising committee! You all made this to happen, and yes, many
great seeds will be planted for the next generations and our communities as promised.
Chapter News
KSEA-CHICAGOLAND SEMINAR 2014
Chicagoland Chapter (February 14, 2014)
This marks the fourth year since the Chicagoland Chapter of KSEA had started the inaugural science
and technology open seminar series in February of 2011. The purpose of the seminars is to inspire and
broaden the perspective of the audience with oral presentations given by respected scientists and engineers in the area but not just limited to these areas, providing the scientific community an opportunity
to learn about the exciting science and engineering issues being pursued by other members. There were
also seminars from outside the field such as financial engineering, patent law and entrepreneurship.
The seminars are oriented so that the general audience outside of the field can also benefit and are held
periodically 6 to 10 times a year. The seminars are advertised in local newspapers to foster community
participation and are also covered by the local media for reporting and broadcast. In addition, we have
starting posting the presentations and video recordings on the KSEA-CHI website for access to those
who could not attend the seminars in person. We believe this will be a valuable resource to those who
reside in more remote locations of the Chicago-midwest area and for those who wish to study the material.
This year we held our first open seminar on February 14 with speakers who are at the forefront of their
respective fields utilizing molecular level engineering. Dr. Jae Hyun Park, University of Chicago, is using
molecular targeted therapy for cancer treatment, a new paradigm in the early detection and treatment
of cancer. Targeted therapy allows for a more effective treatment of cancer with minimal side affects and
damage to non-cancerous cells. Dr. Jei Moon Yun, also of the University of Chicago, develops molecular
level photolithography technology to continue the scaling down of minimum feature sizes in semiconductor devices and applications in a wide field of device technology. These talks provided perspective
on the future of molecular scale engineering in advancing science and technology.
As a flagship program of the Chicagoland chapter, the open seminar’s success and frequent coverage by the
media has helped in the exposure of other events such as the KSEA National Math Competition and inaugural fundraising event held this year. The program has increased interest in science and technology to the community and has been a forum to exchange ideas, establish relationships and expand the network of science
and engineers. Following 3 successful years of the program, we aim to continue our success by continuing to
invite prominent speakers and young scientists to maintain field diversity, foster growth and further engage
general audience interest.
Chapter News
USPAS ACHIEVEMENT IN ACCELERATOR PHYSICS AWARD TO DR. KWANGJE KIM (KSEA-CHI MEMBER) OF ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY
The 2013 U.S. Particle Accelerator School (USPAS) Prize for Achievement in Accelerator Physics and
Technology has been awarded to Argonne Distinguished Fellow Kwang-Je Kim.
Kim, of the Argonne Accelerator Systems Division at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science’s
Advanced Photon Source, was presented with the award for “... a life-time of leadership in beam physics and for significant theoretical contributions improving our understanding of photocathode electron
guns, synchrotron radiation and free- electron lasers, and for his work educating young scientists.”
The USPAS prize honors individuals by recognizing their outstanding achievements over the full range of
accelerator physics and technology. The prizes are awarded on a competitive basis without bias to race, sex,
and/or nationality. Two USPAS achievement prizes are awarded every two years; this year, one of the prizes,
awarded to a young scientist under 45 years of age, went to Jean Luc Vay of Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory (LBNL). The awards were presented at the 2013 North American Particle Accelerator Conference
held in Pasadena, California.
Kwang-Je Kim earned his B.S in Physics from Seoul National University in 1966, and his Ph.D. in Elementary Particle Physics from the University of Maryland in 1970. He worked as a Post Doctoral Fellow in the
Theory Group at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center from 1970-1973; as a Post Doctoral Scientist at the
Max-Planck Institut fuer Physik und Astro-Physik in Munich (Germany) from 1973-1975; and as an Assistant
Professor at the University of Mainz (Germany) from 1975-1978. His accelerator physics career began in 1978
when he joined the Accelerator and Fusion Research Division at LBNL as a Staff Scientist, rising to Senior
Staff Scientist and Deputy Head of the Center for Beam Physics. He came to Argonne as Associate Division
Director in the Accelerator Systems Division in 1998. He was named a Professor of Physics (part time) at The
University of Chicago in 2000. At Argonne, he served as Leader for Coordination of Accelerator Research
from 2002 until 2006, when he became Founding Director and then Chief Scientist of the Argonne Accelerator Institute. Kim has been a Distinguished Guest Professor at POSTECH (South Korea) since 2010.
He was named an Argonne Distinguished Fellow in 2003, is a Fellow of American Physical Society, and has
served on numerous U.S. and international advisory committees. He was the recipient of the International
Free Electron Laser Award in 1997 and is the author or co-author on more than 60 peer-reviewed articles in
leading scientific journals.
Dr. Kwang-Je Kim
Chapter News
VIRGINIA REGIONAL CONFERENCE 2014
Central Virginia Chapter (April 19-20, 2014)
The KSEA Central Virginia chapter organized the 2nd KSEA Virginia Regional Conference (VRC) at the
University of Virginia, Charlottesville,VA. Prof. Byungkyu “Brian” Park has served as a chair of VRC 2014.
This conference brought Korea-American Scientist and Engineers together and discuss about their career
development. VRC 2014 brings academic researchers, industry experts, graduate and undergraduate students
from all over Virginia. During this conference, there were 4 plenary talks, 8 invited talks, poster session, and
workshops on career and mentoring.
DR. YOUNG S. HAHN
Central VA chapter President
Professor
Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology &
Cancer Biology, University of Virginia
LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE EAST SEA BILL
By Dr. John Kim, Parsons Brinkerhoff
Dr. Kim, the president of Greater Richmond Korean Community and a structural engineer who Developed
thermo plastic bridge using recycled materials, played a crucial role in the passage of the East Sea Bill. He has
shared lessons learned from his experience.
UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNICATION AS A TWO
WAY PROCESS
By Prof. Jun Bum Shin, James Madison University
Prof. Shin has discussed about new mediums for communicating with people and understanding how people
respond to and communicate with the abundant objects
in the societies in which they live. In particular, presenting in how to affect communication through materials
and interaction.
DR. BYUNGKYU “BRIAN” PARK
Conference Chair 2014
ENGINEERING THE ENVIRONMENT:
THE RISE OF A CONTROL TECHNOLOGY IN FEDERAL AIR POLLUTION POLICY
By Dr. Jong Min Lee, University of Virginia
SMALL SCALE ENERGY HARVESTING
By Dr. Dong S. Ha,Virginia Tech
Prof. Ha of Virginia Tech gave a talk to discuss technologies that will realize devices running under energy autonomy. He has further discussed about harvesting small scale energy from ambient energy sources to support
applications such as wireless sensor networks for environmental and habitat monitoring, implantable devices
and biosensors, nano-robotics, and micro-electromechanical systems.
The VRC 2014 has been successful by support from KSEA members who worked on planning and organizing both the technical program and
social arrangements. In particular, we
thank the Program Chairs for their
wise advice and brilliant suggestion
on organizing the technical program
and our co-organizers, KSEA and
KUSCO who have helped us to run
VRC 2014 without charging even a
penny to the conference attendees.
Recognition should go to the Local
Organizing Committee members
who have all worked extremely hard
for the details of important aspects of
the conference programs and social
activities.
Chapter News
2014 SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE (SERC 2014)
Georgia Chapter (March 8, 2014)
With the main theme, “Future Preparedness: Smart Technologies and Science”, KSEA Georgia Chapter
(KSEA-GA) hosted the fourth Southeastern Regional Conference at Sonesta Gwinnett Place hotel (Duluth, GA) on March 8, 2014. More than 150 people participated in this conference. It was composed of four
technical sessions, Korean Women in Science and Engineering (KWiSE) session, and Young Generation (YG)
session. The conference began with welcoming speech by the GA Chapter President, Prof. Sang Hyuck
Park (Georgia Gwinnett College), and followed by keynote speech by Prof.Youngsoo Richard Kim at NC
State University. Prof. Kim gave a special talk titled, “Successful Life as a Korean-American Professional”. He
explained different types of leadership and emphasized how to become the most valuable leader. After the
keynote speech, General Manager David Koh at KITECH USA gave congratulatory speech on behalf of Dr.
Choon Keun Park at KITECH USA. He addressed how KITECH USA creates good relationship between
technology industry in Korea and scientists and engineers in the United States.
Following the speeches, 23 speakers from universities, private sector, and government spoke their specialty in
four technical sessions, where Biology, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, and KWiSE sessions ran concurrently. Along with these technical sessions, there was YG session
for undergraduate and
graduate students. It was
to offer a great opportunity for them not
only to have invaluable
mentoring time with
experienced people from
Industry and Academia
but also to establish
strong professional network in the southeastern
region. In the session, 80
students were split up to
six small groups and had
a Q&A session with the
previous KSEA-GA YG
leaders, invited panelists
and guest speakers. They shared their knowledge and experience with students in terms of applying internships and jobs as well as going to graduate school. Then, the students also attended poster presentation competition and a job fair, where they learned other students’ research and had a chance to interview with Hyundai
Power Transformers USA. After all the five different sessions, there was an ceremony awarding the
best poster presentation prizes to three groups of
students, and the conference was finally closed by
Prof. Chong Woo Park (GA Chapter PresidentElect)’s closing remark. Overall, most participants
were satisfied with the conference quality and
impressed with growth of KSEA GA chapter. The
SERC 2014 was an excellent example of how
local chapters are operating to accomplish the
mission and visions of KSEA and KUSCO.
Chapter News
KSEA SILICON VALLEY AND UC BERKELEY ANNUAL BANQUET
FORUM
Silicon Valley Chapter (May 2, 2014)
DR. JUN HUH
SILICON VALLEY CHAPTER PRESIDENT
VP of Engineering
RSC
2014 Annual Banquet Meeting was held on May 2nd, 2014 (Friday) at UC Berkeley Faculty Room. The banquet started with announcement by the representatives of KSEA-UC Berkeley student members, President
Jae Youn Shin,VP Cindy Yoo, and Melanie Choi presented their activities for the past two years. Next term
executive team members and Professional Activity chair was also announced.
In their personal speech, they shared their invaluable experience and memory with audience how they could
become a close friend each other through KSEA activities and community services by working together.
Those graduating seniors also encouraged other students not to isolate themselves but to participate in
community services and, especially, major-oriented activities like KSEA, which they believe made them
more confident and proud, and their college life more fruitful. They appreciated KSEA Silicon Valley for
its continued support and invaluable advice for the past years. They remarked many meetings, debates, and
mutual encouragement sometimes until late night for each of several KSEA events have become unforgettable
memory. They thanked KSEA again for its providing opportunity to enhance their vision and leadership and
have eventually enrich their college life.
In the second part of the banquet was there a forum for the KSEA UC Berkeley students. Invited Guest
Speaker for the forum was Executive VP Steve (Sung Won) Moon from KSEA Silicon Valley. He first gratefully recognized the heartfelt cooperation, volunteerism, and active participation of UC Berkeley students
in many KSEA occasions for the past three years since he served as a chapter executive. He expressed his
sincere gratitude especially for their unconditional support for this year (2014) NMSC even if the date of
NMSC fell into their final exam period at UC Berkeley. More than 10 students drove down from Berkeley
to Silicon Valley by driving more than one hour in the early morning. He delivered his speech entitled ‘Innovative Creativity, Passion, and Insight’ to the attendees. His humor and wit during his speech entertained
all participants from the beginning to the end. His creative quiz and well prepared charts about the topic
also impressed students and draw full attention during the session. In his speech, he emphasized students to
continually pursue creative way of thinking and new ideas since it is the one that will change our future to
be more hopeful and fruitful. He finally concluded
his remark by suggesting the audience to achieve
their dreams not only living with passion but also
considering others in the society that we dwell on.
After his speech, he suggested a raffle time with the
gifts that he bought for the banquet. It added another
surprise and fun. As Executive VP of KSEA Silicon
Valley, he presented gifts of appreciation to each of
student representatives and also distributed a token of
gratitude to all attendees. Each of the students who
attended the forum seemed to be very much pleased
and promised to continually succeed the tradition of
commitment and devotion as a member of KSEA in
the next many years. The event was a great success
and all attended student members wished in a voice
to keep and continue this annual forum as one of
the biggest events of KSEA Silicon Valley and UC
Berkeley.
Chapter News
CAREER WORKSHOP
Southern Virginia Chapter (March 25, 2014)
SERIES #2: PREPARING HOW TO START YOUR SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN KOREA
Written by Min Ha Hwang, SVA chapter IT & Publication Director (siel134@vt.edu)
On March 25, 2014, Southern Virginia (SVA) Chapter hosted a career workshop for students and faculty to
discuss about preparing a successful career in Korea. This workshop was designed and executed by the project
organizing committee, Hyun Kyu Chung (Chair),Youngeun Kang, Hyung Joon Cho, and Min Ha Hwang.
General issues for seeking career of research institutes, universities, or industries in Korea, such as recruiting,
welfares, basic annual salary, and job function/evaluation were covered by brief presentation from distinguished panels in each field of career, followed by free discussion.
The panelists served on this event include:
•Hyun Kyu Chung – Principal Researcher, Adv. Comm.
Research Lab., Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)
•Jin Kim – Principal Researcher, Korea Research Institute
of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO)
•Moon-Gi Jeong – Professor, Publication Administration,
Sungkyunkwan University
•Chan Young Kim – Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Gangneung-Wonju National University
•Hyungil Kim – Former GM Korea employee. Graduate
student (Ph.D. program), Industrial & Systems Engineering,
Virginia Tech
Q1. Was the workshop helpful?
Q2. Was the overall process of the workshop appropriate?
Chapter News
• Ki Bong Song – Former LG Group employee, Graduate student (Ph.D. program), Curriculum and Instruction,
Virginia Tech At the end of the workshop, 3 survey questions
were provided and the feedback from attendees is as given
below.
Based on the feedback from the survey, the workshop was
beneficial to Regular (including postdoctoral scholars),
Graduate Student, and Undergraduate Student members.
Q3. Would you like to participate again in thiis type of workshop next
year?
Member News
NEWS: MEMBERS HELP MEMBERS
It is a great opportunity for members help each other in certain academic areas .
Some have experience and knowledge and some need a push or support.
It is wonderful to make connections within a community like KSEA to gain mutual friendship and academic
and professional excellence.
MENTORING SERVICES FOR ENGINEERING APPLIED MATHEMATICS
DR. CHAI CHIN SUH
KSEA 19TH PRESIDENT
PURPOSE FOR SERVICES:
PROVIDE HELP OR GUIDANCE IN ENGINEERING APPLIED MATHMATICS SUCH AS
INTEGRAL EGUATIONS,VARIATIONAL CALCULUS, AND MATRICES FOR ENGINEERING GRADUATE STUDENTS WORKING ON THEIR THESES PREPARATION REQUIRING
PROPER TREATMENT OF ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL APPROACH TO THE FORMULATION AND SOLUTION AND FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS SEARCHING SUITABLE
MATHEMATICAL APPROACHES AND TREATMENTS IN THEIR SPECIALTIES.
CONTACT:
CHAI-CHIN SUH (19TH KSEA PRESIDENT)
chaisuh@gmail.com
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KOFST is firmly committed to enriching and supporting science and
technology societies; encouraging scientists to engage with society;
protecting the rights and interests of scientists;
and increasing public understanding of scientific discoveries
and theories to reap even greater benefits for Korea.
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KHIDI contributes to improvement of public health and development of Health Technology(HT)
by supporting healthcare businesses and projects.
As a key leader in Creative Economy, KHIDI will continuously keep its best efforts
to make Korea a major HT player throughout the world.
Korea Health Industry Development Institute, always with you!
Health Industry "Think Tank"
Serving health industry through policy development
and statistical research & information services
Health Industry Support & Development
Increasing health industry competitiveness
and enhancing intellectual property rights
HT Innovation
Contributing to the betterment of technical standards
and commercialization of outputs
through supporting health and medical R&D
Go Global!
Fostering health industry to secure competitiveness
in the global healthcare market
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•KAIST is receiving applications for immediate and anticipated
opening for faculty in the areas of natural sciences, life science
and bioengineering, engineering, information science and
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DIRECTORS COMMITTEE (42ND ADMINISTRATION)
President: Myung Jong Lee, City University of New York
(O) 212-650-7260, ksea42p@gmail.com
President-Elect: Kook Joon Ahn , CA DOT
(O) 916-227-9257, ksea42pe@gmail.com
Vice President (VP1): Gye Won Han, The Scripps Research Institute
(O) 858-784-7189, ksea42vp1@gmail.com
Vice President (VP2): Youngsoo Kim, North Carolina State University
(O) 919-571-9393, ksea42vp2@gmail.com
Executive Director: Jaehoon Yu, University of Texas at Arlington
(O) 817-272-2814, ksea42ed@gmail.com
Finance Director: Youngrock Yoon, Tandent Vision Science, Inc.
(O) 865-223-3879, ksea42fd@gmail.com
General Director/Publication Director 1: Hyunggun Kim, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houson (O) 713-486-2342, ksea42gd@gmail
com
Technical Group Director: Seong Gon Kong, Temple University
(O) 215-350-4886, ksea42tgd@gmail.com
Information Technology Director: Jungwoo Ryoo, Penn State Altoona.
(O) 814-441-4900, ksea42itd@gmail.com
Headquarter Operations Director: Steven An, Johns Hopkins University
(O) 410-502-5085, ksea42hod@gmail.com
Membership Director 1: Byeong-Uk Kim, GA Department of Natural Resources
(O) 404-362-2526, ksea42md1@gmail.com
Membership Director 2: Jung-Joo Hwang, Qualcomm Institute
(O) 858-740-6896, ksea42md2@gmail.com
YG Director 1: Michael J. Lee, University of Washington
(O) 310-776-1338, ksea42ygd1@gmail.com
YG Director 2: SJ Claire Hur, Rowland Institute at Harvard University
(O) 213-215-1203, ksea42ygd2@gmail.com
Industry Entrepreneurship Director: Bong-Kyun Ryu, Vu Tech Corporation
(O) 858-805-5608, ksea42ied@gmail.com
Publication Director 2: Hanseup Kim, University of Utah
(O) 801-587-9497, ksea42pd2@gmail.com
Publication Director 3: Ken Choi, Illinois Institute of Technology (O) 978-495-1931, ksea42pd3@gmail.com
Creative Designer: Jun Bum Shin, James Madison University
(O) 540-568-3485, ksea42pd1@gmail.com
Project Director 1: Seogjoo Jang, The City University of New York
(O) 516-622-0086, ksea42pjd1@gmail.com
Project Director 2: Jong Y. Park, University of South Florida
Project Director 3: Junho Cha, Intel
Project Director 4: Kyung A. Kang, University of Louisville
Project Director 5: Jiyoung Kim, University of Texas at Dallas
Project Director 6: Jung H. Kim, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Headquarters Staff
IT Staff: Jongsung You, 703-748-1221, it@ksea.org
Finance Manager: Kelly Han, 703-748-1221,finance@ksea.org
Admin Manager: Euna Yoon, 703-748-1221, hq@ksea.org
Associate Project Manager: Hye Won Cho, 703-748-1221, database@ksea.org
Auditors
Sam Ryu, 832-377-7267, sam.s.ryu@gmail.com
Kyung Dong Ryu, 845-323-4487, kdryu2000@gmail.com
Kyungjae Myung, 301-451-8748, kmyung@mail.nih.gov
Elected Councilors
Group A: Physics
Eun-Suk Seo, 301-405-4855, seo@umd.edu
Group B: Chemistry
Seogjoo Jang, 718-997-4110, seogjoo.jang@qc.cuny.edu Group C:
Mathematics, Geology, Meteorology, Statistics, Others
Yonil Park, 301-402-1438, yonil.park@gmail.com
Group D: Biology, Botany, Zoology, Biomedical Engineering, Genetic Engineering
Sanghee Yoo, 858-404-5356, sanghee_yoo@yahoo.com
Chul Hee Kang, 509-335-1409, chkang@wsu.edu
Group E: Agriculture, Ecology, Food, Nutrition
Haejung An, 949-608-4408, haejung.an@FDA.HHS.gov
Group F: Medical Science, Pharmaceutical Science, Veterinary Medicine,
Physical Education
Kyoung-Jin Yoon, 515-294-1083, kyoon@iastate.edu
Group G: Chemical Engineering, Textile Engineering, Nuclear
Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Applied Chemistry
Inchan Kwon, 434-243-1822, ik4t@virginia.edu
Group H: Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Naval Architecture
Byoung-Do Kim, 540-220-5459, bdkim.ksea@gmail.com
Bongtae Han, 301-405-5255, bthan@umd.edu
Group I: Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mining Engineering
Min Jun Kim, 215-581-4946, mkim@coe.drexel.edu
Group J: Civil Engineering, Architecture, Environmental Engineering
Hak-Chul Shin, 225-578-0277, shin@lsu.edu
Youngsoo (Richard) Kim, 919-515-7758, kim@ncsu.edu
Group K: Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Communication Engineering Bong-Kyun (Bo) Ryu, 858-805-5608, boryu@episyscience.com
Tae (Tom) Oh, 585-752-6936, tomhoh@gmail.com
Group L: Computer Science, Systems Engineering
Jihie Kim, 310-377-3867, jihie.kim@gmail.com
Sam-Joo Doh, 781-565-5229, samjoodoh@yahoo.com
Group M: Industrial Engineering and Mgmt Science
Young B. Choi, 757-352-4949, ybchoice@gmail.com
Former President Councilors
Hyungmin Michael Chung, Calif. State Univ., Long Beach,
562-985-7691, hm.chung@csulb.edu
Yong Nak Lee, HTRD Ltd,, 847-577-5967, ynlee@@htrdltd.com
Chan-Mo Park, PUST, 82-10-3521-8909, parkcm@postech.ac.kr
Chapter Presidents
Chair
Vice Chair
Central Penn (1) Georgia (3) Indiana (4) Michigan (6)
Chicagoland (7)
Minnesota (8) New England (9)
New Jersey (10) NY Metro (11)
N. Carolina (12) Ohio (14)
Seattle WA (15) Philadelphia (16) St. Louis (17)
Southern CA (18) South Texas (19)
Wash. Metro (21) Alabama (23)
Austin TX (24)
Silicon Valley (30) Baltimore (31)
Tennessee (32) N. Texas (40)
Jae Ryu, 208-473-5120, chunrima@gmail.com
Kevin Kim, 608-698-3519, kseawi@gmail.com
Jungwoo Ryoo, 814-949-5243, jryoo@psu.edu
Sang Hyuck Park, 678-571-6172, spark1@ggc.edu
Sanghyung Ahn, 765-337-6436, president@ksea-in.org
Hyeon Joo 734-353-9920, thejoo@umich.edu
Ken Choi, 312-567-3461, kchoi@ece.iit.edu
Sung-Hoon Gee, 208-596-8472, gee.sunghoon@gmail.com
Jae Hyung Yi, 978-557-1853, yijh00@empal.com
Yun Choe, 212-661-8000, YChoe@lmiplaw.com
Grace Park, 201-847-4658, graceepark@gmail.com
Sung Woo Kim, 919-513-1494, swk.ncsu@gmail.com
Jung-Kyu Park, 614-592-8808, park.495@osu.edu
Sooyeun Kim, 206-685-7920, sooyeunk@u.washington.edu
Moses Noh, 215-895-2273, mosesnoh@coe.drexel.edu
Sanghyun Kim, 314-456-6754, kim.sanghyun@go.wustl.edu
Jeho Park, 714-326-7277, dr.jeho.park@gmail.com
Byung-Kwon Choi, 281-617-6265, byungkwon.choi@gmail.com
Kyung Sang Lee, 301-496-9635, kyunglee@mail.nih.gov
Dong Joo Daniel Kim, 334-844-4864, dkim@eng.auburn.edu
Sung-Taeg Kang, 512-965-2038 stkang0507@gmail.com
Jun Young Huh, 408-497-3648, heymosoo@yahoo.com
Sung-Ung Kang, 443-540-7829, sungung.kang@gmail.com
Ho Nyung Lee, 865-574-9782, hnlee@ornl.gov
Tae Choi, 781-223-3065, Tae-Youl.Choi@unt.edu
Central VA (41)
Central IL (42) Wisconsin (44)
Southern VA (49) Central Iowa (53)
Utah (56) Sacramento (58) San Diego (60)
Oregon (62)
North Dakota (65) Orlando (67)
Tampa Bay (68)
Boise Idaho (69)
Berkeley (70)
Gainesville (71)
Kentucky (903)
Arkansas (72)
Southwest Ohio(73)
KSEA Korea (905) Young S. Hahn, 434-924-1155, ysh5e@cms.mail.virginia.edu
Seung-Yul Yun, 217-255-8540, Yes.Andrew@gmail.com
Kevin Kyoungseok Kim, 608-698-3519, kseawi@gmail.com
Yong Lee, 540-231-8484, ywlee@vt.edu
Sang Wu Kim, 515-294-2726, swkim@iastate.edu
Hee-Kyung Lee, 801-915-1542, hee.lee@utah.edu
Sungho Lee, 916-822-4299, sunglee507@gmail.com
Won-Kyu Ju, 858-610-8420, danielju@glaucoma.ucsd.edu
Sung Yi, 971-300-1533, sungyi@cecs.pdx.edu
Chiwon W. Lee, 701-239-4935, chiwon.lee@ndsu.edu
Jae Um, 407-670-4552, jum00@yahoo.com
Yoonseok Kam, 813-838-3105, Yoonseok.Kam@moffitt.org
Jae Ryu, 208-473-5120, chunrima@gmail.com
Sangkee Min, 510-495-4713, smin@lbl.gov
Yoonseok Lee, 352-333-8666, yoonslee@phys.ufl.edu
Duk-Hyung Lee, 859-858-3511, duk.lee@asbury.edu
Donghoon Yoon, 501-526-6990, DYoon@uams.edu
Jongguen Lee, 513-556-2127, jongguen.lee@uc.edu
Tammy Cho, 82-18-282-7995, btheb_02@naver.com
Committee Chairs
Contest Committee:
Gye Won Han, 858-784-7189, ksea42vp1@gmail.com
Election Committee:
Hosin Lee, 301-335-6818, skytrust@gmail.com
Fund Management Committee:
Yonil Park, 301-402-1438, park@ncbi.nim.nih.gov
History Committee:
Yong Nak Lee, 847-577-5967, ynlee@htrdltd.com
Honors and Awards Committee:
K. Wayne Lee, 401-874-2695, kwaynel@gmail.com
Long-range Planning Committee:
Moon Won Suh, 919-515-6580, moon_suh@ncsu.edu
Nomination Committee:
Hyungmin Michael Chung, 562-665-0372, hm.chung@csulb.edu
Rules Committee:
Nak Ho Sung, 617-627-3447, nsung@tuffs.edu
Scholarship Committee:
Sung Woo Kim, 919-513-1494, swk.ncsu@gmail.com
Young Generation Committee:
Benjamin Lee, 734-678-1285, benclee@gmail.com Affiliated Professional Society (APS) Presidents
Association of Korean Neuroscientists (AKN)
Kwang-Soo Kim, 781-862-4195, kskim@mclean.harvard.edu
Association of Korean Physicists in America (AKPA)
Jaehoon Yu, 817-808-9605, jaehoonyu@uta.edu
Baltimore Life Scientists Association (BLSA)
Sung-Ung Kang, 443-540-7829, sungung.kang@gmail.com
Korean American Construction, Engineering, & Project Management Association (KACEPMA)
HyungSeok Jeong, 515-509-5400, dhs.jeong@gmail.com
Korean-American Food Technologists Association (KAFTA)
Youngmo Yoon, 317-381-2608, youngmo.yoon@sensient.com
Korean-American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA)
Sunhee (Sunny) Lee, 202-775-7588, sxlee@sughrue.com
Korean-American Materials Society (KAMS)
Jiyoung Kim, 972-883-6412, jiyoung.kim@utdallas.edu
Korean-American Mathematical Scientists Association (KAMSA)
Eunchun Cho, 703-203-1662, ecpcho@gmail.com
Korean-American Society for Biomedical Informatics (KASBI)
James S. Song, 301-435-5928, james.Song@nih.gov
Korean American Society for Biotech & Phamaceuticals (KASBP)
Jae-Hun Kim, 734-594-3244, jae-hun.kim@merck.com
Korean-American Energy Exploration & Production Society (KEPS)
Sam Jae Cho, 713-301-2020, chosj@blackmidas.com
Korean Computer Scientists & Engineers Association in America (KOCSEA)
Minkyong Kim, 914-784-7149, minkyong@us.ibm.com
Korean-American Offshore Engineers Association (KOEA)
Gonghyun Jung, 713-557-0671, Gonghyun.Jung@shell.com
Korean Life Scientists in the Bay Area (KOLIS)
Hyunsun Jo, 415-734-4972, hyunsun.jo@gladstone.ucsf.edu
Korean Pathologists Association of North America (KOPANA)
Eun Young Lee, 859-257-5469, eylee@uky.edu
Korean Transportation Association in America (KOTAA)
In-Kyu Lim, 804-658-7479, In-Kyu.Lim@vdot.virginia.gov
Korean-American Society of Civil and Environmental Engineers(KSCEE)
K. Wayne Lee, 401-369-1565, kwaynel@gmail.com
Korean-American Women in Science and Engineering (KWiSE)
Haejung An, 626-616-6524, haejung.an@gmail.com
NIH-Korean Scientists Association (NIH-KSA)
Sohyun Ahn, 301-402-2426, ahnsohyun@mail.nih.gov
New York Korean Biologists (NYKB)
Jae Hoon Jeong, 917-565-6634, jaehoon.jeong@einstein.yu.edu
Research Triangle Park Bioscience and Biotechnology Meeting (RTP B&B)
Hangsik Moon, 919-281-7340, hangsik.moon@syngenta.com
San Diego Korean Biomedical Association (SDKoBA)
Sung Hwan Cho, 858-414-4147, scho@nanocellect.com
The Society of Korean Statisticians in America (SKSA)
Sin-Ho Jung, 919-668-8658, jung0005@mc.duke.edu
Ex-Presidents
Kiuck Lee, Marquette Univ., 312-787-7060, kiucklee@aol.com
Young Bae Kim, USC, 213-740-2311
Sang Il Choi, POSTECH, 919-357-7018, sangil@postech.ac.kr
Kwang Bang Woo, Yonsei Univ., 82-2-2123-3555, kbwoo@yonsei.ac.kr
Yong Nak Lee, HTRD, 847-577-5967,ynlee@htrdltd.com
Jae Young Park, NC State Univ., 919-848-6110, JAEYPARK30@aol.com
Chan-Mo Park, POSTECH, 82-11-521-8909, parkcm@postech.ac.kr
Dong Han Kim, POSTECH, 82-54-279-2101, dhkim@postech.edu
Ki-Hyon Kim, NC Central Univ., 919-530-6451, khk@nccu.edu
Kwang Kuk Koh, Chrysan Ind., 734-667-4081, kwang@chrysanindustries.com
Chin Ok Lee, Rockefeller Univ., 212-327-8617, leech@rockefeller.edu
Chai Chin Suh, 610-678-0534, chaisuh@gmail.com
Moo Young Han, Duke Univ., 919-660-2575, myhan@phy.duke.edu
Kun Sup Hyun, PPI, 973-596-3267, kshyun@polymers-ppi.org
Hyo-Gun Kim, K-JIST, 703-663-8803, hkim@gist.ac.kr
Moon Won Suh, NC State Univ., 919-515-6580, moon_suh@ncsu.edu
Dewey Doo-Young Ryu, UC Davis, 530-752-8954, ddyryu@ucdavis.edu
Saeyoung Ahn, Fuzbien Tech. Institute, 301-279-5453, saeyounga@yahoo.com
Kyong Chul Chun, 301-598-3396, kcchun1@comcast.net
Ki Dong Lee, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 217-244-0421, kdlee@uiuc.edu
Hong Taik (Thomas) Hahn, 310-825-2383, hahn@seas.ucla.edu
Howard Ho Chung, Argonne National Lab., 630-818-6715, chung.ksea@gmail.com
Nak Ho Sung, Tufts University, 617-627-3447, nsung@tufts.edu
Chan I. Chung, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 518-727-3655, chungc@rpi.edu
Quiesup Kim, JPL/NASA, 818-354-8612, quiesup.kim@sbcglobal.net
Sung Won Lee, Univ. of Maryland, 301-405-1128, swlee@umd.edu
Sung K. Kang, IBM T.J. Watson Research Ctr., 914-945-3932, sungkang.ksea@gmail.com
Kang-Won Wayne Lee, Univ. of Rhode Island, 401-874-2695, kwaynel@gmail.com
Kang-Wook Lee, IBM T.J. Watson Research Ctr., 914-945-3070, kangwook.lee.ibm@
gmail.com
Chueng-Ryong Ji, North Carolina State Univ., 919-515-3478, chueng.ji@gmail.com
Jae Hoon Kim, The Boeing Company, 425-786-7723, jkim1@ieee.org
Hosin Lee, University of Iowa, 319-335-6818, skytrust@gmail.com
Hyungmin Michael Chung, Calif. State Univ., Long Beach, 562-985-7691,
hm.chung@csulb.edu
Ex-Presidents (Deceased)
Shoon Kyung Kim
Inyong Ham
Chong Wha Pyun
Hogil Kim
Je Hyun Kim
Kyungsik Kang
Soon Kyu Kim
Kwang-Hae (Kane) Kim
About KSEA
Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) is a 42-year-old non-profit national-level professional organization. It is open for participation to all Korean-Americans who have college degrees in science and
engineering fields and cherish the heritage of Korean culture.
The KSEA’s objectives are:
• To promote the application of science and technology for the general welfare of society;
• To foster the cooperation of international science communities especially among the US and Korea;
• To serve the majority of Korean-American Scientists and Engineers and help them to develop their full
career potential.
KSEA has 41 chapters, 13 technical groups, and 23 Affiliated Professional Societies covering all major branches of
science and engineering. Since its birth in 1971, KSEA has been recognized as the main representative organization promoting the common interests of Korean-American scientists and engineers toward meeting the objectives mentioned above.
KSEA welcomes participation from 1.5th-Generation, 2nd-Generation, and 3rd-Generation Korean-American scientists and engineers including the mixed-race and adoptee communities. KSEA promotes helping younger-generation Korean-Americans to be aware of the rapid advances in science and engineering occurring both inside and
outside of the US. Especially, it is helping to create opportunities
The Journal of Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association
KSEA LETTERS
Vol. 42 No.3
MAY 2014
ISBN 978-0-9911337-3-4
KOREAN-AMERICAN SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION
Tel. 703-748-1221. Fax. 703-748-1331
sejong@ksea.org
http://www.ksea.org

KSEA 42 LETTERS

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