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KSEA LETTERS

KSEA LETTERS
Journal of the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association
february 2013
Vol. 41 No. 2 (Serial No. 220)
WWW.KSEA.ORG
“YGNITE” YOUNG GENERATION
TECHNICAL & LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
(YGTLC) IN LOS ANGELES
2013 KSEA ELECTION
CHAPTER & MEMBER NEWS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial Note 2
Message from the 41st President
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Featured Articles
Co-innovation: A New Innovation Paradigm 4
Pursuit of Realism in Computer Graphics 6
Technical Articles
Connectomics: Investigating the Complete Wiring Diagram of the Brain
Patent System to Protect Technical Innovation
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Highlights of YGNITE (YGTLC 2013)
YGNITE Summary12
Keynote and Plenary Presentations13
Sessions and Workshops14
Post YGNITE Comments 16
Awards17
KSEA HQ News
Scholarship Advertisement
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Young Investigators Grant
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Election20
KSEA R&D Project News: Training program with KoROAD
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Affiliated Professional Societies (APS) News
Korean-American Energy Exploration & Production Society (KEPS)
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Bio-Medical Scientists Symposium & West Gulf Coast Regional Conference (KABMS)
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Baltimore Life Scientists Association Annual Conference (BLSA)33
Annual Bioscience and Engineering Symposium (NIH-KSA)
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Korean Computer Scientists and Engineers in America Symposium (KOCSEA)
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Chapter News
Boise-Idaho Chapter Inauguration
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North West Regional Conference
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South-Atlantic Regional Conference38
UKC 201339
Member News
Southern California Music Band
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Drs. Sung-Kwon Kang and Sang Hyuk Son
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KSEA Award Acceptance Note
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KSEA Organizational Structure60
KSEA LETTERS Vol. 41 No. 2 February 2013
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EDITORIAL NOTE FOR KSEA LETTERS: JOURNAL OF THE
KOREAN-AMERICAN SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION
KSEA LETTERS
Vol. 41 No. 2 (Serial No. 220)
FEBRUARY 2013
Publisher and Editor
Hyungmin Michael Chung
Digital Publication Director
Hyo Joo Han
General Publication Director
Young B. Choi
Periodicals Publication Director
Byeong-Uk Kim
Staff Editor
Euna Yoon
Staff Designer
Yoon Hee Chang
Publication Date
February 2013
Published by the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association. All rights
reserved. No part of this publication may be
reproduced, in any form or any means, without the prior written permission of KSEA.
KSEA assumes no responsibility for statements and opinions expressed in this publication.
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We are already halfway through the 41st term with UKC 2012, YGNITE, and other
interesting activities. At the same time, we just started year 2013 and look forward to
having more fun for the rest of the 41st term!
The second issue of KSEA letters of the 41st term brings two featured articles from
renowned scholars, Dr. Sang M. Lee and Dr. Min-Hyung Choi, and two selected
technical articles from distinguished scholars, Dr. Yoonsuck Choe, Dr. Jaerock Kwon
and J.D. Chanmin Park, introducing their frontier research projects in “Information
Technologies and Applications,” one of the four main themes of the UKC 2012.
KSEA opened 2013 with Ygnite 2013 (pronounced ignite), this year’s theme and nickname for the 9th Young Generation Technical & Leadership Conference (YGTLC).
Ygnite 2013 took a place in Los Angeles, California from January 4th to 6th, having
over 230 participants. For Ygnite 2013, you will enjoy reading reports from “sessions and workshops” from three different groups and two shared interest sessions,
Mentoring Session and Building your Personal Brand, and participants’ testimonies.
KSEA successfully hosted the Global Leaders Training Program on Traffic Signal
Operations and Management to fellow traffic engineers from the Korea Road Traffic
Authority (KoROAD).
Many affiliated professional societies of KSEA had successfully hosted their annual
events and selected fascinating reports are included in this issue from Energy Exploration & Production Society (KEPS), Korean-American Bio-Medical Scientists
Symposium (KABMS), Baltimore Life Scientists Association (BLSA), Bioscience and
Engineering Symposium (ABES), and Korean Computer Scientists and Engineers in
America (KOCSEA). Boise Idaho Chapter, KSEA Northwest Regional, and SouthAtlantic Regional chapters share their exciting news and southern California chapter
now has the first KSEA music band.
The 41st KSEA publication team will do our best to make the KSEA Letters informative and interesting for all the KSEA members. If you have any good ideas, news,
event information or articles to share with other KSEA members, please contact the
KSEA Publications Directors (General Publication Director at pd41choi@ksea.org,
Digital Publications Director at pd41han@ksea.org, or Periodicals Publication Director at pd41kim@ksea.org) or simply e-mail your article to sejong@ksea.org.
Hyo Joo Han, Digital Publication Director
Young B. Choi, General Publication Director
Byeong-Uk Kim, Periodicals Publication Director
MESSAGE FROM THE 41ST PRESIDENT
Fellow members of KSEA,
It’s great to have had over 230 selected college students, graduate students, and young
professionals at the Young Generation Technical Leadership Conference (YGTLC)
in January 2013. This meeting in Los Angeles was an opportune occasion for many,
as Korean-American organizations are most active in their scope and numbers in
Southern California.
I am pleased to see that KSEA’s young generation (YG) groups are growing larger
and stronger. They have come to contribute to a diverse range of professional fields,
making a positive impact in our society. Our organization aims to nurture, support,
and work with YG students and professionals, so with these qualities in mind I would like you to consider
several principles that have and will continue to guide and enrich KSEA YG activities:
41st KSEA President,
Hyungmin Michael
Chung
• In order to broaden individual perspectives and expand one’s networking, KSEA YG needs to further
interact and collaborate with those from various disciplines, professions, and backgrounds, not only in science and technology, but also in the social sciences and humanities.
• In order to maintain active member groups, KSEA should further encourage and support building and
maintaining of regional and local YG groups.
• In order to generate a long lasting impact on YG members, KSEA needs to develop effective and convenient education initiatives and materials to share with its membership.
I am excited to support the leadership and passion in our YG groups in both their professional growth and
community involvement. As we uphold the themes of innovation, creativity, and integration, it is important to understand that these ideas do not apply to any singular field of research but for the development of
the future of KSEA as a whole. I invite all of you to join and to further communicate, collaborate, discover,
learn, and excel starting from the New Year.
Thank you very much.
Hyungmin Michael Chung President, KSEA
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CO-INNOVATION: A NEW INNOVATION PARADIGM
Sang M. Lee, Ph.D.
University Eminent Professor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Innovation is nothing new in the history of mankind. To survive and prosper every person society, or country must continuously pursue better ways of doing things to create value. What is new is the dramatically changed environment where people or organizations
must pursue innovation. Today, organizations compete in the increasingly complex and turbulent global environment. This dynamic
environment is due to a number of global, regional, national and industry specific factors in the networked system we live in. The fast
changing technologies, unbounded knowledge sharing opportunities, and tacit capabilities to converge seemingly unrelated objects
to create new value are providing new opportunities as well as challenges for innovation.
Given the dynamic changes in the global market environment, new market forces have emerged that created new rules of the game.
Some of these major forces are as follows:
1. Short life span of competitive advantage – Corporate strategies are typically developed by creating competitive advantage based on
some unique competencies/assets such as location, financial resources, human skills, technologies, intellectual property, and the like.
However, many of these unique competencies are being commoditized. Even managerial innovations such as TQM, ERP, Six Sigma,
Lean Approach, Just-in-Time System, on-demand computing, etc. have also become commodities. Many organizations can easily
implement these systems with the help of consulting firms. In fact most firms have either tried or have them in place already. Thus,
the life span of competitive advantage based on these systems is indeed very short.
2. Ever shortening product life cycle – Because of the accelerating technological advances, especially in information/communication
and bio technologies, product life cycle is becoming extremely short. Introduction of new smart phones, tablet computers, digital
cameras, and numerous drugs clearly indicate that competitive advantage based on new products or services is fragile at best without
continuous innovation.
3. Competitive advantage and value innovation – In the past, product-focused innovation worked to gain competitive advantage.
Sony , GE, IBM, and many global giants have had a string of product-focused innovations that helped them become market leaders.
However, with the ever shortening life cycle and commoditization of management innovations, product-focused innovation alone no
longer provides sustainable competitive advantage. Today, products must be converged with service- and/or value-focused innovations, as shown by Apple’s iPhone or iPad. Such innovations are based on the firm’s tacit knowledge and they are difficult to imitate by
competition, thus ensuring sustained competitive advantage, at least for a while.
4. New customer value – The conventional customer values that organizations try to provide are price, quality, speed, and customization. These values have become necessary market entry factors. However, today’s sophisticated and well-informed customers seek
value beyond these. They want intrinsic values, unique experiences, or actual participation in the value creating process. They want
sense of security/safety, beauty, comfort, affection, or even care or love. Medical tourism, community agri-club, and archaeological
digs are good examples of new values that customers seek.
5. The groundswell effect – In the past, people used to search fot what they need, such as products and services, from traditional
producers like corporations or governments. Today, there is a fast growing new phenomenon, the groundswell effect, created by social
networks. Through online social technologies, people are increasingly producing or getting what they need from each other rather
than from traditional sources. The user generated content, blogs, tweets, reviews of firms/products/services, social network cites, and
etc. are good examples of this trend.
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With the dynamic global environment and above described new market forces, innovation has become imperative for organizations
to survive. In the scientific community, innovation implies new inventions, patents, or intellectual property. In the management field,
we define innovation very broadly, from scientific breakthroughs to any new idea that is applied in a fundamentally different way to
create value.
In the world of business, innovation has evolved through several major stages. Innovation 1.0: Closed innovation – This is where
organizations generate their unique competencies internally, often secretly to the outside world. Some of the best known closed innovation systems would be the Bell Lab (Bell Lab developed technology), Proctor & Gamble (developed at P&G), and NASA (as only
NASA can). Innovation 2.0: Collaborative innovation – This stage includes innovations through collaborative interorganizational
relationships such as strategic alliances, joint ventures, partnerships, and even Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As). Innovation 3.0: Open
innovation – The networked global economy and the advent of ICT that supports wide knowledge sharing have opened the possibility
of much wider collaboration for innovation. Collaboration is no longer restricted to between firms but with any entity such as external
research institutes, universities, scientific communities, individuals, and the like worldwide for inside-out and outside-in activities.
Already there a large number of innomediaries (innovation intermediaries) that broker innovation solution seekers and solution providers (InnoCentive, NineSigma, Yet2.com, YourEncore, etc.).
Innovation 4.00: Co-innovation – This is the new innovation paradigm suggested by this writer. Co-innovation includes collaborative, open, and also co-creation for value creation. Co-creation involves developing a platform where the firm co-creates value with
its customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders. The main purpose of co-creation is to develop the shared purpose and goals with
stakeholders. The central theme of co-creation is that the
“we” proposition is much broader and powerful than just
“I” and “you.” Thus, the important characteristic of the coinnovation firm is engaging people to create unique experiences together in the process of value creation. Interesting
examples would be agri-communities where customers not
only get organic vegetables but actually experience growing them with the local farmer. For a large global firm, Nike
would be a co-innovative firm that forms its unique value
chain in collaboration with its many partners to produce the
goods that are wanted by its customers. Figure 1 provides
Figure 1. The Co-Innovation Process
the general concept of co-innovation.
The co-innovation platform combines the firm’s internal innovation capabilities, ideas from collaborative and open innovation efforts, and the tacit skills to converge all the innovative possibilities through a filter system so that the best ideas are implemented. The
process transforms ideas from the innovation planting stage to the innovation harvesting stage seamlessly for sustainable competitive
advantage of the firm. This is the new paradigm of innovation for value creation.
References
1. Adler, P.,Heckscher, C., and Prusak, L. (2011), “Building a collaborative enterprise,” Harvard Business Review, Vol. 89 Nos 7/8, pp.
94-101.
2. Chesbrough, H. (2003), Open Innovation, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA.
3. Friedman, T.L. (2005), The World is Flat, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York.
4. Lee, S.M. and Olson, D.L. (2010), Convergenomics: Strategic Innovation in the Convergence Era, Gower, Farnham.
5. Lee, S.M., Olson, D.L., and Trimi, S. (2012) “Co-innovation: convergenomics, collaboration, and co-creation for organizational
values,” Management Decision, Vol. 50 No 5, pp. 817-831.
6. Li, C. and Bernoff, J. (2008), Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies, Harvard Business School
Press, Boston, MA.
7. Ramaswamy, V. and Gouillart, F. (2010), The Power of Co-creation, The Free Press, New York.
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PURSUIT OF REALISM IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS
Min-Hyung Choi
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Colorado Denver
Realistic image synthesis and the natural movement of virtual objects have continuously been major research objectives of computer
graphics. Although the pursuit of realism in computer graphics has been an elusive goal due to ambiguity in the ability to objectively
quantify realism, the modeling of sophisticated complex 3D structures, increasing accuracy and stability of numerical algorithms
directing the motion of the virtual objects, and exponential increase in GPU processing capabilities have led to stunningly realistic
and accurate animation.
In image synthesis physical realism entails that the given image must be an accurate representation of the spectral irradiance value at
a particular viewpoint in the scene. Modern rendering algorithms are able to trace the lifespan of an astronomical number of photons
from a light source to a viewpoint, and precisely simulate the inter-reflectance of all surfaces in the scene. Since this level of physical
realism requires tremendous computing power, we often settle for photo-realism that refers to an artificial image indistinguishable
from a photograph of a real scene. Given the latest rendering algorithm, we can safely assume that photo-realism is within reach if
sufficient computing resources are provided.
Figure 1. Physics based dynamic simulation of a bullet penetrating through a glass of water. Glass fracture and fluid
motion show very realistic animation, visually comparable
to a real footage captured with a high speed video camera.
As the visual quality of photorealistic still-imagery improved, attention has
shifted to the behavioral realism in animation and simulation. This is due to
the fact that humans are very distracted by unrealistic behavior even if the
rendering in every frame is impeccable. Physics based simulation has been
a good procedural approach for natural and realistic animation. Newtonian
dynamic simulation of rigid and deformable bodies has been well-studied
thanks to the rich literature in physics, mechanical engineering and material science. Technological transfers, accompanied by advanced numerical
algorithms and parallel computing, often enable us to produce an accurate simulation of various physical phenomena, such as fluid, cloth, hair,
skin, etc. as shown in Figure 1. From this point on, there’s a sharp divide
between accuracy-oriented physics based simulation and believabilityoriented practical animation. While the former is aiming for an accurate
replica of physical phenomena at any cost, the latter is striving for the balance between a reasonable perceptual realism and an efficient algorithm for
interactivity and fast response.
Physics based dynamic simulation is based on three main pillars: material properties, governing equations, and geometric model
substructures. Governing equations are the algebraic representations of the Newtonian understanding of force and energy interaction, along with the ODE solvers for finding the position and velocity at every time-step. We have made substantial improvements in
accuracy, speed, and stability of the solution methods, and with modern GPUs topping the TFLOP boundary, we are able to process
much more dense and detailed geometry than previously possible. Yet, the behavioral realism is still in its primitive stage. In full-body
human animation, physics based artificial synthesis of human motion is still noticeably unnatural. Granularity of human motion
simulation is still very coarse, leaving physiologically correct behavior of an artificial human beyond reach. In addition, as the need for
the realism increases, and the depth and scope of simulation grows, computational requirements explode to a great extent.
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Since there is a fundamental difference between accuracy and believability in computer animation, a perceptually tuned approach
is a popular alternative. Depending on the application domain, computing environments, and intended users, the animation does
not need to be absolutely accurate, but rather only needs to appear correct (i.e. believable) to human users. The perceptual acuity of
healthy normal human subjects has been studied extensively in computer graphics and psychology. The resulting consensus shows
that there is a surprisingly large degree of error tolerance in our perceptual sensitivity. For instance, we are very sensitive to erroneous
human motion. However, when an animation of an artificial object is viewed alone, one can be convinced of its plausibility due to
the human brain’s inability to accurately disseminate the object’s precise and localized behavior. If the material properties applied to
an object are within a reasonable range, those without an artist’s keen eye will believe the behavior to be valid. The idea of exploiting
human perceptual sensitivity makes sense for certain applications since unrecognizable activities can be simply ignored for improved
efficiency. But the tricky part is that perceptual sensitivity fluctuates based on various factors including age groups and the degree
of cognitive impairment. Inspired by this condition, our team is working on a new technique to measure the level of brain damages
through virtual reality (VR) based visual perceptual sensitivity analysis. For instance, a subtle and early stage of brain damage could
cause inability to discern physically conforming behaviors from physically improbable movements. In fact, many military personnel
who suffer from traumatic brain injury (TBI) complain of visual problems yet have normal eye examinations. Our project’s focus is
to develop an immersive 3D visualization and motion analysis system where we can accurately assess a test subject’s vision, ability to
recognize presented visual signals, and reaction to the given visual information as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2. This VR based test is designed to evaluate if a subject’s brain can analyze the
initial launch conditions and predict projectile trajectories to find a landing position. It
also measures an ability to respond to visual stimuli by moving his/her body.
Holy Grail of the pursuit of realism in future computer graphics is perhaps the collaboration between absolute physical accuracy
and perceptual believability. While all these efforts fall within the realm of traditional computer graphics, the outcomes will allow
for high-quality, interactive visualization of natural phenomena across all of science and engineering, with particular applicability to
scientific simulation, medical research, industrial design, architecture, and educational programs. Students could even modify the
laws of physics that define the core characteristics of the material in the scene. When they are exposed to an environment where
their modification is promptly reflected in results and all processes are visually presented, abstract concepts suddenly resonate with
deeper understanding.
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CONNECTOMICS: INVESTIGATING THE COMPLETE WIRING DIAGRAM OF THE BRAIN
Yoonsuck Choe
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
Texas A&M University
Jaerock Kwon
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kettering University
Understanding how the brain works is one of the major unsolved problems in science. An important initial breakthrough in neuroscience came in the early 20th century: the realization that the brain network is made up of neurons that are individual cells, not a
connected whole. This idea, known as the Neuron Doctrine, was based on the work of Santiago Ramon y Cajal, a prominent Spanish
neuroanatomist who received the Nobel prize in medicine for his research contribution. Since then, neuroscience has seen tremendous
progress, during the 20th century and beyond, aided by rapidly developing technology for electrophysiology, molecular biology, and
anatomical and functional brain imaging. One of the latest developments in neuroscience is an emerging area called connectomics, a
return to neuroanatomy. Connectomics is the study of the connectome, the complete wiring diagram of the brain [1][2]. The main idea
behind connectomics is that the connectivity of the brain largely determines its function [1][2]. In this short article, we will introduce
latest imaging technologies that are at the forefront of connectomics, briefly highlight our own efforts in this field, and discuss theoretical and computational issues associated with connectomics.
The emergence of connectomics as a major field in neuroscience has been enabled by rapid advances in imaging technology during
the past two decades. Representative of these imaging technologies are (1) diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (diffusion MRI), (2) physical sectioning microscopy such as the Knife-Edge Scanning
Microscopy (KESM), and (3) serial sectioning Electron Microscopy (EM). Diffusion MRI is able to
image volumes as large as the human brain, and can show major fiber tracts (connective passages)
by following anisotropic diffusion patterns of water molecules along these tracts. The main limitation of diffusion MRI is the low resolution (hundreds of µm), thus it is unable to resolve individual
neurons or their morphology. KESM, our own approach to be discussed below, uses a diamond knife
to cut very thin slices (1 µm thick) of whole small animal brains embedded in plastic, resulting in
submicrometer resolution good enough to show neurons and their structures. KESM is limited by
the volume (about 1 cm3, the size of a mouse brain). Serial Block-Face Scanning Electron Microscopy
(SBF-SEM) can image the ultrastructure (tens of nanometer resolution, sufficient to resolve the tiniest subcellular detail), although it can image only a small volume of tissue (hundreds of micrometer
cubed), smaller than a single voxel in diffusion MRI. These and other related approaches are not self- Figure 1. Diffusion MRI. Side
sufficient on their own for the acquisition of the connectome, and thus are mutually complementary. (sagittal) view of major fiber
tracts in the human brain is
shown. The brain is facing left.
Adapted from [3].
Our own contribution to the field is our Knife-Edge Scanning Microscope (KESM) [4]. See Fig. 2
for the major components of the KESM and [4] for details. The imaging principle of KESM is based
on physical sectioning. The microscope objective and the knife are held in place while the specimen block containing a stained mouse
brain moves toward the tip of the knife. The block is affixed on a pre
Figure 2. The Knife-Edge Scanning Microscope and its operation.
(A) The Knife-Edge Scanning Microscope and its main components are
shown: (1) high-speed line-scan camera, (2) microscope objective, (3)
diamond knife assembly and light collimator, (4) specimen tank (for water immersion imaging), (5) three-axis precision air-bearing stage, (6)
white-light microscope illuminator, (7) water pump (in the back) for the
removal of sectioned tissue, (8) PC server for stage control and image
acquisition, (9) granite base, and (10) granite bridge. (B) The imaging
principle of the KESM is shown. Adapted from [5].
cision positioning system so that the specimen can be moved very accurately. The specimen is cut in a very thin (~1µm) slice while the
movement takes place. The line-scan camera installed at the end of the objective’s optic train fires repeatedly to image the tissue section
line-by-line while the thin tissue section slides up the tip of the knife. Illumination is provided through the diamond knife for transmis-
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sion imaging. The process is repeated tens of thousands of times before an entire mouse brain is cut and imaged, resulting in ~1.5 TB
of raw image data per brain.
Figure 3. Image Overlays in KESM Brain Atlas. The effect of an increasing number of overlays is shown from the
mouse occipital cortex. Scale bar = 100µm. (A) Since each
KESM image corresponds to a 1-μm-thick section, a single image conveys little information about the neuronal
morphology. (B) Five overlayed images, corresponding to
a 5-μm-thick section, begins to show some structure but it
is not enough. (C) With twenty overlayed images, familiar
structures begin to appear. Adapted from [5].
Data sets like these contain intricate details of neuronal circuits in the brain, but due to the data size it is very difficult just to visualize
and explore. We designed a neuroinformatics platform to serve our massive KESM mouse brain data sets to the neuroscience community. The KESM Brain Atlas (KESMBA) was built
on top of the Google Maps API, customizing it and
extending the Javascript-based API. The main idea of
the framework is to make transparent overlays of images in a 3D image stack to visualize local 3D information within the web browser. Fig. 3 shows how the
overlaying technique works. Each image from KESM
represents a 1 µm-thick tissue section, thus the objects
in each slice are very sparse. Only after overlaying 10
to 20 images (corresponding to 10 µm to 20 µm-thick
tissue sections) we can begin to see familiar structures
such as neuronal cell bodies (somata), dendrites, and
axons. Fig. 4 shows more examples from the KESMBA. Figure 4. KESM Brain Atlas Examples. Some examples from actual screenshots of
the KESM Brain Atlas are shown, demonstrating the intricate neuronal circuitry in
Connectomics is a field in its infancy. The initial efforts the mouse brain. Left: Multiscale view of the data set by zooming in and zooming out.
in the field are focused on acquiring the connectome. Navigation in the xy-plane is done by dragging the map. Right: Various cell types (A:
Due to this, technology development is largely deter- cerebellum; B: inferior colliculus; C: thalamus; D: hippocampus). Adapted from [5].
mining the direction of the field. However, our own
experience tells us that data acquisition, although it is an absolutely necessary and important first step, will not be the main obstacle for
connectomics research in the future. Reconstructing the geometry from the raw image data, inferring the network connectivity, and
analyzing the function of the network are all major challenges that could take much longer to overcome than acquiring the raw data
for the connectome. Furthermore, integrating the structural/anatomical data from the connectome with yet to be recorded functional/
physiological data will be another major challenge. Aside from imaging techniques, significant growth in computing power and storage
capacity, combined with breakthroughs in theoretical paradigms in computing will be necessary to overcome these challenges in connectomics research.
Acknowledgments
The research results presented in this review article were made possible by funding from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Texas Advanced Technology Program, 3Scan, King Abdullah
University of Science and Technology, and Texas A&M University. Full KESM data sets can be accessed at http://kesm.org.
References
1. Seung, H. S. (2012). Connectome: How the Brain’s Wiring Makes Us Who We Are. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
2. Sporns, O. (2012). Discovering the Human Connectome. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
3. Schultz, T. (2006). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DTI-sagittal-fibers.jpg
4. Mayerich, D., Abbott, L. C., and McCormick, B. H. (2008). Knife-edge scanning microscopy for imaging and reconstruction of threedimensional anatomical structures of the mouse brain. Journal of Microscopy, 231:134-143.
5. Chung, J. R., Sung, C., Mayerich, D., Kwon, J., Miller, D. E., Huffman, T., Abbott, L. C., Keyser, J., and Choe, Y. (2011). Multiscale
exploration of mouse brain microstructures using the knife-edge scanning microscope brain atlas. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 5:29.
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PATENT SYSTEM TO PROTECT TECHNICAL INNOVATION
Chanmin Park
Patent Attorney
Kim, Lee & Park
PATENT – EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO PROTECT TECHNICAL INNOVATION
As industrial structure has changed and evolved, the importance of the patent system has ever increased. Proportion of patent
royalty from the income of the enterprises increased dramatically over the past few decades especially around high-tech sectors.
The role of patent as the driving force behind the development of industry has become extremely important, and impact of patent
is ever growing. Significance of role of Korean-American scientists and engineers in these developments is needless to say. I hope
this article, which explains the outline of US patent system, will help Korean-American scientists and engineers to protect their
research and development accomplishments.
The patent system protects the achievements of science and technology, and thereby encourages the development of them. The
protection is done by granting exclusive rights for benefitting from the invention. A patentee has right to exclude others from making, using, or selling the invention throughout the United States. If such actions are performed without the patentee’s permission,
they constitute infringement of the patent. The patentee can recover damage and impose injunction against patent infringement
via litigation.
PATENT RIGHT TRANSFER
A patentee may realize economic value of the patented invention by granting rights to others for using the invention under certain
limitations, which is license contract, and collecting royalty from the licensee. Alternatively, a patentee may assign the patent right
itself to an assignee and receive price for the assignment. Unlike licensing, the patentee has no rights in his patent after assignment.
Assignment is useful when an employer who provided resources and supported an employee’s invention wants to acquire the patent
right from the inventor. Under US patent law, patent right belongs to the inventor, who is always a natural person. An employer,
such as a corporation or a university can take over the patent right from the inventor employee by assignment provision included
in the employment agreement or separate assignment agreement.
NOVELTY
Although patent is a kind of property right, because the object to be legally protected is technical invention, an intangible asset,
there are many differences from other tangible property or real estate.
Above all, patent is sensitive to timing. Two most important standards in patent examination are novelty and inventive step. Novelty
is a requirement that in order to be patented, an invention must have been unknown to the general public on or before an application for patent is filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). If an invention is disclosed to the general
public by demonstrating the invention, distribution of commercial products implementing the invention, or by publication of
printed material that describes the invention, the novelty is lost and a patent cannot be obtained even though a patent application
for the invention is filed. For certain situations, one year grace period for filing application after public disclosure is allowed. Since
technological developments are made at competitive pace, there is possibility that while an invention is kept inside a corporation or
a laboratory and is not disclosed to the general public, another inventor devises the same invention and files a patent application.
Therefore, it is crucial to file a patent application as soon as possible.
In this regard, an important point is that filing a patent application is possible even if the details of an invention are not completed
but the invention is conceptually workable. Technology is developed continuously by repeating the process of utilizing existing
technology to solve new problems. “Prior art” is the term under the patent practice for such existing technology. A patent is given
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for new technological constitution that is added to prior art. If an invention is on idea stage, but implementation of the idea can be
easily performed by those who having ordinary skill in the field, a patent application can be drafted at that stage. In order not to
lose novelty, early application is essential especially in high-tech fields. Preparing patent application should be given priority in a
development schedule for new technology.
INVENTIVE STEP
Inventive step requires that a patentable invention must have overcome some technical difficulty. Under US patent law, inventive
step is defined as non-obviousness. Even if an invention satisfies novelty requirement, that is, the invention is different from prior
art, a patent may not be obtained unless the subject matter of the invention is not obvious at the time the invention was made to
a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains. Passing inventive step requirement is the deciding
factor for most patent applications. How to prepare a patent application that emphasizes that the invention is not obvious over prior
art is closely related to drafting proper patent claims, which is explained below.
PATENT CLAIMS
Claims are the most critical part of a patent application. Claims are written description of patent right scope that is requested based
on the technical characteristics of the invention. While drawings, pictures, or diagrams are included in many patent application
disclosures, they are just materials that help interpreting claims together with patent specifications, and are not patent claims themselves. Patent claims are the controlling standard for patent examination, exercise of patent right and judgment for infringement. In
patent examination, ground for deciding satisfaction of novelty and inventive step is also the claims of the patent application, not
design drawings or circuit diagrams attached to it.
Patent is a property right, and the range of the property must be clear in order to exercise the right for other person or entity. For
example, location and area on the map, and boundaries with adjacent parcels of land are given to define the limit of real property.
Similarly, patent claims define boundary or scope of an invention, which distinguishes the invention from other inventions by abstract descriptions in writing. Claims are required because manufacturing drawings for an automobile or circuit diagrams for a cell
phone include many inventions and prior art at the same time, and enforcing patent right requires legal objects, for which technical
descriptions like mechanical drawings or circuit diagrams are not adequate.
In addition, patent claims have the function of covering all technical constitutions that can be induced from that of the invention,
not just the best embodiment. In this way, well-drafted patent claims prevent infringement loop holes that may be used by competitors.
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HIGHLIGHTS OF YGNITE (YGTLC 2013)
SUMMARY OF THE 9TH ANNUAL YOUNG GENERATION TECHNICAL & LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
“YGNITE 2013!”
Kaylee Shin, Ygnite 2013 Conference Chair
Charles Lee, Ygnite 2013 Professional Committee Chair
Michael Lee, Ygnite 2013 Graduate Students Committee Chair
YeEun Rhee, Ygnite 2013 Undergraduate Students Committee Chair
Ygnite 2013 (pronounced ignite) was this year’s theme and nickname for the Young Generation Technical and Leadership Conference. Ygnite represents a program designed to spark a spirit of collaboration amongst Korean-Americans in different fields to help
them break past personal goals, glass ceilings, and ignite careers.
This year the program focused on smaller career tailored groups with its brand new three track program for young professionals,
graduate, and undergraduate students held on Friday, while having the traditional shared-interest sessions on Saturday.
The number of attendees was 197 including both the full 2.5 day and local 1.5 day participants. We received a record 344 applications this year of which 252 acceptances were sent out. The stages of the attending participants’ careers were evenly balanced with
36% young professionals, 30% graduate students, and 34% undergraduates. Career fields were diverse with 45% from engineering
and computer science, 31% from sciences, and the remaining from professional fields with links to technology and science. The
Young Generation participants ranged in age from 19 to 35 with the median age at 24 years old, with 2nd, 1.5, and 1st generation
Koreans comprising 58%, 29%, and 13% of the total participants respectively. Attendees also enjoyed a diversity of geography with
25% from California, 14% from the Northwest, 24% from the Midwest, and 37% from the East Coast. Outreach was a success with
55% of the participants attending this conference for the first time, while the rest were repeat attendees continuing to remain active
within KSEA.
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PLENARY PRESENTATIONS
Jae H. Kim, Ph.D., Executive/ Senior Technical Fellow at Boeing Research & Technology
During our welcoming session on Friday, Dr. Kim gave a presentation titled “Bird’s Eye View of Science & Technology of the Future,” which was about scientists’ forecast of the formation of a planetary civilization at the culmination of the science and technology.
Christopher Park, Ph.D., Assistant Member & Attending Pathologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
As a president of East Rock Institute (ERI), the oldest non-profit Korean cultural institutions in the US, Dr. Park
shared his thoughts on the seven tenets of authentic leadership and how they relate to Korean cultural values,
particularly as a physician-scientist.
Dennis Hong, Ph.D., Professor & the Founding Director of RoMeLa in the Mechanical Engineering Department
at Virginia Tech
Dr. Hong gave a presentation about his recent works on humanoid robots. He also shared his stories about his
childhood dreams and how he worked to make those dreams come true. Dr. Hong has spoken at several TED talks
and has been honored as this generation’s ‘Da Vinci’ by Washington Post.
Michael Yang, Founder & Board Director of Become.com
Mr. Yang gave a talk on his silicon valley venture story describing his work on Become.com and mySimon.com.
Haejung An, Ph.D., Senior Chemist at U.S. Food and Drug Administration
As President of Korean-Women in Science and Engineering (KWiSE), Dr. An gave us a brief overview of KWiSE
and its recent contributions and activities as well as the importance of roles of women in current society.
Jay H. Chung, Ph.D., President and CEO of Tayco Engineering, Inc.
Dr. Chung gave an inspirational speech about being persistent to reach one’s goals. He described his work experience from being a low-position employee at Tayco Engineering, creating designs/systems for NASA, and to his
eventual success becoming the president of the same company.
Dennis Kwon, Producer of MythBusters at Discovery Channel
Mr. Kwon described his work at Mythbusters, a popular scientific television show that tests urban legends through
experimentation. He explained how his work, and others like it, are trying to make science “fun” for a wide audience, with the ultimate goal of bringing scientific discussion into everyday conversation.
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REPORTS ON SESSIONS AND WORKSHOPS
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TRACK
YeEun Rhee, Conference Co-Chair
On Friday, January 4th, 2013, the undergraduate participants started their tracked program with a quick icebreaker. Undergraduate Organizers, Dennis Cha, Chloe Kim, and EunBin Go, planned and moderated the session, and made sure
everyone was involved in all the activities. It was a great introduction to the conference, igniting each and every participant
to have companionship. Through fun team-oriented activities, the participants naturally built foundations for further networking and teamwork.
After a short icebreaker, a career session, ‘Choosing the right path’, was held as a part of Undergraduate Track Programs. Since the most
of undergraduate students are currently at a career development stage, we invited seven panelists, which consisted of three panelists from
Industry, two from health professions and two from graduate school/academia.* Jina Lim led the session and encouraged everyone to
actively discuss and ask questions to each other. Participants were provided with a brochure that contained summer research opportunity
information for future reference; they also had an opportunity to do a quick self-reflection and compare themselves to other undergraduate students in a small group setting, which was followed by a large group Q&A time where everyone was free to ask questions from
internship, graduate school applications process to some personal career struggles. Young students and panelists were also able to form
a mentor-mentee relationship that could be carried on post-conference. Panelists, as mentors, encouraged students go out and strive to
their dreams and concluded that there is never a ‘wrong’ path if we are learning something from each step we take.
Another main focus the Undergraduate Track had was a further spread of YG networking. With the lead from Israel Jung, former chair
of KSEA YG committee, YG group leaders had time to share their group’s activities and promote the importance of YG networking across
the US. To merge non-YG group members into YG group leaders, a short activity called ‘Karaoke Presentation’ was performed. Seven different groups of undergraduate students had to do an impromptu relay presentation based on the PowerPoint slides comprised of a various topics from bioengineering to pop culture. This activity required young leaders exercise their public speaking and cooperative skills.
* Panelists :
Industry – Christopher Choi (Colgate Palmolive), Daniel Ko (IBM), Veronica Kim (Oracle)
Health Professions – Sarah Lee (MD Candidate at Northwestern Univ.), Jina Cha (PharmD Candidate at Univ. of New England)
Grad School/Academia – Younjin Lena Lim (Drexel University MBA), Michael Lee (PhD Candidate at Univ. of Washington)
GRADUATE STUDENTS TRACK
Michael Lee, Conference Co-Chair
The first session graduate students engaged in was an “ice-breaker” activity, which allowed them to get to know each other
in their own track. Two activities were planned by Janet Lee (facilitator), and Daegene Ko (planner), each lasting approximately 45 minutes. The participants interacted well with each other during the duration of the activities.
Next, we had an information session where five panelists with various professional degrees and careers gave brief introductions about themselves and their career trajectory, and answered questions from the audience. The moderators for this
session were Albert Lee and Daegene Koh. Our panelists included Dr. Benjamin Lee (PhD, Research Scientist), Mr. Sang Um Nam (MS,
Assistant Professor), Dr. Drew Lee (M.D., Health Equity Fellow), Dr. Jin S. Kang (PhD, Assistant Professor), and Dr. Mat Park (PsyD,
Chief Resident). Each panelist also explained the importance of having a clear, concise self-introduction for networking, which led to the
latter half of the session: speed networking. During this activity, participants (and panelists) had approximately 3 minutes with another
individual to introduce themselves and what they worked on. After each 3 minute interval, the moderators announced everyone to
switch to a new partner (which was facilitated by one group of individuals moving down a row of parallel-arranged seats).
Last, two concurrent sessions of technical presentations were held. The first session, moderated by Jieun Kim, covered bioscience-related
topics. The second session, moderated by Hansol Hong, covered Computer Science and Engineering related topics. Both of these sessions were scheduled for four presentations each. The speakers were chosen by a jury-selection process, prior to the conference.
The feedback for the graduate-track was overwhelmingly positive by participants.
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PROFESSIONALS TRACK: “PRESENTING STICKY IDEAS”
Charles Lee, Conference Co-Chair
The session focused primarily on being able to effectively communicate your ideas. Anecdotally, we were treated to some
of the most well-polished presentations in YGTLC history - starting with Kevin Chung, CEO of Urbane and Program
Manager at KoFounders, a startup incubator for Korean startups. Kevin talked about general tips for how to deliver presentations effectively - including the famous 10/20/30 rule, but emphasizing knowing your material and exhibiting genuine
passion for your subject. Professor Dennis Hong followed with some practical tips he’d learned from his experiences talking to tens of thousands of people (memorize your first 15 seconds! Know your equipment!). Emory/Georgia Tech Medical/Bioengineering student Erik Reinertsen followed next with a presentation that highlighted the importance of design principles in
good slide presentations, while Mat Park, chief psychiatric resident at Oakland Children’s Hospital, rounded up the theme with a strong
presentation on the P.O.W.E.R. technique, emphasizing “Ear” - speaking colloquially and conversationally in presentations. Michael Kim,
an analyst at an investment firm in Silicon Valley, closed the session with practical tips about the content of presentations - his diverse
experience with hearing pitches from both Korean and American entrepreneurs lent much advice about thinking big and again, being
passionate and ambitious about your ideas.
SHARED INTEREST SESSIONS
MENTORING SESSION
Jungsook Yang, Program Organizer
The mentoring program was held the third time at YGTLC, and more participants have shown interests in the program this
year than ever. This year, we focused more on audience participations in sharing experiences and advices for seeking out
mentors or guiding mentees. The session started with the session chair’s telling of her personal experience on meeting her
first mentor from college and the impact it had on her life following with a powerpoint presentation on mentoring bits and
pieces. Then, each group from a table were given time to discuss the topics on qualities that effective mentors and mentees
should have and share with the rest of the groups. In addition, several volunteers shared their personal experiences on how
they met their mentors, what they thought they did wrong, what they should do next time before approaching a mentor, things to be
careful about in mentoring, and so on. Finally, each group was given a poster to fill out their mentor/mentee profiles that contain their
short bio and what they are looking for from a mentor or what they can offer to a mentee. The session finished with an open-ended time
for the participants to browse through the profiles and talk to each other further.
BUILDING YOUR PERSONAL BRAND
Charles Lee, Conference Co-Chair
Daniel Ko of IBM, and Jin Chung of UBS combined
to give the most well-received and well-engaged session of the entire conference. An important piece of
personal brand, which was echoed later by plenary
speaker Dr. Heajung An, is how you present yourself physically. Daniel and Jin went through various
Do’s and Dont’s from head to toe, starting with shirts and ending at
shoes. They offered Q&A time throughout the 90 minutes, which
were peppered with questions. The session closed with a practical
demonstration using two volunteers (Andrew Pak and Chris Choi)
that reinforced the basic principles taught in the session (match the
color of your belt and shoes!). There was a lot of laughter and lot
of earnest Q&A throughout. It’s the first time YGTLC has focused
on a topic like this.
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POST-YGNITE COMMENTS
“I left inspired by my peers and our speakers, who sparked a passion within me to learn to teach to lead. I am forever
grateful to KSEA because they’re not just sponsoring us, they’re right there alongside us to lend a helping hand. Mentorship at its finest.”
-Ted Earnest Lee (Senior Undergraduate at University of Michigan)
“I was very nervous at the first time because it was my first YGTLC. However, I ended up get to know many people and
I am very thankful to KSEA to giving me this chance. I hope I can be involve to next KSEA event! Thank you so much!”
-Chulwoo Park (Senior Undergraduate at University of Utah)
“This year’s YGTLC was full of motivational contents: speeches about startups, venture capitals, speech skills, selfbranding, etc. At the same time, I had fantastic time talking with people who are working on their adventures with
confidence and courageous mind. These really inspire me to think how to live and what my next steps will be.”
-Sung Ryong Park (Design Methodology Engineer at PMC-Sierra Inc)
“It was a great and unique experience. Everyone had something to contribute to the conference and the speakers were
genuine in what they shared with us. The conference was filled with very useful information that I took with me right
as I got back to school as well as life lessons that I can take to the future.”
-Sarah Seo (Senior Undergraduate at University of Washington)
“Ygnite was actually very exciting opportunity not particularly because of its programs but because of the people. The
people are very motivated, young, passionate and professional about their work and study. Interacting with people from
different disciplines were very inspiring opportunity.”
-Eunsol Choi (PhD Candidate at University of Washington)
“My first Ygnite experience was very exciting and eye opening. I had never been surrounded by a group of so many
young, smart, and successful people my age. It was great being able to connect with people from so many different
tracks of life, majors/careers, and cities.”
-Janet Kim (Manufacturing Engineer at The Boeing Company)
“I normally don’t see many Koreans in my daily life. Ygnite 2013 brought me closer to my Korean roots, gave me an
idea of what Koreans--particularly young Koreans--are like, and put me in touch with a powerful and loyal network. I
anticipate having lifelong professional and personal relationships with the people I’ve met here.”
-Eun Young Choi (PhD Candidate at Harvard University)
“I was very nervous at the first time because it was my first YGTLC. However, I ended up get to know many people and
I am very thankful to KSEA to giving me this chance. I hope I can be involve to next KSEA event! Thank you so much!”
-Jihye Moon (Junior Undergraduate at University of Houston)
“I left inspired by my peers and our speakers, who sparked a passion within me to learn to teach to lead. I am forever
grateful to KSEA because they’re not just sponsoring us, they’re right there alongside us to lend a helping hand. Mentorship at its finest.”
-Young Yim (Consultant at BluePrint RG)
“Ygnite 2013 was a great experience! I’ve been to a few leadership conferences, but this one was very well organized
compared to others! It was a good learning experience and also a great way to meet new people.”
-Steve Chong (Global Logistics Manager at UTS)
“It was interesting meeting people from all over the country, and learning the different backgrounds of both people’s
job occupations and learning interests. It opened my eyes a lot to a wide variety of careers.”
-Daniel Han (Junior Undergraduate at Northwestern University)
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AWARDS
Technical Lecture
• Frances Cho, “Comparison of movements evoked by intra-spinal microstimulation in the cervical spinal cord in injured and un
injured rats”
• Jisung Park, “What is Sustainable Capitalism?”
Technical Poster
• Woong Y. Hwang, “Targeted Genome editing technology and application in Zebrafish”
• Seung E. Cha, “Investigation of MAGP-2 interactions: Tie1 receptor”
• Lillian Han, “Significance of G3BP1 - Stress Granules in the Coxsackievirus Type B3 Infection”
• Sung Sik Jo, “Government Office Building Structural Design”
• Daeun Yoon, “A Novel Abdominal Suspension Device to Maintain Normal Cardiorespiratory Function in Obese Patients during
Surgery”
• Seoho Lee, “Autonomous Microfluidic Device for Prevention of Traumatic Injury on Battlefield”
Career & Leadership Poster
• Daniel J. Kim, “Music & Medicine”
• Binna Lee, “Hearing Loss & Hearing Conservation”
• Diane Baik, “Introduction to World Vision and What It Means to Be a ‘Nutrition Technical Advisor’”
YG Chapter Poster
• Jennifer Shin - University of Pittsburgh
Essay Contest
1st
• Chulwoo Park, “Africa with Us”
2nd
• Lynn Hee Chai, “iDisorder: I am in Disorder”
3rd
• Youngtak Lee, “Travelling the Path to Become a PhD Candidate”
Honorable Mention
• Daniel Y. Lee, Anthony Han, Erica Lee, Kim Reynolds, Sujean Lee, Dongchan Joseph Lee
Team Competition
Photo Scavenger Hunt Winners
• Team H: Seoho Lee, Kim Reynolds, Paul Kim, Chloe Sunghyun Kim, Soo Jung Kim, Su Yeun
“Chloe” Kim, Alex P. Dang, Yeon Joon YJ Jin, Jason Young Joon Lee, Michael S. Kim, Soojung
“Claire” Hur
• Team B: Wonjae Lee, Yoomin Ahn, Sunmin Kim, Yoona Kang, Sooji Cindy Choi, Yun Tae
“Dennis” Cha, Jackie Heesun Choi, Sarah S. Seo, Hyo Jin Chung, Andrew Pak, Brian Park
Clinical Project Winners
• Team O: Taehyun Jung, Jina Lim, Jina Cha, Sumin Byeon, Ki Wan Gkoo, Sanghyung Koo,
Fraces Cho, Jessica Yunsoo Kim, Lynn Hee Chai, Jinyoung Kim, Mat Park
• Team J: Wonsuk Lee, Helen Oh, Jongah Joanne Lee, Jin Taek Oh, Grace Hwang, Hyeong Jin
Soh, Lillian Seung-A Han, Lydia R. Kim, Sujean Song Lee, John Cho, Maroo Ghil
YGTLC Organizer Recognition
7 year organizer
• Charles Lee
5 year organizer
• John H. Lee, Benjamin C. Lee
4 year organizer
• Daniel Won, Kaylee Shin, Israel Jung
3 year organizer
• David No, Jonathan Kim, Stella Chun, Yoolee Kwon, Claire Hur
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2013 KSEA/KUSCO
SCHOLARSHIPS
PROGRAM
KSEA scholarships for undergraduates, KUSCO-KSEA scholarships for
graduates, and other named scholarships for graduate and undergraduate students recognize outstanding students with Korean heritage who
have excelled in academics as well as in extracurricular activities including
community services, and who have demonstrated a potential for becoming leaders in the society.
Graduate and undergraduate students majoring in science, engineering,
or related fields are encouraged to apply online at
http://scholarship.ksea.org.
30 KSEA Scholarships for Undergraduate Students in US ($1,000.00 per award)
20 KUSCO-KSEA Scholarships for Graduate Students in US ($2,000.00 per award)
Evaluation Criteria:
Academic performance - 30%
Community service and KSEA activities- 30%
Recommendation letters -20%
Essay - 20%
Application Period: Feb. 4 - March 31, 2013
KSEA
More details for the 2013 Scholarships including application process can be found on the
KSEA scholarships website at http://scholarship.ksea.org
2013 KSEA
YOUNG
INVESTIGATOR
GRANT
Last Year’s Recipients
Prize :
US $10,000.00
and
Travel Support
to Attend the Awards Ceremony
Eligibility :
Daeyeon Lee
University of Pennsylvania
Cheol-Hwan Park
Robert Bosch Research
and Technology Center
KSEA member in his/her early career, no longer than 5 calendar years
after earning a Ph.D. degree
ONE GRANT WILL BE SELECTED FROM TWO TECHNICAL AREAS
GROUPS A - F and GROUPS G - M
Group A: Physics
Group B: Chemistry
Group C: Mathematics, Geology, Meteorology, Statistics, Others
Group D: Biology, Botany, Zoology, Biomedical Engineering, Genetic Engineering
Group E: Agriculture, Ecology, Food, Nutrition
Group F: Medical Science, Pharmaceutical Science,
Veterinary Medicine, Physical Education
Group G: Chemical, Textile, Nuclear, and Petroleum Engineering, Applied
Chemistry
Group H: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Naval Architecture
Group I: Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mining Engineering
Group J: Civil & Environmental Engineering, Architecture
Group K: Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Communication Engineering
Group L: Computer Science, Systems Engineering
Group M: Industrial Engineering and Mgmt Science
Deadline :
March 11, 2013
Apply :
Visit http://yigrant.ksea.org
Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)
1952 Gallows Rd. Suite 300, Vienna, VA 22182
Email) sejong@ksea.org Tel) 703-748-1221 Fax) 703-748-1331
KSEA ELECTION
CANDIDATE FOR 43RD PRESIDENT
KOOKJOON AHN, Senior Liaison Engineer, CA DOT
• Vision: KSEA Continuity, Integrity, Growth, and Community Service
• I am seeking an opportunity to serve KSEA because it is a fine organization with many dedicated people to
good causes. I will serve to achieve goals for KSEA visions of US-Korea cooping in science and technology,
career development of members, and the community service.
KSEA EXPERIENCE
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Vice President 1, NMSC Chair, UKC 2012 Track Co-chair 2011-2012
2012 KSEA-KICT Research Project, Principal Investigator
2013 UKC Group J Symposium program committee member
UKC session chair 2008-2010
Group J Councilor 2008-2010
Membership Director 2008 – 2009
Chapter President 2007-2008
NWRC/SWRC/YG chair/program committees 2007-2012
Joined KSEA late 1980’s
Many people have served us with their great leadership to improve KSEA for more than forty years and brought the KSEA today. I
would like to be one of them. As the President-Elect, I will run the UKC 2014 under the same visions: continuity, integrity, growth,
and community service. There are areas to improve: Continuity in UKC and NMSC operation and senior programs, Integrity in
chapter-HQ relationship, YG program, standing committee activities, Growth in technical group activities and in our continuing
effort on membership until we reach all potential members to about 20,000 members.
I have been serving KSEA actively in various positions and roles. I reactivated Sacramento Valley Chapter as the Chapter President.
The chapter is one of the most active chapters now. I also helped the KSEA then-president in the creation of Silicon Valley (San Jose)
Chapter as the Membership Director. I pitched in my two cents for UKC as the Technical Group J Councilor serving as a UKC Track/
Session Chair. I supported the president as Vice President 1 and the chair for NMSC 2012 on chapter development activities and
regional conferences. I served as a Track co-chair in UKC 2012 and as the Conference Chair for NWRC 2012.
If I get elected, I will achieve the goals to improve KSEA further in Continuity, Integrity, Growth, and Community Service together
with all of you.
CONTINUITY
1. Form/Reactivate UKC Committee (standing). This committee will be responsible for UKC program continuity, fund-raising
sources database, human resources database, operation improvement.
2. Form NMSC standing committees: Math Committee (standing) responsible for establishing testing philosophy, continuous problem development and verification, testing, result analysis, operation improvement. Science Committee (standing) responsible for
the same aspects for science competition.
3. Establish Next Generation Program to reach out to all NMSC participants/parents as Friends of KSEA.
4. Form Senior Program Committee responsible to involve senior members in more activities and to develop programs for senior
members to maximize experienced human resources. Do not let them disappear. This includes retaining EC/DC members.
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KSEA ELECTION
INTEGRITY
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Maintain close Chapter-HQ relationship through planned activities. Predictable budget execution through a clear policy.
Develop future leaders including CPs, YG leaders. CP Boot camp at Transition meeting.
Participate actively in YG program. Provide smooth transition to regular member activities.
Encourage more active roles of Standing Committees.
Involve more APS members in KSEA activities for true cooperation.
GROWTH
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Achieve annual growth rate of 10% in the number of voting members.
Empower MDs to increase the number of voting members. Budget support.
Expand Regional Conferences. Start regional organization.
Encourage more chapter activities.
Expand committee activities: UKC, NMSC, Math, Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Tech Group Committees
COMMUNITY SERVICE
1. Establish Small & Medium Business Support Program
2. Work with other community organizations
EDUCATION
• Ph. D. in Structural Engineering, The University of Florida, 1990
• M.E. in Construction Engineering and Management, The University of Florida, 1986
• B.S. in Architectural Engineering, The Seoul National University, 1978
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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California DOT, Senior Liaison Engineer, Mar. 2000 – Present
T.Y. Lin International, Inc., Senior Project Engineer, Apr. 1998 – Dec. 1999
DMJM Harris Inc., Project Engineer, Oct. 1995 – Mar. 1998
DRC Consultant Inc., Design Engineer, Dec. 1990 – Sep. 1995
Korea Electric Power Corporation, Division of Nuclear Power Plant Dec. 1977 – Dec. 1987
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
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I-710 Freight Corridor Project, Senior Structure Liaison Engineer, 2011-President
I-405 NB Widening Design-build, Senior Structure Liaison Engineer, 2007-Present
Gerald Desmond Cable-stayed Bridge, Senior Structure Liaison Engineer, 2003-1012
Seohae Grand Bridge, Site Engineer/Senior Project Engineer, T.Y.Lin International, 1997-1999
More than 100 projects, 1978-Present
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KSEA ELECTION
DONG SAM HA, Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
It is humbling and an honor for me to be nominated for KSEA President. I joined Virginia Tech Fall 1986, one
week after defending my dissertation, and became the first non-Caucasian Computer Engineering professor of
the Department. My life in the early days was a day-and-night struggle to survive. My former advisor advised me
at a conference dinner, “Dong, no matter what happens, you should spend Saturdays with family.”
Being a senior faculty member now and an IEEE Fellow, I feel my career has reached the stage where I can help young and junior
Korean scientists and engineers more actively through KSEA. In addition, while serving KSEA in various roles such as UKC Technical Program Chair, Chapter President, and Committee Chair recently, I’ve found a renewed enthusiasm to enhance our organization.
“If elected, I will strive to help KSEA members to experience tangible benefits of the KSEA membership.”
Considering my research credentials, personal contacts and recognition in the US and Korea, and various experiences in leadership
roles, I believe that I am well positioned to lead KSEA to fulfill its core missions.
To help members to develop and advance in their career,
• Enhance professional networking opportunities among fellow Korean scientists and engineers in the US and Korea at all conferences including regional, affiliated professional society (APS), and UKC.
• Enhance research collaborations with Korean institutes and companies.
• Continue to offer quality career development workshops for career (academic and industry), entrepreneurship, and personal development at all conferences supported by KSEA.
• Hold a job fair at UKC, and recruit US companies and government agencies, as well as Korean companies, to participate.
• Provide mentorship to young and junior members.
• Make the KSEA web site the central place to share useful information in a timely manner among KSEA members. The information may include anything from job and funding opportunities to summer internships in Korea to proposal collaborations. Invite
companies to post job opportunities on the web site.
To help members to advance in their technical areas,
• Offer sessions more extensively on emerging technologies, technology overviews, research trends, and tutorials at UKC. Cover
those in KSEA newsletters.
• Invite existing Korean professional societies to be affiliated with KSEA. Encourage KSEA members join APS, and collaborate in
research through APS.
KSEA has been making excellent progress in many areas recently. I will follow the practices and operations of former and current
KSEA officers such as strong support to local chapters, KSEA APS, YG programs, NMSC, and community services. At the same time,
I will improve or change the following areas.
• Hire a full time Executive Director to manage HQ operations and fundraising.
• Form a committee to carefully evaluate benefits and costs of individual budget line items, and eliminate or trim down those not
critical to the mission of KSEA.
• Redefine or reform the roles of existing organizational structures and committees, and empower committees to run KSEA.
• Make the UKC Committee in charge of logistical arrangements including future venues, and Council Technical Groups, in conjunction with KSEA APS, the technical program.
• Make KSEA operations transparent, and share as much information (such as proposal evaluation guidelines) as possible with
KSEA members and local chapters.
Changes are challenging for any organization, but possible. I ask for your support to make positive changes to move KSEA to the next
level. Thank you very much.
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EDUCATION:
• Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of
Iowa, 1986
• MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iowa,
1984
• BS, Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University, 1974
CURRENT POSITION:
• Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia
Tech, since 1986
• Founding Director of Multifunctional Integrated Circuits and
Systems (MICS) group of four ECE faculty members
CURRENT RESEARCH AREA:
Low-power integrated circuit design (Digital, Analog, and RF)
for wireless/wired communications, energy harvesting, and embedded system applications
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION:
• IEEE (institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Fellow
(bestowed upon less than 0.1% of the annual voting membership)
• Virginia Tech Symposium on Wireless Personal Communications - Technical Program Chair (2007)
• IEEE System On Chip Conference (SOCC) – General Chair
(2005), Technical Program Chair (2004 and 2003), Steering
Committee Chair (2006), Exhibition Chair (2002)
• IEEE Ultra Wideband and Systems Technology Conference –
Technical Program Chair (2003)
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Over 150 journal and conference papers, over 150 presentations at technical meetings, and two book chapters
• Advised 44 students with thesis to completion (13 Ph.D. and
31 MS)
• PI or co-PI of 37 research projects (total amount of about
$6M) including from Korean institutions such as ETRI, KEIT,
and Samsung (The KEIT project was feasible through KSEA’s
introduction.)
• One US patent and 12 patent disclosures
• Development of CAD tools and distribution of the source
code over 322 universities and research institutions worldwide
(now de facto standard tools for VLSI testing courses)
• Development of two CMOS cell libraries and distribution of
the layouts and functional models of the library cells to 324
universities worldwide.
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• Visiting engineer to Freescale (formerly Xtreme Spectrum),
Vienna, Virginia (Jan. – June, 2003)
• Visiting scientist to Semiconductor Research Center of Seoul
National University under the financial support of Korean
Government’s Brainpool Pool program, Korea (May – Dec.
1996)
• Guest researcher of German National Research Center for
Computer Science (GMD) under the support of German
Government’s DADD program, St. Augustin, Germany
(May – Aug. 1994)
• Researcher, Agency for Defense Development (ADD), Daejon Korea (Dec. 1975 – Aug. 1979)
• Military service (Apr. 1974 – Aug. 1975)
KSEA ACTIVITIES:
• Honors and Award Committee (2011- 13), Chair (2012 - 13)
• Led development of a chapter/branch president manual
(2012 - 2013)
• Founded a professional society, Korean Electrical and Electronics Engineering (KEEE), and plan to apply for KSEA APS
(2012 - 13)
• Organizing member of a regional conference for Central and
Southern Virginia Chapters (2012 - 13)
• UKC Technical Program Chair (2010)
• Chapter President, Southern Virginia Chapter (2009 – 12)
• NMSC Chair of Southern Virginia Chapter (2011-12)
• Council member (2009 – 12)
• Revitalized Southern Virginia Chapter (2009)
• UKC Symposium Chair (Communications and Networking
Symposium) (2007)
• Actively involved in the creation of Southern Virginia Chapter
(92)
• KSEA member of Southern Virginia Chapter (92 – present)
For more details, refer to
http://www.mics.ece.vt.edu/People/Faculty/Ha.html
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:
• Founded Center for Embedded Systems for Critical Applications (CESCA) composed of nine faculty members of Virginia
Tech in 2003 and served as Director for the first six years.
Currently, CESCA is the largest and the most active research
center in Computer Engineering of Virginia Tech.
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CANDIDATE FOR 42ND VICE PRESIDENT
GYE WON HAN It is my great honor to be nominated for a Vice President of KSEA. I first joined KSEA in
1992 during my PhD study. Since then, it has been a great pleasure and experience to serve KSEA as a member,
San Diego Chapter President, national Membership Director, and now an Auditor. I was the founding President
of the Korean-American Women in Science and Engineers (KWiSE) which is an affiliated organization of KSEA.
I really enjoyed working with many KSEA members through conferences, local chapter activities, and council
meetings.
KSEA has grown to 39 local chapters, 36 branches as well as 23 affiliated professional organizations today. There are still many
Korean-American professionals who have not yet joined KSEA. KSEA should continue to support and encourage the local chapters
and the affiliated organizations to reach out for greater involvement of young generation and women members. As a Vice President
of KSEA, I will promote a greater communication and networking among members, especially women scientists and members of
young generation for the better KSEA.
EDUCATION
1993 Ph.D.
1984 M.S.
1982 B.S.
X-ray Crystallography (Structural Biology), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Chemistry, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Chemistry, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
2010-Pre.
Staff Scientist/Crystallography Group Leader, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), La Jolla, CA
2004- 2010 Scientific Associate/Senior Scientist, TSRI/Joint Center for Structural Genomics (JCSG), La Jolla, CA
2003-2004 Professional Staff, Univ. of Washington/ SGPP, Seattle, WA
1999-2003
Research Faculty, Chemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
1997-1999
Senior Researcher, Chemistry, Seoul National Univ. & Lecturer, Chemistry, Ewha Womans Univ., Seoul, Korea
1995-1997 Senior Postdoc, Chemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
1993-1995 Postdoctoral Chemist, Chemistry, UCSD, San Diego, CA
1989-1993 Graduate Student Researcher, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
American Crystallographic Association (ACA) member, The Korean Crystallographic Association (KCA) member
PUBLICATIONS
More than 65 research articles published in peer-reviewed journals including Science, Nature, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, Blood,
Structure, J. Biol. Chem., Biochemistry and Proteins. One book chapter in Bioinformatics (Astakhov, V., ed.).
GRANTS AND AWARD
2007 KSEA Outstanding Community Award
1999 - 2001 UCLA AIDS Grant for AIDS Research
1992 NATO Fellowship for the 19th International School of Crystallography, Erice, Italy, May 29-June 7, 1992
KSEA ACTIVITIES
2010- Pre.
KSEA Auditor, KWiSE (Korean-American Women in Science and Engineering) Advisory Committee
2012 - Pre. KUSCO (The Korea-US Science Cooperation Center) Executive Committee
2007- Pre. KSEA-San Diego Executive Committee
2006 - Pre. UKC WISE Forum Co-chair
2007- 09 KSEA Long-range Planning Committee, KSEA Councilor, Technical Group B
2006 – 09
KUSCO Executive Committee
2005 - 10 KWiSE President
2008- 09 KSEA Membership Director II
2006 - 07 KSEA-San Diego Chapter President
2005- 06 KSEA-SC Regional Conference, WLS Co-chair, KSEA Membership Director II
2003 - 06
KSEA Councilor, Technical Group B
2005
UKC WISS Symposium (Women in BST, NT and EE) Co-chair
2002 - 04
KSEA-Southern California Executive Committtee
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SUNG WOO KIM
Dear fellow members of KSEA,
I am very pleased to be nominated as a candidate and very interested in serving as the vice president of KSEA.
If elected, I will serve the members and organization for the best interest of Korean-American scientists and
engineers. I have been fortunate to work with the recent former presidents and vice-presidents of the 38th, 39th,
and 41st KSEA administrations as a member of Directors Committee and I could learn how KSEA is organized and operated. The
opportunity to volunteer for the Vice President position is a way for me to give back my experience and would also be a great opportunity to get more involved in KSEA. Helping KSEA as a Vice President would be a great privilege. Thank you for considering me
for this position.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Animal Science/Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1999)
M.S. Animal Science, Seoul National University (1995)
B.S. Animal Science, Seoul National University (1993)
CURRENT POSITION
Professor of Nutrition, Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
KSEA EXPERIENCE
2012-current: Executive Director, 41st Admin
2011-current: Chapter President, North Carolina
2010/2011/2012: Co-Chair, FAP/FAN Symposium, 2010 Seattle/2011 Park City/UKC 2012 Anaheim
2010-2011: Publication Director, 39th Admin
2009-2010: Membership Director, 38th Admin
2009: Co-Chair, Local Arrangement Committee, UKC 2009 Raleigh
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2007-2012: Associate Professor, North Carolina State University
2001-2007: Assistant/Associate Professor, Texas Tech University
Adjunct Professor: Colorado State University (Fort Collins), 2011- current / Yanbian University (Yanji, China), 2008- current / China
Agricultural University (Beijing, China), 2006- current / Texas A&M University (College Station), 2005- current / Oversea Honorary
Scientists, Rural Development Administration (Korea)2006- current
AWARDS AND HONORS (SELECTED)
Gertrude M. Cox Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, North Carolina State University, 2012
Vernon R. Young International Award for Amino Acid Research. American Society for Nutrition, 2010
Outstanding Research Award. Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies, 2008
Early Career Achievement Award. American Society of Animal Science, 2008
PUBLICATIONS (AS OF JAN 2013)
122 Peer reviewed papers in journals 14 book chapters or books KSEA LETTERS Vol. 41 No. 2 February 2013
46 conference proceedings
174 research abstract
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YOUNGSOO RICHARD KIM I am honored to be nominated for the KSEA’s Vice President position.
The KSEA has experienced tremendous growth in recent years, thanks especially to the hard work and sacrifice
of its former and current leaders. If elected, I am willing also to work diligently and share my overall experience
with KSEA members in supporting the goals of the elected president and also to engage purposefully with other
KSEA officers and members. I have enjoyed serving in various KSEA positions at the local and national levels. I
hope to share the experiences I have gained from these KSEA and other leadership positions I have held in my
career with professionals and students of Korean descent. I humbly ask your support so that together we can help
the KSEA grow as a premier Korean-American organization.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, December 1988
M.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, August 1985
B.S., Civil Engineering, Seoul National University (Korea), January 1980
3/12 - present: Distinguished University Professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
7/00 - 2/12:
Professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
8/94 - 6/00:
Associate Professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
6/89 - 8/94:
Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
9/83 - 5/89:
Research Assistant and Engineering Research Assoc., Texas Transportation Institute
12/79 - 11/82: Engineer, Dong Ah Construction Industrial Co., Ltd.
In addition, I have over 200 papers in national and international technical journals and proceedings, and I have given approximately
70 invited and keynote presentations at the national and international levels.
KSEA EXPERIENCE
2012 - pr.:
Chair of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Symposium, UKC 2013
2011 - pr.:
Group J Councilor
May 2012:
Keynote Speaker, KSEA-NC Regional Conference, Raleigh, NC
2008 - 2009: Program Chair, UKC 2009. ‘Creative Minds for Global Sustainability’, Raleigh, NC
Aug. 2010:
Keynote Speaker, Green Civil, Environment and Transportation (CET) Symposium, UKC 2010
2008 - 2009:
President, KSEA North Carolina Chapter
2002 - 2004:
President, Korea-America Transport Association (KSEA Affiliated)
1991 - 1992:
Director of Professional Affairs, KSEA North Carolina Chapter; Organizer of the 2nd Southeast Regional Confer
ence of KSEA, Raleigh, NC
MAJOR AWARDS AND HONORS
• NCSU Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professor (2012)
• Election to ASCE Fellow (2011)
• Walter J. Emmons Best Paper Award by the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (1997, 2006, 2009)
• Special Contribution Award by the Korean Society of Pavement Engineers (2004)
• Distinguished Research Fellowship by the Korean Science and Engineering Foundation (2003)
• The Alcoa Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award (1998)
• Kimley-Horn Faculty Award, NCSU (1992)
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES
• Conference Chair, International Conference on Asphalt Pavements
• Founder and President, Asian-American Pavement Engineers Association
• Member, Asphalt Mixture and Construction Expert Task Group and Pavement Preservation Expert Task Group formed by the
FHWA
• Editor, Journal of Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists
• Associate Editor, International Journal of Pavement Engineering
• Director-at-Large, International Society of Asphalt Pavements
• Member, Research Advisory Committee for KICT and technical committees of the TRB and ASCE
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SEONG GON KONG
Dear fellow KSEA members,
I would like to express my sincere appreciation to those who have confidence in me to nominate as a Vice Presidential candidate. My first involvement in KSEA dates back to late 1980s when I was a graduate student at University of Southern California. Since then I have had so many rewarding experiences with KSEA along with strong
networking opportunities with fellow researchers from diverse disciplines of science and engineering.
KSEA has provided a central forum to bring together Korean-American scientists and engineers in academia, industry, and government over the past 40 years. KSEA has experienced phenomenal growth in terms of both quality and quantity. Needless to say,
without active participation of KSEA members as well as the dedication and efforts of former and current KSEA officers, this success
would not have been possible. I wish to add my contributions to help KSEA sustain this momentum and grow into a premier professional organization for Korean-American scientists and engineers. As a primary goal, I would like to get more people, regular as well
as student members, involved in KSEA activities to exchange ideas and to prepare for the future.
EDUCATION
• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (1991)
• M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University (1987)
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University (1982)
CURRENT POSITION
• Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Temple University
• Director, Imaging and Pattern Recognition Laboratory
KSEA EXPERIENCES
• President of KSEA Tennessee Chapter (2002-03)
• Member of KSEA Technical Conference Committee (2004)
• Technical Group K Councilor (2007-10)
• Symposium Chair, UKC (2009, 2011, 2012)
• Publication Director and 39th EC member (2009-10)
• Scholarship Committee (2010-Current)
• Project Director (Current)
• Program Chair, Scientists and Engineers Early Career Development Workshop (Current)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
• Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville (2002-2007)
• Assistant/Associate Professor/Department Chair, Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea (1992-2000)
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks (2003-2008)
• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems (1996-1999)
• Senior Member, IEEE
AWARDS AND HONORS
• The Most Cited Paper Award, Computer Vision and Image Understanding (2007, 2008)
• Honorable Mention Paper Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (2005)
• Best Paper Award, IEEE International Workshop on Object Tracking Beyond the Visible Spectrum (2004)
• Government Scholarship for Overseas Study, Korea Ministry of Education (1987)
PUBLICATIONS
• Over 100 Journals, Book chapters, and peer reviewed conference papers in the areas of image processing, pattern recognition,
and intelligent systems
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KSEA SUCCESSFULLY HOSTED THE GLOBAL LEADERS TRAINING PROGRAM ON
TRAFFIC SIGNAL OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT
Byungkyu “Brian” Park,
Vice President of KSEA
To further promote fostering international cooperation especially between the US and Korea, KSEA has initiated the Global Leaders
Training Program that will provide agencies in Korea with advanced knowledge and hands-on training in science and engineering
disciplines. KSEA agreed to develop the first Global Leaders Training Program on Traffic Signal Operations and management to fellow
traffic engineers from the Korea Road Traffic Authority (KoROAD). The program consisted for four days of lectures with hands-on
training, and site visits of Federal and State agencies and two University research facilities.
The program was organized by Dr. Byungkyu “Brian” Park, Vice President of KSEA, with the support from Dr. Joyoung Lee, Dr. InKyu Lim, Dr. Young-Jun Kweon, Dr. Kyoungho Ahn, and Mr. Jaehyun “Jason” So. Trainees from Korea included Mr. Jungmoo Na, Mr.
Taekcheon Kim and Mr. Kyongho Kim, all from the Korea Road Traffic Authority.
The lecture and hands-on training covered the following four topics. The 1st topic was the highway safety manual that covered (i)
fundamentals on quantifying safety including typical safety measures and safety performance function, (ii) the highway safety manual
overview including background, organization, and customization, (iii) the four HSM components including safety performance function, calibration factor, crash proportion, and crash modification factor, and (iv) Intersection safety analysis using predictive methods
for rural multilane intersections and urban/suburban arterial intersections.
The 2nd lecture covered the highway capacity manual. Topics included in this lecture were (i) An overview of the HCM 2010 on Interrupted Flow including signalized intersection, two-way stop, all-way stop, roundabout, and (ii) what’s new in the HCM 2010 Signalized
Intersection including automobile vs. non-automobile, movement-based vs. intersection-based PHF, and Dual-Ring concept, and (iii)
analysis methodology for automobile mode with hands-on Example Problems.
The 3rd lecture focused on the highway capacity software including (i) introduction, (ii) the highway capacity software for signalized
intersections, (iii) arterials, (iii) the highway capacity software and the TRANSYT7-F program, and (iv) additional features in the highway capacity software such as ARTPLAN, DAITA, and MUTCD Warrant.
The 4th lecture covered emerging technology applications. Topics covered include (i) quick overview of traffic signal control including
pretimed, actuated, traffic responsive and adaptive controls, (ii) innovative intersection control strategies including diverging diamond
interchange, superstreet, and turbo roundabout, (iii) emerging technologies including wireless communications (DSRC/WAVE), geographical positioning system and inertial navigation unit, and autonomous vehicles, and (iv) applications of emerging technology in
traffic signal control including cooperative intersection collision avoidance system, cooperative intersection control and eco-driving
and eco-adaptive control.
In addition to the lectures and hands-on training, the program included the following agency visits.
Federal Highway Administration Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center
The Transportation Operations Laboratory (TOL) is a national asset at the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center. The TOL serves not only as a laboratory but as a gateway where Federal, contractor, and student researchers can experience a synergy of ideas and experiences. TOL is comprised of three testbeds: a Data Resources Testbed, a Concepts
and Analysis Testbed, and a Cooperative Vehicle-Highway Testbed. The three testbeds within the TOL will help FHWA fulfill the opera-
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tions research missions. As an example, a test requirement might be conceived through an Exploratory Advance Research (EAR) scan,
have fundamental technology capabilities validated through tests at the CVHT, have the data needed for proof of concept assembled
through the DRT, have the concept of operation validated and benefits assessed though microscopic simulation at the CAT, and then
have the concept field validated at an Connected Vehicles testbed or on a highway facility of a State or local Government partner. The
laboratory will enable FHWA to validate and refine new transportation services and technologies before committing to larger scale
research, development, testing, and deployment phases. Eventually, the laboratory will also provide a unique venue for outreach of
the innovative service concepts and technologies, in that technology transfer can be supported through first-hand knowledge of the
technologies and physical examination of prototype systems and simulations of concepts of operations.
Virginia Department of Transportation Northern Region Operations Traffic Management Center
The Northern Virginia Traffic Operations Center is a high-tech communications hub that manages some of the nation’s busiest roadways. Controllers in this Traffic Center oversee more than 100 miles of roads including 1300 traffic signalized intersections. Computer
monitors and cameras are situated so that controllers can tell what is happening on these roadways at any given time. A recent initiative on the Active Transportation Management will feature implementation of connected vehicle technology for improving mobility,
safety, and environments.
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute Smart Road (Instrumented Signalized Intersection)
The Virginia Smart Road is a unique, state-of-the-art, full-scale, closed test-bed research facility managed by VTTI and owned and
maintained by VDOT. The Smart Road continues to play an important role in the Institute’s research and overall success. The Smart
Road features weather-making capabilities (rain, snow, fog), a variable lighting test bed, pavement markings, an on-site data acquisition system, road weather information systems, differential GPS system, road access and surveillance, and a signalized intersection.
Since its opening, transportation scientists and product developers have spent thousands of hours conducting research on this hightech highway.
University of Virginia Traffic Operations Laboratory
The Traffic Operations Laboratory (TOL) was established to support research in the area of traffic operations with the-state-of-theart systems including microscopic traffic simulation models, traffic signal timing optimization programs and a hardware-in-the-loop
simulation (HILS). The TOL focuses on the following research activities (i) developing and enhancing the-state-of-the-art traffic
signal optimization methods, (ii) applying stochastic optimizations for traffic operations, (iii) developing advanced traffic control
algorithm that can support a new environment under connected vehicle technology, and (iv) providing reliable, risk-free and fast
evaluation environment using microscopic simulation.
Overall the training was very successful as noted by the participants’ extreme satisfaction on the program contents as well as hospitalities given by the KSEA HQ staff as well as program instructors and tour guide.
With President Chung [KSEA HQ, Vienna, VA]
At the Reception Dinner [Boar’s Head Inn, Charlottesville, VA]
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KOREAN-AMERICAN ENERGY EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION SOCIETY (KEPS)
ANNUAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE (NOV. 2, 2012)
This year’s Conference focused on Current Events in Shale & Oil and welcomed over 120 engineers and executives from many
prominent companies. We were delighted to have several keynote and distinguished speakers:
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Senator John Whitmire, the Dean of the Texas Senate
Amb. Suk-Bum Park from the Houston Korean Consulate General
Mr. Thomas Harris from eCorps USA
Jack Christiansen from University of Houston
Mr. Wayne Kelley from RSKUK
Dr. Thomas K Holley from University of Houston
Our speakers hit on many interesting technical and economic subjects areound Shale & Oil as well as provided us with new horizons and challenges in the energy industry.
To open the floor, Dr. Sam Jae Cho shared how he was first interested in oil, when President Park, Jung Hee (President of Korea at
that time) spoke about economic hope and development for the then 3rd world country Korea with a small bottle of oil he held as
the East Sea was discovered to be rich in resources.
Senate Whitmire was the first distinguished speaker for the conference and shared several great experiences, one which detailed
the marvel of his visit to Samsung’s facilities. He encouraged all attendees to learn, network, and share knowledge that they might
do great things and inspire the next generation of engineers. He discussed civic engagement. Particularly, he stressed the importance of participating in the electoral process of government officials on both the local and national scale. Additionally he stressed
the value of participation by many ethnic and racial groups in local politics to create a balanced community voice.
Ambassador Park, Suk-Bum of Korea, spoke of the prospect of Korean Oil & Gas activities. Amb. Park noted the growth of Korean
companies growth in the US oil industry which was evident in the conference attendees and their respective companies. He also
spoke that Korean Government and Korean major energy companies demonstrated a burgeoning interest in supporting strategic
technical innovation and technology development for new ventures in the energy arena, especially upstream fossil energy. He discussed his perspective of the shale oil and gas industry from an international standpoint. His background with politics in the Middle East give him a unique view of the oil industry as it pertains to both the United States as a producer and Korea as a consumer.
(Ambassador Suk-Bum Park, KEPS President Sam Jae Cho,
Senator John Whitmire)
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From left, Mr. Rick Hall (CEO of SOFEC), Mr. Ron Harrell (Chairman Emeritus of Ryder Scott Company),
Sam Jae Cho (President of KEPS), Dr. Y. Ko (Senior Executive
VP of DSME), Ambassador Suk-Bum Park (Korean Houston
Consulate General)
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Mr. Thomas Harris, Chief Operating Officer for the eCorp USA, covered topics around global shale. In the past decade, he has
voiced his opinion of the impact that shale gas in the US oil and gas industry and in the past few years we are seeing this movement.
Mr. Wayne Kelle, CEO of RSK UK stressed that Global current account deficits and surpluses are highly impacted by the price and
rate of international oil trade and that future rates of oil supply are functions of not just volume, but price and cost.
Mr. J. Christiansen talked about “shale Gas Demand and Supply in US Petroleum Industry,” and illustrated by using the historical
events of Petroleum industry.
Dr. Tom Holley spoke of the future supply of Petroleum Engineers and University of Houston’s role. He mentioned that salary of
petroleum engineers with B.S. degree still leads top of the other engineering disciplines.
It was a great opportunity for KEPS members to network, exchange technological advancements, and support the community at
the Conference. It was also a great pleasure for all of the participants to meet the executives of both Korean and US companies
who participated in the Conference.
We at KEPS are very pleased that you joined us for the Conference, and we hope you experienced the enthusiasm and excitement
of the participants who are and will be the current and future leaders in energy industry.
We would like to emphasize that your time and financial contributions help us build a strong foundation that enables KEPS to
become one of the best technical organizations by nourishing more industry leaders and providing such educational programs in
the future. Without your participation, involvement and support, the success of this conference would not be possible.
Thank you again for your generous support to Korean-American Energy Exploration & Production Society.
Very truly yours,
KEPS President Sam J. Cho
Group Picture taken for during KEPS ATC 2012
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2012 KOREAN-AMERICAN BIO-MEDICAL SCIENTISTS SYMPOSIUM (KABMS) &
WEST GULF COAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE (NOV. 9-10, 2012)
2012 Korean-American Bio-Medical Scientists Symposium (2012 KABMS) and 2nd West Gulf Coast Regional Conference was held
at the Trevisio Convention center in Texas Medical Center on November 9-10 (Fri-Sat), 2012 with a total of 110 people registered
and 153 in attendance. KABMS provided a great opportunity for Korean-American biomedical scientists around the West Gulf
Coast Region to expose themselves to the most current trends in biomedical science, as well as to meet all Korean-American biomedical scientists from different institutions around the west gulf coast (Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama) region and share scientific
knowledge.
Attendances are from Korea and many institutions in the west gulf coast area, including The University of Texas, Baylor College of
Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas A&M University, UT Medical Branch at Galveston, Methodist Hospital, University
of Houston, and RICE University.
The symposium started on Friday night with 3 keynote speeches. Dr. Henry W. Strobel, from UT Medical School at Houston gave a
presentation, titled “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Promotion and Tenure,” during which he gave a practical advice
on how to become a successful faculty in the US as a foreign scholar based on his own experience as a faculty recruit committee at
his school. Second speaker was Dr. Chang Ho Ahn, CEO & Chairperson from Rexahn Pharmaceutical Inc. in Maryland. He gave
a talk entitled “A Roadmap to Excellence” where he explained the way for a thriving career development in industrial field in the
US. The last key note speaker was Dr. Sungmin Kim from Dongguk University, Korea. His talk had a title “Medical Device R&D
Strategies and International Collaboration in Korea” in which he presented the opportunities on collaboration between Korean and
Korean-American researchers in the bio-medical field.
During the scientific session on the second day, total sixteen oral presentations were held as four separated sessions: Integrative Biology, Translation Medicine, Cell and Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering and Computational Biology. In this oral presentation session, participants actively shared ideas and held discussions on various topics. In addition to oral presentations, a total of
thirthy two poster presentations also marked a highly interactive program among participants; top four of Students and Post-Docs
poster presentation highly awarded by Consul General at Houston ($250), GenDepot (1st- $500, two of 2nd-$250/each), and twenty
one other posters also brought the presenters with cash awards($100/each). The symposium was supported by KSEA-HQ, KUSCO,
GenDepot, and Korean Consulate Houston.
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2012 BALTIMORE LIFE SCIENTISTS ASSOCIATION 6TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE (NOV. 17, 2012)
BALTIMORE LIFE SCIENTISTS ASSOCIATION (BLSA)
The 2012 BLSA 6th Annual Conference was held on November 17th at The Chevy Chase Auditorium of Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, Maryland. The conference was attended by around 150 life scientists and professionals from regional academia, government, and industry. With the topic of “Translational Research in Human Diseases,” BLSA invited five world renowned scientists,
Andrew Feinberg (M.D., MPH, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), Jeongsik Yong (Ph.D., University of Minnesota),
Jae-Il Park (Ph.D., University of Texas), Ann-Hwee Lee (Ph.D., Weill Cornell Medical College), and William C. Hahn (M.D., Ph.D.,
Harvard Medical School).
The conference speakers presented very exciting recent discoveries in translational research field which covered from epigenetics
to functional genomics of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and dyslipidemia, and stimulated young scientists to obtain insight.
At lunch time, the meeting offered the luncheon table discussion to enhance the networking among the participants and provide
the attendees to have chances to talk with speakers. With the poster session, 2012 BLSA Conference also brought together scientists
who are studying diverse life science areas such as biology, chemistry, biomedical engineering and biostatistics. The conference
strengthened the relationship among the scientists as they gain insight from cross-disciplinary discussions that can illuminate
novel approaches to their own research. The conference concluded with positive notes from both the speakers and the audience to
gain new knowledge, initiate extensive discussions and engage in novel scientific collaboration.
Co-organizers who made this conference a successful event are: Woochang Hwang, PhD., Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions,
President, Joong Sup Shim, PhD. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Vice President, Lee, PhD. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Scientific Director, Daeun Park, Johns Hopkins University, General Director,Ann Choe, PhD. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Financial Director, Je-Hyun Yoon, PhD. NIA/National Institute of Health, Planning Director, Jiyoung Kim, PhD. NIA/
National Institute of Health, Clerical Director, IL Minn, PhD. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, IT Director, Sung-Ung Kang,
PhD. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Director, Public Relation, Jungwoo Kim, PhD. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Scientific Manager, Dongjin Shin, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Scientific Manager, and Jeremy Chae, Johns Hopkins Medical
Institutions, Scientific Manager.
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ANNUAL BIOSCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM (ABES) (DEC. 8, 2012)
NIH-KOREAN SCIENTISTS ASSOCIATION (NIH-KSA)
The NIH-Korean Scientists Association (NIH-KSA) is an association of Korean and Korean-American Scientists working at the
National Institutes of Health (NIH), and also an APS of the KSEA. Currently, the NIH-KSA is counted to have more than 220 active
members in addition to a significant number of exchange and short-term visiting scientists from Korea. The NIH-KSA has been a
central hub for information exchange and scientific interaction and collaboration between the US and Korea. While it is now the 22nd
year since NIH-KSA has been founded, it is during the last four years that the NIH-KSA has noticeably grown into an active community. This has been established mostly by the Annual Bioscience and Engineering Symposium (ABES) supported by the KSEA,
which has been established as a venue to sharing the scientific excellence of Korean and Korean-Americans in the NIH and other
members of the Washington DC-Metro Chapter. It has also been marked as a special occasion to the surrounding area, demonstrating important developments in biomedical sciences and biotechnologies, as well as basic sciences, standards, and national science,
and technology policies.
In the 2012 ABES held at Twinbrook campus of NIH (12441 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, MD) on Saturday, December 8th, 2012,
there were many stimulating scientific interactions through two keynote lectures, 13 oral presentations, and poster session. The
first keynote speaker Dr. Hee-Yong Kim (NIAAA) talked about molecular mechanisms for neurotrophic effects of docosahexaenoic
acid. Another keynote speaker Dr. Kyung Sang Lee (NCI) presented the role of Polo kinase in mitotic control and anti-cancer therapy. The science topics included development and genetics, immunology, molecular and cellular biology, neurobiology, stem cells,
cancer biology, systems biology, and engineering. Dr. Kyoo-young Lee (NCI) and Dr. Myong-Hee Sung (NCI) were awarded with
Johng S. Rhim Young Investigator Award, which has been funded by Dr. Johng S. Rhim, a retired NCI senior investigator and also
the first NIH-KSA president. Best Oral Presentation Awards were presented to Dr. Su Jin Hwang (NICHD) and Dr. Je-Hyun Yoon
(NIA); Best Poster Awards to Dr. Minho Won (NICHD), Dr. Kee K. Kim (NHLBI), Young Wook Kim (UMCP), and Dr. Cheol Lee
(NICHD); Graduate Student Research Award to Ginnah Lee (UMCP). Dr. Jennifer Bae (Axeq Technologies) presented a special talk
about possible benefits of integration of RNA-Seq and whole genome sequencing for identification of the molecular events that drive
cancer transformation. Dr. Sungchul Hohng, a visiting scholar from Seoul National University, participated with a poster presentation with Video-rate confocal microscopy for single-molecule imaging in live cells and super-resolution fluorescence imaging. There
was a special time to our gratitude for the generosity of our partners, Macrogen-USA, JH Science, KSEA, and KRIBB, which helped
us to hold this very special annual event. In order to appreciate for Macrogen-USA’s support for NIH-KSA monthly seminar series
featuring outstanding internal young Korean scientists, we presented a big thanks card to CEO, Dr. Hyon Yong Chong, where many
scientists put many thanks with their own handwriting.
Especially in this year, we included the special session
for career development as a part of Mentor-Mentee
Program in the NIH-KSA, http://nihksa.org/, to assist
young scientists and engineers to develop their career
potential. The five senior investigators in NIH, the keynote speakers, Dr. Rhim, Dr. Byoung J. Park, and Dr.
Myung Hee Park, shared their experiences and perspectives with the audience of post-docs and graduate
students. The participants had a precious opportunity
to share personal experiences of established scientists,
including appropriate work attitude as post-docs, their
life-time way of life and decision that eventually led
them to their current positions at NIH. We were pleased
to witness the active and candid discussion/exchanges
between the senior scientists and younger participants
at the session. As we all know, the Washington DC-Metro chapter has a great potential of further growth with a great number of
Korean-American scientists and engineers working at academic institutions, federal research institutes and high-tech industries in
this area. To further boost this potential and to encourage growth, we hosted KSEA membership drive with gift of NIH-KSA T-shirt
and got more than 100 active KSEA members in this year.
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APS NEWS
KOREAN COMPUTER SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS IN AMERICA (KOCSEA)
ANNUAL TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM (DEC. 14-15, 2012)
KOCSEA had another successful annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia on December 14th and 15th. The symposium began with a
presentation by the 2012 KOCSEA president (Jungwoo Ryoo, Associate Professor of IST at Penn State) who introduced KOCSEA
to new KOCSEA members and provided an annual status report.
This year the technical symposium featured three distinguished keynote speakers. Dr. James Won-Ki Hong (Chief Technology
Officer and Senior Executive Vice President, Korea Telecom Advanced Institute of Technology) was the first keynote speaker and
gave a presentation on the crucial role computer science and engineering plays in today’s telecommunication industry. The second
keynote speaker was Dr. Chae Kyu Kim who serves as the senior vice president of IT convergence technology research laboratory at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in Korea. His talk focused on ubiquitous computing
devices called invisible phones that could be the next big thing after smart phones. Our last keynote speaker, Prof. John Copeland
(Weitnauer Chair Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology) gave a talk on the rapid evolution of the Internet and related threats
as well as work being done to mitigate any possible damages.
The two day KOCSEA technical symposium also featured six technical talk sessions consisting of 22 speakers who presented topics including machine learning and smarter planet, mobile systems and data analytics, system architectures, biological networks
and medical images, pedagogies, and security and Web. Among the regular talk speakers were four non-Korean heritage speakers:
Jesse Beu (Georgia Tech), James Mickens (Microsoft Research), Raheem Beyah (Georgia Tech), and Roberto Perdisci (University
of Georgia). There were also many participants from Korea (for example, six people from ETRI and Prof. Doo-Hwan Bae from the
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). In addition to the regular talk sessions, there were two lightning talk sessions which featured 11 more speakers. Each lightning talk lasted approximately five minutes. The best lightning talk award went
to Joonseok Lee (Georgia Tech) while the best regular talk prize was awarded to James Mickens (Microsoft Research).
To encourage more student participation, this
year’s symposium solicited scholarship applications and posters for an on-site poster competition. Chul Sung (Texas A&M University) received
the Moon-Jung Chung scholarship, and YoungWoo Kwon (Virginia Tech) received the Kane
Kim scholarship. Sangmin Park (Georgia Tech)
and Jung-woo Sohn (Penn State University) received the KOCSEA scholarship.
During the banquet, Prof. Sang Hyuk Son received the 2012 KOCSEA Outstanding Contribution Award. The symposium was
made possible by several financial sponsors including Korean Computer Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA), Korea-US
Science Cooperation Center (KUSCO), Korean Foundation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST), Korea Telecom (KT),
LG, and ETRI.
Finally, the successful hosting of this year’s technical symposium is mostly credited to the dedicated staff members of KOCSEA:
Dr. Bongjun Ko (General Chair), Dr. Minkyong Kim (Program Chair), Prof. Hyo-Joo Han (Local Chair), Prof. Yusun Chang
(Local Chair), Dr. Han Hee Song (Registration and Financial Chair), Prof. Jongwook Woo (Scholarship and Poster Chair), Prof.
Jeong-Hyon Hwang (Publication Chair), and Prof. Jeongkyu Lee (Communication Chair).
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CHAPTER NEWS
KSEA BOISE IDAHO CHAPTER INAUGURATION (NOV. 9, 21012)
KSEA Boise Idaho Chapter (BIC) has been established at the Grove Hotel located in downtown Boise, November 9, 2012. During inauguration meeting, two guest speakers from Sacramento chapter have been invited to get acquainted with many new members. The
meeting was very successful and productive in the sense
that many new members are actively engaged to form a
series of key committees, including steering committee,
conference committee, social committee, and etc.
Members with expertise in various fields, including semiconductor design, water engineering, IT enterprise, and
marketing personnel had the opportunity to pursue local
collaborations by enhancing networking and information
sharing. In addition to industry professionals, many students, faculty and staff from the state university, including
University of Idaho, Boise State University, and Idaho State
University have participated and celebrated this event.
Approximately, 38 regular members who are mostly professional engineers at Micron Technology expressed their willingness to be
involved in KSEA activities at national, regional, and local levels.
According to Dr. Jae Hyeon Ryu who was elected as the first president, as a new local chapter, we, BIC, plan to organize a technical
seminar bimonthly to pursue cohesive collaborations among members and also social events, such as quarterly team building and
picnic to promote a family-friendly local chapter. Additionally, he proudly announced that BIC has ambition to host North West
Regional Conference 2014 in Boise.
One of BIC’s first official KSEA activities would be the National Mathematics and Science Competition to be held in April 13, 2013
so that BIC is now fully charged to get that done successfully and seamlessly. BIC will also reach out other ethnical communities,
which help us to enhance our understanding and the rich tapestry of our KSEA community. Stay tuned!
Lastly, BIC thanks all financial supporters, including KSEA HQ and KOSEN.
Without their help, BIC wouldn’t exist.
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CHAPTER NEWS
KSEA NORTHWEST REGIONAL CONFERENCE (NWRC) 2012
SACRAMENTO MARRIOTT AT RANCHO CORDOVA, CALIFORNIA (NOV. 2-3, 2012)
The Sacramento Valley Chapter hosted NWRC 2012 from Friday, November 2 to Saturday, November 3 at the Sacramento Marriott
at Rancho Cordova, California. About 120 participants facilitated the networking and shared their knowledge and experience on the
diverse areas in science and engineering. The NWRC is an annual event co-organized by four KSEA local chapters in the northwestern
regional states, including the Seattle-Washington Chapter, Oregon Chapter, Silicon Valley Chapter, and Sacramento Valley Chapter.
Especially in this year, the conference committee invited members from Boise, Idaho to promote the establishment of a new local
chapter in that area. The new Boise-Idaho Chapter was successfully founded after the NWRC, and from next year, it will be the fifth
co-organizing chapter for the NWRC.
There were pre-conference events such as golf outing, winery trip, and welcome dinner on Friday, November 2. During the day, about
40 people participated golf or trip to a local winery. And in the evening, about 80 people attended welcome dinner at the conference hotel. Representatives from the conference sponsors including Consulate General, KITECH, KUSCO, and KSEA HQ delivered
congratulatory messages at the welcome dinner. Mr. Woo-Jin Lee, the S&T Program Director of KUSCO, especially presented an
overview of the KUSCO and its outreach and support programs for Korean-American scientists and engineers.
The main conference on Saturday, November 3rd was comprised of three parts; (a) A Plenary Session, (b) Two Forum Sessions, and
(c) Eight Technical Sessions. The participants included two keynote speakers in the plenary session and 40 general speakers in the
forum and technical sessions. In the plenary session Mr. Bob Pieplow, Chief Engineer in California Department of Transportation,
and Dr. Jae-Hoon Kim, Executive of the Boeing Company, delivered keynote speeches on the topics of “Overview of Transportation
in California” and “Technology Convergence in Wireless Mobile Communications,” respectively.
Topics of the two forum sessions after the plenary session were “Korea-US FTA Forum” and “Young Generation (YG) Forum.” Participants in the FTA Forum discussed the status of Korea-US FTA and its potential impacts and opportunities to the KSEA members.
Dr. Junho Cha, Finance Director of KSEA HQ, moderated the YG Forum and introduced the KSEA’s outreach and support programs
for YG members. The technical sessions took place after lunch break, and they were divided into 8 sessions on 6 tracks, including BTH
(Bio Technology and Health Science), CEE 1 & 2 (Civil and Environmental Engineering), CIT 1 & 2 (Communication and Information Technology), MAE (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), MNT (Materials and Nano Technology), and EGT (Energy and
Green Technology).
As noted, the NWRC 2012 was successfully fulfilled with the supports and dedications of the sponsors, participants, and volunteers.
The Seattle-Washington Chapter will be the next hosting chapter for the NWRC 2013.
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CHAPTER NEWS
2012 KSEA SOUTH-ATLANTIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE (SARC)
“COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS ACROSS KOREAN COMMUNITY”
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (NOV. 16-17, 2012)
The North Carolina Chapter hosted 2012 SARC from Friday, November 16 to Saturday, November 17 at Riddick Hall, North Carolina State University.
On Nov 16, pre-conference tour program invited participants to NIEHS, SAS, IBM, and GSK followed by a networking dinner.
On Nov 17, main conference began 9:30am whereas registration opened as early as 8:30am. Opening remark was made by Dr. Sung
Woo Kim, Conference Chair, followed by introduction to KSEA (Dr. Sung Woo Kim) and RTP B&B (Dr. Hangsik Moon). Welcome
message from KSEA President Dr. Hyung Min Chung was delivered to the participants by Dr. Sung Woo Kim as an Executive Director of KSEA. Co-hosts were recognized including KSEA, RTP B&B, and KUSCO as well as financial supports from KSEA, KUSCO,
and other individuals.
The total number of participants was 144 (130 pre-registration + 14 on-side registration). Participants were composed of 35 faculty
members, 48 graduate students, 22 postdoctoral researcher, 6 principal investigators at government/public sector, 22 professionals at
a private sector, six undergraduate students, two visiting scholar, etc. from RTP area (120), and non-RTP area (22).
Keynote speech was given by Dr. Moo Young Han (Duke University, former KSEA President) on “Higgs, Quarks, and the Universe”.
Focus Group session followed including five areas led by Dr. Sunkyu Park (NC State University): “Progress and Opportunity in
Natural Sciences for the Next Ten Years” by Dr. Chueng R. Ji (NC State University), “R&D in Agbiotech Industry: Difference from Researches in Academia” by Dr. Hangsik Moon (Syngenta), “Natural Science vs. Social Science: Conflict, Crossover or Collaboration”
by Dr. Dohyeong Kim (NC Central University), “How to Retire Early: Technology Commercialization from Your Lab to Marketing to
Funding” by Mr. Sangkoo Kim (Redhat), and “Securing a Professional Position” by Dr. Richard Youngsoo Kim (NC State University).
Lunch time was used as a Disciplinary Group session in 12 disciplinary areas led by Dr. Nayun Kim (Duke University). All participants joined one hour games for building collaborative networks after the lunch. Mr. Woocheol Kim and Ms. Jieun Han led the game.
There were 18 posters presented for competition as a last program. Mr. Sangdon Han received the first place award.
The conference was closed by Dr. Hangsik Moon and Dr. Sung Woo Kim after raffles and award ceremony. Organizing Committee
and volunteers had a celebration party until late evening.
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Before the Opening (Not all participants are included in this photo)
Collaborative Network (Game)
US-KOREA CONFERENCE 2013
AUGUST 7 -10, 2013,
SHERATON MEADOWLAND, NJ, USA
“Toward Harmonious World with Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship”
Strategic Approaches
Program Excellence
• Global prominent speakers and organizers
• Technical Group committee including all KSEA councilors and APS presidents
• Symposium and session proposals from all stakeholders
Harmonious Programs
• Joint organization of UKC programs by US-Korea researchers
• Interdisciplinary symposiums by all 13 tech groups
Entrepreneurship
• US-Korea Industry Collaboration, Expo
• US-Korea Entrepreneurs Networking
• Investors Forum, Patents Forum
• Best Korean/US Ventures, Success Stories
• Young Entrepreneurs Start-up Competition
Career Development and Networking
• Interaction among established, mid career, and junior researchers, graduate students
• Job Fair
Harmonious Theme Symposiums
• Semiconductor
• Biomedical Science and Technologies
• Energy
• New Materials
• Information Technologies
• Other Harmonious subjects
Forums, Workshops, Job Fair, Industry Booths, Industry tour, Cultural Events NY City and Surroundings
Co-hosts: KSEA, KOFST, NRF_KUSCO
Conference Chair: Dr. Myung Jong Lee, KSEA President-elect , CUNY
Conference Co-Chair: Dr. Sang-Dai Park, KOFST President
Steering Committee Chair: Dr. Kang-Wook Lee (IBM)
Program Co-Chairs: Dr. Yongho Sohn (UCF), Dr. Kyungjae Myung (NIH), Dr. Sang Hyuk Son (DGIST)
Local Arrangement Chair: Dr. Jeong-seop Shim (NJIT)
Web Director: Dr. Seong-won Kim (IBM)
IT Director: Dr. Yang-gon Kim (Towson Univ.)
* Refer to http://ukc.ksea.org for more information.
Myung Jong Lee
Sang-Dai Park
UKC2013 Chair UKC2013 Co-Chair
CUNY,
KOFST,
Professor
President
With a great pleasure, we would like to announce the “CALL for ABSTRACTS” for UKC2013
to be held during August 7-10 at the Sheraton Meadowland, NJ, right across the Manhattan. All
of you are invited to enjoy the conference and a variety of exciting events New York City and
the surroundings proudly offer. UKC is the flagship event for KSEA, promoting its utmost goal
of UK-Korea collaboration in science, engineering, and entrepreneurship. Program Excellence
and Harmony will come atop in all symposiums, forums, and industry and entrepreneurship
programs that UKC2013 is organizing.
The UKC is a very unique conference, not easily peered by any professional conferences because
it is a truly multi-disciplinary conference. Many future breakthroughs in science and technology
will come from the boundaries of varioustechnical disciplines, and we must explore the hidden
treasures at these boundaries. Clearly UKC is a great platform to do it! Without compromising the quality of individual symposiums, we
like to encourage the convergence of the variety of disciplines, and that is how the UKC 2013 theme came about. A significant effort will
be given to the industry and entrepreneurship track, as it is one of the thrust areas of the conference. We know these goals are challenging,
but if we share our minds and efforts, it is not something beyond our reach.
There are several new approaches taken for the development of UKC2013.
• All KSEA technical group councilors and Affiliated Professional Society (APS) presidents have joined the conference program committee to pursue program excellence while maintaining access.
• Establishment of autonomous Technical Group Committees to organize individual multi-day symposiums according to 13 KSEA
Technical Groups.
• Acclaimed plenary and invited speakers will be invited from US and Korea.
• Members Initiated Program Design: Organizational Philosophy for the UKC 2013. Proposals for all programs were solicited from all
KSEA members and its affiliated/qualified members including those from Korea.
• Promotion of “Harmonious” Interdisciplinary Symposiums: Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Advanced Materials for Renewable and
Sustainable Energy, Semiconductor, STEM Education and Research Grant Symposium.
• Enhanced Entrepreneurship Track program to benefit the technology-driven economy in both Korea and US industries: junior and
professional venture competition, EXPO style program, and integrated with various industry oriented forums.
In addition to these excellent programs, you will appreciate the rare networking opportunity, making new friends and renewing the
bonds with your colleagues. Lastly, won’t you and your family come and enjoy Broadway musicals, Metropolitan museum, sightseeing
like Central park, Statue of Liberty, or the Freedom tower?
Looking forward to your enthusiastic participation for UKC 2013 by submitting your ABSTRACT by April 30, 2013!
CURRENT SYMPOSIUMS AND FORUMS FOR UKC2013
Thematic Harmonious Symposiums/
Forums (10)
Semiconductor
Biomedical Science and Technologies
Energy
Advanced Materials
Other Harmonious topics
Technical Group Symposiums
(14)
Physics
Chemistry
Mathematics, Statistics
Biology, Biomedical Eng, Genetic Eng, Botany,
zoology
Medical Science, Pharmaceutical Science,
Veterinary Medicine, Physical Ed.
Agriculture, Ecology Food, Nutrition
Chemical Eng, Nuclear Eng, Petroleum Eng
Mechanical Eng, Aerospace Eng,
Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mining Eng
Civil Eng, Architecture, Environmental
Electrical and Communications
Computer Science, Systems Eng
Industrial Eng and Management Science
Industry and Entrepreneurship Track
(2)
Industry Subtrack
Collaboration: Korean companies, government
initiatives and KSEA members
Job Fair & Career Development
Entrepreneurship Subtrack
For start-ups and early stage ventures in US
and Korea
Venture competition
Investment
MEMBER NEWS
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MUSIC BAND
[DAVID OH, TAE-WAN RYU, CHAN SEUNG PARK, SYLVIA PARK]
AN INTERVIEW ARTICLE BY HYO JOO HAN
The very first musical band of KSEA was formed in 2011. I was so pleased to find out the news and contacted Dr. Chan Seung Park for
an interview, the leader of the Southern California Band. There are currently four members, the founding members of this musical band
of KSEA, the Southern California Music Band. The members are the following.
Name
Instrument
Affiliations
David Oh
Rhythm Guitar, Main vocal Ford Motor Inc.
Tae-Wan Ryu
Lead Guitar, Chorus vocal
Relation to KSEA
KSEA-SC member since 2007
Husband of Jane Oh (former HQ VP)
California State University, Fullerton KSEA-SC member since 2000
Former CP, HQ ITD)
Chan Seung Park Bass, Leader
University of California, Riverside
KSEA-SC member since 2002, Former CP
Sylvia Park
Teacher, Kwon’s SAT
KSEA-SC member since 2012
Drum, Chorus vocal
Q : Who started this idea? When did you form your band? When was your band’s first formal performance?
A : I think it was around spring of year 2011, I bought a bass and called Dr. Ryu, “hey, I bought a bass, why don’t come to my house and
play together?” and he drove to my house immediately with such a happy face I had never seen before. Almost the same time, Sylvia
started a drum lesson; we are surprised to find out she was a gifted drummer. As you might know, playing drums is not easy, need talent.
We played four songs at the 2011 year end party of KSEA-SC.
Q : What genres of music do you play?
A : We play all kind of music areas from old songs to very new songs. Actually one of the songs we played this year was “Gang Nam
Style.”
Q : What has been your biggest challenge as a band? Have you
been able to overcome that challenge? If so, how?
A : Find the time for practicing has been always our biggest
challenge. Acturally, one of the members, David Oh, works in
Michigan. We are considering replacing his position with a local
member, but I am sure he will be mad if we do that.
Luckily, Sylvia lives with me (chuckles), so it was often our
home where we got together to practice. We thank our neighbors who have been so patient !
Q : Are you looking for more members in your band?
A : We wish to have a keyboard player. But more importantly,
a KSEA member who understands KSEA’s vision, loves music
and is willing to learn keyboard.
Q : Anything you want to add?
A : Since we started playing, I think I feel more bonding with
members, like a family. We enjoy each other’s company and
have fun playing musical instruments every time we get together. Our band, somehow, provides me very refreshing energy to my work and daily life!
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MEMBER NEWS
DR. SUNG-KWON KANG (35TH KSEA PRESIDENT) RECEIVES THE 17TH
KBS GLOBAL KOREAN AWARD (IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY)
Dr. Sung-Kwon Kang (IBM; 35th KSEA President, 2006-2007; pictured above) was chosen to receive the 17th KBS
Global Korean Award (in Science & Technology). Dr. Kang will be invited to attend the award ceremony on
March 5th in Seoul.
Dr. Kang graduated from Seoul National University, Engineering College, with a B.S. degree (Metallurgical Engineering) in 1969, and a Ph.D. degree (Materials Science & Metallurgy) from University of Pennsylvania in
1973. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow in Carnegie Mellon University. Later, Dr. Kang taught at Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ, and worked as a senior scientist in INCO R & D center, NY. Since 1984, he has worked
as a research scientist at the IBM T.J Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY. In recognition of his research contribution to electronic materials (especially, for Pb-free solders technology), Dr. Kang was inducted as IEEE Fellow in 2009,
and also as TMS Fellow in 2012. Dr. Kang is known as a world-class scientist in the field of microelectronic packaging technology.
In the KBS announcement, the 2013 KBS Global Korean Awards committee recognized Dr. Kang’s diligence, proactivity, and pioneering spirit to overcome the challenges in his professional career, which set a good example in the Korean-American community and
ultimately distinguished him from numerous other nominees in the selection process. It has also been announced that a documentary
film about the 2013 KBS Global Korean Awards winners will be produced by KBS and aired to the public in a near future.
DR. SON, SANG HYUK, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA,
WAS ELEVATED AS AN IEEE FELLOW
Dr. Son, Sang Hyuk, Professor Emeritus, University of Virginia, and now with DGIST, was elevated as an IEEE
Fellow on January 1, 2013. Dr. Son was recognized for his accomplishments ‘for contributions to data management and scheduling in real-time systems.’ The IEEE is the world’s leading professional organization for advancing technology for humanity, with 400,000 members in 160 countries. The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by
the IEEE Board of Directors upon a person with an outstanding record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE
fields of interest. The total number selected in any one year cannot exceed 0.1% of the total voting membership.
IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of membership and is recognized by the technical community as a prestigious
honor and an important career achievement.
Prof. Son is one of the pioneers who developed a feedback control-based framework to support quality-of-service guarantees. He
made fundamental contributions by developing a framework on real-time performance monitoring and control. Using the framework, he developed a novel architecture for QoS-aware services for real-time systems which can provide guaranteed performance in
terms of timeliness and data freshness which are essential in data-driven time-critical applications. He has served as the chair of the
IEEE Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems, and as the President of Korean Computer Scientists and Engineers Association in
America. He also served as a Councilor for KSEA. He received the Outstanding Contribution Award form ACM/IEEE Cyber Physical
Systems Week in 2012.
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KSEA AWARD ACCEPTANCE NOTE
MY SCIENTIFIC CAREER AND KSEA
Chin Ok Lee
Rockefeller University
18th KSEA President
It is a great honor for me to receive the 2012 OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO KSEA AWARD and the
MEST AWARD from the Minister of Education, Science and Technology Department of Korean Government. As
a scientist, involvement with KSEA has been an important part of my life. KSEA provided me the opportunity to
make contribution to science and graduate education in my motherland, Korea.
I began to participate in KSEA activity as a founding member of KSEA New York Metro Chapter in 1976 when I
was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Cornell University Medical College. In 1976 I moved to Cornell University Medical College in New York City from University of Chicago where
I finished my postdoctoral training. At that time I was hesitating to take part in the activity of KSEA. The major reason was that I did
not have sufficient time to work for KSEA New York Metro Chapter. In 1976 I had to set up my own laboratory as a fresh assistant professor at Cornell University Medical College. Moreover, I had a heavy burden to concentrate on my research work to secure my tenure
position. After serious consideration, it was my belief that I should make some contribution to advancing science in Korea through
KSEA. So I decided to participate in KSEA New York Metro Chapter. Now 36 years later, I feel that I made a right decision at that time.
For one year from 1980 I served for KSEA New York Metro Chapter as Chapter President. In 1981 I was promoted to a tenured Associated Professor at Cornell University Medical College. I was very pleased to secure my tenure position. This was because I worried
about some influence of KSEA activity on my research. Dr. Sung K. Kang (35th President of KSEA) worked with me as Vice President
of KSEA New York Metro Chapter. We worked hard for our New York Metro Chapter. For 3 years from 1984 to 1987, I served for
KSEA as an elected Council Member. As a Council Member, I represented the area of biology, botany and zoology.
In 1986, I was promoted to a full Professor at Cornell University Medical College. This might be the fruit of many years of my hard
work in which I spent almost 100% of my time including Saturday and Sunday for research. I would like to have a few words about
my research. My research work was recognized as the key contribution to solve the mechanism of DIGITALIS action on heart muscle
cells. Digitalis, the life-saving heart medicine was used to treat weak heart and heart failure for about 200 years. However, the mechanism of the digitalis action had been quite controversial for a long time. I received several prizes from American Heart Association
(AHA), International Heart Society (IHS) and British Heart Foundation for the contribution to the mechanism of digitalis action on
heart muscle cells.
For one year from 1989, I served for KSEA as 18th President of KSEA. We know that KSEA Presidents have heavy workload. During
the 18th term, we worked particularly for the financial independence of KSEA. For this purpose, KSEA Fund Raising Committee was
established and 9 committee members were appointed. The chair of the committee was Professor Moo-Young Han, Duke University
(KSEA Letters Vol. 18, No 4, page 7, February 1990). For the last several years KSEA has been making hard efforts for its financial
independence. In this year’s council meeting (UKC 2012), it was adopted to initiate a process of installing KSEA Foundation. I hope
that the decision at the council meeting should help the financial independence of KSEA. This is probably the most important issue
for the future of KSEA.
KSEA greatly influenced my scientific career. In 1992 I decided to accept the position of the fist Chairman of the Department of Life
Science at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH). This was a brave decision because I had to give up my Professorship held for 17 years at Cornell University. The decision was largely due to my involvement with KSEA. Professor Hogil Kim, the
6th President of KSEA was the first President of POSTECH who asked me to become the first Chairman of the Department of Life
Science at POSTECH. In 1996, the Department of Life Science of POSTECH became the top rank among the life science and biological departments in Korea. I am proud of my contribution to the establishment of the Department of Life Science at POSTECH. Six
former President of KSEA played critical roles in the establishment of POSTECH. I am grateful for KSEA and its members who made
my scientific career valuable and memorable. It is my desire that I continue to make contribution to KSEA. In 2004, I wrote a book
titled “노벨상을 향한 과학자의 꿈”. In the book, my scientific career and KSEA activity was further described.
Finally I would like to express my thanks to my wife, Kwanghee Kim. Without her understanding, it was not possible to participate
in KSEA. I attended the last six UKCs with my wife. I hope that we would have a wonderful and successful UKC 2013 in New Jersey.
Thank you.
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KSEA AWARDS NOMINATION ANNOUNCEMENT
Dear KSEA Members,
KSEA is pleased to announce annual awards, which recognize and honor people who have made outstanding contributions to KSEA.
They include:
• Persons who have made outstanding contributions to advances in science and engineering or applications of technology for the
general welfare of society.
• Persons who have made outstanding contributions in fostering international cooperation especially between the US and Korea.
• Persons who have made outstanding services to the betterment of the KSEA.
KSEA would like to ask you to nominate deserving individuals for the following award categories.
Award Categories:
1. Outstanding Contribution to KSEA Award for a person who has made exceptional contributions to KSEA through dedicated
and exemplary services.
2. Scientist of the Year Award to a person who has made outstanding technical contributions in the area of science.
3. Engineer of the Year Award to a person who has made outstanding technical contributions in the area of engineering.
4. Entrepreneur of the Year Award for a person who has made stellar performance in the area of entrepreneurship.
5. Outstanding Chapter and Chapter President Award to a local chapter, which has contributed significantly to enhance the image
of KSEA through novel and exemplary programs and services.
6. Outstanding Community Service Award to a person who has provided outstanding community services.
7. Young Generation Leadership Award to a person who has provided outstanding young generation membership development
and services.
Award 1 is jointly awarded with MEST (교육과학기술부), and Awards 2 and 3 are with KOFST (한국 과학기술단체 총연합회).
DUE DATE: APRIL 1 (MONDAY), 2013
Eligibility: A nominator should be a KSEA member, but a nominee does NOT have to be a KSEA member.
Nomination Procedure:
1. A nominator should submit an appropriate KSEA Award Nomination form for each category, and the nomination forms are
available from the KSEA website main page (http://www.ksea.org) under News and Announcement. Detailed information is
available in the nomination forms.
2. E-mail a complete form and supporting letter(s) to sejong@ksea.org with the e-mail subject, “KSEA Award Nomination” by the
due date.
CORPORATE SPONSORS OF KSEA
Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association
1952 Gallows Road, Suite 300, Vienna, VA 22182
Tel: 703-748-1221. Fax: 703-748-1331
Email: sejong@ksea.org. Web: http://www.ksea.org
Directors Committee (41st Administration)
President: Hyungmin Michael Chung, Calif. State Univ., Long Beach
(O) 562-985-7691, p41chung@ksea.org
President-Elect: Myung Jong Lee, City University of New York
(O) 212-650-7260, pe41lee@ksea.org
Vice President (VP1): Byungkyu Brian Park, UVA
(O) 434-924-6347, vp41park@ksea.org
Vice President (VP2): Yongtaek Choi, Sud-Chemie
(O) 781-433-5937, vp41choi@ksea.org
Executive Director: Sung Woo Kim, North Carolina State University
(O) 919-513-1494, ed41kim@ksea.org
Finance Director: Junho Cha, Nimbic
(O) 206-550-6611, fd41cha@ksea.org
General Director: Jongdae Lee, University of California, San Diego
(O) 858-822-5762, gd41lee@ksea.org
Technical Group Director: Taekjin Kwon, Applied Communication Sciences
(O) 732-758-3242, tgd41kwon@ksea.org
Information Technology Director: Yang Gon Kim, Towson Univ.
(O) 410-704-3782, itd41kim@ksea.org
Headquarter Operations Director: Junho Cha, Nimbic
(O) 206-550-6611, hod41cha@ksea.org
Membership Director: Jongwook Woo, Calif. State Univ., LA
(O) 323-343-2916, md41woo@ksea.org
YG Director: Kaylee Shin, SBM Offshore
(O) 281-679-2439, ygd41shin@ksea.org
Industry Program Director: Hogan Lee, eHarmony, Inc.
(O) 310-254-6126, ipd41lee@ksea.org
General Publication Director: Young B. Choi, Regent University
(O) 757-352-4949, pd41choi@ksea.org
Digital Publication Director: Hyo Joo Han, Georgia Southern Univ.
(O) 912-478-7467, pd41han@ksea.org
Periodicals Publication Director : Byeong-Uk Kim, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, (O) 404-362-2526, pd41kim@ksea.org
Project Director 1: Seong Gon Kong, Temple University
(O) 215-204-7932, pjd41kong@ksea.org
Project Director 2: Jungwoo Ryoo, Penn State University
(O) 814-949-5243, pjd41ryoo@ksea.org
Project Director 3: Sung Yi, Portland State University
(O) 503-725-5470, pjd41yi@ksea.org
Headquarters Staff
IT Team: 703-748-1221, it@ksea.org
Finance Manager: Kelly Han, 703-748-1221,finance@ksea.org
Admin Manager: Euna Yoon, 703-748-1221, admin@ksea.org
Accounting Administrator: Yoon Hee Chang, 703-748-1221,
database@ksea.org
Auditors
Gye Won Han, 858-784-7189, gyewon@scripps.edu
Sam Ryu, 832-377-7267, sam.s.ryu@gmail.com
Kyung Dong Ryu, 845-323-4487, kdryu2000@gmail.com
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
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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
Mun Y. Choi, 860-230-7003, choi@engr.uconn.edu
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
Ki Wook Kim, 919-515-5229, kwk@ncsu.edu
Taek Jin Kwon, 732-758-3242, taekjkwon@yahoo.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
Sunghoon Kim, 201-988-9094, stevekim.jsi@gmail.com
Former President Councilors
Hosin Lee, University of Iowa, 319-335-6818, skytrust@gmail.com
Kang-Wook Lee, IBM Research, 914-945-3070, kangwook.lee.ibm@gmail.com
Ki Dong Lee, UIUC, 217-244-0421, kdlee@illinois.edu
Chapter Presidents
Chair Jong Park, 813-326-3143, Jong.Park@moffit.org
Vice Chair
Lee Joung Yoo, 949-278-5646, lyoo@ocwd.com
Central Penn (1) Jungwoo Ryoo, 814-949-5243, jryoo@psu.edu
Georgia (3)
Byeong-Uk Kim, 404-362-2526, byeonguk.kim@ksea-ga.org
Indiana (4) Sanghyung Ahn, president@ksea-in.org
Michigan (6)
Ye Eun Park, yeeunangelapark@gmail.com
Chicagoland (7) Taeok Bae, 219-980-6609, tbae@iun.edu
Minnesota (8) Yunje Oh, 952-835-6366, ohyunje@hotmail.com
New England (9) Jun Young Choi, 508-887-4564, choi2524@gmail.com
New Jersey (10) Jaesik Lee, Jaesiklee65@hotmail.com
NY Metro (11)
Bongjun Ko, 914-784-7163, Bongjun_ko@us.ibm.com
N. Carolina (12) Sung Woo Kim, 919-513-1494, swk.ncsu@gmail.com
Ohio (14)
Seongwon Peter Hong, hongs@battelle.org
Seattle WA (15) Sooyeun Kim, sooyeunk@u.washington.edu
Philadelphia (16) Seong G. Kong, skong@temple.edu
St. Louis (17)
Soojin Jang, kseastl@gmail.com
Southern CA (18) Lee Yoo,714-378-3347, lyoo@ocwd.com
South Texas (19) Sehoon Jang, 512-650-6638, jangsehoon@gmail.com
Wash. Metro (21) Kyung Sang Lee, 301-496-9635, kyunglee@mail.nih.gov
Alabama (23)
Dong Joo Daniel Kim, 334-844-4864, dkim@eng.auburn.edu
Austin TX (24) Sung-Taeg Kang, stkang0507@gmail.com
Silicon Valley (30) Jun Young Huh, heymosoo@yahoo.com
Baltimore (31)
Mihyun Bae, 443-804-7507, niceangel075@hotmail.com
Tennessee (32) Ho Nyung Lee, hnlee@ornl.gov
N. Texas (40)
Tae Choi, Tae-Youl.Choi@unt.edu
Central VA (41) Seunghun Lee, 434-924-7959, shlee@virginia.edu
Central IL (42) Seung-Yul Yun, 217-255-8540, Yes.Andrew@gmail.com
Wisconsin (44) Kevin Kyoungseok Kim, kseawi@gmail.com
Southern VA (49) Byoung-Do Kim, bdkim.ksea@gmail.com
Iowa City (52)
Yang Oh Jin, 319-541-9517, yangoh.jin@gmail.com
Utah (56)
Donghoon Yoon, 801-581-4449, dong.yoon@hsc.utah.edu
Sacramento (58) Seungwook Lim, 916-605-8361, swlim0226@gmail.com
San Diego (60)
Sanghee Yoo, sanghee_yoo@yahoo.com
Oregon (62)
Won Yong Kim, 503-616-6001, wykim@kitech.re.kr
North Dakota (65) Chiwon W. Lee, 701-361-9411, chiwon.lee@ndsu.edu
Orlando (67)
Hae-Bum Yun, 407-823-0176, Hae-Bum.Yun@ucf.edu
Tampa Bay (68) Jong Park, 813-326-3143, Jong.Park@moffitt.org
Kentucky (903) Duk-Hyung Lee, 859-858-3511, duk.lee@asbury.edu
KSEA Korea (905) Tammy Cho, 82-18-282-7995, btheb_02@naver.com
Committee Chairs
Contest Committee:
Byungkyu Brian Park, 434-924-6347, vp41park@ksea.org
Election Committee:
James Song, 301-602-2206, james.song.nih@gmail.com
Fund Management Committee:
Kang-Wook Lee, 914-945-3070, kangwook.lee.ibm@gmail.com
History Committee:
Yong Nak Lee, 847-577-5967, ynlee@htrdltd.com
Honors and Awards Committee:
Dong Sam Ha, 540-231-4942, ha@vt.edu
Long-range Planning Committee:
Moon Won Suh, 919-515-6580, moon_suh@ncsu.edu
Nomination Committee:
Hosin Lee, 319-335-6818, skytrust@gmail.com
Rules Committee:
Jun Y Huh, 408-497-3648, heymosoo@yahoo.com
Scholarship Committee:
Jintae Kim, 334-332-2904, jt.kim121@gmail.com
Young Generation Committee:
Sun Min Jung, 425-263-2233, smjung@post.harvard.edu Affiliated Professional Society (APS) Presidents
Association of Korean Neuroscientists (AKN)
Kwang-Soo Kim, Harvard Medical School, Kskim@mclean.harvard.edu
Association of Korean Physicists in America (AKPA)
Eun-Suk Seo, University of Maryland, seo@umd.edu
Baltimore Life Scientists Association (BLSA)
Sung-Ung Kang, JHU School of Medicine, sungung.kang@gmail.com
Korean American Construction, Engineering, and Project Management
Association (KACEPMA)
Young Hoon Kwak, George Washington University, kwak@gwu.edu
Korean-American Food Technologists Association (KAFTA)
Youngmo Yoon, Sensient Flavors LLC, flavor331@yahoo.com
Korean-American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (KAIPLA)
Joo Mee Kim, Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C., jkim@rfem.com
Korean-American Materials Society (KAMS)
Jiyoung Kim, University of Texas at Dallas, jiyoung.kim@utdallas.edu
Korean-American Mathematical Scientists Association (KAMSA)
Hae Soo Oh, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, hso@uncc.edu
Korean-American Society for Biomedical Informatics (KASBI)
James S. Song, National Center for Biotechnology Information
National Institutes of Health, james.Song@nih.gov
Korean American Society for Biotech & Phamaceuticals (KASBP)
Yong-Hae Han, Bristol-Myers Squibb, yong-hae.han@bms.com
Korean-American Energy Exploration & Production Society (KEPS)
Sam Jae Cho, Ryder Scott Company, chosj@blackmidas.com
Korean Computer Scientists & Engineers Association in America (KOCSEA)
Jungwoo Ryoo, Penn State University, jryoo@psu.edu
Korean-American Offshore Engineers Association (KOEA)
Yong Lae Shim, ABS Technology, YShim@Eagle.org
Korean Life Scientists at UCSF (KOLIS)
Hyungju Park, University of California, Berkeley, mythhero2@berkeley.edu
Korean Pathologists Association of North America (KOPANA)
Eun Young Lee, University of Kentucky , eylee@uky.edu
Korean Transportation Association in America (KOTAA)
In-Kyu Lim, Virginia DOT, In-Kyu.Lim@vdot.virginia.gov
Korean-American Society of Civil and Environmental Engineers(KSCEE)
Myong Ho Steve Ro, Lee & Ro, Inc., steve-ro@lee-ro.com
Korean-American Women in Science and Engineering (KWiSE)
Haejung An, FDA, haejung.an@fda.hhs.gov
NIH-Korean Scientists Association (NIH-KSA)
Jaeyul Kwon, National Institutes of Health, kwonja@mail.nih.gov
New York Korean Biologists (NYKB)
Min-Suk Kang, Columbia Univ. Medical Ctr., msk2107@columbia.edu
Research Triangle Park Bioscience and Biotechnology Meeting (RTP B&B)
Hangsik Moon, Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., hangsik.moon@syngenta.com
San Diego Korean Biomedical Association (SDKoBA)
Jung Joo Hwang, UCSD, j4hwang@ucsd.edu
The Society of Korean Statisticians in America (SKSA)
Sin-Ho Jung, Duke University, 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., 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, Polymer Processing Institute, 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, saeyounga@yahoo.com
Kyong Chul Chun, 301-598-3396, kcchun1@comcast.net
Ki Dong Lee, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, kdlee@uiuc.edu
Hong Taik (Thomas) Hahn, 310-825-2383, hahn@seas.ucla.edu
Howard Ho Chung, Argonne National Lab., chung.ksea@gmail.com
Nak Ho Sung, Tufts University, 617-627-3447, nsung@tufts.edu
Chan I. Chung, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 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., sungkang.ksea@gmail.com
Kang-Won Wayne Lee, Univ. of Rhode Island, 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., 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
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
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KSEA TECHNICAL GROUPS
Group A
Physics
Group B
Chemistry
Group C
Mathematics, Geology, Meteorology, Statistics
Group D
Biology, Botany, Zoology, Biomedical Engineering, Genetic Engineering
Group E
Agriculture, Ecology, Food, Nutrition
Group F
Medical Science, Pharmaceutical Science, Veterinary Medicine, Physical Education
Group G
Chemical Engineering, Textile Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Applied Chemistry
Group H
Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Naval Architecture
Group I
Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mining Engineering
Group J
Civil Engineering, Architecture, Environmental Engineering
Group K
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Communication Engineering
Group L
Computer Science, Systems Engineering
Group M
Industrial Engineering, Management Science
KSEA AFFILIATED PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Association of Korean Neuroscientists (AKN)
Korean Transportation Association in America (KOTAA)
Association of Korean Physicists in America (AKPA)
Korean-American Women in Science and Engineering
(KWiSE)
Baltimore Life Scientists Association (BLSA)
NIH-Korean Scientists Association (NIH-KSA)
Korean-American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association
(KAIPLA)
New York Korean Biologists (NYKB)
Korean-American Mathematical Scientists Association
(KAMSA)
Research Triangle Park Bioscience and Biotechnology Meeting
(RTP B&B)
Korean-American Society for Biomedical Informatics (KASBI) The Society of Korean Statisticians in America (SKSA)
Korean American Society for Biotech & Pharmaceuticals
(KASBP)
Korean-American Materials Society (KAMS)
Korean-American Energy Exploration & Production Society
(KEPS)
Korean-American Food Technologists Association (KAFTA)
Korean Computer Scientists & Engineers Association in
America (KOCSEA)
Korean American Construction, Engineering, and Project
Management Association (KACEPMA)
Korean-American Offshore Engineers Association (KOEA)
San Diego Korean Biomedical Association (SDKoBA)
Korean Life Scientists at UCSF (KOLIS)
Korean-American Society of Civil and Environmental Engineers (KSCEE)
Korean Pathologists Association of North America (KOPANA)
www.kofst.or.kr
KOFST will play a crucial role in leading
the science and technology renaissance of Korea
THE KOREAN FEDERATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SOCIETIES
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.
Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)
1952 Gallows Road, Suite 300
Vienna, Virginia 22182
Tel: (703) 748-1221 Fax: (703) 748-1331
Email: sejong@ksea.org Web: www.ksea.org

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