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- Son of Army for National Independence Fighter Spreads 'Donation Bug'
- Son of Army for National Independence Fighter Spreads 'Donation Bug' [Graduates who received scholarships from company president Byeongdu Cho who himself donated 2.7 billion won to SKKU donate one hundred million won] - Mr. Cho made his small and medium-sized firms grow persistently. His father, a fighter for independence, died during the Korean War, so he became the head of household at 14 years of age and studied hard while delivering newspapers. - His scholarship students follow in his steps by donating. “Let’s give scholarships to our school’s students as we would have liked to receive them,” said the President. There have been 200 scholarship students gathering money for six years. When Mr. Cho was in his first year of middle school in 1953, he suddenly became a head of household because his father, a fighter for independence, died fighting in the Korean War. He was the first of his siblings and delivered newspapers with them from dawn. After that, they bought and ate cheap noodles that had already become cold at a noodle restaurant at the corner of Kahoe-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul. He said, “A friend of mine who did this work with me had no more money than me, so he could not eat the noodles. That’s why I shared with him. One day, the owner saw us sharing noodles and doubled the amount,” he added, “Other people around me started being kind after I helped people first. At the time, I decided to be successful to help out the poor.” After 63 years, Mr. Cho became a president of a company which had 50 employees and earned around 15 billion won per year. The company is a packing material manufacturer ‘Dongju’ he set up in 1980. In 1999, he visited his university, SKKU, bringing 3 hundred million won he had earned persistently in order to keep his determination when he was a middle school student. He said, “Please take this money to give scholarships to students who cannot afford to study.” From that time, he has been donated a total of 2.7 billion won for SKKU’s scholarships. Thanks to his help, 250 SKKU students can finish their studies. On May 20th he got a call from SKKU and was teary-eyed. The call was about how the graduates who were able to study by receiving his scholarship gathered one hundred million won for SKKU’s students. He said, “I think they are very praiseworthy to not only graduate from the university and get Chobs but also donate money little by little for SKKU’s students. As expected, the ‘donation bug’ is contagious.” Donations from the scholarship students started being made in 2010 which was the 10th year of Mr. Cho giving students his scholarships. To celebrate the 10th anniversary, the representative of a group of 200 scholarship students, Mr. Sunheung Kim suggested, “How about giving scholarships to SKKU’s students little by little as we received?” All of the scholarship students promised to donate a percentage of their monthly wages. Each person has been donating between a minimum 10,000 won to a maximum 100,000 won for six years. They used one hundred million won they gathered to make a scholarship fund. Mr. Youngil Won, who graduated from Sungkyungwan University’s Law School, and is working for a law firm as a lawyer, said, “When I was in my fourth year at SKKU I received 4.5 million won as a scholarship in 2001 and it gave me the support I needed to pass the bar exam.” He is the donator who has contributed the largest amount of money, and has donated 10 million won up until now. Scholarship students who just got Chobs have been donating as well. Ms. Suhyun Lee, a new employee at a big company, said, “I can’t forget donating 30,000 won from my first monthly paycheck. When I was in the university, I always received people’s help because of my poor situation, but now I am very proud of myself due to the fact that I can help someone else by myself.” Mr. Cho tells students who visit him to say thank you for his scholarship. He said, “When I was in the university, if nobody gave me a scholarship I would not have been able to graduate. I am donating now because I have not forgotten the help. Please continue this donation.”
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- 작성일 2016-06-29
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- SKKU Professor’s Team Invents Cleaning Process for Perovskite Solar Cells at Room Temperature
- Sungkyungwan University Professor’s Team Invents Cleaning Process for Perovskite Solar Cells at Room Temperature Expired solar cells can be recycled by being cleaned. On June 14th, a team lead by Dr. Hyunsuk Jung, a professor of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering at SKKU, invented a recycling process for perovskite solar cells that can be performed effectively at room temperature. Organic-inorganic perovskite light absorber has high light absorption coefficient, so their world-record photoconversion efficiency reached up to 22%, even when it is below 500nm (nanometer, 1nm = one billionth of a meter) in thickness. They not only surpass the efficiency of silicon solar cells, which have the same thickness as perovskite cells, but are also receiving attention because they do not require expensive high-temperature high-pressure processes. However, scientists were apprehensive about perovskite solar cells because the expired ones accumulate lead in their absorber layers which might adversely affect human beings and the environment during their dismantling process. They were also difficult to distribute due to the fact that materials composed of perovskite solar cells like transparent conductive layers are precious metals like gold. The research team solved the aforementioned problems by dissolving perovskite solar cells in a polar aprotic solvent like dimethylformamide (DMF) enabling them to get transparent conductive substrate once the lead absorber layers were removed above 99.99%. They were able to pick up the substrates because they sank in the solvent used for electrodes. Byeongjo Kim, the 1st co-author of the thesis, said, “After the solution process, the transparent conductive substrate emerged in seconds. The polar aprotic solvent successfully removed the lead from the perovskite’s absorber layers.” Also, the team discovered that the solar cells could be recycled by cleaning the transparent conductive substrates. The research team confirmed that they had the same level of function as new solar cells. Dr. Jung said, “This invention is quite meaningful because it solved the environmental problems associated with perovskite solar cells and created a new way to raise their economic efficiency.” The results of this study were published in Nature Communications along with Nature Scientific Journal on May 23rd.
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- 작성일 2016-06-23
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- Sungkyunkwan University Professor Elected President of Coordination Committee of Special Procedures
- Dr. Yanghee Lee, a professor of child psychology and education at SKKU, who is a special rapporteur on the human rights of Myanmar was elected president of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures on June 10th. The term of the president is until the annual conference next June. She is the first Korean to become president of this committee since the UN Human Rights Council was established as well as the first special rapporteur on human rights and Asia from Korea. The UN Human Rights Council’s Special Procedures Committee is a central part of the UN Human Rights System. It deals with overall human rights and consists of a special rapporteur, independent expert, and a working group. An elected expert is called a mandate holder and is in charge of evaluating a human rights situation in a specific country and giving advice. In addition to this, the individual works independently as an expert based on their personal qualifications and does not represent his/her original country’s government or organizations. Currently, there are 14 country positions and 41 human rights positions in the UN Human Rights Council. The Coordination Committee of Special Procedures Yanghee Lee was selected to be the president of was established to maximize the function of Special Procedures in 2005. The committee is responsible for increasing the independence and efficiency of mandate holders and acting as a bridge between the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), UN Human Rights Framework, and civil society. The Coordination Committee is composed of 6 mandate holders of Special Procedures. It has recently been important for the development of the UN Human Rights Council and has been generating dialogue and cooperation between them.
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- 작성일 2016-06-23
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- Evaluation of Natural Science and Engineering Colleges in 2016
- Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) ranked 1st place in the industrial-educational cooperation field thanks to the ‘C-school’ which provides hybrid education tailor made for business. -To train students that possess skills that businesses want colleges also teach business, software, and design to engineering students. -Seoul National University and Sogang University placed second in the universities with the most technology holdings companies. -Yonsei University got the highest sales figures with 23.7 billion. Korea University and Chungbuk University are right behind in third and sixth place. It has been proved that SKKU is the leading university in commercializing its own technology by closely collaborating with industry partners. This is the result of making an effort to provide customized education by establishing a Research & Business Foundation benchmarked by global corporations such as Samsung and IBM. SKKU developed specialized departments such as Semiconductor System Engineering in 2006 and Software Engineering in 2011. Students from the Dept. of Software Engineering get a practical education at Samsung SDS and visit global IT corporates such as Microsoft, Google, and Facebook. The ‘Center for Innovative Higher Education’ at SKKU established a hybrid education project which is called the ‘C-school’. The ‘C-school’ is providing all manners of education from primary subjects to global business and economics, education, software, design, and so forth. They are focusing on training students who can solve problems creatively with integrated thinking abilities. In the Evaluation for Natural Science and Engineering Colleges in 2016, SKKU ranked 1st place in the fields of industrial-educational cooperation and tech-commercialization. Seoul and Sogang University placed second with Yonsei and Hanyang University following them. As we can see, industrial-educational cooperation is in the spotlight with regard to higher education these days. The reason SKKU got ahead of Seoul, Korea, and Yonsei Universities, or the so called ‘SKY’ schools, is because of its effort to develop a curriculum tailor-made to meet industrial demands. SKKU has made ‘Computational Theory’ a mandatory subject. A representative of SKKU said, “Through collaboration with Samsung Electronics and Samsung SDS and the College of Engineering and College of Information and Communication Engineering have been focusing on training students that corporations want to hire.” SKKU received a high score in many fields. It got especially high scores in the categories of ‘number of employees’ and ‘income from technology transfer’. Last year’s income from technology transfer (3.7 billion KRW) is 16 times higher than that of 2004. SKKU successfully made big sales from ‘Grappin’ in 2013, ‘Seawater Desalination’ in 2014, and ‘AMOLED’ in 2015. The university filed an application for 500 intellectual property rights and 427 of them are registered. As industrial-educational cooperation is reinforced, the boundary between universities and corporations is fading. Many technology holding companies from universities are getting ahead of small businesses. A technology holding company from Yonsei University made a big sale that reached 23.7 billion KRW. That amount is the largest among the 50 main universities. The technology holding company from Yonsei has 16 subsidiary companies. They established 4 subsidiary companies last year. Corporations named Wearrom, TNC, I-tech-U, and Stem-more are some of them. The company, Stem-more, which was established based on 10 years of Professor Sung, Jongheok’s research, is getting attention for its development of medicine for hair loss. In March, they succeeded in commercializing ‘BAMSONGI Shampoo’. A representative of Yonsei University said, “We are storing knowhow about investing in subsidiary companies,” he added. “This year we are considering investing in 3 items.” Seoul National University took 2nd place. The technology holding company from SNU reached KRW 15.6 billion in sales. Sogang University and Korea University placed 3rd and 4th each. Among community colleges, Chungbuk University and Kangwon University ranked high. Kangwon University got an especially good evaluation due to the fact that it strives to find business items that have specific characteristics. For example, one subsidiary company from Kangwon, Ecoforest, has been researching items that use forest byproducts. Students are having practical training by programming Lego robots in one of the C-school’s lectures called Creative Engineering Design.
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- 작성일 2016-06-23
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- Korean Writing Contest Held among Chinese College Students to Promote Language Expertise
- The news that author Han Kang was awarded the Man Booker Prize reminded people of the importance of those who can make a perfect translation from Korean to English. Reporter Shin Kyeongjin covered the Korean Writing Contest on location. Those who participated in the contest were not Korean-Chinese but were in fact Chinese students who have learned Korean. [Reporter] “The subject is being announced. This year’s subject is ‘speeding’, which means that students are often too busy, causing them to miss out on life. The 97 students who got through the preliminaries at 57 colleges are beginning to write on their manuscript papers. Some of the students are facing difficulties regarding how to correctly spell and space the words.” [Do Wonshin – 4th grade at Beijing University (first prize winner)] Reporter: “What is the most special part or your contest submission?” Wonshin: “It was from my grandmother. She told me you will miss the beauty of life when you are too busy. Once you slow it down, you will get to see a part of life you missed before.” This is the place where students who are majoring in Korean language and literature can have a chance to have their wish granted to study at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) if they win the prize. [President of SKKU, Dr. Kyu Sang Chung] “We will develop this contest to produce talented people in China like translator Deborah Smith who was awarded the Man Booker Prize with author Han Kang.” On the 10th anniversary of this contest, the group of prize winners has increased. [President of the Prize Winners’ Party, Luo Yuan (second prize winner at 1st contest)] “I will make this club become a strong network in China where Korean experts are gathered.” The Institute for the Translation of Korean Classics presented a special lecture about Korean classics to professors from the Korean Department. Today, nearly 30,000 Chinese college students are learning Korean and Hangul from 230 universities where Korean departments have been established. http://news.jtbc.joins.com/html/488/NB11252488.html
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- 작성일 2016-06-23
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- A Conductive Nano-Bio Composite 'Fullerene-Protein' Structure in a Regular Arrangement
- A Korean research team found a three-dimensional structure of a fullerene-protein (COP) composite by using a self-assembly protein. On June 6th, Dr. Yongho Kim, a professor at Sungkyungwan University, announced that he made a fullerene-protein (COP) composite crystallize by using a ‘de novo protein design’ which created a protein with a new structure that has not existed before. This composite shows that it is possible for fullerene to be a regular arrangement with a self-assembled protein and can change into conductive crystal. Fullerene is a ball-shaped molecule composed of over 60 strongly connected carbon atoms. It is a representative nanomaterial that has many uses such as lubricants, catalysts for industrial use, and medical supplies. It can also be used to aid in treatment of diseases like Alzheimer’s as well as in medical parts related to free radicals. However, there is difficulty using it because it does not dissolve into water well and there is a self-gathering phenomenon. Mr. Kim’s team discovered a high-resolution three-dimensional fullerene-protein (COP) composite with X-ray crystallography that indicates molecule-level structure for the first time in the world. This technique analyzes an X-ray diffraction pattern of protein crystals to reveal high-resolution three-dimensional structures at the molecular level with a calculation of phase information and an electron-density map. Prof. Kim said, “I suggested the first model which arranges fullerene regularly into a protein design. It is expected to be used in an important technique to develop new conductive materials based on protein and novel biomaterial.” The results of the study were published in Nature Communications along with Nature Scientific Journal’s online edition on April 27th.
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- 작성일 2016-06-23
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- “The World Class High-Performance Photodetector” has finally been created
- The new technology in two-dimensional nano semiconductor has just been developed. It surprisingly raises the response factor of light in the semiconductor and upgrades the performance as a result. The research group conducted by Prof. Jin hong Park at SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY announced on May 26th that his team has created the new technology of response factor of light in two-dimensional nano semiconductor by utilizing the technology of n-type doping and arranging different materials in vertical. Two-dimensional nano semiconductor is known as thin as paper and for the electronical, mechanical and optical characteristic. The invention of the product is remarkable in the market due to its applicability on the flexible and transparent material of electronic equipment such as a smart phone, tablet computer and smart watch. In usual circumstance, two-dimensional semiconductor implies only one of two features, n-type with a lot of electron or p-type with a lot of holes, which cause a few of difficulties for using. This is why the team employed the doping technology in which triphenylphosphine is thinly laminated on the surface of WSe2. In result, they developed n-type photodetector making use of n-type doping technology. The development precedes all related studies, proving its superiority in the aspect of response factor of light than that of p-type photodetector. The research team also dramatically raised the response factor of light by piling up two-dimensional nano semiconductor in vertical on two-dimensional electric insulation material called h-BN. It is formally stated that the outcome is 25 times higher than that of the element of photodetector based on MoS2. The response factor of light can be found from very slight light intensity, the team added. Moreover, the outcome shows that the response factor of light of the invented photodetector is five times higher than that of preceding p-type WSe2 that is inapplicable with the doping technology as well as a million times better than the photodetector based on silicon and gallium arsenide that are the main materials for making semiconductor. Prof. Park said, “We anticipate upgrading the characteristic of response factor of light further so that it can dedicate to the development of photoelectric element and of optical measurement sensor industry. The research was sponsored by Korean Ministry of Science and posted on “Advanced Materials” on April 23rd, which is an international scientific magazine about nano material studies.
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- 작성일 2016-06-07
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- “Increasing metabolism to cure obesity” by Prof. Kye Won Park, Sungkyunkwan University
- “Increasing metabolism to cure obesity” by Prof. Kye Won Park, Sungkyunkwan University -Finding new protein to cure obesity and metabolic diseases On May 17th, Sungkyunkwan University announced that the research paper on “PRDM4 induction by the small molecule butein promotes white adipocyte browning”, written by Professor Park, Kye Won and graduate student Song, No Joon, has been published on the Nature Chemical Biology, on May 9th. The research team explained that this research could suggest a new way to cure obesity and metabolic diseases. They verified that Butein(substance from lacquer tree) converts white adipocyte to brown adipocyte, through cell model. Also, they found a new protein called PRDM4, which converts white adipocyte to brown adipocyte. This PDRM4 is notable to suggest new way to develop energy metabolism cures. The research mentioned that obese cure for now causes loss in appetite, absorption, and increase in metabolism. Loss in appetite has brain stability issue, while loss in absorption has hygiene or social problems.
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- 작성일 2016-06-07
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- Invention of Semiconductor Operating at 90 below Zero
- A new semiconductor working at 90 below zero has just been invented by a Korean research group. National Research Foundation of Korea announced that the co-research group conducted by Prof. Jin hong Park at SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY, and Prof. Yong hun Kim at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, had captured the moment when charge passed through the empty space of a two-dimensional semiconductor, sponsored by Ministry of Science of Korea. The analysis of the movement of charge is regarded as essential for the research and improvement of a semiconductor. However, the movement of charge has not yet been studied and neither has the improvement of an element. The co-research group scrutinized the materials called ‘Graphene’ and WSe2 in a semiconductor, which resulted in inventing the new moving theory of electronic element in a two-dimensional semiconductor. The research showed a Tunneling Mechanism in the element of the semiconductor produced by the research group, which is different from the previous study. The current two-dimensional semiconductor normally decreases as temperature lowers. On the other hand, the element of the semiconductor made by the research team is not influenced by temperature: the operating current rises and the leakage current declines surprisingly at 90 below zero. This phenomenon resulted from the movement of the element passing through WSe2, quoted by the co-research team. Current on/off ratio (Ratio of current flowing in element of a semiconductor) is also seen as high; this is the indicator showing the superb element of a semiconductor. WSe2, which the team invented, indicates a higher current on/off ratio than that usual up to 10 million times (at 90 below zero). This is a thousand times higher than a similar semiconductor made from silicon. As a result, it is easier to control the current flowing in an element because of this study. Prof. Park says, “This accomplishment will be able to be adopted into research associated with switching elements and electrical circuits and then applying it to the production of a mobile phone, television and so on”
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- 작성일 2016-06-03
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- Academics Talk about Future Alternative Energy Technology Pevrovskite Solar Cells
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The Sungkyun International Solar Forum (SISF) takes place for three days from 25th to 27th. ▶ The 5th SIFF takes place ▶ 30 World-class academics from 12 countries ▶ Over 300 participate every year, and corporates register ▶ Discuss updated research about Pevrovskite Solar Cells □ Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) is holding the 5th Sungkyun International Solar Forum (SISF), with the theme ‘Next Generation Pevrovskite Solar Cells Material and Element as Future Alternative Energy’, from the 25th (Wed) to the 27th (Fri) of May in Cho Byeong Doo Hall in 600th Anniversary Hall. □ SISF, which started in 2011, is recognized as one of the best international forums that takes place in Korea. International researchers and scientists gather every year to share research results and have discussions. □ Korea is leading Pevrovskite Solar Cells technology. The head of the committee, Professor Park, Nam Gyu (SKKU) has first developed solid Pevrovskite Solar Cells and pioneered the field. A committee member, Professor Jung, Hyun Suk developed blending Pevrovskite Solar Cells and recycle technology. Pevrovskite Solar Cells are currently one of the most groundbreaking technologies and the professor was mentioned as possible Nobel Prize winner. □ A number of world-famous academics will be attending this forum. There will be 28 academics from 12 countries including Professor Michael Gratzel, the Millennium Prize winner from EPFL, Switzerland (Head of SKKU SAINT), Professor Ted Sargent, an authority on quantum dot optoelectric devices from University of Toronto, Canada, Professor David Cahen of photoelectrochemical cells from Israel Weizmann Institute of Science, Professor Alex Jen of organic photonics and electronics from University of Washington, USA, Professor Andrew Rappe, an authority on Pevrovskite optical device from University of Pennsylvania, and Professor Choi, Man Soo, an authority on multiscale energy from Seoul National University will participate as guest speakers. Participants will discuss next generation solar cells focusing on Pevrovskite Solar Cells. □ SKKU President Chung, Kyu Sang said, “I am glad that SKKU is leading research on new materials and devices that could accelerate commercialization of solar cells and boost national research competitiveness. I hope the forum to be a place for international academics like Professor Gratzel to exchange profound opinions regarding recent research.”
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- 작성일 2016-05-31
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