JANUARY 2019 KSEA LETTERS Vol. 47 - 02 | Serial No. 239

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About KSEA

Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) is a 46-year-old non-profit national-level professional organization. It is open for individuals residing in the USA who are engaged in science, engi-neering or a related field.

KSEA’s objectives are:• To promote the application of science and technology for the general welfare of society;• To foster the cooperation of international science communities especially among the US and Korea;• To serve the majority of Korean-American Scientists and Engineers and help them to develop their full

career potential.

KSEA has 78 Chapters/Branches, 13 Technical Groups and 30 Affiliated Professional Societies (APS) cov-ering all major branches of science and engineering. Since its birth in 1971, KSEA has been recognized as the main representative organization promoting the common interests of Korean-American scientists and engineers toward meeting the objectives mentioned above.

KSEA welcomes participation from 1.5th-generation, 2nd-generation, and 3rd-generation Korean-Amer-ican scientists and engineers including the mixed-race and adoptee communities. KSEA promotes helping younger generation Korean-Americans to be aware of the rapid advances in science and engineering occur-ring both inside and outside of the US. Especially, to create opportunities for young generation members to interact with talented scientists and engineers in Korea.

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Table of Contents

The Editorial Board’s Note 2Message from the President 4

2018 Scientists’ and Engineers’ Early-Career Development (SEED) Workshop 5 SEED Short Testimonials 8

Contributed ArtilcesQuantifying the Effects of Increasing Mechanical Stress on Knee Acoustical Emissions Using Unsupervised Graph Mining by Mr. Hyeon Ki Jeong 10Inter-stimulus Interval Estimation and Automated Procedure for Paired Associative Stimulation by Ms. Euison Kim 12

KSEA Honors & Awards Announcement 14

HQ News2019KSEAElectionCandidates’StatementsandProfiles 15

Young Professional NET Program 23My Remarks as a KSEA Donor by Dr. Yong Nak Lee 24

2019 KSEA Scholarship Program Announcement 252019 National Mathematics and Science Competition Announcement 26

Chapter News Eastern Carolina - Chapter News 27 Wisconsin - Wisconsin Science Festival 28

New York Metropolitan - Young Scientists’ Night 29 North Texas - 2019 Fall Seminar 31

APS NewsKBMES - The 6th Korea-US Joint Biomedical Engineering Society Workshop 32NIH-KSA - 2018 Annual Bioscience and Engineering Symposium 33KOCSEA - 2018 KOCSEA Technical Symposium 34

NYKB - Bio Night 36

Member Corner 37KSEA Sponsors 39KSEA Sponsor Advertisements 43KSEA Organization 60

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The Editorial Board’s Note

A Message from the Publication Directors of the KSEA 47th Administration

Happy holidays and happy new year. Winter is upon us yet spring is not too far away. With that in this issue of Letters, we look back at the national events of the 2018 Scientists’ and Engi-neers’ Early-Career Development (SEED) Work-shop held this December in Washington D.C. SEED provides early career researchers advice and mentorship to foster their career growth.

We also look ahead with contributed article by Hyeon Ki Jeong from Georgia Institute of Tech-nology about “Quantifying the Effects of Increasing Mechanical Stress on Knee Acoustical Emis-sions Using Unsupervised Graph Mining”. Another featured article is from Euisun Kim from Georgia Institute of Technology on “Inter-stimulus Interval Estimation and Automated Proce-dure for Paired Associative Stimulation.”

Also in this issue is an early preview of election candidates for the upcoming KSEA election inMarch. Please familiarize yourself with the candidates’ bio-sketches of those who are running for the next Executives and Councilors of KSEA.

Yet there would be no future of KSEA without its members and incredible activity at the local andtechnicallevel,asweshareLocalChaptereventnewsandAffiliatedProfessionalSociety(APS) meeting news.

As always if you have any news, event information or articles to share with other KSEA mem-bers, please contact the KSEA Publications Directors or simply email your article to sejong@ksea.org.

The 47th Admin. Publication Directors

RYUHWA STELLA KIMPublication Director 1

Software Engineer/Project ManagerData Services Company

KYU HWAN HAN, PhD.Publication Director 3

Antenna & Microwave EngineeringViasat

YOUNG EUN CHOIPublication Director 4

Mechanical EngineerNorthrop Grumman Innovation Systems

JONATHAN YOUNG KIMPublication Director 2

Software EngineerCSX Technology

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K. STEPHEN SUH, PhD

PresidentKorean-American Scientists and Engineers Association

PresidentDiagnoCine

The President’s Message

Dear KSEA members,

I want to wish you happy New Year and hope that Golden Pig 2019 will be a great year for you and your family. We sincerely thank publication directors and the chair Ryuhwa Stella Kim who is leading the team for this KSEA News Letters. KSEA also thank all contributors to share their stories, and as the president, I want to thank all event directors, chapter presidents and APS leaders for their dedicated service to serve the Korean-American science and technology community.

On this issue, we report that the 2018 Scientists’ and Engineers’ Early-Career Development (SEED) Workshop was held successfully during December 8-9, 2018 at KSEA Headquarters, Vienna, VA. We thank Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST) for sponsoring the workshop. SEED director, Dr. Tae-Youl Choi of University of North Texas, lead a team of mentors and volunteers for the event. SEED is offered by experts and mentors from academia and industry who truly understand the needs and challenges facing young Korean-American scientists and engineers to provide valuable opportunities for successful career development. Through this event, KSEA continues to help young Korean-American scientists and engineers to develop their full career potential and nurture our future leaders.

You will find great technical articles by our members,scholarship announcements, recent KSEA news and upcoming National Math and Science Competition. I hope you share this publication with your family, friends, colleagues, parents and community leaders, so that this news letter can be used as a great advertisement material for the KSEA and all community-wide events that we perform throughout the year. We hope more members join us and share our goals and dreams together.

Pleaseenjoynewsandevents fromchaptersandaffiliatedprofessional societies of KSEA. As you can witness, our members and partners performed a great job by dedicating so many volunteer hours. KSEA is proud to sponsor these events, and we are very proud of our leaders.

By the time this is published, KSEA would have accomplished another great event called the Young Generation Technical and Leadership Conference (YGTLC, aka Ygnite 2019). You will get to read about it on our next newsletter. This year, it will be held in Los Angeles, January 10-13, 2019, and we are expecting near 400 attendees, guests, friends and media reporters. Ygnite chair, Kathrine Cho and her team leaders are leading this flagship event for the nextgeneration Korean-American scientists and technologists. The midterm Council meeting is organized to overlap with this Young Generation event for the KSEA leadership to have an opportunity to interact with Ygnite participants. I want to take a moment to thank our new sponsor Overseas Korean Foundation for the YGTLC2019 and continued sponsorship and support from KUSCO.

Members and friends, I hope you enjoy this publication. We wish to present another great KSEA Letters in a few months later. As always, KSEA sincerely thank all members for great health and prosperity in all works that you do.

K. Stephen SuhKSEA President

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I. Overview This year, SEED had been organized by seven committee members as stated above. Each member of the committee had contributed to making this workshop successful. For example, Dr. Stephen Suh supported all the committee activities by providing necessary advice for appropriate preparation of the workshop. Dr. Tae-Youl Choi oversaw the committee activities, assigned committee duties and dealt with all the questions from the participants. Dr. Choi also chaired the meeting and led the mock interview session on the second day of the workshop. Dr. Jong Park, as he had chaired multiple SEED workshops previously, provided valuable experiences and shared his wisdom to properly prepare the workshop. Dr. Keunhan Park had contributed to preparing the workshop program and brochure. Dr. Minho Kim presided over the mock interview session on Sunday. Dr. Steve Moon worked on creating a rooming list for participants. Last, but not the least, Dr. Namcheol Kim, as a local chair, organized volunteers to help with setting up the venue operation such as chairs, presentation devices, etc.

The workshop featured a keynote speech by Dr. Chan Mo Park who was a former KSEA president, POSTECH president, and Pyungyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) president. Dr. Park talked about “Science Diplomacy,” sharing his experience interacting with North Korean students and supporting them to advance their science and technology. It also comprised of 4 sessions. Session 1 had three speakers from academia, national lab, and industry, which covers the main theme of SEED 2018. Session 2 provided voices from industry. Through Session 3, participants could acquire practical advice for job security (for

graduating PhD students and post docs) and tenure and promotion (for early professionals in academia and industry). Through Session 4, participants had an opportunity to hear from a former president: the speaker shared his valuable experience acquired throughout his life.

II. Keynote SpeechThe keynote speech was provided by Dr. Chan Mo Park. The topic of the talk was “Science Diplomacy: A Way to Engage with North Korea for a Peaceful Reunification.” He introducedscience and technology education and his advising experience for MS and PhD students in North Korea. He also introduced recent advancement of the economy. A tablet PC made in North Korea that was passed among the audience was quite an interesting experience to actually touch and feel its operation. At the end of the talk, he showed two video clips which were created by one of his graduate students in PUST, which demonstrated the creativity of North Korean students.

III. Session 1 (Leadership Seminar)Session 1 featured three speeches from university (Dr. Minjun Kim), national lab (Dr. Youngsuk Oh), and industry (Dr. Taewoong Koo).

Dr. Youngsuk Oh is a program manager from National Institutes of Health (NIH). The topic of his talk was the main theme of SEED 2018, “Position Yourself as a Leader: In Specific,How to Prepare Yourself to Take a Leading Position in National Lab (NIH), University, and Industry.” Dr. Oh introduced the funding program in NIH in the beginning of the talk. In order to position ourselves to be a leader, he advised that we should select a role model

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TAE-YOUL CHOI, PhDSEED Director

Associate ProfessorUniversity of North Texas

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to emulate. He taught that how we mirror ourselves could change our behavior. Interestingly enough, he gave an assignment to look at the mirror and select a role model after we return home. He continued to teach that there are two types of leaders: thought leader and administrative leader. Most importantly, he advised that we should be a good leader; a leading scientist in a good sense.

Dr. Minjun Kim is a Professor from Southern Methodist University in the Dallas area. In the beginning, he threw a question to the audience: “What is innovation?” True innovation can turn imagination into reality. His main message in becoming a leader in academia was simple and straightforward: the scholarship can come from getting funding to sustain the desired research program. His crucial tip was that the evolution of individual research is through communicating with other people.

Dr. Taewoong Koo is a patent lawyer from Morgan Lewis. His talk was about the leadership path in industry. His talk was about leadership paths with different leadership positions. He taught about the crucial elements of successful leadership. Technical competency is the first element insuccessful leadership. This is a must-have towards the higher leadership ladder. He further talked about orientation, in that we should determine our path towards either start-up or established company, depending upon the problems we want to solve. As the last two elements, he taught about the vision and execution. As a practice, one should know at least howtoreadafinancialdocument.Hefinishedhistalkwithaquestion, “Can you sell?”

IV. Session 2-1 (Industry Message)Session 2 was entitled “Voices from Industry.” Two speakers were involved in this session: Professor Howook Jun and Dr. Sangtae Park.

Dr. Howook Jun is a Professor from the University of Alabama. He shared his experiences in establishing a successful start-up company as a university professor. He emphasized on conceiving the importance of innovation before starting a company. A successful start-up should bring necessary funding to make the developed product be launched in the market. The exit strategies were also discussed during his talk.

Dr. Sangtae Park is CEO and CTO at Macrogen, a legal entity of a Korean company in the U.S. He talked about how to become a leader in industry. He started his talk by highlighting the differencebetweenacademiaandindustry.Headvisedfivetips to become a leader: (1) Set our priorities; (2) Time management; (3) Know our strengths: a self starter?; (4) Personality: Work independently? Or alongside others?; and (5) Be true to ourselves.

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V. Session 2-2 (Group Discussion and Networking)All speakers, SEED committee members, and participants had a network opportunity and group discussions. We divided the participants into 6 groups; each group participated in discussion and networking, talking about their leadership path in academia and industry. Group members shared their thoughts and introduced each other with light refreshment. Topics mainly included winning a proposal, awarding a tenure, getting a promotion, securing a job, and start-up companies, etc, which were partly discussed in Session 2-1.

VI. Session 3 (Mock Interview)Session 3 was a mock interview and panel discussion for tenure and promotion. The graduating PhD students and postdocs were involved with mock interviews in a small group composed of 5-8 persons. A SEED committee member (Dr. Minho Kim) prepared questions regarding actual interviews and the participants had an opportunity to practice their interviews as if they are doing an actual interview with mentors. Some unnoticed impromptu questions were asked to participants as well.

After an interview, mentors provided feedback to interviewees with critiques to improve their interview skills. The feedback was greatly helpful in order to secure a job in industry, postdoc, or faculty position.

As a break-out session, the early career faculty (junior faculty) participated in a panel discussion for tenure and promotion. To begin with, Dr. Hyunjoon Kong from the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign gave a 30-minute presentation on how to earn tenure and promotion in the university after which a panel discussion was followed for 1 hour.

VII. Session 4 (Learning from Former KSEA President) and ConclusionDr. Jaehoon Yu from the University of Texas, Arlington, gave an inspirational talk, sharing valuable lessons including regrets throughout his life. Dr. Yu’s talk truly wrapped up the SEED workshop. He provided tips towards becoming a proactive learner, educator, and more importantly father at home. His examples from his life shed a light to and gave encouragement to young professionals.

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SEED WorkshopTestimonials

Ahseon Park, Attorney Principal, Ahseon Park Law Firm, PLLC“I have attended the SEED conferences four times all together: Winter 2015, Spring 2016, Win-ter 2017, and Winter 2018. Personally, I prefer academically inspiring presentations and a bit serious discussion of philosophy concerning individual career development or decision-mak-ings, rather than focusing on light and fun networking or interpersonal techniques to survive professional environment. This year, the overall program was prone to the former, while the talking points were thankfully not too hard to understand as a novice of a given discipline. As a legally trained once-science-major, I truly enjoyed patent and licensing related presentations by the patent lawyer and the professor having recently established a startup. In addition, the passionate presentation of keynote speaker in his 80s was pleasantly impressive. The physics professor’s presentation offered on the second day morning was enjoyable as well. Thank you for your endeavor in organizing the SEED 2018 and accepting my application.”

Soo Young Kim, Graduate Student Researcher, Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center“The 2018 SEED workshop hosted an excellent panel of speakers and mentors, comprising of expertsandleadersfromallcornersoftheSTEMfield.Itwasaneye-openingexperiencetohearand gain insights from professionals who are decades ahead of me in career. All of the mentors and organizers were genuine and helpful throughout the workshop- It was inspiring to interact with senior professionals who will take their own time and interest to foster the next generation of scientists and engineers. I highly recommend this workshop to early career trainees in all disciplines.Itwastimewell-spentandIamfilledwithinspirationandmotivationcomingbackfrom it. Invest one weekend to attend this event- you won’t regret it!”

Youngmin Kim, Postdoc, University of Maryland“This year’s SEED Workshop was probably the best workshops I’ve ever been to. Leading indi-vidualsintheirfieldsdeliveredhighlyrelevantandpersonalmessages.Iparticularlyappreciat-ed the “Mock Interview” where I had a chance to receive a concrete feedback on my interview preparation and skills. I highly recommend young professionals to attend this workshop espe-cially as a volunteer to experience the venue to the fullest.”

Soo-Hwan Jang, Graduate Student, University of Maryland“Thanks for inviting me to the Scientists and Engineers Early Career Development (SEED) pro-gram. It was a great experience and opportunity to think about my next career path. I can pre-pare my next career step more well due to SEED. I really want to join and do volunteer this workshop next year too.Again, thanks so much for giving the precious opportunity.”

Joon Ho Ahn, Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University“It was an excellent opportunity to attend the workshop, share experiences, and network with other Koreans in government, academia, and industry. I sincerely appreciate all workshop or-ganizers,speakers,andleaders.IwisheveryonesignificantandmeaningfulsuccessintheUS.”

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SEED WorkshopTestimonials

Wonseok Hwang, Postdoc, University of Maryland“Overall, it was invaluable time to listen the experience as well as their devotion from the senior members throughout their professional career. Especially, I enjoyed Professor Chan-Mo Park’s passion for science in both South and North Korea. In addition, I have opportunities to learn muchknowledgefromvariousareassuchaslawfirms,start-up,andotherresearchfields.Sec-ondly, both mock interview and panel discussion were helpful for young scientists to practice how to prepare and set up a strategy for potential directions. Some audiences gave comments to make your speech concrete. I would say, ‘don’t be shy and be proactive’. Lastly, I could learn from many senior scientists how to lead a conversation and manage a group of researchers. This is a very important asset to become a good leader for future career. I am sure that you can learn more once you get involved.”

Joon-Seok Kim, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, George Mason University“It was a great opportunity to learn valuable lessons from seniors with various backgrounds. Unlike other participants, I had a vague idea about how to build academic careers. Although itwasa shortoneandhalfdayworkshop, it somewhatgratifiedmycuriosity.All talks fromspeakers were informative and encouraging. If I knew earlier, I could have made a better plan. SEED was also a channel to communicate with young professionals where they can share com-mon worries and stories with others. If concerns regarding career building linger on your mind, SEED will scratch yours. SEED 2018 will remain in my mind for a long time.”

Celine Hong, Scientist, NIH“SEED was tremendously enjoyable experience, both as a participant and a volunteer. It was unique opportunity to network with fellow young Korean scientists and engineers from various backgrounds. The size of the workshop seem just appropriate. Learning from mentors and their career tracks and critical skillsets for a successful career was helpful to learn as a young scientist building a career. I am looking forward to participating in future SEED workshops.”

Sangkee Min, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison“The talks were unexpectedly good and educational. I learned a lot through the workshop and I hopethisworkshopcontinuesforthebenefitofKoreanyoungorearlycareerprofessionals.Oneminor thing to be changed is to have more relaxed schedule.

Yooseob Song, Postdoctoral Researcher, Louisiana State University“SEED workshop is the most useful education for early career scientists and engineers. The speakers are great and the interactive atmosphere is particularly impressive. Thanks so much for doing a wonderful job.”

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Quantifying the Effects of Increasing Mechanical Stress onKnee Acoustical Emissions Using Unsupervised Graph Mining

Wearable knee health sensing technologies can benefit patients,athletes, and warfighters in myriad applications, ranging fromknee injury rehabilitation assistance to quantifying cumulative knee usage and loading during normal activities. Recent work has shown that robust and repeatable measurements of knee electrical bioimpedance (EBI) and acoustical emissions can be obtained using inexpensive and wearable sensors [1-3]. The researchers were successful in extracting joint sound features in loud environments and demonstrated the consistency of these features in ambulatory subjects performing everyday activities such as walking and sit-to-stand. The ability to measure such parameters of the knee with wearable technologies introduces the possibility of quantifying aspects of knee health and use that were previously infeasible.

One such aspect that is of interest clinically and scientifically isthe quantification of vertical loading forces experienced by theknee throughout daily living activities and exercises. Prior work in estimating knee loading forces has used instrumented knee implants to quantify loading in vivo [4], or biomechanical modeling techniques to estimate loading profiles [5]. However, estimationof vertical loading forces in the knee using wearable, non-invasive sensing has never been previously demonstrated.

In this work, we investigate whether the characteristics of acoustical emissions fromthe jointchange inaquantifiableandmonotonicmanner in response to increased biomechanical stress on the joint during a standard movement. We predict that as the internal stress on the knee increases, additional interactions between the articulating surfaces may occur and cause a more complex acoustic profile.Weleveragedgraphminingalgorithms[6]toquantifythiscomplexity, and evaluated our approach in a study of able-bodied subjects. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time theeffectsofjointloadingforcesonacousticalemissionsisquantified.We expect that this work will form a foundation for future efforts aimed at quantifying loading based on wearable measurements of joint acoustical emissions throughout activities of daily living and in a broader range of movements and exercises.

We evaluated the use of the graph mining algorithm to quantify the changes of acoustical emissions from the knee joints with respect to different vertical loading forces on twelve subjects. Four contact microphones were used to collect the joint sounds from various locations on the knee (medial and lateral of patella and meniscus). Fig. 2 illustrates the increasing trend of heterogeneity and the calculated GCF value with respect to different loading conditions for one representative subject. The knee graph is constructed from the individual loading data matrix where each data point (vertex in the graph) represents all the time and frequency domain features for one windowed frame of the acoustical emissions and different colors characterize different communities. The graph on the far left of Fig. 2 represents densely clustered nodes that are more homogeneous and close to one another in high dimensional space. As the loading conditions increase, the set of nodes in the graph become heterogeneous and geometrically more dispersed in space indicating a more variable feature set. The mean GCF values for no loading, one-third body weight (BW), two-thirds BW, and BW were 26, 34, 38, 40, respectively.

Hyeon Ki Jeong, PhD Candidate Georgia Institute of Technology

Fig. 1. Sensor placement and overview of the method of how the signals acquired are analyzed. (a) Four contact microphones are placed on the medial and lateral sides of the patella and superficially to the medial and lateral meniscus (b) The signal analysis workflow for knee joint sounds. The signals from the dominant knee of the subjects are filtered and standardized (to zero mean and unity variance) and windowed (frame length of 200ms with 90% overlap). The features are extracted for all four mics and vertically concatenated where columns represent the features and rows represent all the windowed segments. The rows represent all the windows in microphone 1 to microphone 4 and the columns represent the 64 features. A k-Nearest Neighbor graph (kNN graph) is constructed from the matrix formed using data from the dominant knee and calculates the graph community factor (GCF) using the graph community detection algorithm.

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Fig. 2. Graphs created based on the sound features for all windows of the recording, and calculating the GCF score. Example graph from one subject are shown with the associated loading condition and GCF. Different colors correspond to different groups of clusters, implying that higher GCF value represents more variation of colors in the graph.

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Fig. 3 provides a boxplot of the GCF values calculated for all subjects for each loading condition. The mean values for no load, one-third BW, two-thirds BW, and BW were 30, 32, 36, and 39. Since the sample size is not large, the non-parametric paired Kolmogorov-Smirnov [7] test was used to calculated the p-value (p<0.01). For twelve subjects, we demonstrated the increase in GCF of the acoustic emissions from the joints with respect to the increasing load level on the knee.

This paper established a method of using a graph mining algorithm to quantify the impact that mechanical loading of the knee has on the joint sounds produced. We demonstrated that with increasing loading conditions, the acoustical emissions became more heterogeneous. Furthermore, we observed that there were more variations in microphone placement at the medial side of the patella and the lateral side of the meniscus.

Future work will include investigating the causes for the variation in signals due to microphone placement and which locations would provide the best signal quality. This will include a cadaveric dissection with microphones placed on the aforementioned anatomical structures. On the skin, microphones will continue to beplacedondifferentpartsof thekneessuperficiallyto findtheoptimal locations for maximizing signal quality. In addition, more subjects will be recruited for investigating how different loading and joint angle speed on different rehabilitation exercises can impact the acoustical emissions using the AlterG and their importance in the rehabilitation process. Longitudinal measurements of cumulative joint loading forces in athletes or patients rehabilitating knee injuries may provide a means of assessing knee use during normal activities or exercises, which can then be provided to the user as feedback.

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Fig. 3. Boxplot showing GCF increases with load-ing for subject (n=12), indicating more hetero-geneity for all acoustical signatures. The asterisk (*) represents the p-val-ue less than 0.01 which is calculated using a non-parametric paired Kolmogorov-Smirnov test.

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Inter-stimulus Interval Estimation and Automated Procedure for Paired Associative Stimulation

Currently, more than 700,000 people suffer a stroke each year in the United States, and approximately two-thirds of these individuals survive and require rehabilitation treatment [1]. Among those stroke survivors, 60% experience significant impairments inmovement [2]. Current post-stroke motor rehabilitation includes therapeutic interventions for regaining neural activation in hemiparetic limbs. However, therapeutic intervention in general is an intensive process that requires the patient’s active and persistent effort to move the affected limb to gain motor recovery. Current development of rehabilitation technology to improve physical therapy outcomes can be categorized into two approaches: (1) enhancing exercise frequency by using video gaming that improves patient interaction and engagement [3] and (2) facilitating neural excitation and neural plasticity to improve the effectiveness of therapy and shorten the period of treatment [4]. While studies haveshownthepotentialofthefirstapproach,thereisstillaneedto characterize and quantify neural facilitation methods.

Recent studies indicate that neural plasticity may contribute to functional recovery after a stroke [5] and long-term potentiation (LTP) has been regarded as a contributor to motor learning because it strengthens excitatory synapses [6]. Paired associative stimulation (PAS) is an intervention that repeatedly applies transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with conditioned peripheral stimulation (Figure 1). In general, electrical stimulation is used as the peripheral stimulation. It is known that only at the appropriate inter-stimulus interval (ISI) between them (Figure 2), LTP is induced in the human motor cortex [7]. To effectively induce LTP, PAS must be repeatedly applied with an appropriate ISI. The TMS and the peripheral stimulation must be tightly synchronized.

Despite promising features of PAS, tight time synchronization constraint in PAS and large variability in effective ISI among individuals still remain technical problems for implementation. In other words, individual differences in physiological parameters such as body size and composition, gender and age [8] impact on

the signal conduction time and eventually impact the effective ISIs that can induce increased LTP. This makes it impossible to determine a single fixed ISIthat can be applicable to any individual. Many studies have been performed to identify the optimal ISI in the PAS intervention [9]. However, these works test a limited number of ISIs and determine the most effective ISI among them without considering the variability in individuals. In addition, many other neural facilitation

research attempt to find the effective ISIs, but they require veryfine resolution of ISIs to observe responseswhich takes a lot oftime [10]. Therefore, a systematic approach that can meet time synchronization constraints and characterize individualized ISI profiles and a research platform that helps understand theunderlying mechanism in PAS are required.

The combination of TMS and mechanical stimulation is used for PAS in BioRobotics and Human Modeling Lab (Brhml) at Georgia Institute of Technology (Advisor : Dr. Jun Ueda) to address aforementioned issues. This PAS with mechanical stimulation (mPAS)wasinspiredbyaspecificclinicalpracticecalledrepetitivefacilitation exercise or RFE [11]. In RFE, therapists manually apply mechanical tendon tapping to target muscles to induce the stretch reflex immediatelybeforeapatient is verbally instructedto produce a movement with the muscles. Clinical studies report promising recovery results after RFE [12]. PAS and RFE share a similar hypothesized mechanism, that repetitive overlapping of long latency response of peripheral stimulation and cortical stimulation will rebuild damaged neural pathways, allowing to regain motor control. This indicates the promising potential of mechanical stimulation for rehabilitation.

Many studies show that the increased motor evoked potential (MEP) suggests LTP-like plasticity and this MEP amplitude depends on inter-stimulus interval which is the time difference between peripheral stimulation and TMS in PAS. To effectively increase MEP, PAS must be repeatedly applied with an appropriate inter-stimulus interval (ISI). Successful synchronization “overlaps”

Euisun Kim, PhD Candidate Georgia Institute of Technology

Fig. 1. Paired Associative Stimulation (Stefan et al, 2000)

Fig. 2. Inter stimulus interval in PAS

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peripheral stimuli and TMS and induce increased motor evoked potential (MEP) that is observed as a long latency response in electromyogram (EMG) which is the muscle activation signal. The range of ISIs that induce increased MEP is called ‘effective time window’ (Figure 3 and Figure 4).

In order to characterize and understand mPAS, a pneumatic robotic tapping device has been developed to enable stable and repeatable mechanical stimulation (Figure 5). In addition, statistical regression methods have been developed to estimate the optimal ISIfasterthantheconventionaloptimalISIfindingmethod.Inthesestatistical methods, instead of incrementing the ISI and observing MEP in a wide range of time range, they effectively estimate the effective time window with reduced number of MEP observations (Figure 6). We expect that this research may help to provide a scientific research platform to study mechanical PAS and to anenable alternative and broader application of PAS.

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Fig. 3. EMG signal. Motor evoked Potential observed in long latency response

Fig. 4. Effective Time Window

Fig. 5. Robotic PAS

Fig. 6. Statistical method

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Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) is pleased to accept nominations for 2019 Distinguished Service Membership (DSM), Distinguished Sponsor Membership (DSpM) and Honorary Membership (HM) to recognize those who have con-tributed exemplarily to KSEA with distinction.

Eligibility

• Distinguished Service Membership (DSM): KSEA members who have served KSEA with distinction.

• Distinguished Sponsor Membership (DSpM): Individuals or or-ganizations who have made substantial financial contributions to KSEA.

• Honorary Membership (HM): KSEA members at least 75 years old who have retired with a distinguished career.

Application Period: January 15, 2019 to 11:59 PM EST on Friday, March 1, 2019

Nomination Fill out the nomination form together with the KSEA Service-Point Table available at http://hac.ksea.org. One may nominate himself or herself. To be considered favorably, the total service points earned by a nominee should be greater than 100 for DSM, and the sum of his/her age and total service points should be greater than 100 for HM. A substantial financial contribution is required for DSpM.

Evaluation ProcedureHonors & Awards Committee (HAC) will evaluate the nominated candidates and recommend the finalists to the Executive Commit-tee (EC). The EC will approve the recommended DSpM and HM. The EC will confirm the recommended DSMs and present them to the KSEA Council for approval. The finalists will be notified via email by June 30, 2019. RecognitionThe DSM, DSpM and HM awardees will receive KSEA certificates while additional KSEA Gold Medals will be bestowed on the DSM awardees. Membership dues are waived for Distinguished Service and Honorary members. It is noted that there is no voting right for non-paid members.

For any questions regarding preparation of a nomination package, please contact Chair of KSEA Honors and Award Committee (HAC), Dr. Youngsun Kim, kseahacchair@gmail.com.

The Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) is pleased to accept nominations for the annual KSEA Awards that recognize and honor those members/non-members who have made outstanding contributions to KSEA, advances in science and engi-neering, international cooperation especially between the U.S. and Korea, and general welfare of the society.

Awards to be made are:

• Outstanding Contribution to KSEA Award to a member who has made exceptional contributions to KSEA in particular and the society in general through dedicated and exemplary ser-vices in science and engineering including international coop-eration (Joint Award with Minister of MSIP).

• Scientist of the Year Award to a member who has made out-standing technical contributions in the areas of science (Joint Award with President of KOFST).

• Engineer of the Year Award to a member who has made out-standing technical contributions in the areas of engineering (Joint Award with President of KOFST).

• Entrepreneur of the Year Award to a member who has demon-strated stellar performance in the areas of entrepreneurship (Joint Award with Maeil Business Newspaper).

• Outstanding Chapter and Chapter President Award to a local chapter which has contributed significantly to enhance KSEA activities through novel and exemplary programs and services.

• Outstanding Community Service Award to a member who has provided outstanding services to a greater community on be-half of KSEA.

• Young Generation Leadership Award to a young generation member who has provided outstanding membership develop-ment and services for the young generation.

Each nomination form (in MS Word) can be downloaded from the KSEA website http://hac.ksea.org. Please carefully follow the in-structions in the form. Nominations must be uploaded onto http://hac.ksea.org between January 15, 2019 and 11:59 PM EST on Fri-day, March 1, 2019. The recipients will be notified via email by June 30, 2019. Awards will be presented at UKC2019.

For any questions regarding preparation of a nomination package, please contact Chair of KSEA Honors and Award Committee (HAC), Dr. Youngsun Kim, kseahacchair@gmail.com.

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Soolyeon Cho

Dear Fellow KSEA Members:

I am honored to be nominated as a candidate for the 49th President of KSEA. I sincerely appreciate those who have supported and encouraged my presence in this important position. KSEA has become the frontier organization in representing Korean-American scientists and engineers nationally and internationally.

I am currently the Vice President 2 of KSEA (2018-2019). I have also had the distinct pleasure of serving in other KSEA leadership positions over the past several years. Through my experience, I havetheuniqueinsightandconfidencetoensureamoreadvancedand sustainable KSEA through the development of its history into the future. I have high expectations and great enthusiasm for the sustainable growth of KSEA. Not only to meet the fundamental purpose of KSEA, but to keep in pace with the current era of rapid change and development, I would like to share with you a few goals that I believe are important and should be pursued fervently. If I am elected, I will work to establish a cornerstone for the development of a more sustainable KSEA in the following areas: 1) Financial Sustainability, 2) Technical Group Sustainability, and 3) Next Generation Sustainability. The objectives are as follows:

• Develop Self-Sustainable Financial Plans: the past 4-5 years of experience has shown the need for a newer and more sustainable fiscal model. Based on history, recent trends,and foreseeable changes in the future, I will work with you todevelopandproposeself-sustainablefinancialoptionsthatare suitable for implementation in the coming years.

• Develop Sustainable Organization/Structure of Technical Groups (TGs): TGs are the foundation of KSEA; therefore, it has become essential to improve the TG structure and role in terms of functionality and effectiveness. I believe it is time to discuss “inclusion” through consideration of the current trend of professions; i.e., inter/multi-disciplinary. I will work with you on the adoption of the inter/multi-disciplinary paradigm into our current KSEA structure. It will consist of a variety of options such as adding, combining, and/or re-grouping TGs.

• Develop Next Generation (or YG) Sustainability: YG is integral to the success and future of KSEA. While there are still language barriers and cultural differences to overcome, I look forward to working with you all to develop an advanced platform for YG to easily connect with other members.

In my own profession, I have years of administrative experience as the PhD program director. I manage over 40 doctoral students and 30 professors. As the Director of BETlab (https://design.ncsu.edu/betlab/), I have conducted a variety of research projects and published/submitted numerous professional papers/reports.

I have the passion and enthusiasm required to lead the KSEA to a more sustainable future. I have the necessary experience to make it happen. As the current Vice President 2 of KSEA and Finance Director (45th Admin), I have intimate knowledge of how our leadership is run from an administrative standpoint. I have been involved in preparing for the UKC events as General Director (UKC 2018) and as Sponsor Program Chair (UKC 2015). I have led the KSEA-NC local chapter as President for two years, through which I was able to understand the importance of local chapters for their individual and unique roles in KSEA. On top of this, I have engaged with several KSEA committees, such as the Election Committee, Nomination Committee, Publication Director, Fund Management Committee, SME Committee, and APS Committee. Through these roles and leadership positions, I was able to gain a broader understanding of KSEA in order to make impartial decisions that will most positively impact our organization as a whole.

Ifirmlybelievethatmypersonalandprofessionalaccomplishmentswell equip me to grow the KSEA both quantitatively and qualitatively. If I am given the opportunity and honor to serve as President of KSEA, I will work diligently with each and every one of you to reach KSEA’s full potential.

2019 Election

Candidate for The 49th President

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EDUCATION

2009 Ph.D. in Architecture Texas A&M University, College Station, TX2002 M.S. in Mechanical Engineering Texas A&M University, College Station, TX1995 B.S. in Mechanical Engineering University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

5/2015 – present Director of PhD Program North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC7/2014 – present Associate Professor North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC7/2011 – present Director of BETlab North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC7/2011 – 6/2014 Assistant Professor North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC8/2010 – 6/2011 Associate Director Catholic Univ. of America, Washington, DC5/2010 – 8/2010 Research Faculty PacificNorthwestNationLab.,Richland,WA7/2008 – 6/2011 Assistant Professor Catholic Univ. of America, Washington, DC1/2000 – 5/2008 Research Assistant/Associate Texas A&M University, College Station, TX1/1999 – 8/1999 Research Assistant University of Florida, Gainesville, FL12/1994 – 5/1997 Mechanical Engineer Hyundai Heavy Industries, South Korea

KSEA ACTIVITIES

2018 – 2019 Vice President 2 47th Administration2018 – 2019 Advisor North Carolina Chapter2017 – 2018 General Director UKC 20182017 – 2018 President North Carolina Chapter2016 – 2017 Fund Management Committee 45th Admin.2016 – 2017 Finance Director 45th Administration2016 – 2017 Election Committee Member 45th Admin.

2015 – 2016 Nomination Committee 44th Admin.2015 – 2016 Publication Director 44th Admin.2014 – 2015 Sponsorship Program Chair UKC 20152014 – 2015 President North Carolina Chapter2013 – 2014 Vice-President North Carolina Chapter

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2016 – present Advisor ASHRAE NCSU Student Chapter2012 – present Reviewer Journal of Energy and Buildings2012 – present Reviewer ASME International Conference2010 – present Reviewer IARIA Journals2007 – present Member International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA)2009 Reviewer NSF ARI R2 Program1999 – present Member American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

RESEARCH LEADERSHIP AND PUBLICATIONS

• Sixty One (61) Peer-Reviewed Papers: 55 published & 6 under review

• Twenty Nine (29) Research Reports Delivered• Twenty Six (26) Funded Research Projects: 21 funded & 5

pending• Three (3) Technology Invention Disclosures Filed

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2019 Election

Candidate for The 49th President

Yongho Sohn

Dr. Yongho Sohn is an UCF Pegasus Professor and Lockheed Martin Professor of Engineering in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. He also manages $20M worth of instruments, 3 full-time technical staff and 2 administrative staff members as an Associate Director of UCF’s Materials Characterization Facility (http://www.ampac.ucf.edu/facilities/MCF.php). Since 2010, Dr. Sohn has served KSEA in several different roles, and has accrued many organizational insights and operational understanding, which will serve to enhance its reputation, strengthen its member commitment, increase its revenue, and diversify its engagement with local community at large. Dr. Sohn believes that KSEA’s strength lies within its members with “substantiated credentials,” and the foundation for the success of KSEA for the next 50 years must begin now. In addition to current and well-established KSEA activities such as UKC, NMSC, and YGTLC, Dr. Sohn would like to deliver the followings if elected.

Enhance KSEA Reputation

• Active campaign to promote KSEA member accomplishments- Active KSEA content (e.g., Letters and website) to promote member accomplishment (e.g., substantiated awards, grants, promotions and important publications/citations)- Fellow of KSEA establishment based on the merits of sustainedscientificandtechnicalaccomplishments- Service to members (free job posting, free resume posting, open source information) with relevant and rapid information exchange

Strengthen KSEA Member Commitment

• Increase in membership fee – membership fee reflectscommitments of members for KSEA, and revenue sharing with local chapters

• Establishment of Lifetime Membership • Increase the amount and number of Young Investigator Award

for prestige and competition

• Strategy for establishment of KSEA institute for research, development and commercialization (incorporated subsidiary, e.g., Battelle Memorial Institute) with capability for PI-based external proposal call and preparation, administration, project management and project audit

• Empower the Young Generation- Expanding voting rights to UG students accompanied by proper membership fees- Independent fund-raising activities with revenue sharing

Increase KSEA Revenue

• DiversificationofrevenuesourceforKSEA-Officialestablishmentofindirectcost(i.e.,Bylaw)-DefineKSEAmembers’networkand identifydifferent andappropriate sponsors (e.g., equipment sales, corporate HR/recruiters, etc.)

• Strengthen UKC as a platform for exchanging knowledge, ideas and, more importantly, opportunities- Job forums and sponsored forums that lead to proposal/sponsorship-Qualityoverquantityinscientificandtechnicalpresentations- Faculty/student exchange programs between the US and Korea

Diversify KSEA Engagement

• Official and documented engagementwith national Korean-American non-profit organizations for collaboration withofficialmemorandumofunderstandingand/orcontracts

• Local YSTLC events with revenue sharing by local chapters and KSEA HQ

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EDUCATION

1998 Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN1993 M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering Worcester Poly Inst., Worcester, MA1991 B.S. Honors in Mechanical Engineering Worcester Poly Inst., Worcester, MA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2010 – Present Professor University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA2016 – Present Associate Director UCF Materials Characterization Facility, Orlando, FL, USA2005 – 2010 Associate Professor University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA2001 – 2005 Assistant Professor University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA1999 – 2001 Post-Doctoral Scholar University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

KSEA ACTIVITIES

2018 – Present Executive Director UKC 2019 Organizing Committee2016 – 2018 Auditor 46th and 47th Admin.2016 – 2017 Symposium Chair MSE Symposium at UKC 20172012 – 2013 Program Co-Chair UKC 20132013 – 2016 Member Honors and Awards Committee2012 – 2015 Member Rules Committee2014 – 2015 Vice President 2 43rd Administration 2011 – 2012 Executive Director 40th Administration2010 – 2011 President Central Florida (now Orlando) Chapter

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2013 – Present Associate Editor Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion (Springer)2014 – Present Editorial Board Metallurgical and Materials Transactions (Springer)2009 – 2011 Vice Chair Alloy Phase Diagrams Committee, ASM International2002 – 2004 Chair ASM International Orlando Chapter

RESEARCH LEADERSHIP AND PUBLICATIONS

• Associate Director for the UCF campus-wide materials characterization facility to assist investigators within UCF and external clients (corporate, academic and national laboratories) on microscopy and spectroscopy using optical, electron, X-ray and ion sources, while managing instruments valued over $20M, 3 technical and 2 administrative staff members.

• Published 160+ journal articles: cited 4,349 times; 2,305 since 2013; h index = 34; i10 index = 96 according to Google Scholar, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CKy9tlkAAAAJ&hl=en

AWARDS AND HONORS

2018 - 2023 Lockheed Martin Professorship University of Central Florida2016 - Present UCF Pegasus Professorship University of Central Florida2017 Honorary Conference Chair and Plenary Lecturer, DSL-13, Vienna, Austria2016 Outstanding Materials Scientist Award Purdue University2015 Fellow American Society of Metals (ASM International)2003 - 2008 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award and Grant

GRANTS

As a PI, since 2001, Dr. Sohn has been awarded over $10M in externally sponsored research from National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Agency, Siemens, General Electric, Doosan Heavy Industry, Mitsubishi Power Systems, Pratt & Whitney, Caterpillar-Solar Turbines, DWA Aluminum Composites, POSCO-RIST, and Lockheed Martin. For FY19, Dr. Sohn is a PI on research projectssponsoredbyUSArmyResearchLaboratory,USOfficeofNaval Research, US Department of Energy, Aerojet-Rocketdyne, Battelle Energy Alliances, SEMPlastics (DOE SBIR), Doosan Heavy Industry, and Environmental Research and Education Foundation; a co-PI on a project sponsored by National Science Foundation.

NOTABLE RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS

additive manufacturing of metallic alloys; multicomponent diffusion in metallic alloys; thermal barrier and protective coatings; materials at high temperature; metallic nuclear fuels development; physical metallurgy; materials characterization

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Yun H. Choe

Dr.ChoeiscurrentlyworkingasaScientificAdvisorandaPatentAgent. Dr. Choe is involved in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications especially in chemical, pharmaceutical, and bi-otechnology areas. She also assists in the preparation of opinions in the chemical and biotech arts. In addition, she often advise the clients with their R & D activities and IP portfolio management es-pecially in pharmaceutical discovery and development. After her post-doctoral research at Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. in Nutley, NJ, she worked about 15 years in research and development of Polymer Drugs and Polymeric Drug Delivery Systems at several companies, in not only R & D but also in business development. In addition to her extensive research work, she gave numerous presentations in scientificconferencesandhasmorethan40publications,andmorethan 50 patents in US and other countries.

She is also a simultaneous translator of Korean-English to volun-teerinvariousneedsincludingmedicalandlegalfield.Dr. Choe served as the President of Korean-American Society in Bi-otech and Pharmaceuticals (KASBP) and contributed to the devel-opment of Korean YG organizations, including serving as a Co-chair for 2017-2018 US YGF and YPF hosted by KOFST.

EDUCATION2005 J.D. Fordham University School of Law, NY1993 Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry Rutgers University, NJ1987 M.S. in Medicinal Chemistry Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea1985 B.S. in Manufacturing Pharmacy Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2007–Present ScientificAdvisor/PatentAgent Lucas & Mercanti, LLP2004 – 2006 R & D Director Polymerix Corp.1996 – 2003 R & D Group Leader Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1995 – 1995 Faculty Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey1993 – 1995 Research Associate Hoffmann La-Roche

KSEA ACTIVITIES 2018 - Present Chair APS Committee2015 - 2018 Member YG Committee2017 - 2018 President KASBP2013 – 2014 Chapter President KSEA-NJ2008-2017 Director, VP KSEA-NJ & KASBP

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2015 – President Advisor KOTRA IP Desk2014 – Present K-TAG KITA2013 – Present GPKOL Advisor KHIDI1993 – Present Member American Chemical Society (ACS)2007 – Present Member ABA (American Bar Association) & AIPLA1997 – 2008 Member American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)1997 – 2006 Member Controlled Release Society (CRS)

RESEARCH LEADERSHIP AND PUBLICATIONSAbout 20 US Patents and its foreign patents.About 40 publications and presentations.

Candidate for The 48th Vice President

2019 Election

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Kyuwon “Ken” Choi

Dear KSEA members,Over 15 years, I have had great experiences working with many talented young leaders, colleagues, and senior members in KSEA. I have learned a lot about developing leadership, leading research projects, and teaching

scientifictopicswithintheorganization.IthinkIshouldpaybackto the organization somehow based on my experiences in KSEA. I really appreciate for the nomination and it is so honorable for me. Now, KSEA is uniquely positioned as a global leader in science, technology, and innovation as the results of the combined effort of individual member’s dedication and excellent leadership of senior members. The organization should continue to be the premier referenceinourfieldasadriverofinnovation,emergingtechnicalneedsandopportunitiessothatKSEAmembersfindvalueandfeelproudtobe.IfIhaveachancetoserveasaVPthisyear,first,Iwillsupport President Oh’s vision for this organization during his term. Second, I will focus on enhancing our profession by pervasively ensuring transparency of decision processes, enabling active participation and relevance of members in KSEA management, and supporting young professional groups. Third, I will keep the organization to be the trusted source for high-quality knowledge communicating with APS, TG, YG, and local chapters. Forth, I will work with President Oh for the fund raising from US government agencies and industry, which is a critical issue for the KSEA for its own sustainability for our future. Thank you so much for your attention and I truly hope to grow this organization with you as a vice president.

EDUCATION2002 PhD in Electrical Computer Eng. Georgia Institute of Technology, GA1997 MS in Electrical Computer Eng. Georgia Institute of Technology, GA1990 BS in Electrical Eng. KyungHee University, Seoul, Korea

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2015-Pres. VLSI Research Center DA-Lab. Director Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago 2013-Pres. Associate Professor (Tenured) Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago 2007-2013 Assistant Professor Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago 2005-2007 Senior Researcher & Technical Consultant Sequence Design Inc., Santa Clara2002-2005 Senior Engineer Samsung Electronics (System LSI), Korea1999-2000 Software Engineer, Broadcom, Atlanta1998-1999 Engineer ScientificResearchCorp.,Atlanta1993-1996 Engineer Korea Telecom Research Center, Korea

KSEA ACTIVITIES 2015-2017 Election Committee2016-2017 Technical Group (TG) Director2016-2017 UKC 2016 VIP Sponsor Director/Symp. Co-Chair2015-2016 TG / APS Director

2015-2016 Chief Editor of Tech Book 20162015-2016 UKC 2015 Symposium Co-Chair2014-2015 UKC 2014 Symposium Co-Chair2013-2014 Publication Director / PRODEW (SEED now) Local Program Chair2013-2014 UKC 2013 Symposium Co-Chair2013-2015 Chicagoland Chapter President ‘Outstanding Chapter President award’ 2009-2013 Chicagoland (Midwest) Chapter VP 2009-2012 Chicagoland (Midwest) Chapter NMC Chair2008-2011 YG Committee

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES- Professional AffiliationsSenior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (Member since 1999, Senior Member since 2009)- Editorial PositionsEditor-in-Chief, Journal of Pervasive Technology, 2011- Present- Technical Society ServiceTechnical Program Co-Chair, International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC), 2011 - 2017Technical Program Committee (TPC) for prestigious conferences: IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Comp (EUC), IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), International Conference on Advanced Electromaterials (ICAE), IEEE International Conference on Net-working,Sensing,andControl(ICNSC),IEEEAsiaandSouthPacificDesign Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), International Symposi-um on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), etc.

RESEARCH LEADERSHIP AND PUBLICATIONSDr. Choi is a director of VLSI Research center, Design and Auto-mation Laboratory (DA-Lab) in the ECE Department of Illinois In-stitute of Technology. The research has been mainly on ultra-low power VLSI (Very Large-Scale Integration) and SoC (System-on-Chip) design. He has published more than 106 papers in peer-re-viewed international journals (42 papers) and conferences (64 papers) and a book chapter for low-power design for last twelve years (2007-2018). Among the publications, six papers were rec-ognized as Best Paper.

AWARDS AND HONORS2015 KSEA HQ: Outstanding Chapter and Chapter President award (Chicagoland Chapter)

GRANTSDr. Choi as a PI has received research grants (total $3,347,431) for ‘ultra-low power VLSI design and deep learning AI chip design on FPGA-SoC’ from ANL, NASA, ETRI, KEIT-KETI, ADD-KAIST, LG Elec-tronics (LSIS), Memsoft, and Interlog Inc.

NOTABLE RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTSUltra-low-leakage power consumed mobile chip in deeply scaled CMOS and a novel design of ternary logic based on carbon nano-tubeFETs(CNFETs)wasrecognizedasoutstandingresearchfind-ings from Yahoo Newspaper.

Candidate for The 48th Vice President

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Sam Chung

Making KSEA Stable, Strong, and Smart!Dr. Sam Chung, is the Director of the Center for Information Assurance Education (CIAE) and the Academic Program Director of MS in Computer Science and Cybersecurity. Before joining City University of Seattle (CityU), Dr. Chung was a tenured full Professor and the Director of School of Information Systems and Applied Technologies at Southern Illinois University (SIU) in Carbondale, IL. Before joining SIU, he was an Endowed Associate Professor of Information Systems and Information Security and a founding faculty of the BS in Information Technology (IT) program at the University of Washington (UW) Tacoma. Dr. Chung also served an Associate Director of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) for the Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity (CIAC) at the UW.

Dr. Chung has been heavily involved in three KSEA local chapters (Indianapolis, Seattle, & St. Louis), two YG chapters (UW Tacoma and SIU Carbondale), multiple Northwest Regional Conferences (NWRCs), and three UKCs (2010, 2013, and 2018) since 1996. He was always eager to bring his YG members to annual NWRC or UKC. Now, he wants to extend his services for 48th Vice President Position based upon his experiences. KSEA is strong in physical space. However, KSEA needs improvement in cyberspace. Through his experiences of UKC, he wants to make the current KSEA IT infrastructure in cyberspace stable. As the webmaster and IT director for UKC 2018 and the IT Director of the current 47th

term, he has made KSEA IT infrastructure stable by changing the existing IT service model from internal self-support to external professional services. During his VP term, he wants to make this change strong by improving KSEA HQ operations. He even wants to make the KSEA business smart for our next generation – Why don’t youmakeourKSEAdatasmartforournextgenerationbenefits?

EDUCATION1995 Ph.D. in Computer Science University of South Florida1985/1991 MS in Computer Science KAIST & George Washington University1983 BS in Electrical Engineering Kyungpook National University, Korea

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE6/2018 – Present Director/Professor City University of Seattle (CityU), WA7/2014 – 5/2018 Director/Professor Southern Illinois Univ. (SIU), Carbondale, IL9/2001 – 6/2014 Assistant/Associate Prof. University of WA Tacoma (UW Tacoma), WA

KSEA ACTIVITIES 2018 – 2019 IT Director/EC advisor The 47th KSEA Admin2017-2018 Web & Publicity Chair UKC 20182011-2018 YG Advisor SIU & UW Tacoma2001-2014 Member/VP/Chair/President Seattle Chapter

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES2001- Present ACM Senior/IEEE Member ACM & IEEE2010 / 2013 / 2018 UKC Executive Committee / Symposium Co-chair / Web Committee Chair

RESEARCH LEADERSHIP AND PUBLICATIONS• Data Analytics Workshop Series for Non-Computing Major

First-Generation-College-Bound Students. ISEDJ. Vol. 16. Num. 5, p. 37-44. October 2018.

AWARDS AND HONORS2012-2015 Endowed Chair Professor of Information Systems and Information Security at UW Tacoma5/16/2014 University of Washington Undergraduate ResearchMentorAward,Officeofthe

GRANTS• National Security Agency, September 11, 2015 –

September 10, 2016. • T-Mobile, December 16, 2013 – June 13, 2014.• NSF DUE Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service

(SFS). 2009 –2011

2019 Election

Candidate for The 48th Vice President

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Jong Y. Park

I have good news for you. All vice president candidates are well deserved. In my opinion, elected VPs will carry out successfully their role. I am truly honored for being nominated as one of candidates for KSEA VP. Currently, we are in critical and transitional period. We are seeing more 1.5 or 2nd generation members in our membership drive. One of KSEA rewarding mission is to provide these young generations/early career scientists opportunities through professional networking. One of major roles of VP is a supporter and messenger for local Chapters and APS groups. I am willing to take these roles sincerely as I have been doing at the KSEA, if I am elected. For KSEA related experiences, since I joined KSEA in 1984 as a graduate student member, I have served as Chair of Chapter Presidents, Project Director, Chapter President, Task Force Member for KSEA hand book, member of Honor and Award Committee, SEED organizer, UKC General Director, UKC Sponsor Director, UKC symposium co-Chair, and session chairs. These experiences from different levels will help me to serve as a VP.

EDUCATION 1995 Ph.D. in Epidemiology Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, B’ham, AL1992 MPH in Epidemiology Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, B’ham, AL 1988 M.S. in Microbiology Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL 1982 B.S. in Biology Yonsei University, Seoul, S. Korea

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1/2018-present Senior member/Professor MoffittCancerCenter,UnivofSouthFlorida1/2009-12/2017 Associate mem/Associate Prof. MoffittCancerCenter,Univ.ofSouthFlorida8/1999-12/2008 Assistant mem/Assistant Prof. MoffittCancerCenter,Univ.ofSouthFlorida1/1996-07/1999 Postdoctoral Fellow Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

KSEA ACTIVITIES 2018-2019: UKC General Director2018-19, 2012-2013: Tampa bay Florida Chapter President2018-2019, 2013-2014: Member of SEED organization committee2017-2018, 2016-2017, 2015-2016, 2013-2014: Project Director in 42nd, 44th, 45th, 46th term 2017-2020: Member of Honor and Award Committee2016-2017, 2015-2016, 2017: SEED or iPEC, Chair of Organization committee2015-2016: UKC2016 Sponsor Director.2014-2015, 2011-2012: UKC2015 BMP Symposium, Co-Chair or Session Chair 2013-2014: Member of Task Force Team for KSEA Handbook 20142013-2014: UKC2013. BMP symposium, Session Chair2012-2013: Chair of Chapter Presidents1984: Joined KSEA Florida Chapter as a graduate student

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2001-present : An Ad-Hoc grant reviewer and/or member of study section for NCI, DOD, ACS, AACR, VA hospital, FAMRI, Puerto Rico, Qatar, South Africa, UK, and Slovakia 2001-present: An Ad-Hoc referee for 108 Journals, an editorial board member for 7 journals and a senior editor for 3 journals

RESEARCH LEADERSHIP AND PUBLICATIONSHepublished163refereedjournalpapers(66asthefirstorseniorauthor)includinghighprofiledjournals,suchasNatureGenetics,Cancer Discovery, JNCI, JCO, 9 book chapters and 214 proceeding publications.

AWARDS AND HONORS2014 Expert mentor Award The City University of New York2009 Outstanding Faculty Performance Award UniversityofSouthFlorida/MoffittCancerCenter

GRANTSAs Principal Investigator (PI) or co-investigators for large cancer studies, he has been a leader for various cancer genetic studies since 1997. He has received 23 research grants as the PI from NCI, DOD, FL State, Industry, Korean Government and involved in 28 additional research projects as a co-investigator.

Candidate for The 48th Vice President

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My Remarks as a KSEA Donor

Even though Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) was founded less than half a century ago, its evolution and impact have been profound on a global basis. For much of that time, I have been deeply involved with KSEA and thus it has become a big part of my life story.

The most important goals of my involvement have been focused on a vision of an industrialized Korea through KSEA. To achieve this, I have devoted tremendous effort towards accelerating that goal.

One great accomplishment has been the supply of manpower in the form of US-trained and educated scientists and engineers to Korea. In many ways, the student has now surpassed the teacherinmanyimportantfields.Asaresult,Koreahasnowgrownintoaglobalpowerherself,boasting outstanding homegrown talent. Today, our efforts are more focused on the development of the important linkage between the US and Korea as equals.

This evolution gave birth to the idea of UKCs, which have become the crowning achievements of KSEA. One event in particular, “The Symposium of the Motherland-Visiting Korean Scientists and Engineers in 1974” was a pivotal point for the framework of current UKCs and showcased the potential for future events. My organization of technical Symposiums, Forums and Workshops at more recent UKCs has contributed to further bringing these dreams to life.

What began as a simple pipeline for talent has evolved into a multi-national conduit for ideas, partnership and technology that will continue to change the future for mankind and elevate the status of our mother country. For any who doubt this, it is important to remember that what is now a reality was once just a dream, fueled by hope and hard work.

While I will continue to contribute to KSEA in a physical sense as long as my body allows, I also understand that it is critical that future generations carry on our important work. Naturally, I am proud and honored to be able to make a donation to KSEA in support of this cause and towards the continued evolution of KSEA and its contributions to our world in the future.

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Dr. Yong Nak Lee (KSEA 10th President) with his wife and three sons.

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Young Professional NET Program

Young Professional NET Program by KOFST (Korean Federation of Science & Technology Societies) in Korea is to supports activities by small groups (NET) of young overseas young science and engineering talents on free topics, including research exchange activities, start-up, and resolution of global/social issues of science and technology. The program derives new ideas and promotes development of science and technology though fusion/convergence of various academic areas.

The NET Program induces vitalization of small-scale research associationsandnetworkingandimprovesqualificationandstrengthen the research capacity of young scientists and engineers. It strengthens the support basis of activities/information of the rising Korean science and technology world.

On October 26-27, 2018, research performances of 27 groups were presented at KSEA HQ, Vienna, VA.

TestimonialsSoyoon Kum, University of Texas at Austin, team: TEN“Through the NET Program, our team visited the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to learn about air-quality-related research. We also reached out to a few Koreans who work in the US to learn about their company’s environmental policy and work life. It was a very meaningful experience. Without NET, we couldn’t think to visit the EPA and meet other Koreans outside of the school. Thanks for providing us this wonderful experience.”

Siyeon Jung, University of Illinois at Chicago, team: 명견만리“It was a good opportunity to get to know young scientists in KSEAfromvariousfieldsofscience.Wehadagreattimetoshare our research interests at the meeting. Also, K. Stephen Suh, the president of KSEA, provided valuable information about being a successful scientist here in the US. To be specific, the KSEA SEED Program would be very helpfulfor young scientists to develop their career here in the US. Also, at the meeting, Dr. Sang Mok Chung from the FDA gave us a lot of advice regarding careers in the pharmaceutical field.Byparticipating in theNETproject,we could get allthis valuable information as well as networking. I truly appreciate it KOFST and KSEA.”

Young Song, University of Illinois at Chicago, team: Interprofessional Home Care “Through the great NET Program, our team members, who have the life goal of becoming a researcher and university educator, were offered the opportunity to get together to collaborate and build a constructive network and ponder what we could possibly contribute to our homeland. For this purpose, we coordinated meetings with seven institutes that have simulation labs or home care health programs and hostedseminarsinvitingexpertsintherelevantfieldthanksto the Net Program Grant provided by the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies.”

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2019 KSEA/KUSCO SChOLARShipS

pROgRAmKSEA scholarships for undergraduates, KUSCO-KSEA scholarships for graduates, and other named scholarships for graduate and undergradu-ate 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 becom-ing 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.

20 KSEA Scholarships for Undergraduate Students in US ($1,000.00 per award)

20 KUSCO-KSEA Scholarships for graduate Students in US ($1,500.00 per award)

more details for the 2019 Scholarships including application process can be found on the KSEA scholarships website at http://scholarship.ksea.org

Evaluation Criteria:Academic performance KSEA activities and Community service Recommendation letters Essay

Application period: February 1 - March 31, 2019

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Chapter NewsEastern Carolina

During the past few years, we have been working as a branch of the KSEA North Carolina (NC) chapter. Luckily, we were newly registered as an independent KSEA Eastern Carolina (EC) chapter (President: Dr. Lee, Myon-Hee; Vice-president: Dr. Hur, Misun) in the help of ECU Korean Faculty Interest Group (KFIG) and KSEA NC chapter (Dr. Cho, Soolyeon) this year. Our KSEA EC chapter is formed by about 40 members, the majority of whom is made up of faculty members based in Universities in the Eastern North Carolina area, including East Carolina University (ECU), Fayetteville State University, and Chowan University. Although our chapter is relatively small and essentially a newbie, this year we actively held several events for Korean-American young generations (K-12th), undergraduate and graduate students, and faculty members.

It is an honor to be able to share some exciting news about our small KSEA EC chapter. The main events of this year were: 1. East-Coastal College-Career Development Symposium

for Natural Science: KSEA EC chapter (Dr. Jung Jae Won) and ECU KFIG organized a symposium to promote the National Science Education (Mathematics, Physics, and Biology) for young generations (K-12th grades) in the EC region, providing guidance for choosing science majors, and discussing possible career paths (see the picture on the bottom).

2. Technical Seminar for Regional Scientists and Engineers by ECU KFIG and KSEA since 2012: This event aims to help establish good lines of communication and

promote collaboration among scientists and engineers in the EC region (see the picture on the top).

3. National Math and Science Competition (NMSC), chaired by Dr. Ahn, Sung Woo and Dr. Jung Jae Won: Our chapter has been a constant participant at the NMSC event in Greenville, NC since 2013, with NMSC informational seminars being organized and held for parents annually. We are proud to announce that state and national NMSC winners have been from our EC chapter since we took partinthecompetitionfiveyearsago.

4. ECU’s Summer Science Advanced Day for Korean-American Young Generation (K-12 grades): Last summer, ECU faculty (mostly KSEA members, organized by Dr. Kim, Young Joo and Dr. Kim, Sunghan) along with a Korean local community association (chaired by Dr. Yoon, Seok) held ECU Summer Science Advanced Day. About 36 students had hands-on experience with Robotics, Brain-Computer Interface, Chemistry & Biology, Minecraft, and Drone (http://blog.ecu.edu/sites/ecunow/blog/2018/08/29/science-adventure-day-gives-children-a-head-start/).

More excitingly, we are planning to hold EC-Career Development Symposium for Medical Science in 2019 for high school and undergraduate students in NC and EC chapters. Ibelieve thiseventwillprovideanexcellentscientificandeducational opportunity for young generations. Finally, on behalf of the KSEA EC chapter members, we would like to thank KSEA HQ for their continuous and considerable support.

Eastern Carolina Chapter News

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Chapter NewsWisconsin

This past October 11th to 14th, University of Wisconsin Madison central campus was booming with the lively ambiance of excited children and parents as the annual science festival opened. Wisconsin Science Festival is a four-day massive collective event hosted by joint efforts of various departments across the University of Wisconsin, private national companies, and non-profitorganizationslikeKorean-AmericanScientistsandEngineers

Association of Wisconsin (KSEA-Wisconsin Chapter). Every year, KSEA-Wisconsin engages the public through hands-on discovery and interactive exploration of a variety of science topics. At this public event, KSEA-Wisconsin held dozens of interactive, hands-on exploration stations that feature STEM activities ranging from virtual reality, robotics, health and medicine, chemistry, astronomy and more.

The event was held at the University of Wisconsin Madison, Discovery Building located at 330 N. Orchard St. at the center of the campus. More than 3,000 students from 40 schools participated with a record total of 7,678 visitors for the events. Twenty-seven active Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association Wisconsin Chapter members, officers, and YG student membersvolunteered for this event and provided exciting scientificactivities that teach about the mechanism and dangers of diabetes mellitus, obesity-related health concerns, nutrition science, wave and particle properties of light, magnetism, electric circuits, and behavior programmable robots.

Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association of Wisconsin embraces an idea that is well-known to Wisconsinites as the “Wisconsin Idea.” The ‘Wisconsin Idea”, introduced more than a century ago, is a philosophy embraced by the University of Wisconsin that holds that university research should be applied to solve problems for all citizens of the state and the world, that educationshould influencepeople’s livesbeyond theboundariesof the classroom.

Having our chapter headquarters stationed at the heart of the UW-Madison campus, many of the Korean and Korean-American membersoftheWisconsincommunityareaffiliatedwiththeUWSystem, and this “Idea” has become the guiding philosophy of outreach efforts of KSEA-Wisconsin. KSEA-Wisconsin wanted to make a lasting tradition of public outreach, a legacy that will persist if our chapter continues to exist. To accomplish this, since 2017, we have partnered with the University of Wisconsin and the local government to hold a public event every fall where academics and industry members of KSEA-Wisconsin can volunteer to create more opportunities for the public of all ages and background to interact with the forefront of cutting-edge research. KSEA-Wisconsin Chapter Inc. will continue this tradition for years to come as we believe that science and technology from the bench should be brought to the public to serve the community. The science that never sees the light outside the academic papers and dusty drawers of the lab serves no purpose to the public.

“I shall never be content until the beneficent influence of the University reaches every family of the state.”

UW President, Charles Van Hise in 1905

Hung Tae Kim Wisconsin Chapter President Research Assistant University of Wisconsin Madison

Wisconsin Science Festival

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On October 19th, 2018, approximately one hundred fifty, well-dressed smart andgood-looking young scientists and engineers gathered at the Textile Building in Mid-Town Manhattan in the evening for the 2018 Young Scientists’ Night hosted by the New York Met-ropolitan Chapter (NY Metro Chapter) to net-work, connect, and share ideas and expertise.

Thiseventisacontinuationoftheannualflag-ship event for the NY Metro Chapter, Young Scientists’ Night (YSN), which was kick-started with great success in 2017. This event, a mem-bership drive event, attract more of the young-er generation of KSEA members; including but not limited to, young professionals and gradu-ate students to bridge the gap between under-graduate/graduate KSEA members to regular members. With this aim, the event was held in Manhattan on a Friday evening and market-ed towards young professionals and students working/studying in and near NYC. The event concluded successfully with approx-imately 151 attendees from various institu-tions,atotalof66differentaffiliations.Amongthe attendees, 26% were from Columbia Uni-versity, 14% were from Rutgers University, 7% from CCNY, and 5% from Cooper Union. 37% of the attendees were from Health/Medical field, 25% from Engineering, 23% from LifeScience, 10% from Computer/Data Science, 4% from Finance/Business, and 1% from Math/Statistics. Also, 42% of the attendees held a Doctoral Degree, 35% were graduate students, 12% held a Master’s Degree, 10%

held a Bachelor’s Degree, and 18% were un-dergraduate students.

Our proposed goal, membership drive, was met, having 42 new members (25 Regular, 12 Graduate, and 5 Undergraduate), and mem-bership renewals. It was also a great event connecting returning members with new members. Also, bringing back old members to

KSEA, encouraging them to actively partici-pate again. The event started with a cocktail hour, where attendees were welcomed, and they socialized with others as they arrived. Dinner was fol-lowed, and evening program, hosted by Kevin Kim, Young Professional Director of NY Metro Chapter, started. Attendees were once again welcomed by the remarks from Dr. Ohbong Kwon, KSEA New York Metro Chapter Pres-ident, and Dr. Stephen Suh, KSEA 47th Presi-dent. We had Celina Lee as a guest speaker, who is also an active supporter of YGTLC. She is a certified career coach, podcast host, andlawyer. She spoke about her campaign “Live Your Dream,” which is to help people pursue their dreams and live a long life doing what they love, and gave an inspirational speech to young generations of scientists and engineers about achieving their dream. Followed by the guest speaker, three highlight-ed guests were brought up to the front to talk about their professions. These guests were se-

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WOOJONG KEVIN KIM, PhDNY Metro Chapter YP Director

Engineering InspectorCooper Union

New York Metropolitan Chapter “Young Scientists’ Night”

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lected from registered attendees, who are at diverse stages in their career, to stimulate interests and discussion among attendees.

Highlighted guests included Jonghee Kang, Ph.D., a quanti-tative research associate at JP Morgan, Lang Yoo, Ph.D., Neu-robiology Postdoc at NYU Nathan Kline Institute, and Daniel Won, Digital Web Manager at Lancome. The event was a huge success with positive feedbacks. The momentum built up from this event will continue to strengthen the young generation and young professional group in New York City, also improving and strengthening other KSEA events, such as KMSO (KSEA Math and Science Olympiad), NRC (North Regional Conference), Ygnite, UKC (US-Korea Conference), and others.

This annual event, Young Scientists’ Night will continue to grow and improve to become “must-attend” event for young generations and professionals in not only New York but the East Coast, and the entire United States.

Chapter NewsNew York Metropolitan

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Chapter NewsNorth Texas

The KSEA North Texas Fall Seminar was held on October 27, 2018 at the Korean Culture Center in Dallas, Texas. In the seminar event supported by the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) and the Korean Society of Dallas, around 60 professionals in Engineering, Biology, Medicine, and Architecture attended this seminar and broadened their network with other scientists and engineers.

The event was started with the introduction of the Chapter President, Dr. Wooram Park (UT Dallas). In the opening remarks, he commented on his 2018-2019 plan to promote new member recruiting, and collaboration with other local communitiesandformerchapterofficers.

Twoseminarspeakerswere invited.ThefirstspeakerwasDr. Won Hwa Kim, who is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. With his research background in graph theory, artificial intelligence, and

machine learning, he talked about the fundamental research advances and application in Artificial Intelligence. Veryactive and constructive discussion with the audiences were followed.

The second speaker was Mr. Brian Park, who has been working in American Airlines for 17 years as a senior analyst. Under the seminar title “Project Management and Networking Skills,” he shared valuable experiences he obtained from his work. He discussed the major components in successful professionalism in the US focusing on the culture difference between Korea and the US. Especially his talkwasbeneficialfortheaudienceswhoareabouttostarttheir professional careers in the US.

The two seminar talks were followed by a Korean Gold-bell style quiz event, which was planned to promote the attendees’ networking and communications. Groups of three members were formed, and they competed against each other in the quiz event. One of the North Texas Chapter officers, Dr.Moon, organized this quiz event, and broughtvery interesting and intellectually entertaining problems ranging from math and science problems to questions about the seminar contents.

In this seminar event, the audiences could obtain information about the KSEA SEED (the Scientists’ and Engineers’ Early Career Development) Workshop. One of the NT chapter officer,Dr.Tae-YoulChoi,whoisalsothedirectoroftheSEEDworkshop, gave detailed information about the program and encouraged participation especially, for researchers and engineers from UT South Western Medical Center and nearby Universities.

2018 North Texas Chapter Fall seminar

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APS News KBMES

The 6th Korea-US Joint Workshop in Biomedical Engineering was held during the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2018 Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia with the support of BMES and the Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering (KOSOMBE) from October 17-20, 2018.The objective of the Joint Workshop was to promote cooperation, collaboration and networking between the two societies, KOSOMBE and BMES, and their members. With such a success, we are confident thatthis mutual effort would become a bridge for a long-termrelationshipandmutualbenefitforboth societies’ members.

We had 2 plenary speakers and 6 invited speakers from the US and Korea spanning over two sessions, followed by a dinner reception at The Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at Georgia Tech with a generous support by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA), Cosmetics Technics Korea, Korea-US Science Cooperation Center (KUSCO and KOSOMBE. Over 120 faculties, post-docs, graduate students, undergraduate students, engineers and scientists attended the workshop and the networking dinner.

The 2 plenary speakers were Prof. Ashutosh Chilkoti from Duke University and Prof. Shuichi Takayama from Georgia Tech. The invited speakers were Chulhong Kim (POSTECH, 2017 Young Investigator of KOSOMBE), Chulhee Choi (KAIST), Yoon Park (KIST), Won Gun Koh (Yonsei Univ.), Hyunjung Kim (U of Texas at Austin) and Nathaniel Hwang (Seoul National Univ.).

KBMES Website; https://www.facebook.com/kbmesksea

The KBMES Board and Korea-US Joint BME Workshop Committee included Hanjoong Jo (Emory University/Georgia Tech), Ho-Wook Jun (University Alabama at Birmingham), Min-Ho Kim (Kent State University), Jennifer Shin (KAIST), Deok-Ho Kim (University of Washington), Jungkyu (Jay) Kim (Texas Tech University), James Moon (University Michigan Ann Arbor), Hak-Joon Sung (Yonsei University) and YongTae Kim (Georgia Tech).

HANJOONG JO, PhDKBMES President

John and Jan Portman Professor of Biomedical Engineering/ Coulter Department of Biomedical EngineeringGeorgia Tech and Emory University

The 6th Korea-US Joint Biomedical Engineering Society (KBMES) Workshop

HO-WOOK JUN, PhDKBMES Vice-President

Professor and Graduate Program DirectorUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

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APS News NIH-KSA

The 10th Annual Bioscience and Engineering Symposium (ABES 2018) organized by NIH-Korean Scientists Association (NIH-KSA) was held at the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR), Rockville, MD, on Nov 3rd, 2018. It was held as a joint event with KUCCLS (Nov. 1-2, Korea-US Cooperative Conference for Life Science) organized by KAPAL (Korean-American Professional Association in Life Sciences), to enhance the scientific exchanges,cooperation and networking among basic scientists (mainly at NIH and universities in the Washington DC Metro area) and Korean, Korean-American and American scientists and professionals engaged in biotech and pharmaceutical industries, FDA, USP, USPTO and other agencies. The symposium was well attended (registrants: 160) by NIH-KSA and KAPAL members. The interactions among the scientists from NIH, academia and non-academic agencies have broadened, as the members of two societies mingled at KUCCLS and ABES. Since this summer and during the ABES, we also conducted the KSEA membership drive resulting in addition of 48 new members.

Themorning program started with the firstkeynote lecture entitled, “Reactive oxygen species as the cause of eustress and distress” by Dr. Sue Goo Rhee, a world’s renowned biochemist and a former senior investigator at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of NIH. Dr. Rhee delivered an enlightening lecture on Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), especially H2O2 and the role of peroxiredoxins in cell signaling through control of the intracellular H2O2 concentration. He presented a novel

concept that ROS is the source of both distress (negative form of stress that causes oxidative damage) and eustress (positive type of stress that enhances cellular function) and how these two opposite types of stress are regulated by various antioxidant enzymes and influencehuman physiology.

In the afternoon, Dr. Eun-Suk Seo (University of Maryland, the 46th KSEA President) delivered an exciting keynote lecture entitled “Cosmic journey.” Dr. Seo introduced the cosmic ray and discussed her research on its origin, acceleration and propagation including searches for exotic matter, such as antimatter and dark matter, using direct measurements of galactic cosmic raysby flying instrumentson balloons or spacecraft. We also had three scientific sessions (two in the morning, andone in the afternoon), in which 12 young scientists presented their exciting research in short talks. In addition, we had a career development session in the afternoon, led by an inspiring keynote speech by Dr. Carl Hashimoto (NIH) entitled, “What I’ve learned as professor and scientist.” Afterwards, six professionals at NIH extramural division (Dr.

Youngsuk Oh), FDA (Dr. Seong Hoon Jang), academia (Dr. Eun Hee Lee), industry (Dr. Sang Tae Park), USP (Dr. Seong Jae Yoo) and USPTO (Dr. Kay Kim) shared their career path and experiences and served as panelists in the Q & A session. At the closing ceremony, two scientists (Drs. Jaewoo Choi and Sung Soo Kim) were presented with the Johng S. Rhim Young

Investigator Award and two others (Drs. Hyun Min Jung and So Gun Hong) with the KAPAL award. The other eight short talk speakers also received the 2018 ABES Awards. The day ended with a networking dinner at HoneyOne Korean BBQ in Germantown, MD. The ABES was well attended by NIH-KSA members as well as KAPAL members, all the talks were excellent and there were active and lively interactions among the participants.

MYUNG HEE PARK, PhDNIH-KSA President

Senior InvestigatorNIDCR/NIH

The NIH-KSA 2018 Annual Bioscience and Engineering Symposium

GA-YEON SON, PhDNIH-KSA Vice-President

Post-Doc FellowNIDCR/NIH

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APS News KOCSEA

The Korean Computer Scientists and Engineers Association in America (KOCSEA), foundedin1983,isanon-profitorganizationof Korean and Korean-American computer scientists and engineers in North America. Its goal is to promote communication, information exchange, and cooperation among its members, providing opportunities for them to make contributions to computer-related fields in Korea and the US. KOCSEAcurrently has more than 400 registered members in academia and industry from both Korea and the US, who are leading researchersandpractitioners in the fieldsofComputer Science, Computer Engineering, and Information Technology. KOCSEA Technical Symposium is KOCSEA’s flagshipevent gathering over 100 members from all over the United States and Korea. This annual event has been contributing a lot to nurturing collaborative relations among leading IT industries and research labs in Korea and the US and providing time and opportunities for collaborative research, exchange of scholarly ideas, and international recruitment.

KOCSEA 2018 was held in Silicon Valley, California where so many great IT innovations and breakthrough technologies have emerged and impacted our society. Under the theme of “AI ranging from Data Science to Robotics,” the symposium was attended by a well-balanced audience of over 100 participants representing US academia (46+), Korean academia (2), US industry (33+), Korean industry (12+) and Korean government (2). Additionally, there were three high school students who participated in a new high school CS poster program. The opening remark was given by Jimin Kim, Deputy Consul General of the Korean Consulate General in San Francisco.

The program included four keynote speeches (Dr. Yong Suk Lee from Stanford University, Dr. Jihie Kim from Samsung Research, Professor Sung Kim from NAVER and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Dr. Hui Xu from Coupang), 25 invited

talks (including three non-Korean heritage speakers)infivesessions,22lightningtalks,1panel session, 1 sponsor session, and 2 poster sessions. The session topics included (1) Deep Learning Theories and Practices, Security, and Data Science, (2) Artificial Intelligencein Healthcare, (3) AI in Security and Image Processing, (4) Cloud Computing and Big Data, and (5) Software Engineering and Decision Making. The talks covered state-of-the art technologies and on-going research topics in thefieldofcomputerscienceandengineeringincludingartificial intelligence,bigdata,datascience/analytics, bioinformatics/medical application, cyber security, cloud computing, virtual reality, image processing, software engineering, and CS education.

We awarded two Best Presentation Awards. The winner for the regular talks was Dr. Younghyun Kim (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and the winner for lightning talks was Dr. Yujin Lee (Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency). Additionally, we awarded three scholarships in memory of the late Prof. Moon-Jung Chung, KOCSEA’s former president. Graduate students presented their research projects in poster sessions and participants voted for best research posters based on the Q and A and conversations with the presenters. The KOCSEA Moon-Jung Chung Scholarships went to Hyojong Kim (Georgia Institute of Technology), Hanna Kim (Georgia Institute of Technology), and Jinho Kim (Old Dominion University). This year, we awarded the KOCSEA Appreciation Awards to Dr. Bong Jun Ko at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in our appreciation of his leadership and continuous contribution to KOCSEA.

The main impact of the event is in the dissemination of cutting-edge research results in computer science and engineering among Korean and US researchers and industry professionals. The lightning talk session also facilitated closer interactions for future collaborations. Furthermore, active discussions during and after the presentation

JEHO PARK, PhDKOCSEA President Elect

DirectorMurty Sunak Quantitative and Computing Lab, Claremont McKenna College

2018 KOCSEA Technical Symposium

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APS News KOCSEA

sessions let the participants follow up for further collaborations and funding opportunities from government and industry sponsors such as Coupang, NAVER, KAKAO, KISTI, and NSF. Having the discussion among industry researchers and academic professors also led to potential joint-development collaborations and also recruitment opportunities for graduating students.

For the success of the 19th KOCSEA Technical Symposium, we are grateful to generous supports from multiple sponsors: Platinum Sponsors (Coupang and Samsung Research), Gold sponsors (KAKAO and LG Electronics), Silver sponsors (KSEA, KUSCO, Naver, and SK Holdings), Bronze sponsors (Hyundai Motors, Samsung Card, and Korean Consulate General in San Francisco), and the scholarship support from Moon-Jung Chung family.

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APS News NYKB

NYKB (New York Korean Biologists) is an independentnon-profitscientificorganizationbased in New York State. NYKB is dedicated to advancing science and developing scientificcareers in academia and industry, in hopes to strengthen Korean American scientificcommunities. NYKB’s current membership of over 250 scientists includes faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students at ten academic institutions in New York. Since its re-establishment in 2008, NYKB’s membership is growing each year through attraction of more scientists.

NYKB’s major activity is the organization of NYKB Annual Conference to provide grounds for Networking and Career Development opportunities, to facilitate collaborations among scientists from various institutions, and to recognize and showcase cutting-edge and innovative scientific advancements andtechnologies.

The NYKB Bio Night was held for the firsttime in Manhattan, at Rockefeller U. Scholar’s residence building on a Friday evening and attended Ph.Ds and Ph.D candidates in biology. Approximately 50 biologists and their families attended, and the total attendance was about 80. Although they are NYKB members, it is not easy to meet each other. Thus, the purpose of

this event is to provide meeting places among members and to help each other’s research through it. The main purpose of this event is the NYKB membership network, and to inform many people about KSEA and NYKB.

The program consisted of dinner and games including OX quiz and Rock Paper Scissors game. We had speakers from the NY Metro chapter president Dr. Oh bong Kwon, 47th president Dr. Stephen Suh, NYKB president Dr. Kisa Sung. Dr. Kwon and Dr. Suh introduced history and activities of KSEA, likewise Dr. Sung showed history, activities, and future plan of NYKB.

Our event MC was Kwang-Su Park from Mount Sinai Hospital, who led the games including OX quiz and Rock Paper Scissors game. During the NYKB Bio Night, the attendants were laughing, happy, and able to approach each other more comfortably through this game.

The NYKB Bio Night was held very successfully and many of new members also attended. I am convinced that this event is a success because of their happy faces in this event. The NYKB members become aware of each other through this event and will know more about each other in the future. I am sure about that the NYKB Bio night will be another big event of NYKB.

KISA SUNG, PhDNYKB President

Senior ScientistIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

NYKB Bio Night

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Hung Tae Kim is currently a Ph.D Candidate in Molecular Pharmacology and is working as a graduate research assistant at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Additionally, he has been the President of the Wisconsin Chapter of KSEA since 2014. Before that, he also studied economics, earned a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, and served at the Joint Security Area as a non-commissioned officer in a UN SecurityForce. He has several honors from the United States Army and the Republic of Korea Army, recently received many awards for academic achievements, and was also the recipient of the National Chapter Leadership Award from KSEA in 2017.

How has KSEA helped your career?I was first introduced to KSEA by a friendduring my undergraduate training before I even began a career and training in science. Now, twelve years have passed since then, and among the numerous things that I have benefited through KSEA, the most valuablething that I have gained would be the vast personal network that I have established with different people from various fields ofacademia and industry through KSEA.

What can be the greatest benefits for a scientist or engineer in KSEA?Before the turn of this century, the collective human knowledge of this world became so vast, that even with a specialization in one field for a lifetime, it became impossible fora single human mind to comprehend more than justa fractionofone’s fieldofstudy.Asa scientist or engineer in the current world, this means that in every passing second, the number of things we know as an individual is declining in any field, very fast. This alsomeans that only through networking and collaboration of many specialists, we can solve new and complex problems. Even more than before, knowing other people outside of one’s field has become essential for a successfulcareer. I believe that KSEA as a whole cradles an enormous potential to be the professional networking hub for its members that will

benefit not only its scientists and engineersbut the society as a whole.

What does the Wisconsin Chapter do that could be considered unique?The Wisconsin Chapter has seen some significantchangesinitsrecentyears.Oneofthem was the adaptation of a hybrid between a democratic government and corporate-like structure in its leadership. In the past, the chapter president was the only functional leader of a chapter for its members. The president ran everything from proposal writing, event planning and coordinating, fund management, public relations management, etc. This simple leadership structure was not only highly inefficient but also made itimpossible to have a properly functioning organization as the leader of a chapter didn’t have enough time to do things or do everything correctly.

We decided to overhaul this structure and compartmentalized its function and assign directors to specialize the chapter operation. We now have fifteen chapter officers thatconsist of a board of directors who forms a team of their own. We also have four senior officers;thechapterpresident,vice-president,secretarygeneral,andthechieffinancialofficer(CFO) with executive power and duties. This kind of specialized team formed around each director that represents a field of academiaor chapter operation allows an autonomous and functional group that can achieve multiple things much more efficiently. Having manyleadershippositionsisnotonlybeneficialforthe effective operation of the chapter but is also a key component towards expansion.

A well-structured organization that consists of highly specialized teams under motivated leaders can work faster, have better ideas, and host more attractive events for its members. This directly translates to increasing the perceived membership value of the organization as individual members will feel thatthereismoretobenefitfromjoiningKSEAthen before. This attracts more motivated and

Interview with Mr. Hung Tae Kim, KSEA Wisconsin Chapter President

HUNG TAE KIMWisconsin Chapter President

Research AssistantUniversity of Wisconsin Madison

Member CornerInterview #2

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capableleaderstoouroffice,whichinturnallowustohostmoresignificantevents.Eventually, thisbooststhePRandmore people show up to signup for membership and so on.

Wisconsin is geologically isolated from other major cities where the majority of Korean or Korean-American populations are living. This means that unless there is a significant incentive and motivation to join, people willremain within their comfort zone of small social or academic groups. Our model is a patchwork expansion that is open to everyone who is interested in Korean heritage. We reach out to the smaller student or local professional communities, establish a partnership with them, and create a sustainable symbiotic ecology where existing Korean group members can join KSEA Wisconsin, utilize it as a central hub that connects with other groups and utilizes our resources for their own goals. In return, we grow in numbers, and the public perception about KSEA membership value increases even further.

What is the most interesting thing you have learned from being the Chapter President for the last four years?Through chapter presidency, I’ve learned that if you have enough motivation and willpower to make ‘something’ happen and act on it, almost magically, people who share the common vision will show up. And if you are willing to listen andworkwiththemtogether,atonepointyoufindyourselfin the middle of doing that ‘something’ that you wanted to do but didn’t think it was possible in the beginning.

What is/was your primary motivation for your accomplishments?I find joy in connecting peoplewith other people. I enjoymeeting new people and talking about…things. Just random things.Thiskindofinsignificantcommunicationthatoftendon’t seem important at all forms a string of connection between the two people engaging in a conversation. Eventually, these ‘strings of connections’ become intertwined to become a mesh, a network and ultimately a tightly knit socialfabric.Iwantedotherpeopletofindthisjoythroughour organization.

You have several Commendation and Service awards from the US and Republic of Korea Armies. Was there anything from your military experience and successes that you feel became very relevant in your current scientific and academic endeavors?I was a terrible student before I went to the army. I wanted tomajor in fineartssincehighschool,but Inoticedthat Iwas a terrible painter, so I declared my major as economics only because a girl in my freshmen year that I was very attracted to was majoring in economics. Soon, the global economy was largely in recession, and the uncertainty in

my life was greater than ever before. Not knowing what I wanted to do with my life, I had volunteered to be deployed at the front lines in hopes that it would somehow change me. I was stationed in a unique unit in an area between the two Koreas, also known as Joint Security Area – Panmunjom, as anon-commissionedofficerinaUNSecurityForcedispatch.Terrible things happened during my stay there. The tension between two Koreas was at its worst. Training in JSA was excruciating, there was the Taepodong-2 missile test, ROKS vessel Chonan sunk, a forest fire spreadwithin theminefieldsofDMZ,everyoneinmyunitwasgettingmalariaeventually including myself, and a pandemic of a new strain ofinfluenzavirusH1N1brokeout.Inthemidstofallthis,Ihad to perform as a squad leader. In retrospect, I think these series of unfortunate events toughened me up and made me matureupquickly.Aftercompletionofmyservice,Ifinallyreturned to school and made the radical decision to change my major to biochemistry. In comparison to my experience in the army, everything seemed relatively easy at the time.

What advice do you have for students that may have come to the United States from outside the country?I would also like to ask them to challenge themselves to do things that they want to do at the moment, at every moment, even if there is a looming fear of being blamed and embarrassed for doing whatever that thing may be. I came to the United States as a foreign student, and one thing that I regret the most was spending too much time thinking about what others may think of me. Coming from a different cultural background, I was scared to speak out my mind. I was afraid to do what I believe is the correct thing to do even when something looked wrong because I thought I would become an outlier. Along with learning how to speak, I also had to learn to speak out. Before I came to the United States,Ifeltthatbeingsilentwasavirtue.Icouldalwaysfindreasons to slap on myself for not speaking out, because ‘I am younger than others’ because ‘I need to be polite’ because ‘I don’t know as much as others’…etc. I was wrong, and I had to learn it the hard way. Once during my military service, my commanding officer scoldedme ofmy outspokenness. Hetold me that I am like an orange cube sticking out of a neatly organized grey colored blocks. I took it as a compliment. I believe being an outlier is a fantastic thing.

Do you have anything else you would like to say?I would like to advise the YG members to fail a lot, but with resilience. I failed a lot. I failed numerous times during my middle school, in high school, in college, in the military. And even today, as a scientist, experiments fail every day. But it is those failures that will make you mature. By the way, did I fail to do this interview correctly? I don’t know. But if I did, it may mature me a bit further.

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DIRECTORS COMMITTEE (47TH ADMINISTRATION)President: Stephen Suh, Diagnocine (O) 240-426-8417, ksea47psuh@gmail.comPresident-Elect: Jun-Seok Oh, Western Michigan Unversity (O) 269-276-3216, ksea47peoh@gmail.comVice President (VP1): Tae (Tom) Oh, Rochester Institute of Technology (O) 585-475-7642, ksea47vp1oh@gmail.comVice President (VP2): Soolyeon Cho, North Carolina State University (O) 919-513-8061, ksea47vp2cho@gmail.comExecutive Director: Changsoo Nam, North Carolina State University (O) 919-515-8140, ksea47ednam@gmail.comFinance Director: Jun Ho Shin, Queens Community College (O) 718-631-6255, ksea47fdshin@gmail.comHeadquarter Operations Director: Sang Mok Chung, Food and Drug Administration (O) 301-424-4571, ksea47hodchung@gmail.comIT and Public Relations Director: Sam Chung, City University of Seattle (O) 206-239-4855, ksea47itprd@gmail.comIT-Industry Support Director: Ryan Chung, XINNO (O) 201-489-7373, ksea47ryan@gmail.com NonProfit Org. Development Director: Sung-Ju Kim, North Carolina State University (O) 919-515-9313, skim67@ncsu.eduMembership Director: Do-Gyoon Kim, Ohio State University (O) 614-247-8089, ksea47md1kim@gmail.comResearch and Development Director: Donghoon Yoon, University of Arkansas (O) 404-712-9654, ksea47sdjo@gmail.comSponsorship Director: Hanjoong Jo, Emory University and Georgia Institute of Tech. (O) 404-712-9654, ksea47sejo@gmail.comEducation Director: Jiyoon Yoon, University of Texas at Arlington (O) 972-730-5197, jiyoon.yoon@gmail.comTechnical Group Director: Young-sup Yoon, Emory University (O) 404-727-8176, yyoon5@emory.edu CH/APS Web Development Director: Min Suk Kang, Columbia University (O) 201-747-4341, biomsk2107@gmail.comSEED Project Director: Taeyul Choi, University of North Texas (O) 469-525-3480, ksea47sdchoi@gmail.comKEIT Project Director: Joseph Jinlee Kim, California State University. Long Beach (O) 714-399-5426, jin5176@gmail.comPDF Project Director: Steve Moon, Silicon Valley HiTech Company (O) 408-202-6302, ksea47pdfmoon@gmail.comKAST Project Director: Sung-Ung Kang, Johns Hopkins University (O) 443-540-7829, sungung.kang@gmail.comKOFAC Project Director: Dugan Um, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi (O) 512-785-0465, dugan.um@tamucc.eduEntrepreneurship/LG Director: Kyeong Ho Yang, Dialogic/KITEE (O) 732-216-6280, vp.kitee@gmail.comPublication Director 1: Ryuhwa Stella Kim, Data Services Company (O) 213-332-8251, ksea47pd1kim@gmail.comPublication Director 2: Jonathan Young Kim, CSX Technology (O) 904-633-4481, ksea47pd2kim@gmail.comPublication Director 3: Kyu Hwan Han, Antenna & Microwave Eng. Viasat (O) 678-924-2579, ksea47pd3han@gmail.comPublication Director 4: Young Eun Choi, Northrop Brumman Innovation (O) 703-406-5849, ksea47pd4choi@gmail.comYG/YP Executive Director: Sun Min Jung, Boeing (O) 703-626-7156, ksea47ygypjung@gmail.comYGD 1-YG/YP Chapter Development Director: Daegene Koh, Stanford University (O) 310-933-7779, ksea47ygd1koh@gmail.comYGD 2- YGTLC Director: Katherine Cho, UCLA (O) 702-286-3313, ksea47ygd2cho@gmail.com

HEADQUARTERS STAFFIT Staff: Jongsung You, 703-748-1221, it@ksea.orgFinance Manager: Kelly Han, 703-748-1221, finance@ksea.orgAdmin Manager: Euna Yoon, 703-748-1221, hq@ksea.orgAssociate Project Manager: Hye Won Cho, 703-748-1221, database@ksea.org

AUDITORSHaejung An, 626-616-6524, haejung.an@gmail.com Sung Woo Kim, 919-513-1494, swk.ncsu@gmail.comOhbong Kwon, 352-514-4709, ohbong70@gmail.com

ELECTED COUNCILORSGroup A: Physics Takjip Ha, 410-614-4039, tjha@jhu.eduGroup B: Chemistry Jong-In Hahm, 202-687-5905, jh583@georgetown.eduGroup C: Mathematics, Geology, Meteorology, Statistics, Others Grace Kim, 310-794-8679, gracekim@mednet.ucla.eduGroup D: Biology, Botany, Zoology, Biomedical Engineering, Genetic Engineering Ho-Wook Jun, 205-996-6938, hwjun@uab.eduGroup E: Agriculture, Ecology, Food, Nutrition

Youngmok Kim, 513-892-7100, ykim@synergytaste.comGroup F: Med Science, Pharmaceutical Science, Veterinary Med, Physical Edu. Young-sup Yoon, 404-727-8176, yyoon5@emory.eduGroup G: Chemical Engineering, Textile Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Applied Chemistry Hyunmin Yi, 617-627-2195, hyunmin.yi@tufts.eduGroup H: Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Naval Architecture Chang Kyoung Choi, 906-487-1463, cchoi@mtu, eduGroup I: Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mining Engineering Burtrand L. Lee, 512-471-4847, lburtra@yahoo.comGroup J: Civil Engineering, Architecture, Environmental Engineering Chang Mo Kim, 530-304-8019, cocmkim@gmail.comGroup K: Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Communication Engineering Benjamin Lee, 734-678-1285, benclee@gmail.comGroup L: Computer Science, Systems Engineering Eunjee Song, 254-678-1285, eungjee_song@baylor.eduGroup M: Industrial Engineering and Mgmt Science Hyo-Joo Han, hhan@georgiasouthern.edu Former President CouncilorsEun-Suk Seo, University of Maryland, 301-405-4855, seo@umd.edu Hyungmin Michael Chung, Calif. State Univ., Long Beach, 562-985-7691, hm.chung@csulb.eduHong Taik (Thomas) Hahn, UCLA, 310-760-1891, hahn@seas.ucla.edu

CHAPTER PRESIDENTSChair Hung Tae Kim, 608-695-7273, hkim59@wisc.edu Central Penn (1) Jungwoo Ryoo, 814-949-5243, jryoo@psu.eduGeorgia (3) Junkoo Park, 470-955-7117, jpark15@ggc.eduIndiana (4) Dan Daehyun Koo, 317-278-1957, dankoo@iupui.eduMichigan (6) Jun Ha Park, 678-749-1499, alpha.junha@gmail.comChicagoland (7) Dong-Hyun Kim, 312-926-3279, dhkim@northwestern.eduMinnesota (8) Sung-Hoon Gee, 208-596-8472, gee.sunghoon@gmail.comNew England (9) Yoojin Chung, 617-573-5592, yoojin.chung@gmail.com New Jersey (10) Nakjung Choi, 201-214-2113, fomula@gmail.comNY Metro (11) Ohbong Kwon, 352-514-4709, ohbong70@gmail.comN. Carolina (12) Sunkyu Park, 919-605-4135, spark.ksea@gmail.comOhio (14) Do-Gyoon Kim, 614-247-8089, kim.2508@osu.eduSeattle (15) W. Jong Yoon, 425-419-7718, wjyoon@uw.eduPhiladelphia (16) Albert Kim, 215-204-3222, albertkim@temple.eduSouthern CA (18) Samuel Choi, 949-413-5062, schoi829@gmail.comSouth Texas (19) Minsu Kim, 832-689-2295, ms0206@gmail.comWash. Metro (21) Nam-Cheol Kim, 801-581-4260, nck4ksea@gmail.comAlabama (23) Tae-Sik Oh, 334-844-2088, taesik.oh@auburn.eduAustin TX (24) Hong-Gu Kang, 512-245-7508, hk12@outlook.comSilicon Valley (30) Steve Sung Won Moon, 408-202-6302, swmoon33@gmail.comBaltimore (31) Sung-Ung Kang, 443-540-7829, sungung.kang@gmail.comTennessee (32) Gyoung Gug Jang, 479-595-4565, gyoung018@gmail.comN. Texas (40) Wooram Park, 972-883-4625, wooram.park@utdallas.eduCentral VA (41) Byungkyu Brian Park, 434-260-0101, brian.uva@gmail.comCentral IL (42) Seung-Yul Yun, 217-255-8540, Yes.Andrew@gmail.comWisconsin (44) Hung Tae Kim, 608-695-7273, hkim59@wisc.eduSouthern VA (49) Mintai Kim, 540-231-9872, mintkim@vt.eduIowa City (52) Stephem Baek, 319-384-0810, stephen-baek@uiowa.edu Utah (56) Keunhan Park, 801-581-4260, kpark@mech.utah.edu Sacramento (58) Jeff Olson, 916-227-4542, jeff.olson11@comcast.netSan Diego (60) John Baik, 858-232-0139, johnbaik@hotmail.comOrlando (67) Woo Hyoung Lee, 407-823-1206, woohyoung.lee@ucf.eduTampa Bay (68) Jong Park, 813-745-1703, jong.park@moffitt.orgIdaho (69) Jae Hyeon Ryu, 208-473-5120, chunrima@gmail.comBerkeley (70) Sang Lee, 404-242-1208, hi.sanghoon@gmail.comGainesville (71) Yong Kyu Yoon, 352-392-5985, ykyoon@ece.ufl.eduArkansas (72) Ilwoo Seok, 310-463-2919, seokilwoo@gmail.comSouthwest Ohio (73) Changjoo Kim, 513-556-3424, changjoo.kim@uc.eduNashville (74) Bong Hwan Sung, 615-9936-3532, bong.hwan.sung@vanderbilt.eduKentucky (903) Duk-Hyung Lee, 859-858-3511, duk.lee@asbury.eduTexas Coastal Bend (77) Dugan Um, 512-785-1465, dugan.um@tamucc.eduNebraska (43) Sangjin Ryu, 402-472-4313, sangjin.ryu@unl.eduEastern Carolina (76) Myon-Hee Lee, 252-744-3134, leemy@ecu.edu

COMMITTEE CHAIRSContest Committee: Tae (Tom) Oh, 585-475-7642, ksea47vp1oh@gmail.comElection Committee:Kang-Wook Lee, 914-945-3070, kangwook.lee.ibm@gmail.comFund Management Committee:Nak Ho Sung, 781-354-7024, nakho.sung@tufts.eduHistory Committee:Chueng-Ryong Ji, 919-600-0316, crji@ncsu.eduHonors and Awards Committee:Youngsun Kim, 908-510-8905, yskrutgers@gmail.comLong-range Planning Committee:Kang-Won Wayne Lee, 401-369-1565, kwaynelee@gmail.com

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Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association1952 Gallows Road, Suite 300, Vienna, VA 22182Tel: 703-748-1221. Fax: 703-748-1331 Email: sejong@ksea.org. Web: http://www.ksea.org

Nomination Committee:Eun-Suk Seo, 301-405-4855, seo@umd.edu Rules Committee:Jaehoon Yu, 817-808-9605, Jaehoonyu1@gmail.comScholarship Committee:Byungwhi Kong, 479-466-5164, bkong@uark.eduYoung Generation Committee:John Lee, 310-280-8269, johnleelp@gmail.com APS Committee:Yun H. Choe, 571-970-8853, ychoe@lmiplaw.com SME Committee:Hong Taik (Thomas) Hahn, 310-760-1891, hahn@seas.ucla.edu50th Anniversary Committee:Mun Won Suh, 919-539-2728, moon_suh@ncsu.edu UKC Steering Committee:Jun-Seok Oh, 269-276-3216, oh.ksea@gmail.com AFFILIATED PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY (APS) PRESIDENTS Association of Korean Neuroscientists (AKN)Kwang Soo Kim, 617-855-2024, kskim@mclean.harvard.eduAssociation of Korean Physicists in America (AKPA)Young-Kee Kim, 773-633-5753,Baltimore Life Scientists Association (BLSA)Joo Heon Shin, 303-704-9977, jooheonshin@gmail.comKorean American Construction, Eng, & Project Mgmnt Asso. (KACEPMA)Kunhee Choi, 510-295-5783, kchoi@tamu.eduKorean-American Food Technologists Association (KAFTA)Youngmok Kim, 513-892-7100, ykim@synergytaste.comKorean-American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA)Sung Kim, 603-856-6550, skim@hdp.comKorean-American Materials Society (KAMS)Jiyoung Kim, 972-883-6412, jiyoung.kim@utdallas.eduKorean-American Mathematical Scientists Association (KAMSA)Jaewoo Jeong, 513-312-0269, jeongjw@miamioh.eduKorean-American Society for Biomedical Informatics (KASBI)James S. Song, 301-435-5928, james.Song@nih.govKorean American Society for Biotech & Phamaceuticals (KASBP)Sean Kim, 646-783-6764, skimnet@gmail.comKorean-American Energy Exploration & Production Society (KEPS)Sam Jae Cho, 713-301-2020, chosj@blackmidas.comKorean Computer Scientists & Engineers Association in America (KOCSEA)Han Hee Song, 669-236-9508, hanheesong@gmail.comKorean-American Offshore Engineers Association (KOEA)Sochan Jung, 832-525-8456, sochanjung@gmail.com Korean Life Scientists at UCSF (KOLIS)Hyun Yong Jin, 858-652-9852, jinhyunyong@gmail.comKorean Pathologists Association of North America (KOPANA)TBDKorean Transportation Association in America (KOTAA)Yong-Rak Kim, 402-472-1727, ykim3@unl.eduKorean Association of Medical Physicists in North America (KAMPiNA)Chang Seon Kim, 410-328-7165, changseon.kim@mountsinai.orgKorean-American Society of Civil and Environmental Engineers(KSCEE)Youngsoo Kim, 919-673-3999, kim@ncsu.eduKorean-American Women in Science and Engineering (KWiSE)Hee-Yong Kim, 301-402-8746, hykim@nih.govNIH-Korean Scientists Association (NIH-KSA)Myung Hee Park, 301-496-5056, mhpark@nih.govNew York Korean Biologists (NYKB)Kisa Sung, 412-620-3815, kisasung@gmail.comResearch Triangle Park Bioscience and Biotechnology Meeting (RTP B&B)Joseph Kim, 919-929-6780, yonghojoseph@hotmail.comSan Diego Korean Biomedical Association (SDKoBA)Goonho Park, 858-997-6798, g7park@ucsd.eduKorean International Statistical Society (KISS)Sin-Ho Jung, 919-668-8658, jung0005@mc.duke.eduKorean-American Biomedical Engineering Society (KBMES)Hanjoong Jo, 404-712-9654, hjo@bme.gatech.eduKorean Biological Sciences Research Group at Michigan (KBM)Soo Lee, 734-355-2793, soojung1@umich.eduKorea-American Asso. for Geospatial and Environmental Sciences (KAGES) Sunhui Sim, 256-765-4250, ssim@una.eduTeK One (TeK One)Sung Hwan Cho, 858-414-4147, sunghwanc@gmail.comKorean Bioscientists & Chemists Association in Chicago (KBCAC)Jae-Hyun Park, 773-834-7434, park0223@gmail.comKorean American Innovative Technology Engineers and Entrepreneurs (KITEE)Myung Jong Lee, 212-650-7260, mlee@ccny.cuny.edu

EX-PRESIDENTSSang Il Choi, POSTECH, 919-357-7018, sangil@postech.ac.krKwang Bang Woo, Yonsei Univ., 82-2-2123-3555, kbwoo@yonsei.ac.krYong Nak Lee, HTRD, 847-577-5967,ynlee@htrdltd.comJae Young Park, NC State Univ., 919-848-6110, JAEYPARK30@aol.comChan-Mo Park, POSTECH, 82-11-521-8909, parkcm@postech.ac.krDong Han Kim, POSTECH, 82-54-279-2101, dhkim@postech.eduKi-Hyon Kim, NC Central Univ., 919-530-6451, khk@nccu.eduKwang Kuk Koh, Chrysan Ind., 734-667-4081, kwang@chrysanindustries.comChin Ok Lee, Rockefeller Univ., 212-327-8617, leech@rockefeller.eduChai Chin Suh, 610-678-0534, chaisuh@gmail.comKun Sup Hyun, PPI, 973-596-3267, kshyun@polymers-ppi.orgHyo-Gun Kim, GIST, 703-663-8803, hkim@gist.ac.krMoon Won Suh, NC State Univ., 919-515-6580, moon_suh@ncsu.eduDewey Doo-Young Ryu, UC Davis, 530-752-8954, ddyryu@ucdavis.eduSaeyoung Ahn, Fuzbien Tech. Institute, 301-279-5453, saeyounga@yahoo.comKyong Chul Chun, 301-598-3396, kcchun1@comcast.netKi Dong Lee, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 217-244-0421, kdlee@uiuc.eduHong Taik (Thomas) Hahn, 310-825-2383, hahn@seas.ucla.eduHoward Ho Chung, Argonne National Lab., 630-818-6715, chung.ksea@gmail.comNak Ho Sung, Tufts University, 617-627-3447, nsung@tufts.edu Chan I. Chung, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 518-727-3655, chungc@rpi.eduQuiesup Kim, JPL/NASA, 818-354-8612, quiesup.kim@sbcglobal.netSung Won Lee, Univ. of Maryland, 301-405-1128, swlee@umd.eduSung K. Kang, IBM T.J. Watson Research Ctr., 914-945-3932, sungkang.ksea@gmail.comKang-Won Wayne Lee, Univ. of Rhode Island, 401-874-2695, kwaynel@gmail.comKang-Wook Lee, IBM T.J. Watson Research Ctr., 914-945-3070, kangwook.lee.ibm@gmail.comChueng-Ryong Ji, North Carolina State Univ., 919-515-3478, chueng.ji@gmail.comJae Hoon Kim, The Boeing Company, 425-786-7723, jkim1@ieee.orgHosin Lee, University of Iowa, 319-335-6818, skytrust@gmail.comHyungmin Michael Chung, Calif. State Univ., Long Beach, 562-985-7691, hm.chung@csulb.eduMyung Jong Lee, City University of NY, 212-650-7260, lee@ccny.cuny.eduKookjoon Ahn, State of California, 916-227-9257, kookjoon.ahn@dot.ca.govYoungsoo Kim, North Carolina State University, 919-673-39999, kim@ncsu.eduJaehoon Yu, University of Texas at Arlington, 817-272-2814, jaehoonyu@uta.edu Eun-Suk Seo, University of Maryland, 301-405-4855, seo@umd.edu

EX-PRESIDENTS (DECEASED)Shoon Kyung KimKiuck LeeInyong HamYoung Bae KimChong Wha PyunHogil KimJe Hyun KimKyungsik Kang Soon Kyu KimMoo Young HanKwang-Hae (Kane) Kim

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KSEA LETTERS

January 2019Vol. 47-02

ISBN: 978-0-9996253-5-4