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KSEA LETTERSJournal of the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association

VOL. 43 No.2 (Serial No. 228)ISBN: 978-0-9911337-7-2

+ Highlights of SEED West, YGF

+ KSEA HQ, Chapter, APS News

+ Other News

JANUARY 2015

About KSEA

Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) is a 43-year-old non-pro�t national-level professional organization. It is open for individuals residing in the USA who are engaged in science, engi-neering or a related �eld.

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 70 Chapters/Branches, 13 Technical Groups and 26 Affiliated Professional Societies (APS) cover-ing 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 engi-neers 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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VOL. 43 No.2 (Serial No. 228)ISBN: 978-0-9911337-7-2

+ Highlights of SEED West, YGF

+ KSEA HQ, Chapter, APS News

+ Other News

JANUARY 2015

Message from the President 02 Highlights of West SEED 03 Highlights of Young Generation Forum (YGF) 2014 04

KSEA HQ News ED’s Summary of the 43rd Admin Activities 0611th Young Generation Technical and Leadership Conference (YGTLC) 07

KSEA Awards Announcement 09 Scholarship Annoucement 10

National Mathematics and Science Competition (NMSC) 11

APS News KOCSEA: Summary of KOCSEA Technical Symposium 2014 12

Chapter News San Diego Chapter: Annual Technical/Entrepreneur Seminars 14New England Chapter: Career Development Workshop 15New York Metro Chapter: Membership Drive 16

Seattle Chapter: Pre-Health Seminar 17

Member NewsUniv. of MD Professor Prepares to Send Project to International Space 18

Station (Dr. Eun-Suk Seo) Professor and Students Present Cyber Security Research

(Dr. Young Bae Choi) 19

Upcoming KSEA Events 20

KSEA Sponsors 21

KSEA Sponsor Advertisements 23

KSEA Organization 43

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Message from the President

KOOKJOON AHN, PhD.KSEA PRESIDENT

Structure Liaison EngineerCalifornia Department of Transportation

Dear KSEA Members,

The busiest time for KSEA is passing by.

Scientists and Engineers Early-Career Workshop (SEED) was held successfully. We tried to deliver the importance of two matters in career development: One, it is important to manage early-career development. Two, it is also import to start the career management at an early-career stage. We covered careers in industry, academia, and public service careers. We also included undergraduate students because these are a big part of KSEA membership.

Young Generation Forum (YGF 2014) is covered in this issue. A little late but something we must share with you. It is sponsored by KOFST. They invite 1.5 and above young generation to Korea and provide an opportunity to reinforce the identities of young scientists and engineers who live out of Korea including USA with a great program. This is utmost important event. However, it does not get the attention it deserves because it is held in July right after a new administration starts and usually right before the UKC. The chair of YGF alumni is Ben Lee, yes, one of our YG leaders. They established alumni database and started a leaping stage for the future: continuing the networking and growing brain pool after the event.

KSEA will be searching distinguished scientists and engineers who are not KSEA members soon. This is a cooperative project with KOFST. We expand our potential membership pool and KOFST can use the distinguished people in science and technology for US-Korea cooperation. Some of them elect not to join KSEA. However we plan to work with them too. I would like to request all the chapters and APSs to come together to identify these people for the great future of KSEA-KOFST cooperation.

A lot of chapter events and regional events were also successfully held. San Diego, New England, New York Metro, Seattle chapters planned and executed various activities. South Texas and North Carolina held regional conferences successfully to achieve the KSEA visions. Kudos to all!

Mid-term Council Meeting was held a few days ago. It took care of important KSEA business and brought a few fundamental concerns in KSEA business. KSEA council restructuring proposals will be developed further to address concerns from councilors. We may have to visit the voting right of the “acting” elected councilors. We traditionally allowed this but it was questioned if we are doing the right thing.

YGTLC 2015 was held at the same place with the Mid-term Council meeting. We added a joint session of YG and Council Meeting attendees. It was a small starting gesture to improve the integrity of KSEA activities. The response was promising.

Young Investigators Grants (YIG 2015) applications will be closed in a few days and the evaluation process will start soon. KSEA Awards has been announced, KSEA Scholarships was also announced. I would like to request all the members to participate in these grants, awards, and scholarship searching e�ort so that we can �nd the right people.

NMSC 2015 and Election 2015 are also in planning phase.

Let’s move forward together through this busiest time of KSEA.

Thank you.

Kookjoon AhnKSEA President

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SummAry OF SCiENTiSTS ANd ENgiNEErS EArLy CArEEr dEvELOpmENT wOrkShOp (SEEd) wEST 2014

MS. yuna ShiMpubLiCation DirECtor

interaction DesignerSamsung research america

Highlights ofSEED West

Scientists and Engineers Early-Career Development Workshop (SEED) West 2014 was held at Renaissance Los Angeles Airport Hotel from December 6th to 7th with approximately 100 participants.

The workshop began with the general chair and KSEA president Dr. Kookjoon Ahn’s welcome remarks, fol-lowed by a great presentation about technical career development at industry by Dr. Jae Hoon Kim, a former KSEA president and current executive/senior technical fellow at the Boeing Company. Dr. Kim shared his story about how he developed his career from coming to the U.S. as a graduate student and how he reached to the top level executive in a big corporation. The next speaker was Dr. Priti Mehrotra from National Institutes of Health (NIH) and she talked about how to get NIH funding, covering all the details such as funding agency, the reviewers and recipient viewpoint. Dr. Hyungmin Michael Chung, a former KSEA president and professor/director at Center for Information Strategies and Technologies (CIST) at California State University - Long Beach, inspired participants a lot by mentioning recent tech companies’ success in his talk “Technology-based Entrepreneurship: Developing and Financing.” Last talk of the day was about some pragmatic strategies for obtaining Department of Defense (DOD) research funding, given by Dr. Suveen N. Mathaudhu from Mechanical Engineering Department and Materials Science and Engineering Program at University of California – Riverside. Before the dinner banquet, there was a panel discussion on career devel-opment, which some KSEA members who have been very successful in their career and some of the speakers from previous sessions spoke as panelists. The panelists had various backgrounds such as young professionals to Ph.Ds., professors, and corporate executives. The panel discussion covered most of the participants’ interest and the participants were very passionate about hearing more about the panelists’ background and career development. After the dinner banquet, there was a networking session including speed networking to help participants to build a network in Korean-American scientists and engineers community.

In day 2, the first presentation was about National Science Foundation (NSF) support of research and international collaboration by Dr. R. Clive Woods, a former NSF program director and professor at Divi-sion of Electrical and Computer Engineering School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Louisiana State University. Mr. John Y. Chun, P.E. from Port of Long Beach, California gave the next talk about career opportunities and career develop-ment in the city of Long Beach, which was helpful for undergraduate students and young profession-als’ career development. The last presentation was from Mr. Mitch Boretz, technical communication specialists, Bourns College of Engineering, University of California – Riverside. He covered various topics of people in academia’s interest such as finding and win-ning grants, how to write and submit proposals. Along with Dr. Woods’ earlier talk, Mr. Boretz’s presentation helped graduate students tremendous amount as they always write proposals and apply for funding. The 2-day workshop was moderated by Dr. Sung Yi, executive director at KSEA and professor at Portland State Univer-sity. The workshop concluded with Dr. Yi’s closing remark.

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The 2014 Young Generation Forum (YGF) was held July 8-11, 2014 in Seoul, Korea, at the Riverside Hotel and the COEX Convention & Exhibition Center. Each year since 2002, the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST) in collaboration with KSEA have been hosting YGF by bringing young Korean heritage science and engineering students and post-docs from Korea and all over the world to ex-change ideas, establish a strong worldwide network, and experience Korean culture.

This past YGF, 108 students and post-docs participated with 38 participants from Korea, 22 participants from the U.S., and the remaining from Canada, U.K., China, Australasia, France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Austria, Netherlands, Sweden, and Singapore. Participants from the U.S. consisted of majors of bioscience (42%), health professions (25%), engineering (21%), and other (13%); career statuses of graduate students or post-docs (58%) and upper class undergraduates (42%); gender split of female (63%) and male (38%); ages between 20-25 years (54%) and 26-34 years (46%); generations of 1.5th (58%) and 2nd (42%); and regions of East Coast (71%), Midwest (8%) , and West Coast (21%).

The forum spanned over 4 days from Tuesday through Friday. The program consisted of plenary sessions such as the opening ceremony with a welcome from the KOFST President Boo-Sup Lee and a special lecture by Google Ko-rea Media and Mobile Team Manager Tae-Won Kim, as well as a new talent show with modern and traditional singing, dancing, and piano/violin performances by the participants. Networking included oral country presentations of each of the 15 countries represented, and a new country booth fair where participants brought food, clothes, information and other cultural items. Group discussions focused on Korea’s global branding, sustainable cooperation among young scientists, and globalization of Korean culture and technol-ogy and presented their �ndings in skit performances. A new exploration contest allowed groups to choose everyday Korean activities around Seoul and present their experiences upon return to the hotel venue. Cultural exploration continued with visits to the tunnels under the DMZ and nearby Dorasan Observatory, as well as Gyeongbokgung Palace and Hanok Village, and �nally a uni-versity tour of Seoul National University’s campus. Another new program event was the inclusion of three YGF alumni who were representing Asia, North America, and Europe. The alumni shared the status of their regional alumni over 12 years and led a workshop on how to maintain the network after YGF.

BENJAMIN LEE, PhD.YOUNG GENERATION COMMITTEE CHAIRYGF ALUMNI AMERICAS REPRESENTATIVE

Research ScientistINVIA Medical Imaging Solutions

YOUNG GENERATION FORUM 2014Highlights ofYGF

KSEA member Thomas Han (center right) shares his ideas in a group discussion KSEA member Caroline Park (top right) in a costume photo studio for the Exploration Contest

U.S. Country Representative Byungdo Brian Han delivering the U.S. Presentation

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The role of KSEA’s Young Generation Committee (YGC) this year was to recommend 24 YGF �nalists out of 67 applicants to KOFST, based on academic success and leadership experiences with special consideration of those with social disadvantages. The KSEA YGC made improvements in the U.S. selection process with English translations of the YGF schedule and registration steps, and implemented a waitlist process to maxi-mize U.S. participation. The KSEA YGC has also been regularly working with KOFST to provide an up-to-date database of YGF alumni contact information. KOFST and KSEA share in the bene�ts of a worldwide network and U.S. YGF alumni returning to be new and active KSEA members both with their local chapters and in national conferences such as the YGTLC and UKC.

KSEA members who are upperclass undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-docs born after 1981 who have U.S. citizenship or permanent residency may apply for the 2015 YGF starting in March 2015. KOFST provides accepted participants airfare support and four nights of lodging and meals. Visit the YGF website for more information at http://yg.ksea.org/ygf .

YGF 2014 group photo at the closing ceremony

U.S. participants at Gyeongbokgung Palace

Highlights of YGF

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SUNG YI, PhD.KSEA Executive Director

Professor Portland State University

MIDYEAR SUMMARY OF THE 43RD ADMIN ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENT

KSEA HQ News

United States and Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship (UKC) US-Korea Conference 2014 (UKC), San Francisco, CA, Aug. 6-9, 2014• UKC theme: “Forward Together”• Over 1,200 participants & Career Fair• 12 Technical Symposiums• 21 Sponsors Named Forum

Young Generation ActivitiesYGPF 2014, San Francisco, CA, Aug. 6-9, 2014• Over 100 participated in the workshopYGTLC 2015, Orlando, FL, Jan. 23-25, 2015

Regional Conferences• 9th NWRC 2014, Portland, OR, Oct. 4-5, 2014• 2014 WGCRC , Houston, TX, Nov. 1, 2014• NC Regional Conference, Raleigh, NC, Nov. 11-12, 2014

Scientists and Engineers Early-career Development Workshop (SEED) SEED-West, Los Angeles, CA, December 6 - 7, 2014• Over 100 participated in the workshop

Chapters and APSs • New Chapters: Nashville Chapter, launched, October 2014

• New APSs: Korea-America Association for Geospatial and Environmental Sciences (KAGES) Korean Association of Medical Physicists in North America (KAMPiNA) Korean Bioscientists & Chemist Association in Chicago (KBCAC)

DETAILED CHAPTER REPORTS CAN BE FOUND HERE:http://www.ksea.org/home/sites/default/�les/enewsleter/Vol_43_2_2015_appendix.pdf

Mid-term council Meeting, Orlando, FL., Jan. 24-25, 2015

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THE 11TH ANNUAL YOUNG GENERATION TECHNICAL AND LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE YGTLC 2015

WHAT IS YGTLC? The Young Generation Technical and Leadership Conference (YGTLC) is the premiere conference for the 1.5 and 2nd generation Korean-Americans in technology and science. The Young Generation program of KSEA was organized in 1999 and the �rst Young Generation Technical and Leadership Conference was held in 2005 in San Francisco with 44 undergraduate and graduate students, with following conferences success-fully held in Los An-geles, New York City, San Diego, Dallas, Washington D.C., Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Houston. Ygnite is now in its 11th year and has grown quite rapidly since its inception. This year will be one of our most selective conferences ever, with a goal of over 200 highly quali�ed participants converging in The City Beautiful.

WHAT IS YGNITE? Ygnite (pronounced ignite) is this year’s theme and nickname for the Young Generation Technical and Leader-ship Conference. The Ygnite program is designed to spark a spirit of collaboration amongst Korean-Americans in di�erent �elds to help them break past personal goals, glass ceilings, and ignite careers. It is generously hosted by the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA), the Korea-U.S. Science Cooperation Center (KUSCO), and the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST).

SUMMARY OF PROGRAM

• Keynote Speech• Lean Start-up Workshop• Technical Presentations• Leadership Lectures• Essay Presentations: Tell Participants your story • YG Poster Session • Evening Entertainment• Topical Discussion• Team Competition • Award Ceremony • Joint Councilor Session NEW

KSEA Connect: Ice Breaker and Lifegraph activity to connect YG with KSEA leaders

KSEA HQ News

SOOJUNG CLAIRE HUR, PhD.YGTLC CONFERENCE CHAIR

RJF Principal InvestigatorHarvard University

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ANNOUNCEMENTYoung Generation Forum 2015, in Republic of Korea, July 2015 The 2015 Young Generation Forum (YGF) will be held in July 2015 in the Republic of Korea, and will bring together over 100 1.5 and 2nd young generation Korean-heritage students/professionals from all over the world, including U.S., Canada, Germany, Japan, and Korean. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Applications available in March. Young Generation & Professional Forum at UKC 2015: Call for Participation The 2015 US-Korea Conference (UKC) on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship will be held July 29 - Aug 1, 2015 in Hyatt Regency Hotel, Atlanta, GA. The Young Generation & Professionals Forum (YGPF) is expected to be held in parallel with the UKC2015. Please visit http://ukc.ksea.org for more information. Young Generation Groups: Join or Start Your KSEA Student Chapter Join one of many KSEA YG Groups across 24 US college campuses as a member or an o�cer to gain valuable leader-ship experiences, or start your own on your campus. Information on existing YG Groups can be found under “YG Chapters” on the KSEA website or visit http://yg.ksea.org/groups to �nd out how to start your own YG Group. Serve on the Ygnite 2016 Committee If you have really enjoyed your experience at Ygnite 2015, we welcome committed and initiative-taking organizers to volunteer as committee members for Ygnite 2016. If you are interested, speak to an organizer to �nd out more!

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR SPONSORSWe would like to thank our corporate and individual sponsors below for sponsoring the 2015 KSEA Young Generation Technical and Leadership Conference. We rely upon their generous donations to continue with the de-velopment of innovative programs, invite engaging speakers, and nurture more leaders of the future. Without their contributions this conference would not be possible.

KSEA HQ News

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Annual KSEA Awards Announcement

KSEA is pleased to request nominations for the annual KSEA Awards that recognize and honor those who have made outstanding contributions to help achieve the goals of KSEA. These contribu-tions would lead to: • Advances in science and engineering or applications of tech-

nology for the general welfare of society.• Stronger international cooperation especially between the US

and Korea.• Growth of KSEA as a non-pro�t professional organization.

Awards to be made are:• Outstanding Contribution to KSEA Award to a member who

has made exceptional contributions to KSEA through dedi-cated and exemplary services including international coopera-tion (Award Jointly with Minister of MSIP)

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

• Engineer of the Year Award to a member who has made outstanding technical contributions in the areas of engineering (Award Jointly with President of KOFST)

• Entrepreneur of the Year Award to a member who has dem-onstrated stellar performance in the areas of entrepreneurship (Award Jointly with Maeil Business Newspaper)

• Outstanding Chapter and Chapter President Award to a local chapter which has contributed signi�cantly 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 behalf of KSEA.

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

Nomination forms are available at the KSEA HAC website; http://hac.ksea.org. Please carefully follow the instructions in each form. Nomina-tions must be made at the same website by Sunday, March 1, 2015. Awards will be presented at the UKC 2015 in Atlanta, GA.

Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Distinguished Service Membership, Distinguished Sponsor Membership

and Honorary Membership

Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) is pleased to accept nominations for 2015 Distinguished Service Membership (DSM), Distinguished Sponsor Membership (DSpM) and Honorary Membership (HM) to recognize those who have contributed exemplarily to KSEA with distinction.

Eligibility: Distinguished Service Membership (DSM) - KSEA members who have served KSEA with distinction. Distinguished Sponsor Membership (DSpM) - individuals or organizations who have made substantial �nancial contributions to KSEA.Honorary Membership (HM) - KSEA members over 75 years old who retired with a distinguished career.

Due Date: March 1, 2015.

Nomination: Fill out the nomination from together with the KSEA Service-Point Table 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 DSpM, and 25 for HM.

Evaluation Procedure:Honors & Awards Committee (HAC) will evaluate the nominated candidates and recommend the �nalists to the Executive Com-mittee. Upon the Executive Committee’s con�rmation, the KSEA Council will approve the �nalists.

Recognition: The DSM, DSpM and HM awardees will receive KSEA certi�cates 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.

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2015 KSEA KUSCO SCHOLARSHIPS

PROGRAMKSEA scholarships for undergraduates, KSEA C 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 KSEA Scholarships for Graduate Students in US ($1,500.00 per award)

Application Period: Feb. 1 - April 1, 2015 (Deadline: April 1, 2015, 5pm EDT)

More details for the 2015 Scholarships including application process can be found on the KSEA scholarships website at http://scholarship.ksea.org

Evaluation Criteria:Academic performance - 30%KSEA activities and Community service- 30%Recommendation letters -20%Essay - 20%

KSEA

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JEONGKYU LEE, PhD.KOCSEA 2015 PRESIDENT

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Bridgeport

SUMMARY OF KOCSEA TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM 2014APS News

This article summaries a two-day technical program of keynote addresses, oral and poster presentations, and other activities at the 15th KOCSEA Symposium 2014, which took place on 11-12 December, 2014 at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York.

The Korean Computer Scientists and Engineers Association in America (KOCSEA), founded in 1983, is a non-pro�t organization of Korean and Korean-American computer scientists and engineers in North Amer-ica. Its goal is to promote communication, information exchange and cooperation among its members and to provide opportunities for them to make contributions to computer-related �elds in Korea and U.S. Currently KOCSEA has over 320 members in academia and industry, who are leading researchers and practitioners in the �eld of Computer Science and Engineering, and in Information Science. Among them, more than 150 are also KSEA members. KOCSEA symposiums have been contributing a lot to nurturing collaborative rela-tions among leading IT industries and research labs in both Korea and US and presenting opportunities for joint research and exchange of scholarly ideas.

The 15th KOCSEA symposium was attended by a well-balanced audience of 54 people, represented by 51 Korean and 3 non-Korean heritage speakers; Korean academia (2), US academia (26), Korean industry (7), US industry (17), and Korean government (2); and graduate and undergraduate student participants.

The program included two keynotes (Dr. Giovanni Paci�ci, IBM, Vice President, Cloud Platform and Ser-vices and Prof. Sang H. Son, DGIST, Korea), seven invited talk sessions (23 talks, including two non-Korean heritage speakers (Huafeng Yu, Toyota InfoTechnology CenterUSA and Swati Rallapalli, IBM). The presenta-tions in the keynote and invited talk sessions covered state-of-the technologies and on-going research topics in the �eld of computer science and engineering, including bioinformatics, arti�cial intelligence, security, data analytics, and cyber physical systems and smart grids.

We also hosted two facility tours (IBM Watson Jeopardy System Tour and IBM ThinkLab Tour) provided by IBM T.J. Watson Research Lab. In addition, we organized an information session, in which representatives from sponsoring organizations including KSEA, Samsung Electronics and Samsung Techwin gave an overview of their activities and career opportunities.

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We awarded the Best Presentation Awards. The winner for the regular talks was Dr.Jiyong Jang (IBM) and the winner for the lightning talks was Mr. BaekGyu Kim (UPenn). This year we also awarded the KOCSEA Contribution Award to Dr. Kyung Dong Ryu (LG Electronics) as our appreciation to his excellent service to KOCSEA. We awarded scholarships in memory of the late Prof. Moon-Jung Chung, KOCSEA’s former president. We solicited student posters with scholarship applications, and chose top three students to present their posters. The �rst place winner was Mingon Kang (UT Arlington), the second place was Kyungsik Han (Penn State Univ), and the third place was Hyunggu Jung (Univ of Washington).

We are grateful to generous supports from multiple sponsors. We had three Platinum sponsors(Samsung Electronics and IBM), four Silver Sponsors (KSEA, SK telecom, SK planet,and Samsung Techwin) and three Bronze Sponsors (LG Electronics and SK HynixAmerica).

APS News

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WOO JUNG KIMSAN DIEGO CHAPTER

University of California San Diego

ANNUAL TECHNICAL/ENTREPRENEUR SEMINAR & GENERAL MEETING San Diego Chapter

Chapter News

WONJONG SISAN DIEGO CHAPTER

University of California San Diego

On Saturday, November 15, 2014, KSEA-San Diego Chapter Annual Technical Seminar & General Meeting was held at Sheraton, Carlsbad, CA. There were about 130 participants, mostly members of KSEA, including adults, young professionals, graduate and undergraduate students. The event started o� with a welcoming greeting from our current president, Jung Joo Hwang, and we also had some congratulation remarks from the former president of KSEA, professor Hyungmin M. Chung, and the former president of KSEA-San Diego Chapter, professor Won-Kyu Ju. Afterwards, there was time given for the KSEA-San Diego Chapter members and non-members to get to-gether and have networking while special dinner meals were given from the Sheraton Resort.

For the event, we had 3 keynote speakers who gave us entertaining speeches about uprising top-ics from their �eld of studies. Our �rst speaker, Charles W. Tu is a distinguished professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at University of California, San Diego. Professor Tu gave a speech with a title “Light at Work: Welcome International Year of Light, 2015,” in which he discussed about how light based technologies will provide solutions to global challenges in 2015. Our second speaker, Hyonny Kim is a professor in the structural engineering department at University of California, San Diego. Professor Kim gave a speech discussing about methods being developed to predict and detect the damage impacts to aircrafts, with a speech title “Composite Aircraft Structures: Ongoing Challenges and Aviation Safety.” Our last speaker, Mr. Hansol Hong is a director of Business Development at Robolink Inc. Mr. Hong gave a speech about “Raising Future Chanho and Seri in Robotics Field.” He introduced us to Robolink, robotics educational company, and discussed about how robots will be impacting our future society.

Furthermore, we had presidents of KSEA-SD, KSGA, and KSEA-YG present their yearly reports and plans for the following years. Also, various awards were given to some outstanding members of KSEA. The 4th Dr. Jinchoon Kim Scholarship was awarded to Taeseok Oh (KGSA, UCSD) and Woo Jung Kim (KSEA-YG, UCSD). Leadership Awards were given to Dr. Won-Kyu Ju, 2013-14 KSEA-San Diego presi-dent, Seunghee Woo, 2013-14 KSGA president, and Heawon Kim, 2013-14 KSEA-YG president. Finally, Outstanding Member Awards were given to Dr. Jung Hyun Bu, Dr. Taeshin Kim, Dr. Sung Chang Lee, and Mr. Youngjae Kim. The gen-eral meeting was successfully as an entertaining and informa-tive meeting where all ages of KSEA-San Diego Chapter members had time to network and get to know each other.

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PRESENTATION TITLES AND SPEAKERS1. Sung Hoon Kang : Harvard UniversityPreparing Faculty Applications and Interviews2. Hakho Lee : Massachussets General HospitalQuick Introduction to Writing Scienti�c Papers3. Spencer Nam : Christensen Institute for Dis-ruptive Innovation; Introduction to Starting a Company from Innovative Solutions4. Nam Pyo SuhOn Generation of Innovative Ideas

KEY MESSAGESThe most common theme for young generation especially those who are about to graduate school are look-ing for help for next career development path. The distinguished speakers provided long term as well as im-mediate advices and guidance to the attendee. The speakers also put a lot of emphasis on networking as more collaboration among researcher not only in the same �eld but also di�erent �eld are becoming important factor for innovative ideas.

• Sung Hoon Kang : Preparing Faculty Applications and Interviews - When writing application form, focus on the area where the applying school is mostly looking for - Job talk is the most important part and balance between big picture and in depth expertise - Meals are extension of interview and need to show how you can �t into the organization - Present you as whole package• Hakho Lee : Quick Introduction to Writing Scienti�c Papers - Change mindset: writing is your responsibility and your job - Outlining is the �rst step but the most signi�cant step - Use short and strong sentences - Proof reading and eliminate show stopper (typos, grammar, etc.) - Do not �ght with editors and make constructive and comprehen- sive revision• Spencer Nam : Introduction to Starting a Company from Innovative Solutions - Create your own job with idea and invest in yourself - Age is not an obstacles to start a new company - Start company with disruptive or sustaining or e�ciency improv- ement ideas - Key elements are team, business plan, funding, intellectual property and valuation

• Nam Pyo Suh : On Generation of Innovative Ideas - Don’t be conscious to other but �nd your own research topics and work hard - Make changes, take risks and challenge di�cult problems - Try not to compete with your colleague but compete against history

FUTURE DIRECTIONSThis annual forum is mostly targeted young generations who are about to graduate school or in the early stage of their career development. They are looking for path among academia, industrial or starting new com-pany. This event mostly focused on academia path and touched a little bit on startup. In the future series, we will invite speakers who can give advices to students or professionals for industrial path.

LOCAL NEW PAPER ARTICLE LINKhttp://www.bostonks.com/index.php?document_srl=190193#0

CAREER DEVELOPEMENT WORKSHOPNew England Chapter

Chapter News

JINHAENG CHO, PhD.KSEA NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER PRESIDENT

Senior Verification EngineerNVIDIA

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ANNUAL TECHNICAL/ENTREPRENEUR SEMINAR & GENERAL MEETING New York Metro Chapter

NY Metropolitan chapter annually holds a Fall membership drive event. In 2014, we have slightly changed the format to stimulate the participation from local universities and New York Korean Biologists (APS of NY Metropolitan Chapter). For the �rst time in near 40 years history of our chapter, we have reached out deep into the Long Island region of NY Metro region to educate Korean population about KSEA and recruited new members. This was to expand our activity further out from the Manhattan center to interact with potential new members for KSEA. The major target was the Stony Brook University and other nearby schools in Long Island region. To initialize the event, �rst we had in-depth communications with the leaders of Korean students and young professionals from the universities in that lower Manhattan and Long Island region. After four months of discussions, we have decided to set up a back-to-back event that starts o� with job-forum and education seminars for one weekend and then followed by a major BBQ picnic and networking event one week later. The �rst ‘priming event’ had (a) job advice sessions, (b) job consultation/networking seminars and (c) KSEA orientation/introduction talks. After four hours of afternoon session, all leaders of the student groups and professionals were invited for a dinner to discuss more on topics related to ‘How to Work Together with KSEA’. This priming event made all potential new members feel comfortable for attending the BBQ picnic/networking event one week later. Immediately after the priming event, we have actively advertise the big BBQ picnic gathering and set up RSVP system to monitor and further stimulate participation by potential members. We had 230 people RSVP for the picnic/networking event and from this number, near 170 new members were recruited. One signi�cant draw back was that members from upper NY region were not able to attend due to long drive but we plan to mitigate this issue with a better location next year. Using this case as a template, the New York Metropolitan Chapter also plans to stimulate northern NJ region across from Manhattan in 2015.

Chapter News

STEPHEN SUH, PhD.KSEA NEW YORK METRO CHAPTER PRESI-DENT

DirectorHackensack University Medical Center

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They say, “One picture is worth a thousand words.” Well, KSEA Seattle Chapter had prepared something even better than just a picture for pre-health students in the area! One of the biggest challenges of being pre-health these days is �nding the opportunity to be exposed to his or her intended �eld. This kind of early exposure is crucial, as more and more institutions require students to have strong previous interaction with the people inside the �eld.

On November 22, 2014, KSEA Seattle Chapter invited �ve guest speakers to a lecture hall at the Univer-sity of Washington, all of whom are from various professions related to human health, ranging from surgery, dentistry, pharmacy, and nursing in medical �eld to bioengineering in research �eld. Each of them shared motivation for their public service, important admission information, personal stories and values, and, most importantly, �rst-hand descriptions of their jobs. In particular, Dr. James Park, who is a HPP (Hepato-Pan-creato-Biliary) surgical oncologist at the University of Washington Medical Center, fascinated the audience with his exceptional presentation skill and unique stories.

Over �fty young, pre-health students visited our seminar to listen to their talks and to interact with the speakers during the Q&A section, which was followed by a free dinner. It was great to meet so many moti-vated Korean-American students who are pursuing various health-related �elds, and we sincerely hope that this seminar will help them become more excited with their �elds.

PREHEALTH SEMINARSeattle Chapter

Chapter News

JUNHO CHA, PhD.KSEA SEATTLE CHAPTER PRESIDENT KSEA GENERAL/HQ OPERATION DIRECTOR

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Member News

Physics professor and research scientist Eun-Suk Seo used to play ping-pong in her free time for enjoy-ment and exercise. But now, spare time is a foreign concept to Seo as she prepares to launch her latest project to the International Space Station next year.Her project, ISS-CREAM (pronounced “ice cream”) is a collaboration with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center that will construct an experiment to directly measure cosmic rays, particles from space that bombard the Earth.“By doing that, we can identify these particles, event by event, what they are, and measure their energy to understand the origin, acceleration and propagation of cosmic rays,” said Seo, the project’s principal investigatorISS-CREAM will launch a payload containing the experiment. Researchers will map an oddity at the upper end of the cosmic rays over a broad energy spectrum found in Seo’s previous experiments, while also reducing statistical uncertainties. With the results, the researchers will aim to solve one of science’s biggest mysteries: the source of cosmic ray energy and its impact on the universe.Seo began working at this university as a post-doctorate research associate in 1991. She specializes in cosmic rays and has studied them through space-based and balloon-borne experiments, which observe the rays before they break up in the atmosphere.“What we’ve been trying to do was to extend these measurements to the highest energy possible,” Seo

said. “That has been our quest. My project kind of evolved over the years.”This project started in 1998 with a concept study for Cosmic Rays Energetics and Mass experiment, which aimed to collect data through a balloon-borne payload over Antarctica. Construction of CREAM began in 2000, and the �rst balloon �ight was in 2004, setting a duration record as it �ew for almost 42 days.Seo oversaw six successful balloon �ights over Antarctica for a record 161 days of exposure for CREAM. The suc-cess of this version led to the opportunity with the International Space Station, which will transform CREAM.“Students are involved in this project in all aspects,” said Seo. “I take this mix-and-match approach for manpower — that is, combining experienced professional experts and students with no experience.”Seo said most students who get involved with the project have no prior experience in this kind of research, but gain hands-on pro�ciency in the process. She estimates she has seen about 100 students take part in the project.“[Students’] eyes become sparkling once they get involved with this,” Seo said. “They tell me when they exit that they gained so much.”And in an age in which textbooks and lectures are accessible online, this kind of lab research can be invaluable for educating future scientists. Seo calls this “creating knowledge:” discovering new things as opposed to learning about what is already known.“The advantage to being on the ISS rather than on a balloon is that the atmosphere is signi�cantly thinner at the distance of the ISS orbit, allowing for cleaner data,” said Paul King, a senior physics major who assisted in the research. “Being in space, however, there are many new factors that must be accounted for when designing the experiment.”Kevin Cheriyan, a senior geographical sciences major, has been involved with the project for two and a half years and said Seo values nothing more than giving students the chance to learn from an active physics experiment.“Most professors and researchers I know turn a blind eye to everyone who isn’t an immediate bene�t to their work,” Cheriyan said. “But in my experience, Dr. Seo is dedicated to the undergraduate student experience.”Beyond her extensive work on ISS-CREAM, Seo also teaches and serves as president of Korean-American Women in Science and Engineering and the local chapter of the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association. She attended a global network forum in Korea earlier this month and visited Antarctica to work on CREAM. Because the window to experiment in Antarctica is limited to December and January, Seo sacri�ced �ve holiday seasons for the project.So for Seo, there’s little time for relaxation. But she said she doesn’t see science as a job — she sees it as enjoyment.Seo’s work will not be over once ISS-CREAM launches, however. The payload on the space station will operate 24/7 to collect data, and students will be able to communicate with the space station to send control the instru-ment.Although next year’s launch of ISS-CREAM will be a major step in her research to answer questions about the universe, it also means something else for Seo: At some point, she will be able to play ping-pong again.

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UNIV. OF MD. PROFESSOR PREPARES TO SEND PROJECT TO INTERNATION SPACE STATION

EUN-SUK SEO, PhD.KSEA WASHINGTON METR0 CHAPTER PRESIDENT

ProfessorUniversity of Maryland

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Dr. Young Choi, College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) associate professor, is in his �fth year of teaching information technology courses at Regent University. Part of his teaching involves assigning students to conduct research and encouraging them to submit their papers to professional conferences.

“Information technology in the telecommunication areas is being developed so fast, students need to �g-ure out state-of-the-arts of the industry, and just discussing topics in class isn’t enough,” said Choi. “This is the chance to study the latest developments in the information technology industry.”

Though submitting research papers for publication and presentations isn’t traditionally a feat that many undergraduate students take on, Choi sees it as a valuable experience for his students to have, especially where potential future employers are concerned.

Recently, Choi and his students presented at the third Academy of Science and Engineering International Conference on Cyber Security at Stanford University. There he presented “The Target Security Breach: A Case Study” with Stephen Tipton ‘15 (CAS); and “Securing BYOD Networks: Inherent Vulnerability and Emerging Feasible Technologies” with Arthur Hernandez ‘14 (CAS).

Choi also presented two student papers at the 2014 U.S.-Korea Summit on Science and Engineering in San Francisco, California, titled, “Information Systems Management in Government: Ongoing Issues and Ap-plications” with Augusta Hayward ‘15 (CAS), Sara Forkey ‘15, and Roy Gri�n ‘14; and “Mobile App Store Security: Evaluating Apple, Google, Blackberry and Windows Store Measures” with Amber Hisaw ‘15 (CAS).

Hi saw appreciated Choi’s input for her research and said that the process of working alongside one of her professors reassured her that her time at Regent is preparing her well for a future in cyber security.

“Online and mobile security is changing, and I hope to do further research to help expand the �eld,” said Hisaw. “And maybe one day I’ll even develop ways for others to be more secure online.”

“I didn’t realize how important these conferences were for keeping abreast on the latest topics and how it educates the Information Technology community,” said Forkey, who also took part in research papers with Choi.

Forkey said that the process alongside her professor has helped her learn how to properly research a given topic and how to work as a team to produce an e�ective result—a skill that will only help her as she enters the workforce.

“It’s been a great experience for me to work with Professor Choi, and he’s been an amazing resource,” said Forkey. “He has a wealth of knowledge and is readily available when we need him.”

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PROFESSOR AND STUDENTS PRESENT CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH

Member News

YOUNG BAE CHOI, PhD.KSEA Tech Group Councilor

Associate ProfessorRegent University

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Upcoming KSEA Events

REGIONAL CONFERENCE25th South-Western Regional Conference (SWRC) Feb. 28, San Diego, CA1ST Florida US-Korea Conference on Biomedical, Nanosciences, Engineering (BNE) Systems Technology (BNEST) Feb. 21, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

APS EVENTSKAIPBA First Annual Korean American Attorneys Gala Feb. 1, The Westin Tyson Corner, Falls Church, VA

CHAPTER EVENTSMICHIGAN 2015 MI KSEA Networking Dinner Feb. 19, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

GEORGIA NMSC 2015 Organizer and Preparation Meeting Feb. 28, Seorabeol Restaurant, GA

NEW ENGLAND KSEA-NE Annual Symposium Feb. 28, MIT Bldg E25, Room 111, MA

BERKELEY Monthly Seminar: October-March Feb. 4, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA

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DIRECTORS COMMITTEE 43RD ADMINISTRATION President: Kook Joon Ahn, California Dept. of Transportation

(O) 916-227-9257, p43ahnkj@ksea.orgPresident-Elect: Youngsoo Kim , North Carolina State University

(O) 919-571-9393, pe43kimyr@ksea.orgVice President (VP1): Steve Lee, Caltrans

(O) 916-227-8254, vp43leesj@ksea.orgVice President (VP2): Yongho Sohn, University of Central Florida

(O) 407-882-1181, vp43sohnyh@ksea.orgExecutive Director: Sung Yi, Portland State University

(O) 503-725-5470, ed43yis@ksea.orgFinance Director: Youngshin Lee, San Diego State University

(O) 619-594-5385, fd43leeys@ksea.orgPresidential Adviser: Jae Hoon Kim, Boeing

(O) 425-643-4372, pa43kimjh@ksea.orgGeneral Director/Headquarter Operations Director: Junho Cha, Intel

(O) 206-550-6611, gdhod43chajh@ksea.orgInformation Technology Director: Changmo Kim, UC, Davis

(O) 530-752-4886, itd43kimcm@ksea.orgTechnical Group Director: Hanjoong Jo, GIT & Emory

(O) 404-324-9654, tg43johj@ksea.orgA�liated Professional Society Director: Sohyun Ahn, NIH

(O) 301-402-2426, aps43ahnsh@ksea.orgPublication Director 1: Byeong-Uk Kim, GA Department of Natural Resources

(O) 404-362-2526, pd43kimbu@ksea.orgPublication Director 2: Sooyeun Kim, University of Washington

(O) 206-353-9336, pd43kimsy@ksea.orgPublication Director 3: Sanghyuck Park, Georgia Gwinnett College

(O) 678-571-6172 pd43parksh@ksea.orgPulication Director 4: Yuna Shim, Samsung Research America

(O) , pd43shimyn@ksea.orgMembership Director 1: Haejung An, USDA

(O) 626-447-1743, md42anhj@ksea.orgMembership Director 2: Seungwook Lim, Caltrans

(O) 916-654-8626, md43limsw@ksea.orgMembership Director 3: Donghoon Yoon, University of Arkansas

(O) 501-526-6990, md43yoondh@ksea.orgMembership Director 4: Youn Sim, County of LA Public Works

(O) 626-755-4989, md43simy@ksea.orgProject Director 1: Gye Won Han, �e Scripps Research Inst.

(O) 310-738-3518, pjd43hangw@ksea.orgProject Director 2: Junghwan Kim, University of Arkansas

(O) 501-960-3877, pjd43kimjh@ksea.orgProject Director 3: Chang Hwan Park, Parsons Brinckerho�

(O) 916-567-2570, pjd43parkch@ksea.orgYG Director 1: Sunmin Jung, Boeing

(O) 425-263-2233, ygd43jungsm@ksea.orgYG Director 2: Dennis Hong, UCLA

(O) 310-825-9471, ygd43hongd@ksea.org

Headquarters Sta�IT Sta�: Jongsung You, 703-748-1221, it@ksea.orgFinance Manager: Kelly Han, 703-748-1221,�nance@ksea.orgAdmin Manager: Euna Yoon, 703-748-1221, hq@ksea.orgAssociate Project Manager: Hye Won Cho, 703-748-1221, database@ksea.org

AuditorsJun-Seok Oh, 269-276-3216, junoh3@gmail.comByungkyu “Brian” Park, 434-924-6347, brian.uva@gmail.com

Elected CouncilorsGroup A: Physics

Seung-Hun Lee, 434-924-7959, shlee@virginia.eduGroup B: Chemistry

Dong Hee Son, 979-458-2990, dhson@chem.tamu.edu

Group C: Mathematics, Geology, Meteorology, Statistics, Others Sookkyung Lim, 513-556-4127, sookkyung.lim@uc.eduGroup D: Biology, Botany, Zoology, Biomedical Engineering, Genetic Engineering

Jongdae Lee, 858-822-5762, j142lee@ucsd.eduGroup E: Agriculture, Ecology, Food, Nutrition Sung Woo Kim, 919-513-1494, swk.ncsu@gmail.comGroup F: Medical Science, Pharmaceutical Science, Veterinary Medicine, Physical Education

Haejung An, 626-616-6524, haejung.an@fda.hhs.govGroup G: Chemical Engineering, Textile Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Applied Chemistry

Su Ha , 509-335-3786, suha@wsu.eduGroup H: Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Naval Architecture

Byoung-Do Kim, 540-220-5459, bdkim.ksea@gmail.com Seungbae Park, 607-777-3415, sbpark@binghamton, eduGroup I: Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mining Engineering Min Jun Kim, 215-581-4946, mkim@coe.drexel.eduGroup J: Civil Engineering, Architecture, Environmental Engineering

Alex Hak-Chul Shin, 225-578-0277, shin@lsu.eduJae Hyeong Ryu, 208-473-5120, churima@gmail.com

Group K: Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Communication Engineering Bong-Kyun (Bo) Ryu, 858-805-5608, boryu@episyscience.comTae (Tom) Oh, 585-752-6936, tomhoh@gmail.com

Group L: Computer Science, Systems EngineeringJihie Kim, 310-377-3867, jihie.kim@gmail.comJeonghee Shin, 914-907-6014, jeonghee.shin@gmail.com

Group M: Industrial Engineering and Mgmt ScienceYoung B. Choi, 757-352-4949, ybchoice@gmail.com

Former President CouncilorsHyungmin Michael Chung, Calif. State Univ., Long Beach, 562-985-7691, hm.chung@csulb.edu Yong Nak Lee, HTRD Ltd,, 847-577-5967, ynlee@@htrdltd.com

Chan-Mo Park, PUST, 82-10-3521-8909, parkcm@postech.ac.kr

Chapter PresidentsChair Jung Joo Hwang, 858-534-5715, jjhsky@gmail.comVice Chair Soolyeon Cho, 919-513-8061, soolyeon_cho@ncsu.eduCentral Penn (1) Jungwoo Ryoo, 814-949-5243, jryoo@psu.eduGeorgia (3) ChongWoo Park, 678-597-8807, chongwoopark@gmail.comIndiana (4) Nakyen Choy, 317-506-8910, nakyen@gmail.comMichigan (6) Jullia Lee, 734-934-6290, jullial@umich.eduChicagoland (7) Ken Choi, 312-567-3461, kchoi@ece.iit.eduMinnesota (8) Sung-Hoon Gee, 208-596-8472, gee.sunghoon@gmail.comNew England (9) Jinhaeng Cho, 781-266-6990, jinhaeng70@gmail.com New Jersey (10) Jae Young Kwak, 201-214-4773, jaeyoung.kwak@alcatel-lucent.com

NY Metro (11) K. Stephen Suh, 551-996-8214, ksuh@hackensackumc.orgN. Carolina (12) Soolyeon Cho, 919-513-8061, soolyeon_cho@ncsu.eduOhio (14) Jung-Kyu Park, 614-592-8808, park.495@osu.eduSeattle WA (15) Junho Cha, 206-550-6611, junho.cha@gmail.comPhiladelphia (16) Moses Noh, 215-895-2273, mosesnoh@coe.drexel.eduSt. Louis (17) Doyoon Kim, 314-761-7049, pikehpf@gmail.com Southern CA (18) Yeom-Moo Jason Choi, 714-593=7897, jchoi@ocsd.comSouth Texas (19) Sangjoon Sohn, 713-503-1454, sangjoonsohn@yahoo.comWash. Metro (21) Eun-Suk Seo, 301-405-4855, seo@umd.eduAlabama (23) Byungjin Min, 334-727-8393, minbj@mytu.tuskegee.eduAustin TX (24) Dongwoon Kim, 512-796-9022, dluck00@gmail.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) Dongwon Shin, 865-574-5446, shind@ornl.govN. Texas (40) Hyejin Moon, 817-272-2017, hyejin.moon@uta.eduCentral VA (41) Jaesup Lee, 804-371-4871, jaesup.lee@gmail.comCentral IL (42) Seung-Yul Yun, 217-255-8540, Yes.Andrew@gmail.comWisconsin (44) Kevin Kyoungseok Kim, 608-698-3519, kseawi@gmail.comSouthern VA (49) Wooram Lee, 540-231-6710, wooram@vt.eduCentral Iowa (53) Sang Wu Kim, 515-294-2726, swkim@iastate.edu Utah (56) Hee-Kyung Lee, 801-915-1542, hee.lee@utah.edu

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Sacramento (58) Chang Hwan Park, 916-567-2570, park@pbworld.comSan Diego (60) Jung Joo Hwang, 858-534-5715, jjhsky@gmail.comOregon (62) Brian Shin, 360-909-1102, bcgshin@hotmail.comNorth Dakota (65) Chiwon W. Lee, 701-239-4935, chiwon.lee@ndsu.eduOrlando (67) Yoon-Seong Kim, 407-266-7070, yoon-seong.kim@ucf.eduTampa Bay (68) Junsung Kim, 813-731-5589, jskimwater@gmail.comBoise Idaho (69) Gang-Ryung Uh, 208-426-5691, uh@cs.boisestate.eduBerkeley (70) Won Young Park, 510-847-3214, wypark@lbl.govGainesville (71) Yoonseok Lee, 352-333-8666, yoonslee@phys.u�.eduKentucky (903) Duk-Hyung Lee, 859-858-3511, duk.lee@asbury.eduArkansas (72) Sun-Ok Lee, 479-575-6921, sunok@uark.eduSouthwest Ohio (73) Jongguen Lee, 513-556-2127, jongguen.lee@uc.eduNashville (74) Hak-Joon Sung, 615-322-6986, hak-joon.sung@vanderbilt.eduKSEA Korea (905) Tammy Cho, 82-18-282-7995, btheb_02@naver.com

Committee ChairsContest Committee: Steve J. Lee, 916-227-8254, vp43leesj@ksea.orgElection Committee:Hosin Lee, 313-335-6818, skytrust@gmail.comFund Management Committee:Yonil Park, 301-402-1438, park@ncbi.nim.nih.gov History Committee:Ki-Hyon Kim, 919-423-4297, khk@nccu.eduHonors and Awards Committee:H. �omas Hahn, 310-760-1891, hahn@seas.ucla.edu Long-range Planning Committee:Hosin Lee, 319-335-6818, skytrust@gmail.com Nomination Committee:Myung Jong Lee, 201-693-5413, mjlee999@yahoo.com Rules Committee:Ki Dong Lee, 217-344-2902, kdlee@uiuc.edu Scholarship Committee:Kangwon Wayne Lee, 401-369-1565, kwaynel@gmail.com Young Generation Committee:Benjamin Lee, 734-678-1285, benclee@gmail.com APS Committee:Sam Jae Cho, 713-301-2020, chosj@blackmidas.com

A�liated Professional Society (APS) Presidents Association of Korean Neuroscientists (AKN)Kwang-Soo Kim, 781-862-4195, kskim@mclean.harvard.eduAssociation of Korean Physicists in America (AKPA)Jaehoon Yu, 817-808-9605, jaehoonyu@uta.eduBaltimore Life Scientists Association (BLSA)Sung-Ung Kang, 443-540-7829, sungung.kang@gmail.comKorean American Construction, Engineering, & Project Management Associa-tion (KACEPMA)Yong Cho, 404-385-2038, yong.cho@ce.gatech.eduKorean-American Food Technologists Association (KAFTA)Sungho Lee, 319-930-3064, rhees94@gmail.comKorean-American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA)Sunhee (Sunny) Lee, 202-775-7588, sxlee@sughrue.comKorean-American Materials Society (KAMS)Jiyoung Kim, 972-883-6412, jiyoung.kim@utdallas.eduKorean-American Mathematical Scientists Association (KAMSA)Eunchun Cho, 703-203-1662, ecpcho@gmail.comKorean-American Society for Biomedical Informatics (KASBI)James S. Song, 301-435-5928, james.Song@nih.govKorean American Society for Biotech & Phamaceuticals (KASBP)Youngsun Kim, 609-860-2649, yskrutgers@gmail.comKorean-American Energy Exploration & Production Society (KEPS)Sam Jae Cho, 713-301-2020, chosj@blackmidas.comKorean Computer Scientists & Engineers Association in America (KOCSEA)Jeongkyu Lee, 203-268-7248, jelee@bridgeport.eduKorean-American O�shore Engineers Association (KOEA)Gonghyun Jung, 713-557-0671, Gonghyun.Jung@shell.com Korean Life Scientists at UCSF (KOLIS)Hyunsun Jo, 415-734-4972, hyunsun.jo@gladstone.ucsf.eduKorean Pathologists Association of North America (KOPANA)Eun Young Lee, 859-257-5469, eylee@uky.edu

Korean Association of Medical Physicists in North America (KAMPiNA)Don-Soo Kim, 617-355-3261, don-soo.kim@childrens.harvard.edu Korean Trans-portation Association in America (KOTAA)Sang-Soo Kim, 740-592-9889, kim@ohio.eduKorean-American Society of Civil and Environmental Engineers(KSCEE)K. Wayne Lee, 401-369-1565, kwaynel@gmail.comKorean-American Women in Science and Engineering (KWiSE)Eun-Suk Seo, 301-405-4855, seo@umd.eduNIH-Korean Scientists Association (NIH-KSA)Sohyun Ahn, 301-402-2426, ahnsohyun@mail.nih.govNew York Korean Biologists (NYKB)Seungyeul Yoo, 212-659-1643, seungyeul.yoo@mssm.eduResearch Triangle Park Bioscience and Biotechnology Meeting (RTP B&B)Hangsik Moon, 919-281-7340, hangsik.moon@syngenta.comSan Diego Korean Biomedical Association (SDKoBA)Sung Hwan Cho, 858-414-4147, scho@nanocellect.com�e Society of Korean Statisticians in America (SKSA)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)Sang-Uk Seo, 734-834-1584, ssanguk@umich.eduKorea-American Association for Geospatial and Environmental Sciences (KAGES) Woonsup Choi, 414-229-2671, wchoi@alumni.illinois.eduTeK One (TeK One)Bong-Kyun Ryu, 858-805-5608, boryu@episyscience.com

Ex-PresidentsYoung Bae Kim, USC, 213-740-2311Sang 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.comMoo Young Han, Duke Univ., 919-660-2575, myhan@phy.duke.eduKun Sup Hyun, PPI, 973-596-3267, kshyun@polymers-ppi.orgHyo-Gun Kim, K-JIST, 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 (�omas) Hahn, 310-825-2383, hahn@seas.ucla.eduHoward Ho Chung, Argonne National Lab., 630-818-6715, chung.ksea@gmail.comNak Ho Sung, Tu�s University, 617-627-3447, nsung@tu�s.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, �e 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.edu Myung Jong Lee, City University of NY, 212-650-7260, lee@ccny.cuny.edu

Ex-Presidents (Deceased)Shoon Kyung KimKiuck LeeInyong HamChong Wha PyunHogil KimJe Hyun KimKyungsik Kang Soon Kyu KimKwang-Hae (Kane) Kim

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Nomination for the Award of The 2015 Ho-Am Prize

The Ho-Am Prize Committee awards the 2015 Ho-Am Prizes to those who have made distinguished contributions to the

development of our society through prominent accomplishments in Science, Engineering, Medicine, The Arts and Community

Service.

1. Awarding Categories

Science………...Those who have made outstanding achievements in research in the area of basic science.Engineering…..Those who have made outstanding achievements in the areas of engineering and technology.Medicine …..….Those who have made outstanding achievements in the areas of medicine and pharmacy.The Arts…………Those who have made outstanding contributions to culture and the arts through creative

activities, exhibition and research in relevant areas.Community Service...…Those who have made outstanding achievements in the area of social service and thereby

contributed to the enhancement of public welfare.

- The Prizes in all categories are awarded to people of Korean ethnic origin. The Prize in Community Service, however, can also be awarded to foreigners who have made outstanding contributions to Korea and Koreans at home and abroad. - The Prize in each category consists of a diploma, a gold medal (187.5g) and 300 mil. Korean won. - Each nominator may only recommend one person or one group in each category.

2. Papers and Materials for Nomination - Official nomination form and supporting documentary evidence of achievements including news articles. - One representative thesis and five related theses in the categories of Science, Engineering and Medicine.

* Nomination form download: http://www.hoamprize.org

3. Submission of Nominations - Deadline : October 31, 2014 - On-line nomination : The Ho-Am Foundation has opened an on-line nomination systems on its website. - Off-line nomination : Materials for nomination should be sent to the following address or e-mail.

* 6th Fl., Seocho Tower, 4, Seocho-daero 74-gil, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-955, KoreaTel) 82-2-2255-0453~7 Fax) 82-2-2255-0461 E-mail) hoam.foundation@samsung.com

- The winners of the 2015 Ho-Am Prizes will be announced in major Korean dailies in April 2015.

4. Recipients of The 2014 Ho-Am Prize

Science Engineering Medicine The Arts Community ServiceHong Gil Nam Sang Yup Lee Seung K. Kim Hei-Kyung Hong Ha Jong Kim(Bordo Vincenzo)

Professor Distinguished Professor Professor Soprano Father, DirectorDGIST KAIST Stanford University Anna House Social

Welfare Foundation

THE HO-AM FOUNDATION

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