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The annual technical conference of KSEA, called "US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (UKC)", is the most important and visible activity of KSEA. The main objective of UKC is to promote the US-Korea cooperation in advancing science and technology. The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST) is a co-organizer. UKC is sponsored by many industrial companies and researchorganizations. Annually, 500-700 scientists and engineers from the US and Korea have attended the conference. A large attendance is expected at the UKC2007.

Significant research findings, R&D trends, and future prospects of sciences and technologies are solicited in the areas including, but not limited to the following:

Advanced Materials Technology (AMT) Aerospace Science & Technology (AST) Bio Science and Technology (BST) Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Contemporary Basic Science (CBS) Food Science & Technology (FST) Global Energy (GE) Information Technology (IT) Communication and Networking Technology (CNT) Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, and Manufacturing Technology (MRM) Nanoscience and Technology (NST) Women in Science & Engineering (WISE) Young Professional Forum (YPF) Innovative R & D Forum (IRDF) Nano-Metrology & Quality of Life Society of Biomedical Research

All manuscripts and slides are required to be written and presented in English. UKC2007 organizers are confident that the quality of discussions at the Conference will be favorably comparable to any international conferences. Primarily, the papers reporting original work or comprehensive review of the state of the art or the future prospect in science and technology are welcome. The abstracts and papers will be reviewed and selected by each Symposium Program Committee in consultation with the Conference Program Committee. All papers presented at the Conference will be collected and published as a CD.

Conference Venue

Hyatt Regency Reston, Virginia, USA

KSEA LettersVol. 35, No. 2 (Serial No. 200)

March 2007

KSEA LettersVol. 35, No. 2 (Serial No. 200)

March 2007

Contents

A Message from the President 4

Headquarters News 635th EC Meeting Minutes #4 and #5 35th Admin Mid-term Evaluation Meeting Summary A Success Story for the 2006-2007 KSEA Membership Drive KSEA General Election 2007 KSEA General Election 2007 Candidate Statements Statements

Chapter News Chapter News 22 22 YGTLC 2007 Report YGTLC 2007 Report 27 27 Regional Conference Reports Regional Conference Reports 31 31

Science Park Symposium – San Diego Science Park Symposium – San Diego Biomedical Symposium - Houston Biomedical Symposium - Houston Northwest Regional Conference Northwest Regional Conference KASBP – New Jersey KASBP – New Jersey NY Metro/NJ Chapters Math/Science Olympiad NY Metro/NJ Chapters Math/Science Olympiad

New England Chapter Technical & New England Chapter Technical & Young Generation Symposium Young Generation Symposium

Essay: One Fine Day of Inspirations Essay: One Fine Day of Inspirations

KSEA in the Media KSEA in the Media 41 41 NMC 2007 and Press Conference NMC 2007 and Press Conference Prof. Steve Kang Prof. Steve Kang Prof. Kane Kim Prof. Kane Kim Director Shinae Chun Director Shinae Chun

North Texas Chapter Fall 2006 Seminar North Texas Chapter Fall 2006 Seminar

AnnouncementsAnnouncements 48 48 UKC 2007 UKC 2007 NMC 2007 NMC 2007

Introduction of KSEA Affiliate Introduction of KSEA Affiliate 51 51 KOMSA (Korean Management Scientists in KOMSA (Korean Management Scientists in America) America)

Join KSEAJoin KSEA 52 52 Individual Membership Individual Membership Corporate Membership Corporate Membership Guideline for Articles in KSEA Letters Guideline for Articles in KSEA Letters

KSEA SponsorsKSEA Sponsors 57 57

AdvertisementsAdvertisements 59 59 LGE LGE HYUNDAI HYUNDAI SAMSUNG SAMSUNG KOREAN AIR KOREAN AIR SK TELECOM SK TELECOM KITECH KITECH HO-AM PRIZE HO-AM PRIZE

Contact Pages Contact Pages 65

Publisher: Sung K. Kang Editor-In-Chief: Young Bae ChoiEditors: Hee-Koo Moon Jae Hyun Cho Ashley Kim Editorial Assistant: Danny Bae

Published by the Korean-American Scientist and Engineers Association

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, in any form or any means, without the prior written permission of KSEA. KSEA assumes no responsibility for statement and opinion advanced by the contributors to its publications.

Cover Page: Collection of pictures taken from various events related to KSEA.

A MESSAGE FROM THE 35TH PRESIDENT

Sung-Kwon Kang

KSEA 35th President

Dear KSEA Members:

Greetings to you and your family! I am very happy to report that the state of KSEA is very strong and its future is bright. The thriving state of KSEA is due to the hard work of the 35th EC team members, HQ staff, chapter presidents, councilors, auditors, committee and devoted members. It is also the combined results of the excellent efforts provided by the previous administrations of the past 34 years.

The HQ operation has become stable and efficient through the cooperation among our staff and EC members. This year the HQ finances are extremely healthy and have been able to fund a record number of chapter activities, young generation activities, regional conferences and even the activities by our affiliated professional societies. The EC members have truly demonstrated strong teamwork through the membership drive, e-Directory project, chapter development and other challenging tasks. By the end of January, there were more than 1,200 due paying members and 16 chapters identified as “qualifying” chapters with more than 30 due paying members.

During the weekend of January 27, 2007, there was a well-attended, excellent mid-term evaluation meeting at HQ to review the accomplishments of the first 6 months and to plan for the remaining 6 months of the 35th administration. The sessions were very constructive and there was a positive and celebrative mood throughout the weekend. EC members, committee chairs, chapter presidents and event organizers summarized many of the activities in the current issue. The activities accomplished during the first 6 months of the 35th term are listed below:

1) 2006 US-Korea Conference (UKC 2006), New Jersey (Aug 06) 2) 35th Council meeting at UKC 2006, New Jersey (Aug 06) 3) KSEA Letters, Vol.35, No.1, hardcopy published (Oct 06) 4) Membership drive with over 1,200 paid members (as of Jan 07) 5) Chapter development for 16 “qualified” chapters (as of Dec 06) 6) E-Directory database project for KOFST completed (Dec 06) 7) Press conferences organized for scholarships (Dec 06) and NMC (Jan 07) 8) KOFST R&D trends studies(Aerospace & Adv. Materials) completed (Jan 07) 9) Young Generation Technical & Leadership Conf. (YGTLC) (Jan 07) 10) 3 regional conferences supported (KABMS, NWRC, SDSPS) (2006) 11) 3 affil. prof. society activities supported (KWISE,KASBP,KOCSEA) (2006)

To emphasize the importance of chapter and regional activities, this issue of KSEA Letters highlights all the chapter activities, regional conferences, young generation activities and professional society activities completed so far. In addition, many chapter presidents are introduced with their profiles, summaries on completed activities and plans for the upcoming events.

KSEA HQ and chapters’ activities scheduled for the remaining 6 months will be exciting and challenging. The schedule includes the following projects and events:

1) Publication of 2 KSEA Letters, Vol.35, No.2 (Mar 07) and No.3 (Jun 07) 2) National Math & Science Competition (NMSC) (April 21, 2007)

KSEA Letters, Vol. 35, No. 2 (March 2007)4

3) General election (Apr 07) 4) Scholarship evaluation (May 07) 5) KSEA award nomination and selection 6) 4 Regional conferences to support (SWRC, NRC, NCRC, MWRC) 7) 2 Regional YG symposiums to support (NET&YG, TXRYG) 8) 1 Affiliated professional society symposium to support (AL-Auto Tech) 9) Continuing membership drive & chapter development 10) Executing committee action plans 11) Preparation for UKC 2007 12) Transfer to 36th administration

To complete all the scheduled activities successfully, your active participation is strongly encouraged. Below are a few ways that you can make a significant impact on the continued success and ongoing betterment of KSEA:

1) Vote. In the general election in April, you will elect our volunteering members for various leadership positions including president-elect, vice president, auditor, and councilors. It is extremely important to exercise your voting right to demonstrate your support for the future of KSEA. The voting rate of the last few years was very poor, possibly reflecting your concerns to the KSEA affairs in a negative sense. A high voting rate certainly means a healthy organization with a good prospective.

2) Nominate. As announced in our website, 2007 KSEA Awards will be presented to recognize an individual (non-member included) or organization or chapter who has made an outstanding contribution in 1 of 6 categories (entrepreneurship, science, engineering, community service, chapter, KSEA). To make the KSEA Awards more prestigious, your nomination is highly desirable by March 31st.

3) Volunteer. On April 21, 2007, more than 20 chapters will participate in the 2007 National Math & Science Competition by recruiting more than 2,000 public school students from 4th to 11th grade from your local areas. This event has been an amazing community service provided by our local chapters with rewarding results for last five years. This year a few Canadian chapters will also join. In addition, the program has been extended to include a “Science contest” as a result the event name has changed to NMSC (National Math & Science Competition). This year HQ has tripled its budget for the NMSC. To publicize this event more effectively, on January 26, 2007 the first press conference was held at HQ where several reporters were invited from Washington DC and Atlanta. Please volunteer your time and assist your chapter to make this a rewarding community event.

Thank you for you continued commitment to KSEA, your chapters and your community. Cheers to another inspiring and successful 6 months!

Best wishes to you and your family.

Sung-Kwon Kang, KSEA 35th President

“Chapter activities and essays are solicited. They can be sent to the KSEA office ([email protected]).

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HEADQUARTERS NEWS

EC Meeting #4 Minutes

Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2006; 9:00pm EST (6:00 pm PST) Place: Teleconference

MINUTES

Brief Status Reports on Action/Follow-up Items:

A. Extension of E-Directory Deadline (President Kang) 10/15 original deadline was extended to 12/31

B. Membership Drive (Membership Directors) 1. Membership Drive Kickoff Memo with attachments went to all Chapter Presidents on

10/12/06. 2. Each Chapter has been assigned to the 3 MDs, KW Lee (President Elect), CR Lee (Executive

Director) and SK Kang (P) for follow through and personalized support. Membership drive by phone call is scheduled on 11/11 (by student volunteers).

3. Request (to Young Kim, IT Support) was made to prevent from paying the membership fee using old database and make the membership renewing easy.

4. Contacted chapter Presidents: Each to report back during the Executive Committee (EC) call. Got favorable responses from Chapter Presidents. Focusing on communication with chapter presidents. After 11/18 (1st check point), planned to contact individual members. Next EC agenda item, “how to consolidate branches with small number of members.” Goal: Establishing 2006 members in 2006.

5. Held the MDs call on 10/17/06 and agreed to the following: Hire Univ. of Texas, Dallas students to get some leg work done to support the chapter presidents. Create member status files by chapters (minimum 30) that include paid status and phone contacts. Phone contact takes time as the files will have to be opened up one by one. Also agreed to merge the Admin database file (old server) with the member management database file (new server). However, the two files contain different fields and do not readily mergeable. Conclusion is that the effort is not worth for the incremental benefit at this time. Will proceed with the Member Management database first. Complete the task and issue each file to chapter presidents by 11/5/06. Hold conference calls with chapter presidents – First call scheduled for 10/23/06 with Phila Chapter by MD Sam Ryu. Additional calls will be scheduled weekly. Hold a conference call with special event leaders to review the details of the membership drive process and goal expectations – Call scheduled for 10/30/06 and invitation issued by PE KW Lee.

6. Challenges: Most urgent issue - Membership renewal on line is not functional or user friendly. Must fix it as soon as possible. Some chapter presidents don’t have access to their Chapter database. All they see is # paid.

7. Next Steps: MDs and EC members should participate in regional and local events to support the new membership drive. Follow through with each chapter presidents via conference calls and personal contacts. Issue the first Metrics Report on 11/18/2006.


C. Publication Plan of KSEA Letters, Vol. 35, No.1 (Publication Directors) Ready to go except a few review items: Scholarship announcement (VP, Kang-Wook Lee),

membership form (p39-40, MDs), UKC2007 Announcement (Cheong-Ryong Ji, UKC Program Chair), Advertisement (UKC2006 Sponsors including the Hoam Foundation). Total 56 Pages. Final draft planned for 10/30. Proposed and approved four category of KSEA Award (Originally 2 category, but added with two more categories: Entrepreneurship, Scientist and Engineer of the Year). To add with 1 page of UKC2006 Summary. Also added with Call for Paper for UKC2007.

D. Preparation status of Young Generation Technical and Leadership Conference 2007 (Brian Park, Young Generation Committee Co-chair)

Website ready, announcement out, looking for venue near New York City, negotiating with Pace Univ. for the convention location, paper or power-point format summary can be accepted, lining up speakers, attracting local participants, 11/13 deadline for application.

E. HQ report (Executive Director) 1. Election of two former presidential councilors: Former presidents instituted a new procedure

for electing two “former president councilors.” The new procedure required ED to: identify two potential candidates from the list of former presidents’ names in Alphabetical order; check their willingness to serve; and ask all former presidents to vote for approval of the two willing candidates. In accordance with the procedure, Dr. Nak-Ho Sung and Dr. Sang-Il Choi were elected on September 30, 2006. They will serve until the next council meeting as the former president councilors.

2. Election of Nomination Committee (NC) Chair: Dr. Jae-Hoon Kim was nominated by NC members to serve as their chair, and the Council approved him to become NC chair on October 5, 2006. He will serve until the next council meeting.

3. Cost savings in HQ operation: HQ recently switched to a new teleconference phone server. The new server would charge $0.06/minute/participant, which is less than 1/3 of the rate which the previous server had charged ($0.20/minute/participant). It will result in the saving of about $5,000 per year in the teleconferencing cost. HQ also worked out a deal to substantially lower the printing cost for KSEA News Letter 35-1.

F. Interviewing/hiring a finance associate (Financial Director)

1. A comparable health benefit was added to Ms. Ashley Kim’s package to maintain consistency of KSEA HQ employee benefits.

2. A series of ads were placed to the local Korean newspapers for the Financial Associate position. So far, we received 4 resumes. Another round of interview process of these applicants will begin shortly.

G. UKC 2007 Preparation (President Elect) Hotel Contract done (Hyatt Regency), Local arrangement chair (Prof. Jungho Kim) suggested to

have a banquet on Friday. Refer to https://www.ksea.org/ukc2007/ for details.

H. IT related report (IT Director) Mr. Young-Chan Kim is on board as an assistant to ITD. Two students are working on UKC2007.

Plan to establish e-voting system. Membership registration system to be setup.

I. Corporate membership drive (General Director) Invoices are out to the companies posted job ads in “JOB” section

J. Dynamic website management: public access to KSEA web content (Ashley, ITD, all EC members) Suggestion: Public access to old news letter w/o inputting membership id and password. Conclusion: Block “Ad” and “News Letter,” and all others to be opened to general public.

Discussion Items:


A. Membership fee returns (34 EC Policy):th

1. If a chapter has more than 30 active members (due paid for the current term) with updated membership profiles, a full refund of the membership dues paid by the members in that chapter will be refunded. The local chapter president should send the activity report of the previous year to the HQ before the refund.

2. If a chapter has more than 10 but less than 30 active members with current due payment and updated member profile, 50% of the membership dues will be refunded. If the chapter achieves more than 30 paid membership later in the fiscal year, the remainder of the full membership dues will be refunded. The local chapter president should send the previous year's activity report to the HQ before the refund.

3. If the paid membership of a chapter is less than 10, there will be no refund of the dues to the local chapter. When the membership grows more than 10, 50% of the dues will be refunded provided that the other conditions (updated member profiles and the chapter activity report) are met.

a. Is it okay to keep (the list of) the chapters that have small number of paid members? Do we need to drop those chapters? MDs will review the KSEA Policy and Bylaws, and present a proposal at the next EC meeting.

Adjournment

EC Meeting #5 Minutes

Date: Tuesday, November 21, 2006; 9:00pm EST (6:00 pm PST) Place: Teleconference Participants (11): Sung-Kwon Kang (P), Kang-Won (Wayne) Lee (PE), Kang-Wook Lee (VP), Chang-Rae Lee (ED), David K. Han (FD), Sam Sangsoo Ryu (MD1), Sung Y. Song (MD2), Esther Yang (MD3), Hee-Koo Moon (PD1), Jung-Hyeob Roh (Guest: SW State Chapter), Sung-Hyuk Cha (Guest: YG Committee co-chair; NY Metro Chapter).

ACTION ITEMS

1. To collect reports, for publication, from chapters and PAs on their recent activities (PD2) 2. To encourage local chapters to organize NMC2007 with special attention to Georgia and Midwest

Region since there are lots of Koreans in Atlanta and Chicago (VP). 4. Fix or improve our web system to make the on-line membership renewal process more user-friendly

(ITD). 5. Send an official letter to Dr. You-song Kim to clarify issues between the Lehigh Valley Chapter and

Central Penn Chapter (MD Song)

MINUTES

1. Opening remark, quorum, and approval of agenda:

P Kang welcomed EC members and guests to the 5th EC meeting. Young Generation (YG) Committee chair, presidents of several chapters and professional organizations were invited to hear of their recent activities and future plans. Only two chapter presidents, however, could join (Dr. Roh of the SW State Chapter and Dr. Cha of New York Metro Chapter. Dr. Cha is also co-chair of YG Committee). After a roll call, ED Lee noted that 9 EC members out of 15 were present, and declared that the quorum was met. The meeting agenda, which was distributed to EC members about 10 days earlier, was approved with no modifications.


2. Brief Status Reports on Action/Follow-up Items

A. Progress report on KMSO-NY/NJ, Biomedical Symposium-Houston:

KMSO-NY/NJ: Dr. Cha reported that the 13th NY Metro/NJ Math and Science Olympiad was held on 11/11/06 at two locations: NY-Manhattan College and NJ-Pace University. The event was quite successful and attracted a total of 534 participants (305 for Math Competition and 229 for Science Olympiad). There were two educational seminars at each location for parents, while students were taking the tests. About 90 percent of students participated in both competitions since they were done in separate time intervals (e.g., science in the morning, math in the afternoon); NY Metro Chapter keeps a list of sample subjects for the science contest as well as the list for names of past 10 year-educational seminar speakers. Both lists can be provided to other chapters upon receiving requests. Biomedical Symposium in Houston: Dr. Roh reported that the 2006 Korean-American Bio-Medical Scientists Symposium was held on 11/11/06 at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Its purpose was to build a network of Korean-American biomedical scientists and to promote the interaction between scientists. There were a total of 129 participants. Almost 100 of them stayed to the end (finished at about 9 PM), probably because of its well thought out program agenda. The agenda had three components: academic research, company research, and career development. His SW State Chapter plans to have the meeting again next year. The Chapter was quite successful in membership drive: has already secured about 60 paid members after the Symposium, and expects to attract additional new members when it holds its 2nd career seminar at Texas A & M University in February, 2007. He was optimistic to achieve his chapter’s paid member goal of 80 to100 when the career seminar is completed.

P Kang requested both chapters to provide their activity reports/photographs and other materials to EC Publication Directors so that they can be included as feature articles in the KSEA Newsletter 35-2, which is scheduled to be published in February or March.

B. Status of KSEA Newsletter Vol.35, No.1 and publication plan for No.2 (PDs)

PD Moon reported that the hard copy of KSEA Newsletter 35-1 was mailed out to members last week and its electronic version had been uploaded on the KSEA website for viewing by members. The newsletter had a total of 68 pages, in which 4 pages were in color. The next issue (35-2), which is scheduled to be issued next February or March, will feature the recent local chapter activities, regional conferences, and activities of professional organizations.

C. Status of membership drive, database, and plan for publication of membership directory (MDs):

MD Yang reported that as of today the number of paid member was counted as 863. The figure did not include the new member applications obtained at the recent chapter activities and regional conferences. If all the new member application information is updated in the database, the number will likely approach to the member directory target of about 1,000. The data entry at HQ is quite slow due to problems in hiring student helpers. However, the process is expected to get faster when the newly hired FA, Kelley Kim, joins HQ on 12/11/06. MD Yang added that chapter or regional events were the most effective means to attract new members, and that some information received (and currently in the database) were less satisfactory: just the business card level information, not the resume-level as desired. A telephone campaign would be necessary to upgrade the member information to the resume level. P Kang commented that more local chapter events are planned for the next 6 months and HQ is working hard to hire helpers for the telephone campaign. VP Lee stated that information on about 200 applications received during UKC 2006 and those received from some affiliated professional organizations (e.g., KASBP/NJ) had not yet been entered in the database. So, if those are entered, the number of members with resume level information will substantially be increased.


MD Ryu suggested that e-mails be regularly sent to members urging them to renew their memberships or review/update the information in their profile. P Kang commented by saying that he would delegate full authority to MDs to send bulk mails, via HQ, to members as necessary. As to membership renewal, several issues were identified during the discussion: 1) some members have multiple IDs. Possible solution: since Chapter presidents can directly update/correct the KSEA member database, MDs may send to chapter presidents their member list and ask them to remove excess IDs; and 2) the on-line process for membership renewal is too unfriendly or not working properly. Dr. Yang stated that the profiles of about 700 members were currently marked as incomplete in the database probably due to the problems associated with the membership renewal process. We need to upgrade or fix the web system for on-line renewal process to make it more user-friendly.

MD Song stated that the KSEA Policy 4, Article #6 clearly and sufficiently describes the funding means/methods for local chapters and branches (re: member dues reimbursement, submitting activity proposals for funding, etc). Thus, no other additional policy on the matter would be necessary. The current funding practice for local chapters is in compliance with the existing policy.

D. Report on chapter revival/formation of new chapters:

VP Lee reported that the purpose of the chapter revival activity was to make formal chapters to have as well as maintain more than 30 due-paid members and sustain their activities.

Formation of Las Vegas Chapter: MD Ryu visited Las Vegas on 11/16 and met with 6 potential members and persuaded 6 of them to join KSEA. At the meeting, they asked for financial support from KSEA. Dr. Ryu discussed the matter with other MDs and decided to support them with the budget allocated to MDs. The participants said they would call a local meeting in late December or early January to draw a load map for establishing a chapter in Las Vegas. Sacramento Chapter Revival: ED Lee reported that Sacramento Chapter was founded about 10 years ago but has been inactive for the last 5 years. Recently, however, a small local civil engineers group approached the Chapter stating that the group would want to be part of KSEA, provided that they are allowed to keep their organization’s identity within the Chapter. The Chapter agreed with them on the term. Accordingly, the Chapter plans to have to have a revival kick-off meeting with the organization on 12/8/06, and requested for funding for the kick-off meeting. The Chapter currently has 18 due-paid members, but expects to increase the membership to about 40 during or after the kick-off meeting. Alabama Chapter: VP Lee visited Alabama and met with 15 individuals who submitted their application forms. KSEA paid for their dues. The Chapter has total 18 members as of 11/16, and elected a chapter president and two VPs. VP Lee plans to contact the president to urge them to help National Math Competition (NMC) in Atlanta if Georgia Chapter requests. Georgia Chapter: VP Lee visited Atlanta on 10/28. Chapter organizations have already been formed and officers have newly been elected. It has 33 due-paid members as of now. VP will keep contacting the Chapter to urge to have NMC in Atlanta.

E. Hiring status of finance assistance:

FD Han reported that he had offered the Finance Associate position to Kelley Kim, who has background in management and software development. She is fluent both in English and Korean. Kelley will begin working part time on 12/11/06.

F. Report on IT support:

P Kang reported that ITD Shim hired Mr. Young Chan Kim as a part time IT assistant. Mr. Kim is an IT Director of a firm, and husband of Mira Kim who currently works part time at HQ. He will mainly work for trouble-shooting of all web-related problems at KSEA. As a secondary


assignment, he will help develop software for on-line application/evaluation of scholarships. After that, he will continue to work on the electronic voting system.

G. Review of 35th budget proposal and expense items:

FD Han reported that, so far, all expenses were being spent within the approved budget. P Kang reported that he got the final tally of the UKC 2006 income and expense figures. Due to the extra income realized, we would have some rooms for additional activities (e.g., chapter activities for membership drive, face-to-face meeting of EC/committee chairs/chapter presidents next January) and be able to forward some more to the 36th Administration.

H. Scholarship advertisement plan and holiday luncheon in December:

VP Lee reported that KSEA plans to hold a press conference on scholarships jointly with KUSCO on December 8. Its purpose is to attract more scholarship applications as well as for PR of KSEA. After the conference, KSEA participants will have holiday luncheon with KUSCO staff. EC members are welcomed to attend the event. Travel expense will be fully reimbursed to participating EC members, provided that they are willing to work for a few hours at HQ.

I. 6th EC/mid-term evaluation meeting at HQ in late January:

The 6th EC meeting will be held in late January jointly with auditors, committee chairs, chapter presidents each with >30 active members and some affiliated professional organization (PA) presidents. The main purpose of the meeting is to evaluate the chapter/PA activities for the last 6 months, including the membership drive, and discuss activity plans for the next 6 months. Each participant is expected to give a short presentation (re: activities of the last 6 months and/or future plans). The date will be likely 1/20/07 or 1/27/07, depending on the survey among potential participants.

J. Preparation status for UKC 2007:

PE Lee reported that the UKC 2007 Organizing Committee had met several times, and set the date for the convention, location, etc. Its outline has been posted on the web. Dr. Young Bog Chae, President of KOFST, has formally agreed to serve as co-chair. PE Lee plans to visit Korea between December 26 and January 20 for fundraising.

K. YGTLC:

Dr. Cha, YG Committee co-chair, reported that as of 11/16/06 the Committee received only about 20 applications but expects to receive more before the deadline of 11/25. He would contact several Korean-American student associations at universities in New York/New Jersey area to attract more applications.

L. Funding Proposal to KOFST for YG Activities:

P Kang reported that, upon request from KOFST, he had submitted a proposal for YG activities in 2007. If the funding request is granted, he would use the fund to support 3 to 4 regional YG conventions. This fund will be outside of the budget approved by the Council last August.

3. Discussion Items

Election of Rules Committee chair: ED Lee reported that Prof. Kane Kim expressed intention to resign as Rules Committee chair for personal reasons. EC accepted his resignation and requested Prof. Myung J. Lee to serve as “acting chair.” ED Lee would ask Prof. Myung J. Lee to initiate a process to elect a new chair.


Change of chapter names: MD Ryu stated that some chapter names are vague and may not clearly represent the area they serve. One example is his “SW State Chapter,” whose name is somewhat vague and confusing. His Chapter plans to conduct a survey to find a name that is more clearly indicates the area it represent (e.g., South Texas). His chapter would submit a proposal when a consensus is reached regarding the name change. MD Song motioned to designate Dr. You-song Kim as president of Lehigh Valley Chapter. Dr. Kim has been serving as president of Central Penn Chapter, but actually resides in the Lehigh area. Further, Central Penn Chapter has been inactive for a number of years and would need to be rejuvenated. EC approved his motion. Accordingly, MD song will send an official letter to Dr. Kim to that effect. $500 Donation to the family of Sgt. Kyu H. Chay, Korean-American soldier, who was killed in Afghanistan: P Kang reported that Sgt Kyu Hyuk Chay, whose father had been a strong supporter of NY Metro Chapter, died by an hostile action in Afghanistan. The Presidential Board has approved donation of $500 to his memorial fund last week. The money will be paid out from the Katrina Fund.

4. Adjournment

35th Administration Mid-Term Evaluation Meeting Summary

Reported by,Chang-Rae Lee, Executive Director

The 35th Administration mid-term evaluation meeting was held on January 27, 2007 (Saturday) at the KSEA HQ office in Vienna, VA. The purpose of the meeting was to review the KSEA activities of the past six months (from July to December, 2006), discuss those for the Administration’s remaining term until June, 2007, and exchange ideas and thoughts between participants. The meeting was attended by 33 participants. They included 9 Executive Committee (EC) members, 3 Auditors (one by teleconference), 8 Committee chairs, 12 qualifying chapter presidents or vice presidents (qualifying chapter: with over 30 due paid members), and presidents of affiliated professional organizations. The meeting was preceded by three events: a press conference on the upcoming KSEA National Mathematics/Science Competition (NMC), mid-term audit on the KSEA finance and operation, and Chapter presidents’ meeting.

The January 26 press conference, in which 8 KSEA members and 2 representatives of the Korea-US Cooperation Center (KUSCO) participated, was attended by reporters of 2 Washington, DC area newspapers. Some reporters in other states also joined by phone. The press conference was well received by the media. Many newspapers nationwide, including the Korea Times in San Francisco, carried news articles on NMC in the next few days.

Chapter presidents meeting, which was presided over by Dr. Yongtaek Choi, President of New England Chapter, was attended by 11 chapter presidents and 4 guests. Participants exchanged their experience on membership drive and fund-raising activities. The meeting was received so well by participants that it lasted until mid-night, for over 3 hours. Most participants stated that the meeting was very informative and a good opportunity to learn about other chapters’ activities, weaknesses/strengths, and approaches for membership drive and fund-raising. They commented that the information exchanged will be very helpful in future planning of their chapter activities.

During the mid-term evaluation meeting on the following day (January 27), President Sung Kwon Kang reported that the total number of due paid members as of January 20, 2007 (1/20/07) was 1,219. It would mean a 27% increase in the number of due paid members, compared to those during the whole period of the previous administration (i.e., 963). The figure is also the highest since 1996. He commented that, since the 35th Administration had another 6 months to go, the number could reach 1,500 by the end of the term. He attributed the record increase in due paid members to the dedication and efforts of all EC members, chapter presidents and HQ staff, particularly three Membership Directors (Drs, Sam Sangsoo Ryu, Sung-


Yell Song, and Esther Yang). President-Elect K. Wayne Lee reported on the preparation of UKC-2007, which will be held in Washington D.C. from 8/9 to 8/12/07. He visited Korea for fund-raising in January, and obtained Diamond level pledges from Hyundai Automobile, SK Telecom, Samsung Electronics, and LG Electronics & LG Chemicals along with 10 more lower level sponsorships. The theme of UKC2007 is "Global Challenge for the Sustainable Science and Technologies" and there will be significant non-ethnic Koreans including 2 or 3 Nobel laureates, NSF Director, and/or US government officials. Program details have already been posted on our website (www.ksea.org, click UKC 07 banner). Their presentations were followed by those of other EC members. The highlights of the presentations are summarized as follows: 1) 16 chapters have more than 30 due paid members as of 1/20/07; 2) the KSEA financial status (e.g., income/expense balance) is healthy and being executed within the budget; 3) seven KSEA/KUSCO funded-regional, young generation (YG), or professional conferences have been completed as of 1/20/07, while 6 more are being planned to be held before the end of this Administration’ term in June; 4) NMC is scheduled for 4/21/07 and a request has been made to KUSCO for funding for science competitions at participating chapters; 5) substantial cost cutting was made at HQ in monthly teleconferencing phone bills and in the publication cost for Newsletter 35-1; 6) one chapter (Arizona) was rejuvenated, five chapters (Georgia, Alabama, Minnesota, Ohio, Sacramento) were reactivated, discussions are in progress to form a new chapter (Las Vegas), and four YG forums are being organized at Texas A&M, U of Illinois, North Texas Chapter and Utah; and 7) KSEA Newsletter Volume 35, Issue 1 was published last November. Issue 2, which is scheduled to be published in late February or early March, will be featured with activity reports from chapters and organizers of regional conferences, YG Technical and Leadership Conference (YGTLC), and professional organizations (PA).

Eight Committee chairs gave presentations on their activities. Highlights of some presentations are summarized as follows: 1) Long Range Planning Committee proposed two categories of affiliation (affiliated professional society and focused interest group), qualification criteria for PA to be affiliated with KSEA, and recommended that president, not president elect (PE), take the entire responsibility, including fund raising, for the US-Korea Conference (UKC), while PE serve as the program chair; 2) Honors and Awards Committee requested for nomination for 6 category KSEA awards; 3) Election Committee finalized the 2007 election schedule. Election ballots will be mailed out to all qualified KSEA members on March 30, 2007; 4) Nomination, Contest and Scholarship Committees each requested for nomination of candidates for next term vacancies, announced NMC/Science contest schedules, and requested chapter presidents to urge students to apply for scholarships, respectively; 5) discussions are in progress at the Rules Committee on the two charges (re: amendment to the Bylaws) that it received from the Council on August 13, 2006.

Chapter presidents and organizers of regional conferences, YGTLC and professional conferences presented on details of their activities, programs/agenda, number of participants, achievements (membership drive), future plans, etc. All activities appeared to be quite successful. Some of the participants made several suggestions and recommendations. The EC passed a motion of accepting a proposal of an electronic contest management system with a fund of $4,500 over the three terms ($1,500 for the current term).

In the evening, all participants had dinner together and enjoyed net-working.

Overall, almost all participants commented that the meeting was very informative and provided great experience to them, and that they were impressed with the current activities, accomplishment to date and plans for the remaining period of the 35th Administration’s term.


YGTLC 2007 Report

A Success Story for the 2006-2007 KSEA Membership Drive

Sung-Yell Song, Sam Ryu, and Esther Yang Sung-Yell Song, Sam Ryu & Esther Yan

A nationwide KSEA Membership Drive was initiated last fall to retain and recruit active and paid members. The target goal was set high to emphasize the importance of getting everyone involved in the recruitment of new members and to fully support our vision of becoming a “Premier” Association that represents and serves the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers at large. The campaign was a great success with the highest number of paid members since year 1996 and the momentum is continuing to build fast.

The strategies were straightforward: 1) Develop a catchy theme for the membership drive, 2) initiate a KSEA PR campaign and provide a constant flow of communication, 3) Sponsor Regional Technical Conferences and YG Forums, 4) Establish metrics to track progress, 5) develop a reward and recognition program for the Chapter and Chapter Presidents, and last but not least 6) Develop a long range plan that supports the KSEA vision while meeting KUSCO/KOSEF expectations. By far the most urgent was to raise the level of awareness and visibility of KSEA as an organization. There are many great programs and activities that benefit the members yet most people are not well aware of what KSEA does or can offer. A front and back, single page introduction brochure that captured the KSEA Vision, Mission, Membership Benefits was produced. The difficulty of on-line membership renewal and new member application process was recognized and acted on. The membership application process and event proposal forms were simplified. The KSEA HQ reserved a special funding to encourage events at the local level. Following President Kang’s directive, Membership Directors (MDs) worked cooperatively to revive the inactive Chapters and support establishment of new Chapters. In parallel, the Executive Committee (EC) approved pivotal regional forums and conferences (mostly co-sponsored by KUSCO) to further support the Membership Drive. All this happened in a short span of last 5 months.

The number is not everything but new metrics were established for each Chapter to track progress. The involvement of Chapter Presidents was critical to update the e-directory and drive the membership campaign. Conference calls were held 1:1 with Chapter Presidents and in some cases as a team to openly share issues and concerns but more importantly, to seek solutions together. Success stories and lessons learned were shared. At least one EC member participated in each of the regional and local events to increase visibility and show support by the HQ. As a result of great teamwork by the EC members and local leaders, in particular, Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Minnesota, Ohio and Sacramento Valley Chapters have been revived! A new Chapter/Branch in Las Vegas and revival of Utah Chapter are in process. The New England chapter and two chapters in Texas, North Texas (Dallas based) and South Western State (Houston based), have shown remarkable growth during this period and become primary chapters with more than 100 and 200 members, respectively. The South Western State Chapter has now changed its name to South Texas Chapter and absorbed Central Texas. A new Student Chapter was established at Texas A&M (College Station) under the South Texas Chapter. In addition, six significant Regional technical conferences were co-sponsored by KSEA/KUSCO in 2006 and three more through March 2007.


o Science Park Symposium, San Diego – November 2006 o Biomedical Symposium, Houston – November 2006 o NY Metro/NJ Chapters Math/Science Olympiad – November 2006 o Northwest Regional Conference, Seattle – December 2006 o Korean American Society in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals (KASBP/NJ) – November,

2006o Computer Scientists and Engineers Association Technical Workshop, Tempe, AZ –

December 2006 o Young Generation Technical Leadership Conference, Teaneck NJ – January 2007 o 17th Annual KSEA South Western Regional Technical Conference, Pasadena, CA –

February 2007 o KSEA New England Chapter Technical and Young Generation Symposium, Cambridge,

MA – February 2007

The final paid membership profile as of April 10, 2007 is as follows:

o >1400 paid members (2006 – 2007 term) o 17 Chapters with >/=30 members

While we should be proud of our accomplishments, we should acknowledge the significant challenges that lie ahead. For Chapters that were not able to initiate the membership drive till now will find the information shared here useful. We hope to encourage those Chapters to request for funding to sponsor local events. We have cumulated a wealth of materials to support you to host the local events with minimum effort. Please also bear in mind that the HQ refunds 100% of the membership fees collected back to respective Chapters when the number exceeds 30. Secondly, the e-directory quality is not quite at the level desired and it will take every member’s commitment and cooperation to bring it to the “resume” status. Only then, the database will become a useful tool for professional networking. Thirdly, sustainability of the membership base and recruitment of new members will depend largely on program quality and frequency. To that end, funding request has been made to enable invitation of prominent speakers for serious exchange of technical ideas and direction setting with an ultimate goal of achieving scientific collaborations between Korea and US. Leadership and career development are another area of focus. Further discussions will take place at future EC meetings to develop a long-range plan specifically for the YGs. Our mission is to continuously grow membership by at least 20% per year for the next 5 years by providing excellence in programs.

Thank you for your participation in the Membership Drive. We are committed to working with you and providing you any support you may need. Together, we can make a difference!


KSEA Election Committee Activity Report

Election committee had two teleconference meeting to set the following 2007 election schedule, to review the election brochure material, and to review voting process. With committee member’s valuable experience and head quarter’s support, the election preparation is in right on schedule.

Candidate for 2007 election

Position for Election Names of Candidates* (Alphabetical Order)

Number of position to be elected

37th President Elect Yong Wook Kim Kang-Wook Lee

1

36th Vice President Chueng Ryong Ji 1

Auditor Woonsup Park 1

Technical Group H Hong Geun Im Hee-Koo Moon

1

Technical Group K Ki-Wook Kim Jae Hoon Kim Sam-Joo Doh

Seong Gon Kong

2

Technical Group M Chanho Lee Charles C. Willow

1

Election Schedule

2007 Election Schedule

Activity

01/11/07 KSEA issues a letter to every one of the selected candidates, requesting a resume, a photo and a personal statement: Done

02/03/07 Due date for candidates’ responses: Done02/05 – 02/15/07 Election Committee members review packages submitted

by candidates.03/07/07 The last date for membership due payment to be qualified

for this year’s voting.03/09/07 Approval of the packages by Election Committees03/12/07 Mail out the qualified member lists to all chapter presidents

for their review and validation03/23/07 Due date for chapter presidents’ responses03/30/07 Mail out the ballots and candidate information packages to

all qualified members04/27/07 The last date for receipt and validation of returned ballots

by HQ staff04/28/07 Ballot opening04/30/07 Notification of election results to KSEA president05/04/07 Announcement by President

KSEA General Election 2007


KSEA General Election 2007 Candidate Statements


Second, the maturation of the KSEA membership means thatthere is a large growing population of second-generation sci-entists and engineers in the U.S., who are active in the main-stream and yet to be part of the KSEA. Third, there exists awidely held sense that participating in the KSEA affairs is avolunteer effort largely unrecognized by the working world.Given the opportunity, I expect to do my best to preserve andenhance the KSEA’s annual programs, consistent with its tra-dition. I would also like to direct my effort to facilitate dif-ferent groups of KSEA members engaging in formulation ofstrategic ideas that directly impact the science and technolo-gy-intensive world in areas ranging from conservation,resource utilization, new materials, transportation, new tech-nology to health care and science education. These ideas arebest distilled into KSEA publications for wide distribution.They will not only provide tangible evidence of KSEA’slegitimate intellectual roles, but also serve as a basis for the-matically focused workshops. Such cross-disciplinarytheme-driven activities will encourage cross-generationalparticipation. The visible and readable outputs will serve theKSEA members well as a natural form of professionalgrowth. It will also be well received by our colleagues inKorea, who are seeking influential ideas and new forms ofdiscourse in the increasingly globalized world.

Yong Wook Kim

Candidate for 37th PresidentYong Wook Kim

The KSEA is a multi-disciplinary assembly of professional

scientists and engineers, whose disciplinary interests span a

very wide spectrum of science and technology fields. In the

35th year of its existence, the KSEA has established its own

history, record of achievement and earned an attendant reputa-

tion. The conscious efforts of the leadership teams over the

past few years have set the KSEA on a course of renewal. This

renewal phase overlaps very well with the keen interest on the

part of science and engineering establishment in fostering a

new generation of scientists and engineers primed for leader-

ship roles in their respective fields of specialization. First, I

regard the multi-disciplinary nature of the Association as a

potent asset that can help influence the shaping of the myriad

movements in the fields of science and engineering. Many of

the socio-economic agenda of our time require multi-discipli-

nary, multi-cultural perspectives, and I believe that the KSEA

is well positioned to provide a venue where the culture of

cross-disciplinary dialogs can be fostered and developed.


Education:1968 University of Michigan, Ph.D., Physics.1962 Seoul National University, M.S., Physics.1960 Seoul National University, B.S., Physics. Major Fields:Statistical Physics of fluctuations, and Atomic Physics ofdense plasmas; Current Position: Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, LehighUniversity.Appointments:2003-2004 Distinguished Foreign Visiting Professor of

Physics, School of Physics, Seoul NationalUniversity.

1984-1987 Chairman, Department of Physics, LehighUniversity.

1977-Pre. Professor of Physics, Department of Physics,Lehigh University.

1973-1977 Associate Professor of Physics, Department ofPhysics, Lehigh University.

1968-1973 Assistant Professor of Physics, Department ofPhysics, Lehigh University.

Honors:2003-2004 Distinguished Foreign Visiting Professor of

Physics, School of Physics, Seoul NationalUniversity.

1987-1989 Biennial International Symposium: chair,Advisory Committee on InternationalSymposium on Shock Waves; and symposiumorganizer and chair, 17th InternationalSymposium on Shock Tubes and ShockWaves, Lehigh University, 1989

1982-Pre. Elected a Fellow of the American PhysicalSociety.

Services in Korean American Organizations:KSEA –

Group-A Councilor (Physics), 1988-1991President, Lehigh Valley Chapter, 1989-1990.Founding Organizer and Chair,Northeast RegionalConference, 1989.Auditor, 1994-1996Advisor to 34th KSEA President, 2005-2006Long Range Planning Committee, 2004-2007;Chair(2006-

2007)Association of Korean Physicists in America(AKPA) – President, 1990-1991.Outstanding Young Researcher Award Committee, 2000-02; 2005-07; Chair (2006-07)

Selected Publications: (over 170 published articles andabstracts)

Y.W. Kim, H.-D. Lee and P. Belony, Jr., ”Metallic Nano-Cluster Formation in Neutral Gas-Confined Laser ProducedPlasma Afterglow,” Rev. Sci. Inst. 17, 10F115 (2006).

Y. W. Kim, “Routes To Development Of Near-SurfaceAlloy Composition Anomaly,” Int. J. Thermophysics 26,1051 (2005).

Y.W. Kim and H.-D. Lee, “Three-dimensional plasma struc-ture reconstruction from mutually orthogonal streaks of non-axisymmetric laser-produced plasma plumes,” Rev. Sci. Instr.75, 3953 (2004).

Y.W. Kim and C. Lloyd-Knight, "Continuum-BasedDiagnostics of Weakly Nonideal Laser-Produced Plasmas,"Rev. Sci. Instr. 72, 944 (2001).

Y.W. Kim and J.-C. Oh, "Reconstruction of Time-ResolvedContinuum Intensity Profile of Non-axisymmetric Laser-Produced Plasma," Rev. Sci. Instrum. 72, 948 (2001).

M.Y. Choi, D.C. Hong and Y.W. Kim, "LangevinDynamics, Scale Invariance, and Granular Flows," Phys.Rev. E47, 137 (1993).

Y.W. Kim and P.D. Fedele, "Evidence for Failure ofMillikan's Law of Particle Fall in Gases," Phys. Rev. Lett.48, 403 (1982).

P.D. Fedele and Y.W. Kim, "Direct Measurement of theVelocity Autocorrelation Function for a Brownian TestParticle", Phys. Rev. Lett. 44, 691 (1980).

Y.W. Kim and J.E. Matta, "Long Time Behavior of theVelocity Autocorrelation: A Measurement", Phys. Rev. Lett.31, 208 (1973). Patents: U.S. and overseas, 15 patents worldwide. Journal Editorship:1990-2000 Editor, Shock Waves, An International

Springer-Verlag Journal.1994-Pre. Overseas editor, Journal of the Korean Physical

Society.Total Ph.D. s completed: 19.Visiting scholars sponsored at Lehigh University duringthe last ten years: Professor Ronald Redmer, University of Rostock;Professor M.Y. Choi, Seoul National University; ProfessorYoshimi Ishii, Tokyo Metropolitan College, Tokyo, JapanSelected Synergistic Activities:1984-2000 Invented, developed a methodology for in-situ

measurement of molten metal composition inalloying furnaces in alliance with a consortium of13 North-American metals producers.

1994-2003 Collaborated with Barry Hyatt and Ray Blasi of Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory on surface corrosion issues in nuclear reactor heat exchangers.

1991-1993 Collaborated with Alex Rae-Grant, M.D., of theLehigh Valley Medical Hospital Center on nonlinear dynamics of EEG patterns of severely brain-injured patients.

Biographical SketchYong Wook Kim


Dear Fellow KSEA Members:

It is my honor to be a candidate for the KSEA presidency. Ifan opportunity to serve this great organization is given, I willpromote three key concepts: activity, membership, and team-work.

To Have Visions Realized

For the last several years, the system of KSEA including theBylaws and Policies in English has been well developed. AsKSEA continues to grow and change, our visions have beenevolving as well. Our new and expanding visions includethree goals:

(1) to become a premier association in promoting the applica-tion of science and technology for the general welfare of thesociety;(2) to foster the cooperation of international science commu-nities especially among the US and Korea; (3) to serve the majority of ethnic Korean scientists and engi-neers in the US.

As a team, the executive committee, council, auditors, stand-ing committees, local chapters, and affiliated professional

Kang-Wook Lee

Candidate for 37th PresidentKang-Wook Lee

societies can carry out our visions by increasing our activitiesand membership.

Activity, Membership, and Teamwork

Methodology is crucial to the implementation of a good plan.As the Vice President, Auditor, Chair of the UKC2006Program Committee, Elected Councilor and member of fivedifferent standing committees, I have witnessed the impor-tance of good strategies in bringing our ideas to fruition. Howwe carry out our plan is just as important as the plan itself. Myexperience has proven that the power of teamwork can accom-plish our mission. The most efficient way of doing a KSEAbusiness is collaboration and unity within an executive com-mittee, standing committee, council, and amongst auditors aswell as office workers. Our members are bright and maturebut our opinions can often be different. We must work togeth-er to draw out the strengths of our different ideas and thenfinalize decisions judiciously based on the bylaws and estab-lished policies. As President, I will ensure that teams worktogether in a harmonious way so that we may fulfill our goalsas one body.

I would like to further promote HQ activities, local chapteractivities, and affiliated professional society activities, espe-cially in the area of US-Korea cooperation in science and tech-nology. Through these activities as well as a proactive driveto increase membership, we can expand and strengthen theKSEA community and achieve our visions.

Instead of merely using words to promise what I would do asPresident, I would like to ask you to take a look at my pastKSEA involvement and contributions that demonstrate mycommitment and passion for KSEA. This commitment andpassion will drive me to do my best in achieving the visions ofKSEA.

Bright Future of KSEA

My fellow members, let us work together to make KSEA agreater organization. The future of KSEA is bright. Thankyou for your support.


Education:

1982 Ph.D., Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ),Chemistry

1974 BS, Seoul National University,College of Engineering

Majors:

Electronic Materials, Electronic Packaging, Surface/InterfaceChemistry, and Adhesion Sciences

Current Position: Research Staff Member (1988-present)Thomas J. Watson Research CenterIBM CorporationYorktown Heights, NY 10598

KSEA Activities:

06-07 Vice PresidentChair of NMC Operation CommitteeChair of Scholarship Committee

05-06 Chair of UKC Program CommitteeChair of UKC MST Symposium

05-08 Rules Committee member 02-05 Auditor; visited the HQ office six times during the

3-year term to do the audit as defined by Policies2002 Chair of UKC Electronic Materials Symp.96-99 Elected Councilor in Group B96-99 Young Generation (YG) Committee member96-98 Advisor of the YG Program at the Northeast Regional

Conference (NRC); Proposed and received the firstKUSCO funding for YG Activities in 1997

1996 Advisor of the KSEA NRC; organized two sessionson LCD and polymer materials

1995 Chair of the NRC Steering Committee;Expanded NRC to a 2-day conference

1995 Nomination Committee member94-95 NY Metro Chapter President94-95 Chair of the Local Chapter Presidents Committee1994 Chair of the first NY Metro Math and

Science Olympiad (KMSO); the KMSO has beenheld every year since 1994

93-94 NY Metro Chapter Vice President88-07 NY Metro Chapter Councilor

Professional Experiences:

74-77 Korean Navy Officer; Chemistry Instructor at theKorean Naval Academy

77-78 Lucky (currently LG) Chemical78-82 Graduate School, Rutgers University83-86 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign86-87 Senior Research Fellow, University of

Massachusetts at Amherst88- Research Staff Member;

Thomas J. Watson Research Center,IBM Corporation

Affiliations:

KSEA, American Chemical Society, Adhesion Society

Publications and Presentations:

Authored more than 70 papersAuthored 38 US PatentsContributed chapters to six booksEdited a bookAuthored 25 IBM confidential papersOrganized many symposiums at international confer-ences and presented numerous invited talks

Awards:

Two IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards in1994 and 2006IBM Research Division Award in 1999IBM Research External Honors Awards7 Recognition Awards from IBM Corp.Recognition Award from Korean-American Associationfor Rehabilitation of the Disabled in 2001Recognition Award from KSEA Northeast RegionalConference in 1999Recognition Award from KSEA NY Metro Chapter in1995

Biographical SketchKang-Wook Lee

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10/20/2005 ~ 8/15/2006Basic Science Symposium Co-Chair of UKC20062/1/2005 ~ 8/15/2005 Basic Science Symposium Co-Chair of UKC20056/1/2004 ~ 5/31/2007 Councilor of Group A6/1/1998 ~ 5/31/2001 Councilor of Group A9/1/1992 ~ 8/31/1994 Chapter President of North Carolina9/1/1989 ~ 8/31/1999 Organizer of KSEA-NC Chapter Workshops andTechnical Symposiums

Professional Experience:Professor, Dept of Physics, NCSU, 1997-Present, Assoc. Prof., Dept of Physics, NCSU, 1992-1997,Assist. Prof., Dept of Physics, NCSU, 1987-1992,Visiting Professor, Seoul National University,

Spring 2005 and Fall 1993.Postdoc, CUNY, Brooklyn College,1986-1987. Postdoc, Stanford University, 1984-1986.Visiting Scholar, SLAC, 1982-1984.Overseas Editor of the Journal of Korean Physical

Society, 2002-Present.Secretary/Member of International Light ConeAdvisory Committee, 2006/1999-Present.

Affiliations and Publications: American Physical Society, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi.Korean-American Scientists and EngineersAssociation (KSEA), Association of Korean Physicistsin America (AKPA); 169 papers listed in SPIRES, 99Refereed Journal Publications as of Jan. 31, 2007;Monograph ``Pedestrian Approach to Particle Physics"to be published by Asia Pacific Center for TheoreticalPhysics.

Having been involved in KSEA activities one way or the othermore than fifteen years, I feel a sense of obligation to humblyaccept the nomination to serve for the KSEA general member-ship. Overall, I think the KSEA activities have been success-ful in fulfilling the KSEA objectives articulated on the KSEAhomepage and attribute the success to the high quality of theKSEA members. Yet, many challenges are ahead of us toimprove the fulfillment of the KSEA objectives and to stepforward in achieving the prosperity of the KSEA generealmembership. In particular, the discussions on the revitalizationof local chapters and the reorganization of technical groups arehighly nontrivial and they deserve full attention from all of theKSEA members. To meet these challenges, I think the commu-nication between the KSEA administration and the councilorsis essential. Both the local chapter presidents and the techni-cal group councilors are the crucial components of represent-ing the KSEA general memberships. They deserve to be fullyinformed with full data relevant to the decision making fromthe KSEA administration well ahead of time so that they cantruly serve as a conduit between the general membership andthe administration. Recent developments of teleconferencefacility as well as other technical support from the KSEAadministration are certainly encouraging for this direction. Ifthe opportunity is given, I would like to contribute in stength-ening the communication between the KSEA administrationand the councilors and enhancing the service role of adminis-tration for the general membership.

Education:Ph.D., KAIST, Elementary Particle Physics, 1982 M.S., KAIST, Elementary Particle Physics, 1978 B.S., Seoul National University, Physics, 1976

Majors:Nuclear and Particle Physics

Current Position:Professor, North Carolina State University (NCSU)

Experiences with KSEA:

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Chapter News

Georgia

Myung-Hoon Kim, Ph.D. is currently a chemistry professor at the Science Department of Georgia Perimeter College (Dunwoody Campus), one of thirty-five state colleges and universities of the University System of Georgia. He has published over fifty research articles in various chemistry journals, mostly in the fields of analytical chemistry, electrochemistry, and chemical education. He has given numerous presentations (many by invitation) at professional conferences, universities, and research institutes. His research interests are electroanalytical chemistry including pulse and derivative voltammetry, the elucidation of electrochemical reaction mechanisms of compounds of biological and environmental interests and its

application to chemical analysis, and the application of computer technology in chemical education.

Prof. Kim came to the U.S. in 1972 as a graduate student. He joined KSEA that same year at the encouragement of the late Prof. In-Young Ham (the third President of KSEA), who was visiting his alma mater (UNL) as the keynote speaker at an Industrial Engineering Conference.

After obtaining his degrees, Prof. Kim engaged in several projects in both theoretical and experimental electrochemistry at the City College of CUNY as a post-doctorate fellow under Prof. Ronald Birke. In 1983 he moved from Uptown New York to NYU for research in a field of biophysical chemistry at the Solid State and Radiation Laboratory (Profs. Martin Pope and Nicholas Geacintov). In 1985 Dr. Kim joined the faculty at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. At this time he became involved in KSEA activities and served as the President of the Southeastern Virginia (SEVA) Chapter (1989-1990). In 1993 he joined Georgia Perimeter College and has been there ever since. Dr. Kim spent a sabbatical leave at Georgia Tech (1996-1997) and summer leaves at Georgia State University (1995) and Seoul National University of Technology (2003, Brain Pool Program). He also served as a KSEA Councilor recently (2000-2003). Dr. Kim is married to Kyung-Sik Min and has one son and two daughters. He is a baroque/classical music lover and enjoys reading (history books in particular) and watching historical documentaries.

KSEA Georgia Chapter 2006-2007 Mid-Term Activity and Plan Report

Note: Most of the information in this report are available from the Chapter Website (www.ksea-ga.org)

The Georgia Chapter of KSEA has long been dormant for over a decade since the early nineties. However, the endless efforts made over the last several years by KSEA Headquarters, including four visits to Atlanta by Vice Presidents (Prof. Kang-Won Lee and Dr. Kang-Wook Lee) in particular, recently reactivated the Georgia Chapter. The Chapter sincerely appreciates the devotion of the VPs to the organization and the Georgia Chapter. Activities for 2006-2007 FY started four months later than usual due to the late installation of the Chapter officers.

[1] Member's talk, Topic: Groundwater Pollution and Contaminant Migration.Speaker: Wonyong Jang, Ph.D., P.E. , Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology


[2] Invited Talks, Topic: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony: Deep Cosmic Voice of Gravity WavesSpeaker: Dr. Ho-Jung Paik, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

Midwest Region

KSEA Midwest Chapter President

Yonshik Choi, Ph.D., is currently a technical liaison of Alcatel-Lucent (former Lucent Technologies, Inc.), a division of Messaging R&D. He is also an adjunct professor of the department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, and the department of MSCIS, Northwestern University. Before he joined Lucent messaging R&D, he was a head engineering architecture group of Lucent Network Knowledge Center to build the first generation of broadband data networks in the US, to build e-Business systems, systems automation and Telecommunication Management Networks. He has published numerous company engineering development, process, testing, and solutions. He published numerous international conference presentations, proceedings for data communications and computer networking area. He also reviewed various computer science topics articles/conference proceedings/journals/books such as

networking, algorithms, architecture, and software engineering.

Inha University, BS IE (1987), Illinois Institute of Technology, MS Computer Science (1989), Ph.D. Computer Science (1998).

He became a KSEA student member in 1995 at Midwest chapter. Since then, he has been actively involved locally such as chapter president (2006-Present), chapter VP (2003), and chapter NMC chair (2003 – 2005).

Mississippi

Mississippi branch of KSEA had its first meeting and seminar for the fall semester of 2006 on Oct 6, Friday, 2006, at the Korean Church of Jackson, Jackson, MS. The seminar speaker was Dr. Philho Kim from NIH and the title of presentation was “Synthesis and potency of PA-824 analogues as probes for anaerobic versus aerobic activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis”. During the seminar, Dr. Kim explained his research and expertise in plain words for family members. Every member and the family enjoyed the presentation and had a chance to understand the current effort of NIH regarding the tuberculosis. It was very good presentation to bring the interest in the problems in worldwide disease, and in the scientific effort to resolve the epidemic problem. Even after

the presentation, there was a heated discussion on the health issues.

MS branch of KSEA has hosted the seminar for its members and families including children, and it is for us to understand other members’ expertise and specialties in the area of science and engineering. The subjects covered for the years were “the Image Recovery Program” in the computer science, and “the Current Status of Agriculture in China” by Drs. Hyunju Kim, Jackson State University, and Jungil Jung, Korean Agricultural Research Institute, respectively.

Photo: Dr. Ken Lee (left, President of MS-KSEA) and Dr. Philho Kim (NIH)


North Carolina

Dr. Gail-Joon Ahn is an Associate Professor of Software and Information Systems Department at University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Director of Laboratory of Information Integration, Security and Privacy which has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security. His research foci include access control, secure information sharing, vulnerability and risk management, identity and privacy management, security-enhanced computing platforms, security architecture for network and distributed systems, and modeling for computer security and his research has been supported by National Science Foundation, National Security Agency, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Bank of America, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Ahn is currently an information director of ACM Special

Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control (SIGSAC) and he is a recipient of Department of Energy Early Career Principal Investigator Award and Educator of the Year Award from Federal Information Systems Security Educators' Association. He became a KSEA member since 1999 when he served as the publication director for KSEA. Ahn received PhD (2000) and MS (1996) degrees from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, and BS (1994) degree in Computer Science from SoongSil University, Seoul, Korea.

San Diego

Gye Won Han, Ph.D. is currently a Scientific Associate at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and the Joint Center for Structural Genomics (JCSG). She has published more than 30 papers in the top leading journals of the Structural Biology, including PNAS, JBC, Structure, JMB, Proteins and Acta Cryst.

Ph.D. (1993) University of Pittsburgh M.S. (1984) and B.S. (1982), Ewha Womans University

After Dr. Han received her Ph.D. from the Univ. of Pittsburgh, she moved to San Diego for her first postdoc with prof. Joseph Kraut at UCSD. Since then she has remained in California except

for one year at the Univ. of Washington, Structural Genomics Pathogenic Protozoa in 2003. She was a research faculty member at UCLA, Molecular Biology Inst. from 1999-2003.

Dr. Han became a KSEA member in 1992 while working on her Ph.D. in Pittsburgh. Since then, she has been actively involved both locally (Chapter President of KSEA-SD, 2006-2007 and committee member of KSEA-SC, 2001-2003) and nationally (MD2, 2005-2006, group B councilor, 2003-2006). Dr. Han was one of the founding members and also the 1st President of KWiSE (Korean-American Women in Science and Engineering). She has endeavored to enhance the participation of women scientists in KSEA activities. She was a general chair of the KUSCO/KSEA-SD/KWiSE Science Park Symposium 2006 and a co-chair of the Women’s Symposium and Forum at UKC2005 -2006. She is also a co-chair of Women’s Forum in UKC2007.

South Texas (SW State)

Dr. Jung Hyeob Roh is an assistant professor at the Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston. His research interest is a signal transduction mechanism of gases such as O2, CO, CO2, and NO in vivo. He received his Ph.D at the Kyoto University, Japan in 1995, and then worked as a researcher for 3 years in the project of biological CO2 fixation and utilization at the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, Kyoto, Japan. In 1998, he came to the University of Texas-Houston as post-doc to pursue his interest in the gas metabolism using the photosynthetic bacteria, then promoted to assistant professor in the 2004. He served as a vice president of the KSEA South


Texas Chapter in 2004-2006, and as a chair for 2006NMC and 2006 Korean-American Bio-medical Scientists Symposium at Houston. He is an acting president for KSEA South Texas Chapter.

Alabama

Dr. Song-Yul (Ben) Choe, Associate professor at mechanical department at Auburn University, earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Berlin (1991). Before joining the mechanical department in 2003, he was a program manager and research professor at the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems in the Mississippi State, by leading efforts on the fuel cell and the advanced intelligent vehicle. During this time, he intensively developed projects with Nissan in Japan and finalized several research areas. From 1996 to 2001, he worked as a director overseeing advanced automotive technology at Hyundai Corporation that includes research and development of alternative propulsion systems such as ICE based hybrid systems, and PEM fuel cell system. In addition, he was in charge of development for advanced vehicular controls and electronics. He has extensive experience in advanced propulsion systems and

associated controls for vehicles of future. He has published over 50 technical papers and reports.

Washington Metro

Jungho Kim received his BSME from the University of California, Berkeley (1982), and his MSME (1986) and Ph.D (1990) from the University of Minnesota, all in Mechanical Engineering. Between 1990-1992, he joined Arvin/Calspan Corporation in Buffalo, NY where he performed research in gas turbine heat transfer. Between 1992-1998, he taught at the University of Denver where he started research on gravity effects on boiling heat transfer using a microheater array. He joined the faculty at the University of Maryland in 1998. His current research interests are phase change heat transfer for electronic cooling, radiation absorption measurements of fuels at high temperatures, emissivity measurements, inverse heat conduction methods, and instrumentation. He has published over 80 technical papers.

The Washington DC chapter of KSEA had the following activities during 2006: Mathematics Competition and awards ceremony for local winners (April), Picnic at Black Hills Recreation Center (May), “Science and Music” concert (May), and participation in UKC 2006. For 2007, we plan to have a dinner for local KSEA members (February), participate in the Mathematics competition, and have a member picnic. We are hosting the 2007 UKC and we will be very busy preparing the local arrangements for the conference.

Central Illinois

The Central Illinois chapter was first established in early 1980’s. It earned its independence from the Midwest Region chapter in Chicago. Former presidents include Prof. Kyekyoon Kim, Prof. Kidong Lee, Prof. Sungmo Kang, Prof. Wonho Choi, Dr. Changwook Sohn and Dr. Byungjoon Kim. It serves all central Illinois area, but the most of the activities are conducted in Champaign-Urbana area, the home of University of Illinois. The chapter grew steadily since the formation, and it was most active in late 1990’s when Prof. Kidong Lee served as the 27th president of the KSEA. At that time, the chapter had over 1000 paid members. Unfortunately, the chapter could not sustain its excellent status for much longer, and the number of its member quickly dwindled down to less than 30. As a consequence, it eventually became inactive in 2002.


After several years of absence, the Central Illinois chapter was revived in June, 2005 with encouragements from the past chapter presidents Prof. Ki Dong Lee and Dr. Byungjoon Kim, and $500 financial support from the HQ. First, the chapter focused on the membership drive by conducting KSEA introduction meetings to local professionals and student organizations in the field of science and engineering at University of Illinois. The chapter activities in 2005-2006 term included UKC2005, industry focused career development workshop; academia focused career development workshop, technical lunch seminars, NMC2006, and summer picnic. The revival was very successful and by summer of 2006, the chapter recruited nearly 70 paid members making the chapter among the top 5 chapters in term of the paid membership. The 2006-2007 has been another exciting year thus far and following activities have been either conducted or planned

1. UKC2006 (August, 2006) 2. Academic Career Development Workshop (October, 2006) 3. Entrepreneurship Seminar (November, 2006) 4. GIST Introduction Dinner (December, 2006) 5. Local Company Introductions (Jan and Feb 2007) 6. Industry Career Development Workshop (March, 2007) 7. NMC2007 (April, 2007) 8. KSEA Member Ice Skating (April, 2007) 9. KSEA Picnic (June, 2007)

Besides the above activities, the chapter is communicating with neighboring chapters for a possibility of organizing a joint technical conference or leadership seminar. Stay tune.

Christopher Ha is the president of the Central Illinois chapter. Upon receiving a MSCE from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), he worked at Duke Energy as an engineering specialist. He returned to UIUC in 1994 for his Ph.D., and after completing the degree, he began a career at Caterpillar, Inc. where his is now a research program manager in the area of multidisciplinary optimization and reliability-based analysis.


YGTLC 2007 Report

2007 YG Technical and Leadership Conference: Report Prepared by John C. Lee

YGTLC 2007 Program Chair

One of the primary goals of the KSEA is to nourish opportunities for leadership skills and networking environment to our young generation Korean-American students and professionals. To this end, KSEA has been continuously and successfully expanded YG related activities. These include meetings, seminars and conferences at local student chapter and the national levels. With an amazing success of the first and second Young Generation Technical and Leadership Conference (YGTLC), the 3rd YGTLC under the theme of “Sustainable Society and the Responsibilities of Scientists and Engineers” was organized as follows:

Date January 5 – 7, 2007 Place Hilton Hotel at the George Washing Bridge, Fort Lee, New Jersey ConferenceChair

Byungkyu (Brian) Park (University of Virginia)

Conference Co-Chairs

Sung-Hyuk Cha (PACE University) and Sam Sangsoo Ryu (FMC Technology Floating Systems Inc.)

YG Organizers Hana Oh (University of Pennsylvania), Jung Min Lee (Cooper Union), and Daniel Won (R/GA)

Hosts Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) Korea-U.S. Science Corporation Center (KUSCO) Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST)

Major Sponsor Gwangju Institue of Science and Technology (GIST) Co-Sponsors SAP Korea and Dale Carnegie Training

The main goal of the YGTLC 2007 was to present role models of outstanding graduate students and young professionals in science and engineering such that Korean-American undergraduate student could learn them. The second goal was to provide opportunity to improve YG attendees’ leadership skills by actively participating leadership workshop. The third goal was to promote careers in science and engineering by providing an opportunity to listening to inspiring stories from eminent Korea-American professionals in both academia and business. The fourth goal was to sustain the nation-wide YG movement by providing networking opportunities for potential leaders at the KSEA student chapters across the U.S.

The YGTLC 2007 was attended by 54 students and young professionals. Among them, 40 students (24 graduate and 16 undergraduate) were from 19 different universities and 14 young professionals were from various companies. During the conference, 27 papers and 8 posters were presented in several parallel sessions.

In addition to above presentations, the YGTLC 2007 had plenary session presentations and talks on leadership fundamentals by the following distinguished individuals.

Plenary Session Speakers: Dinah Koehler, Sc.D., Social Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Birgitte Alvarez-Rivero, Sustainable Development Officer, UN-DESA


Federica Pietracci, Major Groups Programme Coordinator, UN-DESA

Leadership Fundamentals Speakers: Dr. Dennis Anderson, Associate Dean, PACE University and Advisor, UN Global Alliance for ICT & Development Dr. Yong W. Kim, Professor, Lehigh University Eugene Ritchie, Dale Carnegie Training Mr. Andrew M. Chon, President/CEO, Princeton Management Consulting, LLC. Dr. Esther Yang, R&D Director, Abbott Laboratories

At the end of the conference, the following students and young professionals received the awards with special distinction.

KSEA Best Paper Award Jonathan Kim, UC Irvine Bo Hoon Kim, University of Texas, Arlington

KSEA Best Presentation Award Jennifer Park, UC Berkeley Ben Lee, University of Michigan Erica Shim, UCLA Kwisun Park Yu, Old Dominion University

GIST Skit Performance Award Group3: Yoo Na Kang (UCLA), Jungmin Lee (Coopers Union), Kwisun Park Yu (Old Dominion University), Ann Kim (Quorum Consulting), Ben Huh (UC San Diego), Andrew Ko (UC Berkeley), Ben Lee(University of Michigan), Jungjoon Lee (Stanford), JeeGun Kim (UC Berkeley), Richard Kim (Quorum Consulting), Sang Lee (Travis Consulting)

GIST Best Poster Award Eun Sol, UCLA Min K. Kang, UCLA

SAP Korea Award Mee Hwang, Accenture

In summary, I truly believe the YGTLC 2007 was a great success. We brought 54 outstanding students and young professionals and 35 of them presented statues of exemplary role models in science and engineering to their colleagues and conference attendees. The success of the YGTLC is evident in the following.

“Coming to YGTLC never disappoints me.”

“I hope to participate again next year.”

“Positive!! I would recommend to join an participate at YGTLC.”

“It was a great (valuable) opportunity!”

“I want to attend as many times as I can while I’m ‘young’.”

Finally, I would like to thank Dr. Sung K. Kang, President of KSEA, Prof. Kang-Won Wayne Lee, KSEA President-Elect, Dr. Kang-Wook Lee, Vice President, and Dr. Chang-Rae Lee, KSEA Executive Director, for their guidance and encouragements during the preparation of the conference.


A plan for the YGTLC 2008 is underway. It is likely that the event will be held in San Diego, California, in January 2008. Stay tuned on future announcement at http://www.ksea.org/yg.

Photos from YGTLC 2007

Plenary Session Presentation

Poster Presentation CEO/President dinner


Leadership workshop by Dale Carnegie Skit performance by Group 3

Article on Korea Daily (NY version) Group picture before farewell


Regional Conference Reports

Science Park Symposium – San Diego

Summary of the KUSCO/KSEA-SD/KWiSE Science Park Symposium by Dae Hee Kim, KSEA-SD

Background:San Diego offers a unique opportunity for scientists and engineers to explore a wide range of research fields including IT, pharmaceutical and life science fields. Recently, the community of Korean scientists at these centers has grown significantly. As a result, 1st Science park symposium, held in 2004 was a great success.

Unfortunately, the symposium couldn’t continue last year. This year, KSEA- San Diego Chapter, KWiSE and KUSCO are jointly organized the 2nd Science Park Symposium, which provided invaluable opportunities for scientific colloquy and strong networking between many scientists and engineers from both Korea and the United States.

Summary: The 2nd Science Park Symposium was held on Nov. 11, 2006 in the Keck Amphitheater of The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, CA). By the efforts of the 19 organising committee members, the symposium was arranged into five main sessions for 20 distinguished speakers, which covered structural & molecular biology, cell biology, neuroscience, chemistry and chemical biology, including company presentations from LG life science from Korea and SoftMax, San Diego. Brief summaries for each sessions are as follows.

-Session I. Structural Biology Prof. James Stevens from TSRI showed the possible pathway for a particularly virulent strain of the avian flu virus H5N1 to adapt to humans by X-ray crystal structure analysis and glycan microarray. Dr. Christopher Rife from Stanford univ. introduced a multi-institutional consortium, ‘The Joint Center for Structural Genomics(JCSG)’ and how they have developed high throughput workflows for target selection, cloning, protein expression, crystallization and structure determination. Dr. Byung Woo Han from TSRI presented his thesis work about the structure of Arabidopsis FAC1 protein and its’ dimeric functional mechanism on the cell membrane. Dr. Sung Hun Bae from TSRI explained how NMR methods can be applied for the investigation of various dynamic interactions of proteins in different time scales.

-Session II. Structural/Molecular Biology Prof. Michael Sawaya from UCLA introduced new method for microcrystal structure analysis and explained the common characteristics of amyloidogenic fibrillar proteins. Prof. Tae Hoon Kim from Yale univ. presented a genome-wide analysis for insulators, the transcriptional regulatory sequences, which was done by unique chromatin IP method combined with high-resolution genome-tiling arrays. Dr. SSang Taek Lim from TSRI showed a novel link between p53 tumor suppressor and integrin-activated focal adhesion kinase (FAK) in cell proliferation.

-Session III. Cell Biology/Neuroscience After the lunch, the symposium continued to the Cell Biology session. Prof. Tae-Hee Han from Sungkyunkwan Univ. showed transcriptional factor MEF2D does important roles in the monocyte/macrophage lineage cell differentiation together with 14-3-3 . Prof. Soo-kyung Lee from Baylor


college of medicine presented the role of Olig2 & Ngn2 in motor neuron development, in which Olig2/Ngn2 ratio determines the fate of motor neuron progenitor cells. Dr. Yoo-Shick Lim from The Salk institute explained the topographic map formation in our ocular system and the role of p75NTR and its co-receptor ephrin-A in the retinal ganglion cell development. Dr. Mi-Ryoung Song from The Salk institute explained that TBX20, T-box transcription factor is a key molecule in the development of specific subsets of hindbrain motor neurons. Dr. Hoonkyo Suh from The Salk institute described the in-vivo characterization of adult neural stem cells using Sox2-eGFP expression system.

-Session IV. Cell/Chemical Biology/ChemistryProf. Sukbok Chang from KAIST gave a very impressive talk. He explained how a scientist should pursue his path in academia after finishing Ph.D. and the consequence of serendipity could be a great result only for those who’ve been prepared. Prof. Yun Soo Bae from Ewha Womans univ. introduced reactive oxygen species as second messenger in receptor signal pathways and the activation mechanism of NADPH oxidase isozymes in relation to several growth factor receptors and TLR4. Dr. Tae-Gyu Nam from TSRI showed his thesis work about the synthesis of novel antioxidants, which inhibited the peroxidation of lipids by cyclooxygenase. Dr. Ki-Bum Lee from TSRI presented his approach to elucidate the molecular mechanisms critical for stem cell development using chemical & functional genomics.

-Session V. Special Talks Dr. Mu-Yong Kim from LGLS explained the history, current situations and future direction of LG Life Science, who wants to be a world-leading biopharmaceuticals. Prof. Tewon Lee from UCSD presented how our basic research can be embodied into actual products in the market, based on the establishment of his-own company, SoftMax.

Over 100 participants enjoyed the daylong symposium that closed with a wonderful banquet and KSEA-SD subchapter meeting, in which a-cappella songs in the Beckmann building by a group of UCSD students made more entertaining.

The current President of KSEA-SD, Dr. Gye Won Han addressed that “I believe this Symposium became a wonderful opportunity to forge strong relationships and networks between Korean scientists and engineers in the United States. Also, I really appreciate all the participants, committees and sponsors, such as Samsung, LG, Qualcomm and ValueGene. Without their support, this symposium wouldn’t have been so successful.”

Biomedical Symposium – Houston

Summary of KABMS

The 2006 Korean-American Bio-medical Scientists Symposium (KABMS) was held at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas at Houston on November 11 (Sat.), 2006. The primary objective for the 2006 KABMS was to promote an interaction between students, researchers, visiting scholars, and faculty members from the Texas Medical Center area and to recruit new KSEA members in Southwest State (South Texas) Chapter by increasing the visibility of KSEA.

The 2006 KABMS was successfully held with a total of 141 people registered and 129 in attendance. Among the 129 attendances, approximately 16% (20 attendances) was visiting scientists from Korea and remaining 84% scientists are from many institutions of Texas Medical Center area including The University of Texas, Baylor College of Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas A&M University, UT Medical Branch at Galveston, Methodist Hospital, University of Houston, RICE University. After welcome address by Mr. Kim Jung Keun, the Consul general of ROK at Houston, the keynote speeches from two senior scientists,


Dr. Rakesh Kumar and Dr. Jae Y. Ro, focused on the Cancer research with their experience for career success in US. Oral presentation was composed of the 6 biomedical science topics, 2 industry representations, 1 career development and introduction of KUSCO and KSEA. 17 poster presentations were highly interactive program between the participants. From the symposium survey results, the attendees appreciated the symposium contents, committees, and sponsors including KUSCO and KSEA. Total 8 scientists were newly volunteered for the 2007 KABMS committee (in addition to 16 committees for 2006 KABMS). Forty scientists were joined to KSEA member through this event. Thus, we believe that the objectives for this symposium, networking between scientists from the Korea and US in addition to KSEA membership drive, were well accomplished. Symposium details including photos have been posted at http://ksea-st.org/KABMS/. This event will continue annually and serve to promote strong interaction between the visiting scholars from the Korea and the Korean-American scientists at the Texas Medical Center area.

Northwest Regional Conference

Summary of KSEA Northwest Regional Conference 2006

Washington State Seattle-based Pacific Northwest Chapter (Chap. 15), and Oregon State Portland-based Oregon Chapter (Chap. 62) jointly organized the first “KSEA Northwest Regional Conference (NWRC)” on the focused science & technology areas to:

o contribute to advancement in emerging technology, science and engineering for US and Korea o exchange information in science and engineering among US and Korea o promote networking among Korean-American Scientists and Engineer o assist professional career development for young scientists and engineers o promote collaboration among KSEA and young generation Korean-American Professional Society

(KAPS) organizations including education, health, policy, and entrepreneurship

The First KSEA Northwest Regional Conference was held at Sheraton Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma, WA on December 1-2, 2006.

1. Program Field: Bio and Nano Technology (B/NT) Communications and Networking Technology (C/NT) Fusion Technology (FT) Information Technology (IT)

2. Co-Organizers: o KSEA Pacific Northwest Chapter (Washington State) o KSEA Oregon Chapter (Oregon State) o KSEA HQ o Korea-US Cooperation Center (KUSCO)

3. Program Committee

General Program Chair: Dr. Jae Hoon Kim Technical Fellow and Project Manager (Boeing Phantom Works)

Technical Program Co-Chairs: Dr. Jeh Kwan Lah, Intel Corporatio Dr. Sam Chung, University of Washington, Tacoma


4. Technical Program Organization:

Friday, December 1, 2006

Registration and networking --- 5:00 - 6:00 pm

Banquet and Keynote Speak --- 6:00 - 9:00 pm

General Meeting Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Byung Kwan Yi, Sr. Vice President, LG Electronics, “3G/4G Telecommunications Technology Development Status”

Dr. Chang-Rae Lee, KSEA Executive Director, “KSEA: Today and Tomorrow”

Mr. Hee-Sok Park, KUSCO Director, “KUSCO: Today and Tomorrow”

Saturday, December 2, 2006

o 7:00 - 8:00 am Breakfast o 8:00 - 8:30 am Technical Session Introduction

8:30 - 9:20 am Fusion Technology Session (Dr. Byung-Chan Lee, Intel Corporation)

o FT-1: Dr. Jae-Byung Jung (SciFish), “Neural Networks Ensonification – Applications of Sonar Systems” o FT-2: Dr. Lee-Sup Kim (KAIST), “3D Graphics IPs for Multimedia SoC” o FT-3 Dr. Byungmoo Song (Intel), “Three novel applications of optical science; Biomedical Imaging, Flat Display, Lighting

Source” oo 9:20 – 9:45 am Break/Networking o

9:45 -11:00 am Bio-Nano Technology Session (Mr. Jay Kim, Octavian Scientific)

o BNT-1 Dr. Wangdo Kim (Biomech Research), “If Bone is the Answer, then What is the Question?” o BNT-2 Dr. Namsoo Kim (Boeing Phantom Works), “NanoTechnology Status and Future Trends” o BNT-3 Dr. Jong-Souk Yeo (Hewlett-Packard), “Enabling Nano Materials, Nanostructures, and Nano Capabilities” oo 11:15 - 12:45 pm Lunch o

1:00 - 2:15 pm Information Technology Session (Dr. Sam Chung, University of Washington Tacoma)

o IT-1 Dr. Joonyoung Kim (Intel), “Introduction to SAT (satisfiability) and Application to EDA” o IT-2 Dr. Jin Chang (Philips Medical Systems), “New Multi-Biometric Approaches for Improved Person Identification” o IT-3 Dr. Christopher Lee (Pacific Lutheran University), “Strategic Information Systems for Value Creation in a Global

Competitive Environment” oo 2:15 - 2:45 pm Break/Networking o

2:45 - 4:00 pm Communication / Networking Technology Session (Dr. Jae H. Kim, Boeing Phantom Works)

o CT-1 Dr. Seung Yi (Boeing Phantom Works), “Situation-Aware Security for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks” o CT-2 Mr. Heonmin Lim (Microsoft), “General Overview of Windows CE 6.0” o CT-3 Mr. Alex Choe (GuppyGames), “Mobile Networking Applications for 3G Phones” o 4:00 – 5:00 pm Closing meeting


KASBP – New Jersey

Summary of the 6th Annual KASBP Symposium (Nov. 17-18, 2006)

The 6th Annual KASBP (Korean American Society in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals) Symposium was held in Hilton Garden Inn, Bridgewater, NJ (Friday, Nov. 17, 2006), and Waksman Institute, Busch Campus, Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ (Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006). The Annual Symposium has been one of the most successful events of the KASBP. For this year, the symposium was particularly successful due to the joint hosting by several organizations, KUSCO (The Korea-US Science Cooperation Center), Daewoong pharmaceuticals, KSEA (Korean–American Scientists and Engineers Association), and KASBP. This year, the symposium drew ~100 attendees from major pharmaceutical/biotech companies including Aventis, BioInfra, Bristol Meyer Squibb, GSK, Hoffmann-La Roche, ImmunoGen, Merck, Novartis, PTC Therapeutics, Schering Plough, Wyeth, and from universities like, Princeton Univ., Rockefeller Univ., Rutgers Univ., New York Univ., and Harvard Medical School. Many scientists and policy makers from Korea also attended.

The two-day event, the symposium began with the opening ceremony and banquet on Friday evening. Congratulatory remarks were delivered by Dr. Moon, Young-Choon, President of KASBP, Dr. Lee, Kang-Wook, vice-president of KSEA and Dr. Lee, Jong-Wook, CEO of Daewoong Pharmaceuticals. Before we had a dinner & panel discussions, two speakers, Mr. Lee, Seoklae, Bioteam Director & Dr. Park, Younjoo, Deputy Director, from MOST (Ministry of Science & Technology, S. Korea) gave excellent presentations, titled, “Current Policy of Science and Technology and Status of BioTechnology in Korea” and “Current Status of Pharmaceutical Industry and Strategic Consideration in Korea”, respectively. During the buffet dinner, all of the attendees were actively engaged with the two panel discussions, “Panel Discussion on Future Korean BioPharmaceutical Industry” and "Development of Young Professionals". The first panel was organized by Drs. Moon, Young-Choon (biotech), Park, Young-Whan (pharmaceutical), and Kim Sung Soo (Korean government lab), and discussed Current trend of drug discovery and development and Missing pieces in current Korean drug R&D process. The second panel was organized by Drs. Suh, Nan-Joo (university) and Yu, Chongwoo (pharmaceutical) and discussed Challenges in career development as a Korean-American young professional at our work places as well as Challenges in choosing career pathways and conducting job search.

The Saturday symposium at Waksman auditorium, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, was started by an opening remark by the conference chair, Dr. Kim, Kyung-Soon. The all-day symposium, which was organized by Drs. Kim, Kyung-Soon and Lim, Sung-Taek, attracted ~100 attendees by outstanding presentations delivered by 9 exceptional speakers from pharmaceuticals, biotechs, universities and Korean pharmaceuticals. Particularly, Dr. Kang, Myung-Chul, Chief Operating Officer, BioInfra, Inc., and Dr. Kim, Doo-Seop, Sr Research Fellow, Merck delivered superb overview presentations about the two marketed products, "FUZEON" and "Januvia", from discovery to market. This year, three KASBP-KUSCO awards were given to young (student/postdoc) KASBP members who have made significant scientific achievements. The awards recipients, Dr. Jaeki Min, New York University, Ms. Hye-Jin Park, Rutgers University, and Mr. Hahn Kim, Princeton University, gave an award presentation. In addition, the first KASBP-Daewoong award was given to Dr. Pai, Jin-Keon who has made significant contributions to both KASBP and pharmaceutical science community.


Finally, the two-day symposium was completed with the dinner at Woo-Jeon-Myon-Ok restaurant, Edison, NJ on Saturday evening. The final dinner provided an excellent opportunity for members to establish social networks, to share information and experiences between members in pursuit of excellence in research and development, and to provide an ample opportunity to members for their future career. Overall, the 6th

KASBP Annual Symposium was successful in both quality and capacity. Obviously, the success would not be possible without generous support from KSEA, KUSCO, Daewoong as well as numerous KASBP sponsors.

Symposium Schedule at a Glance Friday Nov. 17, 2006 05:30 pm – 05:45 pm Registration 05:45 pm – 06:00 pm Opening remarks 06:00 pm – 07:00 pm Technical session 07:00 pm – 08:30 pm Dinner and Panel

discussion (I & II) 08:30 pm – 09:00 pm Panel discussion (III)

Saturday Nov. 18, 2006 09:00 am – 09:20 am Registration & Light Breakfast 09:20 am – 09:40 am Opening/Congratulatory remarks 09:40 am – 10:50 pm Morning Session (I) 10:50 am – 11:10 pm Coffee Break 11:10 am – 12:20 pm Morning Session (II) 12:20 pm – 01:20 pm Lunch break 01:20 pm – 02:30 pm Afternoon Session (I) 02:30 pm – 02:50 pm Awards Ceremony 02:50 pm – 04:40 pm Afternoon Session (II) 06:00 pm – 09:00 pm Dinner

Nov. 17, 2006 (Friday) Registration 5:30 PM ~ 5:45 PMOpening Remarks 5:45 PM ~ 6:00 PMKASBP President: Dr. Young-Choon Moon, PTC KSEA Vice-President: Dr. Kang Wook Lee, IBM Daewoong President: Dr. Jong Wook Lee, Daewoong Pharmaceutical

Friday Technical Session 6:00 PM ~ 7:00 PM Organizers:Dr. Young-Choon Moon,PTC; Dr. Sung Soo Kim, KRICT

“Current Policy of Science and Technology and Status of BioTechnology in Korea” Mr. Seoklae Lee, Bioteam Director, Ministry of Science & Technology, S. Korea “Current Status of Pharmaceutical Industry and Strategic Consideration in Korea” Dr. Younjoo Park, Deputy Director, Ministry of Science & Technology, S. Korea

Dinner and Panel Discussion (I) 7:00 PM ~ 8:30 PM Organizers:Dr. Young-Choon Moon, PTC; Dr. Young-Whan Park, Merck; Dr. Sung Soo Kim, KRICT “Pannel Discussion on Future Korean BioPharmaceutical Industry” Current trend of drug discovery and development Missing pieces in current Korean drug R&D process


Panel Discussion (II) 8:30 PM ~ 9:00 PM Organizers: Dr. Nan-Joo Suh, Rutgers Univ; Dr. Chongwoo Yu, Schering-Plough "Development of Young Professionals" Challenges in career development as a Korean-American young professional at our work places Challenges in choosing career pathways and conducting job search

Nov. 18, 2006 (Saturday) Registration & Light Breakfast 9:00 AM ~ 9:30 AMCoordinators: Dr. Seong Kon Kim, Merck; Dr. Seongwoo Hwang, PTC; Dr. Changsun Lee, PTC, Dr. Kyung-Hee Kim, Wyeth Opening Remarks 9:30 AM ~ 9:40 AM Program Chair: Dr. Kyoung Soon Kim, BMS

Saturday Morning Session (I) 9:40 AM ~ 10:50 AM Organizers: Dr. Kyoung Soon Kim, BMS; Dr. SungTaek Lim, Sanofi-Aventis “First Fusion Inhibitor, FUZEON: From Discovery to Market” Dr. Myung Chul Kang, Chief Operating Officer, BioInfra, Inc “Integrative Analysis of High Dimensional Gene Expression, Metabolite and Protein Data: Integromics” Dr. Kwan R. Lee, Sr. Director, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals R&DCoffee Break 10:50 AM ~ 11:10 AM

Saturday Morning Session (II) 11:10 AM ~ 12:20 PM “Forward chemical genetic approach identifies new role for GAPDH in insulin signaling” Dr. Jaeki Min, New York University “Novel Allosteric Bcr-abl Kinase Inhibitors” Dr. Tae Bo Sim, Senior Research Scientist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Lunch Break 12:20 PM ~ 1:20 PM

Saturday Afternoon Session (I) 1:20 PM ~ 2:30 PM“Identification of post translational modification on TOPORS and its characterization as a dual ubiquitin and sumo E3 ligase” Hye-Jin Park, Rutgers University “Towards a Successful Marriage of Organic Molecules: a Catalytic Approach” Hahn Kim, Princeton University Award Ceremony 2:30 PM ~ 2:50 PM

Saturday Afternoon Session (II) 2:50 PM ~ 4:40 PM “The Discovery of JANUVIATM (Sitagliptin): Selective Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV Inhibitors for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes” Dr. Dooseop Kim, Sr Research Fellow, Merck “The rhPTH as a Therapy for Osteoporosis” Dr. ChongHwan Chang, Executive VP, Green Cross, S. Korea “Antibody-maytansinoid conjugates are activated in targeted cancer cells by lysosomal degradation and linker-dependent intracellular processing” Dr. Peter Unnam Park, Senior Director, ImmunoGen Inc. Dinner at Woo-Jeon-Myon-Ok Restaurant 6:00 PM ~ 9:00 PM


NY Metro/NJ Chapters Math/Science Olympiad

KSEA New York Metro Chapter and New Jersey Chapter co-hosted 13th Math/Science Olympiad (KMSO2006) at Manhattan College, Bronx, NY (NY chapter) and Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ (NJ chapter) on Nov. 11, 2006. Since 1994, KMSO has been held annually to instill the interest in science and mathematics among 4-11th

grade students. This year, 192/144 students participated to the Math Olympiad in NY/NJ and so did 152/95 students to the Science Olympiad. In addition to Math/Science Olympiad, there were special lectures for parents and a cultural event to have an opportunity to learn Korean traditional music. We hope that KMSO continue to offer valuable opportunity for bright Korean-American students to share the joy of math and science.


New England Chapter Technical & Young Generation Symposium

Reported by Yongtaek Choi 35th President of KSEA NE Chapter Sud-Chemie Inc.

The 2007 KSEA New England Chapter Technical & Young Generation Symposium was held in Science Center at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, on February 24, 2007. A total of 80 persons registered for the conference. 10 extinguished speakers made a presentation and 30 young scientists and engineers were participated in poster presentation. Representatives from various companies and research institutes were attended as sponsors and provided some useful information about their recruiting procedure and HR policy.

In the opening ceremony, Professor Nakho Sung (Tufts University), General Consul Youngsun Ji (Korean Consulate in Boston), and Professor Kang-Won Wayne Lee (36th President-Elect) gave us a welcoming and congratulatory message.

In the key note speech part I, Dr. Georges Grinstein, (Professor of University of Massachusetts at Lowell), Dr. Kwang-Soo Kim, (Professor, Harvard University, McLean Hospital), Dr. Young-Gie Chung (Advanced Cell Technology Inc.), and Dr. Jang Ho Cha, (Professor, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital) gave the prestigious presentations in the area of IT and Bio science. Three renowned speakers, Dr. Chorn Hwa Chang (Department of E & CE, Tufts University), Dr. SamJoo Doh (Nuance), and Dr. JaeHyun Cho (Aspen Technology) also gave us talks in the second part of key-note speech.

In order to strengthen and help networking between members, all participants were joined member introduction session and gave a short introductory speech to mention their biography. For, large amount of subsidy and poster awards were given to the young scientists and engineers to motivate young generation’s activity. Three posters, Jae Hyung Yi (MIT), Young-Kwon Kim (Broad Institute), and Euiheon Chung (MIT) received honors of poster award among 30 participants.

In conclusion, the first local KSEA symposium in New England was pretty much more successful than expected. The number of attendees is much greater than expected and the overall quality of talks and posters were very good. Many people mentioned that the conference was well organized in all aspects.


Essay

One Fine Day of Inspirations

11/14/2006 June Kang

A&M Consolidated High School

On November 11, 2006, accompanied by my dad, I attended the KSEA Bio-Medical Scientists Symposium held at the Texas Medical Center. I attended this conference because my dad had advised me to. At first I was crestfallen at the thought of losing my Saturday and going to Houston to attend a conference for adults. Then I decided to make the best of things and to actually listen and follow along. I am glad I did.

Being the 9th grader that I am, I found it very hard to follow the presentations. However, doing my best to understand what was being said, I learned many things from the presenters and also was inspired by them. Currently my interests lie in medicine and psychology and hope to become a

medical doctor in one of those fields. Needless to say, this conference helped me understand what I am preparing for in several ways. First of all, it helped me better understand what classes I should take during my years in high-school. Secondly, it helped me understand the amount of work and time needed to be put into achieving my goal. Thirdly, the conference helped me expand my knowledge of such things as dress, professionalism, and career development. Fourth and lastly, the conference helped me meet people I will look up to and ask for help when needed.

The materials presented in the conference were mixtures of things for me. Sometimes they were inspiring, sometimes informative, but mostly, for me at least, they were rather confusing. Having no educational background on biology and medicine, the information presented was very daunting for me. Yet I was able to learn many things and I am very glad my dad made me seize this amazing opportunity with him. The fact that we were behind schedule did not prove too irksome to me, although it was a problem to many others.

The conference was an eye opening experience for me. I would like to thank KSEA for organizing this conference and I would like to thank all of the presenters for encouraging me to start my journey through adulthood.


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Press Conferences on Scholarships and National Math/Science Competitions


By Kang-Wook Lee, Chair of Scholarship and National Contest Committees

In order to publicize KSEA and KUSCO-KSEA Scholarships as well as National Math/Science Competitions, two press conferences were held at the KSEA HQ office in Vienna, VA on Dec 8, 2006 and Jan 26, 2007, respectively. The programs were introduced and there were questions and answers. KSEA and KUSCO were briefly introduced by the KSEA President, Dr. Sung Kwon Kang, and the KUSCO Director, Mr. Hee-Sok Park.

The participants of the scholarship news conference were President-elect Wayne Lee, VP and the Scholarship Committee Chair Kang-Wook Lee, Finance Director David Han, KUSCO EC Chair Sung Won Lee, KUSCO Executive Director Paul Kang, and KUSCO Director Hee-Sok Park. The participants of the NMC news conference were President Sung-Kwon Kang and VP Kang-Wook Lee. Two auditors (Young Ho Park, Hosin Lee) and three KUSCO officials (Paul Kang, Hee-Sok Park, Woojin Lee) were present as audiences. Five reporters from the Washington, DC area media attended the scholarship press conference while three reporters (one via teleconference) attended the NMC press conference.

Taken after the NMC press conference. Clockwise from the left-back row: Hosin Lee (Auditor), YoungHo Park (Auditor), DoHyun Woo & MyungKwan Kim (both in Korea Business Development Center), Hee-Sok Park (KUSCO Director), Kelly Kim (staff), Jungho Kim (Washington Metro President), Paul Kang (KUSCO Executive Director), SungKwon Kang (President), Kang-Wook Lee (VP & NMC Committee Chair), and Mira Kim (staff).

The news were published or broadcasted in Korean media through the US. Here are two samples of the newspaper articles.

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1. STEVE KANG: NEW CHANCELLOR OF UC-MERCED --------------------------------------------------------------------------

The office of President, University of California system, announced on January 17, 2007 the appointment of Dr. Steve Kang, Dean of Baskin School of Engineering at UC-Santa Cruz, as the new chancellor of UC-Merced.

This is the first time a Korean-American becomes chancellor of a major university. Just last week, Dr. Kang was named one of the two inaugural recipients of the Chang-Lin Tien award (KASTN 07-05, January 31, 2007). honoring the legacy of Dr. Chang-

Lin Tien, the first Asian American to head a major American research university, UC-Berkeley.

Dr. Kang serves as an editor of the Society of Korean-American Scholars (SKAS), publisher of KASTN and IEKAS.

Official Press Release:

University of California Office of President FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007

Steve Kang named new UC Merced chancellor


Acting on the recommendation of University of California President Robert C. Dynes, the UC Board of Regents today (Jan. 17) appointed UC Santa Cruz engineering dean Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang as chancellor of UC Merced. Kang replaces Carol Tomlinson-Keasey who stepped down last August after seven years as UC Merced chancellor to return to teaching and scholarship. Kang is expected to take office on or about March 1, 2007.

Recognized nationally and internationally as a leader in his field, Kang, 61, was selected following a nationwide search that produced approximately 65 candidates. During the search, Dynes was advised by a committee comprised of regents, faculty, students and alumni.

"Steve did a wonderful job of building engineering at UCSC and fostering relationships with the community and local industry, and he has the skills and the energy to successfully lead the continued development of UC Merced," said Dynes. "He is an accomplished scholar and administrator with a deep commitment to expanding educational access for students of all backgrounds, and he understands the importance of educational attainment to the future of the San Joaquin Valley."

Since 2001, Kang has served as dean of the Baskin School of Engineering and professor of electrical engineering at Santa Cruz. He also served as chair of the chancellor s Education Partnership Advisory Committee. While at UCSC, he initiated several interdisciplinary programs and collaborated with partner campuses on both the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research and the Center for Information Technology and Research in the Interest of Society, which also involves UC Merced. He recently attracted to UC, $2 million in National Science Foundation funds to develop engineering pathway programs for community college students in the Silicon Valley.

Kang has also initiated a number of international programs, including an executive program for managers from Korea, and exchange programs with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne, Hokkaido Information University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yonsei University and Konkuk University.

"I am deeply honored by this appointment and most excited to join the Merced faculty, staff and students to build the world class research university of the 21st century," Kang said. "Capitalizing on the potential of the San Joaquin Valley, UC Merced should strive to be the model of interdisciplinary education and research that honors and benefits community, economy, environment, and diversity. I will do my utmost to achieve these goals."

UC Merced opened Sept. 5, 2005, as the 10th campus in the University of California system and the first research university to open in the 21st century. The campus significantly expands access to the UC system for students throughout the state, with a special mission to increase college-going rates among students in the San Joaquin Valley. The campus also serves as a major base for advanced research and as a stimulus to economic growth and diversification throughout the region. Located near Yosemite National Park, the university is expected to growrapidly, topping out at approximately 25,000 students within the next 30 years.

A Brief Bio of Dr. Steve Kang:

Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang attended Yonsei University and was sent to Fairleigh Dickinson University with full scholarship in 1969 where he received B.S. degree in 1970. He received his M.S. degree from State University of New York at Buffalo in 1972 and Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1975 all in electrical engineering.

He had been with AT&T Bell Laboratories at Murray Hill, and also had served as a faculty member of Rutgers University until he joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 1985. At UIUC he was Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Research Professor of Coordinated Science Laboratory and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. From August 1995 to December 2000, he served as Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Since January 2001, he has been serving as Dean of Baskin School of Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Dr. Kang is Fellow of IEEE, ACM and AAAS, a Foreign Member of National Academy of Engineering of Korea. He served on the editorial boards of Proceeding of the IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, and Circuits, Signals and Systems. He served as President of IEEE CAS Society in 1991 and was the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Systems.


He is recipient of the Chang-Lin Tien Education Leadership Award (2007), Mac E. Van Valkenburg Society Award of IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (2005), Outstanding Alumnus Award in Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley (2001), IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000), SRC Technical Excellence Award (1999), IEEE CAS Society Golden Jubilee Medal (1999), KBS Award in Industrial Technology (1998), IEEE CAS Society Technical Achievement Award (1997), Humboldt Research Award for Senior US Scientists (1996), IEEE Graduate TeachingTechnical Field Award (1996), IEEE Circuits and SystemsSociety Meritorious Service Award (1994), SRC Inventor Recognition Awards (1993, 1996), IEEE CAS Darlington Prize Paper Award (1993), ICCD Best Paper Award (1986) and Myril B. Reed Best Paper Award (1979).

He was visiting professor at the University of Karlsruhe(1997), Technical University of Munich (1998), KAIST (2003), and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne (1989, 2006). His research interest includes low power VLSI design; design optimization for performance, reliability and manufacturability; mixed-signal mixed-technology integrated system; modeling and simulation of semiconductor devices and circuits; high-speed optoelectronic circuits and systems. He holds 12 patents, published over 350 papers and co-authored nine books.

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Announcements

UKC 2007

We are excited to announce the 2007 US-Korea Conference (UKC) on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. UKC2007 will be held in the greater Washington D.C. area (Hyatt Regency at Reston, VA) on August 9-12, 2007. The local Chapters are committed to arranging a comprehensive and engaging conference for all participants.

Generous sponsorship has already been committed to UKC2007 from many industrial companies and research organizations from US and Korea. The commitment from these organizations signifies the US-Korea Conference as an important venue to discuss science & technology collaboration across the Pacific.

We invite you to participate in the UKC2007, to meet your colleagues and friends, and to visit the great sites of Washington D.C. KSEA is confident that the conference will be a valuable professional and personal experience.

Conference Co-Chairs: Kang-Won Wayne Lee (University of Rhode Island), President-Elect of KSEA, [email protected] Young-Bog Chae, President of Korean Federation of Science & Technology Societies (KOFST), [email protected]

Program Chair: Chueng-Ryong Ji (North Carolina State Univ.), [email protected]

Program Co-Chairs: Kwang-Soo Kim (Harvard Medical School), [email protected]

Kenneth Yu (University of Maryland), [email protected]


We would like to provide the following areas of symposium/forum and the corresponding chairs for your consideration. The important dates are also provided below for your information.

Symposium/Forum & Chairs Symposium/Forum General Chair Contact Email Address

Advanced Materials Technology (AMT) Woonsup Park (Aerospace) [email protected]

Aerospace Science &Technology (AST) Ki Dong Lee (Univ. of Illinois) [email protected]

Bio Science and Technology (BST) Seong-Jin Kim (NIH) Myung Hee Park (NIH)

[email protected] [email protected]

Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)

Byung Ro Kim (Ford) Sang Chul Bang (SDSMT)


Contemporary Basic Science (CBS) Sin-Ho Jung (Duke Univ.) [email protected]

Food Science & Technology (FST) Dong Uk Ahn (Iowa State Univ.) [email protected]

Global Energy (GE) Han Kwon Choi (KEDO) Sam Ryu (FMC Tech. F. S. Inc.)


Information Technology (IT) Soon Myung Chung (Wright State University)

[email protected]

Communication & Networking Technology (CNT)

Dong Sam Ha (Virginia Tech) [email protected]

Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, and Manufacturing Technology (MRM)

Howard Chung (MITEC) [email protected]

Nano Science & Technology (NST) Duck-Joo Yang (Univ. of Texas at Dallas)

[email protected]

Women in Science & Engineering (WiSE)

Gye Won Han (TSRI) [email protected]

Young Professional Forum (YPF) Byung Kyu (Brian) Park (Univ. of Virginia)

[email protected]

Innovative R&D Forum (IRDF) Moon W. Suh (North Carolina State Univ.)

[email protected]

Important Dates Date Subject

November 1, 2006 1st Call for Papers Conference Outline on web site

April 1,2007 Abstract due

April 15, 2007 Notification to authors

May 1, 2007 Announce Hotel reservation, Conf registration

June 1, 2007 Full paper due

July 1, 2007 Final Program on web site


NMC 2007

The Korean-American Scientist and Engineers Association (KSEA, www.ksea.org) is pleased to announce that the National Mathematics Competition (NMC) will be held on April 21, 2007. The KSEA NMC is open to the 4th-11th grade students. The goal of the NMC is to promote their interest in mathematics and careers in the fields of science and engineering. Students, parents and guardians who are interested in the NMC2007 should contact chapter representatives for registration in respective chapter areas.

NATIONAL CONTEST COMMITTEE: Kang-Wook Lee , Ph.D., Chair of the Committee, Vice President, KSEA, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, [email protected] Lee, Ph.D., Exec Director, KSEA, CA Dept of Health Services, [email protected] Ha, Ph.D., President of the CP’s Committee, Caterpillar, [email protected] Hoon Kim, Ph.D. , Boeing Phantom Works Co., [email protected] Jae Cho, Ph.D., Pacmets Engineering & Evaluation , [email protected] Han, Ph.D., M-Biotech, [email protected]

MATH COMMITTEE CHAIR, Sung Yell Song, Ph.D., Professor, Iowa State Univ., [email protected]

1. Important items Time: April 21, 2007 (2:00pm, Eastern Standard Time) Qualification: Students from 4th grade to 11th grade in schools in the US General Online Registration: Please check with each participating chapter Location: As determined by each participating chapter

The competition is in the form of a written examination. It will start at 2pm Eastern Standard Time (11:00am Pacific Standard Time) and will last

60 minutes for the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th grade; and 90 minutes for the 9th, 10th, 11th grade.

The location will be determined by each participating chapter and the qualification can be modified by a chapter if necessary. Each participating student may have to pay a small amount of fee determined by the local chapter which administers the exam in the relevant region. No calculators or rulers are allowed.

Some participating chapters will conduct information seminars for parents or guardians while students are taking the tests. Examples of the seminar topics are admission policies of universities, careers in science and engineering, financial plans for university education, introduction to KSEA, etc.

It is expected that each KSEA chapter will present the chapter awards following the exam on the same day. The nature of the chapter awards, which are different from national level awards, varies among chapters.

2. National-level awards The KSEA HQ will announce recipients of the national level awards in approximately ten days after the competition. The KSEA HQ will present three awards for each grade. Each award will carry a cash prize of modest amount.

A Scene from NMC2006 A Scene from Science Contest 2006


Introduction of KSEA Affiliate

KOMSA (Korean Management Scientists in America)

KOMSA (Korean Management Scientists in America)

KOMSA (Korean Management Scientists in America) is a new Internet-based organization using the Web and e-mail for promoting cooperation among Korean professionals teaching and researching in the Management Science fields in America. KOMSA is meant to be an open forum for all the Korean Management Scientists in America to exchange research and teaching ideas and to promote collaborations for mutual professional development.

KOMSA was founded by Prof. Young B. Choi at James Madison University in Virginia and Prof. Dae R. Kim of Delaware State University on May 28, 2004 and has over 100 members. Dr. Choi is currently serving as the co-president of KOMSA with Prof. Kim. Other officers working for KOMSA are Dr. Jungwoo Ryoo ([email protected]) at Penn State University-Altoona and Dr. Taehwan Oh ([email protected]) at Southern Methodist University.

Those interested in being a KOMSA member are welcome to contact Dr. Choi at [email protected] or other staff members.

The following shows tentative action items we are planning to accomplish.

- Creation of the KOMSA membership directory. - Creation of the KOMSA homepage as a cyber discussion forum for information exchange. Some information which can be uploaded is the following:

a. KOMSA introduction and latest news b. Information about members’ research interests and teaching courses c. Members’ universities links based on research topics d. CFP (Call for Papers) calendar information: Conferences, journals, and others e. Funding opportunities f. Job search information: Faculty positions, graduate research/teaching assistantships, postdoctoral

fellowships, and visiting scholarships, etc. g. Bulletin board for brief information sharing such as Call for Researchers for joint research h. Introduction of new books and technical reports i. Various Management Science links j. Recent research publications and honors of members

- Presentation of members’ research papers with the help of KSEA (Korean Scientists and Engineers in America) via KSEA annual conference usually held during each year. The KSEA Conference will be held in Washington, DC in August 2007. - Arrangement of social gathering opportunities at the professional meetings such as the conferences in America among the KOMSA members. - Joint professional meeting with other ethnic groups’ organizations in America such as the Association for Chinese Management Educators (ACME) and promotion of the meeting to the international conference.

Young B. Choi, Ph.D. James Madison University e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +1 (540) 568-7031

Dae R. Kim, Ph.D. Delaware State University e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +1 (302) 857-6946


JOIN KSEA

INTRODUCTION OF KSEA

Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)

KSEA was established in 1971 as a non-profit professional organization, and since has grown to over 3000 registered members with 67 local Chapters (including 4 Branches) and 14 technical groups across the United States.

VISION

The organization objectives are to: Promote the application of science and technology for the general welfare of society. Foster international cooperation especially between the U.S. and Korea Help Korean-American scientists and engineers develop their full career potential.

MISSION

To provide, in the areas of science, technology and entrepreneurship, opportunities for: International Cooperation Career Development Community Service

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

KSEA offers you opportunities to serve fellow scientists and engineers in the U.S. and Korea. Leadership development through committee activities and conference organization: You may participate in one of 14 Technical Groups and 10 Standing Committees. You may organize technical sessions at the annual U.S.-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (UKC) or organize a regional or local conference of your own. Development of broad professional foundation: KSEA is unique in that its members come from all fields of science and engineering. The UKC offers an excellent opportunity to collaborate with others in different fields. Networking with other Korean-American scientists and engineers: Join the Technical Groups and Committees, or come to the annual conference, UKC. You may use KSEA Office while in DC: If you need a temporary office while in DC, you may come to the KSEA Headquarters office. Nominal charges may apply for office support or supplies. Participation in technical evaluation and consulting: KSEA will contact you when your expertise are sought after. Opportunities for community services: How about helping out with computer skills? You may participate in community services and activities sponsored by your chapter. Information on professional opportunities in both the U.S. and Korea: Check "Positions Open" and "Positions Wanted" pages on the KSEA web site. Participation in Awards & Honors Programs: Are you interested in a Ho-Am Prize or our own KSEA Awards?


Participation in career development opportunities: What would you like to learn? Come to the Annual Conference, UKC, to broaden your network and career opportunities. Membership dues supporting your Chapters: Most of your dues go back to your local Chapters.

ACTIVITIES

Annual Meeting & Technical Conference Publication of KSEA Letters National Math Contest Scholarships Young Generation programs Exchange Programs Job Referrals Career Development Programs Sponsored Projects Technical Evaluation and Consulting

Topical Symposia/Workshops Library Service Database Development Sponsorship of Conferences Awards and Honors Science & Technology Programs for General Public Web and e -Mail Service

REGIONAL PROGRAMS

Regional Technical Conferences Young Generation Forums Seminars/Workshops

AT FEES YOU CAN AFFORD

Annual Dues: $35 for Regular Members $15 for Graduate Students Free for Undergraduate Students $35 for International Members

Visit www.ksea.org for online application of new membership or membership renewal. For information about KSEA, please contact the following Membership Directors.

Sung-Yell Song sysong@iastate 515-294-5866 Sam Ryu [email protected] 713-510-6849Esther K. Yang [email protected] 469-964-4187


KOR KOREAN-AMERICAN SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION KOREAN-AMERICAN SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION

1952 Gallows Road Suite 300, Vienna, VA 22182 Tel: (703) 748-1221, Fax: (703) 748-1331

E-mail: [email protected], Web: http://www.ksea.org/KSEA Membership Application or Information Update

Member ID or New: ___________________________________________ Date: __________________ N/A if previously joined KSEA but ID is not available Application Date

Name: ____________________________________________________________________ Last, First Middle Korean if available Gender

(optional)

Mailing Address: ____________________________________________________________________ Street Address

____________________________________________________________________ City/State/Zip Code

Email and Telephone Number: ______________________________________________________________ (preferred contacts)

College or University: ____________________________________________________________________ (Final or most recent) Name of the Institute Degree and Year

____________________________________________________________________ Address (City, State) Major

Current Affiliation: _____________________________________________________________________Name of the Organization Employed since

____________________________________________________________________ Department and/or Area of Work Title

Other Experiences: ____________________________________________________________________(In career or professional societies including KSEA)

Specialties (up to 3): ____________________________________________________________________ (For example, organic chemistry, electronic materials & adhesives)

KSEA Local Chapter: ____________________________________________________________________ (Chapters can be found on the KSEA web, http://www.ksea.org - organization)

Professional Affiliation: ____________________________________________________________________(Korean-American Associations only. For example, KASBP, KOCSEA, KWiSE)

Member Status Regular, $35 Graduate, $15 Undergraduate, free and Annual Fee (payable to “KSEA”. A group such as a local chapter and a professional affiliation can

submit the membership fees together)

I will join or renew my KSEA membership later

Please send a completed form to the KSEA office or a membership director.


Benefits

Recognition as a corporate member with the corporate link on the KSEA website

Positions open announcements on the KSEA website

Free subscription to KSEA Letters

One full-page advertisement announcement in KSEA Letters

Referral service for technical expertise in KSEA

Recognition as a corporate member at the KSEA Annual Conference

Join KSEA as a Corporate Member

To apply for membership, visit www.ksea.org and check ‘Sponsors’ on the menu bar

Fax or mail the application form to

KSEA1952 Gallows Rd., Suite 300,Vienna, VA 22182

Membership Fees:

$1,500 for companies $1,000 for research institutions

Sponsorship

Please sponsor the Annual U.S.- Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (UKC). UKC sponsor automatically becomes ourcooperate member for the year.

Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association 1952 Gallows Rd., Suite 300, Vienna, VA 22182 Tel: (703) 748-1221 Fax: (703) 748-1331 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http:// www.ksea.org


Guideline for Articles in KSEA Letters (Use 14-Point) Editor-in-Chief (Use Times New Roman 12-point bold)

1952 Gallows Rd. Suite 300 Vienna, VA 22182(Use 12 point)

ABSTRACT (11-point Bold) (11 -point Italic) The purpose of this document is to provide authors a set of guidelines to assist in formatting their paper. The full manuscripts must be no more than 8-pages.

SCOPEThe KSEA Letters is an official publication of the KSEA. It carries two groups of articles: (1) overview science/technology trends and (2) member and chapter news, etc. The papers in the first group are of a fairly broad scope, thereby appealing to an audience of wider spectrum.

GENERAL GUIDELINES The paper size should be 8.5 by 11.0 inch. The top and bottom margins are to be set to 1 inch and the left and right margin are to be set to 0.75 inch. The Gutter should be set to 0.25 inch. Use a clear 11-point typeface/font (Times New Roman is preferred). The text should be in two columns with a 0.25-inch spacing, both right and left justified. No headers or footers should be included. No page numbers should be applied.

HEADINGS 1. The title should be centered, bold, 14-point font. 2. Authors and associations should be centered,

bold, and 12-point. Do not include phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail or web sites in the author section. These contact information, if desired, will be added into biography section.

3. First-order headings should be all capitals and in bold, and left justified.

SUBHEADINGS (12-point) 1. Second-order headings should have first letters

of words capitalized and in bold, left justified. 2. Third-order headings should have first letters of

words capitalized, left justified.

SPACINGInsert a blank line between paragraphs. Paragraphs should not be indented. Use a single line space in text.

CAPTIONS AND NUMBERING Formats for captions and numbering are as follows: 1. Table caption should begin with "Table"

followed by an Arabic numeral and appear centered above the table. Tables should be numbered consecutively throughout the text. The caption of the table should begin with a capital letter and end with a period.

2. Figure caption should begin with "Figure" followed by an Arabic numeral and appear centered below the figure. Figures should be numbered consecutively throughout the text. The caption of the figure should begin with capital letter and end with a period.

3. Equations should be numbered, e.g. (34), with the number being right justified. The equation should be centered.

REFERENCES Journal and book references should be identified in the text by enclosing in brackets [1] and should be numbered in order. References should be listed at the end of paper using the following style: 1. Hahn, H.T. "A Practical Guide to Design,", J.

Cellular Plastics, 3, p432-455 (1998). 2. Quellette, R.P. and P.N. Doe., Applications of

biotechnology, Technomic Pub. Co., PA, 1985: p234-240.

BIOGRAPHYA biography (max. 200 word) and picture should be included here for each author.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS To assist the integration of the KSEA Letters, papers are to be submitted in electronic format. The order of preference is Microsoft Word (Office 2000 or earlier). Papers can be sent via e-mail to [email protected] or on 3.5" PC compatible floppy disks to Editor-in-Chief, 1952 Gallows Rd., Suite 300, Vienna, VA 22182

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KSEA SPONSORS

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Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association 1952 Gallows Road, Suite 300, Vienna, VA 22182

Tel: 703-748-1221 Fax: 703-748-1331Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.ksea.org

Executive Committee(35th Administration)President: Sung K. Kang, IBM Research

(O) 914-945-3932, [email protected]: Kang-Won Wayne Lee, Univ. of Rhode Island

(O) 401-874-2695, [email protected] President: Kang-Wook Lee, IBM

(O) 914-945-3070, [email protected] Director: Chang-Rae Lee, California Dept. of Health

(O) 916-650-6601, [email protected] Director: David K. Han,

[email protected] Affairs Director: Seungbae Park, State Univ.of New York at

Binghamton(O) 607-777-3415, [email protected]

Information Director: Minbo Shim, General Dynamics(C) 443-745-0555, [email protected]

Membership Director: Sung Y. Song, Iowa State Univ.(O) 515-294-5866, [email protected]

Membership Director: Sam S. Ryu, FMC Tech. Floating Systems, Inc.

(O) 713-510-6849, [email protected] Director: Esther Yang, Abbott Laboratories (O) 972-518-7091, [email protected] Board: Hee-Koo Moon, Solarturbines Inc. (O) 619-544-5226, [email protected] Board: Young B. Choi, James Madison Univ. (O) 540-568-7031, [email protected] Board: Jae Hyun Cho, James Aspen Tech. Inc. (O) 617-949-1240, [email protected] Relation Director: Sunghoon Kim, Polymer Processing

Institute, [email protected]

Headquarter StaffAdministrative Manager: Ashley Kim, (O) 703-748-1221

[email protected] Associate: Kelly Kim, (O) 703-748-1221

[email protected] Associate: Mira Kim, (O) 703-748-1221

[email protected]

AuditorsYoung Ho Park, (O) 818-354-5170, [email protected] David Lee, (O) 319-335-6818, [email protected]. Michael Chung, (O) 562-985-7691, [email protected]

Elected CouncilorsGroup A: PhysicsHo Jung Paik, 301-405-6086, [email protected] Ji, 919-571-7195, [email protected]

Group B: ChemistrySang Bok Lee, 301-405-7906, [email protected]

Group C: Mathematics, Geology, Meteorology, Statistics, OthersHeakyung Lee, 803-323-403, [email protected] Jung, 919-668-8658, [email protected]

Group D: Biology, Botany, Zoology, Biomedical Engineering, GeneticEngineering

Kwang-Soo Kim, 617-855-2024, [email protected] Jung Kang, 773-702-9060, [email protected]

Group E: Agriculture, Ecology, Food, NutritionDong Uk Ahn, 515-294-6595, [email protected]

Group F: Medical Science, Pharmaceutical Science, VeterinaryMedicine, Physical Education

James J. Pai, 908-740-3055, [email protected]

Group G: Chemical Engineering, Textile Engineering, NuclearEngineering, Petroleum Engineering, Applied Chemistry

Sunghoon Kim, 973-596-6090, [email protected] Woo Yu, 201-248-2060, [email protected]

Group H: Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, NavalArchitecture

Jungho Kim, 301-405-1333, [email protected] H. Yu, 301-405-1333, [email protected]

Group I: Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mining EngineeringSooho Kim, 586-986-0815, [email protected]

Group J: Civil Engineering, Architecture, Environmental EngineeringBrian B. Park, 434-924-6347, [email protected] Seop Shim, 973-642-7842, [email protected]

Group K: Electrical and Electronics Engineering, CommunicationEngineering

Kangil(Chris) Choe, 201-567-7900 ext 401, [email protected] Jong Lee, 212-650-7260, [email protected]

Group L: Computer Science, Systems EngineeringLawrence Chung, (O) 972-883-2178, [email protected] Choi, [email protected]

Ex-President CouncilorsKwang-Hae (Kane) Kim, Univ. of California, (O) 949-824-5542,

[email protected] Il Choi, POSTECH, (H) 919-968-3487,

[email protected] Ho Sung, Tufts Univ., (O) 617-627-3447,

[email protected]

Chapter PresidentsChair Christopher Chul Ha, [email protected] Yongtaek Choi, [email protected]

Connecticut(2) Chou H. Moon , [email protected](3) Myung-Hoon Kim, 765-494-0049, [email protected](4) Kyoung-Shin Choi, 765-494-0049, [email protected](6) Namkyu Park, 313-577-0862, [email protected] Reg.(7) Yonshik Choi, 630-979-6748, [email protected](8) Seongwoo Park , 952-646-0245, [email protected] England(9) Yongtaek Choi, 781-444-5188 (ext.37), [email protected]

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New Jersey(10) Yong Yoon, [email protected] Metro(11) Sunghyuk Cha, 914-773-3891, [email protected]. Carolina(12) Gail-Joon Ahn, 704-687-3783, [email protected] Northern CA(13) Myung Rhee, 650-604-3646, [email protected](14) Sang Soo Kim, [email protected] NW(15) Weon Sam Chung, 253-682-5886,

[email protected](16) Mun Y. Choi, 215-895-6984,

[email protected] CA(18) Tae W. Ryu, 714-278-7231, [email protected] State(19) Jung-hyeob Roh, 713-500-5466, [email protected] NY(20) Young B Moon, 315-443-2649,

[email protected]. Metro(21) Jungho Kim, 301-405-5437,

[email protected](23) Song-Yul Choe, [email protected] TX(24) Wonhui Cho, 512-656-2998, [email protected](31) Minbo Shim, 443-745-0555,

[email protected](32) Jae H. Park, 865-974-3035,

[email protected], MO(35) Paul Nam, 573-341-4538,

[email protected], MO(36) Jong Il Lee, contact point 785-864-3086,

[email protected](37) Jaeyong Kim, 405-744-5910,

[email protected] NY(38) Tae Joon Park, [email protected] VA(39) Jun-Yong Park, [email protected]. Texas(40) Esther Yang, 972-518-7091,

[email protected] IL(42) Christopher Ha, 217-244-9659,

[email protected] Valley(43) You Song Kim, [email protected]. Carolina(47) Woo-Kum Lee, [email protected](48) Edward Suh, [email protected]. VA(49) Jahng S. Park, 540-231-5379,

[email protected] City(52) Jungyong (Joe) Kim, 319-351-2166,

[email protected] Iowa(53) Kyoung-Jin Yoon, 515-294-1083, [email protected] MO(54) Uee Wan Cho, 573-882-3778 ,

[email protected](55) Dong-ho Park, [email protected](57) Dong-Hyun Kang, [email protected] Sacramento(58) Kookjoon Ahn, [email protected]. Florida(59) Sunmi Ku, [email protected] Diego(60) Gye Won Han, [email protected](62) Jehkwan Lah, [email protected]

Branch PresidentsSt. Louis(17) Han Ko, 314-432-2074,

[email protected] TX(25) Khee Choon Rhee, 409-845-2741,

[email protected](61) Ken S. Lee, [email protected]

Ex-PresidentsKi Uck Lee, Marquett Univ., 312-787-7060,

[email protected] Bae Kim, USC, 213-740-2311,Sang Il Choi, POSTECH, 919-968-3487,

[email protected] Bang Woo, Yonsei Univ., +82-2-361-2767, Yong Nak Lee, HTRD, 847-577-5967,

[email protected] Young Park, NC State Univ., 919-848-6110, [email protected] Park, POSTECH, +82-54-279-2001, [email protected] Han Kim, POSTECH, +82-54-279-2101,

[email protected] Kim, NC Central Univ., 919-530-6451,

[email protected] Kyu Kim, Univ. of CT, 508-655-3233, [email protected] Kuk Koh, Chrysan Ind., 734-451-5411 ext 203,

[email protected] Ok Lee, Rockefeller Univ., 212-327-8617,

[email protected] Chin Suh, 610-678-0534,

[email protected] Young Han, Duke Univ., 919-660-2575,

[email protected] Sup Hyun, Polymer Processing Institute, 973-596-3267,

[email protected] Kim, K-JIST, +82-62-970-2310,

[email protected] Moon Won Suh, NC State Univ., 919-515-6580, [email protected] Doo-Young Ryu, UC Davis, 530-752-8954, [email protected] Ahn, Fuzbien Tech. Institute, 301-469-7912,

[email protected] Chul Chun, Argonne Nat. Lab, 202-488-2435, [email protected] Dong Lee, Univ. of Illinois, 217-244-0421,

[email protected] Taik (Thomas) Hahn, UCLA, 310-456-5007, [email protected] Ho Chung, MITEC Int’l Inc., 630-886-6033, [email protected] Ho Sung, Tufts University, 617-627-3447,

[email protected] I. Chung, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,

[email protected] Kim, JPL/NASA, 818-354-8612,

[email protected] Won Lee, Univ. of Maryland, (O)301-405-1128,

[email protected] (Kane) Kim, Univ. of California, (O) 949-824-5542,

[email protected]

Ex-Presidents (deceased)Shoon Kyung KimInyong HamChong Wha PyunHogil KimKyungsik KangJe Hyun Kim

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