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They visit YU to learn theories and get field experiences of Saemaul Undong in Korea, with an expectation of integrating Saemaul Undong into the the national reconstruction and recovery project from the 2010 earthquake. [July 29, 2014] Officials from the central government Haiti, an island country in the Caribbean, visited YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) for its nation reconstruction. Their purpose is to experience the Saemaul Undong and the economic development of Korea at the invitation of the Korea International Cooperation Agency. On the 17th, 15 public officials of the central government of Haiti including from the President's Office, agricultural ministry, foreign cooperation ministry, foreign affairs ministry, youth and sports ministry, women's ministry, environment ministry, and the tax office received training on 'Haiti's economic development strategy and Saemaul Undong' at the YU International Development and Cooperation Center (Director Choi Oe Chool). During this training period that will continue until the 2nd of next month, public officials from Haiti will study theories such as understanding the Saemaul Undong, as well as Saemaul Undong and rural development. In addition, they will take a look at the sites of Korean economic development such as the Cheongdo Saemaul Undong Memorial Hall, Yeongcheon Agricultural Technology Center, Gumi National Revival Hall, Samsung Electronics, Busan New Port, Pohang POSCO and the Sabang Memorial Park to learn the Korean knowhow for economic growth. On the final day of the training, the trainees will make presentations on actual action plans and hold debates based on their understanding of the Saemaul Undong philosophies and pursuance process. 70% of the entire population of Haiti works in agriculture. Due to the massive earthquake in 2010, many people are still suffering and 80% of the entire population are in poverty, while over half (54%) are suffering from absolute poverty. After the visit to Korea by Vice Minister of Foreign Cooperation Robert Labrousse in 2012, Haiti designated a town called 'Thomazeau' as a Saemaul Undong pilot village to utilize the Saemaul Undong in their national restoration project. YU International Development Cooperation Center Director (Vice-dean) Choi Oe Chool who is overseeing the Saemaul Undong training program for Haiti public officials said, "Haiti provided material support to Korea during the Korean War. Since Korea received a lot of help from the international community when it was having difficulties, it is the duty for Korea to now actively help countries that are struggling." He added, "I believe that Korea emerging into an advanced nation through people-led community development strategies and industrial technological innovations can suggest many things to the people of Haiti. I hope that through this Saemaul Undong training session, Haiti will be able to share the economic development and Saemaul Undong experience of Korea to help improve the quality of life and overcome poverty in their country."
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UN poverty eradication program activity leaders received 8 day training from 21st Various education such as theory and field experience at the YU International Development and Cooperation Center Apply 'Saemaul Undong' in regional development plan for localization [July 23, 2014] Leaders of major African countries visited YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) to learn about the Saemaul Undong. 19 leaders from six African countries such as Malawi, Senegal, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania visited YU in the afternoon of the 21st to study the Saemaul Undong and Saemaul spirit. This team from Africa are leaders in the UN's millennium development goals (MDGs)* and the follow-up program for this called the MVP (Millennium Villages Project). MVP is a project being carried out together by the UN and MP (Millennium Promise), an international non-profit organization established to provide refuge for the poor in Africa, and is a poverty eradication and regional development program held for the 10 poorest countries in Africa since 2006. The delegation was composed of local public officials and town leaders in charge of the MVP project, MDGs personnel, MP project personnel, and other multi-national personnel. The visit to YU was designed so that the outstanding MVP regional leaders and personnel in Africa could understand that Korea's Saemaul Undong experience is a useful plan and applicable strategy for local social development and to actively learn more about it. This is because as the MVP project is scheduled to end in 2015, it is necessary to develop a sustainable community in which the local residents can initiate development on their own. Andrew Daudi (58) who is responsible for the Mwandama Millennium Village of Malawi, which is one of the MVP projects of MP, said, "We want to share the experience of Korea that quickly overcame poverty and achieved economic growth. I believe that the Saemaul Undong and Saemaul spirit was the driving force behind Korea making unprecedented growth from one of the poorest countries in the world." He added, "I was surprised as soon as I arrived at Incheon Airport and received training at YU to see the development of Korea. By applying what I learned at YU to fit Africa, I think that the MVP project that we have been working on will be completed successfully." The delegation began the training at 6 p.m. on the 21st with an orientation for theoretical studies and field experiences for eight days until the 28th. The training was composed of reports by each nation to share the development status and issues of agricultural and farming villages of each participating nation, overseas application and issues such as the understanding of Saemaul Undong and emerging countries, lectures for application plans of the Saemaul Undong for rural development promotion of the livestock industry, as well as small ground discussions and field trips. During the training period, participants will propose alternative application plans of the Saemaul Undong suitable to their region based on the understanding of the Saemaul Undong philosophy and pursuance process, and on the last day on the 28th, make presentations and discuss MVP application plans of the Saemaul Undong for each region. They will also visit the Saemaul Undong Memorial Hall at Cheongdo-gun in Gyeongbuk, Gumi Samsung Electronics and the National Revival Hall, Gunwi-gun Corn Village and Ganghun Ranch, and the Yeongcheon Heungseng Chicken Farm, while also visiting historical and cultural heritages of Gyeongu to experience the history and culture of Korea. YU International Development Cooperation Center Director (Vice-dean) Choi Oe Chool who oversees this training said, "Korea is a global success model in which we became close to an advanced nation through effective people-led community development strategies and industrial technological innovation." He added, "This delegation made up of international organization experts of Korea will be able to have the opportunity for epochal achievements to improve the quality of life and eradicate poverty by applying Korea's Saemaul Undong experiences and policy operations to fit their nations." This visit by the African delegation was made possible through invitations by KOICA. The delegation will study Korea's rural development history, mindset reforms and leadership improvements, environment-friendly farming and Saemaul Undong, and overseas and Korean town development cases at the Canaan Farmers School from the 18th to the 21st and then receive training at YU from the afternoon of the 21st. Meanwhile, with major African countries coming to YU to learn the Saemaul Undong recently, YU has been receiving attention as the center for international Saemaul Undong education and training. In June, Ethiopian Governor Gedu Andaregachew Alene, chairperson of the central committee of the ruling party, and senior officials for a delegation of 20 people visited Korea at their own expense to learn the Saemaul Undong to receive Saemaul Undong education at YU on two separate occasions. * The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is a pan-global vow made in September of 2000 at the UN Headquarters in New York to reduce poverty by half by 2015 as an agenda for the millennium summit. The 191 UN member countries agreed on installing eight goals by 2015 as follows. ▲Eradication of extreme poverty and child starvation ▲complete distribution of elementary education ▲promotion of gender equality and improvement of women's rights ▲reduction of child death rates ▲improvement of health of pregnant women ▲war against diseases such as AIDS and malaria ▲guarantee of environmental sustainability ▲construction of global relations for development. MPV is a newly established poverty eradication and local development program made in 2006 for the 10 most impoverished countries that did not achieve the MDGs.
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Members of press and politicians from Bolivia came to Yeungnam university to learn "Saemaul Undong and Can-do Spirit" in Korea. They attended a special seminar at the "YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul". [July 17, 2014] Members of press and politicians from Bolivia who attended the 'Special Seminar on Saemaul Undong' (left on front row is Mr. Lehm of Página Siete) "Is the Saemaul Undong of Korea related to religion?" "What is the relationship of the farmland ownership system and the success or failure of the Saemaul Undong?" "Is there a prototype of the Saemaul Undong that can be transplanted to other countries right away?" At 5 p.m. on the 16th, there was a barrage of questions in Spanish at the YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul (hereinafter called 'Saemaul School') Room 552. For an hour and half, members of the Bolivian press listened to a lecture by Saemaul School dean Park Seung-woo who explained the features and success factors of the Korean Saemaul Undong, and a comparative analysis with the development experience of other emerging countries. Afterwards, the press members all raised their hands to ask questions. The following Q&A session lasted for about an hour. From the other side of the world, key press members and politicians from Bolivia visited YU. The purpose of their visit was to find ways to integrate Korea's Saemaul Undong into Bolivia, which is one of the poorest countries in Central and South America. The members who visited YU with a special mission major press companies of Bolivia such as Página Siete, La Opinion, La Razón, and Energy Press, for a total of nine journalists including CEOs, chief editors and editors, as well as the Bolivian Mineral Resource Ministry PR Director, Bolivia Central Bank Press and PR officer, La Paz Congressman, and the wife of the Foreign Affairs Minister who is actively working with women development NGOs. They visited YU for about three hours for a lecture and Q&A session. Despite the short time, they took no breaks and showed amazing concentration and seriousness at the 'special seminar for the Saemaul Undong' that was specially offered by the YU Saemaul School. CEO of the major daily newspaper of Bolivia, Página Siete, Walter Raul Garafulic Lehm (53) said, "Despite having abundant natural resources such as being a global supplier of tin, Bolivia has yet been able to fight off poverty. The task at hand for the leaders is to find the cause of this and present solutions." He added, "Through this seminar today, I learned that at the base of the 'Miracle of the Han River' underlies the vision, policies and 'Can Do' spirit called the 'Saemaul Undong'. Though it would not be practical to apply Korea's Saemaul Undong as it is to Bolivia, I believe that through the leadership of the government and support of the society and economy, it will be possible to be successful. For this, the press will continuously provide exposure to the Saemaul Undong and spirit, while publicizing the educational program to motivate Bolivians and give them the necessary confidence." Meanwhile, during their stay in Korea from the 14th to the 19th that was made possible through the invitation by KOICA, they will attend lectures on Korea's development experience and official development assistance (ODA), Saemaul Undong, and the status of the Korean press, while visiting the Incheon Songdo International City, Pohang Saemaul Memorial Hall, POSCO, Hyundai Motors, SK Energy, Sangam DMC, and CJ E&M to experience the economic development model of Korea.
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Awarded as the best thesis in chemical engineering sector by the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies. It is the Highest academic award in science technology sector in Korea. [July 14, 2014] Professor Park Jin-ho (55, School of Chemical Engineering) was awarded the '24th Best Science Technology Thesis Award' from the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KFSTA). Professor Park was given the award in the chemical engineering sector for his thesis titled 'Form on silicon substrate for anodizing aluminum nano-template and application in one-dimensional structure copper nano-pillar manufacturing" at the '2014 Korea Science Technology Conference'. The 'Best Science Technology Thesis Award' is an award given by the KFSTA through recommendations on excellent theses from over 320 domestic academic organizations and societies regarding science technology. It is the most prominent award in Korea. Professor Park was recommended by the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers. Meanwhile, Professor Park Jin-ho is currently the director of the new renewable energy hybrid season task force team of the 'Future Growth Engine Task Force Team' launched jointly in late April by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future planning and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Korean representative for the IEA (International Energy Agency) PVPS (Photovoltaic Power Systems) Task 1, and the vice chairman of the Korea Photovoltaic Society International Cooperation Agency. In addition, he served as the Ministry of Knowledge Economy (current Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy) solar power program director for two years from 2011 and was also listed in the 'Marquis Who's Who in the World 2014, 31st edition', one of the world's top three biographical dictionaries. At the school, he is currently serving as the YU industry-academic research office director and industry-academic cooperation team director.
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A bigger Center for Business Incubation opened at YU. It is famous for a 'Cradle for star ventures' such as Iricom that marked 15 billion won in sales and listed in KOSDAQ. As of the end of 2013, 28 tenant companies recorded total sales of 9.7 billion won. [July 8, 2014] YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) reopened the Business Incubator Center known as the 'Start Venture Cradle' after making expansions. In the afternoon of the 7th, YU held the opening ceremony for the new Business Incubator Center with the attendance of Daegu-Gyeongbuk Small & Medium Business Administration Director Kim Heung-bin, Gyeongbuk Provincial Office Creative Economy Department Director Song Gyeong-chang, and Daegu R&D Special District Director Bae Yong-guk, and promised to increase support to promote venture start-ups. With the opening of the new hall in which approximately 2.5 billion won was invested in, including 1.4 billion won in national and provincial funding by being selected for funding as an 'Excellent Venture Fostering Center Expansion Project' by the Small & Medium Business Administration in April 2012, the YU Business Incubator Center has now procured a total of 70 business incubator offices. This is good news for 'start-up' businessmen who are dreaming of successful venture start-ups. Since it was founded in December 2000, it graduated small, but strong venture companies such as Jamova CLS, a voice recognition engine developer, and Ceratrak, a high tech textiles machines parts developer. In 2007, it gave birth to Iricom, an optical parts module manufacturing company that became listed in KOSDAQ by posting sales of 15 billion won, and gave birth to other great stories of successful ventures. Such successes were possible thanks to the specialized support program of the YU Business Incubator Center. Rather than stopping short simply with BI (Business Incubator) functions, it offers a 'total business incubator system' that provides full support from BI to technological development and even to growth (Post-BI). The 'incubating doctor program' in which professors offer customized support, installation of joint display and sales areas of products, and marketing support amounting to 30 million won every year are some surprising support measures provided by the YU Business Incubator Center. Furthermore, it offers necessary spaces and facilities such as meeting rooms, seminar rooms and design cubes (marketing support) to tenant companies, as well as consulting and mentoring in various fields (venture, management, accounting, tax, laws), as well as technological consulting, support for acquiring intellectual properties, support in link with government support projects, industry-academic cooperation support with colleges, and all other necessary support for venture start-ups through a 'one-stop system'. In result, the total sales of the 28 tenant companies as of December 2013 amounted to 9.738 billion won, while new jobs increased by 36.2% compared to the previous year. As of the end of June in 2014, there are 44 tenant companies, which is an increase by 16 in just six months. Also, with the opening of the new Business Incubator Center hall, it is expected that up to 70 companies will move in. In particular, the YU Business Incubator Center offers special benefits to current students to promote a culture of starting up venture businesses within the school. A student venture support room (club support room) is offered free of charge to current students active in venture clubs, and for venture founders (student venture, professor venture), rent is cut by up to 50% for up to one year. On, this YU Industry-Academic Cooperation Team Director Park Jin-ho said, "While the efforts of venture founders are important for boundless ideas and a fearless spirit of taking on challenges to lead to venture start-ups, in the initial stages, government and institutional support are also important." He added, "We will continue to provide support so that venture businesses, which will be the roots of the creative economy, will establish a stronger foothold and graduate in search of bigger dreams."
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YU won 3.5 billion won in total for 5 years. 8 specialized fields including mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, and Saemaul studies, etc. will be funded. [July 1, 2014] YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) was selected for the new 'University for Creative Korea' project and procured the highest national funding in the nation. On June 30, the Ministry of Education (Minister Seo Nam-soo) and the National Research Foundation (President Jung Min-geun) announced the results for selecting the 'University for Creative Korea' project that will newly begin from 2014. In result, YU had 8 of its project teams selected, to receive an annual total of 7 billion won each for the next five years, for a total of 35 billion won in national funding to pursue specialized projects. The eight project teams selected from YU are ▲ IT/Energy/BT industry customized creative chemical engineer fostering project team for the realization of a creative economy ▲ Automobile convergence parts creative human resources fostering project team ▲ Global co-prosperity human resources fostering project team ▲Parts and materials creative human resources fostering project team ▲ DREAM software human resources fostering project team ▲Cultural convergence design eco-system fostering project team ▲Multi-cultural era Korean language and culture human resources fostering project team ▲Pharmaceutical, precision chemistry specialized project team. YU received high scores for pursuing specialization strategies fitting to the creative academic spirit and long-term college development strategies, as well as for presenting a mutual growth road map of the region and university through association with local industries. In particular, the 'IT/Energy/BT industry customized creative chemical engineer fostering project team for the realization of a creative economy' selected for the regional strategic project type is expected to lead the co-development in link with the region's major industry of the automobile industry. This project team is supervised by the YU School of Mechanical Engineering, and participated by the YU Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Kyungpook National University Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Energy Engineering. The 'Global co-prosperity human resources fostering project team' supervised by the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul and the Department of Saemaul and International Development also lead global social contribution activities of the university and is expected to play the role of a hub that configures the creative academic spirit and long-term development strategies of YU. YU systemized the Saemaul Undong and Saemaul spirit, which helped Korea go from one of the poorest countries in the world to an OECD member country in just half a century, into an academic science, while striving to spread it to the world. In November 2011, YU established the 'Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul' for a master's degree program in Saemaul sciences for leaders of underdeveloped and emerging countries for the first time in Korea and graduated the first Saemaul science masters in the world in August 2013. In June of last year, it was selected as an 'international cooperation leading university' by the Ministry of Education and in March, the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul was ranked as the top institute for master's degree programs of 'instructor and faculty fostering projects for the local development of emerging countries' by KOICA. YU President Noh Seok-kyun said, "Efforts for the development by both YU and Yeungnam Schools since the normalization of the foundation led to the great achievement of winning the most national funding in Korea." He added, "Selection for the specialization project is accreditation that the specialization strategies and plans of YU that focuses on areas to create industrial values and social sharing values, and thus, we will maximize results by utilizing the national funding according to the goals of the school's mid to long-term development plans and projects." Meanwhile, the college specialization project focuses on establishing a basis for college specialization focusing on the strengths considering the demand and features of the local society, and it was enacted for the first time this year by the Ministry of Education in order to promote improvements in schools. For this, a total of 1.2 trillion won in national funding will be invested for the next five years from 2014 made up by 203.1 billion won for provincial universities and 54.6 billion won for colleges in the Seoul area. This year, a total of 989 project teams from 160 of the 195 four-year universities in Korea applied for this program. Through quantitative evaluations for the past two months, as well as stage 1 university presentations, and stage 2 project team presentations and reviews by the fair verification committee, the final project teams were confirmed.
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43 teams from 26 domestic and foreign universities participated. Runner up goes to the CMDM Team of YU and the third place goes to AK Team of Changwon University. [July 5, 2014] YU's YUSAE NT Team took home the overall first place at the 2014 Baja SAE Korea and received the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award, trophy and winner's flag. Second place when to the CMDM Team of YU, while third to the AK Team of Changwon University. A total of 770 people in 43 teams fro m26 universities from Korea and abroad participated in the Baja SAE Korea at Yeungnam University 2014 held at the YU Gyeongsan Campus fro the 3rd to 5th in heated competition. Prabhu Sampath (22) of the Startos Team from India's Bangalore Institute of Technology said, "I've participated in this for the second straight year. I think the level of the participants are improving every year." He added, "It is a great opportunity to meet with students from other countries and to learn many new technologies. I wish that such international event will be held in India as well." At 8 a.m. on the 3rd, the first day of the event, it began with bringing in the vehicles and registering participants. At 10 a.m., static test to review the design creativity, structural safety, driver convenience, ease of maintenance, and possibility of mass production, as well as basic inspections on driving capacities and rule meetings that continued late into the night. At 9 a.m. on the second day with the attendance of all teams, volunteers and sponsors, the official opening ceremony was held with car parades of participating teams at the main field and nearby roads. In the afternoon, dynamic tests on acceleration, max speed, towing power, rock climbing, and mud-driving were conducted. At the car parade, six teams that participated in the 2nd International Capstone Design Camp held for five days at YU from June 30 also joined with their six electric vehicles that they completed during the camp. On the last day, the 5th, the highlight of the event, the endurance race was held on a 3.2km off-road track in the hill behind the YU water filtration center. Professor Hwang Pyeong (School of Mechanical Engineering) who has been in charge of the operation of the event for th3 19th year said, "Students worked on designing and producing vehicles for about one year in preparation for this event," and added, "The theories they learn in the classroom and the field experience through this event will be valuable assets to students." The Baja SAE began in 1996 for the first time in Korea as a contest for college students to make their own vehicles to compete with each other. In 2001, it was approved for the first time in Korea by SAE, and became an international competition held at YU every year. The results of the event are announced worldwide through the official homepage of SAE (www.sae.org) and publications.
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'The 2nd International Capstone Design Camp' was held for 5 days at YU, hosted by the YU Engineering Education Hub Center. 96 students from Korea, India, Thai, China and Japan gathered to make an electromobile by themselves. [July 4, 2014] College students from the five countries of Korea, India, Japan, China and Thailand gathered to produce an electric vehicle. YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) hosted the 'International Capstone Design Camp' for five days from June 30. 'Capstone Design', which represents 'creative total design', aims at fostering engineers with field work capacities and creativity. Based on the knowledge that students acquired in their field, students are given the opportunity to design, produce and assess products needed in local industries in this engineering education program that trains creativity, work capacities, teamwork, and leadership. This was organized by the YU Engineering Education Hub Center (Director Song Dong-joo) and co-hosted by 11 university engineering education innovation centers such as YU, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Kyungil University, Keimyung University, Kunsan National University, Kumon National University of Technology, Daegu University, Andong National University, Changwon National University, Korea National University of Transportation, and Halla University. This contest, which was sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology, and a local electronics parts manufacturer, Heesung Electronics, is the second since 2013. Six foreign universities such as Bangalore Institute of Technology and Maharashtra Institute of Technology from India, Shibaura Institute of Technology and Kanazawa Institute of Technology from Japan, South China University of Technology from China, and Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi from Thailand, and 19 domestic universities participated for a total of 25 universities from various countries and a total of 92 students. The goal of this camp was to design and produce electric vehicles to compete in the '2014 BAJA SAE Korea'. In order to perfect their works during the short camp, participating students made teams of about 15 students from different majors and colleges around the world for about a month beforehand. Team members shared opinions and set their concept before participating in the camp through e-mails and SNS. On the first day of camp, they presented the design concepts of each team to kick off the camp. Participants then received teaching from professors and master's and PhDs in the electric automobile field, to revise and supplement their works and complete their final work. Kim Yong-rae (26, Gangneung-Wonju University, senior in electronic engineering), the team leader of TYRANOS made up of students from a total of 14 universities including South China University of Technology from China, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi from Thailand, Shibaura Institute of Technology and Kanazawa Institute of Technology from Japan, and Bangalore Institute of Technology and Maharashtra Institute of Technology from India, as well as Kyungpook National University and Gangwon National University, said, "At first I was skeptical whether it would be possible to cooperate with students who studied in different places to make an electric automobile," and added, "But during the camp, we shared opinions and knowledge with each other to create synergy effects. When the final results were made, I was really surprised. Above all else, it was a good experience because we were able to use what we learned in class and actually apply them by making an electric vehicle." During the camp, participating students attended lectures from 9 a.m. every morning, followed by workshops. They also made the actual electric vehicles including frame cutting, processing and welding, working way past midnight. On the 4th, the last day of the camp, they took their electric vehicle and participated at the Baja SAE in car parades, and took dynamic tests such as acceleration, max speed, towing power, and rock climbing to test the performance of the electric vehicles they built. Lin Xiao Zhou (24), a junior in automobile mechanical engineering at the South China University of Technology, said, "I have always been interested in the Chinese automobile industry. While China produces many cars, it is true that our automobile technologies fall behind that of advanced automobile builders such as Korea," and added, "Through this camp, I was able to experience the education course and intellectual level on vehicles among Korean students, and it made me realize why Korea's automobile industry is at a world-class level. I will study even harder and hope to make China into a powerhouse in the automobile industry." YU Engineering Education Innovation Center director Song Dong-joo (60, School of Mechanical Engineering) who supervised this camp said, "By having students from different countries majoring in different fields such as mechanics, electric, electronics, and computers create one team and carrying out a complex project of making electric vehicles, it will be an opportunity to not only develop engineering design and creative problem-solving skills, but also to further enhance international teamwork and communication," and added "We are planning to develop this into a success model of international cooperation engineering education carried out in Korea."
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A Club of Department of Information and Communication Engineering was selected by Samsung Electronics as one of the 'Samsung Software Friendship'. Samsung Electronics placed a premium on the club’s 'Wireless communication emergency broadcast' idea, and would fund for club materials and activity support for a year. [July 3, 2014] YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) academic clubs will receive sponsorships from Samsung Electronics. The Department of Information and Communication Engineering's network programming academic club 'How To' was selected for the 'Samsung Software Friendship' club. 'Samsung Software Friendship' is a program that finds and excellent software R&D clubs and fund their activities in order to foster excellent R&D human resources of the future by Samsung Electronics and Samsung Software Membership. Clubs are selected through contests every year for college clubs around the nation. In this year's contest, 200 clubs that passed the initial document review of college clubs around the nation that submitted their club activity goal and plans participated in presentation reviews. Final presentation reviews were conducted by regions, and finally, a total of 25 clubs were selected in June through on-site evaluations and club member interviews. 'How To' club will receive a total of 8 million won including 5 million won for materials expenses and 3 million won for activity funding by Samsung Electronics for one year. 'How To' proposed a 'wireless emergency broadcast' system and received good reviews from judges. The 'wireless communication emergency broadcast system' installs wireless communication equipment in areas with high risks of emergencies such as in seas, mountain regions and high-rise buildings so that if anyone uses the equipment to request rescue, it is transmitted to rescue agencies immediately through a specific wireless frequency. This allows quick and multiple requests on emergencies even if the witness or person in the disaster has no other wireless or wired communication tools. Kim Jae-bong (23), a junior who is the vice-president of the club, said, "We have witnessed emergencies occurring, but unable to transmit the situation properly resulting in huge damages, such as the Saewol ferry incident." He added, "If a person who becomes aware of the incident uses the emergency broadcast equipment and send it to multiple rescue agencies simultaneously, we thought that it could help prevent bigger damages by taking preemptive actions." Club members said, "The wireless communication emergency broadcast is just an idea for now," and added, "When we receive the funds, we plan to conduct research on configuration potential, practicality, and expandability." 'How To' was first made in 1998 and is a large club made up of 70 information and communication engineering students who look at problems on 'how to' solve them. This club not only holds study groups for students, but also cooperates with the Department of Information and Communication Engineering and the next-generation networking research lab (advisor Kim Young-tak) to carry out various projects including research on practical technologies. The president of the club, Seo Gyu-baek (23), said, "How To is not a place just to socialize, but an academic club interested in network programming," and added, "Our club provides education on our major, as well as foreign language studies to help prepare students to find jobs in the future, which led many of our seniors to enter conglomerates despite the difficult job market."
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Selected for the 'DREAM Software Human Resource Fostering Project', a college specialization program of the Ministry of Education Selected for Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning's 'Seoul Accord Promotion Support Project' 1,050,000,000 won in national funding in 2014 and total of 4.3 billion won for the next five years [July 3, 2014] The Department of Computer Engineering was selected for national funding support projects back-to-back. They attracted approximately 1,050,000,000 won for just this year and will receive a total of 4.3 billion won for the next five years in national funding. First, according to the college specialization project selection results announced by the Ministry of Education on the 30th, YU was selected for 8 project teams and procured the largest national funding in the nation. The 'DREAM Software Human Resources Fostering Project' of the Department of Computer Engineering' will receive a total of over 4 billion won over the next five years, starting with 820 million won this year. The Department of Electrical Engineering will also participate in this project to pursue software human resources fostering projects in the robot, energy, automobile, medical and green sectors. Professor Kwak Jong-wook (Department of Computer Engineering), who is leading the DREAM Software Human Resources Fostering Project Team, said, "Operating education programs that ensure employment by linking with the regional specialization industries to foster software convergence human resources is what this project is all about." He added, "While focusing on fostering IT convergence software experts with creative problem-solving skills, we will use the 'quality of job index' in the project team's self-evaluation index to construct a high quality teaching-learning environment that takes into consideration not only employment rates, but also the quality of employment, in our quest to become the IT specialized department that represents the Daegu and Gyeongbuk region." On the 2nd, YU was also selected for the 'Seoul Accord Promotion Support Project' by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and the National IT Industry Promotion Agency. The universities selected this year were five four-year university IT departments around the nation including YU and Handong University in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions. Accordingly, the Department of Computer Engineering will receive 220 million won in funding for one year from July and is planning to carry out various educational and R&D projects in connection with the local IT industry. For this project, 13 professors and 70 junior sand seniors in the Department of Computer Engineering will comprise a total of 17 teams, while IT experts from 12 local companies will also participate as mentors to provide practical consulting. Professor Kim Jong-geun (Department of Computer Engineering) who will supervise the project said, "We will construct an industry-academic educational curriculum and research system aiming at developing IT technologies related to the major industries of the region, while fostering creative and practical IT experts fitting to the convergence age." He also added, "In particular, we will resolve the issue with mismatching of IT human resources supply and demand to become a success model in which local industries and universities can have a win-win relationship." The 'Seoul Accord' is the first-ever international agreement among countries that mutually guarantee graduates of computer and IT majors in four year universities to permit them to freely gain jobs in the participating member nations. There are currently eight countries that are members of this since the 'Seoul Accord' in 2007 such as Korea, USA, England and Japan. The 'Seoul Accord Promotion Support Project' aims at responding to industrial demand through IT education innovation in link with the Seoul Accord and to pursue improvements in university programs such as strengthening IT major capacities, professor evaluation, and undergraduate management with the goal of fostering world-class IT experts who completed their bachelor's program.
