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The Unification Education Center for Southern Gyeonggi Province holds the bimonthly lecture on unification[16.11.15]The Gyeonggi Unification Forum, which is co-hosted by Ajou University and the Unification Education Center for Southern Gyeonggi Province, was held on November 9th at the University's Paldal Hall. During the forum, Deputy Director Bong Hyeon Cho of the IBK Economic Research Institute gave a lecture entitled "Spreading Markets in North Korea and Our Preparation for Unification."Deputy Director Cho said, "There can be changes in North Korea and its markets, which may lead to unexpected unification," adding, "Therefore, unification is not optional but essential."The Gyeonggi Unification Forum features bi-monthly lectures by renowned people and is being hosted by Ajou since it was designated as the Unification Education Center for Southern Gyeonggi Province. There are a total of 17 Unification Education Centers across the country, which are selected by the Institute for Unification Education under the Ministry of Unification. They are responsible for unification-related education as the educational hubs of their respective communities.Earlier, on November 7th, the "Unification Lecture for the Public – Daily Life in the North" was held in Dasan Hall Auditorium at the University. It was an opportunity for the participants to better understand what is happening in the daily lives of North Koreans. The event was open to foreign students and citizens as well as the University students through podcast.
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A workshop to improve Ajou's capabilities is held for one night and two days[16.11.11]The '2016 Workshop to Improve Ajou University’s Capabilities' was held from November 11th to the 12th at KB Ingenium located in Yeonghwa-dong, Suwon. It was attended by President Dong Yeon Kim, Executive Vice President for Industry-Academia Cooperation Kyung Hee Choi, Dean of Graduate School Joong Soon Jang, deans of colleges, vice presidents, and directors of departments from the University.The first day of the workshop featured a topical discussion, in which Director Hyun Jung Kim of the Department of Mechanical Engineering gave a presentation. Director Kim said, "We will maximize the capabilities of our department by strategically concentrating on the areas where we have leadership."Participants then discussed how to raise the University's competitiveness through strengthening departmental abilities and how to promote research activities, etc. The discussions were so heated that the session took longer than the planned time.On the next day, the participants talked about the changing environment for universities and Ajou's strategies to address the changes. Issues that were discussed included the financial policies of the University, strategies for different evaluations, an applicant-friendly admissions policy, globalization, and tasks to advance the graduate schools, etc.President Kim emphasized, "Dramatic changes are taking place in the environment related to universities," adding, "We should take a holistic approach rather than a fragmented one to be prepared for these changes."
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Ajou opens the 'Research Center for Futuristic Combat Systems Network and Technology'[16.11.10]The Research Center for Futuristic Combat Systems Network and Technology (Director Jae Sung Lim) was launched on November 10th with the opening ceremony.The ceremony was held at 3:30 p.m. in Dasan Hall Auditorium and in front of the College Academic Building, with Minister Myoung Jin Chang of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and President In Ho Kim of the Agency for Defense Development (ADD), and President Dong Yeon Kim, Professor Tae Young Kim (former defense minister), and Director Jae Sung Lim from Ajou University participating.It began with a progress report on the Center, followed by the presentation of the letter of commissioning, welcome remarks by President Kim, congratulatory addresses by DAPA Minister Chang and ADD President Kim, an introduction of the Center, and the signboard hanging, etc.DAPA assists selected universities and government-invested research institutes to establish the Centers to secure essential defense-related technologies and induce excellent research talents to participate in defense-related research and development. Ajou's research center will play a central role in bringing together research talents from the domestic academic world, developing original technologies necessary for defense-related applied research, and building researcher capabilities. Thirteen universities, including Ajou, Korea University, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, and Soongsil University, are participating in the project.President Kim said in his welcome remarks, "Ajou has strong expertise in the field of defense. I expect that the Research Center will create synergy with the capabilities of our relevant departments and research institutes," adding, "I promise that the University will provide full support for the project."In his congratulatory address, Minister Chang said, "DAPA plans to invest 11.1 billion won in this Research Center over six years through 2020 to secure original tactical network technologies customized to South Korea. They include transmission systems combining manned and unmanned combat structures, telecommunication signal processing to deal with communication disruption from the enemy, and new-media-based transmission technologies to prepare for the future theater of war."It was followed by a congratulatory address by ADD President Kim, in which he said, "I would like to congratulate Ajou on the opening of the Research Center and we will not spare any assistance for smooth research activities."
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A delegation led by the Chairman of China's SIAS International University visits Ajou to discuss bilateral cooperation[16.11.10]A delegation led by Chairman Shawn Chen of China's SIAS International University visited Ajou University on November 9th to discuss bilateral cooperation.The delegation was welcomed by Chairman Ho Seok Choo and Executive Director Yeong Hyeon Lee from the Daewoo Educational Foundation and Dean Moon Sook Yoo of the College of Nursing and Vice President for International Affairs Byung Chun So from Ajou University.Established through a partnership between China and the U.S., SIAS International University is known to have an educational system that best meets global standards in China. Chairman Shawn Chen said, "SIAS is a young university. Like Ajou, it is striving to become a prominent university in Asia. We would like to have exchanges with Ajou's College of Engineering and College of Nursing," adding, "We are also interested in establishing dual degree courses in undergraduate and graduate schools, along with cooperation in Korean language education, which we are working to designate as a second foreign language."Chairman Choo said, "Ajou has been pursuing globalization as an important goal. I look forward to mutual cooperation in the related fields between our two universities, considering that our School of Medicine, College of Nursing, and University Hospital are at the highest level in South Korea." Dean Yoo of the College of Nursing said, "Nursing has similar operational systems around the world," adding, "It is a great idea for our two universities to begin with short-term exchange programs for students and professors."
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Ajou signs an MOU with Inter-American Development Bank for the first time with an international agency[16.11.09]On the afternoon of November 8th, a signing ceremony was held for Ajou University and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for their agreement on mutual cooperation and the two sides discussed specific areas for exchanges. The MOU is the first that the University has concluded with an international agency, and for IDB, it was the first time it has entered into a partnership with a South Korean university.The IDB delegation consisted of Manager Ana Maria and Senior Advisor Roberto Manrique.The two sides discussed sending Ajou's students to IDB for internships (two students in both summer and winter), Central and Latin American countries inviting students for training, and dispatching students from Central and Latin American countries to Ajou for the inbound After You program, etc.Upon request from the IDB delegation, the University arranged a meeting at 4 p.m. in Dasan Hall, in which President Dong Yeon Kim, Manager Ana Maria, and about 30 Korean and foreign students participated. During the meeting, Manager Ana Maria introduced IDB and discussed various topics, including advice for students looking to enter international agencies and various issues and challenges for Central and Latin American countries.Manager Ana Maria said, "The purpose of our visit is to invite the University to join us in working for social development. IDB would also like to share the values pursued by Ajou."
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Reuters delivers a commemorative plaque to Ajou after it ranked 9th in Korea in 'Asia's Most Innovative Universities' ranking[16.11.08]Ajou University took 22nd place, which was the 9th place among South Korean universities, in the 'Top 75: Asia's Most Innovative Universities' ranking released by Reuters and Thomson Reuters. On November 8th, President Dong Yeon Kim received a commemorative plaque from a Reuters official in his office.Reuters is an international news agency and announces Asia's Most Innovative Universities annually based on the academic papers and patent filings owned by Thomson Reuters, an information firm. The ranking evaluates individual universities in terms of the number and influence of their science research papers, patent applications and their commercialization, and academic and commercial citations of research findings, etc.This year's ranking includes 22 universities from China, 20 each from South Korea and Japan, 6 from Australia, 2 each from Singapore, India, and Malaysia, and 1 from New Zealand. In Korea, Ajou, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and Seoul National University, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Yonsei University, and Korea University, etc., made the list.
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Ajou's Professor Tae Soup Shim develops microrobot driven by DNA information[16.11.08]A research team including Ajou University Professor Tae Soup Shim (Department of Chemical Engineering, pictured above) developed a microrobot that can be controlled more effectively by using DNA information. Findings of the research were published on October 24th in The Nature Nanotechnology, an international academic journal.The Korean research team, including Professor Shim and Professor So Jung Park from Ewha Womans University, and the U.S. research team, including Professor Dae Yeon Lee and Professor John Crocker from the University of Pennsylvania in the U.S., jointly developed an essential technology for driving a ductile microrobot by using the sequencing data of artificial DNA. Professor Shim participated in the research as the first author.A ductile microrobot refers to one made with flexible materials such as nano particles or high molecular substances. It can work in a very narrow and complicated environment like blood vessels within the human body and function with specific electrical signals and physical and chemical stimulation. However, such robots had limitations in performing complex instructions. Thus, the research team developed a microrobot whose moves can be controlled more accurately by using DNA sequencing data for the first time in the world. The research team compared the lengths of DNA molecules when DNA is a single strand and forms a double-helix structure after binding, because different DNA lengths can lead to structural changes, including the shortening or lengthening materials. The team attached the DNA made from manipulating sequencing data to gold nano particles and formed a DNA-gold nano particle structure by binding the DNA. It then formed a double-helix structure by combining the structure with the single-strand DNA with manipulated and matching sequencing data. At the same time, the team made a microstructure that can be controlled in certain ways by introducing two DNA strands with different sequencing data. This allowed for mechanical actions such as folding or overturning, etc. Professor Shim said, "Unlike the computer that is controlled by zero and one, the microrobot can execute more varied and complex instructions because it can be controlled by DNA consisting of A, T, G, and C," adding, "We will be able to make microrobots that can work more precisely even in complex and challenging environments, including drug delivery or blood vessel expansion, if DNA-based control technology develops further."The research was conducted with the support of the Basic Research Project (Individual Studies) carried out by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning and the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center of the National Science Foundation in the U.S.
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Ajou's 'Career Mentoring with the President' Begins on November 7th [16.11.08]'Career Mentoring with the President' began on the afternoon of November 7th in the Counseling Office of the Creative University Job Center at Ajou University as part of the 'Cheer Up Change Up' Project – a program aimed at effectively supporting students in finding jobs and exploring careers.The mentoring is conducted based on prior applications from students who are having issues related to their life and career. Any of the University’s students, including graduates, can apply and the Colleges take turns holding mentoring sessions. After the first session by the College of Social Sciences on November 7th, the College of Humanities will arrange the second one on the 22nd and the School of Business Administration, the College of Natural Sciences, the College of Information Technology, the College of Engineering, and the College of Pharmacy will follow.The first mentoring was held was held from 2:30 to 3:50 p.m., with six students – two groups of three including a graduate – participating. Only the students, President Dong Yeon Kim, and the relevant consultants attended in consideration of the students' privacy.A student who participated in the mentoring session said, "I was a little nervous because I had never talked with the President in person, but it was great that he gave advice tailored to each student," adding, "He helped me look at my issues from a different perspective. I would recommend it to other students."President Kim said, "The University began the 'Cheer Up Change Up Project' in an effort to share the responsibility with students in exploring their careers and finding jobs," adding, "This mentoring is part of the Project and I chose to provide advice myself to be of help to students."
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Ajou's students win the Grand Award at the Creative Idea Contest[16.11.08]Ajou University students in the Graduate School's Department of Life Media won the Grand Award at the 6th K-ICT Creative Idea Contest. The event, which was organized by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning, was divided into the two categories of Future Technology and Future Prospects.The Future Technology category invited creative and promising ICT ideas that can be used in future society, while the Future Prospects category received ideas that will be useful in future life, including scenarios, webtoons, and videos. A total of 473 ideas were submitted and 19 teams – 13 teams in Future Technology and 6 teams in Future Prospects – were selected as the final winners after mentoring sessions at the Creative Idea Camp.Ajou's Team IE-STORY won the Minister of Science, ICT, and Future Planning Award and the award ceremony was held on October 20th at EL Tower in Yangjae-dong, Seoul.Team IE-STORY consists of Jin Hyeong Cho and Jin Woo Lee, who major in media content in the Graduate School's Department of Life Media and are leading the on-campus business start-up club IE-STORY (guiding professor Gyu Hwan Oh). Team IE-STORY was awarded for their augmented reality-based authoring tool in which characters colored by children act as in fairy tales.
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Ajou's student team wins the Excellence Award at LG Global Challenger[16.11.08]< Members of Team Toad pose for a picture to celebrate winning their award.>Team Toad consisting of Ajou University students received the Excellence Award at LG Global Challenger.The members of the team are Jin Seop Oh and Ji Woo Han (both in the Department of Industrial Engineering), Song Yi Kim (Department of Chemical Engineering), and Ji Min Han (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) and they participated in the contest with their assignment entitled 'Building Materials Bank for the Distribution and Transaction of Surplus Building Materials.' They are participating in Paran Semester under the guidance of Professor Joo Yeoun Lee with the related project 'Exploring Ways to Introduce a Building Materials Bank Suitable for South Korea.'Launched in 1995, LG Global Challenger is the oldest overseas travel contest for university students in South Korea. This year, 34 teams with a total of 136 students traveled to 20 countries over two weeks during the summer vacation after being selected in the preliminary round in June. One team won the Grand Prize and three teams received the First Prize, with another three teams being awarded the Excellence Award, based on the evaluation of travel reports submitted by individual teams and their presentations. From among the award-winners, senior students are given the opportunity to enter LG Group, and freshmen, sophomores, and juniors can work as interns for potential employment at the group.Jin Seop Oh said, "We decided to participate in the event while looking for ways to recycle building materials and visited London RE-USE Limited in the U.K. We are proud of winning the award and will continue our research through Paran Semester," adding, "We will provide our research results to the Ministry of Environment and Seoul Municipal Government and participate in building materials fairs to promote the necessity for recycling building materials."< Ajou's Jin Seop Oh represented all of the participants in waving the LG Global Challenger Flag with LG Group Chairman Bon Moo Koo. >< Members of Team Toad and their guiding professor Joo Yeoun Lee pose for a picture at Heathrow Airport in the U.K.>
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Ajou's President Dong Yeon Kim discusses mutual cooperation in his visit to Indonesia[16.11.07]On November 1st, Ajou University President Dong Yeon Kim gave a keynote speech upon invitation at the First World Economic Development Forum held in Jakarta, Indonesia.The forum, which was organized by the Joint Secretariat for Economic Cooperation between South Korea and Indonesia, was held to explore innovative ways for emerging countries to lead global economic growth. The Secretariat was established by the governments of both countries to foster economic development in Indonesia. The forum was attended by about 200 people, including officials from different governments and international agencies; experts from industries, academia, and research institutes; businesspeople; and citizens as well as officials from the Indonesian government.The lecture by President Kim was entitled 'Road to a New Power Nation.' He began with an introduction of the Talk Concert on Game-changing Revolution held in May when Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited Ajou University.He then said, "In order to be a power nation, you need to constantly create new things through innovation and embrace others that are different from you," adding, "Indonesia has the world's fourth-largest population, a wealth of raw materials, and solid domestic demand. If Indonesia improves its incentive system and addresses the governance issue by embracing different groups of people, it will be able to become a new power nation." He then participated in a discussion with four panelists after the lecture.During his stay in Indonesia, President Kim visited the University of Indonesia, a sister university of Ajou, and discussed bilateral cooperation with Rector Muhammad Anis. As a national university, it is one of the most prestigious universities in Indonesia. Officials from the two universities discussed student exchanges, internships, exchanging professors, and holding joint academic seminars in different majors, etc.President Kim also dropped by KOTRA's Jakarta Office, the Korea Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia, and the World-OKTA Jakarta Office, etc. In a meeting with officials from Korindo and SK E&S, he introduced Ajou's flagship programs and discussed student internships and support for industry-academia cooperation, etc. In addition, he talked about launching an MBA course on social enterprises at Ajou University in a meeting with businesspeople based in Indonesia.President Kim also met with officials involved in the Global Young Business Manager (GYBM) program and gave a lecture to the students participating in the second GYBM Indonesia group. GYBM is being carried out by Daewoo SKY Institute to foster global young business managers. It provides intensive education on foreign languages, jobs, and effective personality traits to selected students looking to find jobs overseas. One hundred eighty-six students, including 16 from Ajou, are scheduled to be dispatched to four countries – Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, and Indonesia – after finishing the 2016 program.
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