KSEA 45 LETTERS
NMSC 2017, MeLT & iPECChapter, APS, & HQ News
ISBN: 978-0-9967493-6-7www.ksea.org
45TH
The Journal of Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association
June 2017Vol. 45-03
About KSEA
Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) is a 45-year-old non-pro�t national-level professional organization. It is open for individuals residing in the USA who are engaged in science, engi-neering or a related �eld.
KSEA’s objectives are:• To promote the application of science and technology for the general welfare of society;• To foster the cooperation of international science communities especially among the US and Korea;• To serve the majority of Korean-American Scientists and Engineers and help them to develop their full career potential.
KSEA has 78 Chapters/Branches, 13 Technical Groups and 27 Affiliated Professional Societies (APS) cov-ering all major branches of science and engineering. Since its birth in 1971, KSEA has been recognized as the main representative organization promoting the common interests of Korean-American scientists and engineers toward meeting the objectives mentioned above.
KSEA welcomes participation from 1.5th-generation, 2nd-generation, and 3rd-generation Korean-Amer-ican scientists and engineers including the mixed-race and adoptee communities. KSEA promotes helping younger generation Korean-Americans to be aware of the rapid advances in science and engineering occur-ring both inside and outside of the US. Especially, to create opportunities for young generation members to interact with talented scientists and engineers in Korea.
The Journal of Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association
KSEA 45 LETTERS
NMSC 2017, MeLT & iPEC Chapter, APS, & HQ News
June 2017Vol. 45-03
ISBN: 978-0-9967493-6-7www.ksea.org
Table of Contents
The Editorial Board’s Note 2Message from the President 316th National Mathematics and Science Competition (NMSC) 42017 Mentorship and Leadership Training (MeLT) Workshop 62017 Industry Professional and Entrepreneurship Conference (iPEC) 9KSEA-KAST Workshop: Energy Materials and Drug Discovery 10
Featured Articles by 2017 Young Investigator Grants Winners InertialMicrofluidicsforBiomedicineandBio-Manufacturing 11 Detecting Developmental Brain Anomalies Early: An Example of Infant Brain Imaging Demonstrating Impact of Prenatal Maternal Depression on Fetal Brain and Behavioral Development 13
HQ News 2017 KSEA Election Result 16 2017 Scholarship Recipient 18
Chapter News Silicon Valley: NWRC North West Regional Conference 20 Central IL: University of Illinois YG 7 Proposed Events to Boost Engagement 22 Central Penn: The 1st Geospatial Data Science Workshop GDS 2017 24 San Diego: 27th Annual KSEA South-Western Regional Conference 25 North Carolina: Career Development and Job Search Seminar 26 New York Metropolitan: 26th Northeast Regional Conference 27 Chicagoland: Open Seminar Series 28 APS News NYKB: The 9th Annual Conference 30 KSCEE: “Which Career is Right for You?” to Guide Young Generation’s Career 31KSEA Sponsors 32KSEA Sponsor Advertisements 34KSEA Organization 54
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The Editorial Board’s Note
A Message from the Publication Directors of the KSEA 45th Administration
As the summer comes to a close and we prepare together for the coming KSEA administration, there were many successful KSEA events and workshops covered in this issue of Letters. The 2017 National Mathematics and Science Competition (NMSC), which was held this past April across the U.S., attracted the next generation elementary through high school students by chal-lenging their mathematical abilities, piquing their interest in hands-on science, and testing their physics knowledge.
The featured articles of this issue are research overviews written by two 2017 Young Inves-tigator grants awardees, prof. Aram J. Chung at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and prof. Jiwook Cha at Columbia Univeristy Medical Center.
This issue also announces the results of 2017 KSEA general elections and scholarship recipi-ents. We congratulate all elected members as well as 17 undergraduate and 20 graduate student recipients of KSEA and KUSCO scholarships.
All members can also enjoy reading about the various international, national KSEA activities, such as 2017 MeLT, iPEC, KSEA-KAST Workshop on energy materials and drug discoveries, NYKB annual conference, KSCEE’s career workshop as well as many local events organized by chapters.
As always if you have any news, event information or articles to share with other KSEA mem-bers, please contact the KSEA Publications Directors or simply email your article to [email protected].
The 45th Admin. Publication Directors
SJ CLAIRE HUR, PhDPublication Director 1
Assistant Research Professor Johns Hopkins University
JOHN LEE, PhDPublication Director 3
DirectorKPMG
JULLIA LEEPublication Director 4
CRAPPD
JUNBUM SHIN, PhDPublication Director 2
Assistant ProfessorOregon State University
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JAEHOON YU, PhD
PresidentKorean-American Scientists and Engi-neers Association
ProfessorUniversity of Texas, Arlington
The President’s Message
Dear Revered KSEA members,
It feels that the 45th administration began just yesterday! As I am writing this last message as the president of this cherished organization, I can proudly declare that we have accomplished tremendously not just for the well-established events of KSEA but for strengthening our organization’s foundation in preparation for the future. One of the most important goals of the 45th admin was to make KSEA known more broadly so that it would be a sought after organization of technical excellence, and we have done so!
First of all, I am grateful for the enthusiastic participation and care of the members and those who were willing to run for various positions of service for KSEA. We have successfully elected our officerstoserveforKSEA,including,forthefirsttime,apresident-elect of 1.5 generation! The health of an organization depends crucially on the ownership of everyone within it. In this regard, the tremendous efforts of the 44th administration to strengthen the organization’s fundamentals have paid off!
The NMSC2017 was another success, drawing over 1,600 participants! The preparation for this year’s NMSC has a special meaning since KAMSA, one of our APS’s, has worked in a mode to prepare for a closer collaboration with KSEA, just like AKPA works closely with KSEA for national physics contest. I hope this tight working relationship continues for the good of our next generations.
In addition to these important events to fulfill KSEA’s missions,in order to accomplish the overarching goal above, we have introduced many new programs on top of the existing ones. At UKC2016, we have implemented the public lecture and Youth Science and Technology Leadership Camp (YSTLC) and spread KSEA’s name to 40,000 local residents through the banquet at the Texas Rangers Stadium. We have interacted more closely with local Korean Societies to bring KSEA closer to the general public. For the first time inUKChistory,wehad “cash”donations from twoU.S.universities – a gold sponsorship from the University of Texas at Arlington and a copper from the University of North Texas, as well as hosting a U.S. Congressman, the Honorable Joe Barton who is working with KSEA to bring two Congressional Committees to UKC for meaningful policy discussions with Korean National Assembly members.
We have introduced focused young professional career workshops. The SEED2016 was turned into a workshop focused solely on professionals in academia, which for the first time was jointlyorganized with the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST). As covered in this letter, the amazingly successful inaugural young entrepreneur focused iPEC (industry Professional Entrepreneurship Conference) was held late May, organized by project directors Drs. Jong Park and Hae-Bum Yoon with the tremendous and absolutely essential efforts of SoCal chapter president Dr. Seon Kim! In addition, the 1st and smashingly successful Mentorship and Leadership Training (MeLT) was held at the HQ in early May, organized by project director Dr. Seogjoo Jang.
Moreover, stemming from the successful SEED2016, the 1st KSEA-KAST joint workshop on science and technology innovation was held in Seoul in mid-May, organized by our own former president Dr. Youngsoo Kim and the executive vice president of KAST, Dr. Wook Jun Yoo. The parting take away message from this workshop was to continue tight collaboration between KSEA and KAST for the good of U.S. and Korea.
Boy, did we have a busy May!Thesefirstevereventsarenottheonlyoneswehavecarriedout.There have been many regional conferences – NWRC, NRC and SWRC – along with many chapter and YG activities. The APS’s have been very busy and active, too! It certainly feels as though KSEA is like a phoenix who rises from ashes and be stronger over and over again.
Whilewe finish this administration,weare stillworkingon twoMOU’s with two U.S. entities in addition to putting together a session at UKC2017 with US Congressional and Korean National Assembly delegates. We are working hard on helping UKC2017 to be the most successful one and hope that this trend continues onto the upcoming UKC’s in the foreseeable future. We continue expanding and diversifying our working relationships with many more entities both in the U.S. and in Korea.
All these efforts can only be fruitful when they stand on the bedrock of strong membership and members’ ownership on the organization. In this regard, as we close another chapter of KSEA and open a new and even brighter one, I would like to thank you all for your steadfast support and faith in this administration. I can say withconfidence,wehaveopenedthefloodgateoftransformationand hope we widen it further. We have laid down a cornerstone for it and hope you all, as the member of this beloved organization, to take a strong ownership to put more cornerstones one at a time!
I thank you all again for your trust and ownership!
I wish the 46th administration the best of the bests!
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K. STEPHEN SUH, PhDKSEA Vice President 1
DirectorHackensack University Medical Center
KSEA organizes the National Mathematics and Sci-ence Competition (NMSC) annually and this event iscertainlytheflagshipcommunityeventthatourmembers serve the regional community and edu-cate our children and parents on topics of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). NMSC2017 was the 16th year for the math com-petition, 12th year for the science competition and 5th year for the physics competition. This year the NMSC was held on April 8 and for the preparation side, all chapter and branch presidents and NMSC local chairs join in for the kick-off teleconference in October of 2016. Due to active participation from all CPs/BPs and NMSC site chairs, the national event was successful. For NMSC2017, 37 sites par-ticipated for math, 10 sites for science, and 10 sites for physics competition.
During this event, young generations and profes-sionals cooperate with regular members of the local chapter to help the children to understand and enjoy STEM while competing with each other. Without the dedicated hearts of KSEA chapter pres-idents (CPs), branch presidents (BPs), site NMSC chairs and many volunteers, we would not be able to carry out such a large-scale national event. The established members of chapters also educate par-ents on STEM and provide counseling on future trends of STEM related career, thereby empower-ing the community and our future generations of Korean-Americans. Although the event was mainly constructed for Korean-Americans, KSEA invites children from non-Korean ethnic groups to join the activity of NMSC and enjoy STEM.
The math competition was offered to 4th to 11th grade students. There were 30 questions for each grade, which included 20 multiple-choice problems and 10 free response problems. Grades 4-8 had60 minutes and grades 9-11 had 90 minutes to solve them. A total of 1,634 students participated in the math competition. In addition to the chapter level awards, the top three national winners in each gradewereawardedwithcertificatesandcashpriz-es. This year’s national winners are listed in Table 1.
For this year’s math exam, the National Contest Committee invited former members of the Math Committee to maintain the continuity. The former Chair Prof. Jaewoo Jeong, Miami University at Ham-
ilton, served as the Chair of the Math Committee this year as well. Members of the Math Committee included 6 experienced continuing members and 2 new members (noted with *): Dr. Ji Young Choi, Shippensburg University, Dr. Samjoo Doh, Nuance Communications, Dr. Jimin Lee, University of North Carolina, Asheville, Dr. YoungHee Park Lee, Foothill College, CA, Dr. Seojin Kim, Miami University, and Dr. Jin Hyung To, University of Illinois at Urbana-Cham-paign, Dr. Youngmi Kim*, Jacksonville State Univer-sity, Dr. Jaedeok Kim*, Jacksonville State University.
The grading sheets created by the Math Committee last year with built-in tiebreakers were used this yearagainbychapterstofillouteachparticipant’sinformation. This data makes it possible for the committee to analyze students’ performance. The score distribution for each grade is summarized in Figure 1. Numeric values in a tabular form along with bar charts for each grade are available on the NMSC website noted above.
Figure 1. The Math Exam Score Distribution by Grade
Science projects were offered to 4th to 11th grade students, mainly to promote STEM and to motivate students by fostering students’ engagement during the project and instructing them how to apply sci-entificmethods to solve problems. A total of 595students participated from 10 local chapters and branches. Unlike math or physics, science was not a written exam but a project in which student groups or individuals can compete, sometimes with help from KSEA members on project set up in the exam-ination room. Only chapter level awards were giv-en to students for the science projects. The physics contest was offered to 9th to 11th grade students.
National Mathematics and Science Competition (NMSC)
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Seventy-fiveminutesweregiventosolvetwelvequestionsinclud-ing 8 mechanics and 4 electromagnetism questions. Fifty six stu-dents participated from 10 local chapters and branches. Top two nationalwinnerswereawardedwithcertificatesandcashprizes.National winners are listed in Table 2.
Our strong collaboration continued with Association of Korean Physicists in America (AKPA), an Affiliated Professional Society(APS), for the High School Physics Contest. Under the direction and leadership of Dr. Chueng-Ryong Ji of North Carolina State Uni-versity, AKPA developed and delivered exam questions for grades 9-11 along with solutions and grading instructions. The cash priz-es for the national winners were provided by AKPA, while KSEA provided t-shirts to promote participation in the physics contest thisyear. TheCertificatesforthewinnerswerejointlysignedbythe President of KSEA, Prof. Jaehoon Yu at University of Texas at Arlington, and the President of AKPA, Prof. Youngkee Kim at the University of Chicago.
CP chair Steve Sungwon Moon at the Sillicon Valley chapter served well to coordinate all CPs/BPs and site NMSC chairs to run this na-tion-wide event. I sincerely thank our own manager Michelle Cho for providing administrative support and IT manager Jongsung You for continuous IT support. Having experienced staff makes it pos-sible to coordinate such a complex event, so it runs smooth and all details executed seamlessly. Our special thanks goes to manag-er Michelle Cho for taking a role to coordinate this national event with the 45th Admin and with VP1,Manager Kelly Han for manag-ingfinances,andMs.EunaYoonforhelpingchapterswithadver-tisements. Let me thank all of the participants for the successful NMSC, which would not have been possible without them. So, may I say ‘congratulations’ to all CPs, BPs and site NMSC chairs. You did very well and KSEA sincerely thank you for your dedication.
Grade Name School Chapter
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Daniel Kim Murdock Portal Silicon Valley
Jaehyeog Jang Roosevelt Elementary School New Jersey
Joonmin Lee Manhattan’s Public School 40 NY Metro
Jiah Lee St. Peter Catholic School North Carolina
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Jaewon Jung St. Emily Chicagoland
Andrew Song Gordon School New England
Jaeho Lee Tesago Elementary NY Metro
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Joshua Jang Landell Elementary Southern CA
Simon Koski Champion School Silicon Valley
Taeyoung Choi J. F. Drake Middle School Alabama
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Alan Xie Ankeny Middle School Dayton-OH
Yul (Julia) Kim Tenafly Middle School New JerseyArrum Autumn Shin River Dell Middle School New Jersey
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Michael Zhou Clague Middle School Michigan
Minjune Kim Jonas Clarke New England
Yunseo Choi Tenafly Middle School New Jersey
Jongwon Jung Tenakill Middle School New Jersey
Hyunwoo Lee Odle Middle School Seattle Washington
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Stephen Yin Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Kentucky
James Xiu Huron High School Michigan
Derek Zhu Huron High School Michigan
Samuel Lee Pennfield Middle School New Jersey
MinKyu Son Primoris Academy New Jersey
Sebastian Jeon Bergan County Academy New Jersey
Sooyoung Choi VESTAL HIGH SCHOOL NY Metro
Dongyun Seo Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Washington Metro
Junhyun Choe Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Washington Metro
Alex Chung Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Washington Metro
Alex Wang Dublin Jerome High School Dayton-OH
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Shawn Im Plymouth Regional High School Georgia
Alan Zhu Greenhills School MichiganHaneul Hannah Shin Bergen County Academies New Jersey
Edric Eun East Chapel Hill High School North Carolina
Hahn Lheem Jack Britt High School NC-FayettevilleNicholas Sukjun Kim Thomas Jefferson high School Seattle Washington
William Xi Perrysburg High School Dayton-OH
Kevin Yin Centerville High School Dayton-OH
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Seungyun Lee Paul VI Catholic High School Washington Metro
Jung Soo Chu Buckingham Browne & Nichols New England
Junu Lee Westwood High School Austin
Zheng Yang Huron High School Michigan
Jae Hoon Yoon Phillips Andover Academy New England
Luis Kim Memorial High School South TexasTaekhwan(James) Oh Tabb High School SE VA
Table 1. National Winners of the Math Competition
Name School Chapter
Kevin Oh Ballarmize College Prep Silicon Valley
Alex Wang Dublin Jerome High School Dayton-OH
Table 2. National Winners for the Physcis Contest
NMSC 2017
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SEOKJOO JANG, PhDProject Director 1
ProfessorQueens College, City Univ of New York
2017 Mentorship and Leadership Training (MeLT) Workshop
OVERVIEW
The Mentorship and Leadership Training (MeLT) workshop was held at the KSEA Headquarter, Vienna, VA on May 6-7, 2017. Five academic experts and three experts in industry were invited and contributedtotheworkshop.Onthefirstday,eachexpert presented topics aligning with his expertise. Belowisalistofnameandaffiliationofpresenters,and titles of their training presentations.
• Burtrand I. Lee, Clemnson University & American Chemical Society, “Choosing an academic career and being successful through research”
• Jaehoon Yu, University of Texas at Arlington, “Essential elements for a successful academic career”
• Michael Cho, Iowa State University, “How to self-promote and improve presentation skills” & “How to improve chances of getting your dream job”
• Hyung J. Kim, Carnegie Mellon University, “What does it take to become an independent researcher from a postdoc?”
• Cheung Ryong Ji, North Carolina State University, “How to become a successful principal investigator and research mentor in university environments?”
• Alexander Lee, Schlumberger, “Building a successful career in corporate America”
• Jae Hoon Kim, Boeing, “R&D career development for technical leader”
• Sam Ryu, Exxon Mobil, “Being a leader/mentor, Why and how?”
The duration of each presentation was 30 min followed by 20 min session for sharing comments, questions and discussions. These interactions and discussions helped each expert to identify strength and weakness of one’s own training materials,
and also enabled collaboration on developing a comprehensive set of training contents.
IntheseconddaysessionledbyMichaelCho,fiveexperts in the academia collaborated on creating not only general career training slides, but also specific slides for more targeted audiences, suchas postdoctoral researchers and pre-tenure professors, providing general advice for mentoring students, and information/advice for being grant-funded researchers. Concurrently, the three experts in the industry consolidated their materials into one comprehensive set of training slides.
The workshop resulted in high quality slides covering comprehensive subjects. These materials can be used by appropriate experts for future SEED activity and other future career training venues to be organized by KSEA.
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2017 MeLT
SUMMARIES OF SLIDES Belowaresummariesofthefinalizedslides.
1. “Improving your chances of having a successful career,” by Michael Cho
Finding your dream job is not easy. Getting it is even more difficult.Competitionisfierceintoday’sjobmarketastheworldbecomes more globalized. To be successful, you must conduct a wider search and cast a bigger net. Your curriculum vitae (CV) is a window to your soul and it must be immaculate. Your application must convey that you are the perfect person for the job. Once you are invited for an interview, you must avoid making any mistakes that will raise concerns by prospective employers/colleagues.
One of the key ingredients for achieving a successful career is your ability to communicate who you are, what you know, what you have accomplished, what you are capable of doing and what you are willing to do for your employer/organization as well as for your peers. You need to let others know that you are willing to give more than 100% to whatever task you are given. You need to let them know your ability and your contributions to the organization without appearing arrogant or self-centered. You need to be able to articulate your thoughts and give presentations that are precise and detailed, yet concise and clear, whatever the topic.
This material will provide some guidance as to how you should prepare yourself to improve employability, how to search for jobs, how to prepare a CV and applications, what to do or not to do during and post-interviews to improve your chances of getting your dream job. It will also provide guidance as to what you should or should not do to promote yourself and to improve your presentation skills.
2. “How Do You Get Your First Academic Job?”, by Hyung J. Kim
The postdoctoral training period is one of the most critical stages of a successful career in science (and engineering) in government labs and academia. Research experience and achievements during this periodareessentialtofindingapermanentpositionthatwillserveasavehicletoadvanceone’scareerinthechosenfield.However,there are also other factors, such as interview and presentation skills, that should not be overlooked when looking for such a position. In this presentation, short-term and long-term strategies tofindatenure-trackfacultypositioninacademiaarediscussed.Specific topics include work ethic, self-assessment-baseddevelopment planning, job application strategies, and interview/presentation skills and preparations. Guidelines and advice on thesetopicsalongwithgeneralinformationandspecificexamplesare provided and discussed. To help the audience to understand the faculty hiring process and thus to prepare for job search better, perspectives of the academic hiring unit are also considered. While the presentation is mainly intended for postdoctoral researchers pursuing an academic career, many of its contents will be useful to PhD students looking for a postdoctoral position in academia or governmentlabs.Slidestailoredspecificallyforthelatergrouparealso provided.
3. “Essential elements for Getting Tenured,” by Jaehoon Yu
To be successful in an academic career, one must work hard and focus on one’s research and essential academic tasks. However, therearehiddenelementsthatcanaddasignificantalphatothefundamental requirements to become a successful tenured faculty in academia. While decision making in academia is in general fair, the grey nature of many decision making processes render strong commitment to one’s conviction and positive thoughts to have significant impact. Once these attributes are seeped intopersonality naturally, handling sensitive issues and dealing with conflictswillbecomemucheasier. This lecturealso introducedsubtle issues that can impact a young professional’s successes, based on the lecturer’s experiences serving in various positions within academia, and some crucial behind-the-scene stories where a priori knowledge can help navigating through an academic career successfully.
4. “Motivation of Leadership/Mentorship and Lessons from Worked-out Example vs. Regretful Example in University Environments” by Chueng-Ryong Ji
Howtotellajellyfishfromaplasticbag. It is not at all trivial for young researchers in academic environments to overcome the difficulties that they face during the course of their researchand be successful in their future careers. As the turtles should distinguish a plastic bag from a jellyfish to nurture themselveswithout starving to death, it is important to make the right choice in researchprojects for the investigator, to findaneffectivewayto overcome the hurdle in the research work itself, to complete thedissertation/thesisworksinagiventime,tohandleefficientlythe scarce funding environment, etc. For the successful leadership and mentorship development to nurture the young investigators, the leaders and mentors need to go over the ego fence and get out of their own comfort zone to face the challenges and seek for the answers on “Why? How? When?”. Both worked-out and regretful examples were presented to discuss the lessons to be learned for successful leadership and mentorship development in university environments. While the academia may be distinguished from the industrywithrespect to theprimarypurpose (e.g.nonprofitvs. profit), the successful leadership and mentorship share thecommonality of academia and industry that appear to hinge on the complete honesty and transparency in leading the mentees and the group. It is highly recommended to get released from unnecessary self-made burden. If one gets lost, it appears crucial to admit immediately and go back to the original place where one started. The benefit of networking was also pointed out for synergeticactivities with contemporaries.
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5. “Starting a Successful Research Program in Academic Career,” by Burtrand Lee
Once you are hired as a tenure-track assistant professor at a research-oriented academic institution, your excitement and challenges begin at the same time. Among the three conventional duties of academic faculty (i.e., teaching, research and service), meeting the research requirements for tenure and promotion may perhaps be the most challenging and thus may deserve the mostattention.At aR1 research institute, the first itemonyourto-do list would be initiation of your research program. This is done by writing or preparing competitive research grant proposals to raise funds to build your research program and carry out the researchplan.Thecompetition foraresearchgrant is fierceandincreasing. To get high return on investment, a research grant proposal must be written exceedingly well to the reviewers. This presentation will cover how to prepare and what to consider for writing a competitive grant proposal. No presentation can cover all aspects of grant proposal writing but this is geared towards those who wish to strengthen their grant writing skills, as well as beginners who wish to acquire the techniques of preparing and writing competitive proposals to various funding agencies. Some commercial workshops tend to advertise with the title ‘how to prepare winning research grant proposals.’ These titles are a naïve and/or misleading from an experienced grant manager’s view. No workshops or presentations can guarantee winning. The focus will be on how to effectively write proposals in times of keen competition and limited fund. After the completion of this presentation, you will become familiar with:1. Navigating the world of grant procurement,2. Researching and identifying potential funding sources,3. The guidelines for grant applications,4. The review process and how to address key points for reviewers, and5. Writing competitive grants that stand out against scores of competing submissions.
6. “Building a Successful Career in Industry,” by Alex Lee, Sam Ryu, Jae Hoon Kim.
This presentation package covers a complete life-cycle of an engineering and science graduates’s career. The presentation first startswith practical tips on the job searching strategy andinterview skills. Most of the big corporations have very similar hiring cycles and selection criteria that most students are not aware of. Too many students rely on internet to do their job search, yet only 20% of all available jobs are posted online. Job search is one of the most important “project” in his/her professional life, yet they tend to do it without a proper plan, strategy and resource. This training module discusses misconceptions about job search andwaystoimprovetheirchancesofgettingtheirfirstjoboffer.
Then second topic covered is about choosing a career path. It includes key differences between the management path and technical path. Selecting a life-long career path is a very important decision regardless of job classification, especially toyoung professionals. The decisionwill significantly impact one’sprofessional life. A technical career requires even more careful consideration because it requires a life-time commitment to self-discipline and self-motivation to explore one’s technical capability and limit. In this information-rich 21st century and connected world, it is extremely challenging to keep pace with such a rapidly developing technology without strong commitment. Based on industrial experience, a very simple to follow list of “do’s and don’ts of career development” is presented.
The other topic this presentation covers is the career advancement. Many technically driven engineers and scientist have very little knowledge and necessary skills on how to be recognized. This is especially true for Koreans because our culture taught us to be humble, modest and respect elders by being obedient. In today’s competitive corporate world, understanding how managers evaluate their employees and understanding what it takes to shine without projecting a negative image is a delicate balancing act that one must master. Most of technical students, especially those who were born in Korea, lack essential communication skills, such as interpersonal communication, presentation, listening and email skills. They also struggle with setting priorities and how to manage upward. The presentation material covers a few practical and critical tips on how to manage and advance their career.
The final topic covered in the presentation is how andwhy oneshould become a leader & mentor. Society, industry, academia and any organization need leaders and mentors because they make the organization sustainable by producing the next generation that keeps the organization to continue moving forward. This presentation introduces and explains a roadmap of leadership. Whenapersonjoinsindustry,thelevelofinfluenceandperformanceis relatively low as an individual contributor. As the person starts obtaining experience and knowledge, more important tasks are given to him or her with bigger responsibilities. At this stage, there are two possible paths: one with the same level of individual contribution or the other with a leadership role leading/delegating others to work as a team. As their career progresses, a person is expected to obtain different levels of leadership skills. In this module, different levels of leadership and how they are different are discussed. A mentor is another critical factor to sustain an organization. In the current job market with high turn-over environment, organizations tend to look for employees who have mentorship skills to guide mentees so that they can professionally grow and perform rapidly. Only through expansion of one’s influencereachthroughhigherlevelofleadership/mentorship,anorganization can grow and expand.
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iPEC
2017 Industry Professional and Entrepreneurship Conference (iPEC)
We developed the inaugural Industry Professional and Entrepreneurship Conference (iPEC) Workshop in 2017. The goal of the iPEC is to provide useful, prac-tical, and professional information for entrepreneurs who have plans to, or have recently launched a startup company. This workshop is designed to provide net-working opportunities with other entrepreneurs and mentors, information on various processes for start-up companies, and systemic discussions on entrepre-neurship.
With this recognition, the 45th KSEA administration successfully organized the iPEC in May 2017 at Los Angeles,California.We,fiveiPECorganizingcommit-tee members including two project directors (PJD2 and PJD3) of the 45th administration, organized a two-day iPEC workshop that addressed the various uniqueissues,suchasfinancing,intellectualproperty,and management, for the early stage of entrepreneurs.
The 2017 iPEC was held at the Gallery Hall at the Korea Daily in Los Angeles, CA from May 20-21, 2017 with 40 invited participants, 5 organizers, 5 volunteers from Southern California Chapter, 7 speakers, and 1 Korean consul. Lodging was set up at the JJ Grand Ho-tel, where is located within 1.5 mile from the venue.
Based on the purpose of iPEC, an extensive 24 hour program was developed to cover needs for entrepre-neur in 7 workshops. The workshop began with an introduction by the organization member (PJD3, Jong Park from University of South Florida) and a welcome remark by Jaehoon Min from Korean Consulate, fol-lowed by a presentation based on Bryan Kim’s ample experiences and valuable advices for successful entre-preneurship. Bryan Kim, a former registered US gov-ernment small business advisor with SBA and SCORE initiative, shared his successful strategies in survival and presented current trends for different phase of business.
The second session’s speaker was Dr. Hyungmin Chung from California State University, Long Beach. The title of his presentation was “Technology-based start-up: Business Model and Financing”. He explained on three essential factors, value, capability and strat-egy, are important for survival of start-up companies. Using big companies, like Southwest airlines, Walmart as examples, Dr. Chung explained why and how those companies were survived and succeeded.
The third session for “Patent and copyright, tech li-cense”, were leaded by David In, Esq, an attorney at law practicing in Washington, DC. His current prac-tice is focuses on protection of intellectual property
rights in US and other counties. He advised that crit-ical information, such as intellectual property, patent application and other different aspects of protection for important matters, should be determined among members before building start-up companies.
The 45th KSEA president, Dr. Yu started with a wel-come remark, followed by his brief talk, titled my 1000 years dream. He introduced his dream on how to help energy crisis by using atomic reaction. After dinner, a keynote speaker, Myong Chong, CEO of Han-na Isul Skin therapy, presented inspirational speech. She shared her experience at a college with computer science major. She realized that computer program-mingisnotwhatshewantstodo.Likethetile,thefirstmover, she switched her career, and became a pioneer in research and development of unique and innova-tive cosmetic skin care product, which provide supe-rior anti-aging properties for cosmetically promoting beauty and attractiveness. She is the inventor of the firstUSpatentedcosmeticfirmingformulation.
Then, the participants were divided into small 4 groups consisting of 8-9 attendees and 1-2 mentors. Members of each group shared their experiences and exchanged intimate discussions and conversations until 10 PM.
On May 21st, the sixth workshop was a pitch session for three start-up companies, Millibatt, DENTCA, and GRIDSPACE). All these 3 companies introduced new promising products and presented strengths of their products and future plan.
In the seventh workshop, Jack Choi, CEO and presi-dent of Uniti Banck, made constructive comments and suggestions on 3 companies presented in previous session. In addition, he presented practical and help-fulsuggestions,especiallyonfinancialareaonentre-preneur under the title of “Spirit of entrepreneur”
The last workshop was a lecture, titled, “Research and Commercialization (SBIR/STTR)” by Dr. Sunghwan Cho, CTO of NanoCellect Biomedical. He introduced how to successfully bring science to the market. Dr. Cho shared his experiences on building startup com-panies and funding through SBIR/STTR NIH grant. The iPEC workshop was concluded with organizer’s session summaries and closing remarks by the KSEA president Dr. Yu.
JONG Y PARK, PhDProject Director 3
Associate ProfessorMoffitt Cancer Center/University of South Florida
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KSEA-KAST Workshop
The 30th International Symposium of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST) was held on May 11 and 12, 2017 in Bundang, Korea. This con-ference was sponsored jointly by KAST and KSEA. On the first day, the Symposium’s focuswas NewDrugDevelopment and Precision Medicine, and the theme for the second day was Recent Advances in Material Design for Energy. During the opening ceremony, Dr. Ook-Joon Yoo, Executive Vice President of KAST, Prof. Eun-Suk Seo, the President-Elect of KSEA, and Prof. Youngsoo Richard Kim, a former president of KSEA, gave welcoming remarks.
Thefirstday’ssessionaboutnewdrugdiscoverywasfilledwithexcellentpresentationsbyfourKSEAmem-bers: Dr. Kwang Soo Kim from Harvard University and Drs. Dong Moon Shin, Hanjoong Jo, and Young Sup Yoon from Emory University. The four KAST members who presented their research were Dr. Jeong-Ho Lee from KAIST, Dr. In San Kim from KIST, Dr. Jin Soo Kim from IBS/Seoul National University, and Dr. Gou Young Koh from IBS/KAIST.
After the presentations, a round-table discussion was led by Prof. Youngsoo Richard Kim. Following a detailed question and answer session about the pre-sentations, the participants discussed the differences between Korea and the United States with regard to new drug discovery and approval processes. The par-ticipants then suggested ways to improve new drug discovery/approval processes in Korea.
Theseconddayalsowasfilledwithhighqualitypre-sentations. The KSEA presentations were given by Dr. Harold Y. Hwang from Stanford University, Dr. Gyeo-ng S. Hwang from the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Jinsang Kim from the University of Michigan, Dr. Sang Bok Lee from the University of Maryland, and Dr. SungWoo Nam from the University of Illinois at Urba-na-Champaign. The KAST presentations were given by Dr. Moon-Ho Jo from IBS/POSTECH, Dr. Heon Lee from Korea University, Dr. Kisuk Kang from Seoul Nation-al University, Dr. Seokwoo Jeon from KAIST, and Dr. Yang-Kook Sun from Hanyang University.
The round table discussion on the second day was again led by Prof. Youngsoo Richard Kim. The topics included the differences in the research environments between Korea and the United States, suggestions about ways to allow young researchers to stay focused on their research, and the importance of fundamental research in engineering and technology.
The feedback from the symposium has been over-whelmingly positive. Participants enjoyed the high-quality research presentations and discussions and indicated that this type of collaboration between KAST and KSEA should be continued in future years. Participants also suggested that the symposium should be held on a more regular basis and, if possible, should be offered along with other meetings or con-ferences so that a wider audience, especially young re-searchers,couldbenefitfromthisuniqueopportunity.
The 30th KAST International Symposium: Energy Materials and Drug Discovery
YOUNGSOO KIM, PhDKSEA 44th President
Distinguished ProfessorNorth Carolina State University
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Research Overview
Microfluidics,amanipulationoffluidsatthesub-mil-limeter scale, has shown considerable promise for impacting biological and medical research. While applicationofmicrofluidictechnologieshasbeenex-pandedextensivelytovariousfields,includingpoint-of-care diagnostics, cancer biology, analytical chemis-try, and bio-threat detection, it is true, however, that thecurrentmicrofluidicsisnotmeetingtheinitialen-thusiasmsurroundingthefield.1 Furthermore, there is a disconnect between academia and industry and medicine. Our researchgroup, theBio-OptofluidicsLaboratory, at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), aims to create inertialmicrofluidic systems to criti-cally benefit biomedicine research and bridge thisgap.
Inertialmicrofluidics2isanewfieldofstudythatin-volves behaviors and properties of the interactions among fluids, particles and structures in microflu-idic channels where both inertial and viscous forces become important. Our laboratory is devoted to in-vestigatemicroscale flowphysics at finiteReynoldsnumbers (Re = O(100-102)). Based on a series of fundamental numerical and experimental studies of inertial flow behaviors in confined channels andsynergic integrations with other modalities, such as optics and electronics, the laboratory solves various biological-medical-physical problems. We are partic-ularly interested in developing a new class of practi-calhigh-throughputmicrofluidicsystemsforbiomed-icine and bio-manufacturing.
Inertial microfluidic systems for quantitative sin-gle-cell analysis
The cell deformability is a powerful label-free bio-physical marker for identifying cell diseases and cel-lular states.3 For example, cancer cells exhibit a more compliant phenotype than their benign counterparts, allowing them to metastasize to distal sites.4 Plas-modium falciparum infected red blood cells become stiffer, increasing the risk of occlusions in the spleen and peripheral capillaries.5 These facts suggest that intrinsic cell mechanical properties can provide use-fulinformationfortheidentificationofcelldiseasesand cellular states.
In order to measure cell mechanical properties, tra-ditional biophysical (e.g., atomic force microscopy, micropipette aspiration, and optical stretchers), in addition to several microfluidic approaches wereemployed; however, they suffer from low-through-put, low-sensitivity, and/or time-consuming and la-bor-intensive processes, not allowing techniques to be practical for cell biology research applications. To address these fundamental limitations in measur-ing cell deformability, we are currently developing a novelandpracticalinertialmicrofluidiccellstretcher(iMCS)6 capable of characterizing large populations of single-cell deformability near real-time in a ful-ly-automated manner as a next-generation deforma-bility cytometry (see Fig. 1). The platform inertially controls cell positions in microchannels and deforms cells upon collision at a T-junction with large strain. The cell elongation motions are recorded, and thou-sands of cell deformability information is visualized near real-time. With a full automation, the entire cell mechanotyping process runs without any human in-tervention, realizing a robust operation and analysis.
ARAM J CHUNG, PhD2017 YIG Winner
Assistant ProfessorRensselaer Polytechnic Institute(RPI)
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Fig. 1. Inertial microfluidic cell stretcher (iMCS): Fully automated, high-throughput, and near real-time cell mechanotyping
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Through iMCS, we process various cancer samples with different types and stages, cells with an epithelial–mesenchymal transition process, and blood cells, identifying their states without time/la-bor consuming labeling processes. Furthermore, we expand the use of the platform for rapid cancer drug discovery and aim for la-bel-free cancer stage and subtype diagnosis from patient samples. It should be noted that the platform returns large populations of single-cellquantitativemechanicalpropertieson-the-flywithhighstatisticalsignificances,andweexpectthatthisuniquefeaturewillenable actual usages in clinical and biophysical studies. As our next step, we are working on creating a novel deformability-based cellsorterfordownstreammolecularprofilingtounderstandtherelation between deformability and cancer migration through a new collaboration with the Albany Medical Center.
Inertial microfluidic systems for bio-manufacturing
Small particles in nature are often spherical, such that their surface energy is minimized. Non-spherical shapes, however, can provide unique behaviors, properties and additional functionalities not available in spherical shapes. These intrinsic opportunities have driven the development of non-spherical hydrogel microparticles, and recent biotechnological applications demand further function-alized, miniaturized and tailored architectures. Substantial efforts have been made toward generating three-dimensional (3D) hydro-gel microparticles to meet these requirements,. However, in the current state-of-the-art, imposing high three-dimensionality into hydrogel microparticles still remains a great challenge.
Our laboratory has been working on establishing a novel 3D de-signer hydrogel microparticle generation method termed “Opto-fluidicFabrication”7, 8 via advancing the fundamental knowledge ofinertialflowinfluidicchannelswithobstacles.AsshowninFig.,2, the process is comprised of two sequential procedures: (1) Flu-idand(2)Lightshaping.Asafirststep,weshapethefluidcrosssectionusingfluidinertiainmicrochannelswithobstacles. Withmoderateinertia,theinteractionbetweenfluidandobstaclescre-ates lateral secondary flows, deterministically altering the crosssectionalshapeofmultiplefluidstreams(seeFig.2A).Theflowis
thenquicklystopped,andafterflowstoppage,patternedUVlightis illuminated, initiating the polymerization process where UV light only polymerizes a photosensitive stream(s) (red stream in Fig. 2), creating complex hydrogel particles. Our approach intrinsically provides fundamental advantages including high-resolution and simple fabrication, inverse structure production, size-scalability, materialflexibility,andcost-effectivenessnotavailablefromcon-ventional additive manufacturing methods. Now, we are capable of creating custom designed microscale hydrogel 3D particles, and as our next goal, the laboratory is focusing on creating simple, high-lysensitive,specific,rapidandlow-costdiagnosticbiosensing3Dmicroparticlesfabricatedviaouroptofluidicfabrication,providingnext-level detection limits.
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Fig. 2. Optofluidic fabrication: A novel 3D shaped microparticle manufacturing method
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Prenatal exposure to maternal depression is com-mon and puts the offspring at risk for developing a range of neuropsychiatric disorders. Despite its prev-alence and adverse consequences, neurobiological processes by which prenatal maternal depression confers risk remain poorly understood. We tested whether prenatal maternal depression has impact on development of brain’s emotion circuitry. Our multimodal MRI and computational analysis demon-strated atypical functional and structural features of the frontal-amygdala circuit in infants exposed to prenatal maternal depression. These suggest a signif-icant alteration of the maturation and coordination of central and peripheral physiology resulting from in utero exposure to maternal depression. This study highlights the importance of pediatric neuroimaging to detect early abnormal structure and function of the developing brains for early and timely intervention.
Results & DiscussionPrior studies suggested an association between pre-natal maternal depression and structural changes in the frontal lobes2 in the amygdala3 and altered func-tional connectivity between the amygdala and frontal regions4. However, none of these prior studies identi-fiedanassociationbetweenPMDexposureandinfantor fetal behavior, a key gap in this emerging research. Here we tested effects of prenatal maternal depres-sion on frontal-amygdala circuit and physiological measurements of fetal emotional reactivity.
In functional connectivity, assessed by functional fMRI while infants were asleep, in infants exposed to prental maternal depression PMD showed sig-nificantly greater negative functional connectivi-ty between the right amygdala and frontal regions (e.g., the mid-cingulate cortex and dorsal prefrontal cortex) corrected P<0.001. Effects were adjusted for head motion and potential confounding variables. In structural connectivity, infants exposed to prenatal maternal depression showed decreased white matter connection density the right amygdala and right ven-tral prefrontal cortex (P=0.021). In a confirmatoryanalysis using Network–Based Statistics to consid-er amygdala–seeded connectivity across the whole brain, only the right amygdala–right ventral prefron-tal cortexconnectionshoweda significantdecreasein infants exposed to maternal depression compared with controls (P<0.05).
We next sought for mechanistic insights to the altered functional brain circuit in infants exposed to prena-tal maternal depression using a computational anal-ysis of fMRI (dynamic causal modeling or DCM). We first testedwhether the infantbrainwouldhaveanalready developed, interconnected network between the amygdala, ventral prefrontal cortex, and dorsal prefrontal cortex. We considered all possible combi-nations of a three–node network (total of 64 models). A fully inter–connected network was selected as the best model with an exceedance probability of 1 in a Bayesian model selection scheme (Fig 3A).
We then tested whether prenatal maternal depres-sionwould influenceconnectivitywithinthetripar-tite amygdala–prefrontal cortex network. Relative to unexposed infants, those exposed to prenatal mater-nal depression displayed: (i) increased bottom–up excitatory influence from the amygdala to the dor-sal prefrontal cortex; (ii) decreased top–down cor-tical excitatory influences fromboth thedorsal andventral prefrontal cortex to the amygdala; and (iii) decreased reciprocal inter–cortical connections be-tween the dorsal and ventral prefrontal cortex (Fig 3B). This computational approach offers more a de-tailed picture of the impact of prenatal maternal de-pression on the development of the frontal-amygdala functional circuit.
Lastly, we tested behavioral/physiological associ-ations of the abnormal brain measures in infants. We found that greater fetal heart rate reactivity in response to a mild maternal stressor (during preg-nancy) correlated with greater inverse function-al connectivity between the left amygdala and the dorsal prefrontal cortex (t=-3.58, P=0.001, robust regression) and with greater excitatory influencefrom the amygdala to the ventral prefrontal cortex (t=4.15, P=0.0004, robust regression). Furthermore, structural equation modeling suggested a mecha-nistic account that maternal depression and distress leads to greater fetal heart rate reactivity through its effects on frontal-amygdala functional connectivity. In other words, the relationship between maternal distress and fetal heart rate reactivity was mediated by the effect of maternal distress on amygdala–dorsal prefrontal cortex functional connectivity. The model showed an acceptable model fit (CMIN/DF=1.605;CFI=0.93).
JIOOK CHA, PhD2017 YIG Winner
Assistant ProfessorColumbia University Medical Center
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Detecting Developmental Brain Anomalies Early: An Example of Infant Brain Imaging Demonstrating Impact of Prenatal Maternal Depression on Fetal Brain and Behavioral Development1
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Thisstudyhighlightsthe influenceofPMDonneuralmaturationand the potential role of this exposure on future neurobehavioral development. Firstly, negative correlation between the amygdala and the dorsal prefrontal cortex in resting state intrinsic function-al connectivity has been reported in prior resting fMRI studies of adults and children5,6. One interpretation is that prenatal ma-ternal depression represents an adverse in utero exposure that spurs neurodevelopment, rending this circuit more mature in the exposed infants. Accelerated development may prepare the fetus for a concordant, challenging post–natal environment, potentially encountered as maternal postpartum depression and/or the psy-chosocial factors that contributed to maternal perinatal mood dis-turbance.
Although we postulate that prenatal maternal depression acceler-ates amygdala–dorsal prefrontal cortex development, we did not find evidence for this effect in amygdala–ventral prefrontal cor-tex circuits. Probabilistic tractography showed that the exposed infants have reduced structural connectivity between the right amygdala and the right ventral prefrontal cortex. The computa-tional analysis using DCM offered convergent evidence suggest-ing reduced top–down signaling from the right ventral prefrontal cortex to the right amygdala in prenatal maternal depression in-fants. Given the putative role of amygdala–ventral prefrontal cor-tex circuits in extinguishing conditioned fears7, disruption of this circuit may render PMD¬–infants less adept at extinguishing fear responses. Behavioral assessments over subsequent developmen-tal stages could test this hypothesis 8.
Spectral DCM analyses suggest that infants, regardless of PMD exposure, have an integrated amygdala–prefrontal cortex circuit. Similar to the architecture of this circuit in adults, reciprocal con-nections were detected between the amygdala, dorsal prefrontal cortex, and ventral prefrontal cortex. This finding suggests thatamygdala–prefrontal cortex topology is already formed by early infancy. Its early maturation perhaps arises from the circuit’s phy-logenetic importance following the adage that ontogeny recapitu-lates phylogeny.
We report novel evidence of an association between infant brain connectivity with fetal behavior: increased amygdala¬–dorsal prefrontal cortex negative functional connectivity correlates with fetal heart rate increases to changes in the prenatal environment. Structural equation modeling supported a mechanistic account: Maternal distress during pregnancy may increase inverse amyg-dala¬–dorsal prefrontal cortex functional connectivity which, in turn, may up–regulate fetal heart rate responses to perturbations arising from acute maternal stress. We can only speculate how thesefindingsrelatetoourhypothesisthatprenatalmaternalde-pression accelerates development of amygdala–dorsal prefrontal cortex circuits. In adults, heart rate reactivity is a normal physio-logic response to a mild challenge and is modulated by amygdala–prefrontal cortex projections to the brainstem 9. It is possible that over the course of gestation, exposure to maternal distress shapes
amygdala–prefrontal cortex circuits, which in turn, contribute to a more advanced physiological response to stimuli in the fetus. Coor-dination of central and peripheral physiological responses to stim-uli may prepare the fetus for a post–natal environment in which adversity is anticipated.
Study limitations should be considered. First, we cannot disentan-gle genetic vs. environmental contributions to amygdala–prefron-tal cortex development. Nonetheless, altered amygdala–prefrontal cortex development may represent an important biological vari-ant in infants at risk for psychopathology. Second, our structural equation modeling should be considered provisional because of the temporal sequence in which the mediator (connectivity) was measured after the outcome (fetal behavior). This limitation is dif-ficulttocircumventwithouttheavailabilityoffetalMRImeasures.Third, we do not know whether prenatal maternal depression–ef-fects on amygdala–prefrontal cortex development predicts subse-quent childhood behaviors. Longitudinal research could address this question8. Fourth, we cannot fully exclude potential effects of infants’ exposure to women’s post–partum depressive symptoms. However, the mean age of the infants was < 6 weeks, thus post–partum effects on brain connectivity should be small relative to the in utero exposure. Finally, though ours is the largest MRI study to examine PMD effects in early infancy, replication in a larger sample is warranted.
Familial risk for psychiatric illness has long been observed. In-creasingly, this risk has been understood as having developmen-taloriginsthatarepotentiallymodifiable.Here,wepushbackthetimeframe to identify variation in perinatal brain–behavior func-tioning related to in utero exposure to maternal depression, prior topostnatalinfluences,andrelevanttofutureaffectiveregulation.Thesefindingssuggestapotential forveryearlyidentificationofrisk phenotypes for the purposes of early intervention, as well as the possibility that familial risk for psychopathology occurs, in part, through the transmission of pregnant women’s psychiatric symptoms to their children. REFERENCES1. Posner, J and Cha, J. et al. Alterations in amygdala-prefrontal circuits in
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7. Milad, M. R. et al. Recall of fear extinction in humans activates the ven-tromedial prefrontal cortex and hippocampus in concert. Biological Psychiatry 62, 446-454 (2007).
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FIGURES
Figure 1. Infants exposed to prenatal maternal depression show increased inverse, or negative, functional connectivi-ty between the amygdala and the dorsal prefrontal cortex. N-PMD, non-prenatal maternal depression; PMD, prenatal mater-nal depression.
Figure 2. Infants exposed to prenatal maternal depression show reduced structural connectivity between the amygdala and the ventral prefrontal cortex. A, A probabilistic structural connectivity density map (shown in red–yellow) overlaid with a ventral prefrontal cortex mask (green). B, A box plot of amygda-la–prefrontal cortex structural connectivity. General linear mod-el revealed a significant decrease in amygdala–prefrontal cortexstructural connectivity in infants exposed to prenatal maternal de-pression (PMD) relative to unexposed infants (N–PMD).
Figure 3. Spectral dynamic causal modeling suggests effec-tive connectivity in the infant brain between the amygdala, dorsal prefrontal cortex, and ventral prefrontal cortex. A, Bayesian Model Selection (BMS) showed strong evidence (exceed-ance probability) for a fully interconnected model with reciprocal connections between the amygdala, dorsal prefrontal cortex, and ventral prefrontal cortex across all subjects (model shown in the right panel). B,Effectiveconnectivityestimatesshowedsignificantdifferences between infants exposed to prenatal maternal depres-sion (PMD) and controls (N-PMD). Amyg, amygdala; dPFC, dorsal prefrontal cortex; vPFC, ventral prefrontal cortex.
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The Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) is pleased to annouce the results of its 2017 general election.
The ballot counting took place at KSEA HQ on April 15, 2017. All ballots have been accounted for according to the rules that were pre-established by the Election Committee, and no election-related irregularities were found.
• Number of Eligible Voters: 3,958• Valid Ballots Received: 605 (15.28% of eligible voters; 10% quorum was met)
Thenewlyelectedofficersandcouncilorsare:
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PRESIDENT-ELECT(47TH PRESIDENT)
K. Stephen SuhHackensack University Medical Center
VICE PRESIDENT 1
Yong Rak KimUniversity of Nebraska
VICE PRESIDENT 2
Hanjoong JoEmory University & Georgia Institute of Technology
AUDITOR
Haejung An U.S. Food and Drug Administration
COUNCILOR GROUP A
Taekjip Ha Johns Hopkins University
COUNCILOR GROUP B
Jong-In Hahm Georgetown University
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COUNCILOR GROUP C
Grace Kim UCLA
COUNCILOR GROUP E
Youngmok Kim Synergy Flavors
COUNCILOR GROUP F
Young-sup Yoon Emory University
COUNCILOR GROUP G
Hyunmin Yi Tufts University
COUNCILOR GROUP H
Chang Kyoung Choi Michigan Technological University
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KSEA Scholarships for Undergraduate Students in the US recognize outstanding undergraduate students in the United States who excel in academics as well as in services to the community, and have demonstrated a potential to become future leaders for a society for closer cooperation between the U.S. and Korea.
Scholarship Name Recipient School Major
Shoon Kyung Kim Naomi Ahn Washington University in St. Louis Biology
Inyong Ham Justin Chang Columbia University Neuroscience and Behavior
Nam Sook & & Je Hyun Kim Daniel Cho Brown University (Program in Liberal Medical Education) Public Health/Biology
Woojin Karen Han University of Washington Public health
Chunghi Hong Park Nahee Park Northwestern University Neuroscience
Hyundai Vivian Han University of California, Berkeley Molecular & Cell Biology - Neurobiology
Chunghi Hong Park Stephanie Moon California Institute of Tech-nology Mechanical Engineering
SeAh-Haiam Kyujin Jang Northwestern University Materials Science and Engineering
Yohan & Rumie Cho Soyoung Joo University of Washington Early Childhood and Family Studies & Psy-chology
Wan Kyoo Cho Annika Kim Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mathematics with Computer Science
Chankiu Riew & Hyunsoo Kim Isaac Kim Brown University Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME), Applied Mathematics-Computer Science
Jae S. & Kyuho Lim Sang-Chan Kim Georgia Institute of Technology Computer Science
Yoo, YoungSoo & Im, KyungBin Grant Lee University of California, Davis Civil Engineering
KSEA Yea-Shine Lee Princeton University Chemistry
KSEA Sunny Park University of Washington Biochemistry
KSEA Youngmu Shin University of California, Berke-ley Chemistry
KSEA Justin Yoon University of Michigan Biomolecular Sciences
2017 KSEA Undergraduate Scholarship Recipients
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KSEA-KUSCOScholarships for Graduate Students in the US recognize outstanding graduate students in the United States who excel in academics as well as in services to the community, and have demonstrated a potential to become future leaders for a society for closer cooperation between the U.S. and Korea.
Recipient School Major
Sungyun Cho Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
Sanghyun Hong University of Maryland College Park Computer Science
Woong Hwang Yale University Medicine (MD) & Genetics (PhD)
Nathanael Lee Georgetown University Medicine and Neuroscience
Haemin Paik California Institute of Technology Materials Science
Sun Ho Ro Rutgers University Civil and Environmental Engineering
Peter Yu Ohio State University Medicine
Yoonjung Yoonie Joo Northwestern University Health and Biomedical Informatics
Sungyup Jung The City College of New York Chemical Engineering
Jason Ki City University of New York Biomedical Engineering
Daejin Kim Georgia Institute of Technology Transportation Systems Engineering in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Esther Kim Baylor College of Medicine Medicine
Eun-Kyeong Kim Pennsylvania State University Geography (Geographic Information Science)
Jihyun Kim Texas A&M University Chemistry
Jinhee Kim University of Florida Nutritional Sciences
Jungwoo Kim California Institute of Technology Chemistry
Taewoong Kim The University of Oklahoma Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum (Second Language Acquisition)
Philip Kong Yale University Immunology
Soyoon Kum University of Texas at Austin Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Kihyun Lee Weill Cornell Medical College Stem Cell Biology
2017 KSEA-KUSCO Graduate Scholarship Recipients
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The 11th KSEA Northwest Regional Conference (NWRC) hosted by KSEA Silicon Valley Chapter (Chapter President: Steve Sung Won Moon, also serv-ing as Chair of KSEA Chapter Presidents Council) was held successfully on October 29-30th, 2016, at Marri-ott Residence Inn in San Jose, California. NWRC 2016 was jointly held among six KSEA chapters (listed be-low) in the US Northwest region and was sponsored by KSEA HQ, KUSCO, KSEA Silicon Valley, and local sponsors.
The objectives of the conference were to promote networking and collaboration among Korean-Amer-ican scientists and engineers, to assist professional career development for young generation, and to ini-tiate potential start-up ideas among participants. The conference was preceded by two exciting pre-conference events: golf tournament at Coyote Creeka Jack Nicklaus signature golf course and Mon-terey 17 Miles Drive excursion. The main conference commenced in the afternoon with KSEA President Jaehoon Yu’s welcoming and congratulatory speech via live tele-conference,
Conference Chair Steve Sung Won Moon’s then gave an introduction on the conference’s theme, “Fusion Technology that Changes the Way We Live and Work.” Recognized researchers and industry leaders in var-ious research areas and industry were invited to the conference. Keynote speeches were given by Prof. Tom Lee from Stanford University on “Internet of Everything with Entrepreneur Opportunity” and by Ike Song, VP of Northrop Grumman, on his life story and career path to a leadership role at a top US de-fense company.
NWRC 2016 attracted many participants who are in academia and government. There was also a notable number of professional participants from large IT companies, such as Oracle, Tesla, Google, LinkedIn,
Microsoft, and Boeing and student participants from local universities such as Stanford, UC Berkeley, San Jose State, Santa Clara, UC Davis, and University of Washington in Seattle.
During the conference, participants had the opportu-nity to present their areas of expertise. The following technical programs were covered: Internet Technol-ogy and Future Living (ITF), Civil Infrastructure and Transportation (CIT), Energy/Water Resources and
Environment (ERE), Mechanical Engineering, and Material Science (MEM). New this year was Start-up Entrepreneurship Session, which started with a plenary talk about an effective approach to getting funded by Venture Capitalist by Robin Lee, a venture capital professional. During the session, entrepre-neur participants were given the opportunity to pitch their startup ideas to the panels of the CEOs of local venture capital companies and receive constructive feedback. Young generation members had a dedicat-ed Young Generation Forum where they shared their leadership experiences and research topics through poster presentations.
Throughout NWRC 2016, participants/members/speakers/family members had great time together to exchange research topics, their achievements, and recent technology trends. It was a great opportunity to expand their research and career networks, which can lead to findingresearchcollaborations,nextca-reer opportunities, and innovative startup ideas.
Plenary Session:• SeoungWook Hwangbo (Hyundai Heavy Indus-
trial Co.): “JeJu Smart Grid Pilot Project in Korea”• JiHye Park (Oregon State University): “Studies
on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Re-mote Sensing”
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Chapter Silicon Valley
• Deok Ho Kim (University of Washington): “Mul-ti-Scale Human Tissue Engineering for Regenerative Medicine and Drug Discoverycine.”
• Seungju Yoon (California Air Resources Board): “Cali-fornia Air Quality Improvement and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies”
Biomedical and Startup/Entrepreneur Session: • Jeong Ho Kim (Oregon State University): “ Whole
Body Vibration and Musculoskeletal Health ” • Nathan Byun (Absolarity): “V2X Connected Car Infra-
structure”• ManYeon Choi (USDA): “Biological Targets for insec-
ticide Discovery”• JinYoung Kim (Microsoft): “Startup Opportunities in
Data Science and AI”
Civil Infrastructure and Transportation Session:• Chang Rae Lee (California Department of Public
Health): “Total Chromium and Hexavalent Chromi-um in Bottled Water and Water from Private Water Sources”
• Steve Lee (CALTRANS): “Your Quality Management Program”
• Jeff Olson (Sacramento Chapter): “Non-Disclosure Agreements for Caltrans Project Plans”
• Younggil Lee (State of California): “Aerial Photo In-ventory for California Highways”
• Jae Hyuk Lee (CA Department of Transportation): “Transportation Air Quality Conformity Case Studies in Northern California”
Energy/Water Resource and Environment Session:• Jhi-Young Joo (LBNL): “Integrating Values Of Distrib-
uted Resources In Future Power Systems”• Sang Hoon Lee (LBNL): “CityBES: A Web-based Plat-
formtoSupportCity-ScaleBuildingEnergyEfficiency”
• Sung Ho Lee (Water Resources): “Water resources, Hydraulics and Water quality modeling.”
Poster Session:• Chang-Yu Hong (Portland State University): “Rapid
urbanization and spatial development patterns in the Middle East: A Case from Doha, Qatar”
• Da Eun Kim (UC Davis): “Leadership Experience at UC Davis”
• Hyerin Kim (UC Davis): “Preparation and AFM Char-acterization of Solid-Supported Biomimetic Mem-brane”
• Danbi Won (Univ. of Washington): “Rejection of Semi-volatile and Volatile Compounds during Direct Contact Membrane Distillation (DCMD)”
• YeonjuSong(UCDavis):“ComputationalQuantifica-tion Analysis of Protein Localizations in Immunocyto Fluorochemistry”
• Hyun Hee Park (UC Davis) : “How I Take Initiatives Working as a Nutrition Intern”
• Yoomin Chae (UC Davis): “Inducing Haploids by Mod-ificationofCENH3protein”
• Sang Jun Lee (UC Davis) : “Introduction of KSEA Davis YG Chapter”
• Hyerin Yoon (UC Davis): “Direct Borohydride Fuel Cell”
• Da Eun Kim (UC Davis): “Leadership Experience at UC Davis”
Conference Chair:Steve Sung Won Moon, President of Silicon Valley Chapter and Chair of KSEA Chapter Presidents Council
Participating Chapter• Seattle Washington Chapter (Seattle-Tacoma, WA
based) • Sacramento Chapter (Sacramento, CA based)• Silicon Valley Chapter (Silicon Valley, CA based)• Central Oregon Chapter (Corvallis, OR based)• Boise Idaho Chapter (Boise, ID based)• Northwest Chapter (Spokane, WA based)
Local Arrangements Committee: • Amy Kyungwon Han, Stanford University• Kyeongran Yoo, Oracle • Youngjae Kim, Silicon Valley Chapter • Andy Baek, Tesla • Younghee Lee, Foothill College • Sang Min Lee, Qualcomm • Jean Suh, Oracle • Chang Yu Hong, Portland State University
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SOO MIN KIMCentral Illinois YG Chapter President
StudentUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Central Illinois Chapter YG at the University of Illi-nois Urbana-Champaign had a very busy semester with 6 fruitful & successful events. Team members from each departments in the YG organization pro-posed&hostedeachevent.Wewouldliketobrieflydescribe each event and thank all our leaders for their hard work & dedication.
Math Competition (academic professional event by Academic Team – Seo Taek Kong)
Academic Team held a Math Competition for un-dergraduate and graduate students from all majors. This event also enabled us to promote KSEA YG chapter and recruit new members while we main-tained the main purpose of having a math-related professional event. To promote and gather more participants,wegaveamonetaryprizeforthefirstplace winner. The questions were of various levels ofdifficulty,butrequiredatleastknowledgeofhighschool math so that students of any major could participate. For several years, we have been host-ing competitions in which students from different majors could test their knowledge via our compe-titions. Math is one of the few courses that is com-monly required by a majority of majors. This year, we decided to change our tradition of having group competitions to having individual competitions.
Engineering Open House (professional event by Academic Team – Seo Taek Kong)
Engineering Open House (EOH) is a large event hosted by UIUC College of Engineering in which students from any major form groups to present a project to a general, public audience. KSEA partici-
pated in EOH by developing a handwriting recogni-tion pen, using an accelerometer and a gyroscope attached to any pen of choice, which detects the alphabet written by the user and writes the letter recognized in a digital format onto the PC connect-ed. We participated in this event so that KSEA par-ticipants could develop experiences with applying academic knowledge into a real-world problem. The team members used their knowledge in pro-gramming languages (e.g. C, Python, Arduino) and detection/probability theory to complete this proj-ect. Our members learned how to formulate and solve real world problems using sophisticated en-gineering knowledge.
Catch the Job (career professional event by Ca-reer Team – Stephanie Wee)
Career Team members invited two alumni to speak about obtaining a job as an immigrant. The firstinvitee had OPT (Optional Practical Training) sta-tus after graduating from the Chemical Engineer-ing Department. The second invitee was in the process of obtaining an H-1 visa and a green card after graduating from the Computer Science De-partment. The speakers shared about how they obtained their jobs and selected their career paths post college. Because the speakers were recent graduates, participants were able to connect with the speakers quickly, understand their challenges in the job market, and learn about how they over-came barriers that came with being an internation-al student. Before the event, Career Team collected data on what the attendees would be interested in learning about from our speakers, which allowed the speakers to prepare and share in more detail about their personal experiences and actions taken. Thismade‘CatchtheJob’eventmoreefficientandsuccessful because people could learn and receive
Successful Events at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
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the exact answers to things that they have been so cu-rious about.
Webtoon Quiz Competition (Even Team - Jaemin Song)
The main goal of this event was to bring non-KSEA and KSEA members together to jointly solve quiz problems that are commonly known to Korean in-ternational students. This event also increased more public awareness about Korean culture.The competition’s questions were selected from four popular “webtoons” (신의 탑, 외모지상주의, 복학왕, 노블레스) available from “Naver” Web portal. Each member participated by making questions, proctoring, and MC’ing during the contest. Sixty qualified questionswereselectedandthefirstprize($80VisaCard)wentto the team who had 55 questions correct, and the second prize ($20 Starbucks Gift Card)went to theteam who got 50 questions correct. A total of 5 teams were present at the contest and everyone enjoyed the event.
Behavior 101 (social and academic professional event by Development Department - Giyeong Kim)
Our Academic and Career team of the Development Department collaborated to host the event “Behavior 101”. Members from other University of Illinois Reg-istered Student Organizations (RSO) formed a group to compete with other RSOs. Our members designed and organized 10 questions that would be solved by all participants. The questions were created as behav-ioral questions, hence the name of the event. Ques-tions included untying a complicated rope and folding a chessboard to cut it in one swipe. To encourage com-petitiveness, three winning teams were awarded pork belly to share among their RSO members.
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The 1st Geospatial Data Science Workshop (GDS 2017) was successfully held on February 13 – 15, 2017 at University, PA, USA, hosted by KSEA Central Pennsylvania Chapter and the Department of Geography of Penn State (Chair: Eun-Kyeong Kim; Co-Chairs: Mark Simpson, Jungwoo Ryoo).
This workshop aimed at providing a venue to learn the skills needed to process, analyze, and visualize large spatial datasets—skills that are becoming increasingly demanded by academia, industry, and government. New geospatial data sources, such as online social media, increasingly mean that spatial data is “big data.” While these data provide enormous potential for a variety of applications across numerous disciplines, with big data come the well-known challenges of volume, velocity, uncertainty, heterogeneity, multidimensionality, and many others. These challenges require new data science tools and techniques that move beyond the classic desktop GIS paradigm, such as high performance computing and machine learning. Hence, focused themes of GDS 2017 were geospatial big data analytics, advanced computational computing, geographic data visualization, machine learning, and R/Python programming.
The workshop successfully attracted highly qualified researchers and professionals fromvarious fields of disciplines with more than 50participants. It was attended by a well-balanced audience including senior, junior, and student participants of both non-Korean and Korean descent. The symposium consisted of two keynote speakers, an invited talk, a lecture seminar, multiple hands-on tutorials, a networking session, lunches, a reception, and a banquet.
Two out-of-town instructors were invited to the workshop. The first instructor, Johnathan Rush,who is currently working at the CyberGIS Center for Advanced Digital and Spatial Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, gave a
keynote speech on “SKOPE: A CyberGIS Approach for Understanding Past Environments” at the Coffee Hour colloquium seminar series of the Department of Geography at Penn State. The second instructor, Dr. Chul Sung, Data Scientist at IBM Cloud, made a keynote speech on “Data Science Strategies for Business Success.”
On Saturday (the second day of the workshop), the invited instructor, Johnathan Rush gave an introductory lecture, two tutorials, and led a discussion session on advanced computational techniques for Geographic Information Science (GIScience). He presented how high performance computing and distributed computing systems can be used for scientific research, particularlyfor big data analytics. During the tutorials, participants remotely accessed ROGER, a CyberGIS Supercomputer which is physically located in Research Park at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
On Sunday (the third day of the workshop), the workshop organized one invited talk by Dr. Jungwoo Ryoo and three hands-on tutorials on geospatial data analysis and visualization. Hands-on tutorials were given on 1) data wrangling with R, 2) deep learning in Python with Keras, and 3) data visualization with R. Dr. Jungwoo Ryoo gave a talk on his NSF-sponsored research project, ‘Building a Big Data Analytics Work Force in iSchools.’
The lunches, reception, and banquet dinner promoted participants to mingle with one another. During the workshop, meals and snacks were provided to all participants from the generous support of all the sponsors. This workshop was co-organized and co-sponsored by KSEA Central PA Chapter, KSEA Central PA YG Chapter, KSEA, BDSS-IGERT at Penn State, and the Department of Geography of Penn State. We hope that we can continue this workshop in the following years.
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On Saturday, February 25th, 2017, the 27th Annual KSEA South-Western Regional Conference was held at Qualcomm Building Q Auditorium in San Diego, CA. More than 120 members participated including professionals from academia and industry, graduate and undergraduate students, and their friends.
The event started off with a welcoming greeting from the program chair, Dr. Samuel Kim. Congratulatory remarks followed from Consul Mr. Jaehoon Min and former KSEA President, Dr. Michael Chung.
Prof. Eyal Raz from University of California San Diego (UCSD) talked about the relationship between “Hot Chilli and Immunity”. The pain receptor, also known as TRPV1 ion channel, and the capsaicin receptor, have a well-recognized role on neurons that help regulate body temperature and alert the brain about heat and feel pain. According to his study and experiments, TRPV1 helps to regulate intestinal inflammation inmice and its activitycan be manipulated, offering a potential new target for treatingcertaininflammatoryandautoimmunedisorders.
Dr. Gun Eui Lee from DNA Link talked about “The Life in the Genomics Era”. With the breakthroughs in DNA sequencing, technology, and the computational tools, the DNA sequence of an organism can be analyzed. Additionally, the study of individual genetic variation enables precision medicine. He talked about the next-generation sequencing technology and its applications on human health and shared his thoughts about the emerging trends in precision medicine.
Gene Lee from Disney Animation shared about “Animation in Entertainment”. He shared his story at Disney Animation and presented the skills and the mathematics that are used in Disney Animation. He introduced technologies such as enhancingfilmexperienceandthequantifiedcomplexityandthestoragecomplexityusedinfilmssuchasFrozen,Zootopia, and Moana.
Prof. Jongwook Woo from California State University Los Angeles talked about “Big Data Introduction and Trend”. We need a non-expensive framework that can store large scale data and process faster. He introduced Hadoop
and Spark. Hadoop, founded by Doug Cutting, uses a distributed file system and takes longer to process theparallel file system. Spark, foundedbyUCBerkeley amplab, is an in-memory storage for intermediate data and is faster than Hadoop. It can integrate with Hadoop and its ecosystem. He said that with this, we can predict future
trends with data and platforms such as deep learning and chat-bot.Dr. Jiyoung Park from UCSD gave a speech titled “Chemical Genetics Screening Identifies a Lectine Receptor KinaseInvolved in Biotic-to-abiotic Interface Signaling in Arabidopsis Thaliana”. The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) is crucial for resistance to abiotic stresses including drought and salinity. According to a recent study, we can identify the cross-talk mechanisms between pathogen resistance signaling and ABA signaling in plants, using chemical genetics screening.
Jeong-Yoon Lee from Conversion Logic introduced “Winning Data Science Competitions.” He said that data science competitions are good for a fun experience, and networking. There are many data science competitions like KDD,Netflix,Kaggle,CrowdAnalytic,etc.Theexperiencesfrom the competitions will encourage faster working speed. He insisted that people with a lot of competition experiences will have a higher chance of getting hired because they have more experience with solving real data science problems.
Prof. Hyeon-Eui Kim from UCSD talked about “Prerequisites for Big Data Science in Health”. Big data analysis leads to better understanding of human health and well-being. However, enabling big data analysis requires resolving non-trivial challenges in data integration and data quality assurance. She presented about the challenges in the context of Data Discovery Index project called bioCADDIE, supported by the BD2K (Big Data to Knowledge) program of NIH.
The South-Western Regional Conference was successfully held as an entertaining and informative meeting where all ages of KSEA San Diego Chapter and Southern California Chapter members had an invaluable time to network and get to know each other.
JOHN BAIKSan Diego Chapter President
Principal Engineer/ManagerQualcomm Technology Inc.
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DO YOUNG EUN, PhDNC Chapter President
ProfessorNorth Carolina State University
Chapter North Carolina
The Career Development and Job Search Seminar was held by KSEA North Carolina (NC) Chapter and RTP B&B. The seminar targeted current and pro-spective scientists and engineers to help them well prepare for their future careers in academia or in-dustry. The event took place on March 18, 2017 at North Carolina State University (NCSU) in Raleigh, NC. This seminar has become a main event for KSEA NC Chapter members, especially graduate students, for career development, sharing experiences, re-ceiving useful tips for job search, as well as getting personal mentorship from professionals during the networking lunch. The event attracted about 40 members with the following four thematic parts in the program.
Part I: Keynote Speeches (Seminars)In the morning, there were two invited keynote speakers on related themes around biomedical engineering areas. The first seminar speech was“Organ Transplantations: Stories of Failure and Success” by Prof. Jean Kwun from Duke Universi-ty Medical Center, followed by another seminar on “Human Brain-on Chips, the Vehicles to explore Neuroscience”, by Prof. Hansang Cho from Universi-ty of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Part II: Speed Talks (Elevator Talks) by StudentsThis year, NC Chapter solicited KSEA student mem-bers to participate: students gave a short speech on his/her research highlights in two or three min-utes with one to two slides only. This type of short speech, often called “the elevator speech”, is consid-ered to be important in academia and industry. A total of 9 students from various majors gave their elevator speeches in 30 minutes combined. It was very successful and turned out to be mutually ben-eficial forstudentspeakersandthose inaudienceas well.
Part III: Lunch & Small Group Meeting with Ta-ble LeadersThe afternoon session provided opportunities for students, postdocs, and early career researchers to networkwithexpertsinthefield.Moreimportant-ly, the Career Development and Job Search Seminar had a small group meeting with 10 distinguished scientists and engineers from both academic and industry backgrounds, and they shared their expe-riences and challenges. Participating students had
a chance to interact with 10 table leaders and get personalized mentoring over a networking lunch period.
Part IV: Job Interview Skills After lunch with networking & mentoring, the event had two more informative seminar presenta-tions on job interview skills by experts in academia and industry. The first presentationwas given byformer KSEA President Prof. Youngsoo (Richard) Kim at NCSU about academic job interviews, fol-lowed by another seminar presentation on indus-try job interview preparation by former RTP B&B President Dr. Hangsik Moon from GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines in Maryland.
Overall, the seminar event was very successful with two invited speakers on inter-related themes around medical, biological, and, engineering sub-jects; the newly attempted session on elevator speeches by participating students; networking and mentoring opportunities; and presentations on successful job interview skills for both academia and industry. We hope that this seminar can help young scientists and engineers prepare for a suc-cessful job search and their career development.
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EON SOO LEE, PhDNY Metro Chapter President
Assistant ProfessorNew Jersey Institute of Technology
Chapter New York Metro
The 26th - Northeast Regional Conference (NRC 2017) was held at New Jersey Institute of Technolo-gy (NJIT) in Newark, NJ on April 29th. This meeting was organized by KSEA NY Metro, NJ, and Philadel-phiaChapters incollaborationwith4affiliatedpro-fessional societies (KASBP, KITEE, NYKB, and PKSA). Through this partnership, the NRC was successful in organizing a record-breaking number of 6 concurrent breakout sessions featuring Nano Technology, IT, BT, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, and YG.
The theme for this year’s meeting was “Future Con-vergence of Nano, Bio and Information Technolo-gies” to celebrate the 26th NRC. In commemoration of this milestone, Dr. Donald Sebastien (President of New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), and Senior Vice President of NJIT) delivered a congratulatory re-mark and a presentation entitled “NJII and NJIT – A new model for Business Innovation”, and Dr. Jaehoon Yu (45th KSEA President) showed a vision for KSEA through his talk on “My One Thousand Year Dream”, encapsulating the history of KSEA and the regional conference as well as the passion of our predeces-sors. The presentation chronicled the inception of KSEA to its current state while demonstrating the im-pact that NRC has had on the Korean-American scien-tificcommunity,especiallyfortheYoungGenerationgroup. The key note speech was delivered to embrace this year’s theme, by Dr. Myung Y. Jeong (Dean, Pu-san National University) titled “The strategy for com-mercialization of nano technology-driven products in Korea”, and Dr. Hak Soo Choi (Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital) titled “Targeted Contrast Agents for Bio-im-aging and Nanomedicine”.
This year’s NRC has attracted a total of about 150 at-tendees surrounded by 2 key note speeches, 2 vision-ary talks and 26 technical talks, along with two special YG sessions for career panel discussion, career devel-opment and networking session for young scientists’ career. This year’s NRC particularly intrigued scien-tists worldwide; speakers from Korea and Japan as well as Boston and Philadelphia area. The increased participation from affiliated professional societiesexpanded the breakout sessions, leading to greater
diversity and extended opportunity for the attendees to establish networks, not only with general KSEA members butwith attendeesmore specific to theirprofessional and personal interest. This year’s NRC first delivered Nanotechnology session with grow-ing interests, and expanded two breakout sessions in “Entrepreneurship” by KITEE and “Young Genera-tion” by NY/NJ YG chapters. In particular, this event was cheered and marked by the 4rd consecutive year of the successful YG group breakout session at the NRC. There is a consistent growth in participation by young professionals and students in the region, with more than 40 participants from many universities in NY and NJ area.
Overall, NRC 2017 was another successful KSEA con-ference and will serve as a remarkable event in this NY Metro and NJ area as we continue to pursue ex-cellence as scientists and engineers in the Northeast region.
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CHONG SHIK PARK, PhDChicagoland Chapter President
Scientific Recruiter RepresentativeFermilab
Chapter Chicagoland
Since 2011, KSEA Chicagoland Chapter (KSEA-CHI) has been hosting the KSEA-CHI Open Seminar Series. It is one of the outreach activities of KSEA-CHI to pro-mote science and engineering awareness to the Ko-rean American communities in the Greater Chicago area.ExpertsinvariousfieldsofSTEMareinvitedasspeakers and talk about their current research and/orgiveintroductorylecturesonscientifictopics.TheOpen Seminar Series has been a great success, at-tracting over 30 attendees at each session. It has also served as a great opportunity to promote KSEA.
In 2016, KSEA-CHI piloted a new format with two sessions:thefirstwithgraduatestudentsaspresent-ers and the second with a senior speaker. This format was introduced to give presentation opportunities to graduate students and reach a wider audience. The venue was moved from a suburban community cen-ter to local universities (Northwestern University and the University of Chicago). Two to three grad-uate students were recruited to present their cur-rent research to audiences for 20 minutes. After the Q&A sessions, all audience members were asked to provide the student speakers feedback via a survey to help the presenters improve their skills. These in-teractive seminars were very informative for the stu-dents and the audience alike.
Thisyear, the first twoKSEA-CHIOpenSeminarSe-ries focused on career development and job appli-cation strategies. The 24th Open Seminar was held jointly with the Electrical and Computing Engineer
ing Department of Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in the IIT Campus in Chicago on February 24. Dr. Esther Yang, a former Sr. Director of Assay and Systems Research at Abbot Laboratories, gave a talk titled “Critical Success Factors in Work Environment.”
Based on 35 years of industry R&D experience, she shared key lessons learned from discovery research to new product commercialization with about 100 at-tendees. She emphasized “in academia and industry, acommonthreadinfulfillingone’scareeraspirationis their ability to solve complex problems fast by en-gaging the right people at the right time, which re-quires gaining critical leadership competencies and behavioral attributes.”
The 25th Open Seminar was held in the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Campus with about 30 peo-ple in attendance on June 10. The invited speakers wereDr.ChongShikPark,ScientificRecruiterRepre-sentative at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), andMr.KyoungchoonSeo, a senioroffi-cial in the Korea Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning.
Dr. Park gave a talk titled “Hiring Processes at Nation-al Laboratories: From Job Opening to Hiring.” In his talk,hebrieflyintroducedtheNationalLaboratoriesunder the Department of Energy, especially, Fermilab in Batavia, IL, and proceeded with an overview of hir-ingprocessesthroughtocompletionforScientificAp-pointments at Fermilab. With his unique experience asaScientificRecruiterRepresentativeatFermilab,he gave key factors in the preparation of application materials, such as Curriculum Vitae, Research State-ment, Reference Letters, etc. He emphasized graduate students and post-doctoral fellows should be aware of the importance of networking when they are seek-ing job opportunities.
Mr. Seo’s talk was titled “Main Issue and Restructur-ing Direction of Science and Technology Adminis-tration System in South Korea.” He showed how the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning would
KSEA-CHI Open Seminar Series
GLORIA J KIM, PhDChicagoland Chapter President-Elect
Clinical Associate ProfessorNorthwestern University
Fig. 1. The 24th KSEA-CHI Open Seminar at IIT (Speaker: Dr. Esther Yang)
Fig. 2. The 24th KSEA-CHI Open Seminar at UIC (Speaker: Dr. Chong Shik Park)
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be restructured under South Korea’s new administra-tion. Then, he honed in on the status of R&D efforts and issues in South Korea. He also discussed main pending issues of Korea’s R&D efforts: Consolidation of R&D Investment (qualitative change and quanti-tative expansion), Research Autonomy and Account-ability, Building an Immersive R&D Environment, and Brain Leak. His talk received keen attention from those interested in and those currently working with Korean Government R&D Funding. Audience mem-bers also gave the speaker suggestions based on their experience with US funding systems.
In the recent Open Seminar Series, KSEA-CHI has attracted an increased number of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows by turning them into KSEA event participants and by meeting their demands for career development and job seeking strategies. Cap-italizing on its diverse membership that represent scientists from all walks of life and areas, KSEA-CHI plans to expand the seminar offerings. Under consid-eration are: More career development seminars with panel speakers from academia, national labs, and in-dustry; informational sessions on different STEM ma-jors for high school students and their parents; and, remaining true to the roots of the series, talks on the latest research topics in science and engineering.
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The Society of New York Korean Biologist (NYKB) hosted the ninth annual conference on Apr 1, 2017 at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. With a total of 86 attendances including principal investigators, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate/undergraduate students, diverse topics were covered and discussed in biological basic science, clinical research, and the new immigration law 101 under the Trump administration. The success of the event was possible due to generous supports from Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA), Korea-US Science Cooperation Organization (KUSCO), Korean Institute of Oriental Medicine, Macrogen, Korean-American Society of Biotech and Pharmaceuticals (KASBP), Doeul Law LLC, and NanoEnTek.
The program included three keynote speakers (Prof. Jay H. Lee, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, NY; Prof. J. Keith Joung, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; and Dr. K. Stephen Suh, Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey) and three postdoctoral and two graduate student awardees for best presentations. The presentations covered from CRISPR-cas system, the currenthottopicinthebiologicalresearchfield,tostem cell biology, immunology, etc. The program also included a poster pitch/presentation sessions and an invited guest speaker regarding a change in H1B, OPT, and other immigration processes under the new administration. Following the meeting, a networking hour was held to promote any social/professional collaboration among researchers.
NYKB was established to construct academic and social networks among Korean biologists around New York Metro and to further support each other to pursue academic and professional excellences in their research and careers. Currently, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Columbia University, Weill Cornell Medical College, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York University, Rockefeller University, and Rutgers University are affiliated and 250 members are registered. Lastyear, NYKB hosted various events such as NYKB annual conference, career night, etc.
For more information, please contact [email protected] page: http://nykb.org/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newyorkkoreanbiologists
PATRICK HONG, PhDNYKB President
Postdoc FellowIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
The 9th New York Biologist (NYKB) Annual Conference
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The Korean-American Society of Civil and Environment Engineers (KSCEE) hosted an event to assist young generation including college students, graduate students, and professionals in their early careers on May 17 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The main theme of the event was “Which Career is Right for You?” The keynote speaker, Dr. Hosin David Lee, President of KSCEE and Professor at University of Iowa, talked about his good and bad decisions throughout his career and gave ten focal points about developing careers in the early career stage. Dr. Jun-Seok Oh, General Secretary of KSCEE and Professor at Western Michigan University, introduced the mission and activities of KSEA to the attendees and encouraged participants to join KSEA.
The event became a venue for young generation and professionals in the West Michigan area. Professionals with different career paths were willing to join the event and share their experiences about their career paths and future opportunities. Students were from three universities including Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo College and Grand Valley State University. College students, graduate students and post-graduates had opportunities to ask their questions to working professionals. During the KSEA-sponsored dinner, participants had face-to-face discussions with professionals.
HOSIN DAVID LEE, PhDKSEA 40th PresidentKSCEE President
ProfessorUniversity of Iowa
KSCEE Hosts an Event, “Which Career is Right for You? to Guide Young Generation’s Career
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新비전 ‘세계최고의 산업기술을 선도하는 R&D지원 글로벌 리더’
투명하고 전문적인 산업기술 기획·평가·관리를 통한 국가기술경쟁력 강화
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(O) 817-272-2814, [email protected]: Eun-Suk Seo , University of Maryland
(O) 301-405-4855, [email protected] President (VP1): Stephen Suh, Hackensack U Medical Center
(O) 551-996-8417, [email protected] President (VP2): Jun-Seok Oh, Western Michigan University
(O) 269-276-3216, [email protected] Director: Jae Hyeon Ryu, University of Idaho
(O) 208-332-4402, [email protected] Director: Soolyeon Cho, North Carolina State University
(O) 919-513-8061, [email protected] Director: Changmo Kim, University of California, Davis
(O) 530-304-8019, [email protected] Operations Director: Steven An, The Johns Hopkins University (O) 410-502-5085, [email protected] Technology Director: Michael Lee, New Jersey Institute of Technology
(O) 310-776-1338, [email protected]/APS Director: Ken Choi, Illinois Institute of Technology
(O) 312-567-3461, [email protected] Director 1: SJ Claire Hur, Johns Hopkins University
(O) 617-497-4713, [email protected] Director 2: Jun Bum Shin, Oregon State University
(O) 765-418-9752, [email protected] Director 3: John Lee, KPMG
(O) 310-280-8269, [email protected] Director 4: Jullia Lee, PPD
(O) 734-937-6290, [email protected] Director 1: Younghee Lee, University of Utah
(O) 312-613-3093, [email protected] Director 2: Donghoon Yoon, University of Arkansas
(O) 501-529-4953, [email protected] Director 3: Jim Hyung Lee, PacificWest Energy Services
(O) 310-562-7042, [email protected] Director 1: Seogjoo Jang, Queens College, City University of New York
(O) 718-997-4110, [email protected] Director 2: Hae-Bum Yun, University of Central Florida
(O) 310-951-7575, [email protected] Director 3: Jong Y Park, Moffitt Cancer Center/Univ. of South Florida
(O) 813-745-1703, [email protected] Director 4: TBDProject Director 5: Jiyoon Yoon, University of Texas at Arlington (O) 972-730-5197, [email protected] Director 6: Joseph Jinlee Kim, California State University Long Beach
(O) 714-399-5426, [email protected] Director 1: Stella Chun, Thermo Fisher Scientific
(O) 267-414-8964, [email protected] Director 2: Phillip Han, Lightshed Healthcare Technologies
(O) 404-323-8331, [email protected]
HEADQUARTERS STAFFIT Staff: Jongsung You, 703-748-1221, [email protected] Manager: Kelly Han, 703-748-1221, [email protected] Manager: Euna Yoon, 703-748-1221, [email protected] Project Manager: Hye Won Cho, 703-748-1221, [email protected]
AUDITORSByungkyu “Brian” Park, 434-924-6347, [email protected] Yongho Sohn, 407-491-7141, [email protected] Min Jung, 425-263-2233, [email protected]
ELECTED COUNCILORSGroup A: Physics
Sung-Won Lee, 806-834-8188, [email protected] B: Chemistry
Dong Hee Son, 979-458-2990, [email protected] C: Mathematics, Geology, Meteorology, Statistics, Others
Sookkyung Lim, 513-556-4127, [email protected] D: Biology, Botany, Zoology, Biomedical Engineering, Genetic Engineering
SJ Claire Hur, 617-497-4713, [email protected]
Group E: Agriculture, Ecology, Food, NutritionSung Woo Kim, 919-513-1494, [email protected]
Group F: Med Science, Pharmaceutical Science, Veterinary Med, Physical Edu.Haejung An, 626-616-6524, [email protected]
Group G: Chemical Engineering, Textile Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Applied Chemistry
Su Ha , 509-335-3786, [email protected] H: Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Naval Architecture
Seungbae Park, 607-777-3415, sbpark@binghamton, eduGroup I: Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mining Engineering
Gyeong S. Hwang, 512-471-4847, [email protected] J: Civil Engineering, Architecture, Environmental Engineering
Yong-Rak Kim, 402-472-1727, [email protected] K: Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Communication Engineering
Benjamin Lee, 734-678-1285, [email protected] L: Computer Science, Systems Engineering
Jeho Park, 909-607-9023, [email protected] M: Industrial Engineering and Mgmt Science
Hyo-Joo Han, [email protected] Former President CouncilorsKookjoon Ahn, State of California. 916-227-9257, [email protected] Moon Won Suh, NCSU., 919-539-2728, [email protected] Ho Sung, Tufts Univ., 781-354-7024, [email protected]
CHAPTER PRESIDENTSChair Steve Sung Won Moon, 408-202-6302, [email protected] Chair Central Penn (1) Jungwoo Ryoo, 814-949-5243, [email protected] (3) Dong-Gook Kim, 706-272-2041, [email protected] (4) John Lee, 317-278-2267, [email protected] (6) Benjamin Lee, 734-678-1285, [email protected] (7) Chong Shik Park, 630-840-4274, [email protected] (8) Sung-Hoon Gee, 208-596-8472, [email protected] England (9) Hyun-Hee Lee, 857-366-0941, [email protected] New Jersey (10) Jaewon Kang, 732-470-5293, [email protected] Metro (11) Eon Soo Lee, 201-486-2024, [email protected]. Carolina (12) Do Young Eun, 919-513-7406, [email protected] (14) Do-Gyoon Kim, 614-247-8089, [email protected] WA (15) W. Jong Yoon, 425-419-7718, [email protected] (16) Moses Noh, 215-895-2273, [email protected]. Louis (17) Yeunook Bae, 443-800-4424, [email protected] Southern CA (18) Seon Kim, 213-740-2483, [email protected] Texas (19) Sang Jun Han, 713-798-6276, [email protected]. Metro (21) Sang Mok Chung, 240-346-1043, [email protected] (23) Byungjin Min, 334-727-8393, [email protected] TX (24) Sibum Sung, 512-232-0867, [email protected] Valley (30) Steve Sung Won Moon, 408-202-6302, [email protected] (31) Sung-Ung Kang, 443-540-7829, [email protected] (32) Gyoung Gug Jang, 479-595-4565, [email protected]. Texas (40) Wonjae Choi, 972-883-6625, [email protected] VA (41) Jongmin Lee, 434-243-4965, [email protected] IL (42) Seung-Yul Yun, 217-255-8540, [email protected] (44) Yei Hwan Jung, 217-768160, [email protected] VA (49) Wooram Lee, 540-557-7034, [email protected] Iowa (53) Sang Wu Kim, 515-294-2726, [email protected] Utah (56) Michael Seungju Yu, 801-587-1264, [email protected] City (52) Kyounghoon Lee, 319-400-2457, [email protected] (58) Jae-Hyuk Lee, 530-741-5462, [email protected] Diego (60) John Baik, 858-232-0139, [email protected] (62) Kyung-Eun Min, 503-869-0201, [email protected] (67) Hae-Bum Yun, 407-365-5733, [email protected] Bay (68) Dong-Pyo Hong, 713-205-9069, [email protected] Idaho (69) Jungjin Kim, 208-596-7385, [email protected] (70) Won Young Park, 510-847-3214, [email protected] (71) Yong Kyu Yoon, 352-392-5985, [email protected] (903) Duk-Hyung Lee, 859-858-3511, [email protected] (72) Byung-Whi Kong, 479-466-5164, [email protected] Ohio (73) Changjoo Kim, 513-556-3424, [email protected] (74) Hak-Joon Sung, 615-322-6986, [email protected]
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COMMITTEE CHAIRSContest Committee: Stephen Suh, 551-996-8417, [email protected] Committee:Ken Choi, 312-567-3461, [email protected] Management Committee:Duck Joo Yang, 972-883-6681, [email protected] Committee:Ki-Hyon Kim, 919-423-4297, [email protected] and Awards Committee:Kun Sup Hyun, 201-310-7822, [email protected] Planning Committee:Sung-Kwon Kang, 914-241-9460, [email protected] Committee:Youngsoo Kim, 919-673-39999, [email protected] Rules Committee:Nakho Sung, 781-354-7024, [email protected] Committee:Sang Hyuck Park, 678-571-6172, [email protected] Generation Committee:John Lee, 310-280-8269, [email protected] APS Committee:Sam Jae Cho, 713-301-2020, [email protected]
AFFILIATED PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY (APS) PRESIDENTS Association of Korean Neuroscientists (AKN)Kwang-Soo Kim, 781-862-4195, [email protected] of Korean Physicists in America (AKPA)Seung-Hun Lee, 434-924-7959, [email protected] Life Scientists Association (BLSA)Joo Heon Shin, 303-704-9977, [email protected] American Construction, Eng, & Project Mgmnt Asso. (KACEPMA)HyungSeok Jeong, 515-509-5400, [email protected] Food Technologists Association (KAFTA)Youngmok Kim, 513-892-7100, [email protected] Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA)Sung Kim, 603-856-6550, [email protected] Materials Society (KAMS)Jiyoung Kim, 972-883-6412, [email protected] Mathematical Scientists Association (KAMSA)Sung Yell Song, 515-294-5866, [email protected] Society for Biomedical Informatics (KASBI)James S. Song, 301-435-5928, [email protected] American Society for Biotech & Phamaceuticals (KASBP)Jae Uk Jeong, 610-917-2707, [email protected] Energy Exploration & Production Society (KEPS)Sam Jae Cho, 713-301-2020, [email protected] Computer Scientists & Engineers Association in America (KOCSEA)Eunjee Song, 254-716-0377, [email protected] Offshore Engineers Association (KOEA)Jay Yun, 281-285-7491, [email protected] Korean Life Scientists at UCSF (KOLIS)Hye-Ryeon Lee, 650-605-5237, [email protected] Pathologists Association of North America (KOPANA)Eun Young Lee, 859-257-5469, [email protected] Korean Transportation Association in America (KOTAA)Sang-Soo Kim, 740-593-1463, [email protected] Association of Medical Physicists in North America (KAMPiNA)Byong Yong Yi, 410-328-7165, [email protected] Society of Civil and Environmental Engineers(KSCEE)Hosin Lee, 319-335-6818, [email protected] Women in Science and Engineering (KWiSE)Hee-Yong Kim, 301-402-8746, [email protected] Scientists Association (NIH-KSA)Young Oh, 301-435-0273, [email protected] York Korean Biologists (NYKB)Hyun Jae Pi, 508-331-7167, [email protected] Triangle Park Bioscience and Biotechnology Meeting (RTP B&B)Hangsik Moon, 919-281-7340, [email protected] Diego Korean Biomedical Association (SDKoBA)Jongdae Lee, 858-822-5762, [email protected]
Korean International Statistical Society (KISS)Sin-Ho Jung, 919-668-8658, [email protected] Biomedical Engineering Society (KBMES)Hanjoong Jo, 404-712-9654, [email protected] Biological Sciences Research Group at Michigan (KBM)Sung Ryeol Park, 323-481-1148, [email protected] Asso. for Geospatial and Environmental Sciences (KAGES) Hyowon Ban, 562-985-7808, [email protected] One (TeK One)Alex Choe, 206-374-2855, [email protected] Bioscientists & Chemists Association in Chicago (KBCAC)Jae-Hyun Park, 773-834-7434, [email protected]
EX-PRESIDENTSSang Il Choi, POSTECH, 919-357-7018, [email protected] Bang Woo, Yonsei Univ., 82-2-2123-3555, [email protected] Nak Lee, HTRD, 847-577-5967,[email protected] Young Park, NC State Univ., 919-848-6110, [email protected] Park, POSTECH, 82-11-521-8909, [email protected] Han Kim, POSTECH, 82-54-279-2101, [email protected] Kim, NC Central Univ., 919-530-6451, [email protected] Kuk Koh, Chrysan Ind., 734-667-4081, [email protected] Ok Lee, Rockefeller Univ., 212-327-8617, [email protected] Chin Suh, 610-678-0534, [email protected] Sup Hyun, PPI, 973-596-3267, [email protected] Kim, GIST, 703-663-8803, [email protected] Won Suh, NC State Univ., 919-515-6580, [email protected] Doo-Young Ryu, UC Davis, 530-752-8954, [email protected] Ahn, Fuzbien Tech. Institute, 301-279-5453, [email protected] Chul Chun, 301-598-3396, [email protected] Dong Lee, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 217-244-0421, [email protected] Taik (Thomas) Hahn, 310-825-2383, [email protected] Ho Chung, Argonne National Lab., 630-818-6715, [email protected] Ho Sung, Tufts University, 617-627-3447, [email protected] Chan I. Chung, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 518-727-3655, [email protected] Kim, JPL/NASA, 818-354-8612, [email protected] Won Lee, Univ. of Maryland, 301-405-1128, [email protected] K. Kang, IBM T.J. Watson Research Ctr., 914-945-3932, [email protected] Wayne Lee, Univ. of Rhode Island, 401-874-2695, [email protected] Lee, IBM T.J. Watson Research Ctr., 914-945-3070, [email protected] Ji, North Carolina State Univ., 919-515-3478, [email protected] Hoon Kim, The Boeing Company, 425-786-7723, [email protected] Lee, University of Iowa, 319-335-6818, [email protected] Michael Chung, Calif. State Univ., Long Beach, 562-985-7691, [email protected] Myung Jong Lee, City University of NY, 212-650-7260, [email protected] Ahn, State of California, 916-227-9257, [email protected] Kim, North Carolina State University, 919-673-39999, [email protected]
EX-PRESIDENTS (DECEASED)Shoon Kyung KimKiuck LeeInyong HamChong Wha PyunHogil KimJe Hyun KimKyungsik Kang Soon Kyu KimKwang-Hae (Kane) KimMoo Young HanYoung Bae Kim
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