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On the afternoon of August 28th, Ajou University held an orientation in Yulgok Hall’s Video Conference Room for participants of the Paran Semester, which was launched in 2016. The program allows students to design their own activities and receive credits based on the results.For this fall semester, 69 students of 16 teams have chosen to take part in the program.The tasks selected by the participating students include making protective materials for electrical wires to prevent damage by birds, providing solutions to improve the convenience of people who have difficulties using public transportation, developing video-aided donations and arranging a video show, and investigating the influence the Ajou University soccer team has on the local community.President Hyung Ju Park told the students, "I hope that Paran Semester will be an opportunity for you to develop and grow further, rather than just being another challenge."He went on to say, "Selected Paran Semester participants will be able to tour CES scheduled for this coming January in Las Vegas of the U.S. through the scholarship funds provided by SK Group. This will allow you to experience the challenging spirit and prominent startup companies from around the world."A total of 775 students have participated in the Paran Semester over the last eight semesters. Students should design programs on their own to apply for Paran Semester and receive 3-18 regular credits if the tasks are successfully completed. There is no limitation of the areas in which students may design their tasks, i.e., the humanities, culture and arts, community services, globalization, and industry-academia cooperation. It is also possible to choose or revise programs from among those suggested by the University or professors.
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Ajou University alumnus Chi Hwan Lee (Department of Industrial Engineering, entrance class of 1999) won the 'Young Investigator Award' at the US-Korea Conference (UKC), which was held from August 14th to the 17th in the U.S. city of Chicago. The Young Investigator Awards are given by the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) to young experts who have doctoral degrees in science or engineering and have worked at least six years in academic, industrial, or public organizations. The award-winners, selected by the KSEA Honor & Awards Committee, receive $10,000 in prize money. After obtaining dual degrees from Ajou University and the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chi Hwan Lee received his master's and doctoral degrees from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Stanford University. He is now serving as Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. The Award is in recognition of his excellent research papers published in the U.S. that have received over 3,500 citations, earning him an h-index of 27, as well as other research projects carried out for US AFOSR, Eli Lilly & Company, and NIH. Lee said, "Challenges are valuable because they bring meaningful experiences and rewards, and I encourage young people not to hesitate to take on challenges, even if they may fail from time to time," adding, "Ajou University is providing its students with various opportunities, including exchange student and dual degree programs, and the University graduates who try to explore their overseas career may find these programs very helpful." Meanwhile, Ajou University participated in UKC for the second straight year to hire talented faculty members.
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Ajou University President Hyung Ju Park participated in UKC to hire talented faculty members. The University participated by setting up a booth at the US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship (UKC), which was held from August 14th to the 17th in the U.S. city of Chicago. UKC is an annual conference of Korean scientists based in the U.S., with about 1,000 people participating in this year’s KESA-hosted event, including researchers and postdocs. President Park took part in the University Leadership Forum as a panelist and joined the discussion entitled "Future-Proofing the Workforce" with President Se Jung Oh of Seoul National University, President Hei Sook Kim of Ewha Womans University, and President Robert Zimmer of the University of Chicago, etc. Ajou University Professor Il Soo Yun (Department of Transportation System Engineering) took part in a poster session in an effort to attract excellent researchers. Meanwhile, the Faculty Affairs Team of the University arranged a meeting of its alumni residing in Chicago, including Nam Soo Lee, CEO of Unisource America. From the far left in the above picture are Hyung Jun Kim (Department of Mechanical Engineering, entrance class of 2015), Nam Soo Lee (Department of Industrial Engineering, entrance class of 1979), President Hyung Ju Park, Jeong Soon Park (Department of Civil System Engineering, entrance class of 1998), Ji Hye Park (Department of Architecture, entrance class of 1997), and Chi Hwan Lee (Department of Industrial Engineering, entrance class of 1999).
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Ajou University student team A-FA ranked 2nd and won the Gold Prize in the 2019 KSAE Baja Competition for university students. The 2019 KSAE Baja Competition, which was held from August 16th to the 18th at Gunsan Saemangeum Convention Center, is the largest event of its kind in South Korea and aims to enhance students' interest in and understanding of automobiles and showcase ideas on future automobiles through their designing and building of vehicles. About 2,700 students – 187 teams from 98 universities – participated in the Competition, which comprised four categories, including Baja (off-road race), Formula (on-road race), Electric Vehicles, and Technology (technological ideas and designs). Ajou's Team A-FA took 2nd place among 101 teams in its category and received a plaque and two million won of prize money based on the vehicle examination and evaluation of dynamic and resistance performance. In the Baja category, the winner is decided by the automobile’s performance on rough terrain (dynamic performance) and 35 laps around an 1.29-km off-road track (resistance performance) for vehicles with 125-cc Korean engines. Ajou University students took part in the Formula and Baja categories. The Baja team consisted of 16 students in total – five executives including Yeon Seo Kim (entrance class of 2014), Ja Heon Koo (entrance class of 2015), Yong Wook Lee (entrance class of 2015), Yoo Na Kim (entrance class of 2018), and Chang Hyeon Sung (entrance class of 2018), and 11 other members including Geon Ho Kim (entrance class of 2019), Yeong Gyun Kim (entrance class of 2019), Jong Seop Kim (entrance class of 2019), Jun Yeong Seo (entrance class of 2019), Il Seop Shin (entrance class of 2019), Yun Jeong Choi (entrance class of 2019), Seong Bin Lee (entrance class of 2019), Shi Wook Lee (entrance class of 2019), Hoon Jeong (entrance class of 2019), Seon Woo Choi (entrance class of 2019), and Geun Hee Han (entrance class of 2019). Guiding professor Yong Ho Jeon (Department of Mechanical Engineering) said, "I am very proud of the students who have achieved outstanding results despite limited support, and I would also like to thank all the people who provided support and encouragement," adding, "The achievement is the result of the unrelenting efforts of each and every member of our team." Yeon Seo Kim (junior, Department of Mechanical Engineering), who took charge of the car design, said, "I am very pleased that we have received the Gold Prize five years after winning the Silver Prize in 2014. It was possible because our team members put their heads together for the design and manufacturing, which required diverse ideas and hard work." He went on to say, "In designing the cars, we focused on predicting the dynamic performance and durability of the vehicles through accurate calculation," adding, "I would like to acknowledge the contributions and efforts of all the society members in preparing for the competition." A-FA, which was established in 1993, consists of 136 Ajou University students, ranging from freshmen to seniors, who are interested in automobiles and come from diverse majors, including the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Department of Software, and the Department of Sociology. The student society won the Participation Award in the 2012 KSAE Baja, the Silver Prize in the 2014 KSAE Baja, the Best Rookie Award and the Participation Award in the 2015 KSAE Formula, and took 6th place in the 2018 Virtual Formula.
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Ajou University Graduate School of International Studies (Dean Jay Ick Lim) arranged a meeting of its finance program graduates in Cambodia. Under the KFB-Ajou Banking and Finance Scholarship Program, the University provides education in banking, finance, IT, and the Korean language to Cambodian undergraduates over the course of ten weeks. Program graduates then participate in 12-week internships at Korean banks operating in Cambodia (KB, Shinhan, and PPCB, etc.). The Program provides short-term training based on an agreement signed in September 2017 between Ajou and KFB (Korea Federation of Banks) to foster local talents with financial expertise, producing a total of 29 graduates so far – 14 in 2017 and 15 in 2018. From among them, 20 have been employed by Korean banks located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, after completing their internships. Sim Piseth, a graduate of the Program and employee at KB's Cambodia branch, said, "I realized the excellence of Korean banks as I learned about the financial market in Korea during the KFB-Ajou Banking and Finance Scholarship Program," adding, "I would like to contribute to the development of Cambodia's financial system." Dean Jay Ick Lim said, "We at Ajou University are very proud that we are helping Korean banks expand their presence in Cambodia and hire new employees and are contributing to local economic and financial development," adding, "Ajou would like to expand exchanges with Cambodia in many ways now that we have developed a special relationship through the KFB-Ajou Program graduates."
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Ajou University sent 221 students to 14 countries for global programs during this summer vacation. Ajou University is providing students with valuable opportunities to develop their international networks and global insights through the Paran Ladder Program, the short-term overseas training program, and the Global Internship Program. These three annual programs are organized through the exchange agreements that Ajou's Office of International Affairs has signed with major universities around the globe. First, 100 students, including 20 from other universities, were sent to the University of Michigan and the University of Washington-Seattle in the U.S., and Shanghai Jiaotong University in China for four weeks this summer under the Paran Ladder Program. Participants took part in a weeklong orientation before leaving Korea, which included sessions on self-assessment, career exploration, and attaining the necessary knowledge for the Program. They then participated in various activities at overseas partner universities, including advanced language classes, cultural programs, and research projects. The Program, which is being carried out by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Student Aid Foundation, provides support for short-term overseas education for students experiencing financial difficulties and all the expenses for the participating students are paid by the government and Ajou University. ▲ Students participating in the Paran Ladder Program pose for a picture at Shanghai Jiaotong University in China. Meanwhile, under the short-term overseas training program, 99 students were dispatched to eight partner universities for two to four weeks, including Stony Brook University and George Mason University (USA), the University of Bayreuth (Germany), Tallinn University (Estonia), the Audencia Nantes School of Management (France), Sapporo Gakuin University (Japan), the University of Indonesia (Indonesia), and Asia University (Taiwan). The participants took part in training related to their majors, language classes, and other research projects. The short-term program is available during the summer and winter vacations every year, earning more than 200 students credits for the seasonal semesters. ▲ Students attending the short-term overseas training program pose for a picture at the Audencia Nantes School of Management in France. The Global Internship Program is designed to give students opportunities to gain firsthand experience in the business and culture of global corporations. During this summer vacation, 22 students were sent to 13 companies in eight countries, including those in the U.S., Malaysia, Japan, Australia, Vietnam, Singapore, and the U.K. Among the corporations partnering with Ajou are H Mart, a Korean-run supermarket in the U.S.; KOTRA; and a number of other prominent companies established by Ajou University graduates and Korean nationals. The Program period ranges from one to eight months depending on the company with up to 18 credits acknowledged by the University, which also provides financial support. ▲ Participants of the Global Internship Program pose for a picture at PDS Consulting in Malaysia.
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Ajou University has been selected as an "Innovation Leading University for the Fourth Industrial Revolution."The Innovation Leading University for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Project, which is being carried out by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea as part of the LINC (Leaders in INdustry-university Cooperation) Plus Project, aims to foster talents who are skilled at problem-solving based on convergence-oriented knowledge and 4C (critical thinking, communication, creativity, and collaboration) abilities.Thirty-six universities that are participating in the LINC+ Project applied for the Innovation Leading University Project, and 10 universities, including Ajou, have been selected from among them. The Project period is three years through 2021, and KRW 1 billion will be invested per year for each university.Ajou University formed a committee last year to choose its area of specialization for the Innovation Leading University for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Project and identify competitive areas in seeking innovation considering its institutional strengths. The University then designated the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Director: Professor Sang In Kim) as the responsible department and developed a plan to foster talents specializing in intelligent semiconductor sensors. During the Project, the University plans to design tailored curriculum in line with the trends in the semiconductor industry; be involved in the process of identifying and addressing the technological challenges of SMEs; and integrate communication, convergence, and practice in the educational environment. It also plans to foster creative talents who can develop sophisticated semiconductor sensors in the hyper-connected and hyper-intelligence society.
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The 2019 AASP Conference, which was held at Ajou University from July 3rd to the 5th, discussed the direction of pharmacy education and the fostering of pharmacists in Asia.The Conference, which was co-hosted by the Korean Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology (KSPST) and AASP, featured lectures on the latest research results, a symposium, and a poster release.AASP was founded in 2001 to seek the development of and cooperation in Asia's pharmacy education and has colleges of pharmacy, pharmaceutical and bio companies, and healthcare-related institutions in Asian countries as its members, including those from South Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, and India. The 2019 AASP Conference, which was held under the theme "Impact of Rapidly Changing Environment on Pharmacy Education, Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Asia," was attended by about 600 participants from 23 countries, including students, professors, researchers, and prominent scholars in relevant industries.Beom Jin Lee, Dean of Ajou's College of Pharmacy and President of KSPST, said, "The AASP Conference held extensive discussions on the future direction of pharmacy education and the fostering of pharmacists now that tailored patient services are necessary amid the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and aging," adding, "It also was an opportunity to share knowledge and information on global advanced technologies and discuss the latest research trends for the development of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences. Thus, the Conference served as a venue for the development of pharmacy education and research in Asia."He went on to say, "It is important to design a core curriculum and academic guidelines for Asian colleges of pharmacy so that individual institutions can share and then combine their distinctive education.”
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President Park stressed the importance of 'project-based learning,' saying "One first-hand experience is better than repeated observations of others doing something," and mentioned Ajou University's Paran Semester Project as an example of such learning.The Hanseatic League of Universities, which hosted its 2nd Conference at Incheon National University on July 4th and 5th, is an association of universities from around the world and was founded at the initiative of Holland's Hanze University. The Conference was attended by university presidents, vice presidents, and professors with administrative positions from about 70 universities in Korea and beyond, including those from the U.S., Germany, Spain, Russia, Saudi Arabia, China, and Japan. The participants exchanged views on the innovative practices taking place at different universities and discussed the future direction of higher education and the new university evaluation system.President Park gave his speech under the theme "The Future of University: Real Impact on Society" on July 5th before the release of the World’s Universities with Real Impact, a new university ranking reflecting the innovations and reforms being pursued by individual universities.President Park said, "Only half of university graduates are working in areas related to their majors," adding, "Ajou is committed to producing graduates with Connecting Minds who are able to combine different areas by crossing over beyond academic disciplines and who seek to gain extensive knowledge and experiences."
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The ceremony to launch the second Paran Ladder Program, which provides overseas training opportunities to students in difficult financial conditions, was held on June 26th in K Art Hall in Seoul, with participating students and officials from the relevant universities in attendance. About 100 program participants and President Hyung Ju Park joined the event from Ajou University. This year, a total of 1,220 students are participating in the Program.The event kicked off with the playing of a congratulatory video message from Education Minister Eun Hae Yoo, followed by a congratulatory speech by Chairman Joung Woo Lee of Korea Student Aid Foundation, an introduction to and progress report on the Program, the reading of the program launching declaration and oath, and a special lecture by Italian television personality Alberto Mondi and Vice President Gil Young Song of Daumsoft.The Paran Ladder Program, which is being carried out by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Student Aid Foundation, aims to give career development opportunities to students experiencing financial difficulties and thereby raise the level of educational equality. All the expenses for the participating students are paid by the government and the participating universities. Fifteen universities, including Ajou, are operating training courses for the Program. The Paran Ladder Program was initiated by the Korean government, which acknowledged the excellence of and benchmarked the 'AFTER YOU Program – Ajou Global Campus' that was launched in 2015 by Ajou University. A total of 100 students, including 20 from other universities, were selected for the month-long AFTER YOU Program this summer and will be sent to the University of Michigan and the University of Washington in the U.S. and Shanghai Jiaotong University in China later this month. Ajou's AFTER YOU Program was integrated into the Paran Ladder Program in 2018 for a three-year period.Meanwhile, last month, Ajou University held a week-long orientation for the Paran Semester Program to provide a career design workshop, education on challenge design and overseas safety, and a seminar with a local representative of Education USA. During the orientation, President Park gave a lecture under the theme "Look Beyond and Dream Bigger," saying, "I hope that you will learn how to gain insights through experiences of connection in a different culture and environment."
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Ajou University and China's Rizhao City agreed to pursue extensive cooperation, including on education. Rizhao City, which is located in Shandong Province, China, is geographically close to South Korea and is seeking to build a close relationship with Ajou University.Ajou University President Hyung Ju Park joined Rizhao City Mayor Li Yonghong for a signboard hanging ceremony for a preliminary class that will enter Ajou during his 3-day visit to Rizhao from May 28th. Mayor Li graduated from the University's Graduate School of International Studies in 2001.Ajou also signed agreements on exchanges with Shandong Foreign Languages Vocational College and Haiqu High School with the help of the Rizhao City government, which is expected to help the University attract Chinese students. President Park said, "We need to foster global talents who are proficient in foreign languages and have in-depth knowledge in specific areas of expertise," adding, "I ask for your cooperation in attracting Chinese students to Ajou University." Principal Gaoyuebo of Haiqu High School replied, "I will make every effort to recommend talented students to study at Ajou."Meanwhile, Rizhao City Mayor Li invited President Park and other officials from Ajou to an event in October to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Rizhao becoming a city. He suggested that the two sides discuss the establishment of an industry-academia research institute during the proposed meeting.
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Ajou University granted an honorary doctorate in engineering to Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) CEO Mohamed Al Hammadi.The ceremony, which was held on May 23rd in Yulgok Hall, was attended by Ajou University President Hyung Ju Park, Ambassador Abdullah Saif Al Nuaimi from the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates to the Republic of Korea, Vice President Hyun Seung Lim from KEPCO, and CEO Jun Yeon Byun from Vision Power, etc.The honorary doctorate was awarded in recognition of his designing of the UAE's nuclear energy program as the CEO of ENEC and his significant contributions to the development of the strategic relationship between South Korea and the UAE since 2007.Mohamed Al Hammadi, who is a prominent figure in the global nuclear energy and power generation community, has been promoting the advanced expertise and executive abilities of Korea's nuclear power industry, the successful partnership between Korea and the UAE, and their business models, etc., at various global events.President Park said, "I expect that Ajou and ENEC will be able to create synergy by collaborating in various areas, including the development of prediction models utilizing Big Data and Artificial Intelligence and joint research for developing environment-friendly fuel technologies." Prior to the event, Mohamed Al Hammadi and Ajou University professors from Graduate School's Department of Energy System Research and Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science discussed joint research activities utilizing Big Data.
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