[제 9 호] 2015년 06월 메인으로 | 전체기사 | 지난호 | 한기대 미디어센터 [KOREATECH NEWS] April 8 th , KOREATECH Concluded an MOU with Korea Polytechnics President of KOREATECH, Dr. Ki-young Kim signed the MOU with Korea Polytechnics on April 8 th , Wednesday in In-cheon where Korea Polytechnics is located. The MOU was about intensifying the IPP (Industry Professional Practice) program and realizing a competence based society. On this day, both institutes decided to invigorate long-term work experiences, exchanges of information, running Meister tech, interchanges of expertise, and business collaboration. IPP is one of the industrial-academic cooperation programs that KOREATECH has had since 2012. During this program, 3 rd and 4 th graders are sent to the companies which made an agreement with KOREATECH and students work there for 4 to 10 months. It is a system that helps students to have business practice experiences and employment capabilities.   There is also an educational system called Meister tech for students who graduated from Meister High School. After finishing high school, they get to study at Korea Polytechnics for 2 years and transfer to KOREATECH ’ s engineering major and complete 4 th grade course.   “ To materialize ability oriented society by sharing and enhancing strength of curriculums that both universities have, we will find the best way and make a greater effort to maximize our role as an educational institution affiliated with the Ministry of Employment and Labor. ” Said Dr. Ki-young Kim, the president of KOREATECH. April 10 th , MOU was signed by KOREATECH and KEIS    Dr. Ki-young Kim the president of KOREATECH completed an MOU with KEIS (Korea Employment Information Service) on April 10 th , Friday in Eum-seong, Chung-buk where KEIS is located. This MOU was about IPP (Industry Professional Practice) program and interchanges of experts, and business collaboration. Both institutions agreed to revitalize the students ’ long-term field training, cooperation in evaluating vocational competency development, as well as to interchange experts, online learning contents, employment information and infrastructure. April 17 th , Ja-min Ahn, majoring EMC got Young FemaleResearcher Award from KCerS Spring Conference From April 15 th to 17 th , 2015 the KCerS(Korean Ceramic Society) Spring Conference was held in Alpensia resort, Pyeong-chang. Ja-min Ahn, who studies Energy∙Materials∙Chemical Engineering at KOREATECH received the WISET(Women in Science, Engineering and Technology) · KCerS Young Female Researchers Award in this event. Her research paper “ Water Molecule Reaction on Ce 0.75 Zr 0.25 O 2 (111) surface by Density Functional Theory ” was about water molecule ’ s reaction process on Ce 0.75 Zr 0.25 O 2 (111) surface which can be used as an anode supporter of solid oxide electrolyzer cell(SOEC).   “ New regeneration energy such as solar cells cannot maintain the amount of power constantly. Therefore, a storing technique is needed for surplus energy that was produced during the day time to be used at night when power production stops. This research is related with an anode supporter of SOEC that can change surplus power energy into fuel. ” Professor Young-cheol Kim, her academic advisor explained. April 23th, KOREATECH ’ s “ IPP Hub Business Group ” board hanging ceremony   KOREATECH conducted a signboard hanging ceremony on April 23 rd , Thursday. Approximately 70 people attended including President DR. Ki-young Kim, the head of business Chang-heon Oh, the officials from the Ministry of Employment and Labor, and the faculty members of university who accepted a system called “ Work and Study in Parallel ” with the type of IPP(Industry Professional Practice). IPP Hub Business Group ’ s goal is early settlement and invigoration of “ Work and Study in Parallel with IPP ” business. Its main responsibility is to design a school system for universities that accepted the IPP program, a research about vitalizing education and business. These include consultation for IPP administrative control, monitoring of business management and evaluation of performance. ※What is Work and Study in Parallel with IPP? It is new industrial-academic training for solving the employment problem of the young generation which resulted from hiring mismatches by universities and companies. It combines KOREATECH ’ s IPP program, and Work and Study in a Parallel System.   Work and Study in Parallel System is a Korean apprenticeship and IPP is an abbreviation for Industry Professional Practice program that KOREATECH has had since 2012. During IPP program, 3 rd and 4 th graders are sent to the companies which have made agreements with KOREATECH and work for 4 to 10 months. It is a system that helps students to have business practice experiences and employment capabilities. April 23th, 4 students from CSE received Superior Thesis Award Students of CSE(Computer Science and Engineering) received Superior Thesis Award from KIPS(Korea Information Processing Society) Spring Conference held in Sookmyung Women ’ s University from April 24 th to 25 th . With their academic advisor Yeon-hui Han, Ju-seong Heo, Jang-won Seo, Tae-hyeong Kim, and Ye-yeong Lee gain the honor with their thesis “ Leading Character Detection Method from Importance in Social Relation Network between Movie Characters ” . In this research they built a social network between characters and analyzed each episode ’ s scenario. Then they derived to an importance from social network centralities between characters and suggested certain methods to automatically detect the main characters in each movie. Also they estimated their method ’ s accuracy by comparing with real data of main characters in the movies. One of KOREATECH ’ s professor said, “ I am proud that undergraduate school ’ s 4 th grade students achieved great things while competing with graduate students ’ theses from other universities ” . April 28 th ,   SAMSUNG Technical Skills Competition held at KOREATECH   The 8 th SAMSUNG Technical Skills Competition was held in Dam Heon Sil-hak building, KOREATECH which is a technical contest between Engineers co-sponsored by university and enterprise for intensifying industrial-academic cooperation and developing lifelong vocational competency. SAMSUNG skills Olympic Executive Office hosted this event sponsored by MOEL(the Ministry of Employment and Labor) and KOREATECH. It was held for three days - April 28 th to 30 th – and in addition to mechatronics, electrical facility, and mechanical CAD(Computer-Aided Design), CNC(computer numerical control) milling was newly included in this year ’ s competition. This year marked the biggest competition by the increasing number of participants from overseas corporations, the newly participating KOREATECH students and specially invited national technician team in world skills competition 2015. Participants were 26 teams from Mechatronics, 29 teams from mechanical CAD, 20 teams from electrical facility, 13 teams from CNC milling, 56 people from 4 domestic corporations (SAMSUNG electronics, SAMSUNG SDI, SAMSUNG Display and SAMSUNG Electro Mechanics), 60 people in 18 overseas corporation from 9 different countries (China, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland) and 6 students from KOREATECH.   ※ What is SAMSUNG Technical Skills Competition? It is an opportunity to upgrade engineers’ pride and capabilities as a professionals of equipment by getting their technical skills and their ability to solve problems of manufacturing techniques. It is called a Dream Stage among SAMSUNG engineers. SAMSUNG autonomously held the competition until they advocated joint host with KOREATECH since 2010. Now it turned into a big party of SAMSUNG engineers celebrated with the university. KOREATECH students joined together to compete with senior engineers from the industrial site suggesting Industrial-academic win-win partnership model. Moreover, this competition was upgraded to a global skills contest as the participation of overseas corporation expanded. Especially on the first day of competition, KOREATECH arranged a great chance for education and communication through having a special lecture, watching competition and having a campus tour with 58 technicians who entered SAMSUNG in 2014 and 400 students from specialized high schools and Meister High Schools. Additionally, through an information center for experiencing technics and skills, they provided a place where students can get vocational experience. Also the contestants of 2015 International Vocational Training Competition in Brazil demonstrated six kinds of events such as Mobile Robotics.   “ High-Technology Education Center which is an established partnership between SAMSUNG and KOREATECH in 2006 is now creating technical training model of coexistent cooperation for companies of any size. The SAMSUNG Technical Skills Competition will be the opportunity to make a competence-based society and raise professional technicians ’ status through practical school-industry links ” emphasized by Dr. Ki-young Kim, the president of KOREATECH. May 12 th , THE HALL OF FAME OF KOREATECH’S DEVELOPMENT FUND UNVEILING CEREMONY   Around 50 people including CEO course students and the president of alumni association participated in the ceremony. . KOREATECH held “The hall of fame of KOREATECH’s development fund unveiling ceremony” on Tuesday May 12 th at the lobby of ground floor in Damheon buiding. There were 50 attendees including Oh, Seok-song (Director), Hwang, In-seong (KOREATECH’s CEO course students), Ham, Heung-jin (President of alumni association). In ceremony, 180 of names were recorded for those who donated to the university development fund such as entrepreneurs, formal presidents of KOREATECH and employees, parents, alumni and clubs. ▲ KOREATECH (President Dr. Ki-young, Kim) held “The hall of fame of KOREATECH’s development fund unveiling ceremony” on Tuesday May 12 th at the lobby of ground floor in Damheon building. May 14 th , KOREATECH Held the board of directors of corporationin the middle of industrial site.   The KOREATECH board of directors of corporations was held after visiting industrial site of Meta-biomed co., ltd. in O-song, Chungbuk   KOREATECH (President Dr. Ki-young, Kim) held the board of directors of corporation in the middle of Meta-biomed co., ltd. industrial site and it is for the first time in KOREATECH history On Thursday May 14 th , the 98 th board of directors of corporations was held at Meta-biomed co., ltd. in O-song, Chungbuk. This company specializes in research and development • manufacturing • marketing of medical material and Oh, Seok-song (the president of Meta-biomed Co., ltd.) is one of the directors on the KOREATECH board of directors.   The pictures below were taken during the field trip of Meta-biomed Co., ltd. The field trip lasted approximately 30 minutes at 4 pm to 4:30 pm and after the field trip, the board of directors of corporation was held. KOREATECH spoke about their purpose of the board of directors by saying “To correspond to KOREATECH’s ideals of education which are 실사구시 (Seeking Truth Grounded on Concrete Evidence) and fostering capable students who obtain executive ability, we held the board of directors on the industrial site.”   ▲On Thursday May 14 th , KOREATECH (President Dr. Ki-young, Kim) held the board of directors of corporation in the middle of industrial site and it is for the first time in KOREATECH history. The pictures below was taken during field trip of Meta-biomed Co., ltd. located in O-song, Chungbuk. May 27 th , KOREATECH grants scholarship to a Nepalese student   President Kim comforts the student whose family suffered by the earthquake crisis in Nepal   Dr. Ki-young Kim, the president of KOREATECH, granted a scholarship of 1.66 million won to Atmaram, a graduate student of KOREATECH, whose family was damaged by the earthquake crisis in Nepal. This scholarship was created by the development fund and voluntary contribution of the teaching staff and students of KOREATECH. Atmaram, a public official of the Department of Manpower Resources in Nepal, entered KOREATECH-KOICA Global Techno-HRD Program’s master course in February, 2014. His home in Nepal collapsed during the last earthquake and his family is now living at a shelter. KOREATECH＇s 2015 Parents Invitation Day KOREATECH held the "2015 Parents Invitation Day" in Da-san Information Center’s auditorium(Da-san Hall) last May 13, Wednesday. Approximately 270 parents participated on the said event. This event was held especially for the parents of KOREATECH’s students to communicate and give them a full explanation about its outstanding educational programs. Three hours before the official event started, parents had a time to talk with the school's president, Dr. Ki-young Kim, in his office. Additionally, singing performances from the students were showcased during the program. A place where to get information about scholarships, employment, school affairs, and international exchange programs was also provided in front of Da-san Hall. During the official event which began at 3pm, President Kim himself presented and introduced KOREATECH, giving specific examples of other universities benchmarking the university, best case of industrial academic cooperation, employment rate, evaluation by other institutions, KOREATECH's educational environment and features, specialized educational programs, IPP (Industry Professional Practice) program, and development direction through environment change in KOREATECH. The Dean of the Office of Academic Affairs then gave an account of scholarship and international program and a head of career development, while IPP Department head Chang-heon Oh introduced about some strategies for career improvement and employment. Moreover, the deans from each major talked about the strengths and weaknesses of their departments.   "Thank you for sending your glorious children to KOREATECH. Your effort to give excellent care to your children was the greatest help for us to make our school a renowned university. Therefore, we promise to do our best to improve the university by arranging spaces to communicate with students and parents continuously," President Kim concluded. E-KOREATECH, KOREATECH＇S NEW HORIZON What is E-KOREATECH? E-KOREATECH means ‘E-learning’ and ‘Technology of Korea’. It shows the identity of the exclusive website for technology engineering. In October 2014, E-KOREATECH has been established with 7 fields of studies; mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, telecommunication engineering and mechatronics and more. With plenty of content, E-KOREATECH expects to solve problems such as lack of e-learning content in the technology engineering field, because most e-learning contents are related to social science and humanity fields. We, Korea Tech took charge for establishing the e-learning center and developing its contents with the Ministry of employment and labor support.   E-KOREATECH has 4 courses. ‘The Lifelong Competencies Development Course’ is a long term course which provides an interactive learning environment and evaluation. ‘The Informal Course’ is a comparatively short course which provides modular content. ‘The E-Openmarket Course’ helps people and companies to register their contents freely and to sell them. Lastly, ‘The Credit Course’ supports students to obtain a degree through Work-Study Dual System. It provides standardized educational operation of subject-centered curriculum What is the role of E-KOREATECH in Korea’s training and education system?   According to the interview of Lim Kyeonghwa; the president of E-KOREATECH, he said, “Compared to the conglomerates, SMEs (Smaill Medium sized Enterprises) are having problems with lack of resources for training and education, and technology engineering also has a tough time in the e-learning market losing out to the social science and humanity fields. In terms of this situation, E-KOREATECH’s role is very important for all employees and applicants. Because it helps them to get an education without financial and temporal burden. Finally, the competency of workers and the productivity also could be improved.”   He also revealed E-KOREATECH’s strong ambitions saying that E-KOREATECH will take a big part to realize a national development of lifelong learning system, and it will cooperate with many related organizations. E-KOREATECH will make 300 additional contents until 2016 and 1000 additional contents until 2020. What are the features of E-KOREATECH? E-KOREATECH contains 5 developed features of education. First, it has a vivid interactive learning environment with online virtual facilities (Simulator, Online laboratory service) which enables to give a feedback to students.   Second, ‘The Live Seminar’ and ‘Internet Message Board for Debate’ facilitate interactive learning not only lecturer to students but also students to students.  Third, the contents of E-KOREATECH could be used with smart device such as smart phones and tablets.     Fourth, since last year, 41 new contents applied to the National Competency Standards (NCS) were developed. Those contents which followed the vision of government policies could be helpful to realize a competency centered society.   Fifth, Flipped Learnin, which inverts traditional learning methods by delivering online instructionoutside of class and moving homework into classroom will improve the learning effect. Also, Blended Learning, which is a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through delivery of content and instruction via digital and online media with some element of student control over time, place, path, or pace is provided. What kind of contents does E-KOREATECH provide? Table 1 Free Lectures of Korea Tech's E-KOREATECH Fields Mechanicial /Architectural Engineering (32 contents) Multimedia (20 contents) Mechatronics (33 contents) Electronic Engineering (30 contetns) Telecommunication/ Computer Engineering (60 contents) Main course •Autudesk application to design 3D machine •Vibration Theory and Application •DSLR Photography and Photoshop Application •Photoshop CS3 • Technology of Sensor Control •Basic theory of Motor •Technology of Silicon Solar Cell •LED motion and drive Theory •Semiconductor Production • Distribution Facility Engineering •Linux/Window Server Buildup •Production of Iphone Game   If you want to know more about E-KOREATECH, please visit their website; www.e-KOREATECH.ac.kr . You could see various kinds of e-learning contents that help your professionalism to improve.   The President of KOREATECH’s Successful Business Trip to the UAE and France Promoting the IPP model to the Abu Dhabi Polytechnic in the UAE Making a Contract to Exchange Excellent Engineering Students with French Students   From April 14 th to 19 th , Dr. Ki-young Kim, the president of KOREATECH, travelled on business to the UAE and France. The purposes of the business trip were promoting the Industry Professional Practice (IPP) to the Abu Dhabi Polytechnic (AD Poly) and making a contract with the Université de Technologie de Troyes (UTT) to exchange students and academic courses. Particularly, Sang-sun Lee, the director of the foreign ability department, and Ju-sung Jang, the director of the foreign cooperation department, accompanied the president on the trip.   President Kim visited AD Poly and had business negotiations with the members of AD Poly on April 15 th . The estimation of AD Poly concerning the dispatching of KOREATECH student exchange program and the business negotiation of developing the foreign IPP program were mainly discussed. Dr. Ahmad Alawar, the director of AD Poly, said, “KOREATECH students have excellent practical ability and a great knowledge about basic subjects.” Dr. Alawar added, “KOREATECH students contribute very much to AD Poly’s academic improvement.”   President Kim requested consideration of developing the IPP program, “Up until this time, KOREATECH students have worked as part of internship program in the UAE.” President Kim added, “It is considerable that the IPP program includes employment as a vocational training instructor.”Dr. Alawar answered, “At AD Poly will need more professional manpower like KOREATECH students for extension of AD Poly in 2017.” Dr. Alawar added, “We positively expect that there will be more demand of KOREATECH students.”The head of Advanced Energy Engineering of AD Poly, Anthony Edward Hechanova, Ph.D., said, “We think of KOREATECH students as not just temporary assistant staff members, but our valued faculty members.” Dr. Hechanova added, “If there are recruiting demands, we will very positively consider employment of KOREATECH.”   After the business negotiation, President Kim had a meeting with KOREATECH students who are working at AD Poly and listened to the students’ recommendations.Byeong-chan Kim, a working student at AD Poly, said, “It is a good opportunity to develop one’s English skill.” Kim added, “I think that the school should promote this program to other students more.”Seong-hwan Oh, a working student at AD Poly, said, “Before I came here, I had a prejudice against the Middle East countries, but if I get a chance to work in an open country, like the UAE, I will seek a job opportunity.”Gun Shin, a KOREATECH graduate who is working at AD Poly, said, “I found employment at AD Poly after I had finished the internship program here.” Shin added, “The working condition is quite good and I wish more KOREATECH students would take interest and apply here.” After finishing the schedules in the UAE, President Kim moved to Université de Technologie de Troyes (UTT) on April 17 th . President Kim and Pierre Koch, the vice chancellor of UTT, had an academic exchange contract. The main contents of the contract were: cooperation between two universities, exchange students, and joint research projects. Below are detailed contents of the contact:△ Students exchange for studying and researching, △ Professors exchange about interesting field, △ Joint research and publication, △ Joint thesis guidance, △ Technological information exchange, △ Joint funding for researching and educational project, △ Lab-based students exchange for researching, △ Credit exchange Upon agreement of the contact, Vice Chancellor Koch esteemed KOREATECH highly by saying, “UTT and KOREATECH have similar major curriculums and KOREATECH students are good at practical activity.” Vice Chancellor Koch added, “We hope to exchange with KOREATECH students as lab-based researchers.Michel Legault, the director of International relations at UTT, added, “UTT has various support for international students such as field trip programs, weekly meetings, and student council.” Meanwhile, KOREATECH planned a following enterprise about this business trip. KOREATECH selected eight international IPP students, including graduate students, for dispatching them to AD Poly. After passing the selection process, the students will be sent to the UAE in August and the students will work in their positions until next February. KOREATECH will invite UTT students during the summer session for three weeks. Particularly, the invited students during the winter session will be attracted in 2016 as parts of the student exchange program. KOREATECH students are also planned to exchange with UTT in 2016. KOREATECH has been continuously expanding exchanges with some 80 Universities and Institutions from 29 countries. KOREATECH will expand more exchanges with foreign universities in the future. The main purpose of creating relationships with these foreign universities is to provide exciting opportunities for KOREATECH students to develop a global mind and learn foreign language. Through exchanges of outstanding students from other reputable Universities, it is with great expectation that, upon returning from these opportunities, KOREATECH students will spread their newly acquired skills and knowledge and create a better educational environment.   KOREATECH Opens Korean Skills Quality Authority The Korean Skills Quality Authority (KSQA) of KOREATECH held the opening ceremony in the Metro Tower building, Jung-gu, Seoul. Notable figures in attendance included: The Minister of Employment and Labor, Ki-kweon Lee; chief director of Human Resources Development Service of Korea, Yeong-beom Park; president of Koreatech, Dr. Ki-young Kim; and the head of KSQA, Gyeong-hwa Lim. With the support of government, KSQA systemically supervises approximately 7 thousand training institutions and 40 thousand personal training programs which take part in the vocational training market.    Including administrating corrupted or mismanaged training institutions, they evaluate not only the institutions but also the propriety of the occupational training course and people who take it. These functions were distributed among the Ministry of Employment and Labor's employment center and Human Resources Development Service of Korea. KSQA is particularly planning to analyze occupational ability development network (HRD-net) to reduce corrupted training processes and investigate suspected institutions. Moreover, they intend to build a system to change the basis of occupational training courses to National Competency Standards (NCS). "We needed a professional institution to deal with corrupted or mismanaged training processes while we are supporting 3.40 million workers and 0.25 million job seekers with about 1.7 trillion won investment. I hope KSQA could be the one that can contribute to realize ability- oriented society. “Ministry of Employment and Labor Ki-kweon Lee explained.   "In this society, one of the biggest interests of people is concerning job or occupation. Receiving better education means a better possibility to get a better job. We decided to evaluate educational institutions for developing a frame to improve job performance in a field of life-long education. We are eager to train organizations that fit with our national legislations." Dr. Ki-young Kim, the president of KOREATECH stated during the interview with Korea Economic Daily. School of Industrial Design Engineering’s Alumni of KOREATECH founded Enlighten Co. suppor Mass-production of the “Mobile Recharger,” Supported by the LINC Foundation   The Enlighten Co., social ventures, which has founded by the School of IDE’s Alumni developed an up-cycling power pack, “BETTER RE”, which is made from used cellphone’s batteries and the Enlighten Co. has plans of mass-production ahead. The Enlighten Co. planned funding through American crowed funding web-site, Kick Starter, and the funding will progress for about a month from May 11. The mass-production will be decided as per the result of funding.   * Crowd Funding: the method of investment which means raising funds from the general public through internet or social media.   The business progress details of Enlighten Co.’s crowd funding can be found at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/betterre/better-re-upcycling-power-pack-reusing-smartphone   School of Industrial Design Engineering, IDE, is the only a major in the country which concentrates on art education mainly with practical exercise. Now the alumnus of IDE who are organizing Enlighten Co., CEO Ki-yong Shin, Jeong-yeon Sung, Jung-sik Kim, were educated by this education system for four years. They designed the products how they imagined, developed physical mock products, and have plans of mass-production ahead.   The Enlighten Co. received supports from the business support center of LINC foundation and KOREATECH’s company support infrastructure the last January, and it also received marketing support from enrolled students’ company support center of LINC foundation.   Below is interview of the CEO Ki-yong Shin.   Q1. Please introduce yourself. Hi, I am the CEO of the Enlighten Co. makes brighter world, Ki-yong Shin.   Q 2. I heard your graduation project “W-bike” received a lot of attention. I majored the Industrial Design Engineering. From an early age, I have concerned about a design supporting disadvantaged people and social renovation. Consequently, I designed the rehabilitation bike, which both disabled and non-disabled people ride together, for my graduation project. Looking back, I have learned the ability of integrated thinking with design and engineering through my school’s curriculum.   Q3. Could you explain foundation of the Enlighten Co. and the “BETTER RE?” Since the time of designing the project I was concerned about the world’s energy problem and hoped to solving it. Therefore, I founded the company which develops sustainable energy solutions, Enlighten Co. However, it was too difficult to start out of field business. So, I looked around and I found an energy problem when we are using mobile devices even we are living in a world which has plenty of energy. It became a motivation which led me to start the business up-cycling power pack, “BETTER RE”.   Q 4. How did you develop the “BETTER RE?” First of all, I produced a multi-clip which is compatible with various sizes of batteries for the BETTER RE and applied an expansion-pack for expanding the capacity of battery. I developed the design of the product and prototype in the past year. I also made a website and released the brand name. Furthermore, I won the Red Dot global design prize on the design process. We are now in the step just before mass-production and preparing for launch through Kick-Starter, the biggest American funding platform.   Q 5.  What is your future plan? Enlighten Co. will grow to global social-venture, and we have vision to the third world countries. We hope to light up the dark areas of the world for impoverished people and make a brighter world.      School of IDE Alumni Jeong-yeon Sung (1st),  Ki-yong Shin (3rd) ,   Jeong-sik Kim (4th)     Development process of BETTER RE and winning a concept field prize at Red Dot Design Award of Germany   [KOREATECH Interview] KOREATECH is a school which constantly desires to spread its connections across the globe. Each year more and more international students from countries all over the world are drawn to KOREATECH for different reasons but under the similar goal which is to expand their knowledge and experience both academically and culturally. In this month’s newsletter we asked two new foreign graduate students, Krzysztof Pawelec (Chris) and Rafal Paprocki, to share their unique experiences in Korea and at KOREATECH. Both of their testimonies are evidence that not just the country of Korea but KOREATECH University is the best environment to achieve their goals and continue the exciting chapter of their lives. Hello, My name is Chris and I am happy to share my story with you. Three years ago I worked as a software developer in my hometown, Warsaw, Poland. I tried to do new things to fight against routine in my life. That is why I decided to start learning Korean language in one of the language schools in Warsaw. Korean language was fascinating, and I wanted to know it better and better. That was when I learned about the possibility of going to Korea for a scholarship, and my dream of studying in Korea was born. When applying for a scholarship I looked for an interesting major that would work well with my educational background, computer science, and would develop my current interests of wanting to become a manager. KOREATECH was just the right school for me. Not only could I pursue a Techno MBA that would address my academic needs, but it is also located in a peaceful region, that would inspire me and help me focus on my studies. At this point I would like to state it clearly: I have never been so happy in my life! My stay in Korea is full of challenges, and I am constantly pushed to give more effort. However, the reward and the satisfaction are immense. I admire Korean culture. I have learned a lot from many Korean friends, and I love Korean women, the “flowers of Asia”. While staying abroad, I learned a great deal about myself and about my own country. Every day feels new, it is a routine killer. Come to Korea, if you want to get inspired, and come to KOREATECH if you want to put that inspiration into good use. Good luck! Krzysztof Pawelec My name is Rafał Paprocki, you can call me Rafał(라팔). I came from Poland to South Korea for a PhD course in computer science and I wanted to tell you few words about my first impressions. Let’s start from the very beginning. When I arrived to Seoul I was supposed to be picked up by Keimyung University's staff. Just imagine that - you're first time in some country, you cannot speak language, your English is rusted and English of natives has some particular accent, which needs time to get used to. No mobile phone to contact stuff, no internet, no connection with anyone you know. How would you feel? So yeah, I felt helpless like a kid and wondered if I'll ever see Poland again. Luckily I noticed a KU sign, and I had found group of newcomers who were already waiting with our guide and I started to meet the first people here. First I was living in Daegu and I had attempted to learn Korean. All I knew about the language was only that the characters are different than the Latin alphabet and during the first few days I realized how huge the amount work that had to be done before I would even start my PhD. Every day, with some small exceptions, my friends and I had to attend 7 hours of classes. Some of us were working really hard, and focused on understanding Korean culture, some even harder, by doing endless homework all night until early the morning hours. It's enough to say that it gave me my first experiences with the Korean teaching approach, which I find to be valuable and interesting. My whole stay in Daegu, since the very beginning until the end was very intense and full of experiences. The first days, there are especially a few instances which settled down in my memory. During my first evening in Daegu, my buddy, 박기범, invited me to dinner. That was the first time when I cried because the soup was so spicy! Before I came I thought I was used to spicy dishes, now I know that my spicy tolerance for Korean food is "almost mild". On the third day my roommate Daeyoung was so nice that he helped me to find the closest climbing center. I started climbing 6 months before I came to Korea and I still do it now, mainly thanks to Seongseo deungban center (성서 등반 센터)'s crew. I joined the club and found them many friendly faces, which in the end of my adventure with Daegu, became like my second family. If you'll ever visit Daegu I recommend you to visit the climbing center and enjoy a healthy sport in brilliant companionship (http://cafe.daum.net/ssc7578). What I noticed during my first stroll was how safe citizens feel in their hometown. I've seen parked cars with opened doors, scooters with keys in ignitions. Another characteristic picture are older people enjoying their time in park, just drinking a bit, dancing, playing chess; just enjoying their life and free time. When I finished my Korean course in February this year, I had to move to Cheonan to my designated university, KOREATECH. I packed all my stuff into boxes, sent them by post, refueled my motorcycle and I went on a 220km tour. I bought my motorcycle right after I came to Korea, just for traveling. Good quality roads with beautiful sceneries didn't disappoint me this time either. The trip was full of adventures and amazing views. Sadly I cannot use highways, but I love how routes twist on slopes of hills between mountains, so I can't grumble. I got placed in the International House dormitory and that's one of best things ever. Not only have I met amazing people from a variety of countries, but I can also work with Koreans thanks to special programs prepared by our managers, Jean and Kate. Living here is not only staying in a room, it means plenty of activities, like thematic English classes program called EAP (obligatory for all Korean residents at least once per week!). Every week we have roll call and meet together with wing mates. We have to fulfill some task and create a movie, which is rated later and best work wins a pizza! Once in a while we have field trips, parties, barbeques and much, much more. It's hard to describe how great work everyone does thanks to possibilities given by the managers. It's something I recommend every KOREATECH student to try on their own. Two and a half months have passed since I moved into IH. That was a really intense time full of not only studying, projects and experiments but also meeting fantastic people, participating in the paragliding club and rock climbing. I'm lucky enough to enjoy my PhD here, which means 3 years more of this great adventure. Thank you, Korea, and I invite you to visit Poland! Rafał Paprocki KOREATECH LINC held “The 4th Day of Family Company” with great success On May 12th, hundreds of CEOs and officials from related organizations gathered for an event which consisted of excellent cases and explanation of a support system. ▲ KOREA TECH LINC (Leaders in Industry-university cooperation) held ‘The 4th, Day of Family Company’ at the Art hall of the Galleria department store in great success   KOREATECH’s Leaders in Industry-University Cooperation (hereafter LINC) held “The 4 th Day of Family Company” at the Art hall of the Galleria department store in Cheon-an. The event was held on 12 th of May with hundreds of CEOs including Oh Seok-song; CEO of Meta Biomed CO, and officials from related organizations such as Cheon-an city hall and Chungnam Venture Association. This event had various programs to build an effective and continuous relationship of the Industry-University Cooperation. For example, there were The Man of Merit Award for Industry-University Relationship, The Guideline for KOREATECH’s Company Support Program, Presentation of Excellent Cases of LINC (Employment, Design and Marketing Support, Mentoring and Final Project Research, Field Practice and many others).   There was an especially helpful opportunity for sharing LINC program’s cases. Those excellent cases were selected among the cases for 3 years in LINC programs. Afterwards, there was a presentation of “The Guideline for KOREATECH’s Company Support Program”. The presentation explained how to activate industry-university projects through the company support program. Kim Yu-sik (Senior of Industrial Design Engineering Major) said, “It was great experience for working with the company of LINC program. I am excited because commercialization is staring us in the face. And also this project helped me a lot to do my final project.” Kim Yu-sik and Lee Da-eun (Mun Mu-gyeong, Adviser) accomplished a great performance by developing the product of a coffee manufacturing company; Mcnulty Coffe Korea. This accomplishment was made from the support of Family Company Mentoring and Industry-University linked final project. Did you ever see the eye-catching building nearby the front gate? Anyone who has ever visited KOREATECH, must have seen the big building named Damheon Building. In the Damheon building, there are many big and cool machines which look quite complicated, overwhelming or somehow remind us of the movie “Transformers”. Didn’t you have any curiosity? Let’s find out! Those big and cool machines belong to the CIGMA Center which performs one of the most creative roles at Korea Tech. The CIGMA Center is an abbreviation of Creative Ideation + ConverGence + customized mAnufacuting. The CIGMA center was established in 2012 in Damheon building( 담헌실학관 ) and occupies the 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd and 7 th floors.    In the CIGMA Center students can use various machines and facilities. And also the CIGMA Center provides various programs which could be categorized in 3 parts (Manufacturing, Convergence, Creativity). The purpose of the CIGMA Center is helping students to achieve future-oriented creative thinking, interdisciplinary convergence, and field centered customized manufacturing systems. So do you have a creative idea surprise the world? Have fallen into a slump with your final project? Don’t know how to share your idea and skill to other students? Then the CIGMA Center gives you an answer. Let’s check several useful and interesting programs that the CIGMA Center provides, and head for the CIGMA Center. 1.      Supporting Undergraduate Studies’ Practical Training - Setting up exhibition posters of creative engineering design and develop poster idea (1st year students) - Engineering design(3rd year students), Final project(4th year students) - Supporting undergraduate studies’ practical training(For all students) 2.      창 · 조페스티벌개최 (Creative Festival) - Competitive exhibition including 6 fields:Robotics, General(DIY, Marketing), K ·License - Open for once in a semester 3.      Supporting Interdisciplinary(Convergence)/School-work links Kapstone design   - Supporting Kapstone design themed convergence contents performed by different majors - Connection with final projects      4.      Tech-Shop Program - Providing facilities and machines to realize students’ ideas into final their products - Supporting technological counseling/education/consultation for manufacturing - Providing interchange of technology between students and donation of talent networking Flow → Design → Detail Design → Production support                        5.      K-License Program - Authorizing process of university equipment(HW/SW) - Running program every month linked with H&C mileage;   Manufacturing and processing, control and instrumentation applications, process applications and design    6.      DIY Program - Product manufacturing program available for completion in 1 day (3hours) - Running more than 3 times a semester   7.      Creative Imagination Workshop; 창의상상공방 (Product Implementation Room) - Providing a place for Idea meeting, product design and technique exchange - Available weekly, monthly and daily depends on application    8.      Information of service time Service time: Weekday(Mon-Fri) 09:00~22:00 [Break time: 12:00~13:00, 18:00~19:00] Tel : 041-640-8510~8512 Fax : 041-640-8513 Home Page : http://cigma.koreatech.ac.kr e-mail : cigma@koreatech.ac.kr [제 9 호] 2015년 06월 메인으로 | 전체기사 | 지난호 | 한기대 미디어센터   발행처: 한국기술교육대 | 발행인: 오성철 | 편집인: 국제교육센터 If you don't want to receive this newsletter again, please click '수신거부' here. [수신거부] Copyright ⓒ 2014 KOREA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION. 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