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OCTOBER 2018 KSEA LETTERS Vol. 47 - 01 | Serial No. 238 ISBN 978-0-9996253-4-7 www.ksea.org KSEA LETTERS / 1 About KSEA Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) is a 46-year-old non-profit national-level professional organization. It is open for individuals residing in the USA who are engaged in science, engi- neering or a related field. 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 30 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. KSEA 47 LETTERS UKC 2018 Highlights Chapter, APS & HQ News October 2018 Vol. 47-01 ISBN: 978-0-9996253-4-7 www.ksea.org The Journal of Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association Table of Contents The Editorial Board’s Note 2 Message from the President 4 UKC 2018 Highlights Welcoming and Congratulatory Remarks 5 Message from the Minister You Young Min 7 Message from the UKC 2018 Program Chair & Co-Chairs 9 Plenary Sessions 10 KSEA Awards 15 2018 Young Investigator Grant Winners 18 Symposium Reports 20 Forum Reports 35 Young Generation and Professional Forum (YGPF) Report 46 YGPF Testimonials 47 2018 KSEA-KUSCO Graduate Scholarship Recipients 49 Data Science Workshop (DSW) Report 50 DSW Testimonials 51 Global Young Generation S&T Leadership Training Program 52 Testimonials 54 Youth Science and Technology Leadership Camp (YSTLC) Report 55 YSTLC Testimonials 56 Public Session Report 58 Featured UKC Papers Topological Materials: Route to Lossless Conductors and Topological Quantum Computation by Prof. Seongshik Oh 61 Young Investigator Grant 2019 Announcement 64 KSEA Honors & Awards Announcement 65 Sponsor News Korea Evaluation Institue of Industrial Technology (KEIT) Funding Success 66 HQ News 2018 Scientists’ and Engineers’ Early-Career Development (SEED) Workshop Announcement 67 2019 KSEA Election Candidates 68 Young Generation Forum (YGF) 69 Young Professional Forum (YPF) 70 Chapter News Chicagoland Chapter 71 APS News KAFTA and Kimchi 73 Member Corner 74 KSEA Sponsors 75 KSEA Sponsor Advertisements 79 KSEA Organization 96 The Editorial Board’s Note A Message from the Publication Directors of the KSEA 47th Administration In this issue of Letters, we summarized highlights of UKC 2018, which was successfully held duringGreetings August and a1st warm to August welcome 4th, to2018 the atfirst St. issueJohn’s of University. KSEA Letters UKC’s for plenary the 47th sessions Administration. centered around the theme of “Leading Discoveries in the Era of the 4th Industrial Revolution,” with highlights ranging from dignitaries, such as the Minister of Science and ICT, US Congresswoman Grace Meng, Member of the New York State Assembly Ron Kim, and Interim Provost of St. John’s University Simon Geir Møller, offering their congratulatory remarks, to the plenary speakers like Dr. Daniel Dongyuel Lee from Cornell Tech. The varied symposiums and forums also exem- - preneurship. Science and engineering academics, professionals, and students across all genera- tionsplified were technical able to excellence interact and in basiclearn science,from each emerging other. and industrial technologies, and entre - eties, headquarters, and members, as well as upcoming KSEA events to share with all the KSEA members.This current The issue 47th also KSEA includes publication exciting team news will fromdo its local best tochapters, make the affiliated KSEA Letters professional informative soci and interesting for all the KSEA members. If you have any news, event information, or articles to share with other KSEA members, please contact the KSEA Publication Directors or simply email your article to [email protected] or [email protected]. We appreciate your support and hope you enjoy reading this issue of KSEA Letters. The 47th Admin. Publication Directors RYUHWA STELLA KIM JONATHAN YOUNG KIM Publication Director 1 Publication Director 2 Software Engineer/Project Software Engineer Manager CSX Technology Data Services Company KYU HWAN HAN, PhD. YOUNG EUN CHOI Publication Director 3 Publication Director 4 Antenna & Microwave Mechanical Engineer Engineering Northrop Grumman Innovation Viasat Systems The President’s Message K. STEPHEN SUH, PhD President Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association President DiagnoCine Dear KSEA members, colleagues, and friends, As the 47th president of the Korean-American Scientists and I am thankful to all the committees of UKC 2018, including Executive Engineers Association (KSEA) and the chair of UKC 2018, I want to Committee, Program Committee, and Local Organizing Committee. express sincere appreciation to all members that are contributing All of you showed dedication, extreme commitment, and inspiring to the many activities within KSEA. As you all know, we perform spirit for service to KSEA. UKC 2018 was a success because of over 200 activities and events, small and large in sizes, around the the countless volunteer hours and tireless efforts of over 150 USA. We try to put together all of these activities in our newsletters, volunteers across the USA for the science and technology programs but obviously we always run out of room. Please enjoy the many and nearly 90 volunteers from the New York and New Jersey area reports that are sent in by members, chapters, professional for the local arrangements. We are very proud of everyone that graciously donated their time and energy for UKC 2018. I hope all of you thoroughly enjoyed the networking opportunities and eventaffiliates, called and the friends US-Korea of ConferenceKorean-American (UKC) 2018.communities. In this learning experiences during UKC 2018 with the theme “Leading issue, I am glad to report on a bulk of activities from our flagship Discoveries in the Era of the 4th Industrial Revolution.” First, I want to say “Thank You So Much” to all those that participated in the 2018 US-Korea Conference on Science, KSEA truly appreciates all the support from the Ministry of Science Technology, and Entrepreneurship (UKC 2018) and associated and ICT, the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies programs held at Saint John’s University, Queens, New York, USA (KOFST), the Korea-U.S. Science Cooperation Center (KUSCO), the during August 1st to August 4th. I am now happy to report that Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in New York and his UKC 2018 was successfully held and received great feedback from team, the dignitaries of the New York region, and the entire team all participants. This year, KSEA supported several events on top of the Saint John’s University Conference Services. I am proud to of UKC 2018. Three prelude events prior to UKC 2018 were 1. the report to you that we all did very well together and the spirit of Youth Science and Technology Leadership Camp (YSTLC), 2. a joint KSEA was strongly felt throughout all events. Lastly, I sincerely workshop with the Korean Academy of Science and Technology appreciate the tireless efforts from our KSEA Headquarters staff (KAST) and the United States National Academy of Sciences (NAS), members. 3. the KSEA-KOFST Next Generation Leadership Workshop. This year, UKC included a Public Session that was designed to include Sincere thanks to all, a two-day career seminar, a month-long matchmaking job fair, and two days of extensive public education programs. The total K. Stephen Suh number of participants and visitors of all workshops and programs KSEA President at UKC 2018 brought together about 1200 scientists, engineers, both the US and Korea. The conference program consisted of three plenarygovernment sessions, officials, fourteen industry forums, executives, and twelve and symposia.policy-makers from KSEA cannot be in operation without many donations. I am so grateful to all of our sponsors and supporters from Korea, the USA, and the greater New York metropolitan area. We hope that we created a win-win opportunity within all of us, further enhanced the cooperation between the US and Korea, increased collaboration among KSEA members, and provided community service to the region. KSEA LETTERS / 4 UKC 2018 Highlights Welcoming and Congratulatory Remarks K. Stephen Suh, President, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) “Welcome to UKC 2018… where 20 different science and technology disciplines come together to identify innovative ideas, where families gather here to support the speakers the members… I welcome all the dignitaries, the honorable guests, the friends and the members of KSEA and the youth the next generation to the UKC 2018. I hope you enjoy UKC 2018... Welcome.” Myung-Ja Kim, President, The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST) “On behalf of the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies, I feel privileged to co-host the UKC 2018 and to share this moment with minister Yoo Young Min and distinguished guests from Korea and the US. Under the theme of “Leading Discoveries in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolu- tion”, it is meaningful that the 2018 conference is taking place here in New York City. That is because NYC has been the most prominent symbol of the universe of financial and cultural progress as well as the economic capital in the United States.