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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-American 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 occurring both inside and outside of the US. Especially, to create opportunities for young generation members to interact with talented scientists and engineers in Korea. December 16-18, 2020 Table of Contents The Editorial Board’s Note 2 Message from the President 4 Special Forum on COVID-19 5 User Created Content Competition 7 KSEA Science Concert 8 HQ News KSEA Awards 9 Young Investigator Grant Winner 12 2020 KSEA General Election Result 13 2020 KSEA Undergraduate Scholarship Recipient 15 2020 KSEA-KUSCO Graduate Scholarship Recipient 16 Chapter News Chicago Mentoring Program for High School Students 17 KSEA Silicon Valley Hi-Tech Seminar V and Startup Pitch 19 2020 KSEA-NC Interdisciplinary Research Conference 21 New England Monthly Seminars 23 2019 10th KSEA West Golf Coast Regional Conference 24 Virginia Washington Metro Regional Conference 25 Northeast Regional Conference 27 APS News 2019 KOCSEA Technical Symposium 28 KSCEE 2020 Webinar 29 NYKB Annual Conference 2020 31 2020 KWiSE NY/NJ Chapter Joint Symposium 32 KSEA Sponsors 33 KSEA Sponsor Advertisements 36 KSEA Organization 52 The Editorial Board’s Note SpringWelcome has to ended the final and issue as a ofnew KSEA season Letters begins, for the so will48th a Administration! new Administration for KSEA. We, the 48th KSEA Publication Team have been honored to be able to share highlights throughout the year. Thank you for being a wonderful audience. While the global COVID-19 pandemic may have changed the game with very little warning, KSEA proved online webinar as a special virtual forum on COVID-19, event after event we have demonstrated that we, how resilient we are by shifting to be safe, smart, and maintain community. Beginning with KSEA’s first- fore the earliest stay-at-home orders were administered by our government. And also going above and beyondabove all, by care converting for our members’these events health to virtual and safety platforms by officially and maintaining canceling face-to-face (or sometimes gatherings exceeding) even thebe level of quality in programming. As scientists and engineers, we never stop learning. And what makes KSEA so incredible are the ways we apply what we are learning for new innovations and advocacy for research, industries, and policies to do better. We do this even in the midst of disagreements about facts and speculation regarding COVID-19. We do this while facing challenges in discrimination, experiencing racism, xenophobia, and bias. We do this learn because we know and have experienced the power of knowledge. even when we might not fully understand why “Black Lives Matter” is so important right now, but we will In closing we, the Publication Directors, want to challenge our community to listen, observe, learn, and act. Through our roles, we have had the privilege of highlighting and showcasing the incredible breadth and depth of skills and abilities within KSEA. The articles you read in this issue, as well as any of our past issues Stayprove safe, just that. Let’s not waste this moment. The 48th Administration Publication Directors The 48th Admin. Publication Directors JUN BUM SHIN, PhD. JONATHAN YOUNG KIM Publication Director 1 Publication Director 2 Associate Professor Software Engineer Oregon State University CSX Technology KATHERINE CHO Publication Director 3 PhD Candidate University of California, Los Angeles KSEA LETTERS / 2 The President’s Message JUN-SEOK OH, PhD President Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association Professor Western Michigan University Dear fellow KSEA members and colleagues, It has been my honor serving as the 48th President of the While the COVID-19 pandemic has been threatening KSEA activities, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) for 2019-2020. The 48th administration started its term by successfully hosted events via online. There were many successful hosting the 32nd US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, onlinemany localevents chapters including and the affiliatedNortheast professional Regional Conference societies (NRC), (APS) and Entrepreneurship in Chicago in 2019 (UKC 2019). I believe the Virginia Washington Metro Regional Conference (VWMRC), that this UKC was one of the best ones that brought more than the New York Korean Biologists (NYKB) conference, the Korean- 1,000 scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs to the windy city, American Society of Civil and Environmental Engineers (KSCEE) Chicago. Among many programs, the three Smart Tracks and the conference, etc. The COVID-19 pandemic may have changed the University Leadership Forum attracted great attention. UKC 2019, ways of KSEA activities, but could not stop us. Symposium (IES) and the Startup Pitch Competition (SPC). These KSEA has been successful in building Korean-American networks eventsfor the provided first time, opportunities offered the Innovationfor current and and Entrepreneurship future aspiring and advancing science and technology in both the U.S. and Korea. Membership has been growing every year. However, there are still entrepreneurs and investors, and to explore growing cross-border many Korean-American scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs businessentrepreneurs opportunities. in the U.S. and Korea to network with high-profile who have not been reached. KSEA will be 50 years old next year. Celebrating the 50th anniversary, we need to increase the number Before the pandemic of COVID-19, the 48th administration of our members to truly represent all Korean-American scientists, successfully offered several major events including the Scientists engineers, and entrepreneurs, and strive to stand in a position and Engineers Early Career Development (SEED) held at where KSEA can play a key role in mainstream society. Washington DC in December, and the 16th Young Generation Technical and Leadership Conference (YGTLC) held in Seattle, WA In retrospect, all KSEA activities were possible thanks to KSEA in January. Three regional conferences, YG Regional Summits, West members’ devotion and volunteer services. Particularly, the Regional Conference, and West Gulf Coast Regional Conference, Executive Committee (EC) and Directors Committee (DC) members were also successfully held in fall 2019. However, the National tremendously dedicated their time and effort to run all KSEA Mathematics and Science Competition (NMSC) and the Science activities. I truly thank all EC/DC members for their dedication. and Technology Entrepreneurship Partners Upscale Program In particular, I would like to thank the publication directors, Dr. (STEP-UP) where we put lots of effort to host in April and May, Jun Bum Shin, Mr. Jonathan Kim, and Dr. Katherine Cho, for their respectively, had to be postponed to fall 2020 due to the COVID-19. dedication to publish newsletters. Fourteen committees within KSEA play important roles in running KSEA businesses, and their The 48th administration quickly coped with the pandemic and dedication also deserves recognition. I also thank all presidents of developed new online programs. The special forum on COVID-19 local chapters, branches, and APS for their excellent works during Concert, a series of online meetings with renowned scientists KSEA cannot grow without their devotion. Lastly, I appreciate the andwas theengineers, first online provided webinar high hosted school by students KSEA, and with the opportunitiesKSEA Science headquartersthis difficult time. staff forTheir their leadership devotion isand the excellent backbone work. of KSEA and to explore the areas of science and engineering for their future Jun-Seok Oh Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) User Created Content KSEA President (UCC)career. contest The administration to encourage alsostudents hosted (Grade the first4-11) STEM to learn (Science, STEM and build their future careers in STEM areas by creating video projects with the theme of “Saving the World through Science and Technology.” KSEA LETTERS / 4 KSEA Special Forum COVID-19 Webinar Nowadays, panic and anxiety due to COVID-19 The second speaker was Taeg Su Kim, PhD, a Se- are increasing. The whole world is working on nior Principal Scientist, at Jnana Therapeutics, developing vaccines and treatments against the Boston MA. As an immunology group leader, he COVID-19 pandemic. KSEA hopes that we may is involved in identifying novel drug candidates learn ways to prevent and treat COVID-19 infec- tions through events such as this special forum. goal is to apply translational research with in- It was decided to present a special webinar to innovative autoimmune therapeutics and inflammatory towards intervention diseases. His in identify potential strategies on prevention and the clinic. His presentation title was “Immuno- JONG Y. PARK, PhD treatment against this pandemic through lec- Vice President 1 tures and discussion. The KSEA Special Forum Senior Member COVID-19 Webinar was held on April 21, 2020 logical Understanding of COVID-19.” - Moffitt Cancer Center to inform and update attendees on various ar- sistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin. eas of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as current TheShe thirddeveloped speaker, a strongLinda Lee,interest MD, PhDin education is an As status, treatment, and prevention. at all levels, especially if it related to preserv- This webinar was open not only to KSEA mem- ing and nurturing community and human con- bers but also the general population including nectivity through extensive professional and scientists outside of the USA. This webinar personal experiences. Her presentation title might have even provided opportunities for col- was “COVID-19 Principles of transmission and laborations between scientists from Korea and the US. RPh is a Professor and director of the Center for prevention.”Drug Discovery, The School final speaker, of Medicine, Baek Emory Kim, PhD,Uni- The webinar was moderated by KSEA Vice versity. He is actively involved in various drug discovery activities, especially targeting various Center). Four speakers from universities and in- cellular and viral enzymes related with viral Presidentdustry presented 1 (Jong real-time Park, PhD current at Moffitt information Cancer infections, immune disorders, and cancers. He on COVID-19 based on their expertise and re- presented on the topic of World-wide COVID-19 Clinical Trials. speaker was Joo Heung Yoon MD, an Assistant spondedProfessor to in questions the Division after of theirPulmonary, talks. The Allergy, first All presentations and Q&A sessions were re- and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pitts- corded and uploaded to Youtube: burgh. The title of his talk was “Overall View & - updates on: Clinical Manifestation, Diagnosis, A5UT3NRsqRu--hZfPwioZil4NgsrBgy https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu Treatment.” KSEA LETTERS / 5 COVID-19 Webinar Pre-registration for the event was required to attend. Ultimately, 396 participants registered, and 281 attended including 20 scientists from Korea and Canada. The event received quite positive feedback from attendees and many showed inter- est in attending another webinar. The post-event feedback survey received 120 responses and all except 3 gave the 3 (good) or 4 (excellent) to the overall per- formance.attempt at Thedoing lowest such responsean event). score was a question regarding the difficulty level of the talks, scoring 3.2 out of 4 which is a great response (especially for the first - Withnity. such success, we are confident that this type of event, a virtual special forum webinar, could become a big benefit for KSEA members as well as Korean commu KSEA LETTERS / 6 User Created Content Competition JIYOON YOON, PhD Associate Professor University of Texas, Arlington https://ksea.org/us/ucc/ KSEA initiated two new events this year for The User Created Content Competition was the youth to get engaged and promote their for students in grades 4-11 to create video future career in STEM (Science, Technology, projects (less than 2 minutes) with a topic Engineering and Mathematics): The User of “Saving the World through Science and Created Content Competition and the Science Concert Online Meetings. four scoring groups: Group 1 was grades 4-5, GroupTechnology.” 2 was Thegrades students 6-7, Group were 3 divided was grades into Group Rank Name School 8-9, Group 4 was 10-11. There were over 1 Aaron Son P.S. 94 David Porter. NY 100 video submissions and a panel of judges, Hollie Kim Rivers Edge Elementary School, VA composed of KSEA members that are profes- 2 Daniel Park Merion Elementary, PA sional scientists and engineers, evaluated the 1 submitted video projects based on rubrics. Ruha Lee Grafton Bethel Elementary, VA 3 Benjamin Kim Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary, NY Troy Chou Potomac Elementary School, MD First place which came with a $1,000 prize was awarded to one student from each of the 1 Jiah Lee Hope Middle School, NC groups. Second place with $500 was given Brandon Park Balacynwyd middle school, PA 2 to 2 students from each of the group. Third Suah Kwon Sutherland Middle School, VA 2 place with $300 was granted to 3 students Seokhyun Chin The Hillside School, TX from each group. 3 Adrian Park Sutherland Middle School, VA Lydia Kim John Poole Middle School, MD 1 Serin Kim Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan, TX Group 4 also won support of 50% of the Enna Kim Niles West High School, IL registrationThe first-place costs winners for the Youth from Science Group 3and & 2 David Cho AIS, MO 3 Caroline Chou Winston Churchill High School, MD 3 David Kim Davis Senior High School, CA winners’Technology video Leadership projects can Camp be (YSTLC)found on thatthe Deokho (David) Kim Adlai E. Stevenson High School, IL KSEAwill be website. held in LA, CA in December 2020. The 1 Elliot Kang Amador Valley High School, CA Keumna (Jessie) Kim Adlai E. Stevenson High School, IL 2 Ethan Sim San Marino High School, CA 4 Andrew Jung Carnegie Vanguard High School, TX 3 David Kim DeBakey High School for Health Professions, TX North Carolina School of Science and Math, NC Harin Lim KSEA LETTERS / 7 Science Concerts Engineering at Tisch University with the topic of AI, Dr. Daniel Lee who is a Professor of Electrical and Computer https://ksea.org/us/sconcert/ Dr. Esther Yang who has 35 years of R & D Experience in the The Science Concert events provided high school students Healthcare industry with the topic of Healthcare Industry. with opportunities to meet world-renowned Korean-Ameri- can scientists and engineers through a series of online meet- ings. Participants not only listened to their success stories, but also had opportunities to interact directly with them, which was a particularly good opportunity for those who think of science and engineering as their future career. The Speakers were: Dr. Philip Kim who is a Professor of Phys- ics at Harvard University with the topic of Stacking atomic layers, Dr. Young-Kee Kim who is a Professor of Physics at Universi- ty of Chicago with the topic of Atom. - Dr. Luke Lee who is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Med ical School with the topic of a Grain of Sand for Healthy Life, The entire series of the Science Concert Online Meetings was recorded and can be found via the KSEA website. Through events such as the User Created Content Compe- tition and the Science Concert Online Meetings, KSEA Pres- ident Oh wanted to continue creating opportunities to im- prove students’ interest in science and technology even in this unique time of the Coronavirus pandemic, thus increas- ing their future careers in STEM areas. The effects of these KSEA events will be measured through pre/post survey tools with the participants. KSEA LETTERS / 8 HQ News 2020 KSEA Awards Outstanding Contribution to KSEA Award Dr. Lee has a distinguished academic career, having worked for the Univ of Iowa (2009-present), Univ. of Utah (2002-2009), Washington State Univ (1998-2002), and Youngstown State Univ. (1986-1988). He received Ph.D. from Univ of Texas, Austin (1985), M.S., Stanford Univ. (1981), and B.S., Seoul Na- tional Univ. (1980). - His contributions in the transportation engineering field are well recognized nationally and interna HOSIN "DAVID" LEE, PhD KSEA 40th President tionally. He received Achiev’t Award from Int. Soc. for Maint. & Rehab. of Trans. Infras (2017), KOFST President’s Award for US-Korea cooperation (2014), Special Awards from Korean Soc. of Road Eng., Professor (2005, 2011), and Professor of the Year Award from Utah Engineers Council (1996). University of Iowa During his tenure as the KSEA’s 40th president, he was extremely active in raising a significant amount of fund for KSEA. His record-setting fundraising paved way for the future financial security of KSEA. He successfully organized UKC2011 in Park City, Utah by inviting many distinguished speakers with- excellentnote speakers. technical and social programs. In Dec. 2012, he also organized the 40th anniversary event at HQ by inviting all KSEA former presidents, NMSC/scholarship winners with their parents and key Dr. Lee provided an exemplary leadership role as a committee chair in many committee activities. In 2005, he organized the First YGTLC in San Francisco as YG committee chair and dedicated himself to- serving as an advisor for the next 10 years. While serving as Election Committee chair, he investigated an election fraud and presented the facts at the 44th Council meeting in 2015. This led KSEA to imple ment a more secure voting system. - Dr. Lee served as President of KOTAA, KSCEE and iSMARTi and is currently serving on the Board of Trustees of Seoul Institute of Technology. He has also served as a KSEA member for 30 years. His ser vice for KSEA is well recognized. Engineer of the Year Award Professor Sohn is a Pegasus Professor (since ‘16) and a Lockheed Martin Professor of Engineering- (‘18-’23) at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at University of Central Florida (UCF). He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (‘91) and M.S. in Materials Science and Engi neering (‘93) from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). He earned his Ph.D. in Material Science and Engineering from Purdue University (‘98). Prior to joining UCF as an Assistant Professor in 2001, he YONGHO SOHN, PhD UKC 2019 Executive Director was a Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of Connecticut. At UCF, he was tenured and promoted to an associate professor and a full professor in 2006 and 2010, respectively. Pegasus Professor Lockheed Martin Professor University of Central Florida Prof. Sohn’s research has been devoted into two major fields; one in 3D printing alloy development and the other in low-enriched uranium based metallic nuclear fuel alloy development. He is a highly productive, well-recognized researcher and an energetic educator. Professor Sohn published over- 180 journal papers that resulted in remarkable numbers in citation. He received NSF CAREER award (‘03) and a variety of research support from federal agencies including US ARMY Research Labora tory, US Office of Naval Research, US Department of Energy, US Idaho National Laboratory, National theScience U.S. Foundation. The individual research funding credited is over $12M. He also supervised to completion 30 M.S. and 13 Ph.D. students in his career, including 2 who are now faculty members in Prof. Sohn has been actively involved and contributed to KSEA over 10 years. Some highlights of his contributions include Chapter president (Florida 2010), Executive Director (2011), Vice President (2014), Auditor (2017-2018: 46th & 47th), Rules Committee member (2012-2015), HAC member (2013-2015), and UKC 2019 Executive Director. KSEA LETTERS / 9 HQ News 2020 KSEA Awards Entrepreneur of the Year Award Dr. Kim is the Chairman of the Board and the former President of EVS, Inc. located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, since 1980. He received his BS and MS degrees in Aeronautical Engineering from Seoul National University and University of Minnesota, respectively. With his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from University of Minnesota, he joined EVS as a consultant and later became the owner and President in 1984. Under his visionary leadership since then, the company has expanded its markets from environmen- K. DENNIS KIM, PhD tal to construction and eventually to renewable energy sector. EVS entered the Solar Market in late 2014 and further grew the company until the present when over half of EVS’s work has to do with Chairman of the Board engineering the Civil and Electrical designs for the U.S. Solar Market. Over the years, EVS has steadily EVS, Inc. grown into a notable engineering company in Minnesota by being involved in prestigious projects such as the Minnesota Vikings’ U.S. Bank Stadium, the University of Minnesota’s TCF Bank Stadium, and numerous light rail and highway transit projects. Also, EVS has already become a leading player Dr.in the Kim U.S. is asolar recipient energy of engineeringa number of field. awards and honors, including South Korean President Award as an Outstanding Entrepreneur (2014) and Entrepreneur of the Year (2010) by Metropolitan Economic Development Association in Minnesota. He has also been involved in various community and cultural activities. With over 40 years of entrepreneurial experience with various engineering projects, Dr. as a successful entrepreneur to the community and being a sustainable business leader over many years.Kim is highly qualified to receive the Entrepreneur of the Year Award based on his accomplishments Outstanding Chapter and Chapter President Award Chapter President, Dr. Sunkyu Park, currently serving as the second term President of North Caroli- na Chapter, leads the Chapter to increase its membership from 110 (2017), to 236 (2018), and 223 (2019). NC chapter has been hosting NMSC every year with a large number of participants. During the last three terms, the NC Chapter has hosted various events and activities based on the needs from the chapter members. Notable events included the Industry visit, New student orientation, The triangle, SUNKYU PARK, PhD North Carolina Chapter President and Faculty networking night etc. NC chapter actively raised funds locally excluding the support from HQ & KUSCO. The CP and other council members from the chapter attended more than 75% of Coun- Associate Professor cil meetings and UKC Activities. North Carolina State University NC Chapter has been maintaining 501c3 status. The chapter also has been promoting YG membership drives at University of North Carolina, Duke University, and North Carolina State University. Thus, NC Chapter is actively supporting YG activities through YG revitalization programs and cooperative programs with neighbor chapters. NC Chapter has not received the same award in the last 5 years. chapter activities and CP Park’s dedicated services to KSEA, particularly as an ED, FD, GD, and various committeeOverall, NC members.Chapter and CP Dr. Sunkyu Park are well qualified for the award on the basis of the overall KSEA LETTERS / 10 HQ News 2020 KSEA Awards Outstanding Community Service Award Dr. Jaewoo Jeong, Associate Professor at the Miami University, Ohio, served as the Chair of Math Com- mittee to prepare for math problems for grades 4 – 11 from 2010 to 2019. He organized the commit- tee to develop the problems, and made sure problems are properly prepared in a meticulous way and in time for NMSC each year. Such an outstanding service for 10 consecutive years is unprecedented. As noted by the interim Mathematics Committee Chair in his nomination, Dr. Jeong’s relentless efforts in organizing the committee and conducting all necessary edits and reviews had made each year’s JAEWOO JEONG, PhD NMSC possible. In addition, he noted that Dr. Jeong personally reviewed and edited all 8 grade tests every single year and these tremendous efforts cannot be emulated by any other. Associate Professor Miami University, OH The committee strongly agrees that KSEA should recognize Dr. Jeong’s leadership and dedicated ef- forts that have impacted a total of 24,097 cumulative young elementary, middle and high school stu- dents over 10 years as the chair and 2 more years as a member of the Mathematics Committee. Young Generation Leadership Award Ryuhwa has been a technical project manager at Data Service Company since 2017. She received her MS from Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, in 2016. She had worked for the Korean Studies Institute at USC as a web developer in 2015-2016. Ryuhwa has provided an out- standing YG leadership and voluntary services for KSEA admins for the last 4 years through various in the 46th and 47th terms (2017-2019), YG Director in the 48th term and YG General Director in the 49thpositions admin. such as YGTLC Chair/Co-Chair/Organizer, UKC2018 YGPF Organizer, Publication Director RYUHWA KIM YG Director Technical Project Manager with self-funded Korean participants, which resulted in bridging the relationships between and Data Service Company amongstFor YGTLC2020, the US andRyuhwa Korean implemented teams. She the took Start-up the leadership Competition in increasingamong KSEA-YG the Gala participants participants along by 25%, fundraising for the current and future conferences, and encouraging the co-chairs and organiz- ers to make a harmonious team. She has also contributed to KSEA admins’ activities as Publication and YG Directors for a total of 4 terms. Her leadership for YG activities and her contribution to KSEA admins are well recognized. KSEA LETTERS / 11 HQ News 2020 Young Investigator Grant KSEA announced one winner for the 2020 KSEA Young Investigator Grant. Winner will be - ducted by the KSEA Honors and Awards Committee and Technical Group councilors based onawarded review $10,000 of the submitted honorarium application and a grant from, certificate. technology Evaluationdevelopment and plan, selection reference was letter con and resume. After a strict evaluation process by the Honors and Awards Committee, Dr. Joseph Kwon (Texas A&M University) has been selected as the final. Dr. Joseph Kwon is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Texas A&M University. He received his B.S. in 2009 from Chemical Engineering at the University of Minneso- ta, M.S. in 2011 from Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, and Ph.D. in 2015 from Texas A&M University as an assistant professor upon receiving his doctoral degree. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles. He joined the Professor Kwon’s research is in the area of developing process systems engineering models and frameworks for the analysis, control, and optimization of complex (chemical and biological) systems, funding, which includes 2 National Science Foundation, 3 Department of Energy, and 2 industry-fund- edespecially projects. in Professor the field of Kwon oil and is an gas associate production. editor He ofhas two received international over 1.9 journals, million inand external is handling research two special issues of two other international journals. He has published 55 peer-reviewed journal articles and 29 peer-reviewed conference proceedings, which resulted in over 746 citations with h-index of 18. With the KSEA Young Investigator Grant, Prof. Kwon will investigate on “Multiscale modeling of pulp multiscale model of pulp digester to capture the evolution of both macroscopic and microscopic phe- nomenadigester fortaking improved place in renewable pulp digester. resource efficiency.” The research goal of his proposal is to establish KSEA LETTERS / 12 HQ News 2020 KSEA Election 2020 KSEA General Election Results The Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) is pleased to annouce the results of its 2020 general election. The ballot counting took place at KSEA HQ on April 13, 2020. 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: 3,806 • Valid Ballots Received: 790 (20.76% of eligible voters; 10% quorum was met) The newly elected officers and councilors are: PRESIDENT-ELECT VICE PRESIDENT 1 (50TH PRESIDENT) Byungkyu Brian Park Haejung An University of Virginia US Food and Drug Administration VICE PRESIDENT 2 Auditor Young-sup Yoon Donghoon Yoon Emory University University of Arkansas Technical Councilor Group A Technical Councilor Group B Kijun Park Tae-Hee Lee Hampton University Proton The Pennsylvania State Therapy Institution University KSEA LETTERS / 13 HQ News 2020 KSEA Election Technical Councilor Group C Technical Councilor Group E Myles Munju Kim Byungwhi Caleb Kong Florida Polytechnic University University of Arkansas Technical Councilor Group F Technical Councilor Group G Hey-Kyoung Lee Jaehun Chun Johns Hopkins University Pacific Northwest National Lab Technical Councilor Group H Young Generation Representative Sanjin Ryu Soojung Claire Hur Universityof Nebraska-Lincoln Johns Hopkins University KSEA LETTERS / 14 HQ News 2020 KSEA Undergraduate Scholarship Recipients KSEA Scholarships for Undergraduate Students in the U.S. 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 Jungyeon Lee University of North Texas Biomedical Engineering, Pre-Med Inyong Ham Jae Choi Johns Hopkins University Neuroscience, English Nam Sook & & Je Hyun Kim Dongsub Kim University of Illinois at Chicago Mathematics and Computer Science Woojin Dohoon Min St. John’s University Pharmacy Chunghi Hong Park Rachel Kim Cornell University Biological Sciences Hyundai Christine Ahn University of California, Berkeley Materials Science and Engineering Chunghi Hong Park Minyoung Kim University of Southern California Health and Human Sciences SeAh-Haiam Jisung Seo University of Florida Chemical Engineering Yohan & Rumie Cho James Kim University of Missouri Biomedical Engineering, Pre-med Wan Kyoo Cho Urie Choi Dartmouth College Computer Science modified with Digital Arts Massachusetts Institute of Chankiu Riew & Hyunsoo Kim Lucy Cho Mechanical Engineering Technology Jae S. & Kyuho Lim Haeju Jeong University of Southern California Computer Science Yoo, YoungSoo & Im, KyungBin Andy Kim University of Washington Mechanical Engineering Chan Il and Young Hee Chung Julia Lee University of Southern California Chemical Engineering Sophie Davis School of Biomedi- 樂山 李龍洛 Alison Park Biomedical Sciences cal Education KSEA Jooyong LEE Baruch College Financial Mathematics KSEA Suhee Jeong University of Minnesota Chemical Engineering University of California, Los KSEA Jongha Choi Chemistry-Materials Science Angeles KSEA Sue Lee Carnegie Mellon Computer Science Columbia University in the City KSEA Sungbin Park Data Science of New York KSEA LETTERS / 15 HQ News 2020 KSEA-KUSCO Graduate Scholarship Recipients Scholarships for Graduate Students in the U.S. 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 forKSEA-KUSCO a society for closer cooperation between the U.S. and Korea. Recipient School Major Dawa Seo Northwestern University Civil and Environmental Engineering Woosol Lee University of Florida Electrical and Computer Engineering Chris Kim LSUHSC School of Medicine Medicine Won Hee Ko University of California, Berkeley Building Science, Technology and Sustainability Taeksang Lee Purdue University Mechanical Engineering Joonbum Lee The Ohio State University Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Nutrition Program Kwang-Won Park University of Massachusetts Amherst Chemistry Hyunglok Kim University of Virginia Environmental Engineering Woochul Shin Oregon State University Chemistry Sewoon Kim University of South Carolina Civil and Environmental Engineering Je Choi University of Pennsylvania Materials Science and Engineering Sunkyu Kim University of California, Irvine Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Woi Sok Oh University of Florida Agricultural and Biological Engineering Sa Do Kang Penn State College of Medicine Medicine (MD), Biomedical Sciences (PhD) Shang Eun Park Chapman University School of Pharmacy Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Science Sun Hye Kim Georgia Institute of Technology Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Jungsang Cho The City College of New York Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering Drexel University Applied Cognitive and Brain Sciences Ji-Eun Kim The Ohio State University Earth Sciences Woong Hee Cho UT Southwestern Medical Center Cell and Molecular Biology KSEA LETTERS / 16 Chapter News Chicagoland KSEA Chicago Mentoring Program for High School Students When high school students choose college majors, The 2019-2020 program started June 9, 2019 by hosting an orientation. Attendance was roughly provided very limited knowledge about the 100 people including parents, students, and they experience difficulties. Since they are usually subjects they are interested in, which results in mentors. Orientation introduced the goal of the a disconnect between what students thought a program, schedules, procedures, and how to major would be, compared to what the major is apply to the mentorship program. There were in at college. Compounding this issue is the lack some detailed guidelines for both mentors and DONGWOOK JANG, PhD Program Chair of opportunities for high school students to be students/parents, but the basic idea was having involved in year-long research projects with “real the program be student-driven so students must Principal Data Scientist HERE Technologies come up with their own plans. When it is not easy for students to make plans, then mentors could world” experts. The goal of the KSEA Chicagoland Mentoring provide some guidance. various career paths before they decide their On June 23, 2019, students started submitting Program is to help students find their fit with majors when applying for colleges. The program applications to their subjects of interest (only is currently provided to only high school students one for a student) and on July 7, applications although we plan to extend it to junior high in the future. applications. On July 14, selected students were were finalized and mentors started to review At KSEA Chicagoland chapter, many mentors notified and at the same time the program started volunteered for the program to help students. selected. The student ratio to mentors is about officially. This year there were 20 students Dongwook Jang, Ph.D., Principal Data Scientist at 2. Managing the program is under the control of HERE Technologies, is the current program chair mentors and students. They create a plan for the since 2018 and here is the list of mentors for the program and arrange meetings. 2019-2020 program. Name Fields Affiliation Michael Choi Computer Science Industry Professor, IIT Seungwon Chemistry Scientist II, Abbvie Chung Dongwook Jang Data Science Principal Data Scientist, Here Technologies Jongryeol Jeong Mechanical Engineering System Engineer, Argonne Lab Kyung Kim Chemical Engineering Engineer, Abbvie Thought Leadership Gloria Kim Associate Director, University of Florida Through Writing Gwan Park Mechanical Engineering Engineer, Siemens Youngsoo Park Robotics Robotics Program Leader, Argonne Lab Zuhawn Sung Physics/Material Science Researcher, Fermilab Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern Hoi Chang Lee Reproductive Biology University KSEA LETTERS / 17 Chapter News Chicagoland They meet physically or virtually through online meetings. They work in the form of either summary notes or research papers. This communicated via email or other means of their preference. is scheduled to be published on July 31, 2020. We (KSEA Chicagoland Chapter) arranged two progress report We also plan to continue the program this summer (2020-2021 meetings which were held on October 20, 2019 and February 9, program) by starting with an orientation. The exact date has not 2020. Here are some pictures of the progress report sessions. been decided yet. Please stay tuned. presentation which was planned for June 7, 2020 was cancelled. Due to the unprecedented COVID-19 shutdown, the final poster Instead, a journal will be published that will contain students’ KSEA LETTERS / 18 Chapter News Silicon Valley Silicon Valley Hi-Tech Seminar Series V and Startup Pitch The KSEA Silicon Valley Chapter (Chapter Congratulatory Videos President: Steve Sung Won Moon) hosted its Hi- • Costa Rica Ambassador CS Yoon Tech Seminar Series V & Startup Pitch on Monday • SF Counsel General J Y Park from December 16, 2019 at the Samsung America Washington DC Headquarters in San Jose, CA. We were honored • Chicago IIT Prof. YS Choi to have fantastic speakers, which included our • Texas N. Texas Univ. Prof. TY Choi keynote speaker, Silicon Valley’s prominent • Florida Univ. Director Gloria Kim BYUNGHOON YOON, PhD Silicon Valley Chapter Vice President CEOs. Cheif Scientist Chairman Chong Moon Lee, and several startup Applied Material Keynote Speech (Silicon Valley Legend Chong • How the Korean culture, history, and Moon Lee, entrepreneur and philanthropist) background affects us in the modern world and businesses Greeting and Short Speech (Steve Sungmo Kang, KAIST Ex. President, scheduled as the keynote speaker for the next Hi-Tech Seminar) JUYOUNG MOON We kicked off the event at 6:15 PM with a Silicon Valley Chapter YG Director special Korean dinner at the Samsung cafeteria, Software Engineer followed by some time of networking at the main Google conference room. Throughout the night, there were talks covering several subjects (see below), and various attendees who came up on the stage to give short to them. elevator speeches on what “true success” means Session One Welcoming Remarks & KSEA Update (Steve Moon, KSEA Silicon Valley President) • Acknowledged new members and notable attendees • Recap of the Professional Development We had a chance to award Chong Moon Lee with a special crystal Forum trophy, and Steve Sungmo Kang with a KSEA MUG cup. • KSEA Silicon Valley events • Recap of UKC 2019 Chicago and schedule for UKC 2020 NeuroSky CTO) Beyond AI/ Smartphone (KooHyoung Lee, • Winners from 2019 NMSC - 9 national winners from Silicon Valley Chapter KSEA LETTERS / 19 Chapter News Silicon Valley Session Two Startup Pitch: XL8 - Speaking in AI (Tim Young Hoon Jung, CEO) CEO) Startup Pitch: ImpriMed - Fighting Against Cancer (Sungwon Lim, Session Three Flexible Smart Windows / Devices (Byounghoon Yoon, KSEA Silicon Valley VP) Intellectual Property in the Age of AI (Taewoong Koo, attorney, Morgan Lewis Partner) What it Takes to be Happy -- Are You Living Well? (Yujin Lee, MD) professional realtor association) Silicon Valley Housing Market Trend & Update (Sylvia Lee, We ended the evening by giving away prizes and having a happy hour providing a chance for attendees to connect. After the event, we asked for feedback from attendees who told us that they enjoyed the keynote speeches, startup pitches, and the session speeches, and we look forward to having the next Hi-Tech Seminar. KSEA LETTERS / 20 Chapter News North Carolina 2020 KSEA-NC Interdisciplinary Research Conference The 2020 KSEA-NC Interdisciplinary Research Overall, the IRC conference was well-received by Conference (IRC) was held on February 28th 2020 the attendees, and they regarded it as a successful at the University Room in North Carolina (NC) State University Club located in Raleigh, NC. The conference has a distinctive historical meaning tofirst introduce conference themselves of its kind and in their the stateresearch of North foci, andCarolina. the audience The flash was talk able allowed to learn sixabout presenters current that aims to strengthen research and professional issues in various disciplines. Similarly, the four KANGJAE “JERRY” LEE, PhD networksbecause it isamong the first Korean conference scholars in North who Carolina are in presentations from researchers in engineering, Conference Chair geography, education, and parks and recreation Although the IRC conference emphasizes non- illustrated some of the most pressing issues Assistant Professor the field of arts & humanities and social science. North Carolina State University. engineering disciplines, engineering scholars in contemporary society and their potential are also encouraged to attend since its theme is solutions. All the presentations led to active interdisciplinary research. discussions during the Q&A session, and the audience shared their research expertise and The IRC conference was jointly sponsored by experience to expand the depth and breadth of the Korean American Scientists & Engineers the scholarly dialogue. The audience voted Dr. Association-NC Chapter and The Center of Jackie Eunjung Relyea for the best presentation Carolina Asia Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. In runner-up presentation award. universities in North Carolina registered for the award and Dr. Jinkun Lee and his colleagues as the conference.total, 40 Korean The following researchers table from summarizes five different the program. JI-YEON O. JO, PhD Conference Chair 2:30 Greeting & Welcome Associate Professor North Carolina State University. 3:00 Flash Talks: 5~7 minutes introduction of 6 researchers 4:00 Break Fast Humanitarian Relief Logistics: Drone-Truck Combined Operation 4:10~4:25 Jinkun Lee*, Sung Hoon Chung, & Bhawesh Sah *Department of Engineering, East Carolina University Assessing Personal Exposure to Traffic-related Air Pollution using Individual Travel-Activity 4:25~4:40 Diary Data and an On-road Source Air Dispersion Model Yoo Min Park, Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment, East Carolina University English Reading Growth in Emergent Bilingual Elementary Students 4:40~4:55 Jackie Eunjung Relyea SANGWOO “MARTY” SUNG, PhD Department of Teacher Education & Learning Sciences, North Carolina State University Conference Chair Health Benefits of Green Space Teaching Assistant Professor 4:55~5:10 Jae In Oh & KangJae “Jerry” Lee East Carolina University Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management, North Carolina State University 5:10 Vote for the Best Presentation & Break Speech from KSEA president candidates: Dr. Young-Kee Kim (University of Chicago) & Dr. B 5:30 Brian Park (University of Virginia) 5:30 Break 6:00 Dinner KSEA LETTERS / 21 Chapter News North Carolina Many attendees were very excited to share their From these accounts, it is evident that the IRC research with others and enjoyed learning from their current research projects and publications andconference collaboration has significant among Korean potential scholars to become in North a andscholars discussed from differentpotential fields. collaborations. They actively When shared the Carolina.“go-to” event There for has the been interdisciplinary a growing need research and interest for multidisciplinary research because comments: (1) they mentioned gratitude for people many issues in human societies are becoming more whoofficial supported, program wasplanned, over, theand attendees implemented made twothe conference, and (2) expressed a strong interest and analytic perspective. Given its successful inception, support for making the conference an annual event. thecomplex IRC andconference difficult can to beplay solved a critical by a singularrole in promoting cutting-edge research in North Carolina and beyond. Presentation from Dr. Jackie Eunjung Relyea Presentation from Dr. Jinkun Lee KSEA LETTERS / 22 Chapter News New England New England Chapter Monthly Seminars expertise in a highly interactive environment. This series has been highly successful with 15-20 Monthly meetings were held every last Friday of the month. A member would present their field of participants each month. The costs (venue and food) for this series were covered by the generous support of Samsung Research America and KSEA HQ. The following are the list of speakers who presented this year: DWIGHT ROH, PhD NE Chpater President July 26th 2019, Friday at 6:30pm Sr. Director “차세대 디스플이 산업 기술 및 시장 동향”, Speaker: Jak Joo, Ph.D. (DuPont) Axcelis Technologies, Inc. August 30th 2019, Friday at 6:30pm “New paradigm in cancer detection - liquid biopsy” Speaker: Hakho Lee, PhD. (Harvard Medi- cal School) October 25th 2019, Friday at 6:30pm “Infrastructure for Building a Knowledge Graph - Concepts and Implementation” Speaker: In Seok Jung, PhD. (Oracle) December 7th 2019, Friday at 6:30pm “3D human neural cell culture model of Alzheimer’s disease: toward a “cure-in-a- dish”?” Speaker: Doo Yeon Kim, PhD. (Harvard Medical School) February 1st 2020, Saturday at 11:30am “Emotional intelligence in the workplace” Speaker: Sirkwoo Jin, PhD. (Merrimack College) KSEA LETTERS / 23 Regional Conference West Golf Coast The 10th West Gulf Coast Regional conference The 10th KSEA West Gulf Coast Regional Conference it positively and creatively while recanting their the MD Anderson Cancer Center in the Texas Medical lives’experience journey in settingfor their a significantcareer development. goal and pursuing For the Center,(WGCRC) Houston, was held Texas at the on Dan November L. Duncan 9, Building2019. This of Young Professional and Young Generation Summit, year’s WGCRC was co-hosted by the KSEA South we invited two excellent speakers from South Texas Texas Chapter, KSEA North Texas Chapter, KSEA areas. The invited speakers were 1) Ho Jin Oh, Arkansas Chapter, KSEA Texas Coastal Bend Chapter, Ph.D., MBA (Hanhwa Energy, Chariott Energy) and and the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea 2) Sang Byung Seo, Ph.D. (University of Houston, GOO JUN, PhD in Houston. And it was sponsored by the Korea-US C.T. Bauer College of Business). 2019 WGCRC had a South Texas Chapter President Science Cooperation Center (KUSCO), KOSEN, Korea special trainee-mentor luncheon program, ‘MEET Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology the Experts,’ to provide small-group mentoring Assistant Professor (KRiBB), and GenDEPOT. Also, WGCRC continued opportunities for younger generations and trainees University of Texas Health Science Center hosting a joint venue of the 13th Korean-American with senior professionals and faculties. Biomedical Scientists Symposium (KABMS) and the 2nd Korean-American Young Professional and Young The KSEA West Gulf Coast Regional Conference also Generation Summit (KAYS).Around 110 students in provided professional networking opportunities science and engineering and young professionals in between researchers who have worked in the the region were gathered for the 2019 KSEA West South Texas region. This network generated lots of Gulf Coast Regional Conference. The conference started with opening remarks from Dongsu Park, generated new jobs for younger scientists. Ph.D., 2019 KSEA-KABMS Organizing Chair and scientific collaboration between KSEA members and Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine WGCRC solicited poster presentations to encourage and Goo Jun, Ph.D., Chapter President of KSEA South research networking and career developments of Texas Chapter. KSEA South Texas invited Prof. Huda the participants. Poster presentation consisted of a Zoghbi, M.D., Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Molecular and Human Genetics, Neurology, and and poster awards were selected by a panel of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine and judges.two-minute This flashyear, talkwe alsoand createdactual poster a TMC presentation Biomedical also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Faculty Award by generous donations from the investigator. Dr. Zoghbi provided a wonderful lecture participating Korean-American faculty members on her lifelong research on the genetics and biology around Texas Medical Center. We awarded two trainees, one pre-doctoral and one post-doctoral, Balance Disorders’. based on their research product of the past 24 of the equilibrium in the brain titled ‘Lessons from months and poster presentations at the WGCRC. To provide present trends of the bio-medical and bio- Each awardee was awarded with a $1,000 prize. We engineering science, we invited six excellent speakers also awarded separate poster awards for excellent from Texas and California. The invited speakers poster presenters. were 1) Junghyun Min, Ph.D. (Baylor University), 2) More detailed information regarding the KSEA West Ph.D. (UC Santa Cruz), 4) Hyun Jung Kim, Ph.D. (UT Gulf Coast Regional Conference is available at the Austin),Betty Liu, 5) Ph.D. Dugan (Keck Um, Foundation),Ph.D. (Texas 3)A&M Euiseok University Kim, WGCRC website (https://wgcrc.ksea-st.org/). Corpus Christi), 6) Hyun-Eui Kim, Ph.D. (UTHealth Houston, McGovern Medical School). In addition to scientific knowledge, the speakers shared their KSEA LETTERS / 24 Regional Conference Virginia - Washington Metro Virginia Washington Metro Regional Conference 2020 The 3rd Virginia Washington Metro Regional who presented about smoking cessation during Conference 2020 (VWMRC 2020) was successfully the prenatal period as a potential risk factor for held on Saturday, May 9, 2020. The original plan postpartum depression. was to host the conference jointly with the Korean American Society in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals During lunch, the organizing committee provided (KASBP) on June 5-6, 2020 in Maryland. However, due to COVID-19, we decided to adjust our schedule networking lunch. Most participants pre-submitted and hosted it completely online, while KASBP aeach one-page participant slide with highlighting a Panera e-gift their certificate educational for a B.BRIAN PARK, PhD Conference Chair postponed their conference. background, research area, and future plans along Associate Professor The conference began with congratulatory remarks University of Virginia by Dr. Jun-Seok Oh, KSEA President, and Mr. Seok- futurewith email collaboration address, opportunities. Linkedin profile or personal Ho Kim, KUSCO Director. The keynote speech titled website, and briefly introduced themselves for Our second plenary session consisted of a Job Dr. Changmin Son, Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Search Panel which had three speakers representing Professor“Inspiration at throughVirginia innovation”Tech. Dr. Son was emphasized given by academia, Prof. Mintai Kim at Virginia Tech, industry, the power of inspiration using examples that are Ms. Jieun Chon at Google, and government, Dr. engineering challenges. Given his expertise is in the The session began with each panelist’s personal gasbased turbine on the engine innovative for aerospacesolutions forapplications, scientific and he journeyYoungsul of Jeong securing at US their Patent jobs and and Trademarktips, and followed Office. started with environment, power system, aircraft, by extensive questions and answers. and then went beyond. He also emphasized the changes in the requirements for future scientists and The conference had 4 parallel invited talk sessions DONGHUN PARK, PhD engineers to follow as they need to be prepared for including two engineering, one science, and one Conference Program Chair transdisciplinary research environments. health sessions. A total of 15 invited speakers presented a general overview of their research and Chief Engineering Officer 3DFlexible Inc./LPS-UMD Editor-in-Chief of American Society of Civil Engineers JournalThe first of plenary Management speaker, and Dr. Associate Young Hoon Professor Kwak, Inhighlighted an effort their to ensure own research active andparticipation its significance. during at George Washington University, presented on “Engineering Essentials of Writing & Reviewing throughout the duration of the conference and a the virtual conference, we offered three raffles writing a solid journal paper and discussed where toJournal publish, Papers.” how Histo talkconvey highlighted your research, essential what tips toof twomajor $100, raffle four at the $50, end and of twenty the conference. $25. The Manyconference lucky emphasize, how to revise and resubmit, and what to hadconference over 90 registrants participants and received was actually one $200attended raffle, by do with rejections. We believe his presentation was 67 participants. The organizing committee consisted of Dr. B. Brian think,particularly prepare, beneficial and write for good graduate journal students, papers. post- Park (Conference Chair), Dr. Mintai Kim and Dr. Gon docs, and researchers trying to fine-tune ways to Namkoong (Conference Co-Chairs), Dr. Donghun In order to provide graduate students and post- Park (Conference Program Chair), Dr. Hyun Woong doctoral researchers with an opportunity of Cho, Dr. Young B. Choi, Dr. Sang Mok Jeong, and Dr. showcasing his/her research, the organizing Nam-Cheol Kim (Conference Program Co-Chairs) committee solicited research presentations Chair). and Mr. Hyunglok Kim (Local Organizing Committee and selected five presenters as featured short placepresentation winner was finalists. Dr. Joon-Seok Among them,Kim from two George were from KSEA and KUSCO, and the members of the Masonselected University for best presentationwho presented awards. on Thedistance- first organizingWe truly appreciate committee the for generous their invaluable financial time support and aware competitive spatiotemporal searching, and the second place winner was Ms. Sunwoo Park successful. from FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine efforts for making the first virtual conference very KSEA LETTERS / 25 Regional Conference Virginia - Washington Metro Finally, a few selected testimonials from our participants that “I greatly appreciate for hosting the conference as a virtual meeting indicate the virtual conference was a success. due to COVID-19. I am glad that I could attend the conference and got a chance to virtually meet all the scientists. It was a great experience. “Although VWMRC2020 was not in-person, I actually appreciated (I know it were some limitations due to hosting the conference as a and learned a lot from the virtual conference. I was still able to talk virtual meeting, but I wish there is an actual lunch break where we to people that I would like to communicate with “private” chats. I can have a break from the conference even if I enjoyed short self- also appreciate that everyone was very professional and helpful. I introduction from all the participants. Also, I hope there is a time for felt that the established professors/professionals try to help out the networking where people from same field get into a group and have budding scientists and researchers” a chance to talk to each other casually) Thanks for all the hard work and hosting the conference!” “Excellent event. Online conference was better than expected” “I was glad to participate in VWMRC 2020. Thanks to COVID-19, I “Online conference was my first experience, but it was really helpful. could take advantage of virtual conference systems including having Thank you very much for offering me this good chance” more time to sleep! Of course, face-to-face interactions with fellow researchers and professionals might bring more opportunities to us “This was my first virtual conference and I am impressed with how to build networks and collaborations across the local area. I believe smoothly the event went along without any technical problems or the social programs, i.e., lunch and self-introduction, filled the gap. glitches. I was able to network with people whose work is related to Diversity of the program including technical sessions and job search my research. I was able to get resources for interviews and career tips from different sectors is highly satisfactory. Also, the well-divided advice. Thank you very much for organizing this event. Best wishes parallel session allowed me to focus on the topics in which I am to all the panelists and organizers!“ interested most. I would thank the conference organizers for their excellent coordination and their valuable effort” KSEA LETTERS / 26 Regional Conference North Carolina The 29th KSEA Northeast Regional Conference (NRC 2020) The KSEA Chapters of New Jersey (Chapter prenatal cortical development in the human President: Kooksang Moon), Philadelphia brain, (2) Skyscraper Games Trilogy: City-Wide (Chapter President: Albert Kim), and New Mixed-Reality Games, and (3) Transcending the York Metropolitan (Chapter President: Ju-hyun Norm and Wearing Multi-Hats. Lee) hosted the 29th KSEA Northeast Regional Conference (NRC) on March 28, 2020, partnering NRC partnered with the Andrew Kim Memorial (APS’s) that are very active in the region, including with a few KSEA-affiliated professional societies Foundation again this year to select its 3rd KOOKSANG MOON, PhD the Korean-American Innovative Technology and engineering. Awardees were Young Jae Woo New Jersey Chapter President Engineers and Entrepreneurs (KITEE), Korean- (Icahnscholarship School fellows of Medicine), in the fieldsHuensuk of life Kim sciences (Icahn Conference Chair American Women in Science and Engineering School of Medicine), Yeongsu Cho (Columbia (KWiSE), Korean-American Society in Biotech Vice President JP Morgan and Pharmaceuticals (KASBP), New York Korean Biologists (NYKB), and Philadelophia Korean University), David K. Park (Columbia University), Scholars Association (PKSA). The NRC is an annual AndrewJae Gyun Jay-Hoon Oh (Icahn Kim, School an ofalumnus Medicine) of andthe conference jointly hosted by the three KSEA ColumbiaYongtaek OhEngineering (Drexel University). school and Commemorating a victim of the chapters and was held entirely online this year for broke out a couple months before the conference and9/11, engineers this prestigious to attend fellowshipthe conference, provided but also not date.the first The time Conference due to the Committee COVID-19 had pandemic considered that aonly training the financial opportunity support to present for young and scientists discuss holding a small in-person gathering along with their research achievements to a large group of online programs until the last minute, but decided audiences. not to have any in-person meeting due to safety concerns. Taking advantage of the online platform, this JU-HYUN LEE, PhD year’s NRC provided KSEA members in other NY Metropolitan Chapter President Conference Co-Chair While it was all online, this year’s NRC consisted States and partners in Korea with the opportunity of two plenary sessions and four parallel technical to attend the conference and attracted a total Assistant Professor sessions – IT and data science, life science, Nathan Kline Institute/NYU Medical Center engineering, and KWiSE. The conference featured a wide array of sessions which highlighted of 143 participants from diverse geographical its theme, Innovation through Connectivity. wasbackgrounds an enormous - from success more than and further10 States heightened in the US, itsand reputation about 10 fromin providing Korea. Overall, a social the platform 29th NRC for discussed the cutting-edge advancements leading fostering the professional development of the theDistinguished next generation leaders of science from and diverse engineering. fields KSEA members, this year in a totally different, new format. The NRC Committee also shared their experiences in executing an online conference Particularly, three invited plenary speakers, Dr. with other KSEA groups who then hosted online (MillennialsKiho Im (Harvard Chamber Medical of Commerce) School), shared Dr. Frank their J. conferences and events in April and May including interestingLee (Drexel works,University), challenges, and Ms. and Raeha suggestions Kim, Esq ALBERT KIM, PhD KSEA Science Concert Series. Philadelphia Chapter President the KSEA Special Forum on COVID-19 and the Conference Co-Chair on (1) Quantitative in vivo MRI assessment of Assistant Professor Temple University Group photo during the Closing Session of the NRC 2020 KSEA LETTERS / 27 APS News KOCSEA 2019 KOCSEA Technical Symposium The Korean Computer Scientists and Engineers Association in America (KOCSEA), founded in (1) Data Science I, (2) Artificial Intelligence and Big Korean and Korean-American computer scientists ScienceData I, (3) II (7)Artificial Data ScienceIntelligence III & and Security. Big Data The II, talks (4) and1983, engineers is a non-profit in North organizationAmerica. Its withingoal is theto coveredLightning state-of-the-art Talks Session, (5)technologies Poster Session and on-going(6) Data promote communication, information exchange, and cooperation among its members, providing opportunities for them to make contributions to data,research data topicsscience/analytics, in the field bioinformatics/medical of computer science and engineering including artificial intelligence, big JAEROCK KWON, PhD application, cybersecurity, cloud computing, virtual KOCSEA President currently has more than 400 registered members in reality, image processing, software engineering, and academiacomputer-related and industry fields fromin Korea both and Korea the US.and KOCSEA the US, CS education. Director who are leading researchers and practitioners in the Bio-Inspired Machine Intelligence Lab Electrical and Computer Engineering We awarded four scholarships in memory of the late University of Michigan-Dearborn and Information Technology. KOCSEA Technical Prof. Moon-Jung Chung, KOCSEA’s former president. fields of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Graduate students presented their research over 100 members from all over the United States projects in poster sessions and participants voted andSymposium Korea. This is KOCSEA’sannual event flagship has been event contributing gathering for best research posters based on the Q and A and a lot to nurturing conversations with the presenters. The KOCSEA collaborative relations Moon-Jung Chung Scholarships went to Hyodong among leading IT Kim (MIT), Haegyu Park (Georgia Institute of industries and research Technology), Duwon Kim (University of Maryland), labs in Korea and the US and providing time The symposium program is available at http:// and opportunities for kocseaa.org/symposia/2019/program.and Narae Lee (Georgia Institute of Technology). collaborative research, exchange of scholarly The main impact of the event was the dissemination ideas, and international of cutting-edge research results in computer science recruitment. and engineering among Korean and US researchers and industry professionals. The lightning talk The 20th KOCSEA session also facilitated closer interactions for future Technical Symposium collaborations. Furthermore, active discussions was held in Atlanta, during and after the presentation sessions let the Georgia from November participants follow up for further collaborations 16 to 17, 2019. Under and funding opportunities from government and the theme of “AI industry sponsors such as Samsung Research, KSEA, ranging from Data [Artificial Intelligence] andKUSCO, Joonang Pacific Ilbo. City Having Bank, Kakao,the discussion Hyundai among Motor the symposium was attended by a well-balanced industryCompany, researchers Samsung Card, and academic Coupang, professors LG Electronics, also audience around 100 participantsScience torepresenting Robotics,” led to potential joint- development collaborations US academia (46+), Korean academia (3), US and also recruitment opportunities for graduating industry (30+), Korean industry (10+) and Korean students. government (2). The opening remarks were given by Jeik Cho, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea The success of the 20th KOCSEA Technical in Atlanta. Symposium would not be possible without having generous supports from multiple sponsors: Platinum Sponsor (Samsung Research), Gold sponsor (KSEA), Kyung Dong Ryu from Google, Dr. Cyrus Shahabi from Silver sponsor (KUSCO), Bronze sponsors (Kakao, The program included five keynote speeches (Dr. Hyundai Motors, Samsung Card, Coupang, and Emory University, Dr. Yoonsuck Choe from Samsung USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering, Dr. Li Xiong from and Chungangilbo) and the scholarship support Mo Park from POSTECH, Chancellor, PUST), 17 fromPacific Moon-Jung City Bank), Chung banquet family sponsors and Korean (LG Electronics Education invitedResearch talks Artificial (including Intelligence three non-KoreanCenter, and Dr.heritage Chan- Center in Atlanta (Consulate General of the Republic speakers) across seven sessions, 28 lightning talks, of Korea). and two poster sessions. The session topics included KSEA LETTERS / 28 APS News KSCEE KSCEE-KSEA Webinar Series “Transportation Challenges under Global Pandemic” The Korean-American Society of Civil and • Dr. Joonki Kim, Research Fellow at the Korea Environmental Engineers (KSCEE), one of KSEA’s Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), discussed the need to update transportation policies to cope with the Post- themeAffiliated of Professional“Transportation Societies Challenges (APS), under successfully Global Corona era. hosted its first KSCEE-KSEA Webinar with the • Dr. Bumjin Park, Research Fellow at the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building JUN-SEOK OH, PhD. dispatchedPandemic” onfrom June Korean 11, Thursday,government 2020. agencies For this to Technology (KICT), discussed autonomous KSCEE President thethree-hour United States event, were five invited professionals as the guest who speakers. were vehicles and car-sharing technologies and how transportation users’ perceptions and Professor Western Michigan University research direction and topics of his institution behaviors change under this global pandemic. andIn the presented first session, employment each speaker opportunities introduced at each the • Mr. Jihyun Park, Senior Manager at the Korea institute for graduate and postdoctoral researchers Expressway Corporation (KEC), presented who were seeking permanent researcher positions in Korean government agencies. The list of speakers practices and discussed its short- and midterm that participated in the webinar is as follows: effects.changes in traffic patterns under social distance • Dr. Jinseo Park, Senior Transport Specialist at • Dr. Sangwoo Park, Research Fellow at the the World Bank, presented the World Bank’s Korean Institute of Transport (KOTI), presented major transportation projects in the developing the potential impact of pandemics on public under the global pandemic. countries and the difficulties and expectations transit and traffic safety. CHANGMO KIM, PhD KSCEE General Secretary Project Engineer University of Califoria, Davis KSEA LETTERS / 29 APS News KSCEE In the second session, the president of KSCEE and KSEA, Dr. Jun- • Public transit agencies will need to develop various services Seok Oh introduced KSCEE and KSEA’s major activities including and secure funding sources. • The gap between transportation services in the future may be the order of Stay-at-Home across the county. Dr. Oh’s presentation larger than now. wasUKC followed2020. Dr. byOh a also brainstorming presented traffic discussion changes on beforethe pandemic. and during 42 • Passengers were shifted from taxi to ride-hailing services. participants actively discussed transportation challenges under • Autonomous vehicles may bring changes to urbanization and the pandemic together, sharing their professional experiences and housing choice. expectations. Major topics discussed were: • The ridership on public transit had dramatically decreased in South Korea. The government will need to support the public • Although the vehicle miles traveled had decreased during transit operators in the short-term and will need to develop different classes of public transit modes. increased. However, the fatality rate had decreased in South • Autonomous vehicle implementation can be started on a small Korea.the order of Stay-at-Home, the number of traffic accidents scale in the suburban cities. • As the gas tax revenue had decreased, the government agencies needed to adjust their budget and project schedules. The participants gave positive feedback and suggested providing • The autonomous vehicle technology car-sharing system will webinars more often. KSCEE will continue its webinar series be more crucial to practice social distancing in the “new periodically. The webinar video is available at kscee.org. normal.” KSEA LETTERS / 30 APS News NYKB New York Korean Biologists Annual Conference 2020 Overall, not only were there academic research presentations, but NYKB also prepared industry-related talks from South Korean pharmaceutical companies and career talks for industrial or academic SUNGYUN CHO jobs. The NYKB Annual Conference provided strong networking NYKB President between Korean Biologists and Korean-American Biologists in the New York area. Moreover, the NYKB Annual Conference provided Graduate Student Weill Cornell Medical College institutes and government. This conference greatly contributed tonew connecting perspectives Korea of and the the biology USA in fieldbiological for Koreanscience. companies,The NYKB The New York Korean Biologists (NYKB) are an independent non- Annual Conference is the largest and only conference for Korean biologists in the New York Metropolitan Area. It provides the latest trends in areas of biology such as neuroscience, cancer biology, drug academiaprofit scientific and industry, organization in hopes based of instrengthening the state of New Korean-American York. NYKB is dedicated to advancing science and developing scientific careers in institutes and government. NYKB shows value by providing a good scientists includes faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, graduate development, and artificial organ research to Korean companies, andscientific undergraduate communities. students NYKB’s at currentten academic membership institutions of over in New 350 between Korean and Korean-American Biologists. York (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Stony Brook University, place to discuss highly specialized biological scientific knowledge Medical College, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Icahn SchoolCold Spring of Medicine Harbor at Laboratory, Mount Sinai, Columbia New York University, University, Weill Rockefeller Cornell University, and Rutgers University). NYKB hosted their 12th annual conference on June 13, 2020, through an online webinar due to COVID-19. NYKB advertised this online annual conference especially to universities, government institutions, or venture companies association in South Korea. In addition, NYKB also invited members in Korean American Society in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals (KASBP), Korean Life Scientists in the SF Bay Area (KOLIS), New England Bioscience Society 200(NEBS), attendees Korean-American joined the webinar Professional including Association principal in investigators,Life Sciences pharmaceutical(KAPAL), KSEA industry affiliated researchers, APS, and several postdoctoral KSEA chapters.researchers, Almost and graduate/undergraduate students. Diverse topics were covered and Korea, Canada, and Singapore. discussed in biological and biomedical fields from the US, South The 12th NYKB Annual Conference opened with special opening remarks by the KASBP President, Dr. K. Stephen Suh and the KAPAL President, Dr. Luke Oh. The conference program included three candidatekeynote speakers for impressive (Dr. Taejin oral presentations. Yoon, Dr. Chang Dr. HunTaejin Lee, Yoon and is Dr.an executiveHachung Chung)member and of the five Yu-Han postdoctoral Corporation researchers in South and Korea. one Ph.D. He presented on how novel drugs are invented in a pharmaceutical pharmaceutical company. Dr. Hachung Chung also explained how postdocscompany could and gaveapply a for career-related academic positions talk about in the finding US and jobs shared in a her experience to prepare for an academic job interview. KSEA LETTERS / 31 APS News KWiSE KWiSE NY/NJ Chapter Joint Symposium 2020 Theme: Scientific Advances for Humanity Organizers: Summary: • The 2020 KWiSE New York/New Jersey Chapter Regional Conference Inc. was held on Saturday, the 28th of March, 2020 via Zoom due to • SungHeaY eonEun Lee,Choi, Ph.D., Ph.D., Founder/CEO Associate Professor, of Mara-Nanotech Queens College New York, • Yeon Bai, Ph.D., Professor, Montclair State University • BehavioralCOVID-19. Science, Under the Computer theme ofScience, “Scientific and Chemical Advances Engineering. for Humanity,” The this year’s conference featured three scholars from the fields of Due toJeongr COVID-19,an Lee, this Ph.D., event Member was held of Technical via Zoom Staff, (a Webinar Nokia Bellapp), Labs with New York, Inc.), Sung Eun Choi (Associate Professor, Queens College), Virtual Event Support thanks to: organizers were Drs. HeaYeon Lee (Founder/CEO of Mara-Nanotech • Jinhee Kim, Ph.D., Rutgers Medical School inYeon attendance. Bai (Professor, Montclair State University), and Jeongran Lee Meeting Schedule: (Research Statistician, Nokia Bell Labs). A total of 15+ members were 11:15am-11:20am: Greetings/Opening Remarks This year’s conference started with greetings from the new Chapter Mara-Nanotech New York, Inc.) 11:20am-11:25am: Dr. HeaYeon Member Lee (Chapter Introduction President and Founder/CEO of eventPresident in the Dr. pursuit HeaYeon of bothLee. Inpersonal her greetings, and professional she thanked excellence KWiSE New and (20mins Talk + 5mins Q&A) happiness.York/New Jersey Next, aChapter member members introduction for joining session this was first held unique in a virtual 11:25am-11:50am: Dr. Trishnee Bhurosy (Postdoctoral Fellow, manner via Zoom. During this session, each member had a chance to Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey) introduce themselves to the group and share any updates about both She can breastfeed: a systematic review on the feasibility their personal and professional lives. and challenges of breastfeeding among breast cancer survivors Then, the three speakers took turns to present on topics of their 11:50am-12:15pm: Dr. Teryn Cha (Assistant Professor, Computer Sciences, Essex County College) Cancer Institute of New Jersey) a behavioral scientist who specializes Artificial Intelligence in Taxation inspecialties. applied Theresearch first speakerto design was andTrishnee evaluate Bhurosy theory-driven (Ph.D., Rutgers and technology-based nutrition intervention programs. Her talk was Development of upstream cell culture process for the titled “She can breastfeed: a systematic review on the feasibility and 12:15pm-12:40pm:production Dr. of biologicsMuri Han (Director, GC Pharma, Boston Office) 12:40pm-12:45pm: Closing Remarks second speaker was Dr. Teryn Cha, an assistant (tenured) professor of Computerchallenges Sciences of breastfeeding at Essex County among College, breast Newark, cancer New survivors.” Jersey. TheHer AI-enabled software can take on a role in understanding individual taxpayers’talk was titled behaviors “Artificial and Intelligence recommending in Taxation,” ways of and saving was abouttaxes. howThe last speaker, Dr. Muri Han, who is currently working as Director at GC night for this event. She talked about “Development of upstream cell Pharma (in Boston office), joined the event from South Korea late at Afterculture the process three forpresentations the production and of discussions, biologics.” all of the members took a group photo through screen capture (included below). It was a great success and a smooth event, even during this unique situation as the world suffers from a pandemic; our first “virtual event” ever. KSEA LETTERS / 32 KSEA SPONSORS Gold Level Sponsors Silver Level Sponsors KSEA LETTERS / 33 KSEA SPONSORS Bronze Level Sponsors BIOT Copper Level Sponsors KSEA LETTERS / 34 KSEA SPONSORS Copper Level Sponsors General Level Sponsors Media Sponsor Contribute to KSEA. Visit our website at www.ksea.org to renew your membership or join KSEA. You may also support KSEA through a donation, as KSEA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and your Sponsor contributions are tax deductible. 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UKC 2019의 Biot 부스를 찾아주세요. https://www.biotinc.com [email protected] KSEA LETTERS / 46 KSEA LETTERS / 47 KSEA LETTERS / 48 KSEA LETTERS / 49 KSEA LETTERS / 50 KSEA LETTERS / 51 DIRECTORS COMMITTEE (48TH ADMINISTRATION) Group M: Industrial Engineering and Mgmt Science President: Jun-Seok Oh, Western Michigan Ahseon Park (O) 269-276-3216, [email protected] Former President Councilors President-Elect: Soolyeon Cho, North Carolina State University Eun-Suk Seo, University of Maryland (O) 919-513-8061, [email protected] Hyungmin Michael Chung, Calif. State Univ., Long Beach Vice President (VP1): Jong Park, University of South Florida Hong Taik (Thomas) Hahn, UCLA (O) 818-745-1703, [email protected] Vice President (VP2): Yun Choe, Lucas & Mercanti, LLP CHAPTER PRESIDENTS (O) 646-783-6764, [email protected] Chair Hung Tae Kim Executive Director: Gloria Kim, University of Florida Central Penn (1) Jungwoo Ryoo (O) 352-392-9054, [email protected] Connecticut (2) Dae Han Finance Director: Seri Park, Villanova University Georgia (3) Hyojoo Han (O) 610-519-3307, [email protected] Indiana (4) Nakyen Choy Headquarter Operations Director: Sang Mok Chung, Food and Drug Administration Michigan (6) Younseok Choi (O) 301-424-4571, [email protected] Chicagoland (7) Dong-Hyun Kim IT Director 1: Sam Chung, City University of Seattle Minnesota (8) Sung-Hoon Gee (O) 206-239-4855, [email protected] New England (9) Dwight Roh IT Director 2: Joon-Seok Kim, George Mason University New Jersey (10) Kooksang Moon (O) 703-993-2097, [email protected] NY Metro (11) Ju-Hyun Lee NonProfit Org. Development Director: Sung-Ju Kim, North Carolina State University N. Carolina (12) Sunkyu Park (O) 919-515-9313, [email protected] Ohio (14) Yune Sang Lee Membership Director: Hung Tae Kim, University of Wisconsin-Madison Seattle (15) Sun Min Jung (O) 608-695-7273, [email protected] Philadelphia (16) Albert Kim Public Relations Director: Changmo Kim, University of California, Davis Southern CA (18) Seon Ho Kim (O) 530-340-8019, [email protected] South Texas (19) Goo Jun SEED Project Director: Gyeong S. Hwang, University of Texas, Austin Wash. Metro (21) Donghun Park (O) 512-471-4847, [email protected] Alabama (23) Tae-Sik Oh KEIT Project Director: Joseph Jinlee Kim, California State University. Long Beach Austin TX (24) Hong-Gu Kang (O) 714-399-5426, [email protected] Silicon Valley (30) Steve Sung Won Moon Entrepreneurship Director: Kyeong Ho Yang, KITEE Baltimore (31) Sung-Ung Kang (O) 732-216-6280, [email protected] Tennessee (32) Seok Pum Kim Publication Director 1: Jun Bum Shin, Oregon State University N. Texas (40) Wooram Park (O) 541-737-0983, [email protected] Central VA (41) Byungkyu Brian Park Publication Director 2: Jonathan Young Kim, CSX Technology Central IL (42) Seung-Yul Yun (O) 904-633-4481, [email protected] Wisconsin (44) Yun Hwa Choi Publication Director 3: Katherine Cho, UCLA Southern VA (49) Mintai Kim (O) 702-286-3313, [email protected] Utah (56) Keunhan Park YG/YP Executive Director: Stella Chun Sacramento (58) Steve Lee (O) 267-414-8964, [email protected] San Diego (60) John Baik YG Director 1: Ryuhwa Stella Kim, Data Services Company Orlando Central FL (67) Hyoung Jin Cho (O) 213-332-8251, [email protected] Tampa Bay (68) Young Chul Kim YG Director 2: Clara Kim, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Idaho (69) Jae Hyeon Ryu (O) 786-368-1185, [email protected] Berkeley (70) Won Jun Jo Gainesville FL (71) Seungkoo Kang HEADQUARTERS STAFF Arkansas (72) Hyunju Jeong IT Manager: Katie Park, 703-748-1221, [email protected] Southwest Ohio (73) Changjoo Kim Finance Manager: Kelly Han, 703-748-1221, [email protected] Nashville (74) Bong Hwan Sung Admin Manager: Euna Yoon, 703-748-1221, [email protected] Kentucky (903) Duk-Hyung Lee Associate Project Manager: Hye Won Cho, 703-748-1221, [email protected] Texas Coastal Bend (77) Dugan Um Nebraska (43) Sangjin Ryu AUDITORS Eastern Carolina (76) Myon-Hee Lee Haejung An Sung Woo Kim COMMITTEE CHAIRS Yong-Rak Kim Contest Committee: Jong Park ELECTED COUNCILORS Election Committee: Group A: Physics Nam-Cheol Kim Takjip Ha Fund Management Committee: Group B: Chemistry Nak Ho Sung Jong-In Hahm History Committee: Group C: Mathematics, Geology, Meteorology, Statistics, Others Chueng-Ryong Ji Grace Kim Honors and Awards Committee: Group D: Biology, Botany, Zoology, Biomedical Engineering, Genetic Engineering Kang-Wook Lee Ho-Wook Jun Long-range Planning Committee: Group E: Agriculture, Ecology, Food, Nutrition Saeyoung Ahn Youngmok Kim Nomination Committee: Group F: Med Science, Pharmaceutical Science, Veterinary Med, Physical Edu. K. Stephen Suh Young-sup Yoon Rules Committee: Group G: Chemical Engineering, Textile Engineering, Nuclear Eun-Suk Seo Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Applied Chemistry Scholarship Committee: Hyunmin Yi Jintae Kim Group H: Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Naval Architecture Young Generation Committee: Chang Kyoung Choi Dennis Cha Group I: Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mining Engineering APS Committee: Burtrand L. Lee Kyeong Ho Yang Group J: Civil Engineering, Architecture, Environmental Engineering SME Committee: Chang Mo Kim Hong Taik (Thomas) Hahn Group K: Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Communication Engineering 50th Anniversary Committee: Gon Namgoong Mun Won Suh Group L: Computer Science, Systems Engineering UKC Steering Committee: Eunjee Song Soolyeon Cho KSEA LETTERS / 52 AFFILIATED PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY (APS) PRESIDENTS EX-PRESIDENTS Association of Korean Neuroscientists (AKN) Sang Il Choi, POSTECH Kwang Soo Kim Kwang Bang Woo, Yonsei University Association of Korean Physicists in America (AKPA) Yong Nak Lee, HTRD Kyungseon Joo Chan-Mo Park, POSTECH Baltimore Life Scientists Association (BLSA) Dong Han Kim, POSTECH Joo Heon Shin Ki-Hyon Kim, NC Central University Korean American Construction, Eng, & Project Mgmnt Asso. (KACEPMA) Kwang Kuk Koh, Chrysan Industries Jeong-Han Woo Chin Ok Lee, Rockefeller University Korean-American Food Technologists Association (KAFTA) Chai Chin Suh Hong-Sik Hwang Kun Sup Hyun, PPI Korean-American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA) Hyo-Gun Kim, GIST Sung Kim Moon Won Suh, NC State University Korean-American Materials Society (KAMS) Dewey Doo-Young Ryu, University of California, Davis Jiyoung Kim Saeyoung Ahn, Fuzbien Tech. Institute Korean-American Mathematical Scientists Association (KAMSA) Kyong Chul Chun Jaewoo Jeong Ki Dong Lee, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Korean-American Society for Biomedical Informatics (KASBI) Hong Taik (Thomas) Hahn James S. Song Howard Ho Chung, Argonne National Lab. Korean American Society for Biotech & Phamaceuticals (KASBP) Nak Ho Sung, Tufts University K. Stenphen Suh Chan I. Chung, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Korean-American Energy Exploration & Production Society (KEPS) Quiesup Kim, JPL/NASA Sam Jae Cho Sung Won Lee, University of Maryland, Korean Computer Scientists & Engineers Association in America (KOCSEA) Sung K. Kang, IBM T.J. Watson Research Ctr. Jeho Park Kang-Won Wayne Lee, University of Rhode Island Korean-American Offshore Engineers Association (KOEA) Kang-Wook Lee, IBM T.J. Watson Research Ctr. Myoung Keun Choi Chueng-Ryong Ji, North Carolina State University Korean Life Scientists at UCSF (KOLIS) Jae Hoon Kim, The Boeing Company Hyun Yong Jin Hosin Lee, University of Iowa Korean Pathologists Association of North America (KOPANA) Hyungmin Michael Chung, Calif. State University, Long Beach Eun Young Lee Myung Jong Lee, City University of NY Korean Transportation Association in America (KOTAA) Kookjoon Ahn, State of California Seri Park Youngsoo Kim, North Carolina State University Korean Association of Medical Physicists in North America (KAMPiNA) Jaehoon Yu, University of Texas at Arlington Sang-June Park Eun-Suk Seo, University of Maryland Korean-American Society of Civil and Environmental Engineers(KSCEE) K. 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