UKC 2008 US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Science and Technology For a Better World SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AUGUST 14-17, 2008 What is KSEA? KSEA is a 37-year-old non-profit national-level professional organization. It is open for participation to all Korean-Americans who have college degrees in science and engineering fields and cherish the heritage of Korean culture. The KSEA’s objectives are to: - Promote the application of science and technology for the general welfare of society; - Foster the cooperation of international science communities especially among the US and Korea; - Serve the majority of Korean-American Scientists and Engineers and help them develop their full career potential. KSEA has more than 30 chapters and 13 technical groups covering 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 particularly 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, it is helping to create opportunities for Young Generation members to interact with talented scientists and engineers in Korea. Call for Participation in UKC2009 “Creative Minds for Global Sustainability” UKC2009 will be held during July 16-19, 2009 at the brand new, state-of-the-art Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, a vertex of the famed Research Triangle Park. Anybody who wishes to contribute to the preparation of UKC2009 should contact one of the following officers: Conference Chair and Co-Chair: Chueng-Ryong Ji, North Carolina State University, President-Elect of KSEA, [email protected] and Ki-Jun Lee, President of KOFST, [email protected]. Program Committee Chair and Co-Chair: Richard Youngsoo Kim, North Carolina State University, [email protected] and Jane Oh, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, [email protected] . Local Arrange Committee Chair and Co-Chair: Yongbaek Kim, North Carolina State University, [email protected] and Jintae Kim, Tuskegee University, [email protected]. Courtesy of GRCVB/VisitRaleigh.com Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) US-Korea Conference (UKC) 2008 on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship http://ukc.ksea.org/ukc2008/ Co-Organized with The Korean Federation of Science & Technology Societies (KOFST) and The Korea-US Science Cooperation Center (KUSCO) 3 Conference Chair and Co-Chair Symposium, Workshop & Forum General Chairs Kang-Wook Lee (Chair, KSEA President) Ki-Jun Lee (Co-Chair, KOFST President) Symposiums/ Conference Program Committee Workshops/ General Chairs Forums Myung Jong Lee (Chair, CUNY) Hee-Koo Moon (Co-chair, Solar Turbines) APM Sung Yell Song (Iowa State Univ.) Seongwon Kim (Web Design/ Proceedings, IBM) Seung-Seok Choi (Web Manager, Pace Univ.) AST Ken Yu (Univ. of Maryland) AUT Sooho Kim (GM) Jang Hyun Youn (Univ. of Southern Executive Committee BST California) MoonJung Cho (Chair, Bureau of Labor Statistics) Sangchul Bang (S. Dakota School of CEE Gye Won Han (Scripps) Mine & Technology) Yungmo Kang (Solar Turbines) CNT JaeHoon Kim (Boeing) Jintae Kim (Tuskegee Univ.) Young Hwan Kwon (BAE Systems) ENGY I Yong Nak Lee (Heat Transfer R&D) Jane Oh (JPL) Sam Ryu (SOFEC) ENGY II Tae Hyun Kim (Iowa State Univ. ) JeongSeop Shim (NJIT) EPS Seungbae Park (Binghamton Univ.) Esther Yang (Abbott) ERD Saeyoung Ahn (FTI ) FEN Sam Jae Cho (Pacmets Engineering) Local Arrangement Committee FST Chong Min Lee (URI) Sohye Cho (Scripps Research Institute) IST Kyung Dong Ryu (IBM) Wayne Kim (LG Electronics) Young Hwan Kwon (Chair, BAE Systems) MRM Hee-Koo Moon (Solar Turbines ) SoonKook Hong (UCSD) NST Duck-Joo Yang (Univ. of Texas, Dallas) Insung Kang (Qualcomm) Yungmo Kang (Solar Turbines) PCP Hyuk Yu (Univ. of Wisconsin) Higgin Ko (SPAWAR Systems Center) Yong W. Lee (Solar Turbines) PET Kun Sup Hyun (PPI ) Hee-Koo Moon (Solar Turbines) POS Junho Cha (Physware) Taekyu Nam (Scripss Research Institute) Hakje Yi (General Atomics) RES Tae Hyun Kim (Iowa State Univ.) STA Chong Jin Park (San Diego State Univ.) Fund-raising Committee WiSE Gye Won Han (Scripps in San Diego ) YG&PF Josh Choi (JPL) Saeyoung Ahn (FTI) Gil Jong Kang (FDA) Sung-Kwon Kang (IBM) Hyo-Gun Kim (GIST) Conference Secretariats Kangwon Wayne Lee (URI) Yong Nak Lee (HTRD) Woori Han Kelly Kim Jin-Keon Pai (Schering-Plough) Katie Hwang Eun Jin Park Hyuk Yu (Univ. Wisconsin) Ashley Kim Dana Mun Turner 4 Advisory Committee From Korea: From the US: Yung-Bog Chae (Ex-Minister of MOST) Kyong Chul Chun (Argonne NL) Jung-Il Jin (IUPAC President, Korea Univ.) Chan Il Chung (RPI) Shin-Bae Kim (SKT President) Howard Ho Chung (MITEC) Si-Joong Kim (Ex-Minister of MOST) Hong Taik Thomas Hahn (UCLA) Jayoung Koo (SK Energy P&T President) Kun Sup Hyun (PPI) Dongwha Kum (KIST President) Ki-Hyon Kim (NC Central Univ.) Hyun-Soon Lee (Hyundai-Kia Motors President) Kwang-Hae Kane Kim (UC Irvine) Hyung Kyu Lim (Samsung Electronics President) Tschangho John Kim (Univ. of Illinois) Kyoung-Hoan Na (KITECH President) Chin Ok Lee (Rockefeller Univ.) Sung Chul Shin (KETEP President) Ki Dong Lee (Univ. of Illinois) Chan-Mo Park (Science and Technology Advisor to Dewey Doo-Young Ryu (UC Davis) the President of Korea) Moon Won Suh (NC State Univ.) Nak Ho Sung (Tufts Univ.) Byung K. Yi (LGE Senior Executive Vice President) National Mathematics and Science Competition (NMSC) KSEA has held a long tradition of sponsoring the National Mathematics Competition (NMC) for students in the 4th to 11th grades. It became NMSC when the Science Competition was added in 2007. It has been recognized as an important community service organized by the KSEA members at the national level. The primary objective of this competition is to aspire young students to become more interested in science and technology and to recognize Korean-American students for their excellence in Math and Science. To promote the significance of this event, we have started to send award notifications to the awardees’ schools. Positive feedback received from many students, parents and participating Chapters on the Science Competition in particular, due to its emphasis on “teamwork” vs. individual competition. NMSC2008 was held in 33 cities in the US and Canada! KSEA is committed to expanding our efforts to grow the NMSC. For more information, visit http://nmc.ksea.org/NMSC2008/. Scholarships The KSEA and KSEA-KUSCO scholarship programs are established to recognize students for their excellence, not based on needs. The goal is to provide meaningful opportunities for the YGs to present their work and network with prominent scientists and engineers attending UKC. Our vision is to grow endowment funds to afford more scholarships and to expand categories to emphasize the importance of leadership and community service. Competition was particularly stiff this year with a record number of outstanding applicants (63 undergraduate and 92 graduate students) for a total of 15 undergraduate and 17 graduate scholarships! In addition, there were 2 essay awards. For the first time, all of the Graduate Scholarship recipients will present at either regular or Young Generation & Professional Forum Poster Sessions at UKC 2008. 5 Table of Contents Messages from UKC2008 Chairs……………………………………………………………………….................... 7 Message from Vice Minister of Education, Scienve and Technology of Republic of Korea…………………….. 9 Basic Conference Schedule..…………………………………………………………………………….................... 10 Program at a Glance and Complementary Meetings & Special Meetings…………………….………………...... 11 Plenary Program…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 16 World Class University Project……….………………………………………………………………………………… 18 Music Program………..………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 19 Symposiums APM: Applied and Pure Mathematics………………………………………………………… 20 AST: Aerospace Science & Technology ……………………………………………............ 22 AUT: Automotive Science & Technology………………...( sponsored by Hyundai Motor) 23 BST: Bio Science and Technology…………………………….…………………………….. 25 CEE: Civil & Environmental Engineering…………………...…….(sponsored by POSCO) 28 CNT: Communication and Networking Technology……..…(sponsored by SK Telecom) 31 EPS: Electronic Packaging Science and Technology……………….……………………… 33 FEN: Fossil Energy in Next Decades……………………………………….……………….. 35 FST: Food Science & Technology……………………………………….…………….…….. 36 IST: Information Science & Technology…………..…….(sponsored by LG Electronics) 39 MRM: Mechanical Engineering, Roboitcs & Manufacturing Technology.……….………… 41 NST: Nano Science & Technology……………………………………….………………….. 43 PCP: Polymer Chemistry and Physics…..…………………………………….…………….. 45 PET: Polymer Engineering & Technology…………………………………….…………….. 47 RES: Renewable Energy & Sustainability…..….(sponsored by KETEP and SK Energy) 49 STA: Statistics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics…………………………….……………….. 51 POS: Plenary Poster Session………………………..………………………..……………… 52 Workshops ENGY I: Energy R & D Workshop I……………….………………..….(sponsored by KETEP) 57 ENGY II Energy R & D Workshop II…………………………………...(sponsored by KETEP) 57 Forums ERD: Education and R & D Policy Forum…………………..……………………………….. 58 WiSE: Women in Science and Engineering………………………………………………….