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NEW (2016-03-14) Ajou holds the award ceremony for the ‘Kang Nae Seong Awards for Excellent Papers’

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Ajou holds the award ceremony for the ‘Kang Nae Seong Awards for Excellent Papers’
 
2016-03-14
 
 
The award ceremony for the ‘Kang Nae Seong Awards for Excellent Papers’ was held on the morning of March 14th in Yulgok Hall at Ajou University. The Awards were created to encourage research activities of the graduate students who release excellent papers based on financial contributions made by Chairman Nae Seong Kang of Sewon EPC.
 
 
The event was attended by Chairman Kang, four winners of the Awards, President Dong Yeon Kim, Executive Vice President for Industry-Academia Cooperation Kyung Hee Choi, Dean Joong Soon Jang of the Graduate School, Dean Bong Heui Han of the School of Business Administration, Vice President for Planning Jung Seob Lee, Vice President for Administration Jay Ick Lim, and other officials from the University.
 
 
The honor of receiving the Awards went to Byeong Dong Kang (combined master's and doctorate program, Department of Mechanical Engineering), Myeong Hwan Eom (doctorate program, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering), Cheon Hee Park (doctorate program, Department of Public Administration), and Chang Hee Lee (doctorate program, Department of Business Administration). Each of them was given 2.5 million won in scholarship funds, which were raised from Chairman Kang's contributions.
 
 
Chairman Kang donated 100 million won to the University in 2013 and has contributed an additional 5 million won per year for graduate students who produce outstanding performances.
 
 
Since starting his career as a researcher at the then Sunkyung Industry in 1981, Chairman Kang has become an expert in the field of EP (Engineering Plastic) and submitted over ten relevant patent applications over the last two decades. He founded Sewon EPC in 1999 based on his expertise.
 
 
Chairman Kang's donation to Ajou began after he recovered from an unexpected traffic accident, thanks to the treatment from Professor Wook Hwan Kim (Department of Orthopedic Surgery) at the University Hospital. In 2013, he contributed 100 million won to the University Development Fund and 5 million won to support research activities when he finished the Advanced Management Program at Ajou's Graduate School of Business Administration.
 
 
Byeong Dong Kang, one of the students who received the Award, published his paper entitled "Numerical Study on Energy Harvesting from Concentration Gradient by Reverse Electrodialysis in Anodic Alumina Nanopores" in The Energy, an academic journal listed in the Science Citation Index (SCI).
 
 
Myeong Hwan Eom also published his paper in The IEEE Transactions on Robotics, another SCI-listed journal, which is entitled "Robust Swing-Up and Balancing Control Using a Nonlinear Disturbance Observer for the Pendubot System with Dynamic Friction."
 
 
Cheon Hee Park and Chang Hee Lee contributed their papers to The Korean Journal of Public Administration and The Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial Cooperation Society, respectively. Park's paper is entitled "The Role of Knowledge in Acceptance of Nuclear Power: A Focus on Objective and Subjective Knowledge" and Lee's paper is entitled "The Effect of Self-measurement Frequency Levels on SmartCare Obesity Management."
 
 
As a token of gratitude for Chairman Kang, President Kim had a luncheon with the event participants, including the four graduate students selected as winners of the award. Chairman Kang promised his continued support for the University, including sending his employees to the temporarily named Department of Industrial Convergence & Engineering (a special programe for corporate employees), which is to be launched next year.
 
 
Dean Joong Soon Jang of the Graduate School, who hosted the event, said, "I expect that these Awards will provide meaningful encouragement for graduate students who are growing as next-generation talents for the country," adding, "I would like to express my appreciation to Chairman Kang."