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NEW [16.11.08] Ajou's student team wins the Excellence Award at LG Global Challenger

  • 2016-11-15
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Ajou's student team wins the Excellence Award at LG Global Challenger

[16.11.08]


< Members of Team Toad pose for a picture to celebrate winning their award.>


Team Toad consisting of Ajou University students received the Excellence Award at LG Global Challenger.


The members of the team are Jin Seop Oh and Ji Woo Han (both in the Department of Industrial Engineering), Song Yi Kim (Department of Chemical Engineering), and Ji Min Han (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) and they participated in the contest with their assignment entitled 'Building Materials Bank for the Distribution and Transaction of Surplus Building Materials.' They are participating in Paran Semester under the guidance of Professor Joo Yeoun Lee with the related project 'Exploring Ways to Introduce a Building Materials Bank Suitable for South Korea.'


Launched in 1995, LG Global Challenger is the oldest overseas travel contest for university students in South Korea. This year, 34 teams with a total of 136 students traveled to 20 countries over two weeks during the summer vacation after being selected in the preliminary round in June. One team won the Grand Prize and three teams received the First Prize, with another three teams being awarded the Excellence Award, based on the evaluation of travel reports submitted by individual teams and their presentations. From among the award-winners, senior students are given the opportunity to enter LG Group, and freshmen, sophomores, and juniors can work as interns for potential employment at the group.


Jin Seop Oh said, "We decided to participate in the event while looking for ways to recycle building materials and visited London RE-USE Limited in the U.K. We are proud of winning the award and will continue our research through Paran Semester," adding, "We will provide our research results to the Ministry of Environment and Seoul Municipal Government and participate in building materials fairs to promote the necessity for recycling building materials."



< Ajou's Jin Seop Oh represented all of the participants in waving the LG Global Challenger Flag with LG Group Chairman Bon Moo Koo. >




< Members of Team Toad and their guiding professor Joo Yeoun Lee pose for a picture at Heathrow Airport in the U.K.>