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NEW Ajou University President Hyung Ju Park participates in UKC to hire talented faculty members

  • 2019-08-30
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Ajou University President Hyung Ju Park participated in UKC to hire talented faculty members.

 

The University participated by setting up a booth at the US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship (UKC), which was held from August 14th to the 17th in the U.S. city of Chicago. UKC is an annual conference of Korean scientists based in the U.S., with about 1,000 people participating in this years KESA-hosted event, including researchers and postdocs.

 

President Park took part in the University Leadership Forum as a panelist and joined the discussion entitled "Future-Proofing the Workforce" with President Se Jung Oh of Seoul National University, President Hei Sook Kim of Ewha Womans University, and President Robert Zimmer of the University of Chicago, etc. 

 

Ajou University Professor Il Soo Yun (Department of Transportation System Engineering) took part in a poster session in an effort to attract excellent researchers.

 

Meanwhile, the Faculty Affairs Team of the University arranged a meeting of its alumni residing in Chicago, including Nam Soo Lee, CEO of Unisource America.

 

 

From the far left in the above picture are Hyung Jun Kim (Department of Mechanical Engineering, entrance class of 2015), Nam Soo Lee (Department of Industrial Engineering, entrance class of 1979), President Hyung Ju Park, Jeong Soon Park (Department of Civil System Engineering, entrance class of 1998), Ji Hye Park (Department of Architecture, entrance class of 1997), and Chi Hwan Lee (Department of Industrial Engineering, entrance class of 1999).