Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association - KSEA

Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association
1952 Gallows Road, Suite 300, Vienna, VA 22182
Tel: 703-748-1221 Fax: 703-748-1331
Email: sejong@ksea.org Web: http://www.ksea.org
Executive Committee
President: Quiesup Kim, Hunna Enterprises, (O) 818-957-5329,
(H) 818-248-6057, quiesup.kim@ksea.org
President-Elect: Sung Won Lee, University of Maryland,
(O) 301-405-1128, (H) 301-299-5879,
lee@eng.umd.edu
Vice President: Kwang-Hae (Kane) Kim, University of California,
(O) 949-824-5542, (H) 949-856-2664, khkim@uci.edu
Executive Director:Yong M Cho, Mentor Tech., (O) 301-809-
0740, (C.P) 301-717-9444, ycho@mentor-tech.com
Finance Director: Hwang Chung, California State University at
Fullerton, (O) 714-278-2968, (H) 949-854-0651,
hchung@fullerton.edu
Membership Director: Hyung-Min Michael Chung, California
State University at Long Beach, (O) 562-985-7691, (H)
562-802-8393, hmchung@csulb.edu
Publications Director(PD1): Kwang Woong Won, Fluor Daniel
Inc., (O) 949-349-5312, (H) 949-369-0161,
ray.won@fluor.com
Publications Director(PD2): Jinho Kim, Swales Aerospace Inc.,
(O) 301-902-4619, jkim@swales.com
Publications Director(PD3): Tae W. Ryu, California State
University, (O) 714-278-7231, tryu@ecs.fullerton.edu
Publications Director(PD4): James Choi, California State
University, (O) 714-278-7257, jchoi@fullerton.edu
Information Director: Minbo Shim, General Dynamics, (C.P)
443-745-0555, (H) 410-750-0069,
minbos@comcast.net
Headquarter Staff
Administrative Manager: Ashley Kim, (O) 703-748-1221,
admin@ksea.org
Administrative Associate: Joyce Lee, (O) 703-748-1221,
finance@ksea.org
Auditors
Hyun Kil Kim, (O) 206-220-5288, hk4239@juno.com
Kang-Wook Lee, (O) 914-945-3070, kwlee@us.ibm.com
Kang-Won Wayne Lee, (O) 401-874-2695, lee@egr.uri.edu
Ex-President Councilors
Chan I. Chung, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, (O) 518-276-
6437, (H) 518-945-2050, chungc@rpi.edu
Ki-Hyon Kim, NC Central University, (O) 919-560-6451,
(H) 919-489-9747, khk@sci.ncsu.edu
Hong Taik (Thomas) Hahn, UCLA, (O) 310-825-2383,
(H) 310-456-5007, hahn@seas.ucla.edu
Ex-presidents
Ki Uck Lee, Marquett Univ., 312-787-7060,
6650Leek@vms.csd.mu.edu
Young Bae Kim, USC, 213-740-2311,
Sang Il Choi, POSTECH, 919-968-3487,
sangil@postech.ac.kr
Kwang Bang Woo, Yonsei Univ., +82-2-361-2767,
Yong Nak Lee, HTRD, 847-577-5967,
ynlee@htrdltd.com
Kyungsik Kang, Brown Univ., 401-863-1468,
kang@het.brown.edu
Officers for 2003-2004
Jae Young Park, NC State Univ., 919-515-3344,
jae_park@ncsu.edu
Chan-Mo Park, POSTECH, +82-54-279-2001,
parkcm@postech.ac.kr
Dong Han Kim, POSTECH, +82-54-279-2101,
dhkim@postech.edu
Ki-Hyon Kim, NC Central Univ., 919-530-6451,
kihyonkim@sci.nccu.edu
Soon Kyu Kim, Univ. of CT, 508-655-3233,
soonkyukim@worldnet.att.net
Kwang Kuk Koh, Chrysan Ind., 734-667-4081,
kwang@chrysanindustries.com
Chin Ok Lee, POSTECH, +82-562-279-2721,
colee@postech.ac.kr
Chai Chin Suh, 610-678-0534,
ccsuh@msn.com
Moo Young Han, Duke Univ., 919-660-2575,
myhan@phy.duke.edu
Kun Sup Hyun, Polymer Processing Institute, 973-596-3267,
kshyun@polymers-ppi.org
Hyo-gun Kim, K-JIST, +82-62-970-2310,
hkim@eunhasu.kjist.ac.kr
Moon Won Suh, NC State Univ., 919-515-6580,
moon_suh@ncsu.edu
Dewey Doo-Young Ryu, UC Davis, 530-752-8954,
ddyryu@ucdavis.edu
Saeyoung Ahn, Seoul Nat’l Univ., 301-469-7912,
sahn@snu.ac.kr
Kyong Chul Chun, Argonne Nat. Lab, 202-488-2435,
kcchun@anl.gov
Ki Dong Lee, Univ. of Illinois, 217-244-0421,
kdlee@uiuc.edu
Hong Taik (Thomas) Hahn, UCLA, 310-456-5007,
hahn@seas.ucla.edu
Howard Ho Chung, MITEC Int’l Inc., 630-886-6033,
hchung@anl.gov
Nak Ho Sung, Tufts University, 617-627-3447,
nsung@tufts.edu
Chan I. Chung, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
518-945-2050, chungc@rpi.edu
Ex-presidents (deceased)
Shoon Kyung Kim
Inyong Ham
Chong Wha Pyun
Hogil Kim
Je Hyun Kim
Elected Councilors
Group A: Physics
Seung Soo Yoon, 480-283-9806, yunss@cox.net
Sung Wuk Yoon, 301-610-0094, hyoon@email.nist.gov
Group B: Chemistry
Gye Won Han, 310-206-8270, gyewon@mbi.ucla.edu
Chang Hum Paik, 703-242-1435, Cpaik@mail.cc.nih.gov

Contents
Greetings
President, Quiesup Kim 4
Vice President, Kwang-Hae (Kane) Kim 5
Headquarter News
32 nd EC Emergency Teleconference
Meeting #3 Minutes
7
The 32 nd Council Meeting Minutes 7
Committee Reports 15
Donors to Prof. Shoon Kyung Kim's
Scholarship
19
The 31st Administration Financial Report 20
2004 KSEA Scholarships 22
UKC-2003 Special Donation List 22
KSEA National Mathematics
Competition 2004
23
Chapter News
North Carolina Chapter 24
Pacific Northwest Chapter 25
San Diego Chapter 26
Technical Articles
Nano-photonics: Manipulating Photons in
the Nano-meter Scale, Yoon-Soo Park
Nano BioMEMS in BioMedical
Applications, Saeyoung Ahn
Member News
Hyung-Sup Choe 39
Hyoun-Woo Shin 39
KSEA Letters
Vol. 32, No. 2 (Serial No. 191)
December 2003
28
32
Chan Mo Park 40
Young Generation Forum 2003 Summary
and Commentary
41
List of New Members 42
Membership Applications
Individual Membership 43
Corporate Membership 45
Announcements and Advertisements
Guideline for Articles in KSEA Letters 46
Contributing Author Copyright Release
Form
47
KUSCO 48
2004 Korea Summer Institute Program 49
The 2004 Ho-Am Prize Award
Nomination
50
Announcement for KSEA Annual Award 51
The Small Business Corporation 52
Publisher: Quiesup Kim
Editor-In-Chief: Kwang Woong Won
Editor-In-Chief: Jinho Kim
Editor-In-Chief: Tae W. Ryu
Editor-In-Chief: James Choi
Associate Editor: Ashley Kim
Artwork Printing: Kevin Cho
Published quarterly by the Korean-American
Scientist and Engineers Association
All rights reserved. No part of this publication maybe
reproduced, in any form or any means, without the prior
written permission of KSEA. KSEA assumes no
responsibility for statement and opinion advanced by the
contributors to its publications.
KSEA Letters, Vol. 32, No. 1 (September 2003) 3

Happy Holidays!
Holidays always generate
genuine excitement, bring
the special spirit of love,
and give us high hopes.
This special season
inspires us to lift our
spirits in appreciation of
our families, friends,
coworkers and neighbors.
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Greetings from the President
Dr. Quiesup Kim
It Is The Time To Update Your Membership Information
Thanks to dedicated volunteers, the Korean-
American Scientists and Engineers Association
(KSEA) had an outstanding annual conference and
Councilor's meeting in August 7-10, 2003 at
Pasadena, California. In every aspect, the UKC-
2003 has become a traditional way for many of the
members to meet fellow members and to rediscover
themselves within the KSEA. I believe that in
particular, the spirit of active participation and
volunteerism exhibited by the sponsors, conference
attendees, organizers, and local and headquarters
officers were extremely rewarding to those involved
by providing symposium, forums and workshops to
discuss their own research interests and to share
knowledge with fellow members to apply to their
own field.
In late September, I had a chance to participate as a
vice chair at the general meeting of the 2003 World
Joint Council of the Korean and Korean-Ethnic
Scientists and Engineers Association. The Council
was held on September 24 – 26, 2003 in Geseke,
Germany. The council consisted of organizational
leaders including fifteen representatives from the
Korean and Korean-Ethnic Scientists and Engineers
Association from different countries all over the
world. Each representative presented reports about
their country and shared and discussed common
interest and challenges to promote their
organizational specialties that could contribute to
world prosperity. At the end of the meeting, the
council adopted a joint resolution for the Korean and
KSEA Letters, Vol. 32, No. 2 (December 2003)
Korean-Ethnic Scientists and Engineers for the
leadership of the Council.
In October, one of the 2003 KSEA Council
resolutions regarding the membership selection for
the Korea-US Science Corporation (KUSCO) board
from KSEA was sent to the KUSCO board. Even if
the issue of mutual cooperation between KSEA and
KUSCO is yet to be resolved at the KUSCO board
meeting, it is very encouraging that the relationship
between KSEA and KUSCO is drastically
improving. KSEA is currently taking serious efforts
to promote these positive changes. KSEA hopes that
a sensible resolution will restore the mutual
cooperation between these organizations in the near
future.
The first issues of KSEA Letters were sent out using
the most recently updated mailing list. The
proceedings of UKC-2003 are in the final stage of
preparation, and by the time you read this issue, the
CD proceedings of UKC-2003 should be on the way
to you.
The current issue of KSEA Letters is a special issue
dedicated to the materials and devices pertaining to
nano-scale dimensions. In this issue, members will
learn and appreciate the merits and the challenges of
the technology by reading the summary articles of
our members specializing in this technology. The
usual news items of the individual members, local
Chapters, and headquarters are also covered in the
issue.
Last October, KSEA launched a GEM-SET (girls
electronic mentoring in science, engineering and
technology) program in partnership with the U.S.
Department of Labor following a recommendation
from the 2003 Council Meeting. For the past two
years, the Women’s Bureau at the U.S. Department
of Labor has been leading an exciting demonstration
project that links girls, ages 13-18, with volunteer
women mentors in the fields of science, engineering
and technology via a website, e-mail and special

events. Girls ask educational and career
development questions about science, engineering
and technology fields, and receive answers from vast
numbers of women who are SET professionals and
who volunteer as GEM-SET mentors. Two key
components of GEM-SET are the Daily Digest and
the website. GEM-SET promotes mentorship,
family and community involvement to prepare and
encourage immigrant girls to study and enter the
fields of science, engineering, and technology.
As a part of the Chapter revitalization efforts,
headquarters distributed its fund in November to
support the local Chapter activities such as local
Conferences, Seminars, Young Generation
promotion, and the national mathematics
competition.
Greetings! Overall, 2003
was a tough year. There was
the war in Iraq. The world
economy was weak for much
of the year. In Korea, the
new government came in
February and the honeymoon
period was short-lived. For
KSEA, it was not easy, either.
The 31st administration
completed its work on June 29 and had
accomplished a number of good things for KSEA. It
was also able to operate with good financial surplus
from UKC 2002. However, when I joined the 32nd
administration on June 29 of 2003, 32nd President
Quiesup Kim and key officers of UKC 2003 were
having tough time raising funds for UKC 2003 due
to the weak condition in industry. I was glad to see
that UKC 2003 went fine due to the hard work of
President Quiesup Kim and other officers in spite of
the fact that the fund raising was not quite as
successful as in previous years.
Greetings from the Vice President
Prof. Kwang-Hae (Kane) Kim
The renovation of the KSEA Web site is making
steady progress. At this stage, the Web needs your
input. Now is the time to update your personal file
in www.ksea.org, if you have not done so yet. The
Webmaster will appreciate your cooperation.
We will introduce other planned activities in the
third issue of KSEA Letters, which should be
published at the end of March 2004. In the mean
time, I hope you and all of your families and friends
have a happy and safe holiday season, and good
fortune throughout the New Year.
Quiesup Kim, Ph.D., P.E.
President, KSEA
I strongly feel that 2004 will be a great year for
Korean-American scientists and engineers as well as
Korean-Korean scientists and engineers. During the
fall of 2003, various experts started expressing
analysis results indicating that the world economy
had entered a good recovery phase. Korea also
started reporting record-breaking export
performance in the fall. The new government in
Korea, at least the part handling economic affairs
including science and technology R&D, also
appeared to have settled pretty well by the fall. It
launched a very ambitious plan for investing in
advanced technology R&D. The conditions for
mutually beneficial interactions between Korean-
American scientists and engineers and their Korean-
Korean counterparts have improved substantially.
KSEA HQ will have to strive to become an effective
catalyst for nurturing such interactions.
Over the past 10 years, I have become increasingly
obsessed with the following questions:
KSEA Letters, Vol. 32, No. 2 (December 2003) 5

• Is KSEA highly effective in nurturing
meaningful interactions among Korean-
American scientists & engineers ?
• Isn't the average age of dues-paying members
becoming too high ?
• Does KSEA have a sufficient number of talented
1.5, 2nd-, and 3rd-generation Korean-American
members ?
• Is KSEA an effective catalyst for interactions
between Korean-American scientists &
engineers and Korean-Korean scientists &
engineers ?
It has been my firm belief that if KSEA does not do
well, all Korean-American scientists and engineers,
whether they are KSEA members or not and whether
they are 1st -Generation immigrants or 2nd or 3rdgeneration
immigrants, will be negatively impacted
one way or another. I am sensing that the number of
KSEA members who have similar concerns is quite
substantial. Therefore, I look forward to do some
brain-storming and working with such members in
the New Year. Moreover, in the past 3 years I have
been having enjoyable time meeting many members
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who are younger than me and sincerely willing to
contribute to KSEA. It seems critically important to
ensure that their willingness and enthusiasm do not
go either suppressed or wasted.
The National Mathematics Competition (NMC)
which was held in April 2003 with great success will
be repeated on April 17, 2004. NMC covers
Korean-American students who are in grades from
the 4th to the 11th. The goal of the NMC is to
stimulate their interests in mathematics and careers
in the fields of science and engineering. 13 KSEA
Chapters and about 1500 students participated in
NMC 2003. NMC is now an effective means of
making KSEA recognized highly by many parents of
Korean-American students. I am happy to report to
you that I have been able to form a strong
management committee as well as an effective
advisory committee for NMC 2004.
Again, with the full conviction that 2004 will be a
great year for Korean-American scientists and
engineers, I wish you and your family happy
holidays and a very prosperous 2004 !
We welcome articles that can be shared with general technical readers who may not be an expert
in the writer’s particular field:
♣ Overview on Entrepreneurs.
♣ Member News.
♣ Chapter News, etc.
For the format of articles, please follow the guideline in page 47.
All articles including a picture and one paragraph biography of the author should be e-mailed to
tryu@ecs.fullerton.edu or editor-ksea3@ksea.org before February 5, 2003.

HEADQUARTER NEWS
32 nd EC Emergency Teleconference Meeting #3 Minutes
Date: August 12 th , 2003, Tuesday 5:30PM eastern
time(2:30pm western time)
Dr. Sung W. Lee, Kwang-Hae Kim, Yong M. Cho,
Michael Chung, Hwang Chung, Kwang W. Won,
and President Quiesup Kim was joined this
teleconference call with the attorney Ms. Lawless.
Conference call instruction:
1. Call 1-877-805-0964
2. Wait for the password message and
press password followed by # key
Password: ********,
then you'll be connected immediately.
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Subject: Property Tax of Montgomery County,
Maryland
8:30 AM, August 10, 2003, in Auditorium, Room
106 Spalding Building, California Institute of
Technology
Meeting was called to order at 8:30 AM, by Dr.
Quiesup Kim, the KSEA 32 nd President.
1. Opening Announcement
1.1 Welcoming remark – President Kim welcomed
the Councilors and other attendees for the 32 nd
Councilors Meeting. He stated that the
Councilors Meeting is the most important annual
event of KSEA.
1.2 Agenda – President Kim explained the agenda of
Council Meeting.
1.3 Official Language – English was the official
language. However, members were welcomed
to use the Korean also.
The 32 nd Council Meeting Minutes
Property Address:
6261 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852
Total amount of tax:
2003: $4,235.71
2002: $4,682.70 ($3,957.22 + $725.48/interest)
2001: $5,347.12 ($3,865.37 + $1,481.75/interest)
1999: $6,887.28 ($4,216.70 + $2,670.58/interest)
Total: $21,152.81
Legal fee: John Reiff $1,547.00
EC unanimously voted to pay the property tax
immediately then EC will report to Council Meeting
later due to the emergency.
Meeting was closed at 5:40PM.
1.4 EC Members – President Kim introduced the
32 nd EC members and HQs staffs.
1.5 Moment of Silent – It was 30 seconds to
remember late Dr. Kim, the Founder of the
Society and 1 st President.
Quorum – President Kim explained about the
quorum needed to conduct the Council Meeting. 29
Councilors and Councilor representatives were in the
attendance with 5 written proxies. There were 3
observers. For the 32 nd Council Meeting, there were
total 47 Councilors. President Kim declared that the
quorum had met and the Council unanimously
approved the declaration of the Council Meeting.
2. Local Chapter Invitation
President Kim stated that he invited the presidents of
local chapters, that had more than 20 members, as
Council Members. The floor unanimously approved
the decision.
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3. Agenda
The floor unanimously approved the agenda.
4. Reports from EC
President Quiesup Kim stated that he would do his
best for KSEA. He also mentioned that he would
work hard to bring KSEA fellowships, member
networking, and also reach out to the young
generation. He would like to start the basis for the
KSEA’s independent operation without outside
supports. He would like to work hard for the
endowment fund raising and establishing a
committee. He stated the NMC as an example that
the local chapters were able to manage the project
without much support from HQs.
President Elected Sung Won Lee stated that the
important role of his term is preparing the Site and
Budget for the UKC-2004. He mentioned that North
Carolina Chapter proposed as a site but did not have
a concrete budget plan yet.
Vice President Kane Kim stated that Scholarship is
well organized and he will follow the plan as in the
previous term. The management and financial
support of NMC are very important role for him. He
will report the local Chapter proposal during the next
EC Meeting.
Executive Director Yong Cho stated that HQs staffs
were working very hard to prepare the UKC-2003
and Council Meeting. If it is possible, KSEA should
solve the Health Insurance for the HQs staffs.
Finance Director Hwang Chung mentioned that
every member should send travel reimbursement
forms as soon as possible to process.
Membership Director Hyung Min Chung stated that
he would try to maintain the quality database for the
membership.
Publication Director Yong Suk Joe said that there
will be 4 newsletters for the 32 nd term and The
September issue will be incorporated with UKC-
2003 and related news. The topic of this December
issue will be Nano Science and Technology.
Information Technology Director Minbo Shim was
not able to be present, but ED mentioned on his
behalf that ITD completed the KSEA Website.
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5. Membership
One Councilor stated that KSEA needed something
to drive membership and to increase the annual
membership due to be a more active professional
organization.
6. Final report of the 31 st Administration
The 31 st ED Dr. Ken Yu presented the final report.
6.1 Suggestions
KSEA should pay more attention for the
membership drive. KSEA also need to analyze
reasons why KSEA membership was decreased.
Was there any particular reason? President may
need to send out any formal invitational letters
to attract some old or new members.
7. Auditor’s report on the 31 st Administration
According to KSEA rules chapter 3 rule 18, Auditor
should report the auditing result to annual Council
Meeting.
8. HQs Staff
The 31 st President stated that he changed one of HQs
staff in January 2003. Previous staff who was laid
off was not capable of dealing the administrative job.
New employee Ms. Chong is now capable of
handling the job smoothly.
9. 31 st Annual Audit report
Auditor Kang Wook Lee gave a presentation of the
31 st Annual Audit report to CM. CM councilors
stated that they needed to review the reports a couple
of weeks before the CM. They also stated that KSEA
needs to have an annual Master schedule at the
beginning. One CM member asked whether it was
possible to audit the election process and documents.
The auditor answered that Auditors went through the
election audit and found no problem at all. President
Kim stated that the individual question related to the
election could be answered to individual person if
he/she asked the result. He also stated that all
documents and evidence were sealed and stored in
HQs.
CM approved the 31 st Annual Audit Report
unanimously.
10. Business Plan.
President Kim presented the 32 nd term business plan
as:

10.1 KSEA News Letters – Publication of 4 issues
(Vol.32, No. 1, 2, 3, 4)
10.2 Conference, Symposium, Seminar, Workshops
a. UKC-2003
b. KSEA Regional Conference
c. Technical Conferences initiated by professional
societies of KSEA
10.3 Meetings
a. Major Council Meeting: 8/10/2003 at CalTech,
CA
b. Executive Committee Meetings – 6 times
c. Operation Committee Meeting – 2 times
10.4 Emphasized Projects
a. Networking of YG members
b. Promotion of YG group
c. Brain Pool Project
d. Scholarships
e. National Mathematics Competition
f. Endowment Committee
10.5 Membership Database and Website Update
The website will be capable of interacting with
members directly.
10.6 Publications – UKC-2003 Proceedings
10.7 Miscellaneous Projects
a. Local Chapter support
b. KSEA member career enhancement networking
c. Promotion of high-tech venture business
d. Coordination and promotion with other
professional organizations for global
networking
e. Website introduction and information will be
on line.
President Kim stated that he would like to
propose to have NMC Committee and
Endowment Committee.
10.8 NMC
Some local chapters, such as New York and
Texas, have longer history and activities for
NMC. KSEA HQs role should be supporting
activities. Also KSEA needs a long-term plan
for NMC. KSEA wants to have the NMC
activities without any supports from Korea. VP
stated that NY chapter might not participate next
NMC because of their local NMC.
10.9 Comments
Professor Suh suggested that KSEA should have
preliminary budgets and site plan for UKC-2004.
President-elected Lee should present the plan to
Council Meeting and get approval.
10.10 Motion
President-elected Lee shall prepare the
preliminary budgets and plan of UKC-2004
during the lunchtime and get the floor approval.
Vote: Unanimously approved the motion.
11. Budget proposal of 32 nd term
President Kim gave the budget plan. Total income
is $381,500 and the expense is $354,000 as shown in
page 36 and 37 in the 2003 Council Meeting hand
out.
11.1 Motion
Professor Suh suggested that KSEA should have
more ambitious budget plan. He gave the
motion that 32 nd EC should revise the plan and
get the approval in the afternoon from CM.
Vote: Approve: 16, Oppose: 0
12. Young Generation
KSEA should utilize the student chapter for the
activities of Korea YG leadership forum.
Also KSEA should check that how many YG
members joined the KSEA as a regular member after
the graduation from college. KSEA needs more
encouragement program and attention to attract the
YG members and to convert their membership to the
regular membership after their graduation.
12.1 Local Chapter President’s Report
There were 10 local chapters and 4 observers at
the Local Chapter Meeting. Dr. Dong Hoon Ko
from Florida chapter was elected as a Chair and
Dr. Gil Sik Lee from Northern Texas was
elected as Vice-Chair.
They discussed about what could local chapter
try to increase the members and also how the
HQs could help local chapters. One of the
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requests was that Member benefit package
should available to attract the new members as
soon as possible.
They suggested that President and Vice
President should attend the local chapter
activities, if it is possible.
KSEA needed support the college student
chapter and systematic support to maintain the
college chapter and the college chapters that
have many student members needed.
College chapter, which has many students, needs
financial support from KSEA HQs.
KSEA should encourage and pay attention to the
small local chapter by supporting and inviting
for activities.
More dedicated hours are needed for the local
chapter President’s meeting. Separate schedules
and leadership programs might be needed.
13. New Business
13.1 Endowment fund management committee
Proposal: There are about $300,000 endowment
fund at KSEA. KSEA may need an independent
endowment fund management committee. The
committee will consist of 5 committee members
with 5-year term.
Discussion: There is Scholarship Committee,
which can also handle the endowment fund.
KSEA may not need another committee. The
terms of Scholarship Committee is 3 years,
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therefore it may be hard to control and manage
the fund.
Motion: CM Rules Committee will study the
necessity rules for the Endowment Management
Committee that would manage both endowment
and scholarship funds of KSEA.
Vote: Approve: 12, Oppose: 3 (Attendee: 23)
13.2 NMC committee
Motion: Rules Committee will study the NMC
committee rules, which will prepare and manage
the NMC.
Vote: Approve: 15, Oppose: 1 (Attendee: 23)
13.3 Board members of KUSCO
Motion: The current EC’s position is that the
current President and the immediate previous
President will be the candidates of board
members of KUSCO. KSEA’s official position
will be made by the next CM.
Vote: Approve: 12, Oppose: 0 (Attendee: 23)
14. UKC-2004
North Carolina chapter proposed the site for the
UKC-2004. CM decided that President elected
Professor Lee would discuss the UKC-2004 with
Technical Conference Committee, and then decide
the site.
15. New Revised Budget Plan
President Kim presented new budget plan for the
32 nd term.
Vote: Approve: 17, Oppose: 0 (Attendee: 23)

The 32nd Administration: (July 1, 2003 ~ June 30, 2004) Budget Plan
A. Income
31st Actual
Income During the Period
32nd Planned
1. Projects - Technical & General 130,094.00 140,000.00
2. Projects - Internship 0.00 50,000.00
3. HQ Operation 0.00 2,000.00
4. Internet 590.00 5,000.00
5. Individual Membership Income 15,630.00 20,000.00
6. Corporate Membership Income 14,967.00 15,000.00
7. Discount Rebate Programs 0.00
9. UKC-2003 250,621.00 90,000.00
10. UKC-2004 Preparation 0.00
11. KSEA Letters
12. Chapter Development
2,000.00 12,000.00
13. Young Generation Development 20,000.00 25,000.00
14. Scholarship Development 17,983.00 12,000.00
15. Committee and Auditors' Activity
16. Prof. Societies Development
17. Rockville Property 31,219.00 36,500.00
18. Policy Study
19. Award Program
20. KSEA Foundation Transfer
21. Election of Officers
22. Nomination of Committee Members
23. Promotion of Venture Enterprises
24. Proceedings and Books
26. Data Project 4,000.00
27. NMC Project 10,000.00
28. Previous Term
29. Misc Income 15,696.00
Subtotal 498,800.00 421,500.00
Transfer from the Prev Term 53,000.00 48,360.00
Endowment from the Prev Term 12,756.00 12,756.00
Total Income 564,556.00 482,616.00
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B. Expense
31st Actual 32nd Planned
Expenses During the Period
1. Projects - Technical & General
2. Projects - Internship
3. HQ Operation 132,276.00 140,000.00
4. Internet & Web Maintenance 24,410.00 10,000.00
5. Individual Membership Development 0.00 20,000.00
6. Corporate Membership Development 0.00 5,000.00
7. Discount Rebate Programs 0.00
8. EC Meeting 7,410.00 7,000.00
9. UKC-2003 174,278.00 90,000.00
10. UKC-2004 Preparation 1,300.00 2,000.00
11. KSEA Letters 32,959.00 35,000.00
12. Chapter Development 24,395.00 35,000.00
13. Young Generation Development 27,057.00 20,000.00
14. Scholarship Development 9,000.00 10,000.00
15. Committee Activities 1,302.00 5,000.00
16. Prof. Societies Development
17. Rockville Property 15,260.00 7,000.00
18. Policy Study 8,205.00
19. Award Program 1,695.00 3,000.00
20. KSEA Foundation Transfer
21. Election of Officers 3,827.00
22. Nomination of Committee Members
23. Promotion of Venture Enterprises
24. Proceedings and Books 4,000.00
25. Bank Interest
26. Data Project 3,410.00 5,000.00
27. NMC Project 10,000.00
28. Previous Term
29. Misc Expenses 36,656.00 15,000.00
Subtotal 503,440.00 401,000.00
Transfer to the Next Term 48,360.00 68,860.00
Transfer to Endowment Fund 12,756.00 12,756.00
Total 564,556.00 482,616.00
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16. Committee Reports
Motion: CM recommends that the Rules Committee
should review all issues related to rules, in the
Auditor’s report.
Vote: Approve: 18, Oppose: 0 (Attendee: 23)
17. Committee Report
17.1 Long-range Planning Committee:
Award: Professor Moon Won Suh received Ung-
Bi Medal from Korean Government and
Professor Yong Min Kim received Ho-Am
Award.
17.2 Membership: KSEA worried about the number
of registered members. KSEA should try hard to
restate the old members and pay attention to the
membership drive.
17.3 Website Demo: FD gave a KSEA home page
demonstration to CM. The Website was
possible to link with local chapter. The KSEA
HQs were able to manage the database.
18. Nomination Committee
NC chair explained how to vote and rules.
Floor can add any candidate after the CM’s approval.
The proper approval numbers for the candidate are:
President and Vice President candidates: 24 out of
35 (more than 2/3 of attendees)
Other candidates: 12 out of 35 (more than 1/3 of
attendees)
19. Election
19.1 Additional candidate:
Group A: Dr. En Suk Seu – Approve
(Unanimously)
Group K: Dr. Peter Wu – Approve (12), Oppose
(0)
19.2 By the recommendation of the Auditor, CM
floor approved the Proxy to vote for the
Nominees – Approve (24), Oppose (0)
19.3 Motion to add additional candidates to Standing
Committee was disapproved; Approve (13),
Oppose (16)
19.4 Election Result: for 2004
2004 Election Candidates:
Position Candidates
34 th President: Kang, Sung Kwon
Kim, Kwang-Hae (Kane)
33 rd Vice-President: Chung, Hwang
Kang-Won Wayne Lee
33 rd Auditor: Park, Young-Ho
Group Councilor:
Group A Ji, Cheong-Ryong Kwon, Osuk Y.
Group C Jung, Sin-Ho Lee, Kyung Bae
Group G Yim, Man Sung Yu, Dong Woo
Group H Kim, Kyung Suk Yu, Kenneth H.
Group K Choe, Kangil Eu, Jai Hong
Kim, In-Kyung Lee, Myung Jong
The approved committee members are as below:
Award & Discipline Lee, Heakyung
Park, Jung Poo
Budget & Audit Jung, John Jonghyun
Database Jo, Chang Hyun
Ryu, Tae Wan
Long-Term Planning Cho, Yong Soo
Sung, Nak Ho
Nomination Choe, Kangil
Hong, Hoon
Lee, Chong Do
Nam, Jun-Mo
Publication Kang, Keebom
Rules Chung, Chan Il
Hyun, Kun Sup
Scholarship Choe, Kangil
Kim, Ki Wook
Youn, Jang Hyun
Yu, Kenneth H.
Tech. Cooperation Chun, Kyong Chul
Hahn, Hong-Taik
Lee, Ki Dong
Young Generation Hong, Hoon
Hwang, Tammy
Kim, Sunghoon
Lee, Dean J.
Election ballots and all of documents were sealed
and securely stored in the HQ office.
20. Adjournment
The Council Meeting was closed at 6:00PM on
August 10, 2003.
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Appendix
32nd Council Meeting Registration List
The 32nd Councilors Name / ( ) Proxy Registered
Notified
Proxy Sent Proxy To
Council
Count
Absent( 0 ) Total Total
Presidential Board(5) Quiesup Kim 1 1
Sung Won Lee 1 1
Kwang-Hae Kane Kim 1 1
Yong M. Cho 1 1
Hwang Chung 1 1
EX Pres. Councilors(3) Chan I. Chung 1 1
Kyong C. Chun 1 1
Moon Won Suh
Elec. Councilors (26)
1 1
Group A (2) Seung Soo Yun 1 1
Sung Wook Yoon 1
Group B (2) Gye Won Han 1 1
Chang Hum Paik 1 1
Group C (2) Hoon Hong 1
Kwan Lim Lee 1
Group D (2) Kwang-Soo Kim 1 1
Se-Kyung Oh 1 1
Group E (1) Young-Zoon Lee 1 1
Group F (2) Seong-Jin Kim 1 1
Hemin Chin 1 1
Group G (2) Byong Kwon Cho 1
Kwang Woong Won 1 1
Group H (3) John Jong Hyun Jung 1
Seik Oh 1 1
Bong Tae Han
holding 2
positions
1
Group I (1) Byung H. Kim 1
Group J (2) Chong Do Lee 1 1
June Key Lee 0 1
Young
1
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Zoon Lee
Group K (3) Ki Wook Kim 0 1 KSEA HQ 1
Kyung Ae Kang 0 1 President 1
Young Ho Park 1 1
Group L (3) Byung Guk Kim 1
Tae Wan Ryu 1 1
Sang Hyuk Son 1 1
Group M (1) Hyung-Min Michael Chung 1 1
Chapter Pres.(15)
9 Kyung Don Kim (VP) 1 1
10 Kyeong Ho Yang 0 1 President 1
11 Sunghoon Kim 1 1

12 Hea Kyung Lee 1 1
14 Kyunghoon Lee 1 1
15 Jae-Byung Jung 1 1
Sung Won
Lee
1
18 Also Group J Chong Do Lee
holding 2
positions 0
21 Also Group H Bong Tae Han (David In) 1 0
38 Hyeong-Ceol Shin 1
40 Yong-In Park 1
48 Bruce Kim 1
49
Lyon Yong H. Lee
(Jahng Sun Park)
1 1
55 Jong Pil Yoon 0 1
59 Dong Hoon Ko 1 1
60 Moon Hee Koo 1 1
Total 32 5 37 47
YG Committee
Summary Report from Hosin “David” Lee, Chair
The Annual Young Generation Leadership Forum
was held from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m on June 14 th ,
Saturday. There were a total of 19 participants: 13
YGLF participants, 2 from YG Committee, and 2
from local chapter, and 5 from Administration, as
follows.
Hosin “David” Lee, University of Iowa, chair, YG
Committee
John Lee, Raytheon, member, YG Committee.
Steve Hong, Ubiteq, local chapter.
Dah-gene Kwon – senior at University of Texas at
Dallas (going to USC).
Jennifer Kim – senior at Brown.
Daniel Kim – junior at MIT.
Eunrae Oh – sophomore at MIT
Jonghan Park – junior at U Florida
Paul Han – senior at UC San Diego
Sang Lee – senior at UC San Diego
Sean Song – junior UC Irvine
Hyun-sung Cho – senior UC Irvine
Elisa Rah – senior at MIT
Charles Lee – sophomore at UC Berkeley
Josh Jun – sophomore at UC Berkeley
David In – V.P. at Washington D.C. Metro Chapter
Committee Reports
Rebecca Hwang – graduate student at
MIT (going to Ph.D. at Stanford U)
President, V.P., Executive Director,
Administrative Assistant, Database
Manager at KSEA.
Dr. Hosin Lee, Chairman gave an introductory
remark on the definition of KSEA. Mr. John Lee
briefed the participants about YG meeting in
Korea. President Chung then introduced the staff
members of KSEA and gave an overview on
KSEA history and current activities. He
mentioned that this meeting is for students (1.5
and 2 nd generation), mainly, not necessarily for
professionals, due to the sponsor’s emphasis on
students.
He focused his presentation on the following
points.
• KSEA benefits its members through
networking.
• If we take Korean out of KSEA, it will not
sustain. That is the common thread to bind us
all.
• Better Image of Koreans. Help create better
image through mutual success. Our
professional success does help the image. All
of you are considered very successful young
people.
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Jonghan Park updated the participants about the last
year’s YG activities. Last year, an email list-serv
was established at kseaygmembers@yahoogroups.com.
The activity on the
email list-serv was frequent in the weeks following
the KSEA YG forum last year, as the weeks and
months passed activity went away.
Jennifer Kim presented on MG (Mature Generation)
/YG (Young Generation) integration. The
organization cannot sustain in the future without
having the interaction of both generations. The
MG/YG relationship should be a more
mentor/apprentice relationship where questions and
answers should come from both sides. YG have to
acknowledge that MG has a lot of knowledge and
experience to impart upon them. MG should
recognize the fact that YG can give them an earlier
experience with American value/education and
approaches to problems that they don’t have. It
would be beneficial to have internships between
MG/YG people. Through that experience YG would
learn not only more about their field but also Korean
culture. One approach might be to get local chapter
projects between both MG/YG members.
Steve Hong gave a presentation on Choices,
Decisions, and Consequences. Rebecca Hwang gave
a presentation on her service-oriented development
projects. Hyun-Sung Cho, chair of student chapter
at UC-Irvine, presented his chapter’s activities
including house parties, playing mini-golf with the
alumni, resume session, math competition, and
conferences. They have between 10-20 active
members. Their website is www.uci.kseauci.com.
After lunch, President Chung demonstrated the new
KSEA website to all participants. Participants were
divided into four groups to conduct a workshop on
1) how to recruit new members to KSEA student
chapters, 2) How to sustain the student chapters, 3)
how to develop a YG website, and 3) Development
activities for YG student chapters.
Upon completion of the workshop, the following
action items were proposed by YG participants and
approved by President, Vice president and Executive
Director of KSEA.
1) Creation of student chapters at UC-Berkeley,
Brown University, Stanford University, MIT,
and University of Florida. Leaders are to submit
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a proposal to thee President Chung in a few
days (budget: $2,500).
2) Creation of the YG website as part of KSEA
website including design and maintenance for
six months. In KSEA website, a separate tab
will be created for YG webpage. (budget:
$500; deadline August 1, 2003).
3) YG Committee should serve as a liaison
between YG students and local chapters to
facilitate the creation and maintenance of the
student chapters.
4) YG Committee will lead the efforts in creating
the internship and scholarship opportunities
for YG students.
Overall, this year’s YG leadership forum was a
great success. The forum was attended by
representatives from different universities, MIT,
UC-Berkeley, UC-San Diego, UC-Irvine, Stanford,
Brown, UT-Dallas, and U of Florida. Despite YG
Committee’s efforts to recruit participants through
local Chapters, only one Chapter (Dallas)
recommended one student as a participant. The
direct connection between student chapters and
HQ through YG committee was proposed by the
participants. If the local chapter is not responsive
to the student chapter’s requests, the student
chapter may seek help directly to HQ through YG
Committee.
YG Committee will be actively involved with the
creation and maintenance of student chapters. YG
Committee should continue to serve as a liaison
between KOFST and HQ for the annual YG
workshop in Korea organized by KOFST.
On behalf of YG Committee and YG students, I
would like end this report by thanking President,
V.P., Executive Director, Administrative Manager,
Administrative Assistant at the KSEA
Headquarters for their dedicated service in support
of YG activities. After June 30, 2003, we will
miss the President Chung for his great leadership,
positive vision, undivided attention, and personal
sacrifice for the betterment of KSEA.
Prepared by Hosin “David” Lee, Chair, YG
Committee

Scholarship Committee
KSEA Scholarship Recipients for Year 2003
KSEA is pleased to announce the recipients of Year
2003 scholarships as follows:
Bryan I. Cash (Rice University)
Jae H. Chang (UCSF graduate school)
Meehee Choi (Harvard University)
Hyeong Chan Kim (Columbia University graduate
school)
Jennifer Kim (Brown University)
Joosung Lee (MIT graduate school)
Rennie Lee (Yale University)
Hyung-Joo Park (Cornell University)
Sun Park (Beavercreek High School)
Rules Committee
Revision of the Bylaws of KSEA is a difficult task
as it should be, requiring the approval of the Council
and the general membership. The most important
event for the Rules Committee was the
overwhelming approval of the new English Bylaws
by the general members in January 2003.
The new English Bylaws essentially retains the
intent and aspiration of the original Korean Bylaws
adopted by the Charter members of our association.
It reflects the important changes made during the last
31 years since KSEA was founded, and makes
appropriate revisions for KSEA to legally qualify as
a nonprofit professional organization. Now,
Executive Director is the Secretary and Finance
Director is the Treasurer of the Association. Both
Executive Director and Finance Director are
members of the Council, and their appointments
require Council approval.
No new activity or project was requested by the
Executive Committee during the 31 st Administration.
However, there was a request from Auditors after
the mid-term audit. Rules Committee’s opinions on
the Auditors’ request in their interim report is
attached.
Two members whose term expires in June 2003 need
to be replaced.
Duly submitted on behalf of The Rules Committee,
Kun Sup Hyun, Chair (02-03)
Byung Kwon Cho (02-05)
Chang Hum Paik (02-05)
Kwan young Kim (00-03)
Inhwan Oh (01-04)
June Key Lee (01-04)
Quiesup Kim, Ex-officio
Kenneth Yu, Secretary
Supplement:
Rules Committee’s opinions on the Auditors’
request in their interim report
Dear Auditors:
The attached document is the opinion of the Rules
Committee served in the 31st Administration. As
the Chairman of the Committee, I posed the
questions to the committee members and
unfortunately I did not get everyone
participated. At least we had two good opinions
combined and believe every committee member
will support.
I did not put this in our activity report, however, if
Professor Chung feels that it should be included in
the final report please take a liberty to do so. Even
though it was not a formal request from the
President which mandates the action, the question
would pop up in the course of Auditor's report in
the oncoming council meeting I suggest it to be
included in the final report to save time in case the
questions surface during the Council meeting.
I add my appreciation to all of you for fine
services rendered to the rejuvenated KSEA,
credited to fine efforts of the 31st administration
led by Prof. Chan Il Chung.
I will personally respond if needed.
Cheers for the betterment of KSEA.
Kun Sup Hyun
Chair of the Rules Committee (7/02- 6/03)
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Attachment
Auditors to the Rules Committee: it is
recommended that the Chair makes the Committee
work on the issues in 2(5) and 3(4) ~3(7).
2(5) It is recommended that the Detailed Rules
(DR) allow auditors to execute an approved budget
without an EC's approval so that auditors can be
independent in their activities.
We think that auditors can execute the auditing visits
specified in the DR without EC’s approval but
should obtain approval of EC (signature of
Treasurer) to get their expenditures to be reimbursed
although they have an approved annual budget.
3(4) The DR of Audit seems impractical due to two
major reasons: (a) at least two auditors go to the
KSEA office for audit twice per term. One auditor
should also participate at the Council; (b) the date
of the 2 nd and final audit should be in June or July
instead of May as in the DR.
a) and b) At least two auditors are needed to audit
objectively the KSEA activities at least once
annually preferably in May or early June to give EC
time to make a corrective action before the term of
the Administration ends at the end of June. We do
not think that auditing in the middle of term is
necessary unless the association is very active.
3(5) The Article 18-1 of the Bylaws states, "---The
President coordinates and oversees the work and
functioning of all offices and committees---". On
the other hand, the DR of the Awards/Discipline
Committee states that the A/D Committee directly
reports to the Council while the DRs of a few other
Committees suggest that the Committees report to
the President. It is recommended that the Rules
Committee interpret the relationship between the
President and the Committee Chairs and that the
Committee also studies the DRs and presents
necessary amendments to the next Council.
We believe that the role of committees is that of
advisors to the President, thus the chairs of the
committees report to the Council through the
President. We will recommend the Council to
authorize and delegate the amendment of DR for
consistency to the Rules Committee.
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3(6) The role of Group Councilors has been
previously discussed but it has not been defined
in the DR. According to the current DR (Chapter
Activities and Specialty Businesses DR Article 4-
1), a proposed budget of $3,000 or less for a
special topics conference can be approved by the
EC without going through the related Group
Councilors. The auditors recommend that the
Rules Committee further studies the concept and
role of Group Councilors and presents its
recommendation to the next Council.
It is our opinion that the budget has to be approved
by the EC in consultation with the related Group
Councilors because a special topics conference
would be an important activity of the related
Group Councilors.
The important role of Group Councilors is to
represent the members of their specialty groups at
the Council meetings and help organize a special
topics conference when needed. We may need to
discuss at the Council how we can strengthen the
current situation or implement new ideas having
the professional member group’s president
represent in the Council.
3(7) It is important to have KSEA personnel
policies and guidelines for paid employees. It is
recommended that the personnel policies and
guidelines in the Chapter 10 of the KSEA
Handbook be immediately revised either by the
EC or the Rules Committee even though it can be
just a guideline.
Many things have changed since the Handbook
was prepared, Now it is the chair’s opinion
(members declined comments since they have not
seen the Handbook but the chair prepared the
original) that the personnel policies and guidelines
should be kept KSEA confidential only accessible
by the Presidency (President, VP, President-Elect
and Executive Director). It can be available to
auditors at the time of audition.
Kun Sup Hyun
Chair of the Rules Committee
July 21, 2003 (Final approved)

Election Committee
April 26, 2003
Dr. Chan Il Chung/KSEA President
1952 Gallows Rd., Suite 300
Vienna, VA 22182
RE: 2003 KSEA Election Results
Dear President Chung,
On behalf of KSEA Elections Committee, I am
attaching our committee report showing the 2003
election results. On April 26, the election ballots
were opened at KSEA HQ per schedule, and the vote
counting has been completed. All four members of
the Elections Committee participated in the vote
counting and the verification processes.
The newly elected officers for the 32 nd term are:
President-elect Sung Won Lee
Vice President Kwang Hae (Kane) Kim
Auditor Kang-Won Wayne Lee
Group B Councilor Gye Won Han
Group D Councilor Kwang-Soo Kim
Group F Councilor Seong-Jin Kim
Group H Councilor John JongHyun Jung
Group I Councilor Byung H. Kim
Group J Councilor Chong Do Dennis Lee
Group K Councilor Ki Wook Kim
Group L Councilor
Byung Guk Kim
Tae Wan Ryu
Group M Councilor Hyung-Min Michael Chung
Donors to Prof. Shoon Kyung Kim's Scholarship
The complete election results, as certified by the
Elections Committee, are shown in the attached
report. The Elections Committee recommends that
the detailed vote count not be made public.
However, if you deemed it appropriate, the
individual race result including percent of eligible
votes received may be given out to the candidates in
the race upon request.
Sincerely Yours,
Sung Wuk Yoon, Ph.D.
Elections Committee Chair
Enclosure
cc: Dr. Hemin Chin
Dr. Joon Cheol Park
Dr. Kenneth Yu
List of Donors to Prof. Shoon Kyung Kim's Scholarship as of November 2003
Chang, Tai Yup $1,500
Cho, Sungho $100
Chung, Ok Kyung $500
Franklin, Jerrold $20
Lee, In-Sup $200
Lee, Kwang Hee $300
Platsoucas, Chris D. $28
Roe, R. J. $100
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The 31st Administration Financial Report
The 31st Administration: July 1, 2002 ~ June 30, 2003
A. Income
Income Categories Current Term Budget Previous Term
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31st Actual 31st Term 30th Actual
1a. Projects - Technical & General 130,094 120,000 118,118
1b. Project - Database - #1 0 60,000 0
2. Project - Summer Intern Program 0 0 0
3. WEB Advertisement 590 1,000 585
4. Individual Membership Dues - #2 15,630 30,000 25,685
5. UKC-2002 Sponsorship 250,621 240,000 197,062
6. KSEA Letter Advertisement 2,000 4,000 2,500
7. Projecrt for YG Activities 20,000 20,000 20,000
8. Scholarship Income 9,000 10,000 7,000
9. Rockville Property Income - #3 31,219 26,000 34,882
10. Brain Pool Program 2,182 2,000 1,882
11. Corporation Membership Dues 14,967 6,000 2,000
12. MISC Income 6,984 1,500 1,307
13. General Contributions 200 3,000 592
14. Contributions for Comm. Plaques 6,330 5,600 0
15. Yan Bian Univ. Conference - #1 0 20,000 0
30. Prof. ShoonKyung Kim Scholarship - #4 8,983 0 0
Income during the Current Term 498,800 549,100 411,613
Transfer from the Previous Term 53,000 53,000 47,943
Endowment From the Prev. Term 12,756 0 0
Total Income 564,556 602,100 459,556
Notes for the KSEA 31st Term Income:
#1 : Funding to be secured
#2 : Approx. $4,000 Membership Dues paid by the UKC-2002 Registrants is included
in the previous term.
#3 : One of the two units was vacant for about seven months due to delinquent tenant.
#4 : To be transferred to an investment account

B. Expense
Expense Categories Actual Budget Previous Term
7/1/02-6/30/03 31st Term 30th Actual
1. Project - Summer Intern Program 0 0 0
2. HQ Operation 132,276 129,000 123,603
3. Council Meeting 19,000 25,000 0
4. EC Meeting & Travel Exp. 7,410 7,000 15,711
5a. Ch. Subsidy(Member Dues Return) 15,395 ( 5a, 5b ) 30,000 30,020
5b. Local Chapter Support 7,000 0
6. UKC 2002 174,278 172,224 124,654
7. KSEA Letter Publication 32,959 27,000 38,751
8a. Young Generation Groups Support 6,240 10,000 11,485
8b. YGLF 8,487 0
9. Mathematics Competition 12,330 10,000 8,460
10. Scholarship Award 9,000 10,000 7,000
11. Committee Activities 1,302 5,000 5,728
12. Tech. Group/Prof. Org. Support 2,000 15,000 1,300
13. Rockville Property - #1 15,260 7,000 6,288
14. Membership Database & Directory Main.- #2 3,410 40,000 11,381
15. 2003 Election 3,827 2,000 4,412
16. New Web Development 20,770 20,000 0
17. Internet Maintenance and Usage 3,640 2,000 1,705
18. UKC - 2003 Preparation 1,300 5,000 4,980
19. Public Relations and Social Service 600 2,000 0
20. Award and Appreciation 1,695 1,500 0
21. Commemorative plaques at HQ 4,095 4,050 0
22. Yan Bian Univ. Conference - #2 0 20,000 0
23. Legal Expenses ( Bylaws, etc) 3,978 3,000 0
24. Ballot for Bylaws/Membership Card 8,205 2,000 0
30. Transfer to Prof. Kim Scholarship - #3 8,983 0 0
Expense during the Current Term 503,440 548,774 395,478
Transfer to the Next Term 48,360 53,000 53,000
Transfer to Endowment Fund 12,756 0 12,000
Total Expense 564,556 601,774 460,478
Surplus / Deficit 0 326 -922
Notes for the KSEA 31st Term Expense
#1 : The vacant unit was extensively renovated for 5-year lease with a new tenant and
commission for five years.
#2 : Project not undertaken because the funding was not secured
#3 : Exact amount will be transferred to an investment account
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Objective
To recognize outstanding Korea-American students
who have excelled in academics as well as in
community services, and who demonstrate potential
for becoming leaders in the society.
Scholarship Categories
KSEA scholarships (multiple), $1,000 per award
Inyong Ham scholarship (1), $1,000 per award
Hyundai scholarship (1), $1,000 per award
Chunghi Hong Park Scholarship (2), $1,000 per
award for women
Eligibility
1. Korean-American students (undergraduate or
graduate students in 2003).
2. Major in science, engineering, or related fields
3. KSEA membership
(Student may apply for KSEA membership at the
time of scholarship application.)
Application materials
1. KSEA Scholarship application form
(Download the Application Form/Membership
Form from
http://www.ksea.org/ksea/contents/ScholarshipAp
pl31st.doc )
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Nak Ho Sung
Kwang-Hae(Kane) Kim
2004 KSEA Scholarships
UKC-2003 Special Donation List
KSEA Letters, Vol. 32, No. 2 (December 2003)
2. Curriculum Vitae (including work experiences
and extracurricular activities)
3. Official transcript form high school and college
attended
4. An essay on one of the following topics
(approximately 500 word, typed):
a) Your career goals and their contributions to the
society
b) Meaning of Korean heritage in your life
5. Three recommendation letters (one letter must be
from a current or previous KSEA officer or
chapter president)
Evaluation Criteria
Academic performance - 30%
Recommendation letters -30%
Work experience and extracurricular activities - 20%
Essay - 20%
Application deadline
Send you application by January 15, 2004
(postmarked) to
KSEA
1952 Gallows Rd., Suite 300
Vienna, VA 22182
phone: 703-748-1221, fax: 703-748-1331,
e-mail: sejong@ksea.org
Kyong Chul Chun
Kang-Wook Lee

The Korean-American Scientists and Engineers
Association (KSEA, www.ksea.org) is pleased to
announce that the National Mathematics
Competition (NMC) will be held on April 17, 2004
(Saturday). The KSEA NMC covers Korean-
American students who are in grades from the 4th to
the 11th. The goal of the NMC is to stimulate their
interests in mathematics and careers in the fields of
science and engineering. The following 13 KSEA
Chapters and about 1500 students participated in
NMC2003:
Southern California, North Carolina, New
England, Pacific Northwest, North Texas,
Washington Metro, Minnesota, Midwest,
San Diego, Louisiana, Ohio, Michigan,
Baltimore
Additional regional chapters may participate in
NMC2004. Students, parents and guardians who are
interested in NMC2004 should contact chapter
representatives for registration in respective chapter
areas. Information on the chapter representatives
can be found in the Web,
http://www.ksea.org/KSEA/indexb.asp?P=4.
Or send an inquiry to admin@ksea.org (703-748-
1221). The information on the NMC site of each
participating chapter will be posted in the KSEA
Web by early February 2004.
The competition is in the form of a written exam. It
will start at 2pm East Coast time (11 am West Coast
time) and will last 1 - 1.5 hours. The location will
be determined by each participating chapter. No
calculators or rulers are allowed.
KSEA National Mathematics Competition 2004
The KSEA HQ will present three national level
awards for each grade. Each award will carry a cash
prize of small amount as a token of appreciation. In
addition, each participating chapter will recognize
high performers in its region by presenting chapter
awards following the exam on the same day. The
KSEA HQ will announce recipients of the national
level awards in approximately ten days after the
competition.
Some participating chapters will conduct
information seminars for parents or guardians while
students are taking the tests. Examples of the
seminar topics are admission policies of universities,
careers in science and engineering, financial plans
for university education, etc.
KSEA wishes to encourage all eligible students to
participate in NMC2004 as a celebration of the
ethnic Korean community in the U.S.
Kwang-Hae (Kane) Kim
Chair of the NMC Management Committee and VP
of KSEA
khkim@uci.edu
(O) 949-824-5542
Quiesup Kim
President of KSEA
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North Carolina Chapter
The Fall 2003 KSEA-North Carolina Chapter
Symposium will be held at the University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill on Saturday, November 15,
2003. Our symposium covers broad technical and
general issues. The symposium is design to provide
audiences with an excellent opportunity to broaden
their interest in general and scientific issues and
contribute to the local Korean society. Korean
scientists and engineers working in colleges,
industries and laboratories in North Carolina, West
Virginia, and South Carolina are participating in this
meeting. Some of Korean government officials are
also invited to give a presentation in the general
session. A poster session will be set up for students
who would like to display their research in the
scientific areas. There will be a cash prize for the
best paper and best presentation for students only. A
Registration booth will be available at 8:30 at the
meeting; the registration fee will be $10 (exclusive
of students) and a complementary lunch is provided.
The following is the program of the symposium.
8:30 – 9:00am Registration & Refreshment
9:00 – 9:20am Opening Remarks and What is
KSEA?
Technical Presentation
9:20 – 10:25 Session I: Contributed Papers
1301 McGavran-Greenberg
Building
9:20 – 9:40 Inside Game
Yong Ha Hwang, Artist
Red Storm Entertainment.
9:40 – 9:55 Potential of polymer solutions as
fugitive dust palliatives:
SunYoung Bae, PostDoctoral
Research Associate
Global Institute for Energy and
Environmental System
UNC-Charlotte
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CHAPTER NEWS
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9:55 – 10:10 Statistics for Cancer Studies
Sin-Ho Jung, Professor of the Dept
of Biostat. and Bioinformatics,
Duke University
10:10 – 10:25 Mechanisms of Reactive Oxygen
Detoxification in the
Hyperthermophilic
Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus
Mikyoung Lee
Dept of Microbiology, NCSU
10:25 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 –12:00 Session II: Contributed Papers
1301 McGavran-Greenberg
Building
10:45 – 11:00 WBC Sim: A problem-solving
environment for the simulation of
stainable engineered materials
manufacturing process
Jongnam Lee, Research Scientist
Sustainable Engineered Materials
Institute College of Natural
Resources
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University
11:00 – 11:15 Development of Microarrays for
Detecting the Alternative Spliced
mRNAs
Hyunsoo Kim and Michael Pirrung,
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory,
Department of Chemistry, Duke
University
11:15 – 11:30 Slip-induced Falls among Younger
and Older Adults
Sukwon Kim
Grado Department of Industrial and
Systems Engineering
Virginia Tech, VA

11:30 – 11:45 Hybrid Global/Local Multi-Step
Genetic Algorithms for Inverse
Problems in Optical Imaging
Sangeon Chun, Rakesh K. Kapania
and Yong Y. Kim
Department of Aerospace and
Ocean Engineering
Virginia Tech, VA
11:45 – 12:00 Process Integration Strategy for
Design of Complex Systems
Hongman Kim, Application
Engineer
Phoenix Integration, Inc.
Blacksburg, VA
12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch Break
General Presentation
1:00 – 2:30 Session III: Issues in IT field,
Information System and Security
1301 McGavran-Greenberg
Building
1:00 – 1:25 Importance of Higher Education and
Interaction with other Korean-
Americans and Korean-Koreans in
the IT field
Kane Kim, Vice President of KSEA,
Professor of the Dept. of Computer
Science and Computer Engineering
University of California-Irvine
1:25 – 1:50 Information Systems and
Infrastructure Protection
Gailjoon Ahn, Professor of the Dept.
of Software and Information System
University of UNC-Charlotte
1:50 – 2:15 National efforts to Improve Aviation
Safety and Security
GunYoung Lee, Aviation Safety
Liaison Officer,
Korean Embassy, Washington, D.C.
2:15 – 2:30 Coffee Break
2:30 – 4:10 Session IV: Issues on Korean
Peninsular
1301 McGavran-Greenberg
Building
2:30 – 2:55 Journey to North Korea
Gyung-Bin Ko, Director of the
Ministry of Unification
Visiting scholar at Duke University
2:55 - 3:20 Water Quality Management of
Korea
Jung Ho Moon, Director General at
the Ministry of Environment
Visiting scholar at UNC
3:20 – 3:45 Nuclear Circumstances of North
Korea
Sang Ki Yeoh, Assistant Director of
the Ministry of Unification
Visiting scholar at Duke University
3:45 – 4:10 Yanbian-The Golden Triangle in
North-East Asia
Richard Kim, Professor at NCSU
4:10 – 4:20 Announcement and
Acknowledgement of Corporate
Sponsors
Pacific Northwest Chapter
Topical Seminar, September, 2003
On September 27, 2003, a monthly topical seminar
was held in Mercer Island Public Library, Mercer
Island, WA.
This topical seminar had two technical talks and one
general talk. Dr. Han, Gye Won gave a talk
regarding "Structural Genomics" and Mr. Yoo, Yang
Mo's talk was about "Medical Image (Ultrasound)
Processing". Other than technical talks, especially,
we invited Mr. Hahn, David, CCIM. He will give a
presentation with a title of "Smart Real-Estate
Holding"
Topical Seminar, October, 2003
On October 25, 2003, a monthly topical seminar was
held in Asia Pacific Cultural Center, Tacoma, WA.
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We invited Dr. Park, Sea Chul, a visiting scholar
from Korea, and Mr. Cho, Bong-Hwan. Also,
Professor Chung, Sam, KSEA-PNC vice-president
gave a short presentation for University of
Washington –Tacoma Program.
Chapter Activity Extension, October, 2003
Pacific Northwest Chapter is trying to expand
current local activity to Vancouver (WA) - Portland
(OR) metropolitan area. Dr. Kim, Dave (Dae-Wook),
Mr, Hyun, Sang-Hoon, and Mr. Cho, Bong-Hwan
had the first meeting in October, 2003. They are
advertising KSEA activities, especially NMC, to
local Korean-American scientists and engineers and
their families. They are building up preliminary
activity plan for their regional division.
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San Diego Chapter
Hee-Koo Moon, President
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The San Diego chapter has selected new executive
members for the 2003/2004 term. The chapter
successfully hosted a general meeting at a local
Sheraton hotel on October 3, 2003. The general
meeting is an annual event which new executive
members are introduced, the past year’s
accomplishments are reviewed, and this year’s
business plans are discussed in front of all the
members.
The meeting was attended by over 70 people
including members, potential members, community
leaders, and industry executives. 15 new members
were recruited from the event. The following
planned activities were presented:
1. Meetings
a. General meeting (October 2003):
Participations from the outside guests and
entire KSEA-SD members.
b. Chapter executive committee meetings (6
times)
2. Conference, Symposium, Seminar, Workshops
a. Semi-monthly bio-seminar (24 times): This
semi-monthly bio-seminar has been held
consistently for the last three years and will
continue.
b. Workshops (3 times): Planning to host
workshops such as finance/retirement, career
growth, and child education.
c. Annual symposium (May 2004): This is a
local technical conference which has been
held annually.
3. Other Projects
a. Participation of the National Math
Competition (April 2004)
b. Membership drive and local networking
events
c. Solicitation of local companies for
corporation sponsorships
d. Promotion of YG group: The local YG group
is a registered student organization at the
University of California- San Diego
e. Membership database and website update

Tour to Samsung Electronics plant
About 17 members and guests toured a Samsung
Electronics plant located at Tijuana, Mexico and
attended the dinner on November 20. We thank Mr.
Ahn, Ju Hwan (regional CEO & president) and his
staff for providing an excellent opportunity of this
event. Tijuana, Mexico shares a border with San
Diego. We traveled on a shuttle bus provided by
Samsung, which took about an hour and were
welcomed by Samsung staff at the plant.
Samsung Tijuana has been a big supporter of the San
Diego Chapter and participated with the chapter
activities for years. A plaque was presented to Mr.
Ahn to show our appreciation for his support. The
local Samsung Electronics produce a several
different types of TVs (LCD, projection, plasma,
DLP, etc.), flat panel display (monitor), and PCs.
All of us were quite impressed with the facility.
After the tour, the members had an opportunity to
discuss with Samsung’s staff about Korean high tech
industry midst of the world market: Especially,
about where they stand in competition and where
they are heading. The participants also learned
about the advantages of having manufacturing
facilities in the continent of America and the social
culture in Mexico.
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Abstract:
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Nano-photonics: Manipulating Photons in the Nano-meter Scale
Yoon-Soo Park
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Baltimore, MD 21218-2686
Advances in materials research and novel structure
designs have brought the dimensions of photonic
devices to produce and manipulate light into the submicrometer
or nano-meter scale. These nanophotonic
devices range from arrays of nano-lasers
and detectors to photonic crystals. The next
generation nano-lasers array with ultra-low threshold
current density and ultra-high device density could
have a huge impact in the field of photonics.
However, they also bring many important
fundamental questions and technical challenges that
need to be addressed before one can take full
advantages of these cutting edge technologies. On
the other hand, recent progress in photonic crystals
have demonstrated that they can be used to block
light near visible wavelength and to trap light within
the structure or guide it along a prescribed path to
make lasers, switches, wave-guides and
interconnects for photonic integrated circuits. Like
the integration of Si transistors in the 1960s, the
semiconductor nano-photonics are expected to
undergo an integration in large arrays with other
optical circuit elements such as wave-guides,
switches, and detectors.
1. Introduction
In this information age with more and more
information are stored, transferred, and manipulated
by electrons and photons, another revolution in
semiconductors is in the process. Early in the new
century, the rapid shrinking of transistors will come
to an end. The main players on the stage this time
will be photons and photonic devices. Advances in
materials research and novel structure designs have
brought the dimensions of photonic devices to
produce and manipulate light into the sub-micron or
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nano-meter scale. These nano-photonic devices
range from arrays of nano-lasers and nano-detectors
to optical switches and photonic crystals. Together
with two dimensional array nature of these devices,
nano-photonic devices open many important new
applications both in the civilian and military sectors,
such as fiber-optic communications, image
processing, optical interconnects, and computing.
Other applications include quantum cryptography,
micro-satellites, smart cards, ID tags, etc.
For nano-lasers and nano-light emitters, modern
photonics engineers are pushing to create millions of
microscopic lasers and light emitters on a single
semiconductor chips. These nano-light emitters can
operate as large arrays or independently to
communicate millions of messages (or images) at
the same time. Such vast numbers of lasers could be
used to read, write or process two-dimensional
images, and to speed the flow of information
between memory and processing chips as well as
between different computer boards. By combining
millions or even billions of the laser beams of these
nano-lasers together, one may also obtain extremely
high powers with very small size and simple
designing.
For nano-detectors, the cavity in either vertical
and/or lateral directions will enhance the sensitivity
and speed. Arrays of such nano-detectors can
provide extremely high spatial resolution and thus
provide the images with unprecedented clarity level
with current technology. Nano-scale smart pixels,
which integrate both nano-emitters with nanodetectors,
can also be fabricated. They will have
many military and civilian applications ranging from
optical communication, signal and image processing,
chemical- and biohazard substances and weapon
detection and warning.

2. Recent Advances
With the booming of the Internet, increase of speed
of information flow has been and will be for many
years as a major challenge. The major bottleneck in
the optical communication is due to the large size (1
mm) and slow speed (1 ms) of the current
technology of MEM switches. Photonic switches
(see for example Fig. 1) with dimensions less tan 1
micron and speed faster than 1 ns are desperately
needed. These photonic switches will not only
increase the switching speed by 5 to 6 orders, they
will also pave the way for a full integration of
optical or photonic components. From what has
been achieved by computer processors that integrate
millions and billions of transistors in a single
semiconductor chip, it is beyond anyone’s
imagination what kind of power we may get by
integrating millions and billions of photonic
components in a single chip.
Photonic crystals, which possess photonic bandgap
and can be applied to control the propagation of light,
have far reaching applications in modern technology.
Many of the properties of electrons in a
semiconductor can apply to photons in a photonic
crystal. Significant progress has been made recently
in this exciting field including 3D photonic
structures (see for example Fig. 2) fabricated from Si,
GaAs, and colloids. Recent progress in photonic
crystals has demonstrated that they can be used to
block light near visible wavelength and to trap light
within the structure or guide it along a prescribed
path to make lasers, switches, wave-guides and
interconnects for photonic integrated circuits. The
photonic crystals have been used to manipulate light
in the communication wavelengths. They have also
been integrated into optical fiber to enhance the
performance of optical fibers. The incorporation of
photonic structures into lasers and other emitters are
expected to improve significantly the performance of
these devices and opens many more applications in
the future. Further understanding of fundamental
properties and novel materials and device structural
designs are required in order to push this technology
further into the full spectral range.
Highly efficient nano-lasers (see for example Fig. 3),
nano-detectors, optical switches operating
independently or packed together in dense twodimensional
arrays will be an emerging
optoelectronic technology that could be crucial for
meeting the demanding performance needs of future
for transmitting, storing and manipulating
information with unprecedented speed. Other
potential applications for nano-photonic devices
include 3D displays, sensors, 3D scanners, etc. The
recent rapid advances in III-nitride wide bandgap
semiconductors together with the more
mature/conventional III-V semiconductor
technology is expected to enable the production and
manipulation of photons with full color ranging from
IR to UV. Nano-photonics components will
ultimately allow processing at the lowest power
levels limited by the quantum nature of light itself.
Like the integration of Si transistors in the 1960s,
the semiconductor nano-photonics are expected to
undergo integration in large arrays with other optical
circuit elements such as wave-guides, switches, and
detectors.
3. Scientific and Technical Issues
The nano-photonics with unprecedented
characteristics could have a huge impact in our life.
However, they also bring many important
fundamental questions and technical challenges that
need to be addressed before one can take full
advantages of these cutting edge technologies. In
this dimension, quantum nature of light dominates,
enabling more efficient and fast devices. Just as the
importance for understanding the fundamental limit
of electron transport in single electron devices, it is
important to understand the fundamental limit of
light emitters and detectors before the potential of
nano-photonics become reality.
Some of scientific and technical issues in the field
of materials growth, photonic device fabrication,
and nano-technology to be addressed are:
a. As nano-technology becomes pervasive, the
demand for micro- and nano-fabrication tools
increases proportionately. New technologies
for fabricating and integrating nano-photonic
circuits including deep UV photolithography, ebeam
lithography, X-ray lithography, laser beam
writing, and focused beam writing will be
developed to further decrease the size of
photonic structures and devices.
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. Seek smart self-assembling methods including
different growth methods and preparation
methods to grow and fabricate the nanostructures
and nano-devices.
c. Develop and investigate novel semiconductor
nano-photonics structures and devices such as
nano-lasers and nano-detector arrays, smart
pixels, as well as 3D IR and visible photonic
crystals for innovating circuit devices to high
speeds and greater functionality by using
photons rather than electrons.
d. Seek novel approaches in structure and device
designs. Investigate different kinds of nanolasers,
such
as disk, ring, as well as bow-tie type lasers.
e. With novel structure and device design,
demonstrate the prototype nano-emitters and
detectors with capability of single photon
generator and single photon sensitivity.
f. Find the architecture for integrating millions of
nano-photonics components into a single chip
for optical computing and optical
communications including nano-wave-guides,
quantum gates, optical memory, etc.
g. Explore novel physical properties of extremely
high quantum efficiency devices that determine
the performance of nano-photonic devices.
4. Future Directions:
1) Development of novel structures and designs for
nano-photonics array;
2) Improvement of materials quality in the short
wavelength semiconductors (III-nitrides);
3) Understanding single mode and polarization of
nano-lasers;
4) Design and fabricate 3D photonic devices
operating at wavelength around 1.5 um for
optoelectronic applications and optical
communications;
5) Explore effects of nano-cavities, including
planar, disk, ring, bowl-tie and recently
discovered pyramidal and prism cavities;
6) Study how the size and shape of a nano-laser
affect its operation;
7) Explore new approaches for epitaxial growth,
surface processing, and new nano-laser
architecture;
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8) Demonstration of new UV/blue nano-lasers that
emit photons in the short wavelength region
(300-400 nm);
9) Investigate enhancements of quantum efficiency
in different types of nano-lasers;
10) Understanding photon properties within nanocavities;
11) Advanced lithography, mask, and etching
methods;
12) Novel approaches of Ohmic and Schottky
contacts preparation and boding schemes.
13) Miniaturization and integration of photonic
components.
5. Conclusion
Nano-photonics have a range of significant impacts
on ONR technologies, including high speed
detectors, 3D detectors/detector arrays, and scanners,
high speed communications, high density
information storage and retrieving, high resolution
full color displays, and ultra-high resolution microdisplays
for applications such as wearable headset
displays.
Fig. 1. Schematic of an integrated optical circuit
comprises a photonics ring laser, photonics switch
and a strongly confined waveguide [Nanovation
Technologies Inc.].
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Fig. 2. The photonic lattice created at Sandia
National Laboratories (S. Lin, et al) acts like a
crystal in guiding light because of its tiny, regularly
placed silicon “logs.” The logsare 1.2 microns in
this case. Control of different wavelengths is
achieved by changing the lattice dimension
Fig. 3. Semiconductor lasers created at Sandia
National Laboratories (P. Gourley et al) have shrunk
to dimensions even smaller than the wavelength of
the light they emit. In that realm, quantum behavior
takes over, enabling more efficient and faster
devices.
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Nano BioMEMS in BioMedical Applications
Saeyoung Ahn 1,2 , HongBae Kim 2 , SungBo Sim 3 , JungHoon Lee 2,4 , TaeSong Kim 4 , 1 Center for Theoretical
Physics of Seoul National University, 2 Solco BioMedical Institute, 3 Korea Catholic Medical University,
and 4 Korea Institute for Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea
Abstract :
BioMedical applications of the nano scale devices
and phenomena are presented. First the biochip
activity will be summarized with the focus on the
cantilever type protein chip using the piezo-electric
method. Secondly the surface modification will be
discussed for the nano level on the biomedical
implants. Lastly the electrochemical treatment is
briefed with the nano/micro level and macroscopic
level.
I. Cantilever-based nano-mechanical biochip
Recently, there are growing interests of micro/nano
biosensors using the MEMS technology for the
reduction of device size with the performance
enhanced at the same time [1-2]. Biosensors are
analytical devices which combine a biologically
sensitive element with a physical or chemical
transducer to selectively and quantitatively detect the
presence of specific compounds in a given external
environment. Most of them are DNA chips and
manufactured by the Affymetrix, Agillent
technology, and Nanogen, which have driven
biosensors into an explosive ventures. The lab-on-achip
(LOC) is in fact an integrated chip like an IC by
integrating components of micro pump, microchannel,
mixer and separator into a single chip for
the detection of enzyme, microbiology, and antibody,
including DNA probes.
Detection methods are classified into
electrochemical, optical, thermal, and piezoelectric
by the operating principle [3-4]. Electrochemical
sensors are most widely studied and developed using
enzyme-substrate reaction. An optical method is also
exploited in an excellent laser detection system with
its high accuracy compared close to the
electrochemical method [5]. However, there are
some limitations in the optical stress measuring
system such as narrow dynamic range, parasitic
deflection and expensive apparatus.
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Therefore, in order to diagnose and monitor complex
diseases such as cancers, the piezoelectric transducer
provides to diagnosis in the high accuracy with a
relatively simple electrical apparatus. In general,
quartz crystal microbalances (QCMs) are the most
popular piezoelectric acoustic transducer. However,
they also share their limitations in the reduced size,
operation in liquid environment, and low sensitivity
compared with other piezoelectric acoustic detectors.
We have made use of the microcantilever-based
nanomechanical system with the micromachined
PZT thin/thick monolithic film, and have developed
an ultra high sensitive and reliable micro/nano
detector that can recognize the nanogram level of
biological agents. Work has been done in
participation in the 21C Frontier Project supported
by the Ministry of Science and Technology for the
new novel cantilever-based nanomechanical
biosensor in the real time electric measurement of
protein-protein interaction. Micromachined PZT
cantilever for the electrical detection was fabricated
as shown in figure 1 and evaluated for the monomolar
protein mass detection. For the biological
analysis, we have investigated both experimentally
and theoretically the resonant frequency shift of a
piezoelectric monolithic microcantilever due to CRP
antigen-antibody interaction. The theoretical and
experimental data demonstrate that micromachined
PZT cantilever based detection system has the
possibility for a point-of-care system (POCS).
Therefore, our results suggest that the immunospecific
sensor electrically measures the resonant
frequency shift which is caused by the change of
mass and spring constant with a simple apparatus
and in a short time.
We functionalize these resonance devices by surface
modification and immobilization with the self
assembled monolayer (SAM) on the surface of the
cantilever. The reactions between the antibody and
antigen is accomplished very abruptly in 5-8 min,
and then reaction tends to slow down. Simple and
reproducible immobilization of proteins has been a

challenging goal in the life science to put them on
the solid substrate with preserved activity and full
coverage with an orientated assembly. Calix crowns
are well known to act as selective ionophores. When
crowns are modified with the thiol functions, they
can be self-assembled on the Au substrate to form
supramolecular self-assembled monolayers (SAMs).
When these SAMs are exposed to the solutions
containing proteins, proteins begin to immobilize via
the multi-recognition of the ammonium ions of
proteins by crown rings. Protein monolayers are
fully developed in one hour and are confirmed by
the atomic force microscope and quartz crystal
microbalance (QCM). Because proteins fully cover
the SAMs surface in the orientated manner, the
immobilized proteins show improved activity
compared with previously reported methods. The
improved activity is examined using fluorescencetagged
CRP antigen and is easily detected up to 10
pg/ml, while only 1.0 ng/ml of proteins can be
detected using the conventional method.
The resonance type cantilevers, we believe, have
been successfully developed, and could be applied to
the protein detection system by combining the
multiple deciplines of nano-bio technology,
microfluidics, and surface modification technology.
Furthermore, these complex devices can be used to
investigate the various kinds of diseases by the
specific protein detection in the range of micrograms
to nanograms. In other words, an small scale system
like an ELISA will be developed and superseded by
a nano-micro scale diagnosis system in-vivo/in-vitro
using resonance type cantilever sensors. If these
sensors were fabricated in array, an LOCT(Lab on a
chip test) type µ-TAS (micro-total-analysis-system)
would be successively developed. These could open
ways to discover the cause of various human
diseases by detecting precisely the amount of
specific protein in the order of micrograms to
picograms. A multi-purposed portable sensing
system is also expected to appear in the future,
because these sensing systems are capable to
monitor the change of chemical molecules.
II. Surface modification for the nano-bio
applications.
Surface chemistry can be exploited to control a wide
range of phenomena such as hydrophobicity and bio-
fouling, i.e., the tendency of biological substances
(proteins, cells, biofilms, etc.) to attach to exposed
surfaces. Over the past decades, a wide range of
materials have been developed and studied, such as
poly(ethylene glycol) or poly(ethylene oxide)
(PEG’s, PEO’s) [6-7] especially for applications in
biomedical devices and implants. Poly-Nisopropylacrylamide
(pNIPAM) is another
particularly interesting candidate polymer material
to realize programmable surface chemistry. In this
section, we show how the vapor-phase-deposited
parylene C could be exploited for controlling the
surface chemistry at the microscale.
Recently, the parylene-based device has been
studied for the application of biomedical field
because parylenes are good permeation barriers to
both liquid and gaseous species and are often used as
passivation films to protect bio-implantations [8-9].
The pa-c is a suitable choice for the polymer
material for a variety of applications because it is
chemically inert and biocompatible. Typical
anticorrosion applications for biosensor include
blood pressure sensors, cardiac-assist devices,
prosthetic components, bone pins, electronic circuits,
ultrasonic transducers, bone-growth stimulators, and
brain probes. Especially, for the measurement of
electrical detection in the field of immunoassay, Pa-c
is promising for electrical and chemical insulating
material. Gold (Au) are being widely studied as
substrates to create ordered monolayers such as
alkane chain molecules with thiol (-SH) groups in
biosensor applications. [10-12]. However, adhesion
of Au on Pa-c is a major hurdle in the reliable and
durable performance in the biosensors due to
hydrophobicity of Pa-c.
Surface modification is performed for the adhesion
of Pa-c and Au film via the plasma treatment [13].
Adhesion improvement and Au crystallinity can also
be achieved by increasing the surface roughness and
functional groups using plasma treatment as shown
in figure 2 and figure 3. Untreated surface in the
meantime reveals the contact angle value as 108 º,
but contact angle drastically decreased in the initial
stage of oxygen plasma treatment and slowly
decreased with increasing power and time as the
value of 27.3 and 34, respectively.
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III. Nano scale phenomena in the ECT therapy
The electrochemical treatment (ECT) utilizes the
galvanic current flow into a tumor tissue using a pair
of electrodes or more, and has been used in clinical
trials to treat tumor tissues. Investigations by
Nordenstrom have shown positive results in the
various cancer treatment [14,15]. In practice it was
shown that the direct electric current could
effectively inhibit growth of tumor on sarcoma,
melanoma, hepatoma, and etc. [16,17,18]. The ECT
is especially effective for tumors when conventional
treatment is not available. The method of ECT has
been proven clinically safe, low-cost and suitable
even for outpatients. We discuss below mechanism
of ECT in the nano and macroscale.
(1) Nano scale effect of ECT
A cell has ion channels in the plasma membrane,
such as potassium channels and sodium channels.
Ions essential to cell metabolism are regulated to go
in and out through channels, which are either open
or closed. The process of transition from an open to
closed state is known as gating. Some channels open
and close randomly at all membrane potentials, and
their gating is voltage independent. Other ion
channels are normally closed but their open
probability can be greatly enhanced by the change in
membrane potential (voltage-gated channels) or by
the binding of extracellular or intracellular ligands
(ligand-gated channels). In here at the resting
potential of the cell, most voltage-gated channels are
closed. When the membrane potential is affected due
to the applied ECT voltage, then the channel
undergoes a series of conformational changes that
result in the opening of the channel pore. The change
of potential induces depolarization and
hyperpolarization which can activate ion channels
and induce applied potential gradient. ECT thus
causes the potential gradient, inducing the
membrane potential change across the membrane.
The voltage-gated K+ channels get opened due to
membrane potential change (Fig.4). At that time K+
ions, whose concentration is 140 mM inside the cell
and higher than outside by 5 mM, diffuse outward of
the cell. ECT usually is applied long time over one
hour. Much of K+ ions then could be diffused
outward and cell metabolism may be fatally
disturbed. The cellular integrity gets lost.
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ECT induces electrolysis in the tumor tissues. As the
potential gradient steepens at the electrodes, cations
travel in the direction of applied fields and anions in
opposite direction as carriers. The amount of such
moving ions is in the nM~mM order. The
electrolysis results in mainly decomposition of water
generating oxygen. At the anode the evolution of
oxygen as well as acidification and formation of
chlorine occur 2H2O ↔ O2 + 4H + + 4e - , 2Cl - ↔ Cl2
+ 2e - . In addition, chlorine might react with water
causing further acidification: Cl2 + H2O ↔ HClO +
H + + Cl - .
Experimental results and theoretical estimations
have show that the spreading of hydrogen ions in
tissue surrounding the anode is considerably larger
than the spreading of chlorine. At the cathode, water
is decomposed into hydrogen and hydroxyl ions:
2H2O + 2e - ↔ H2 + 2OH - . Such products by ECT are
proportional to current proportional to concentration
of charge carrier and the average velocity of carriers
in the direction of the current. The summation of
flowing current over the applied time is the total
electric charge.
Many investigators suggest that the electric fields
and chlorine resultants may be principal cause of
destructing tumor tissues around electrodes in
electrochemical treatment. Some propose that the
electric field has an important impact on cell death.
The electric field causes a flux of interstitial water,
electro-osmosis from the anode toward the cathode
along with the direction of electric field.
Consequently, the tissue surrounding the anode
becomes dehydrated, while edema occurs around the
cathode. Charged substances, dissolved or
suspended in tissue, migrate in the electric fields and
some ions are accumulated in the vicinity of
electrodes. The electric fields influence the ion
exchange across the cell membranes. Hence, the
transmembrane potential is altered and thereby the
conditions for many essential enzyme-regulated
reactions are modified. Such depolarized cell is in
the course of apoptosis, one on apoptotic pathways
in the nanoscale. Others have considered chlorine
(Cl) to be the most toxic factor to destroy tumor
tissues.

In the process of electrochemical treatment, the pH
gradient becomes extreme with the treatment time
duration. At the anode, lower pH as one has been
observed. While at the cathode the prominent
alkalization yields a higher pH in about 13. At these
extreme pH values, the tissue proteins become
denaturated, and the cell structure collapses
eventually becomes ruptured. In the previous report,
cells in pH 3.5 and 5 had shrunk and had condensed
chromatin, whereas cells in pH 9 and 10 prominently
swelled and resulted in nuclear expansion. Gross
cytolysis was also found in pH 11. Especially, it is
pH 3.5 for 30min that a pattern characteristic of
internucleosomal fragmentation occurred. DNA
ladder formation, a characteristic of apoptosis, was
observed only at pH 3.5 for 30 min. These results
describe that pH change inhibits cell proliferation
and decreases cell viability. The pathway of cell
death in lower pH has at least two directions:
apoptosis and cell necrosis, whereas higher pH
results in only cell necrosis.
(3) In vitro and in vivo experiment
It was reported that ECT induces apoptosis in the
cell suspension resulting in cell viability and
intracellular and extracellular characteristics [31,32].
Apoptosis is a normal physiologic process, which
occurs during embryonic development as well as in
maintenance of tissue homeostasis. The apoptotic
program is characterized by the certain morphologic
features including the loss of plasma membrane
asymmetry and attachment, condensation of the
cytoplasm and nucleus, and internucleosomal
cleavage of DNA. The loss of plasma membrane is
one of the earliest features. In apoptotic cells, the
membrane phospholipid phosphatidylserine (PS) is
translocated from the inner to the outer leaflet of the
plasma membrane, thereby exposing PS to the
external cellular environment. Annexin V is a 35-
36kDa Ca 2- dependent phospholipid-binding protein
that has a high affinity for PS, and binds to cells
with exposed PS. Annexin V may be conjugated to
fluorochromes such as Propidium Iodide (PI). This
format retains its high affinity for PS and thus serves
as a sensitive probe for the flow cytometric analysis
of cells that are undergoing apoptosis [33,34]. The
apoptosis of cell varies with time describing peak of
the programmed cell death at some determinant time
(Fig.5). The cell after later apoptosis undergoes
necrosis in which the plasma membrane is broken.
After all, the cell is ruptured. Human tumor growth
is inhibited and destructed due to the cell necrosis
(Fig.6).
Figure 1. SEM photographs of the micromachined
PZT cantilever arrays for electrical nano-molecular
protein detection.
Figure 2 (a). AFM images of Pa-c surface of
untreated
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Figure 2 (b). AFM images of Pa-c surface of oxygen
plasma treated under the condition of 100 W/60 sec.
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N(E)/E
N(E)/E
As-deposited
284.6
285.65
294 292 290 288 286 284 282 280
Binding Energy (eV)
Oxygen plasma treated
289
287
284.6
285.65
294 292 290 288 286 284 282 280
Binding Energy (eV)
Figure 3. The carbon (1s) XPS band of Pa-c surface
which were collected either (a) surface without
oxygen plasma or (b) surface after oxygen plasma
with 50 W for 30 sec
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Figure 4. Origin of the macroscopic I-V relation. :
a) The single-channel I-V relation is linear and the
current reverses at the K+ equilibrium potential
(Ek) of –80 mV.
b) At potentials negative to –60mV, the channel
opens only very rarely but its open probability
increases with depolarization, reaching a
maximum value at potentials above +50mV.
c) Unlike the single-channel currents, no
macroscopic currents are observed at potentials
negative to –50 mV(as so few channels are
open).

Figure 5. Apoptosis with time
Apoptosis%
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
6.61 6.93 7.19
10.85
Control 0 5 10 30
Time after treatment (min)
14.29
Figure 6. Application of ECT to the breast
cancer tumor
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Profile of the Honorable Hyung-Sup Choi
Dr. Hyung-Sup Choi, is a
physical metallurgist by
training. He is best known in
Korea as the founding
president of KIST (Korea
Institute of Science and
Technology) which was the
first of its kind ever introduced
in Korean Science and
Technology community in 1966 as a R & D
organization to conduct research on a contract base,
not on a government allocation. Dr. Choi moved on
to become the first Minister of MOST (Ministry of
Science and Technology) in 1969.
It was during that time he was in the cabinet position
to help establish the KSEA in 1972 by persuading
the key figures, such as the late Professor Shoon-
Kyung Kim, the first KSEA president, and then
professor of Chemistry at Temple University, the
late Professor Inyong Ham, of the Pennsylvania
State University, Professors Kiuck Lee (2 nd
president) and Young-bae Kim of (University of
Southern California) just to name a few.
In order to generate seed money that was desperately
needed to launch the new organization, he
surrendered the first class plane ticket that was
reserved for a VIP and flew to the US on a coach
class.
He earned his BS in Metallurgy at Waseda
University, Tokyo, Japan and Ph.D from University
of Minnesota. Upon returning home, he served at
many government agencies including the president
of Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute that
housed the first research nuclear reactor in Korea.
He was presented with the first KSEA contribution
award in 2002 by then president Nak-Ho Sung. Due
to his declining health, the award ceremony took
place at KOFST in November 2002 in Seoul. Dr.
Hemin Chin (Executive Director under professor
Nak-Ho Sung) and Professor Ki-Hyon Kim (15th
President) presented the award.
MEMBER NEWS
Profile of the Honorable Hyoun-Woo Shin
Dr. Hyoun-Woo Shin, a
resident of Cincinnati and
senior research engineer at
GE Aircraft Engines, will be
honored by ASME
International (The American
Society of Mechanical
Engineers). He is being
recognized for a co-authored
paper, Unsteady Flow and
whirl-Inducing Forces in
Axial-Flow Compressors:
Part I – Experiment and Part II – Analysis. He will
receive the Society’s Melville Medal.
The medal, first awarded in 1927, is the highest
honor for the best original technical paper published
in the ASME Transactions in the past two years. The
award will be presented to Shin during ASME’s
2003 International Mechanical Engineering congress
and Exposition, which is being held in Washington,
DC, Nov. 16 through 21.
Shin has 19 years of experience at GE Aircraft
Engines. His professional career has been dedicated
to aircraft engine measurement technology, with
particular focus on advanced experimental technique
and unsteady aerodynamics data analysis in the
turbomachinery environment. His mastery of
flowfield measurement technique, using a laser
velocimetry, a hot-wire anemometry, high frequency
response pressure transducers, a multi-hole probe, a
hot-film surface gauge and a flow visualization, and
of unsteady data reduction methods has been
providing the means for designers to gain valuable
insight into complex engineering flowfield.
Shin has made significant contributions in areas such
as 3-D velocities and turbulence intensities
measurements from the low speed research
compressor to identify a mixing process and
Unducted Fan(UDF®) for rotor interaction study;
cooperative research with MIT/Whittle Laboratory
on rotating stall, active surge/stall control, inlet
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distortion and non-axisymmetric tip clearance;
velocity measurements from ultra high bypass and
universal propulsion system(UPS) fan tests at NASA
Glenn Research Center and GE90 UPS fan tests at
Boeing Company for the code verification of
acoustic prediction; and 3-D bypass flow
measurements from F110/F16 ground ejector nozzle
flight tests at Edwards Air Force Base, California,
using a double x-probe.
A member of ASME, Shin has served as conference
session co-chair for the axial flow turbine design
session at the International Gas Turbine Institute’s
1998 conference. He was awarded ASME’s Melville
Medal in 1998 and, in 2000, received ASME’s Best
Paper Award for the paper he is currently being
honored for. Other honors include 17 managerial and
achievement awards from GE Aircraft Engines for
advanced measurement technology (1986-2003) and
a Turning Goals Into Reality Award from NASA in
1999.
ASME International is a 120,000-member
organization focused on technical, educational and
research issues. ASME conducts one of the world’s
largest technical publishing operations, holds
numerous technical conferences worldwide, and
offers hundreds of professional development courses
each year. ASME sets internationally recognized
industrial and manufacturing codes and standards
that enhance public welfare and safety.
The ASME Honors and Awards Program is funded
through the ASME Foundation by individual award
and endowment funds.
Excerpts from Professor Chan-Mo Park’s
inaugural speech:
Professor Chan-Mo Park, former KSEA president
(13 th, 1983-84) delivered this speech as he assumed
the 4th presidency of as 4 th of the Pohang University
of Science and Technology (POSTECH) last
September.
It is essential for POSTECH to adopt a reform that
meets the challenge of the change of paradigm. As
you are all aware of, we have already established a
long-range goal of attaining world class ranking in
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the ten area of research and technology development.
In order to achieve this goal, we need to cultivate the
environment that would minimize the undue stress
and maximize the impact of the effort faculty and
staff put to work. We should also welcome and
willingly accept the faculty evaluation system that is
based on crossover matrix system. This would
certainly further enhance our strength and cultivate
the collaboration among the multi-disciplinary area
of field. This multi-disciplinary research
collaboration would lead to industrial application as
well as academic research and would eventually lead
to boosting and building the nation’s wealth.
POSTECH should aim at a globalization. We should
not rest and content to become the nation’s ranking
institution of higher learning but to be included
amongst the world leading universities. The
POSTECH graduates should be accepted at par in
overseas to become a leader in the international
setting. For this to be realized, we should further
scale up the international exchange programs and
invite the leading scholars from overseas. We should
also plan to build a convention center on this campus
to host various international conferences through
which our POSTECH community would play a
pivotal role at this critical juncture for Republic of
Korea to become one of the world’s leading
economic powerhouse nation.

Young Generation Forum 2003 Summary and Commentary
The 2 nd Annual KOFST sponsored Young
Generation Forum (YGF) 2003 was held in Seoul,
Korea. The goal of this forum was to bring together
domestic and international Korean students to learn
about and discuss the progress and development of
modern Korean science and technology. The YGF
program included keynote speakers, group
discussions, a CEO/CTO dinner and discussion and
industrial and university site visits. The opening
address was given by Dr. Si-Joong Kim, president of
KOFST. The welcome address was given by Dr.
Kwan Rim, chairman of YGF organization
committee and chair of Samsung Advanced Institute
of Technology. Congratulatory remarks were then
given by Dr. Ho-Koon Park, Minister of the Ministry
of Science and Technology. The keynote speech
was given by Dr. Soon-Hoon Bae, Prof. of Grad
School of Management at KAIST and a special
lecture was given by Dr. Jung-Il Jin, Chief of
Graduate School of Korea University. Dr. Yong-
Kyung Lee, President and CEO of KT Corp, Dr.
Soon-Won Chung, President of Hyundai Motor
Company, Dr. Jong-Kee Yeo, President and CTO of
LG Chem. Research Park, and Dr. Samuel-Sunwhee
Chong, Executive VP and Chief Research Officer of
Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology all
attended and spoke at the CEO/CTO dinner and
discussion held one evening during the YG Forum.
Each speaker gave a short presentation discussing
the current status and future developments of their
companies. The rates of development in Korean
industry presented were impressive and gave many
international students a better idea of how Korean
industry and technology is developing and will
continue to develop in the future. A last minute
decision to seat the CEO/CTOs among students was
especially beneficial to the students, for it allowed
them to ask questions and have conversation in a
more casual setting. The event was both informative
and well organized and should continue to be a part
of future YG Forums. Another activity of the YG
Forum was to form discussion groups of about 15
students, with attempts to keep similar majors in the
same groups. In these discussion groups, students
exchanged ideas about two main topics: What
developments do we think are likely in the future of
science and technology and Human Networking.
Discussions centered on ideas such as
nanotechnology, “Smart Homes,” improving current
use of fuel resources and alternative resources,
genetic engineering and stem cell research. When
discussing human networking, each group presented
ideas on best ways in which people in Korea-based
and internationally-based Korean science
organizations could meet, make relationships and
keep in contact. The final half of the week long
YGF forum consisted of industry and university
visits including Hyundai, Postech and Posco. It was
interesting to be able to visit the factories of
companies that we had heard about from keynote
and CEO/CTO speakers. Thus, the YG Forum was
full of inspiring experiences that helped expose
Korean students across the globe not only to Korean
scientific and technological advances but also to
each others’ knowledge and experiences.
The program succeeded in much of its goal of
exposing students to Korean industry and technology.
The YG Forum served to increase insight into the
developments of Korean science and technology
today and in the future. Furthermore, there was a
great amount of interaction and friendship
development with Korean students from many parts
of the world. It was also a wonderful opportunity to
explore Korea, especially for those who had never
been. However, some improvements to the program
could make this YG Forum even better in the future.
For instance, the language that should be used in the
program was a major issue, and would become more
of an issue if KOFST decides to integrate Korean-
Russian and Korean-Chinese people into the
program. Also, the discussion groups were not as
well organized as they could have been in that the
issues discussed were quite broad without any
guidance as to the direction of the conversation.
Finally, one issue to be considered is that though the
YG Forum was a great one time experience, the
issues and opportunities presented need to be
expanded if the goal is to keep international invested
interest in Korean science and technological
advancement. Though this may not be something
that KOFST or the YG Forum can address on its
own, it is a general goal that all Korean science
organizations, including KSEA, need to work
together on in order to more clearly define and
strengthen the relationships among international
Korean students and professionals. Overall, the YG
Forum was a wonderful opportunity for all of those
who attended and participated and should be
continued in the future.
Jennifer Kim from Brown University
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Cho Joonhyung
Kim Sang Kyung
Yoon Hee K.
Yoon Samuel S.
Lee Jung Min
Kim Ho-Cheol
Chun Byung Kwan
Choi Maeng
Kim Jinho
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Jung Kyung Woon
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Kim Jong Min
Kim Jong-Han
Kwak Jung Han
Kwon Seon Jun
Lee Chang Min
Lee Imsoo
Lee Jae Sang
Lee Junhwan
Park Jinseok
Park Jung-Min
Park Sangjun
Sohn Taehong
Yoo PyeongJun
Yu Hyun Young
Ko Ji
Cho Kyeongjae
Cho Hyun Ho
Cho Jang Yeul
Cho Kuhn-Moon
Cho Sang-Bock
Choi Myunghee
Choi Young Eun
Jang Byung In
Jung Hwoon Yong
Lee Chang Ik
Lee Eunhye
Lee Jae-Sung
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Youn Young-Sik

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The Korea-U.S. Science Cooperation Center, Inc.
The Korea-U.S. Science Cooperation Center was inaugurated on February 20, 1997
To promote and coordinate scientific and technological cooperation
between Korea and the United States.
KUSCO currently supports the following types of activities:
1. Joint Research
2. Joint Seminars and Symposia
3. Scientists Exchange
4. Scholarships for Korean-American Students
5. Others
Korea-U.S. Science Cooperation Center
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2004 Korea Summer Institute Program
Open for US Graduate Students
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF)
have been supporting the Summer Institute in Korea Program under the agreement between the US
government and Korean government since 1995.
The program is to provide US graduate students in science and engineering field first-hand research
experience, an introduction to the science and the science policy infrastructure, and an orientation to the
Korean Culture and language. The primary goals of the program are to introduce students to Korean science
and engineering in the context of a research laboratory, and to initiate personal relationships that will better
enable them to collaborate with Korean counterparts in the future.
Eligibility of applicant: US graduate student (US Citizen or permanent resident) in science and engineering
field
Duration: About eight weeks, from June to August
Host Organization: Universities, government-supported research institutions and private industry-affiliated
research institutions in Korea
Allowances and Expenses
- Round-trip Airfare
- Stipend: $3,000
- Living allowances: 2,000,000 won (about $1,670)
- Health Insurance, etc.
Application Deadline: December 23, 2003
Application and more information are available at:
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf03608
http://www.nsftokyo.org/spmenu.html
Contact Points for Questions:
Summer Institute Program Director
East Asia and Pacific Program
National Science Foundation
Email: eapinfo@nsf.gov
Tel: 703-292-8704
Woo-Jin Lee, Program Manager
Korea Science and Engineering Foundation Washington Office
Email: kosef@mannam.com
Tel: 703-893-9772
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The 2004 Ho-Am Prize Award Nomination
The Ho-Am Prize Committee awards the 2004 Ho-Am Prize to those who have made distinguished contributions to the
development of our society through prominent accomplishments in various fields of science, the arts and community
service.
1. Awarding Categories
Science……………....Those who have made outstanding achievements in research in the
area of basic science.
Engineering………....Those who have made outstanding achievements in the areas of
engineering and technology.
Medicine………….…Those who have made outstanding achievements in the areas of
medicine and pharmacy.
The Arts………….….Those who have made outstanding contributions to culture and the
arts through creative activities, exhibition and research in relevant areas.
Community Service…Those who have made outstanding achievements in the area of social
service and thereby contributed to the enhancement of public welfare.
-The Prizes in all categories are awarded to people of Korean ethnic origin. The Prize in
Community Service, however, can also be awarded to foreigners who have made
outstanding contributions to Korea and Koreans at home and abroad.
-The Prize in each category consists of a certificate, a gold medal (187.5g) and 100
million Korean won. In principle, prizes are awarded to one individual. However, more
than two people may share the same prize if their accomplishments are deemed to be
equal in merit.
2. Nominators
The following persons are eligible to nominate candidates:
- Members of the Ho-Am Prize Committee
- Previous Ho-Am prize winners and Ho-Am Prize Screening Committee members
- Individuals holding established positions in various occupations, associations and institutions
in Korea and abroad.
* Each nominator may only recommend one person or one group in each category.
3. Papers and Materials for Nomination
- Official Nomination Form and spporting documentary evidence of achievements including
news articles.
- One representative thesis and five related theses (printed in international journals) in the
categories of Science, Engineering and Medicine.
4. Submission of Nominations
The Ho-Am Prize Committee will receive nominations of the 2004 Ho-Am Prize until
December 31, 2003.
Documents should be sent to the following address.
- 20 th Fl ., Samsung Life Insurance Bldg. 150, 2-Ka Taepyong-Ro, Chung-Ku, Seoul
100-716, Korea
Tel) 82-2-2259-7884~7 / Fax) 82-2-2259-7883
* Nomination Form Download: http://www.hoamprize.org or hungony@samsung.com
* None of the papers submitted for support of nominations will be returned unless
previously agreed upon.
Photocopies of originals are recommended for submission.
* The winners of the 2004 Ho-Am Prize will be announced in major Korean dailies in April,
2004. The presentation ceremony will be held on June, 2004.
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KOREAN-AMERICAN SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION
1952 Gallows Road, Suite 300, Vienna, Virginia 22182
Tel: (703) 748-1221-2, Fax: (703) 748-1331
E-mail: sejong@ksea.org, Web: http://www.ksea.org
KSEA IN No. 32005 December KSEA Letters
Announcement for KSEA Annual Award
Background
At the 28 th Councilor’s Meeting, the KSEA Annual Award has been established to recognize:
(1) Member(s) who have made outstanding contributions to advances in science and engineering
or applications of technology for the general welfare of society,
(2) Member(s) who have made outstanding contributions in fostering international cooperation
especially between the US and Korea, and
(3) Person(s) who have made outstanding services to the betterment of the KSEA.
The 2004 Award
Annual Award will be limited to the following two areas:
(1) "Entrepreneur of the Year Award" to an individual(s) who has made stellar performance in
the area of entrepreneurship, and
(2) "Outstanding Contribution to KSEA Award" to an individual(s) who has made an
exceptional contribution for the advancement of the KSEA.
Nomination
We are hereby soliciting nominations, and nominations are welcomed from any KSEA member.
Each nomination must be accompanied with a letter of nomination, along with the candidate's
curriculum vitae, and three supporting letters.
The nomination package should be sent to the Awards and Discipline Committee, KSEA, 1952
Gallows Rd., Suite 300, Vienna, VA 22182.
Deadline and Selection Process
Deadline for Nominations is March 1, 2004. The Awards and Discipline Committee of KSEA will
review the applicant’s suitability, make selection, and recommend to the President, The final
recommendation will be presented to the KSEA Council for approval by March 26, 2004. The
winners will be announced by April 9, 2004 upon the approval of the Council, and the Awards will
be presented at the UKC-2004.
Any question or further information should be directed to any member of the Awards and
Discipline Committee, or Committee Chair, Professor Ki-Hyon Kim,
(O) 919-530-6451 or (H) 489-9747, e-mail:
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The Most Reliable Route to
Korean Small Businesses
The Small Business Corporation (SBC), was created in 1979 as a non-profit South Korean
government agency, to effectively implement government policies and programs for sound busi-ness
growth and development of small and medium sized businesses as dynamic and innovative companies.
To achieve this goal, SBC with its 700 staff members and 4 overseas branch offices, including Chicago,
provides support in areas such as financial assistance, technical/ managerial consulting, training, and
international industrial cooperation.
SBC encourages Korean-American scientists and engineers to advance their technical capabilities with
Korean SMEs. We invite you to participate in technical consulting, technical seminars and
other related projects, to introduce new technology trends and share your valuable inter-national
experiences.
SBC- USA Office in Des Plains, IL
provides services which include :
o Trade delegation exchanges for business development and
training or study missions for Korean entrepreneurs/engineers
o Facilitating business development in licensing arrangements,
joint-ventures, OEMs, strategic alliances etc.
o Identifying and recruiting technology expertise for technical
cooperation
Korea Venture Center (KVC) in Vienna, VA
SBC’s branch, helps to bring Korean high-tech businesses
together with U.S. investors, research institutes, and other
business partners for the successful transitions into U.S.
business entities.
KSEA Letters, Vol. 32, No.2 (December 2003)
Small Business Corporation USA Office
2360 E. Devon Ave., #2010
Des Plains, IL 60018
E-mail sbc.usa@att.net
Tel 847-699-1080 (Fax 847-699-6866)

About KSEA Letters
The KSEA Letters is an official publication of the KSEA. It carries two groups of articles: reviews of
research trends and science/technology news from the U.S. and Korea.
The papers in the first group are of a fairly broad scope, thereby appealing to an audience of wider
spectrum. They may be selected from those in our conference proceedings and research trends studies, and
also from the contributed ones. The main purpose of the second group is to present the state of Korean
science and technology to the American audience and vice versa.
The Publications Directors serve as editors of the KSEA Letters. They are assisted by the Editorial
Committee as well as by the Group Councilors.
Contributed articles should be submitted at least 3 months before the intended publication date.
Publication Schedule
• Vol. 32, No. 1, September 2003
• Vol. 32, No. 2, December 2003
• Vol. 32, No. 3, March 2004
• Vol. 32, No. 4, June 2004
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MEMO
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Group C: Mathematics, Geology, Meteorology, Statistics,
Others
Hoon Hong, 919-513-2109, hong@math.ncsu.edu
Kwan Lim Lee, 610-917-4041, kwan_lee@gsk.com
Group D: Biology, Botany, Zoology, Biomedical Engineering,
Genetic Engineering
Kwang-Soo Kim, 617-855-2024, kskim@mclean.harvard.edu
Se-Kyung Oh, 617-332-6452, SOshklar@aol.com
Group E: Agriculture, Ecology, Food, Nutrition
Young-Zoon Lee, 513-247-3624, yzl@smbimilk.com
Group F: Medical Science, Pharmaceutical Science,
Veterinary Medicine, Physical Education
Seong-Jin Kim, 301-496-8350, kims@mail.nih.gov
Hemin Chin, 301-402-0528, hchin@nei.nih.gov
Group G: Chemical Engineering, Textile Engineering, Nuclear
Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Applied
Chemistry
Byong Kwon Cho, 810-375-2068, byong.k.cho@gm.com
Kwang Woong Won, 949-349-5312, ray.won@fluor.com
Group H: Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering,
Naval Architecture
John Jong Hyun Jung, 714-565-7127, jjung@dcmdw.dcma.mil
Seik Oh, 949-250-2784, ohs@baxter.com
Bong Tae Han, 301-405-5255, bthan@eng.umd.edu
Group I: Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mining Engineering
Byung H. Kim, 413-545-2005, kim@ecs.umass.edu
Group J: Civil Engineering, Architecture, Environmental
Engineering
Chong Do Lee, 626-448-7870, leedcocde@aol.com
June Key Lee, 614-292-7371, lee.71@osu.edu
Group K: Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
Communication Engineering
Ki Wook Kim, 919-515-5229, kwk@eos.ncsu.edu
Kyung Ae Kang, 502-852-2094, kyung.kang@louisville.edu
Young Ho Park, 818-354-5170, young.h.park@jpl.nasa.gov
Group L: Computer Science, Systems Engineering
Byung Guk Kim, 978-934-4000, kim@cs.uml.edu
Tae Wan Ryu, 714-278-7231, tryu@ecs.fullerton.edu
Sang Hyuk Son, 434-982-2205, son@cs.virginia.edu
Group M: Industrial Engineering and Mgmt Science
Hyung-Min Michael Chung, 562-985-7691,
hmchung@csulb.edu
Chapter Presidents
Chair Dong Hoon Ko, 850-599-3661, dko@famu.edu
Alabama(23) Chang-Hyuk An, 256-883-1894,
huggyan@knology.net
Arizona(48) Bruce C. Kim, 480-965-3749,
Bruce.Kim@asu.edu
Austin TX(24) Wonhui Cho, 512-219-1035,
whcho@austin.rr.com
Baltimore(31) Minbo Shim, 443-745-0555,
minbos@comcast.net
Central IA(53) K. Yoon, 515-294-1083, kyoon@iastate.edu
Central PA(1) You Song Kim, 610-967-2689,
kimys32k@fast.net
Central TX(25) Khee Choon Rhee, 409-845-2741,
kcrhee@tamu.edu
Central VA(41) Yong Il Kim, 804-924-2786,
Colorado(26) Hwi W. Bang, 303-868-2366,
scbang@msn.com
Connecticut(02) Chouhwan Moon, 860-654-6075,
chouhwan.moon@hs.utc.com
Indiana(04) Kyoung-Shin Choi, 765-494-0049,
Kchoi1@purdue.edu
Iowa City(52) Byeng Dong Youn, 319-358-1102,
ybd@ccad.uiowa.edu
Kansas(36) Jong Il Lee:contact 785-864-3086,
Goodnews2me@hotmail.com
Louisiana(55) Jong Pil Yoon, 225-769-8933,
Jyoon2001@yahoo.com
Michigan(06) Hong-Keun Im, 734-615-5152,
hgim@umich.edu
Mid MO(54) Uee Wan Cho, 573-882-3778 ,
chou@missouri.edu
Midwest Reg.(07) Yoo E. Hyung, 630-252-4749,
hyung@cmt.anl.gov
Minnesota(08) Wooseung Kang, 651-704-5680,
wkang@imation.com
NE New York(38) Paul H. Shin, 518-276-8577
shinhc@rpi.edu
New England(09) Kyung Don Kim, 978-665-2517,
kdonkim60@yahoo.com
New Jersey(10) Kyeong Ho Yang, 732-949-9461,
khyang@lucent.com
New Mexico(45) Min Park, 505-667-5701,
park@telomere.lanl.gov
Northwest(57) Byung-Kee Baik, 509-335-8230,
bbaik@wsu.edu
NY Metro(11) Sunghoon Kim, skim@polymers-ppi.org
N. Carolina(12) Hea Kyung Lee, 803-323-4603,
leeh@winthrop.edu
N. Florida(59) Dong Hoon Ko, 850-599-3661,
dko@famu.edu
N. Texas(40) Andrew Kim, 972-995-3355, andrewk@ti.com
Northern CA(13) Jong-Won Shon, 510-572-2010,
Jong.shon@lamrc.com
Ohio(14) Kyunghoon Lee, 614-451-8330,
Kyunghoon_lee@yahoo.com
Oklahoma(37) Jaeyong Kim, 405-744-5910,
kjae@okstate.edu
Pacific NW(15) Jae-Byung Jung,
president@ksea-pnc.org
Rolla, MO(35) Paul Nam, 573-341-4538,
nam@umr.edu
Sacramento(58) Francis I. Chung, 916-653-5924,
chung@water.ca.gov
San Diego(60) Hee Koo Moon, 619-544-5226,
hkmoon@solarturbines.com
SE VA(39) Jae Ryong Kim, 757-723-0785 ext)1098,
jrkimm@yahoo.com
St. Louis(17) Han Ko, 314-432-2074,
hyk1@wuee.stl.edu
Southern CA(18) Chong Do Lee, 626-448-7870,
leedcodce@aol.com
Southern VA(49) Lyon Yong H. Lee, 540-231-3579,
lyonlee@vt.edu
SW State(19) Sam Jae Cho, 713-984-8855,
samjcho@hotmail.com
Tennessee(32) S. G. Kong, 865-974-3861,
skong@utk.edu
Upstate NY(20) Young B Moon, 315-443-2649,
ybmoon@ecs.syr.edu
Wash. Metro(21) Bong Tae Han, 301-405-5255,
bthan@eng.umd.edu
W. VA(29) Eun Ha Cho, jryu@wvu.edu
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