President's message (Sept. 20, 2011)

Dear Fellow AKPA Members, photo_seo1

I would like to congratulate and thank the Publicity and Editorial Committee chaired by Prof. Sung-Won Lee, for the successful release of the second issue of the AKPA Newsletter on time. Frequent publication of Newsletters will help us stand closer to the community, and it will play an important role in building a stronger organization.

Since the inauguration of the 29th administration, AKPA officers have been busy with various activities. In addition to frequent e-mail, officers have been having a regular bi-weekly telecon. An active membership drive is under way. The first lunch seminar was held at the University of Maryland on August 5, 2011, and more activities and events are planned. Building on success of the Korean Physicist Symposium at the last American Physical Society (APS) April meeting in Anaheim, CA, AKPA will promote and facilitate Korean meetings at specialized conferences,e.g., various APS division meetings, American Geophysical Union (AGU), American Astronomical Society (AAS) meetings, etc. Please look for announcements and do join us.

There has been a series of meetings with Korean Physical Society (KPS) leadership to strengthen corporation between KPS and AKPA. I would like to thank the AKPA Vice President (VP), Prof. J. Yu, for attending the meeting with the KPS President, Prof. S. C. Shin, and a KPS VP, Prof. J. W. Wu, on May 24, 2011, and the meeting with KPS particle physics division leaders, Profs. B. H. Lee, S. K. Nam, I. K. Park, and P. Ko. The Task Force for International Cooperation, which was formed at the last AKPA annual meeting in Anaheim, CA, continued related discussions via telecons. My special thanks to the former AKPA President, Prof. C. R. Ji, and the AKPA Award Committee Chair, Prof. K. S. Joo, for another meeting with the KPS President et al. including Profs. Z. G. Kim and H. J. Lee on August 25, 2011. Main topics include the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with APS, and the KPS 60th Anniversary, which will be celebrated in Spring 2012. I would like to encourage many AKPA members to attend the KPS Spring meeting. Please feel free to contact me if you have suggestions on the AKPA’s role for this special occasion.

Our relationship with Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) has also been strengthened significantly as I started serving on the Executive Committee of KSEA as the Physics Councilor and the Technical Group Director. AKPA was well represented at the US Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship (UKC 2011), Park City, Utah, August 10-14. I would like to thank the attendees including the VP, Prof. J. Yu, and former Presidents, Profs. C. R. Ji, K. H. Kim, and K. U. Kim.

I would like to welcome new members and thank all those who paid their dues, particularly the new life time members, Prof. Y. K. Kim, Deputy Director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Professor of University of Chicago, Prof. K. S. Joo, a National Science Foundation Program Director and Professor of University of Connecticut, Prof. P. Yoon, Senior Research Scientist of University of Maryland and World Class University Professor of Kyunghee University, and Prof. H. Lee, Louisiana State University. Please join both KSEA and AKPA. It is important for you to select “AKPA” as your Affiliated Professional Society (APS) on the KSEA web site.

As discussed at the 6th annual East Coast Conference of Korean-American Women in Science and Engineering (KWiSE), which was held in Vienna, VA, May 14, 2011, I would like to form a special committee “Korean Women in Physics.” Please feel free to send me your nomination if you know any Korean women physicists around you.

All the best,
Eun-Suk Seo
29th President of AKPA

Association of Korean Physicists in America

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