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 February 2011 Newsletter is online.The Newsletter Volume 28, Number 5 is avaialble now. The contents of the Newsletter are as follows:
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Below is from the official announcement from the Election Committee:
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| "The election for the 30th President and the Auditor for the 29th administration was held from January 21 to January 31, 2011. As announced in the AKPA Newsletter, Vol. 28, No. 4, October 2010 issue, nominations were received by the Nomination Committee. Ballots were distributed by e-mail to the eligible voters, i.e., regular members who paid dues at least once in the last two years as well as life-time members. Out of thirty eligible members, eighteen voted. Prof. Jaehoon Yu, University of Texa at Arlington, was elected President by getting eighteen favored votes, and Dr. In-Saeng Suh, University of Notre Dame, was elected Auditor by getting eighteen favored votes. The 2011 election was complete 3 month before the 29th administration begins on May 1, in keeping with the Bylaws." |
[Participants in the KPS-AKPA joint session during the UKC 2010. From the left are Drs. Hyung Joon Kim (Carnegie Mellon), Hyunggyu Park (KIAS), Ki-Hyon Kim (North Carolina Central), Chueng-Ryong Ji (North Carolina State, President of AKPA), Se-Young Jeong (Pusan National, Secretary General of KPS), Taeil Bai (Stanford, Chair of PAS in UKC 2010), and Yong Wook Kim (Lehigh).]
Dear KSEA Members,
Please encourage your Graduate Students and PostDoc to apply for this Graduate Student Travel Grant for UKC 2010 to be held at Seattle, WA on Aug. 11-14, 2010. You can visit the link below for details;
http://ukc.ksea.org/ukc2010/paper_submission.asp?mode=s_support
Type 3: Travel Grant for Ph.D. Candidates and Postdoctoral Scholars (NEW!)
Download Type 3 PhD Support Form at http://ukc.ksea.org/ukc2010/includes/UKC_2010_Student_PostDoc_Appl_Form%20_FINAL_.pdf
UKC 2010 will provide travel grant for Ph.D. candidates and postdoctoral scholars who would like to attend the symposium but are unable to do so without travel expense support. Those who wish to apply for this student travel grant must submit the followings to the UKC 2010 Executive Committee (email Dr. Jihie Kim jihie@isi.edu).
1. Application Form
2. Curriculum Vitae (including GPA, publications, work experiences, and extracurricular activities in one or more Korean student organizations)
3. Research Summary (1 page)
a) Title, significance, a description of the expected contributions or accomplishments
b) Font: 12 pt Times New Roman or Arial
4. Poster when selected
Please submit the application form via email to Dr. Jihie Kim at jihie@isi.edu by June 30, 2010. When selected, he/she should present his/her research projects at the Poster session and/or Job Fair session that many potential employers from Academia, Research Institute and Industry will participate in.
UKC 2010 encourages Ph.D. Candidates and Postdoctoral Scholars to participate in the conference and meet potential employers. We apply the same travel support policy as the speakers, as described above.
Jae-Hoon Kim, Ph.D.
UKC 2010 General Chair / KSEA President Elect
Boeing Research & Technology
Thanks everyone who attended AKPA annual meeting and FIT reception held in Portland, Oregon in March, 2010. See Photo Album for all photos.
[Left: Participants in AKPA annual meeting 2010] [Right: Prof. Noemie Koller (FIP president), Dr. Ian-Woo Kim (OYRA 2010 winner), Prof. Chueng-Ryong Ji (AKPA president)]
[Left: Prof. Hyeonsik Cheong (KPS representative)] [Right: Dr. Jeh Kwan Lah (Former KSEA Oregon chapter president)]
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March 2010 Newsletter is online.The Newsletter Volume 28, Number 2 is avaialble now. The contents of the Newsletter are as follows:
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We were informed that the deadline for the International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS) 2010 abstract submission deadline is re-extended to March 14. Please visit the website at http://www.icps2010.org for the detrailed conference information.
Dear Esteemed AKPA Members,
At the close of this year, we pause to wish you a warm and Happy Holiday Season and a peaceful and prosperous New Year. We appreciate your continuous support of AKPA.
We are making progress in fulfilling the first year plan of 28th admin as presented in the message at the beginning of the incumbency. Nomination process of the Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA) is well underway, AKPA Newsletter Vol. 28 No. 1 was published online and another issue (No. 2) is in preparation for the publication early next year and AKPA Web site has been updated. In cooperation with the Korean Physical Society (KPS), a joint KPS-AKPA session was also held in KPS fall meeting. Furthermore, the AKPA annual meeting proposal submitted to the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) was accepted for funding in the level of support for affiliated professional societies. We are grateful to all the officers and committee members who devoted their precious time to make this happen.
Your membership in AKPA sends a powerful message to all Korean-American professionals and their future generations. It affirms that you are a strong partner in demonstrating the excellence of Korean-American professionals in all areas of Physics and also accredits that you deeply believe in the future of this voluntary association. We encourage you to check our website at www.akpa.org for news, activities, and membership registration.
Fellow members, drawing individual talents and enthusiasm towards the organizational objectives, we can collaboratively achieve extraordinary results. We want to take this opportunity to tell you how much you are valued. Let's work together to continue to develop and build our organization that we all can enjoy.
Finally, more than twenty AKPA officers and committee members say "Thank You" and wish you and your family "Happy Holidays" and a fruitful Tiger New Year!
Best Wishes,
Chueng-Ryong Ji
AKPA President
The OYRA nomination period has been extended till the end of this year, December 31, 2009.
(1) OYRA is to recognize and promote excellent researches by young ethnic Korean physicists in North America.
(2) Candidates are limited to those who are within 5 years from the completion of Ph. D. disseratation.
(3) Nominations and supporting letters should be sent to ywk0@lehigh.edu and ji@ncsu.edu.
Please check our OYRA Award page for the detailed information.
There was a special KPS-AKPA session in the KPS fall meeting held in Changwon, Korea (October 21-23). See Photo Album for all photos.
[Left: Participants in KPS-AKPA session] [Right: Prof. Young Pak Lee (KPS president), Prof. Kiuck Lee (First AKPA president)]
The first Newsletter in the new administration is avaialble now.
Prof. Eun-Suk Seo (U. of Maryland) was elected as the 29th AKPA President by the AKPA members. Dr. Pil-Neyo Seo (Duke U.) was also elected as the Auditor for the current 28th administration. Below is from the official announcement from the Election Committee:
'According to this result, we are pleased to announce that Drs. Eun-Suk Seo and Pil-Neyo Seo were elected as the President of the 29th term and the Auditor of the 28th term, respectively. According to the bylaws, Dr. Eun-Suk Seo will also serve as the Vice President of the current 28th term.'
[Left: Prof. Eun-Suk Seo (next term president)] [Right: Dr. Pil-Neyo Seo (current term auditor)]
Prof. Eun-Suk Seo's acceptance statement: "I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve as the 29th president of AKPA. I am greatly honored to accept the responsibility. I would also like to thank the nomination committee and the election committee for overseeing the electoral process."
As recently announced by the emails (1, 2), the vote for the next term AKPA president and the current term auditor will be held in August, 2009:
(1) Official candidates will be announced on August 14.
(2) Voting will be performed through emails by the qualified members from August 17 to August 21.
(3) The election result will be announced on August 24.
Please check our Election 2009 page for the detailed information.
As of August 14, we announce that we have 2 candidates for the next term president and 1 candidate for the current term auditor. Candidates for the next term president (in chronological nomination order):
Prof. Eun-Suk Seo (University of Maryland), Dr. Taik-Soo Hahm (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory).
Candidate for the current term auditor:
Dr. Pil-Neyo Seo (Duke University).
See the Candidates page for detailed information about the candidates.
As of August 17, the voting started. The qualified voters were notified by email. If you think you are a qualified voter, yet did not get the email, please contact the election committee immediately. Please note that the membership fee has to be paid by August 17 to be a qualified member for this election (contact the treasury secretary).
There was a Physics session (New Frontiers in Basic and Applied Physics) in the UKC 2009 meeting held in Raleigh, NC (July 16-19). See Photo Album for all photos.
[Left: Participants in Physics session] [Right: Prof. Young Pak Lee (KPS president), Prof. Kiuck Lee (Marquette University), Prof. Chueng-Ryong Ji (AKPA president)]
Election for the next AKPA president will be held soon.
[First unofficial 28th AKPA staff meeting at UKC2009 in Raleigh, NC in July, 2009]
