Attendees pose for a commemorative picture after the event fund donation ceremony for Dr. Ko Kwang-heung (fifth from proper) on the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) administration constructing convention corridor on April 27. Courtesy of GIST
■ The Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) introduced on the thirtieth that Dr. Ko Kwang-heung, who labored for about 40 years on the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Waterworks Headquarters and Okay-water, has donated 500 million KRW to GIST’s improvement fund. The donation ceremony was held on the twenty seventh within the convention corridor of the GIST administration constructing. Ko Jeong-ju, Chairman of KBI Hanam (GIST Honorary Doctor of Engineering), who donated 1 billion KRW to GIST in 2022, supported Dr. Ko’s resolution. GIST named the auditorium of the Advanced Photonics Research Institute ‘Suun Hall’ after Dr. Ko’s pen title, Suun (水雲), and held an unveiling ceremony. Suun means ‘to give like water and stay freely just like the clouds.’ Dr. Ko acknowledged, “The advancement of science and technology is the most important driving force that changes human life and the foundation of the conveniences we enjoy. I hope GIST grows into a university that nurtures world-class science and technology talent and contributes to the development of humanity.”
■ KAIST introduced on the thirtieth {that a} group led by Professor Myung Jae-wook of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has developed an eco-friendly agricultural movie utilizing fallen leaves collected from the KAIST campus and its neighborhood. The analysis outcomes had been revealed within the worldwide journal ‘Green Chemistry’ on February 6 (native time). The group famous that almost all present agricultural movies are manufactured from polyethylene, which is tough to accumulate after use and generates microplastics as residue. The analysis group created a particular solvent to extract nanocellulose from the cell partitions of fallen leaves. They then mixed it with polyvinyl alcohol, a biodegradable polymer, to create the movie. The fallen leaf movie suppressed soil moisture loss to about 5% over 14 days and 34.4% of it decomposed in about 115 days, exhibiting a quicker decomposition fee than present biodegradable movies.
■ The Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) introduced on the thirtieth that it’s going to formally implement the ‘Distinguished Researcher’ system to acknowledge and assist excellent researchers with wonderful analysis achievements and to improve analysis competitiveness. The Distinguished Researcher idea integrates the prevailing Distinguished Professor system, applied since September 2024, and the newly established Distinguished Research Fellow system. This is meant to construct a complete assist framework for excellent college and researchers. Dr. Lee Myung-jae, a principal researcher on the Nano Technology Research Division, was chosen as the primary Distinguished Researcher. Dr. Lee is an authority on low-power, high-density neuromorphic reminiscence computing expertise. DGIST President Kunwoo Lee acknowledged, “We will actively utilize this system to create an optimal environment where outstanding faculty and researchers can focus on their academic achievements.”
■ GIST introduced on the thirtieth {that a} analysis group led by Professor Kong Deuk-jo of the Graduate School of AI Policy and Strategy has proposed a media allocation technique utilizing AI-based simulations that may concurrently improve the effectiveness and fairness of well being prevention campaigns for the aged. The analysis outcomes had been revealed within the worldwide journal ‘Medical Internet Research’ on April 1 (native time). The group empirically confirmed the potential to improve aged participation in preventive well being companies whereas mitigating disparities between teams brought on by variations in digital entry, revenue, and social situations. Furthermore, they introduced an AI-based decision-making framework that enables for the consideration of each effectiveness and fairness from the coverage design stage.
■ POSTECH introduced on the thirtieth {that a} group led by Professor Lee Dong-hwa of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering has developed ‘AutoVoltage,’ an automatic simulation expertise able to discovering a number of candidate natural electrode supplies for next-generation batteries directly, and has already recognized promising supplies. The analysis outcomes had been revealed within the worldwide journal ‘Energy Storage Materials’ in January of this yr. AutoVoltage makes use of automated simulations to monitor how voltage adjustments through the battery’s charge-discharge cycle and autonomously finds probably the most secure construction at every stage. By making use of AutoVoltage to a big chemical compound database, the group found 202 promising natural electrode supplies with excessive power density.
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