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Increasing number of new students from non-Asian countries such as Europe, Middle East, South America and Africa at the Yeungnam University Korean Language Institute Reconfirming the globalization of the Korean wave [October 6, 2011] “National TV in Poland airs Korean TV dramas. I really enjoyed ‘Iris’ and ‘Chuno’. A few months ago, the Hallyu Concert was held in Paris and some of my friends took a flight all the way from Poland to Paris. There are growing numbers of students who want to learn Korean and about 20% of the students in the Foreign Language Department of our university are currently learning Korean.” Niewiadomska Marta Alicja (20, female), who newly enrolled at the Yeungnam University Korean Language Institute this semester after taking leave from University of Warsaw in Poland, where she majored in Korean for one year, testifies just how awesome Hallyu, is in Poland. She said her favorite song is TVXQ’s ‘Mirotic’ and hums to it in Korean, as she explained that her dream was to become a Korean interpreter. Chaib Yacine (22) who came to learn Korean in order to properly understand the movies of Kim, Ki-duk and Park, Chan-wook from France said, “K-pop and Korean TV dramas are very well planned and designed cultural contents. I think the Hallyu frenzy will continue for at least the next five years, and if the Korean emotions and culture are placed in these more, they will be even more attractive by fans around the world. I’m sure it will result in more foreigners coming to Korea to learn about Korea and to learn Korean.” He added, “The more I learn Korean, the more I think that the language is scientific and beautiful. I am going to live in Korea until I become fluent in Korean.” Foreign students learning Korean at the Yeungnam University Korean Language Institute (from left to right – Yacine, Millen, Zinmarphyo, Marta, Julia) The Hallyu is causing excitement throughout the world. It has now passed Japan and East Asia, and is quickly spreading to Europe, Africa, and the Americas. In addition, there is a rapidly growing number of people who are becoming interested and wanting to learn Korean. As evidence of this, there has been a stark increase of foreigners that have come to Yeungnam University Korean Language Institute from non-Asian countries for the past two year. On its opening year in 2004, all 58 students were from China, but in 2009, the student body surpassed 100 from five countries including China, Southeast Asia and the US, and it is appearing to become internationally diversified. The nationality diversification started in 2010. It is the same time when the globalization of Hallyu began. Last year, 110 students from 17 countries came to the Yeungnam University Korean Language Institute to learn Korean. While 80 of them were from China, 14 from 11 non-Asian countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Cameroon, Tunisia, and Peru also came to learn Korean. This year, while the number of Chinese students are 73 among the 104 total students, foreigners from non-Asian countries grow to 24 from 16 countries. Percentage-wise, it doubled. There were students that represented their nation for the first time such as the 67 year old British professor, as well as students from France, Poland, Spain, Guatemala and Ethiopia. Garcia-Prat Julia (28, female) from France has a master’s degree in international commerce and marketing. She worked at a marketing firm, but left the company and came to learn Korean. “From three months ago, I learned Korean for hours a week at a Korean class offered by the Korean Embassy in Paris, but it was not enough. I left my job for this so I have to study harder. I want to learn all I can about the Korean language and Korea, so that I can work on cultural exchange programs that link Korea and France.” On such trends, Professor Joo, Sang-woo (52, School of Mechanical Engineering) who is the director of the Yeungnam University Korean Language Institute, said, “We can reconfirm that Hallyu is spreading to the entire world through pop-culture such as K-pop, TV dramas, and movies.” He added with emphasis, “Since the interest on Hallyu is spreading to interest in the Korean language, Korean people, and Korean society, we should make as much preparations and efforts to make the most out of this opportunity. As part of this, the Yeungnam University Korean Language Institute is also offering various Korean culture experience and field trip programs in addition to the Korean class-by-level programs so that foreigners can better understand Korea. This year, 104 foreign students from 20 countries are registered to learn Korean at the Yeungnam University Korean Language Institute.
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Professor Choi, In-ho succeeds in cultivating cell strain for producing vaccines for foot and mouth disease [October 4, 2011] * World’s first customized serum research considering ‘gender specifics’ * Korean Intellectual Property Office recognized business profitability, applied for domestic and international patents * Domestic serum market that depended entirely on imports, expected to substitute imports worth 20 billion won per year The cost of damages in Korea caused by foot and mouth disease last winter amounts to about two trillion won. Also, it is estimated that 40 billion won in importing foot and mouth disease vaccines needed twice for inoculating the 13 million cows and pigs grown in Korea will be needed. However, the appearance of livestock farms with foot and mouth disease outdoor virus (NSP) antibodies without receiving vaccines were recently reported nationwide. Therefore, there are many concerns over the recurrence of foot and mouth disease. At such point, a professor in a Korean university published research results that opened the doors to possible localization and mass production of serum needed in producing animal vaccines. This was done by Professor Choi, In-ho (47, president of the Bovine Genome Resources Bank, photo) of the Yeungnam University School of Biotechnology. After years of research, he succeeded in cultivating cell strains for developing foot and mouth disease vaccines using serum extracted from the blood of Hanwoo cattle. By reusing the 15,000 tons worth of blood that were thrown away for the most part from the 600,000 Hanwoo cattle in Korea as of 2010, it can substitute 20 billion won worth of imports for the domestic serum market that was entirely dependent upon imports. Furthermore, it can also minimize risks of the blood that contains a high amount of gender hormones being thrown away without proper precautions to act as environmental hormones that disrupt the natural ecology. In particular, the research of Professor Choi is noteworthy in the fact that it is research on customized cow serum production that is ‘gender specific’. While other cow serum were extracted and processed without giving consideration to the gender, Professor Choi became the world first to conduct research on gender (female, male, neutered) specific cow serum with funding by the Rural Development Administration based on the fact that due to the different constituents and hormones in the blood depending on the gender of the animal, there could be different effects on cell cultivation. In result, he found that for the cell strain (BHK-21) that is normally used for producing foot and mouth disease vaccine, grows better in the serum from adult Hanwoo cattle than the imported fetal bovine serum. He also discovered that it grows better in male serum than female serum. This suggests that the development of gender specific serum (also called ‘customized serum’) of optimal cultivation for different virus or cells is possible. The research results of Professor Choi’s gender specific cow serum production already acquired patents in Korea and it is also undergoing the application process for international patents. In addition, it was also selected as a ‘Lab Patent Strategic Project’ funded by the Korean Intellectual Property Office and was diagnosed as ‘very high possibility for industrialization’, and was revealed to have the potential to help in the development of vaccines for foot and mouth disease in Korea. “Vaccines use inactive or weak viruses, or parts of viruses, and inject them in animals and people to have the immune system respond to the virus. Therefore, it is possible for the body to resist the particular virus when it infiltrates the body later. Ultimately, the key point for developing vaccines is the mass production technologies of viruses that can be used as vaccines. For this, a certain amount of nutrition is needed. Currently, the serum of cows is used the most throughout the world and the global market is worth two trillion won per year. Of this, 85% is being produced in the US. Thus, in events like the mad cow disease outbreak in 2008 in North America, sudden shortages of supplies can occur at any time, and procuring a sufficient amount of cow serum is a key requisite for the localization of vaccines. Due to this, Professor Choi became interested in producing cow serum in Korea since 2008. He conducted preliminary tests for two years with the funding of the National Research Foundation of Korea and confirmed the potentials by providing other researchers with the Hanwoo cattle serum that were produced. And since 2010, he received funding for research expenses by the Rural Development Administration to conduct full-fledged research on the industrialization of Hanwoo cattle serum, and finally opened the doors to the industrialization of livestock blood, which thus far were simply environmental wastes. Professor Choi said, “In the event that gender specific serum becomes industrialized, it will be possible to produce them at affordable costs for imported cow fetus serum, and thus take a financial load off on farms. In addition, it will be possible to procure safety that can protect us from various diseases that may possibly occur in the future.” He added, “Of course, there will be many obstacles to overcome such as modernizing slaughterhouse facilities to produce clean serum with consistent quality and changing the cattle raising system of some farms so that they are suitable for producing serum to be used to make vaccines. However, if interest and research on producing the serum is made, Korea will also be able to produce vaccines of international standards in the near future.” Accordingly, Professor Choi will hold a symposium on ‘Hanwoo Cattle Serum Research and Industrialization Plan for Producing Vaccines’ at Yeungnam University, sponsored by the Bovine Genome Resources Bank on October 7 (Friday), to examine the recent research trends of the biotechnology sector, while looking for possibilities of industrialization.
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School of Materials Science and Engineering of YU and NIMS of Japan sign research exchange MOU [September 21, 2011] For international research and exchange in the nanoceramics sector, Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo) teamed up with National Institute for Materials Science of Japan (NIMS). NIMS was founded as the ‘National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials’ in Tsukuba, Ibaraki. Today, it is a world-class research institute that is leading the development of advanced materials needed for the future of humanity based on nanotechnologies. School of Materials Science and Engineering – NIMS, Research Exchange MOU Signing Ceremony At 3pm on the 21st, the School of Materials Science and Engineering (dean Lee, Jai-yeoul) and NIMS of Japan (National Institute for Materials Science, director of Materials processing section, Yoshio Sakka) signed a research exchange MOU at the Yeungnam University Materials Science and Engineering Building and promised to cooperate for the promotion of exchange. Accordingly, based on the manufacturing cooperation of advanced ceramics that applied SPS (Spark Plasma Sintering) that applies both heat and pressure using electric current from the nano-powder materials, the two organizations will cooperate on ▲exchanging researcher (internships), ▲sharing research theses and information, and ▲conducting collaborative research. Nanoceramics are materials developed for the purpose of giving functions not existing in regular ceramics or greatly enhancing the performance of existing functions by designing and controlling the structure of nonorganic minerals such at metal oxides, nitride and carbide at nano sizes (1/1,000,000,000m). R&D as core parts for iron furnaces, high precision engine parts, aerospace parts, cutting tools that are highly durable with anti-abrasion properties, bio materials, solar cells, fuel cells, and semiconductors are being conducted, and some have already become commercialized. At this MOU ceremony, Lee, Jai-yeoul, dean of the Yeungnam University School of Materials Science and Engineering, said, “NIMS is a national research institute that represents Japan in the materials sector. We began exchanging intern students from last summer vacation, even before signing this MOU, to provide the opportunity to acquire technologies and information of this advanced sector, and the effects were very promising. We are planning to continuously expand our global network and diligently pursue collaborative research between our organizations, while also enhancing cooperation both nationally and internationally.” In response to this, Dr. Yoshio Sakka (55), director of the NIMS material processing sector, said, “By signing this MOU with Yeungnam University which possesses considerable research capacities and achievements in the materials sector, we are now able to accelerate our research on cutting-edge nanoceramics such as in aerospace sectors.” After the MOU signing ceremony at 4pm, a seminar under the theme ‘Research Status of NIMS and International Joint Research’ was held. Dr. Yoshio Sakka, the unit director, stood as the speaker and spoke about ‘Research Status of NIMS and International Joint Research’, followed by Professor Han,Young-hwan of the Yeungnam University School of Materials Science and Engineering, who spoke about ‘School of Materials Science and Engineering SPS Research Status and Joint Research.” Through this, the Yeugnam University of New Materials Engineering is expected to hold international symposiums and publish SCI thesis books with the purpose of collaborative research on SPS (Spark Plasma Sintering), with hopes to become a hub for domestic nanoceramics SPS research. ※ Spark Plasma Sintering: quick sintering method through heat diffusion and electric diffusion of high energy with high temperature discharge plasma that occurs suddenly through sparks by injecting direct pulse electric energy between particles, while also giving mechanical pressure
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First to clarify mechanisms that the deficiency of vitamin B12 triggers neuropsychiatric diseases such as dementia In past three years, 13 SCI theses published by undergraduate students, becoming established as a tradition of School of Biotechnology [September 5, 2011] “With the society becoming older, there is a growing interest and hopes for a healthy life in retirement. There is also a growing fear of neuropsychiatric ailments such as Alzheimer’s. This is because it takes much longer to overcome this compared to other age-related diseases or cancer. I hope that our research will become a small cornerstone for the challenge to overcome dementia for all humanity.” Jeong, Jin-ju (22, photo), a senior at the Yeungnam University School of Biotechnology published her theses on two SCI journals in just five months. She is the principal author despite the fact that she is an undergraduate student. Her topic of research since her junior year was the correlation between vitamin B12 (cobalamin) and dementia. It is a well known fact that the deficiency of vitamin B12 can trigger neuropsychiatric diseases such as Alzheimer’s. However, its cause and mechanism were not yet clearly defined. After staying up many nights for a year under the guidance of Professor Kim, Ji-hoe, she revealed that GSH (glutathione), which is known to be a very strong antioxidant and a type of amino acid generated by the liver, adjusted the functions of protein (bCblC), which is involved with the metabolism of vitamin B12. bCblC combines with vitamin B12 and is involved with the activated B12 synthesis, and GSH increases this bonding strength. The preliminary result of her paper on the correlation of vitamin B12 and neuropsychiatric diseases such as dementia was published in March on 《Biochemistry & Molecular Biology reports》, and then further research results were carried later in August by 《Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communication》, which is published by Elsvier, the world’s largest publisher in the science, technology and medical sector. Thus its academic value was recognized internationally. Professor Kim, Ji-hoe (39), the corresponding author of this paper, said, “I worked with Jin-ju for about a year and a half. She is a very diligent student that stays at the lab until midnight experimenting and researching almost every day during the semester, and even during vacations.” Professor Kim also added, “Because of Jin-ju, our lab has become famous to be the last room in which the lights are turned off in our department.” Thus, Jung has become the fourth student to carry on the tradition of School of Biotechnology of ‘undergraduate students publishing SCI theses as the principal author’. The first was Park, Gi-hoon (26) who published a thesis that revealed the ‘Possibilities of Using Arteriosclerosis Treatment Medicine using Proteins Extracted from Hyphantriacunea’, who was a senior at the time in November 2008. Currently, he is enrolled at the Graduate School of Biotechnology working on both his master’s and PhD. The second was Jang, Wook-joo (22), who published the thesis on the diabetes and aging mechanism by fructose in January 2010 on an SCI journal. He was a junior at the time and is now working on his master’s degree at the Graduate School of Biotechnology. In June of the same year, Park, Jeong-heun (23) published a clinical research paper that found an important trace that could prevent arteriosclerosis in an SCI journal as a senior. He is also now working on his master’s degree at the Graduate School of Biotechnology. Jung was also selected to work on a bachelor and master’s accelerated degree program. From next semester, he will be continuing his research in a master’s degree program. He said, “I am happy to be able to carry on the proud tradition of our school. I was able to learn a lot from the great examples set by my seniors, and I was able to make good achievements because they paved the way.” He also revealed his ambitions saying, “I want to become a biotechnology that conducts research needed by humanity and society.” Khang, Yong-ho (55), the dean of School of Biotechnology, said, “With the principal authors of SCI theses being undergraduate students coming out from Professor Cho, Kyung-hyun’s lap three years ago, there has been a healthy competition among the professors and students in the school. Our school also strengthens conditions for promoting professors and creates an ideal professor that leads research. The school is also striving to cultivate a department custom by making it mandatory to operate a ‘journal club’ for reviewing the latest theses and making oral presentations on bio-related fields. In result, in the past three years, it had astonishing results in which a total of 13 theses by undergraduate students, including five with the principal author being undergraduate students, being published in SCI journals.” He added, “I hope that this can spread to the entire university so that more extraordinary papers are written by students of Yeungnam University.”
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“Water is the future of humanity” Discussion and lecture on global campus construction cooperation to foster water experts [September 2, 2011] Andras Szöllösi-Nagy (62, photo), chair of UNESCO-IHE, which is an institute for water and environment education under the UN, visited Yeungnam University on the 2nd. This is noteworthy under situations where Daegu and Gyeongbuk is fervently bidding for the ‘2015 World Water Forum’. UNESCO-IHE (International Institute for Infrastructural Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering) is an educational institute specializing in water and environment under the UN, which is at the center of global water issues in the 21st century. This is the only institute under the UN that can grant degrees and in order to share the technologies and experiences of the ‘Delta Plan’ by the Netherlands, it was established in Delft in 1957 and then transferred over to UNESCO in 2002. So why did the head of UNESCO-IHE, which has such great international status, visit Yeungnam University? Szöllösi-Nagy, visited Yeungnam University upon the invitation by Lee, Soon-tak, chair professor of Yeungnam University, chairperson of the pan-government organ, UNESCO-IHP (International Hydrological Programme) inter-government committee and chairperson of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Water Forum, and met Lee, Hyo-soo, president of Yeungnam University. Szöllösi-Nagy said, “Water is the common property of humanity and so the knowhow for managing water must also be shared by all humanity. Water is the future of humanity.” Emphasizing this, he explained plans to construct a global campus that is currently being pursued by UNESCO-IHE. He explained the function of UNESCO-IHE saying, “Currently about 95% of the 600 students are from developing nations from Asia, Africa and Latin America. After receiving specialized education on water resource development and management, they are returning to their nations and playing pivotal roles in the water industry.” He also added, “The importance of water management will grow in the future due to climate change and global warming. About 70% of global health issues are caused by water and about 50% of patients in sickbeds carry diseases caused by water. Thus, there is a need to construct the UNESCO IHE-Global Campus in every continent in order to foster more water experts.” Yeungnam University president Lee, Hyo-soo stated, “Our university has been pursuing the Green Innovation (GIFT) plan since 2009 and water is a field that we place a great deal of interest in. Since there are many experts on water including Professor Lee, Soon-tak, if we become a partner of the global campus of UNESCO-IHE, we will be able to help each other considerably.” Szöllösi-Nagy replied in agreement to discuss cooperation plans in the future saying, “The water issue cannot be resolved from a simply engineering approach. It is an issue that requires scientific, environmental technologies, and a sociological approach, and therefore, we need a partner like Yeungnam University that has high capacities in all academic fields.” Meanwhile, Szöllösi-Nagy made a lecture titled ‘Lesson from Wrong Predictions – Value Effect of Hydrological Forecasting Model’. He explained the evaluations of existing techniques and the value of hydrological forecasting models, saying, “There is no unique prediction model. There is no ‘best‘ prediction model. A backup system is always needed.” He also emphasized the importance of experience saying, “You should never completely trust a model. Models are excellent tools for making decisions, but the person who executes the model should always be factored in during the prediction process.”
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“I hope to contribute in the early commercialization of nuclear fusion generation.” Top of the ‘1st Power Engineering School Summer Camp’ hosted by KEPCO E&C and full scholarship for one year [September 1, 2011] Park, Hyeon-je (24, junior in the Department of Electrical Engineering) who is bi-majoring in Nuclear Engineering, ranked first in the ‘Power Engineering School Summer Camp’ that was held for the first time this year by KEPCO E&C (CEO An, Seung-kyoo). Park will be receiving one-year full scholarship as a reward. The ‘Power Engineering School’ is a program hosted by KEPCO E&C in order to foster future engineers in the power technology sector. It was held at Yongin from July 18 to July 23 with the attendance of 48 engineering students from 25 universities including Yeungnam University, Seoul National University, KAIST, and POSTECH. The participating students completed an educational course that lasted for six days made up of lectures in ten fields such as design of Nuclear power plants and Thermal power stations, as well as on-site visits to the Samcheonpo Thermal power Station and Gori Nuclear Power plant. After comprehensive evaluations including tests, presentations, debates, and attendance, Park received 96 points, outscoring the second place by more than 10 points. The scholarship was handed over to Park at the Yeungnam University Mechanical Engineering Building on the 23rd. At this event, Jin, Tae-eun, director of the KEPCO E&C Human Resources Development and Education Center, said, “The knowledge and practical skills of Park, Hyeon-je, who is double majoring in Nuclear engineering and Electrical engineering is surprising,” while adding, “This education session that utilized the advanced technologies of KEPCO E&C will contribute in training the capacities of students, while also determining the students’ career path after graduation.” He also stated, “We are planning to continue to host this camp in order to contribute in fostering human resources for power technologies such as advanced cultivation of nuclear power personnel, which is being pursued by the government following the winning of bids for the UAE nuclear power plants.” Park, who ranked first, said, “I began double majoring in Nuclear Engineering since March of last year. I think this is why I was able to rank first. It was worth sleeping less and studying more.” He also added, “Because there are still too few nuclear power experts in Korea, double majoring in Nuclear engineering will provide me with more employment opportunities and two degrees. In addition, I will be given more specialized education and scholarship benefits.” Park, who explained that he wanted to become an expert in both nuclear power generation and power transmission, said with a smile, “My dream is to contribute in the early commercialization of nuclear fusion generation in the nuclear power sector.” Scholarship ceremony (from left to right, Professor Lee, Su-jong and Director Jin, Tae-eun of the KEPCO E&C Human Resources Development and Education Center, Park, Hyeon-je, Professor Chai, Young-suck dean of the College of Engineering and Professor Hong, Sung-yull of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Yeungnam University) Meanwhile, Yeungnam University newly established the Nuclear Engineering major from the first semester of 2011. This is to respond to the rapidly growing demands for the best brains related to nuclear power due to the increased demand for alternative energies to prevent global warming, the government’s plans to increase investments in the nuclear power industry, and the finalization of exports of nuclear power plants to the UAE. Therefore, with the School of Mechanical Engineering (Major of Mechanical System Engineering, Major of Mechanical Design Engineering, and Major of Mechanical Advanced Engineering) being the main department, the school is operating fusion and integrated double major programs participated jointly by the Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electronic Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and the School of Chemical Engineering. Students must take over 35 credits in double major curricula and at least 16 credits in core major courses to strengthen expertise. Students that complete the double majors will be given two diplomas, one being their main major and engineering diplomas in the Nuclear Engineering major.
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Top non-Seoul area private university for second consecutive year in University ranking, Holds Korea-China University President Forum, Opened EU Center, Highest evaluation for Green Human Resources Employment, etc… [December 29, 2011] ※ Editor’s Note: We will close the year with the top 10 news that reconfirms the Yeungnam University’s ‘Audacious Challenges and Audacious Innovations’ in the 2011 school year. Furthermore, we aim at setting a cornerstone for a new start in the 2012 school year. 2011 School Year’s Top 10 News 1) ‘1st place in non-Seoul area private universities’ in 2011 for second straight year in University rankings ‘1st in non-Seoul area private universities’ in preference for employment by government institutions and corporations 2) Hosted 3rd ‘Korea-China University President Forum’ Adopted ‘Joint Declaration’ led by Yeungnam University 3) Opened ‘YU-EU Center’, a window to the EU First in region, fifth in nation 4) 1st in non-Seoul area and 8th in nation for CEO graduates of listed companies with sales of over 1,000 1st among provincial private universities and 10th in nation for graduating future executives in the ‘Big 4’ (Samsung, Hyundai, LG, SK) 5) Yeungnam University ranked ‘best’ in Green Human Resources Employment Top second straight year in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology’s ‘Metropolitan Employment Rate Heightening Program’ 6) 100 power alumni in politics, finance, and government mentor juniors Assertive support for Audacious Change of their school 7) Opened ‘UC Davis Overseas Summer Semester’ for first time in Asia in engineering sector Classes taken jointly by students of UC students and Yeungnam University students 8) Opened next-generation education portal system Mobile learning system, knowledge management system, etc Completed transformation to ‘Smart Campus’ 9) Selected for two projects of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology’s ‘Regional Innovative Human Resource Fostering Program’ Employment rate of participating students at 83% ‘Employment window’ for high-level human resources in the science technology sector 10) Selected as ‘Creative Campus Support University’ by the Ministry of Employment and Labor Support on founding and commercialization of 20 creative clubs
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The School of Architecture team, receives first prize in the ‘NYTC New York Theater City’ international architecture contest Competing with about 300 university teams of the world including England and Spain, demonstrated the potential of 5 year School of Architecture [August 9, 2011] The School of Architecture team of Yeungnam University was recognized for its ability internationally by placing the honorary 1st place at the ‘NYTC New York Theater City’ which was held targeting the students of Architecture throughout the world in Spain. ‘NYTC New York Theater City’ is the project name of the international architecture contest sponsored by Archmedium of Spain during the first half of this year and the students were given a mission to form a space where fresh and diverse performance can freely sprout at the Broadway of Manhattan which is the heart of world's performance culture industry. It was from the object of returning the Broadway as a city of culture where art and freedom are alive by reviving the experimental challenge of spirit from the 1980's after it has degenerated into a commercial business zone as the place became dominated by large scale performance culture where huge capital is invested. A total of 302 works have been released from all over the world in the contest held from January 15th to May 31st. The jury of five world famous architects have selected award winners based on publicness, harmony with surrounding environment, innovation with critical spirit of challenge, communication ability and novelty. As a result, the work of ‘PH4 Studio’ team (see photo) organized by Park, Jung-Ha/Park, Jun-Young/Kwon, Su-Hwan in fifth grade, Park, Chang-Beom in fourth grade and Han, Chang-Seok in third grade of Yeungnam University's School of Architecture called “What kind of performance do you want?" had received 'first prize' which is the first place. They also got hold of 2,500 euros in prize money (about 4 million won). The work was designed to naturally lead the footsteps of walking along the High Line Park to the performance hall as the place was made to open up a diversity of experimental performances by having the outer line of roof at the ring shaped building to give strong impression like colosseum of Rome meet at the edge of the High Line Park which is a new noted feature of New York and placing a small sized theater at the basement of gigantic round plaza formed at the inner building. High Line Park is a tourist attraction of New York that has revived the abandoned elevated railroad and was one of the surrounding environmental structures that must be considered in this mission. The jury has pointed out the fact that the work of these students has made the refined beauty of a city called New York stand out with a simple but impressive design, the fact that dead spaces between elevated railroad supports were illustrated to be recycled as a space of creative culture and the fact that urban integration was clearly shown with persuasive ability through round design, etc especially stand out. The second place went to the University of Westminster of England and third place went to the ETSAB team of Spain. Concerning this outstanding achievement, the team leader Park, Jong-Ha (25, fifth grade of Architecture) has expressed his aspirations by saying “I'm very delighted to have our ability recognized in the contest sponsored by Spain which is the home of architecture that has produced Gaudi” and “I want to contribute in telling people about the Korean beauty of architecture to the world by becoming an architect who has received international certificate in the future". The youngest team member Han, Chang-Seok (24) also expressed his determination by saying “It was a great fortune to work with talented mentors who had received several awards in international contests” and “I'll make effort to have more great results by sharing what I learned from mentors this time with my classmates or younger students” Meanwhile, Yeungnam University's School of Architecture has reorganized as five year School of Architecture since 2002 to be operating international architect certification training approved by WTO system while proving its potentials through many domestic and foreign contests. The First Prize Winning Work of 'PH4 Studio' Team
