AKPA Eun-Suk Seo AKPA President University of Maryland.

AKPAEun-Suk Seo

AKPA PresidentUniversity of Maryland

Association of Korean Physicists in America

History• Established in 19791. 1979-1980: Tong Nyung Lee, Retired from

POSTECH

2. 1980-1981: Ja Hyun Lee, Retired from NASA

3. 1981-1982: Yung Keun Lee, Retired from Johns Hopkins

4. 1982-1983: Yoon-Soo Park, Retired from ONR

5. 1983-1984: Won Yong Lee, Retired from Columbia Univ.

6. 1984-1985: Ki-Hyon Kim, North Carolina Central University

7. 1985-1986: Moo Young Han, Duke University

8. 1986-1987: William Tong-Il Chu, LBNL (retired)

9. 1987-1988: Kong Ki Min, Retired from RPI

10. 1988-1989: Yeong Ell Kim, Purdue University

11. 1989-1990: Chung-Wook Kim, Retired from both JHU and KIAS

12. 1990-1991: Yong Wook Kim, Lehigh University

13. 1991-1992: Suk Koo Yun, deceased

14. 1992-1993: Hyo Gun Kim, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

15. 1993-1994: Nowhan Kwak, Retired from U of

Kansas

16. 1994-1995: Young Soo Oh, Retired from Penn State

17. 1995-1996: Saeyoung Ahn, Retired from NRL

18. 1996-1997: Yanglai Cho, ANL

19. 1997-1998: Kyungsik Kang, Brown University, deceased

20. 1998-1999: Yung Kee Yeo, Air Force Institute of Technology

21. 1999-2000: Jin Joo Song, UC San Diego

22. 2000-2001: Zang-Hee Cho, UC Irvine

23. 2001-2002: Sungkwun Lyo, Sandia National Lab

24. 2002-2003: Kwangje Kim, University of Chicago

25. 2003-2005: Quiesup Kim, Retired from JPL

26. 2005-2007: Ho Jung Paik, University of Maryland (retired)

27. 2007-2009: Tail Bai, Stanford

28. 2009-2011: Chueng-Ryong Ji, North Carolina State University

29. 2011-2013: Eun-Suk Seo, University of Maryland

30. 2013-2015: Jaehoon Yu, University of Texas at Arlington

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29th AKPA Administration Organization Chart

Preceding President (Prof. Chueng-Ryong Ji,

NC State Univ.)

Preceding President (Prof. Chueng-Ryong Ji,

NC State Univ.)

Vice President(Prof. Jaehoon Yu,

Univ. of Texas, Arlington)

Vice President(Prof. Jaehoon Yu,

Univ. of Texas, Arlington)

General Secretary(Prof. Yoonseok Lee,

Univ. of Florida)

General Secretary(Prof. Yoonseok Lee,

Univ. of Florida)

AuditorWeb Management SecretaryPublication SecretaryMembership SecretaryE-Link SecretaryTreasury Secretary

AuditorWeb Management SecretaryPublication SecretaryMembership SecretaryE-Link SecretaryTreasury Secretary

Award CommitteePublicity and Editorial CommitteeWeb Management CommitteeE-link CommitteeElection CommitteeNomination CommitteeTask Force for International CooperationTask Force for National Competition

Award CommitteePublicity and Editorial CommitteeWeb Management CommitteeE-link CommitteeElection CommitteeNomination CommitteeTask Force for International CooperationTask Force for National Competition

President (Prof. Eun-Suk Seo)President (Prof. Eun-Suk Seo)

More details at http://www.akpa.org AKPA 3

• To serve the community to promote continued advancement in physics and related areas, and to promote close networking of Korean physicists. – Technical Excellence– US-Korea Cooperation– Professional Networking– Career Development– Community Service

• 협회는 물리학에 관한 학술의 발전 장려 및 회원 상호간의 긴밀한 유대를 도모함을 목적으로 한다 .– 한국 물리학계와 연락 및 협조 .– 북미주 ( 미국 , Canada 포함 ) 물리 학회와의 연락 및 협조 .– 물리학에 관한 정보 교환 및 협조 .– 한국계 재미물리학자의 권익 옹호 .– 기타 협회의 목적 달성에 필요한 사업 .

• 협회의 사업연도는 매년 5 월 1 일부터 다음해 4 월 30 일까지로 한다 .

Mission & Vision

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Activities and Programs• Recognize and promote excellence in research

– Outstanding Young Researcher Award • Publish Newsletters regularly• Promote and facilitate Korean Physicist Symposia at specialized

conferences, e.g., – American Physical Society (APS) division meetings, American

Geophysical Union (AGU), American Astronomical Society (AAS) meetings, etc.

• Organize various regional activities, e.g., public lectures for local Korean-American communities

• Collaborate with other Korean-American and Korean organizations, such as Korean Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) and Korean Physical Society (KPS)

• Collaborate with American Physical Society, e.g., Forum on International Physics

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Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA)• AKPA recognizes outstanding

young researchers early on in their careers through the OYRA.

• Awarded every year to one or two outstanding young (< 5 yr after Ph.D.) Korean physicists in North America since 1994.– in a rigorous selection process – $1,500 cash award

• Many OYRA awardees play important roles in Korea and the United States.

• Two winners of OYRA 2012 will be selected in January 2012.– The Korean Physical Society (KPS)

will sponsor one of the two awards.

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Year  Recipients Current Affiliation Area

2011 Jong-kyu Park Princeton   Plasma Physics

Cheol-Hwan Park MIT  Material Science 2010 Ian Woo Kim U. of Wisconsin Particle physics

2009 Kyoungchul Kong Fermi Nat. Lab. Particle physics

2007 Tuson Park LANL Condensed Matter

2006 Nam Jung Hur Inha U Condensed Matter

2005 Inseok Song Caltech Astrophysics

2004 Sang-Ho Kim LG Chemical  

2003 Hwang Lee LSU Quantum Computing

2002 Philip Kim Columbia Superconductivity and Nanosicence

2001 Taekjip Ha U. Illinois Biological Physics

2000 Seung-Hun Lee UVA Condensed Matter

1999 Yong Baek Kim U. of Toronto Condensed Matter

1998 Piljin Yi KIAS Field theory

1997 Insu Yi Ewha U. Astrophysics

1996 Kyungwon An Seoul National U. Optics

1995 Sebastian Seung MIT Computational Neuroscience

1994 Byungwoo Park Seoul National U. Electromaterial Physics

AKPA Newsletters

• Newsletters help us stand closer to the community.

• Newsletters play an important role in building a strong organization.

• Currently published quarterly– Member News– Science and Technology News– Scholarship and Education News– 2 – 3 featured research articles– Awards and opportunities– Upcoming meeting announcements

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Korean Physicist Symposium at the 2011 APS April Meeting

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Cooperation with American Physical Society

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Korean Physicist Symposium was held as a Satellite meeting of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics (DPP), Salt Lake City, Utah, November 15, 2011.

Cooperation with Korean Physical Society

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• KPS will sponsor one of the two OYRA 2012 awards.

• AKPA-KPS joint workshop, “US-Korea Workshop: International Cooperation on Particle, Nuclear and Astrophysics Research,” is being organized as part of the KPS 60th Anniversary Celebration, which will be held in Daejeon, Korea, April 24-27, 2012.

• AKPA to help collaboration between KPS and APS.• The APS President Bob Byer will meet the KPS President in Korea in February 2012.

A photo from the AKPA-KPS meeting of May 24, 2011: from the left, a KPS VP Prof. J. W. Wu, the AKPA President, Prof. E. S. Seo, the KPS President Prof. S. C. Shin, and the AKPA VP Prof. J. Yu.

• AKPA organized a Physics (Technical Group A of KSEA) Session and a forum on Rare Isotope Beam Accelerator for the US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship (UKC 2011), which was held in Park City, Utah, August 10-14, 2011.

• AKPA will launch the National High School Physics Contest to promote an interest in physics for high school students and to identify potential students who will be successful in physics.

- As a pilot program, a set of physics problems will be prepared for two KSEA Chapters, North Texas and North Carolina, during the National Mathematics & Science Competition (NMSC 2012).

Cooperation with Korean Scientists and Engineers Association

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2011 – 2012 AKPA Events

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Event Schedule Planned Event Coordinator

Aug. 5, 2011AKPA-KSEA Lunch Seminar, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Dr. Zaeill Kim, University of Maryland

Aug. 10 - 14, 2011 US-Korea Conference, Park city, UtahProf. Jaehoon Yu, U of Texas at Arlington

Sept. 19, 2011Space Science Seminar and membership drive, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Dr. Youngsoo Yoon, University of Maryland

Oct.19 - 21, 2011 Fall 2011 Korean Physical Society meeting, KoreaProf. Chueng-Ryong Ji, NC State University

Nov. 14 - 18, 2011Korean Physicists Symposium at American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics (DPP) Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT

Dr. Jong-Kyu Park, Princeton

Dec. 5 - 9, 2011Korean Physicists Symposium at American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Dr. Peter Yoon, University of Maryland

Jan. 9 - 13, 2012Korean Physicists Symposium at American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting, Seattle, WA

Dr. Jeonghee Rho, NASA Ames Res. Cntr

Jan. 20-21, 2012Symposium of Advanced Physics Topics at University of Texas at Arlington

Dr. Jaehoon Yu, U of Texas at Arlington

Feb. 27 – Mar. 2, 2012

AKPA Annual Meeting & Korean Physicists Symposium at American Physical Society March Meeting, Boston, MA

Prof. Jongsoo Yoon, U. of Virginia

April 21, 2012 National High School Physics Contest, North TX & NCProf. Chueng-Ryong Ji, NC State University

April 24 - 27, 2012 60th Anniversary of Korean Physical Society (KPS), Daejeon, Korea

Prof. Chueng-Ryong Ji, NC State University

August 8-12, 2012US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship (UKC 2012), Los Angeles, CA

AKPA Membership• The number of members

registered on the e-mail list is over 500.

• The paid AKPA-KSEA members in 2011 increased by a factor of two compared to 2010.

• Join both KSEA and AKPA by selecting “AKPA” as your Affiliated Professional Society (APS) on the KSEA web site.

• Your regular membership fee is not sufficient to cover the expenses of all our activities but the number of members is an important factor for external funding.

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1 Taeil Bai SLAC  2  Moo Young Han Duke University 3 Ki-Hyon Kim  N.C. Central University 4 Yong Wook Kim  Lehigh University 5  Nowhan Kwak University of Kansas 

6  Ho Jung Paik University of Maryland 

 7  Yoon Soo Park Retired 

8 Youngho Seo  UC - San Francisco 

9  Jin Joo Song UC - San Diego 

 10 Shun Y Zinn  Promogen, Inc. 

11  Do Hyung Lee  12  Jaehoon Yu UT - Arlington 

13 Young-Kee Kim Univ. of Chicago/FNAL

14 Kyungseon Joo  University of Connecticut15 Peter H. Yoon  University of Maryland

16 Hwang Lee  Louisiana State University

17 Philip Kim Columbia University18 Yoonseok Lee University of Florida19 Eun-Suk Seo University of Maryland

Lifetime Members