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Jongwook Woo
KSEA Today & Tomorrow
Bringing Science, Technology, and
Community Together!August 24, 2012
Jongwook Woo, Membership Director, 41st AdminYoung Soo Park, Membership Director, 40th AdminYooohwan Kim, Membership Director, 39h Admin
Korean-American Scientists & Engineers Association
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Contents
About KSEA
KSEA Members
Membership Benefits
Events
How to become a member
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KSEA
KSEA was established in 1971 as a non-profit professional organization and has grown to over 3000 registered members with
67 local Chapters and 14 technical groups across the United States
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KSEA Vision
Become a premier association with the following objectives:
Promote the application of science and technology for the general welfare of society
Foster international cooperation, especially between the U.S. and Korea
Serve the majority of ethnic Korean scientists and engineers in the US to help them develop their full career potential
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KSEA HQ (Vienna, VA)
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Organization
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Executive Committee (41st)
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Who are the KSEA members?
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Members by Degree &Type
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Members by Specialty
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Local Chapter
What is the minimum number of members to become a chapter?30 people
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Membership Benefits
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Membership Benefits 1
Networking Opportunities via–Local Chapter Activities–National Activities–Technical Groups
Find–Collaboration opportunities–Career opportunities
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Local Chapters
Enjoy social eventsShare technical informationSponsor conferences and forumsSupport K-12 and university student
activities
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Membership Benefits 2
Technical MeetingsAnnual US-Korea Conferences (UKC)Regional Conferences Topical SymposiumsLocal Chapter Meetings
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Technical Groups
PhysicsChemistryMathematics, Geology, Meteorology, StatisticsBiomedical Eng, Genetic Eng, Biology, Botany,
ZoologyAgriculture, Ecology, Food, NutritionMedical Science, Pharmaceutical Science, Veterinary
Medicine, Physical EducationChemical Eng, Textile Eng, Nuclear Eng, Petroleum
Eng, Applied ChemistryMechanical Eng, Aerospace Eng, Naval ArchitectureMaterial Science, Metallurgy, Mining EngCivil Eng, Architecture, Environmental EngElectrical & Electronics Eng, Communication EngComputer Science, Systems EngIndustrial Eng, Mgmt Science
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Membership Benefits 3
KSEA LettersMember NewsScience and Technology NewsScholarship & Education NewsChapter, Committee and Society NewsAnnual Conference and NMSC News
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Membership Benefits 4
ScholarshipsFor Undergraduate & Graduate Students in the
U.S.More than 30 recipients in 2009
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Scholarships Examples
KSEA Scholarship (multiple), $1,000Inyong Ham Scholarship, $1,000Hyundai Scholarship (2), $1,000Chunghi Hong Park Scholarship (2),
$1,000Yohan and Rumie Cho Scholarship (1),
$1,000Shoon Kyung Kim Scholarship (1), $1,000Nam Sook and Je Hyun Kim Scholarship
(1), $1,000Changkiu Riew and Hyunsoo Kim
Scholarship (1), $1,000KUSCO Grad Scholarship, multiple
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Membership benefits 5
Leadership Development through committee and conference organization
14 technical groups10 standing committeesUKC or regional/local conference organizationLocal chapter organization
Contribute to the US, Korean Communities
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Membership benefits 5
Most Important
Contribute to the US, Korean Communities
We are professionalsNot a high school students
–who only look for benefitsIt is time to contribute!!!
–Serve for Korean communities as a real leader• Lead high school students to the right direction• Mentor college students and young professionals
– If Korean community grows, so do you
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Membership benefits 5
Leadership Development
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Membership benefits 5
Leadership Development
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Membership benefits 5
Leadership Development
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Membership benefits 5
Leadership Development
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Membership benefits 5
Leadership Development
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Membership benefits 5
Korea amazingly developed and moved in lighting
speed past 60 years she is the developed country
– export in 2010 is 466 billion dollars ranked 7th in the world
• only EU, USA, Japan, China, Germany, and France reside in front of Korea.
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2012 London Olympic Medal Ranks
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Membership benefits 5
We have the great strength and advantageCan be a bridge between US and KoreaCollaborate with Koreans using KSEA
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Events - UKC
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UKC
US-Korea Conference (UKC) on science, technology, and entrepreneurship–To promote US-Korea cooperation in
advancing science and technology as well as networking
–Multiple symposiums, forums,workshops, and plenary sessions
–More than 1,000 attendees and 500 technical presentations
–Travel support !!!
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UKC 2012 (Los Angeles, California)
August 8 -11 2012, Hyatt Regency Orange County http://ukc.ksea.org/ukc2012/
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UKC 2012 (Los Angeles, California)
Job Interviews, Scholarships etc
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UKC 2012 (Los Angeles, California)
Meet professionals in US and Korea as the mentors
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UKC 2012 (Los Angeles, California)
Student volunteers to meet old and new friends. Besides …
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UKC 2012 (Los Angeles, California)
Learning how to organize events as a Leader
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UKC 2013
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Other Events
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YGTLC
The Eighth Annual Young Generation Technical and Leadership Conference (http://yg.ksea.org/ygtlc2012/) January 6-8, 2012, San Francisco, California 1.5 and 2nd generation Korean-American scientists and
engineers. Professionals, academics, and students (undergraduate
junior/senior) in their 30s and 20s.
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4-11th grade students
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Supervised by students and professionals of KSEA
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Supervised by students and professionals of KSEA
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Regional Conferences
Southwestern regional conference (Feb. 13 2012), Norwalk, CA
Midwest regional conference (Mar. 20-21, 2010), University of Iowa
Northeast Regional conference (May, 2010) Somerset, NJ
NRC, NWRC, SCARC, NERC, NCRS, TXRCYG, SDSPS, AL-Auto
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Regional Conferences
Meet Professionals in the region
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Regional Conferences
Meet Professionals in the region
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Meet Professionals in the region
Regional Conferences
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APS – KOCSEA
One of KSEA APS (Affiliated Professional Societies) (KWISE, KASBP, KABMS, KOTAA, etc.)
The Korean Computer Scientists and Engineers Association in America (KOCSEA), founded in 1983
11th Annual Symposium, Nov. 5-6, 2010, Vienna, VA
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APS – KOCSEA
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Becoming a Member of KSEA
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Join KSEA Today!
How do I join?
Sign up the membership application($35 regular, $15 graduate students, $0
undergraduate)Membership duration: July 1 ~ June 30
Membership dues are less than 10% of KSEA’s budget
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Now what?
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Local chapter activity guide
Seminar / Symposium
Picnic (Fall, Spring), Christmas Party
Summer CampingSports events (Golf, Bowling, etc.)
Tour of industry and technical facilities
Math/science competition
Summer Space Journey Camp (Southern CA)
Joint meeting with nearby branch
Funding available from Headquarters
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Local chapter activity guide
Contact the Membership Director, Jongwook Woo ([email protected]), for the guidance
Or talk to young leaders in Southern CA chapter that has been a successful chapter with YB and OB
– John H Lee, YG Director ([email protected])
– Michelle Kim, UC Irvine (https://www.facebook.com/mkim47)
– Jinhwa Chun, Harvey Mudd College (https://www.facebook.com/jinhwa.chun)
– Tae Chung, USC (https://www.facebook.com/tae.chung.56)
Or Joy Jooyeon Lee (https://www.facebook.com/jjoylee) at Univ of Michigan (mostly for Michigan Chapter)
– PhD student at Pharmacy and Former UCLA KSEA president
– She rocks!!!
ø YB: Young Boy, OB: Old Boy
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Questions?
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Thank you!
Welcome to KSEA!Be a real leader!!!
