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Eight of 12 seats for the Daegu region from YU Alumni power proven again following the 19th elections In the 2014 provincial elections, 21 YU alumni elected for metropolitan and local autonomy region heads, and 1 elected as superintendent of education [April 14, 2016] <YU alumni elected in the 20th National Assembly elections> (from top left to right: Joo Ho-young, Kim Sang-hoon, Yoo Seung-min, second row left to right: Jung Tae-ok, Jung Jong-seob, Cho Won-jin, Yoon Jae-ok, third row left to right: Kim Gwang-rim, Kim Seok-gi, Lee Wan-young, Kim Jong-tae, last row left to right: Lee Cheol-woo, Choi Gyeong-hwan, Jeon Hye-sook, Choo Mi-ae) YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) once again displayed its alumni power in the 20th National Assembly elections. Results of the elections held on the 13th showed that a total of 16 YU alumni joined the National Assembly. Most of the election winners were in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions. In Daegu, they included Joo Ho-young (Law '78) of Suseong (eul), Kim Sang-hoon of Seo-gu (Law '82), Cho Won-jin (Graduate School of Public Administration '97) of Dalseo (byeong), Yoo Seung-min (Graduate School of Business Advanced Management Program (AMP) '06) of Dong-gu (eul), Yoon Jae-ok (AMP '08) of Dalseo (eul), Kim Bu-gyeom (AMP '12) of Suseo (gap), Jung Tae-ok (Graduate School of Public Administration Advanced Policy Leader Program '15) of Buk-gu (gap), and Jung Jong-seob (AMP '16) of Dong-gu (gap). Thus, 8 out of the 12 seats in the Daegu region were taken by YU graduates. In the Gyeongbuk region, they include Kim Gwang-rim (Economics '69) of Andong, Kim Seok-gi (Public Administration '71) of Gyeongju, Lee Wan-young (Public Administration '76) of Goryeong/Seongju/Chilgok, Kim Jong-tae (AMP '01) of Sangju/Uiseong/Gunwi/Cheongsong, Lee Cheol-woo (AMP '06) of Gimcheon, and Choi Gyeong-hwan (AMP '06) of Gyeongsan. In the Seoul region, Jeon Hye-suk (Pharmacology '73) of Gwangjin (gap) and Choo Mi-ae (AMP '08) of Gwangjin (eul) were elected, and thus a total of 16 YU graduates joined the 20th National Assembly. In the 19th National Assembly elections, 15 were from YU, and in the provincial elections of 2014, two were selected as metropolitan heads, 19 for local autonomy region heads, and 1 as a superintendent of education for a total of 22 people, thus showing the alumni power of YU in Korean politics. Meanwhile, the YU general alumni assembly is scheduled to be held at 6:30 p.m. on April 29 to hold a celebration banquet at the Daegu Grand Hotel to root for the 20th parliamentary activities.
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18 executives in Hyundai Motor Group placing in top 10 High ranking in executives for POSCO, Shinhan Financial Holdings, Korea Electric Power Corporation '3rd place' for colleges that graduated future CEOs for Hyundai Motor Group [April 11, 2016] YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) was found to be in the top 10 universities for the number of executives in the Hyundai Motor Group and POSCO. Recently, a weekly news magazine announced the results of the 'Top 30 Company Executive Analysis'. According to this, YU graduated 18 people who later became executives for the Hyundai Motor Group, placing 10th in the nation, and four for POSCO, placing eighth in the nation. In addition, of the 15 executives of Shinhan Financial Holdings, two graduated from YU, which is the second highest number of executives following Korea University. At the Korea Electric Power Corporation, one of the six full-time executive was from YU. Thus, it was found that YU alumni are playing key roles in major conglomerates and public corporations that lead Korea's financial sector. According to analysis by CEO Score, a corporate management performance evaluation site, last year, YU graduates two CEOs according to the analysis of colleges for the 17 Hyundai Group subsidiary CEOs, which was the third highest number following Seoul National University and Korea University. Hyundai Steel CEO Kang Hak-seo (61, Business Administration '79) and Hyundai Powertech CEO Jung Il-soo (58, Mechanics '76) both graduated from YU. Meanwhile, YU was placed 6th in the nation in the ranking for colleges for CEOs in Korea's top 100 countries by <The New Management>, and also ranked sixth in the nation for two consecutive years in 2013 and 2014 for the college ranking in the 'KOSDAQ Listed Company CEO Report', thus confirming that YU alumni are leading Korea's financial sector.
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School of Mechanical Engineering automobile production club 'YUSAE' Wins 'Best Paper Award' in international conference on electric automobiles Equipped with 'theory, practical and experience' such as winning the top overall in an international car production competition [April 8, 2016] <Automobile production club YUSAE students and advisor Hwang Pyeong who won the best paper award in the 1st International Conference on Electric Vehicle, Smart Grid and Information Technology> (from left to right: Lee Soon-gi, Yeom Seung-jae, Lee Yoon-hwa, Professor Hwang Pyeong) YU students won the best paper award at the '1st ICESI (International Conference on Electric Vehicle, Smart Grid, and Information Technology'. The winners were Lee Soon-gi (24, senior) Yeom Seung-jae (22, junior), and Lee Yoon-hwa (21, senior) of the School of Mechanical Engineering who are also part of the YU automobile production club, 'YUSAE'. Their paper on the 'Student Design of Electric Vehicle for 2015 Baja SAE Korea Competition' was selected as the best paper and received the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award. Lee Yoon-hwa, who was the first author of this paper, said, "The paper dealt with the structure of vehicles, design of decelerators, system design for motor control and cooling, and the dynamic analysis of vehicles. I had participated in the electric car sector in an international college student automobile production by designing and producing a small off-road electric vehicle. We had good results then too." She added, "I think we received good marks for our deceleration design to improve the hill angle rise, which is a weakness of electric cars, as well as our attempts in designing the motor for torque distribution and our efforts to optimize suspension (device that absorbs impact from the road so that it is not delivered to the chassis or passenger." The 'YUSAE' club has continuously participated in international automobile production contests in the past several years, and took the grand prize and second place awards, and is therefore judged to have both theoretical and practical expertise. In particular, they have been making great achievements by using experiences they accumulated by designing and driving their vehicles through numerous automobile production contests, and have been using such experiences to improve automobile performance. School of Mechanical Engineering Professor Hwang Pyeong, who advised these students, said, "The students received good evaluations by writing the paper based on their experience in designing and producing a small one-person off-road electric vehicle." He added, "I believe that this paper will contribute in the design of similar leisure vehicles, farming vehicles, and short-distance electric automobiles, and I also have high anticipations that it will be a basic model for self-driven cars in the future." Lee Soon-gi, who is the president of the YUSAE club, said, "We have been receiving a lot of advice from our advisor to carry out follow-up research to improve the performance of electric vehicles," and explained their future research plans by adding, "We will make various attempts such as in motor control technologies to increase torque and improve hill climbing abilities, changes to the structural design to reduce the weight of the vehicle, and to design the chassis in a way that it improves vehicle durability." Meanwhile, the awards ceremony for the winners of this international conference was held at the 3rd International Electric Vehicle Expo closing ceremony that closed its curtains at the Jeju International Convention Center on the 24th.
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International joint researchers with researchers from US, Japan and China, publishing over 10 SCI papers every year Jointly authored global material engineering books with domestic and foreign professors [April 18, 2016] YU School of Materials Science and Engineering Professor Han Young-hwan (59) received the 2016 'Scholastic Award' by the Korean Ceramic Society. The Korean Ceramic Society (Chairman Oh Young-jae), which was founded in 1957, is the most authoritative academic organization in the domestic ceramics sector. The scholastic award is given to one person every year who made significant contributions to the academic development of ceramics through books and papers on ceramics for at least ten years. If nobody is qualified, no winner is selected, and other measures are also taken to strictly limit eligibility of winners. Professor Han is an expert in the spark plasma sintering (SPS) field of nano-ceramic materials. For many years, Professor Han has been conducting research on evaluating the features of compounds adding carbon nano-tubes (CNT) and graphene within nano-ceramic materials through SPS, producing transparent hydroxyapatite for bio nano-sensors using materials of artificial bones, and on inoculating silicon carbides used for atomic materials. Professor Han conducted international joint research with the world's top researchers from UC Davis NIMS (National Institute for Materials Science) of Japan, and NIMTE (Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science) and has been highly active publishing over ten SCI level papers every year. Recently, he has applied for a patent related to 'stealth jet radar blocking powder materials' by conducting joint researchers with domestic and foreign researchers. In September of last year, he made news by joint authoring the fourth edition of the 'CRC (Chemical Rubber Company) [Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, co-authored by UC Davis College of Engineering Professor James Shackelford, YU School of Materials Science and Engineering Professors Kim Seok-young and Han Young-hwan, and Pusan National University College of Materials Engineering Professor Kwon Sae-hoon], which is known as the 'bible' among global materials engineering researchers. Professor Han said, "We made great achievements through international joint research with various researchers at home and abroad. I am receiving this award on behalf of them." He also added, "I will work hard so that undergraduate and graduate students can participate in various international joint research so that the research capacities of Korea and YU in the ceramics sector can reach world-class levels." Professor Han earned his PhD at the University of Nevada in the US and served as a researcher at UC Davis and UC Berkeley, and has been serving as a professor at YU since 2010. He is currently active as a guest editor of 'Scripta Materialia' and 'Advances in Applied Ceramics', which are globally acclaimed academic journals in the materials engineering sector. The awarding ceremony is scheduled to be held at the Busan Centum Hotel at 6:30 on the 21st. Professor Han is scheduled to give a lecture on 'R&D on substitute materials for next-generation nuclear power plant parts in relation to the Fukushima nuclear power plant explosion in Japan' at the '2016 Korean Ceramics Society' that will be held at BEXCO prior to the awarding ceremony.
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Large-scale senior public official training team from the Philippines receives Saemaul education at YU International cooperation leading university project reaps fruit in the Philippines Enderun Colleges became the first foreign university to establish the 'Saemaul Department' [March 25, 2016] <Philippine government and local authority leaders received Saemaul Undong training and held a completion ceremony on the 18th> The Saemaul Undong is spreading throughout all of the Philippines. The seeds of the global Saemaul Undong sown by YU after being selected as an international cooperation leading university by the Ministry of Education have finally given fruit. YU conducted Saemaul training for 21 people including key figures in the Filipino government and local authorities for seven days from the 13th to the 19th. The group included 11 provincial government leaders of the philippines such as Governor Wilter Palma of Zamboanga Sibugay, Mayor Don Abalon of Northern Samar, the mayor of San Roque, and the vice-governors of administration from La Union and Abra Provinces. Furthermore, senior public officials of major central government departments such as the National Economic Development Agency (NEDA), Agricultural Reform Ministry, and the Public Administration Ministry and key figures of the League of Provinces of the Philippines also joined. This training, which began in the morning of the 14th with an orientation, included visiting Gumi City Hall on the 16th to gain a basic understanding of the principles of and strategies of the Saemaul Undong by checking the advanced provincial administration for urban and rural areas in Gumi, and it was a good opportunity to improve understanding on Korea's current rural development and advanced agricultural administration. Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul Director Park Seung-woo, who is in charge of YU's international cooperation leading university project, said in his welcoming address, "This training program will be an important point in time for spreading the spirit and methodology of the Saemaul Undong in the Philippines, and to spread regional development programs based on the Saemaul Undong." The governor of Palma said in his keynote address, "I hope that the participants here will spread Korea's Saemaul Undong in the Philippines and become warriors that spread regional development for the Philippines based on the spirit and policies of the Saemaul Undong." Meanwhile, YU created a huge sensation by establishing a Saemaul Department in Enderun Colleges in the Philippines through the international cooperating leading university project. Enderun Colleges President Ed Rodriguez, who also participated in this training, said, "We will do our best in spreading the Saemaul Undong in the Philippines with Enderen Colleges as its forward base." Enderun Colleges has been engaging in Saemaul regional development programs and Saemaul training programs for public employees through MOUs with a number of provincial governments such as in Iloilo and Letye, as well as the League of Provinces of the Philippines. It is expected that through this training for senior public officials, YU's global Saemaul Undong will spread all across the Philippines. The seeds of the global Saemaul Undong sown by YU are not reaping fruits in the Philippines.
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Helping with exports for local companies by participating in 2016 Dubai Agricultural Expo Signed export contracts for 86,000 dollars 279 consultations with buyers, hoping for additional export contracts [March 31, 2016] <GTEP team students participated in the Dubai Agricultural Expo to provide consulting on exports with buyers> YU students are helping local companies to increase exports to the Middle East. In the recently held '2016 Dubai Agricultural Expo (AgraME2016)', 20 students with the YU Global Trade Experts Incubating Program team (hereinafter 'GTEP team') contributed significantly to help local small and medium companies sign export contracts for the Middle Eastern market. AgraME is the largest agricultural expo in the Middle East joined by over 5,000 buyers every year and YU students stood in the frontline to make known the name of local companies and help open the door to exports. The YU students held 279 buyer consultation sessions in Dubai with 10 excellent agricultural material companies such as Byongjue Agricultural (CEO Cho Nam-sun), Bu Kwang Sa (CEO Lee Sang-hee), Green Agrotech (CEO Park Man-woong), and Yukil FGC. The amount of the consultations reached 2 million dollars. In particular, with the help of YU students, Bu Kwang Sa, a shade net manufacturing company, signed contracts worth a total of 70,000 dollars with Al Qarn, a company in Oman, and Al AinGarden of the UAE. Byongjue Agricultural, which specializes in producing horticultural binding machines, signed a contract for exports with 15,000 dollars on the spot with Al Qbaidi, a company located in Budabi. After signing an export contract in Dubai, Bu Kwang Sa Director Lee Yong-ho said, "The buyer consultations by the YU students played a decisive role in signing export contracts," and added, "I was surprised to see the students have practical knowledge and foreign language skills equivalent to that of other professionals. I hope that we can continuously work with YU for more exports to other foreign countries." Green Agrotech, which possesses technologies on pest traps, signed a technological partnership agreement for the development of palm pest trap pheromone with Al Atta of Dubai, while Dain Industries held in-depth discussions on plans to utilize landscape trees of fruit tree trap materials with UAE buyers to raise the possibility for exports in the future, thereby posting both tangible and intangible results to establish a foothold for local companies to export to the Middle East. They are planning to help the companies in the future for continuous talks with buyers that they talked with at the event, and therefore, it is expected that additional export contracts will follow. Lee Seok-young (24, School of International Economics and Business, senior) who took part at AgraME while serving as an agent of the 10th YU GTEP team said, "It was a great opportunity to learn practical knowledge that is not taught at school by cooperating with corporate professionals," and added, "Based on the theories that I learned from the project team, I wanted to see what I could do in the real field, and I am very pleased that we were able to actually sign contracts." The global trade capacities of the YU GTEP team are already well know. They contributed in signing a whopping 750,000 dollar export deal by helping a local company that specialized in roofing materials. Being recognized for such capacities, YU was selected last year for the 'Regional Specialized Youth Trade Export Incubating Program' sponsored by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the Korea International Trade Association. In particular, YU is the only one of the 24 universities selected for the project nationwide for specialization in the Middle East. The YU GTEP team fostered trade experts armed with language and trade knowledge for the Middle East and was expected to play a big role in helping companies in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk region to enter foreign markets. It has made visible outcomes in not even a year since pursuing the project. Meanwhile, YU has continuously been pursuing youth trade expert incubation programs fro 2001 with the support of the government. Since starting the Ministry of Industry and Energy TI (Trade Incubator) project in September of 2001, it has been carrying out youth trade expert incubation projects for the 16th straight year.
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Selected for ‘2016 College Student Youth Education Support Project Excellent University’ 300 ‘Sharers’ engage in Education/Knowledge sharing activities [March 22, 2016] <YU students engage in knowledge sharing activities at a local children's center> YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) students engaged in large-scale education donation activities for youths. With the start of the 2016 school year, YU selected 300 'Sharer' students who will share their knowledge and experience for local elementary, middle and high school students and act as their mentors. The sharer students of YU selected are scheduled to begin full-fledged sharing activities from April by teaming up with over 100 institutes such as local children's centers and elementary, middle and high schools. The activities are a part of the '2016 College Student Youth Education Support Project' supervised by the Korea Student Aid Foundation. YU was recently selected as an outstanding university for the '2016 College Student Youth Education Support Project' and received 350 million won from the government. YU received 120 million won in 2014 and 230 million won in 2015 for this project, and it has continuously expanded education donation activities of students. Last year, 269 YU students engaged in knowledge sharing activities at 102 institutes including local children's centers. Noh Yoon-seo (21, Department of Family and Housing Studies, senior), who applied for sharer activities this year for the second straight year, said, "I was always interested in volunteer activities. This is related to the welfare sector, which is my major, and so I have been going to local children's centers and teaching elementary school students," while adding, "I can't spend too much time because I have to study and prepare for employment, but I am planning to go meet the students whenever I have time. I would like to continue to share my knowledge like this even after I graduate." The YU Sharer students this year will help teach local youths and also provide support in arts and physical education, and also act as a mentor to provide career advice and counseling. In particular, YU organized a specialized arts and physical education program to engage in education donation activities using knowledge gained from their majors. It is expected that comprising sharer teams with students majoring in arts, music and physical education, it will be possible to provide an opportunity for a wider range of arts and physical education to local youths with relatively less opportunities to learn about arts and physical education. Yoo Si-seob (41) of the YU Student Support Team that prepared this program said, "Activities that share knowledge and experiences can act as the cornerstone for not only the individuals sharing knowledge, but also for the local community to become more fruitful." He added, "We will develop more knowledge sharing programs so that more YU students can participate in them and work on spreading the culture of sharing."
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Joint research with POSTECH, developed high performance/nano-patterning organic semiconductor process technology Expected to use in next-generation flexible display, memories, and other electronic materials Poster paper in recent academic journal in top 1.5% materials science sector [March 23, 2016] A local joint college research team developed a technology that can advance the commercialization of next-generation flexible displays. YU School of Chemical Engineering Professor Kim Sae-hyeon (37) and his research team worked together with the research team of Park Chan-eon of Pohang University of Science and Technology and successfully developed the 'High Performance Nano-Patterning (process of configuring an image on a thin film) Organic Semiconductors (organic compound with semiconductor characteristics) Process Technology'. This technology concentrated high performance organic semiconductors into nano (10-9) meter intervals. Unlike inorganic semiconductors such as silicon, organic semiconductors are light and flexible so they can be applied to various electronic materials. Furthermore, it is relatively inexpensive so it can be mass produced and has been receiving a lot of attention for the development of next-generation electronic materials. However, it faces difficulties in commercialization due to its lower performance and limitations in integration technologies. Thus, the research team conducted studies focusing on the need to configure high performance organic semiconductor crystals and for the process development that can pattern it in nano-units. The research team explained, "We conducted research on a process method from the idea of the 'capillary phenomenon' where liquid follows the tube and rises when there is a narrow and long tube. We produce a mould with nano-meter patterns to make it in the form of a capillary and use it as the frame for filling it up with semiconductor solutions." They added, "We found that the organic semiconductor solution between the moulds at the lower vexil and nano-structure patterns rose in the nano-sized capillary tubes and naturally generated nano-sized single crystals (solid that is regularly generated according to a constant crystall axis for the entire crystals). In result, we were able to produce large-area organic semiconductors aligned in 50 nanometer intervals for 50 nanometer organic semiconductor single crystals'. Professor Kim said, "The research outcome is very significant in that it unified the high performance organic semiconductor generation and fine patterning work, which are important issues in commercializing organic semiconductors," and added, "As technologies for commercializing organic semiconductors developed, it is expected that it can be used in a broad range of next-generation electronic elements such as flexible displays, electronic paper, wearable sensors, memories and batteries. Meanwhile, this study was carried out as part of the senior researcher support project and new research support project overseen by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and the National Research Foundation. The research results were published as the poster paper of the latest issue (February 24) of the globally acclaimed academic journal, <Advanced Materials (impact factor, IF, 17.493)>, which is in the top 1.5% of the materials science sector.
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YU Vice-president Choi Wae-chul holds special lecture on 'Saemaul' for senior public officials in Tanzania Agreed to cooperate in education and research such as opening the Saemaul Development Research Center in Tanzanian university [March 16, 2016] <YU Vice-president Choi Wae-chul holds a special lecture on the Saemaul Undong for senior public officials in Ilemala Municipality, Tanzania> Interest among emerging countries is rising for the global Saemaul development project being pursued by YU. Tanzania, an East African country, has recently shown high levels of interest from the government level, and agreed to invite an expert from YU to apply and expand Saemaul development in Tanzania. International Development Office Director Choi Wae-chul (Vice-president) met with Vice President Samia Hssan Suluhu, National Assembly Floor Leader Job Yustino Ngugai, and Vice Minister of Land and Housing Development Angeline Mabula on the 8th after being invited to Ilemala municipality to agree on plans to apply Korea's Saemaul development strategies in Tanzania. Vice President Suluhu (photo on left) said, "I am confident that Korea's Saemaul experience will be of great help in the rural, health and education development sectors of Tanzania" and added, "I hope that YU will contribute in strengthening the capacities of Tanzania's public employees and to foster new talents." National Assembly Floor Leader Ngugai (photo on right) stated, "The National Assembly will also cooperate so that the Saemaul development strategies can take root in Tanzania." In particular, Vice-minister of land and housing development Mabula introduced two rural villages in Ilemala and hoped that this village would be the pilot village for the Saemaul Undong. Director Choi Wae-chul held a special lecture for 30 people including Ilemala Mayor Renaius Bahebe Mulunha, council members and senior public officials for a total of about 30 people. Director Choi stated, "A reform in the mindset of leaders and community members are the most important thing for the development of a region and country," while stressing, "By taking into reference Korea's development experience and practicing hard work, independence, and cooperation, which are the key spirits of the Saemaul Undong, Tanzania will also be able to develop like Korea." After listening to Mr. Choi's special lecture, Mayor Mulunha said, "It was refreshing as these were things that I never heard about while working in the development sector until now. I learned that the mindset needs to be changed first for the development of regions and countries. I thought that Tanzania will also be able to develop like Korea through hard work, independency and cooperation, which are the key spirits of the Saemaul Undong, and I got a sense that Korea was even poorer than Tanzania after taking a look at photos of Korea from the past." He added, "As public employees, we felt two responsibilities. The first is to strengthen capacities so that the people can have a spirit of hard work, independence, and cooperation, and the other is to encourage the residents to get on their own two feet." In the afternoon of this day, Director Choi Wae-chul met with Thadeus Mkamwa (photo on left), president of St. Augustine University, which is a prestigious private university of Tanzania, and discussed plans for cooperation in education and research on the Saemaul development sector. In particular, they agreed to continue discussions on details after coming to a basic agreement on installing a Saemaul Development Research Center at this university. During his schedule in Tanzania, Director Choi Wae-chul was accompanied by David Mabula of the Tanzania branch (VMPF) of the Global Saemaul Development Network (GSDN), which is an international civic organization joined by over 50 countries. Chairman Mabula completed his course at the YU Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul and established an NGO in Tanzania called VMPF and has been pursuing the Saemaul development project. Tanzania is a country with 10 times the land area of Korea, 52 million people, and per capita GDP of 968 dollars (as of 2015), located in the eastern part of Africa, and it is an emerging nation rich in minerals such as gold and having a beautiful natural environment.
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Mr. Doh Young-hyun of the School of Mechanical Engineering saves person with CPR Mr. Lee Cheol-hwan of the Electric Team received 'Heart Saver' certification for saving the life of a subcontractor employee Annual employee CPR education together with Gyeongsan Fire Station a huge help [March 21, 2016] <Faculty who saved a person with CPR and fire fighters from the Gyeongsan Fire Station> (from left to right: Gyeongsan Fire Station Emergency Response and Rescue Team Fire Fighter Kim Bo-ram, faculty Lee Cheol-hwan, Doh Young-hwan, Fire Chief Park Joo-ho) It was later revealed that a faculty member of YU saved the life of a person who passed out due to heart failure with CPR. A professor at a university located in Gyeongsan visited YU on the 17th to say thank-you to his 'life-saver'. The professor who had cardiac arrest at a sauna in Hwanggeum-dong in early March was saved by the quick emergency treatment from another guest at the sauna. The 'life-saver' was Mr. Doh Young-hyeon (48, College of Engineering School of Mechanical Engineering Administration Office) who worked at YU, which is another university located in Gyeongsan. He visited the sauna with his younger brother and saw the man passed out in the sauna, and he saved his life by using CPR. Mr. Doh said, "It appeared that his symptoms were the same as that of cardiac arrest patients so I immediately did CPR," and added, "My brother and I applied pressure to his chest and gave mouth-to-mouth, and he finally regained consciousness after about five minutes." Even after the patient regained consciousness, Mr. Doh continued to ask his name and whether the could move his body, and continued to check up on the state of the patient until the 119 emergency rescue workers arrived. <Faculty members are receiving CPR training at Gyeongsan Fire Station> Mr. Doh said, "The CPR training that I received at Gyeongsan Fire Station in December of last year was very helpful," and added, "While receiving the training, I never thought that this would happen around me, but when the emergency situation occurred, the education and training I received came to mind clearly. The person to be thanked is not me, but the emergency response workers of the Gyeongsan Fire Station who provided such education." This was not the first time a faculty member of YU saved the life of a person. In August of last year, Lee Cheol-hwan (35) of the Electric Team saved the life of a subcontractor who passed out after being electrocuted. The subcontractor worker who was working on a utility pole on campus was shocked by electricity while cutting a cable and almost lost his life. Mr. Lee Cheol-hwan received the 'Heart Saver' certification (certificate given to emergency response workers and citizens who saved the life of emergency patients in risk of losing their life due to cardiac arrest with CPR) from Gyeongsangbuk-do in December of last year for his efforts in saving the life of another person. The reason why YU faculty could make such prompt emergency response was because the 'CPR and automated external defibrillator training' was held at the Gyeongsan Fire Station. YU provides training every year by cooperating with the Gyeongsan Fire Station Emergency Response and Rescue Department. Last year, a total of 157 employees received training in CPR over seven sessions. YU is planning to expand CPR from not only employees, but also teaching faculty. Gyeongsan Fire Station Chief Lee Gu-baek said, "After hearing that people who received training at fire station were able to save the lives of others without missing the golden time, I wanted to thank them." He added, "CPR is a simple emergency response that can save the lives of people in times of crisis. We will cooperate with other institutes in the region so that more people will not miss the golden time during emergency situations by continuously providing CPR education for the general public."
