Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association Newsletters
October 2021
Dear fellow KSEA members:
I am very happy to see that the very first bi-monthly e-newsletter of the 50th Administration is released today! I wanted to bring to your attention two items.
The first item is to assure equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in our community. I have formed an EDI Task Force that has already started working on understanding the challenges we have and proposing action items to improve EDI. In an effort to ensure EDI, the 50th Administration adopted the following resolution at the Annual Council meeting, “We will call each other by our first names when communicating in English both orally and in writing.” So, no more calling me President Park – just a friendly “P Brian” or simply Brian. Additionally, we will be using English whenever possible, in case there happens to be someone who is not fluent in Korean.
The second item is that we are expanding our technical groups beyond science and engineering. We now have a total of 16 technical subgroups covering (i) Science, (ii) Bio and Health, (iii) Engineering, and (iv) Art and Humanity. This allows us to have members from arts and humanities, entrepreneurship, startups, etc. Please invite your friends/colleagues in these areas to be a member of KSEA. I hope this makes KSEA a home for anyone interested in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM).
I hope you enjoy reading the articles in this e-newsletter and look forward to seeing you in person at the US Korea Conference in LA, CA in December 2021.
Featured Articles
Fall Semester 2021: YG Groups Kick It Off All Around the US!
KSEA is home to over 20 YG Groups. Following a year of schools being completely virtual, schools are back in-person and our YG Groups have begun their fall events to recruit new members and host professional and networking events. We love seeing everyone’s smiles, both under and over their masks – check out a few…
Sacramento Valley Chapter Picnic at UC Davis
It was a warm blustery day in Davis, California. A picnic was held (October 2, 2021) to welcome the graduate students as we started the Fall Quarter at the University of California, Davis. We enjoyed food, drinks, and fresh air at the Davis Community Park. But mostly we enjoyed each other’s company after more than…
South Texas Chapter Science Competition 2021
The South Texas Chapter (ST Chapter) hosted a unique, online-proctored Science Competition on May 1st, 2021. This local chapter event was held as part of the KSEA National Mathematics & Science Competition (NMSC). The ST Chapter planned this competition in order to provide NMSC participants a chance to utilize their critical thinking skills and develop…
KSEA Volunteers – Thank You!
We would like to express our sincere thanks to all of our volunteers in KSEA who serve as leaders and mentors. Our volunteers are the drivers behind KSEA’s vision to foster the Korean-American scientists and engineer community and develop next-generation leaders to develop their full career potentials. This past year, we recognized over 30 outstanding…
Interview with KSEA’s 50th President, Byungkyu Brian Park
Byungkyu Brian Park is a Professor of the Engineering Systems and Environment Department at the University of Virginia. In a brief interview with President Park, he shares with us his KSEA involvement, his career journey in traffic engineering, and shares his vision as the 50th President of KSEA. Can you briefly introduce your background and…
17th Annual Young Generation Technical and Leadership Conference (Ygnite 2021)
The 17th annual Young Generation Technical and Leadership Conference (YGTLC), also known as Ygnite, continued its long-standing tradition virtually this year due to the pandemic. Despite the platform being online, the spirit of collaboration among Korean-Americans across different fields persisted to help each other break past personal goals, encourage one another to remain gritty, and…
Announcements
US-Korea Conference Early Registration Due November 15th
Early Registration is now open for this year’s US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship! The deadline for Early Registration is November 15th, 2021. The final deadline for Online Registration is December 1st, 2021. For more information, visit the UKC website here: https://ukc.ksea.org/ukc2021/ Dear UKC 2021 participants: It is our great pleasure to welcome each one of you to the 34th US-Korea Conference 2021 on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (UKC 2021), jointly organized by the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA), the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST) and the Korea-US Science Cooperation Center (KUSCO). The conference will…
Read More…2022 KSEA Young Investigator Grant Announcement
The Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) is pleased to announce an opportunity for the 2022 KSEA Young Investigator Grants (YIGs), which intend to recognize those who have demonstrated outstanding early career development in science, engineering and/or technology. Two grants will be awarded this year as follows: Grant: US $10,000 for each awardee with an additional travel support up to $1,000 to attend the award ceremony at UKC 2022. Application Period: From October 15, 2021 to December 1, 2021 Description: The KSEA Young Investigator Grant is the KSEA’s highest recognition given to young professionals who earned a doctoral degree in science or engineering, and have…
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