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The 30th KSEA Northeast Regional Conference (NRC 2021)

The 30th KSEA Northeast Regional Conference (NRC) was jointly hosted by the KSEA New York Metropolitan (Chapter President [CP]: Eunju Im), Philadelphia (CP: Albert Kim), and New Jersey (CP: Kooksang Moon) chapters and partnered with the Connecticut (CP: Dae Han) chapter on April 2nd-3rd, 2021. This year, NRC specially prepared a celebration of its 30thContinue reading “The 30th KSEA Northeast Regional Conference (NRC 2021)”

YG Leadership Retreat Spring 2021

The Young Generation Leadership Retreat was held virtually via Zoom on Saturday, April 10th, 2021. The participation list consisted of KSEA YG Members that are currently serving in or recently held notable leadership positions such as within the KSEA Executive Committee/Directors Committee (EC/DC), YG Committee, YG National Board, Local Chapter President Chair, Ygnite, and UKCContinue reading “YG Leadership Retreat Spring 2021”

Big Change, Big Chance – 2020 National Math Competition (North Texas Chapter)

The 2020 KSEA National Math Competition (NMC), which was originally scheduled in April 2020 and postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was rescheduled and held on December 12th and 13th, 2020. The 2020 KSEA NMC was originally planned to take place on December 5th as a real time online exam with online proctors. In theContinue reading “Big Change, Big Chance – 2020 National Math Competition (North Texas Chapter)”

2021 North Carolina Korean Faculty Social

The KSEA North Carolina chapter recently had a faculty social, where Korean faculty in the North Carolina (NC) area gathered for scholarly and personal interactions. Jointly hosted by two local chapters in the NC area, North Carolina (NC) and East Carolina (EC) chapters, the event was held virtually via Zoom on February 18, 2021. TheContinue reading “2021 North Carolina Korean Faculty Social”

KSEA Letters March 2021

Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association Newsletters March 2021 Dear KSEA members: We are deeply saddened by the tragedy that happened this month. On Tuesday, March 16, 8 individuals were killed in Atlanta, Georgia — six of whom were Asians and Asian Americans and seven of whom were women. We had also learned that four of these womenContinue reading “KSEA Letters March 2021”

New York Korean Biologists (NYKB) opens a YouTube channel!

Last year, New York Korean Biologists (NYKB; http://nykb.org), one of the largest non-profit Korean life scientist organization in the United States, has launched its first YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpwkaIscqAwRPnJIP3KRHCg) under the auspices of KSEA. For the public, one-person media technologies, such as YouTube, are an easy, great source to experience what is happening in science communitiesContinue reading “New York Korean Biologists (NYKB) opens a YouTube channel!”

STEM Workforce Development: Interstate Drone League for KSEA Communities (iDrone KSEA)

STEM Workforce Development: Interstate Drone League for KSEA Communities (iDrone KSEA) held on November 14, 2020 Submitted by Jae Hyeon Ryu, Idaho Chapter President Drones (also known as unmanned aerial systems or UAS) are commonly used for many civil applications, including but not limited to transportation, precision agriculture, real estate business, delivery service, law enforcement,Continue reading “STEM Workforce Development: Interstate Drone League for KSEA Communities (iDrone KSEA)”

2020 West Gulf Coast Regional Conference

The 11th KSEA West Gulf Coast Regional Conference (WGCRC) – 14th Korean-American Bio-Medical Scientists Symposium (KABMS) was held on Saturday, December 12th, 2020. This event was jointly organized by KSEA Arkansas (CP: Hyunju Jeong, PhD), KSEA North Texas (CP: Wooram Park, PhD), KSEA Texas Coastal Bend (CP: Soojin Yoo, PhD), KSEA Austin Texas (CP: InContinue reading “2020 West Gulf Coast Regional Conference”

UC Davis Fall Quarter Welcome Back Meeting (via Zoom)

This year, KSEA-SVC President Steve Lee reached out to UCD KGSA President Yunju Chang. Ms. Chang started to recruit KSEA members. When the Fall Quarter started, we had about 30 graduate student KSEA members. Congratulations to MS Chang and the KGSA officers for recruiting so many KSEA members in only a little over a month.Continue reading “UC Davis Fall Quarter Welcome Back Meeting (via Zoom)”

2020 Scientists and Engineers Early Career Development (SEED) Workshop

Since 2013, the SEED (Scientists and Engineers Early Career Development) workshop has been offered by the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) and the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST) to provide mentorship to and help develop the careers of junior Korean-American scientists and engineers ranging from doctoral candidate students to early careerContinue reading “2020 Scientists and Engineers Early Career Development (SEED) Workshop”