Category Archives: march-2021

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) 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)”

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”

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)”

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”

I participated in SEED 2020 to learn successful stories from other professionals. My career goal is to be successful in academia, to get tenured, and to impact many people’s life positively with my experience, knowledge, and skills. Especially as a junior faculty member, I was very interested in this because this participation can help meContinue reading “Participant Testimonies from 2020 Scientists and Engineers Early Career Development (SEED) Workshop”

We received a 4-year grant from the KEIT ATC+ Program in 2020 as a foreign institution to collaborate with Healcerion Co. Ltd., a company developing portable ultrasound devices in Korea. Healcerion already has two FDA-approved portable ultrasound devices for the U.S. market. The project’s goal is to develop a next-generation smart portable ultrasound device poweredContinue reading “2020 KEIT Funding Success Stories”

The Science Camp has started in 2012 with the theme of “Building Korean Networking for Next Generation”. It was led by Dr. Taeok Bae, the 40th Chicagoland Chapter President, in collaboration with the Hanul Family Alliance and with support from the General Consulate of Korea Chicago office. Participating students have experienced hands-on experiments that areContinue reading “KSEA Chicagoland Winter Science Camp”

Kathy (Hyunkyung) Lee is a fourth year Doctor of Pharmacy student at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) in Boston, MA. She has been involved in KSEA since 2012. She first volunteered for NMSC (National Math Science Competition) at Texas A&M University where she first learned about KSEA. She started to get moreContinue reading “Humans of KSEA: Kathy Hyunkyung Lee”

Eunju Im, PhD.New York Metropolitan Chapter President / KMSO ChairResearch Fellow, Nathan S. Kline Institute/NYU School of Medicine  The KSEA NY Metropolitan Chapter Math/Science Olympiad (KMSO) is dedicated to promoting and nurturing curious young minds in their pursuit of intellectual challenge, to helping them discover the joy of science and math, and to providing themContinue reading “The 27th KSEA NY Metropolitan Chapter Math/Science Olympiad (KMSO)”