AKPA
Eun-Suk Seo
AKPA President
University of Maryland
History
• Established in 1979
Kansas
16. 1994-1995: Young Soo Oh, Retired from Penn
1. 1979-1980: Tong Nyung Lee, Retired from
State
POSTECH
17. 1995-1996: Saeyoung Ahn, Retired from NRL
2. 1980-1981: Ja Hyun Lee, Retired from NASA
3. 1981-1982: Yung Keun Lee, Retired from Johns 18. 1996-1997: Yanglai Cho, ANL
19. 1997-1998: Kyungsik Kang, Brown University,
Hopkins
deceased
4. 1982-1983: Yoon-Soo Park, Retired from ONR
20. 1998-1999: Yung Kee Yeo, Air Force Institute of
5. 1983-1984: Won Yong Lee, Retired from
Technology
Columbia Univ.
6. 1984-1985: Ki-Hyon Kim, North Carolina Central 21. 1999-2000: Jin Joo Song, UC San Diego
22. 2000-2001: Zang-Hee Cho, UC Irvine
University
23. 2001-2002: Sungkwun Lyo, Sandia National Lab
7. 1985-1986: Moo Young Han, Duke University
8. 1986-1987: William Tong-Il Chu, LBNL (retired) 24. 2002-2003: Kwangje Kim, University of Chicago
25. 2003-2005: Quiesup Kim, Retired from JPL
9. 1987-1988: Kong Ki Min, Retired from RPI
26. 2005-2007: Ho Jung Paik, University of Maryland
10. 1988-1989: Yeong Ell Kim, Purdue University
(retired)
11. 1989-1990: Chung-Wook Kim, Retired from both
27. 2007-2009: Tail Bai, Stanford
JHU and KIAS
12. 1990-1991: Yong Wook Kim, Lehigh University 28. 2009-2011: Chueng-Ryong Ji, North Carolina
State University
13. 1991-1992: Suk Koo Yun, deceased
14. 1992-1993: Hyo Gun Kim, Gwangju Institute of 29. 2011-2013: Eun-Suk Seo, University of Maryland
30. 2013-2015: Jaehoon Yu, University of Texas at
Science and Technology
Arlington
15. 1993-1994: Nowhan Kwak, Retired from U of
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29th AKPA Administration Organization Chart
President (Prof. Eun-Suk Seo)
Preceding President
(Prof. Chueng-Ryong Ji,
NC State Univ.)
Vice President
(Prof. Jaehoon Yu,
Univ. of Texas, Arlington)
Auditor
Web Management Secretary
Publication Secretary
Membership Secretary
E-Link Secretary
Treasury Secretary
General Secretary
(Prof. Yoonseok Lee,
Univ. of Florida)
Award Committee
Publicity and Editorial Committee
Web Management Committee
E-link Committee
Election Committee
Nomination Committee
Task Force for International Cooperation
Task Force for National Competition
More details at http://www.akpa.org
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Mission & Vision
• To serve the community to promote continued advancement in
physics and related areas, and to promote close networking of Korean
physicists.
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Technical Excellence
US-Korea Cooperation
Professional Networking
Career Development
Community Service
• 협회는 물리학에 관한 학술의 발전 장려 및 회원 상호간의 긴밀한
유대를 도모함을 목적으로 한다.
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한국 물리학계와 연락 및 협조.
북미주(미국, Canada포함) 물리 학회와의 연락 및 협조.
물리학에 관한 정보 교환 및 협조.
한국계 재미물리학자의 권익 옹호.
기타 협회의 목적 달성에 필요한 사업.
• 협회의 사업연도는 매년 5월 1일부터 다음해 4월 30일까지로 한다.
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Activities and Programs
• Recognize and promote excellence in research
– Outstanding Young Researcher Award
• Publish Newsletters regularly
• Promote and facilitate Korean Physicist Symposia at specialized
conferences, e.g.,
– American Physical Society (APS) division meetings, American
Geophysical Union (AGU), American Astronomical Society
(AAS) meetings, etc.
• Organize various regional activities, e.g., public lectures for local
Korean-American communities
• Collaborate with other Korean-American and Korean organizations,
such as Korean Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) and
Korean Physical Society (KPS)
• Collaborate with American Physical Society, e.g., Forum on
International Physics
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Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA)
• AKPA recognizes outstanding
young researchers early on in their
careers through the OYRA.
• Awarded every year to one or two
outstanding young (< 5 yr after
Ph.D.) Korean physicists in North
America since 1994.
– in a rigorous selection process
– $1,500 cash award
• Many OYRA awardees play
important roles in Korea and the
United States.
• Two winners of OYRA 2012 will be
selected in January 2012.
– The Korean Physical Society (KPS)
will sponsor one of the two awards.
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Recipients
Current Affiliation
Area
Jong-kyu Park
Cheol-Hwan Park
2010
Ian Woo Kim
Princeton
MIT
U. of Wisconsin
Plasma Physics
Material Science
Particle physics
2009 Kyoungchul Kong
2007
Tuson Park
Fermi Nat. Lab.
LANL
Particle physics
Condensed Matter
2011
2006
Nam Jung Hur
Inha U
Condensed Matter
2005
Inseok Song
Caltech
Astrophysics
2004
Sang-Ho Kim
LG Chemical
2003
Hwang Lee
LSU
2002
Philip Kim
Columbia
2001
2000
Taekjip Ha
Seung-Hun Lee
U. Illinois
UVA
Quantum
Computing
Superconductivity
and Nanosicence
Biological Physics
Condensed Matter
1999
Yong Baek Kim
U. of Toronto
Condensed Matter
1998
Piljin Yi
KIAS
Field theory
1997
Insu Yi
Ewha U.
Astrophysics
1996
Kyungwon An
Seoul National U.
Optics
Computational
Neuroscience
Electromaterial
Physics
1995 Sebastian Seung
1994
Byungwoo Park
MIT
Seoul National U.
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AKPA Newsletters
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AKPA
Newsletters help us stand closer
to the community.
Newsletters play an important
role in building a strong
organization.
Currently published quarterly
– Member News
– Science and Technology News
– Scholarship and Education News
– 2 – 3 featured research articles
– Awards and opportunities
– Upcoming meeting announcements
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Korean Physicist Symposium at the 2011 APS April Meeting
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Cooperation with American Physical Society
Korean Physicist Symposium was held as a Satellite meeting
of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma
Physics (DPP), Salt Lake City, Utah, November 15, 2011.
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Cooperation with Korean Physical Society
• KPS will sponsor one of the two OYRA 2012 awards.
• AKPA-KPS joint workshop, “US-Korea Workshop: International Cooperation on
Particle, Nuclear and Astrophysics Research,” is being organized as part of the
KPS 60th Anniversary Celebration, which will be held in Daejeon, Korea, April 2427, 2012.
• AKPA to help collaboration between KPS and APS.
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AKPA
The APS President Bob Byer will meet the KPS President in Korea in February 2012.
A photo from the AKPA-KPS meeting of May 24, 2011: from the left, a KPS VP Prof. J. W. Wu, the AKPA
President, Prof. E. S. Seo, the KPS President Prof. S. C. Shin, and the AKPA VP Prof. J. Yu.
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Cooperation with
Korean Scientists and Engineers Association
• AKPA organized a Physics (Technical Group A of KSEA) Session and a forum on
Rare Isotope Beam Accelerator for the US-Korea Conference on Science,
Technology and Entrepreneurship (UKC 2011), which was held in Park City, Utah,
August 10-14, 2011.
• AKPA will launch the National High School Physics Contest to promote an interest in
physics for high school students and to identify potential students who will be
successful in physics.
- As a pilot program, a set of physics problems will be prepared for two KSEA
Chapters, North Texas and North Carolina, during the National Mathematics &
Science Competition (NMSC 2012).
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2011 – 2012 AKPA Events
Event Schedule
Coordinator
Dr. Zaeill Kim,
Aug. 5, 2011
University of Maryland
Prof. Jaehoon Yu, U of
Aug. 10 - 14, 2011 US-Korea Conference, Park city, Utah
Texas at Arlington
Space Science Seminar and membership drive, University of Dr. Youngsoo Yoon,
Sept. 19, 2011
Maryland, College Park, MD
University of Maryland
Prof. Chueng-Ryong Ji,
Oct.19 - 21, 2011 Fall 2011 Korean Physical Society meeting, Korea
NC State University
Korean Physicists Symposium at American Physical Society
Dr. Jong-Kyu Park,
Nov. 14 - 18, 2011
Division of Plasma Physics (DPP) Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT Princeton
Korean Physicists Symposium at American Geophysical Union Dr. Peter Yoon,
Dec. 5 - 9, 2011
(AGU) Meeting, San Francisco, CA
University of Maryland
Korean Physicists Symposium at American Astronomical
Dr. Jeonghee Rho,
Jan. 9 - 13, 2012
Society (AAS) Meeting, Seattle, WA
NASA Ames Res. Cntr
Symposium of Advanced Physics Topics at University of Texas Dr. Jaehoon Yu, U of
Jan. 20-21, 2012
at Arlington
Texas at Arlington
Feb. 27 – Mar. 2,
AKPA Annual Meeting & Korean Physicists Symposium at Prof. Jongsoo Yoon, U.
2012
American Physical Society March Meeting, Boston, MA
of Virginia
Prof. Chueng-Ryong Ji,
National High School Physics Contest, North TX & NC
April 21, 2012
NC State University
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60 Anniversary of Korean Physical Society (KPS),
Prof. Chueng-Ryong Ji,
April 24 - 27, 2012
Daejeon, Korea
NC State University
US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and
August 8-12, 2012
Entrepreneurship (UKC 2012), Los Angeles, CA
AKPA
Planned Event
AKPA-KSEA Lunch Seminar, University of Maryland, College
Park, MD
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AKPA Membership
• The number of members
registered on the e-mail list
is over 500.
• The paid AKPA-KSEA
members in 2011 increased
by a factor of two compared
to 2010.
• Join both KSEA and AKPA
by selecting “AKPA” as your
Affiliated Professional
Society (APS) on the KSEA
web site.
• Your regular membership
fee is not sufficient to cover
the expenses of all our
activities but the number of
members is an important
factor for external funding.
AKPA
Lifetime Members
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Taeil Bai
Moo Young Han
Ki-Hyon Kim
Yong Wook Kim
Nowhan Kwak
Ho Jung Paik
Yoon Soo Park
Youngho Seo
Jin Joo Song
Shun Y Zinn
Do Hyung Lee
Jaehoon Yu
Young-Kee Kim
Kyungseon Joo
Peter H. Yoon
Hwang Lee
Philip Kim
Yoonseok Lee
Eun-Suk Seo
SLAC
Duke University
N.C. Central University
Lehigh University
University of Kansas
University of Maryland
Retired
UC - San Francisco
UC - San Diego
Promogen, Inc.
UT - Arlington
Univ. of Chicago/FNAL
University of Connecticut
University of Maryland
Louisiana State University
Columbia University
University of Florida
University of Maryland
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