Nov. 27. 2003
- PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION (Sociological Data)
Name in Full : SungMo SEO
Date of Birth : July 20, 1971(Male)
Marital Status : Married(two sons(5 year and 11 month-old son )
Present Address : 5609 Yalta Place, Vancouver, BC, Canada(V6T 1L7)
(Tel & Fax : 604-899-5486)
Permanent Address : 166-55, 20/6, Yickseon-Dong, Jeongro-Ku, Seoul, Korea
Employment : Researcher, Steelmaking Research Group, Technical Research Laboratory,
POSCO(Pohang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd)
Ph.D student, Department of Metals and Materials Engineering,
University of British Columbia(Tel : 604-827-5346)
E-mail Address : sungmos@interchange.ubc.ca
, m0225s@telus.net
- OBJECTIVE
For application to a translator in Technical engineering fields(Mech., Met., Chem., Civil., Analyzers such as spectrometer and scanning electron microscopy, Elec., etc)
(Translation, Editing, Proofreading for English  Korea)
- EDUCATION & WORK EXPERIENCES
(Dec. 2002~ present : Translator for engineering abstracts supported by Korean Institute of Science
and Technology Information as a part-time job, Eng

Kor)
Sep. 2002~ present : Ph.D, Department of Metals and Materials Engineering, UBC, Canada
Mar.1996 ~ present : Researcher, Steelmaking Research Group, Technical Research Lab., POSCO
Mar. 1994 ~ Feb. 1996 : M.S. in Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Korea Univ., Seoul, Korea
Mar. 1990 ~ Feb. 1994 : B.S. in Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Korea Univ., Seoul, Korea
Mar. 1987 ~ Feb. 1990 : Graduated with honors from Chung-Ang Senior High School, Seoul, Korea
Mar. 1984 ~ Feb. 1987 : Graduated with honors from Chung-Ang Junior High School, Seoul, Korea
Undergraduate GPA : 3.34/3.58(Max 4.0/4.5), 89.5(a 100-point scale)
Graduate GPA : 3.76/3.95(Max 4.0/4.5), 93.7(a 100-point scale)
Ph.D grade : 89.5%(with 4 course works) in UBC
TOEFL Score : 250(CBT, TWE 4.0), 11/22/2001
- THESIS
A Study on the Interfacial Phenomena between SUS304 Melt or Metallic Oxides and CaO-SiO
2
-Al
2
O
3 slag system, M.S. Thesis, Korea Univ., Feb., 1996

- MAIN ACTIVITIES in office(POSCO,PROJECT)
1) Technical development for improving the cleanness of engine valve spring steel(May.2001~)
2) Optimization of N
2
splash coating process in No. 1,2 steelmaking plant, Pohang Works
(Oct. 2000~Sep. 2001)
3) Technology of CaF
2
free operation during BOF refining(Jul. 2000~Jun.2001)
4) Development of desulphurization technology for desiliconized hot metal(Jan. 2000~Mar. 2001)
5) Devolopment of BOF operation technology for hot metal with low manganese content
(Oct. 1999~Oct. 2000)
6) Minimizing technique of carry-over slag during tapping in BOF(Oct. 1998~Aug. 1999)
7) Technology for improving desulphuriztion efficiency in KR(Oct. 1998~Jan.1999)
8) Optimization of refining process of highly clean bearing steel(Dec. 1997~Nov.1998)
9) Behavior of sulphur between hot metal pretreatment and BOF process(Aug. 1996~Jan. 1997)
- AWARDS
Received a scholorship of Young Poong Metal Co. for four years while in college.(1990~1994)
Awarded a prize by CEO of POSCO in the certificate test for IT (1 st
grade, Jan. 2001)
Awarded a citation for excellent researcher by Superintendent of Technical Research Lab.(Dec. 2000)
- PUBLICATIONS(Jounal & Conference)
1) Sung-Mo SEO and Young-Hyun PAIK : A Study on the Interfacial Phenomena between Melt – Slag
– Nonmetallic inclusion, 1995 Annual Meeting of Kor. Inst. Met . & Mater. (1995)
2) Sung-Mo SEO , Young-Hyun PAIK, Dong-Sik KIM and Won-Pyo LEE : Interfacial Tension and
Contact Angle Variations of SUS304 Melt in Contact with Solid Oxides and CaO-SiO
2
-Al
2
O
3
(CaF
2
)
Slags at 1470 ℃ , Metals and Materials, Vol. 2, No. 2 (1996) 65
3) Hyeon-Soo CHOI, Sung-Mo SEO and Young-Chul YOON : Recycling of steel making sludge and
dust through the BOF vessels by cold bonded pelletizing, 2nd European Oxygen steelmaking congress
(1997)
4) Sung-Mo SEO , Hyeon-Soo CHOI and Kie-Haeng HEO : A Study of Sulfur Behavior from Hot
Metal Pretreatment to BOF Process , 1998 Spring Meeting of Kor. Inst. Met . & Mater. (1998)
5) Sung-Mo SEO , Ho-Sang SOHN and Byung-Hoon YOON : Improvement of Desulphurization
Efficiency for Hot Metal by Mechanical Stirring Method(1), 1999 Spring Meeting of Kor. Inst. Met .
& Mater. (1999)
6) Sung-Mo SEO , Ho-Sang SOHN and Byung-Hoon YOON : Improvement of Desulphurization

Efficiency for Hot Metal by Mechanical Stirring Method(2), 1999 Annual Meeting of Kor. Inst. Met .
& Mater. (1999)
7) Jeong-Sik KIM, Byung-Hoon YOON and Sung-Mo SEO : A Study on the Behavior of Inclusion
Removal during the Injection of CaO based flux into the Molten Steel, 1999 Annual Meeting of Kor.
Inst. Met . & Mater. (1999)
8) Sung-Mo SEO , Jeong-Sik KIM, Hyeon-Soo CHOI, Chul-Moo LEE and Seung-Dae Shin :
Minimizing Technique of Slag Carried-over during Tapping in BOF, POSCO Technical Report, Vol.
4. No. 2 (1999) 8
9) Sung-Mo SEO , Jeong-Sik KIM, Hyeon-Soo CHOI and Ho-Sang SOHN : The Reduction Technology
of Slag carried over during Tapping in BOF, CAMP-ISIJ, Vol. 13, No.1 (2000) 90
10) Ho-Sang SOHN and Sung-Mo SEO : A Water Model Study to Improve Hot Metal Desulphurization
Efficiency, 1999 Spring Meeting of Kor. Inst. Met. & Mater., (2000) (Poster Session)
11) Ho-Sang SOHN and Sung-Mo SEO : A Water Model Study to Improve Hot Metal Desulphurization
Efficiency, J. Kor. Inst. Met. & Mater., Vol. 39, No. 1 (2001) 102
12) Sung-Mo SEO , Dong-Sik KIM and Young-Hyun PAIK : Wetting Characteristics of CaO-SiO
2
-Al
2
O
3
Ternary slag on Refractory Oxides, Al
2
O
3
, SiO
2
and TiO
2
, Metals and Materials Int. Vol. 7, No. 5
(2001) 479
13) Jeong-Sik Kim, Sung-Mo SEO and Hyeon-Soo CHOI : Refining Technology in BOF using low
Manganese Hot Metal, 2001 Annual Meeting of Kor. Inst. Met. & Mater. (2001)
14) Jeong-Sik KIM, Sung-Mo SEO and Sang-Chul SHIM : BOF refining technology for Hot Metal with
low Manganese content, CAMP-ISIJ, Vol. 14. No. 4 (2001) 973
- PATENTS(Titles were translated into English partly by myself)
** Foreign Patent
1) Sung-Mo SEO , Jeong-Mo LEE, Chang-Hee YIM, Kyung-Mok Lee : “A method for preventing
carry-over slag during tapping from BOF to ladle”, (USA Patent Application No. 09/558111,
Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-119934, Chinese Patent Application No. 00108104.7,
Swiss Patent Application No. 0868/00)
** Korean Patent
1) Sung-Mo SEO : “Slag skimmer for ladle”, Korean Patent Application No. 1996-46535, Registration
No. 202968.
2) Sung-Mo SEO , Ho-Sang SOHN, Tae-Ho KIM : “Flux for desiliconizing and desulphurizing hot
metal at a time”, Korean Patent Application No. 1997-20289
3) Kie-Haeng HEO, Dong-Yeol LEE, Sung-Mo SEO : “Desulphurization for molten iron”, Korean
Patent Application No. 1997-31916
4) Sung-Mo SEO , Bong-Soo KANG, Jie-Tae KWON, Kie-Haeng HEO : “Apparatus for reducing
carry-over slag during tapping in converter”, Korean Patent Application No. 1997-23856

5) Sang-Bok AHN, Sung-Mo SEO : “Apparatus for preventing the outflow of slag from the converter”,
Korean Patent Application No. 1997-19678
6) Woo-Kwang JUNG, Sung-Mo SEO : “A heating method of molten steel for RH degasser and the
apparatus thereof”, Korean Patent Application No. 1997-53011
7) Sung-Mo SEO , Hyeon-Soo CHOI, Ho-Sang SOHN : “A method for dephosphorizing using
desulphurization dust”, Korean Patent Application No. 1998-30918
8) Sung-Mo SEO , Jeong-Sik KIM, Sang-Bok AHN : “A method for measuring thickness of slag-layer
in ladle”, Korean Patent Application No. 1998-34139
9) Kie-Haeng HEO, Yeon-Dae JUNG, Sung-Mo SEO : “Improvement of mixing conditions in torpedo
ladle car”, Korean Patent Application No. 1998-59802
10) Sung-Mo SEO , Jeong-Mo LEE, Chang-Hee YIM, Kyung-Mok Lee : “A method for preventing
carry-over slag during tapping from BOF to ladle”, Korean Patent Application No. 1998-42857
11) Byung-Hoon YOON, Sung-Mo SEO : “Method for producing a ultra low P,S steel”, Korean Patent
Application No. 1998-60230
12) Sang-Bok AHN, Sung-Mo SEO : “Checking device of the vortex in melting metal at the tapping
stage”, Korean Patent Application No. 1998-23830
13) Sung-Mo SEO , Byung-Hoon YOON, Kie-Haeng HEO, Yeon-Dae JUNG : “ Method for improving
desulpurization efficiency in KR”, Korean Patent Application
No. 1999-14557
14) Ho-Sang SOHN, Yeon-Dae JUNG, Sung-Mo SEO : “Elevation method of mixing powder in
mechanical stirring equipment”, Korean Patent Application No. 1999-46165
15) Byung-Hoon YOON, Kie-Haeng HEO, Sung-Mo SEO : “Gas injection method for the improvement
of steel cleanliness”, Korean Patent Application No. 1999-56808
16) Sung-Mo SEO , Jeong-Sik KIM, Ho-Sang SOHN : “Improvement of desulphurization efficiency of
desiliconized hot metal in mechanical stirring method”, Korean Patent Application No. 1999-64073
17) Sung-Mo SEO , Hyeon-Soo CHOI, Byung-Hoon YOON, Kie-Haeng HEO : “Reduction method ot
the amount of slag carried over during tapping in BOF”, Korean Patent Application No. 1999-67127
18) Byung-Hoon YOON, Jeong-Sik KIM, Kie-Haeng HEO, Sung-Mo SEO : “The method for the
control of inclusions in molten steel”, Korean Patent Application No. 1999-57858
19) Kie-Haeng HEO, Chang-Hee YIM, Sung-Mo SEO : “Selective reduction method of BOF slag”,
Korean Patent Application No. 1999-63348
20) Sung-Mo SEO : “Improvement of slag cutting ratio by slag check ball during tapping in BOF”,
Korean Patent Application No. 1999-67124
21) Ho-Sang SOHN, Moon-Seok Yim, Sung-Mo SEO : “Desulphurization method of hot metal by using

converter slag”, Korean Patent Application No. 2000-55977
22) Jeong-Sik KIM, Sung-Mo SEO : “A method for desulfurizing hot metal in converter”, Korean Patent
Application No. 2000-80834
23) Sung-Mo SEO , Jeong-Sik KIM, Ho-Sang SOHN, Byung-Hoon YOON : “Method for desulphurizing
in the pig iron and apparatus thereof”, Korean Patent Application No. 2000-54985
24) Sung-Mo SEO , Jeong-Sik KIM : “Apparatus for removing inclusions in molten steel and removing
method by using it”, Korean Patent Application No. 2000-80100
25) Kie-Hoon KIM, Jeong-Sik KIM, Sung-Mo SEO : “Improving of steel cleanness in ultra low carbon
steel”, Korean Patent Application No. 2000-82014
26) Sung-Mo SEO , Jeong-Sik KIM, Ho-Sang SOHN : “Operating method of converter using low
manganese hot metal”, Korean Patent Application No. 2000-82164
27) Sang-Bok AHN, Sung-Mo SEO : “Method for menufacturing extra low carbon steel with high
cleanness”, Korean Patent Application No. 2000-71887
28) Jeong-Sik KIM, Moon-Seok Yim, Sung-Mo SEO : “A method for refining low nitrogen and low
phosphorous molten steel in converter”, Korean Patent Application No. 2000-79939
29) Jeong-Sik KIM, Moon-Seok Yim, Sung-Mo SEO : “A method for manufacturing low nitrogen
molten steel by converter refining”, Korean Patent Application No. 2000-79937
30) Jeong-Sik KIM, Moon-Seok Yim, Sung-Mo SEO : “A method for refining high phosphorous steel in
conveter”, Korean Patent Application No. 2000-79938
31) Jeong-Sik KIM, Moon-Seok Yim, Sung-Mo SEO : “Operating method for controlling spitting in
converter”, Korean Patent Application No. 2000-79940
32) Jeong-Sik KIM, Sung-Mo SEO : “Operating method for manufacturing low phosphorous steel in
converter”, Korean Patent Application No. 2000-80833
33) Jeong-Sik KIM, Sung-Mo SEO , Sang-Chul SHIM, Hyeong-Seok OH : “Method of BOF operation
for removal of skull attached at oxygen blowing lance”, Korean Patent Application No. 2001-70169
34) Sung-Mo SEO , Jeong-Sik KIM, Sang-Chul SHIM : “Prevention of hydration for BOF slag”, Korean
Patent Application No. 2001-64048
35) Sung-Mo SEO , Jeong-Sik KIM , Jung-Ho PARK : “Improvement of skimming efficiency for De-[S]
slag in hot metal pretreatment”, Korean Patent Application No. 2001-60091
36) Jeong-Sik KIM, Sung-Mo SEO , Sang-Chul SHIM, Hyeong-Seok OH : “Operation method for
enhencing desulphurization efficiency in hot metal”, Korean Patent Application No. 2001-79455
37) Jeong-Sik KIM, Sung-Mo SEO , Sang-Chul SHIM : “A method for enhencing desulfurization
efficiency of molten steel”, Korean Patent Application No. 2001-79457

38) Kyeong-Sik OH, Jeong-Sik KIM, Jang-Yong RYU, Sung-Mo SEO : “Production method of molten
steel with high calcium content”, Korean Patent Application No. 2001-79466
39) Sang-Chul SHIM, Jeong-Sik KIM, Sung-Mo SEO , Jeong-Do SEO : “Reducing iron oxide in ladle
slag using hydrogen gas”, Korean Patent Application No. 2001-85550
40) Jung-Ho PARK, Jeong-Sik KIM, Sung-Mo SEO : “Nozzle for low spitting in converter”, Korean
Patent Application No. 2001-84557
41) Sung-Mo SEO , Jeong-Sik KIM, Sang-Bok AHN, Hyeon-Soo CHOI : “Flux having low melting
points for BOF refining using low manganese hot metal”, Korean Patent Application No. 2001-83332
42) Sang-Chul SHIM, Jeong-Sik KIM, Sung-Mo SEO : “Slag cutting device”, Korean Patent Application
No. 2001-76645
43) Dong-Hoon OH, Sung-Mo SEO , Sun-Tae HONG, Tae-Yoon PARK : “Manufacturing high nitrogen
steel” Korean Patent Application No. 2001-79467
- COMPUTER SKILLS
Window 95/98, 2000/NT, XP
MS-Word, Excel, PowerPoint(1 st
grade certificate approved by Samsung SDS, E-test)
Micrografx Designer(powerful Graphic Tool)
FACTSage(Thermochemical software for windows)
Phase diagrams for ceramists(ver. 2.1, for windows)
Hangul software(3.0, 97, 2002)
Various FTP client/server program
- MILITARY SERVICE
May. 1996 ~ May. 2001 : Exempted from military service with the condition of working at an industry for five years.