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Ewha Takes the Lead in the Nurturing of Climate-tech Entrepreneurs in Partnership with the Asan Nanum Foundation

Ewha Takes the Lead in the Nurturing of Climate-tech Entrepreneurs in Partnership with the Asan Nanum Foundation Ewha Womans University and the Asan Nanum Foundation signed an agreement for Ewha-Asan UniverCT (University x Climate Tech), a climate-tech entrepreneur nurturing project, at Pfeiffer Hall on February 27, 2024 (Tue.). Based on this agreement, Ewha will take the lead in fostering young climate-tech entrepreneurs in partnership with the Asan Nanum Foundation. The Asan UniverCT program (the name “UniverCT” is a portmanteau of “university” and the initials for “climate tech”) has been conducted by the Asan Nanum Foundation since 2023 with the aim of spreading the culture of climate-tech startups among universities amid the intensifying climate crisis, while nurturing climate-tech entrepreneurs possessing innovative technology, business competency, and entrepreneurship. “Climate tech” refers to all technologies used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change concerns, a field that is recently emerging as a promising future-oriented technological sector that will be highly pertinent in the coming decade. This year, Ewha has been newly selected as a partner university for the program’s second year along with KAIST, following the previous year in which Seoul National University and Yonsei University participated. The Support Corps for Business Startups at Ewha, and 15 faculty members from the Department of Climate and Energy Systems Engineering and the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering will participate in the program, which is set to receive a total of KRW 1 billion over the next two years. Under the program, Ewha will install a climate-tech startup track in the undergraduate school and prepare a climate-tech startup design system and a scholarship fund in the graduate school, in order to raise students’ awareness of the climate crisis and attract students’ interest in climate-tech startups. Ewha has been advancing education and research in the field of climate and environment under the vision of the “Creative and Innovative Platform That Leads the Sustainable Society,” endeavoring to contribute to the sustainable development of humanity. As a leading institution in climate change research, the school established the Department of Climate and Energy Systems Engineering in 2017 and has been conducting world-class research through the Center for Climate/Environment Change Prediction, a priority research institute in science and engineering, and developed a global climate risk management model in collaboration with the Financial Supervisory Service. Under the Ewha-Asan agreement, Ewha is expected to foster outstanding prospective entrepreneurs based on its top-quality education and research, thereby leading the climate-tech industry and actively fulfilling its ESG responsibilities.
- No.137
- Writer관리자
- Date2024.03.04
- Views231030
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Chair Professor Wonwoo Nam Becomes First in the World to Elucidate the Mechanism of Water Oxidation Reaction

Chair Professor Wonwoo Nam Becomes First in the World to Elucidate the Mechanism of Water Oxidation Reaction First ever discovery of the mechanism behind water oxidation reaction published in the prestigious journal Chem. Following his receipt of the Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation last December, Wonwoo Nam, a Chair Professor of Chemistry and Nanoscience at Ewha Womans University, became the first Korean researcher to be selected as an Einstein Visiting Fellow by the Berlin Einstein Foundation, an achievement that once again underscores his status as a world-class researcher. The Humboldt Research Award, bestowed by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany, recognizes scholars who have made significant contributions to the natural sciences, engineering, and the humanities. Recipients are awarded a prize of EUR 60,000 and invited to conduct research in Germany for one year in their area of interest. Einstein Visiting Fellows are selected by the Berlin Einstein Foundation, which was established in 2009 to promote science and research at an international level. Through the fellowship, Professor Wonwoo Nam will receive approximately KRW 1 billion won from the Einstein Foundation to lead a research project at Humboldt University in Berlin over the duration of three years from 2024. During this period, he will conduct research on “the development of green catalytic systems using metal catalysts in biomimetic research,” while mentoring PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. For the past 30 years, Nam has been conducting research on the generation, reactivity, and reaction mechanism of oxygenase intermediates in the field of biomimetics, producing world-class findings in the field of oxygen chemistry. His work is particularly commended for revealing the structures of intermediates involved in oxygen activation within organisms, thus clarifying previously unexplained aspects of how living things utilize oxygen. Moreover, the research team led by Nam has, for the first time in the world, elucidated the mechanism of water oxidation reaction, a major challenge in artificial photosynthesis. Their study, titled “Seeing the key intermediates in bioinspired nonheme iron complex-catalyzed water oxidation,” was published in Chem, a prestigious journal by Cell Press. This study not only provides insights into the mechanism of water oxidation reaction but is expected to propel subsequent research aimed at enhancing energy conversion efficiency in the process of water oxidation to produce oxygen. The research identified highly reactive intermediates, such as iron(V)-oxo species, which could potentially be used to oxidize various organic compounds instead of water, thereby identifying a new source of fuel. The team anticipates that the use of this mechanism to create an efficient water oxidation system that utilizes natural light energy to generate oxygen could effectively supply both oxygen and energy for human consumption in future space environments.
- No.135
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- Date2024.02.26
- Views13380
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Ewha Hosts Tech-Biz EWHA 2023 to Gather Promising Technologies

Ewha Hosts Tech-Biz EWHA 2023 to Gather Promising Technologies The Ewha University-Industry Collaboration Foundation (EUICF) hosted Tech-Biz EWHA 2023 to facilitate the commercialization of Ewha’s promising future technologies and to promote industry-academic collaboration, at 2 p.m. on December 6, 2023 (Wed.) at Lee Sam-bong Hall of the ECC building. Tech-Biz EWHA has been held every year since 2021 to showcase Ewha’s technologies, patents, and research outcomes while facilitating technology transfers and commercialization through networking with corporations. This year, about 20 latest technologies were newly showcased at the event, including convergence research conducted with other universities as well as core technologies developed by Ewha. In addition, the event introduced the subsidiaries of Ewha’s technology holdings and around 200 EWHA Tech-Net companies in partnership with Ewha, firmly establishing itself as a venue for industry-academic cooperation networking where a variety of researchers and companies interested in the commercialization of technology gather together. The event presented outstanding promising technologies developed by Ewha faculty members based on Ewha’s research capacity in fields such as surgical robots, deep learning, quantum computers, artificial intelligence, tele-education, mRNA vaccines, antibody libraries, and brain health. Subsequently, Ewha’s convergence research partners, namely Konkuk University and Gyeongsang National University, announced their technological outcomes, followed by introductions of the subsidiaries of Ewha’s technology holdings and Ewha’s corporate partners of EWHA Tech-Net. In addition, the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) introduced its major corporate support projects, and a one-to-one technology partnering segment was held for companies that had previously applied for consultations. Ewha has more than 2,000 outstanding patents in various industries from advanced bio, artificial intelligence, semiconductors and displays, next-generation communications, and hydrogen to quantum. Through the EUICF, Ewha provides active support throughout the overall process of commercializing technologies that are developed based on Ewha’s outstanding research results, in areas such as intellectual property creation, technology transfers, and startup foundation. In particular, Ewha supports technology commercialization in line with corporate demand and contributes to the vitalization of technology-related communication between universities and companies by operating Ewha Value-up, a customized technology commercialization support program, and EWHA IP-Marketplace Platform (EPM), a technology information platform linked to the Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service (KIPRIS) database of the Korean Intellectual Property Office. Meanwhile, Ewha is also working on maximizing the value of research results, for example, by supporting the foundation of subsidiaries through Ewha’s technology holdings and operating the corporate membership program EWHA Tech-Net.
- No.133
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- Date2023.12.14
- Views20652
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Ewha Research Team Leads the Development of a New, World-leading Type of Quantum Computer

Ewha Research Team Leads the Development of a New, World-leading Type of Quantum Computer A research team from the Center for Quantum Nanoscience under the Institute for Basic Science (IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience), led by Director Andreas Heinrich, a chair professor of the Department of Physics at Ewha Womans University, has been garnering international attention upon proposing a new type of quantum computing platform through international joint research with teams from Japan, Spain, and the U.S. The joint teams used an innovative design method that is completely different from existing quantum computers. The research result was published in Science, one of the world’s most prestigious academic journals, on October 6, 2023. Professor Heinrich’s team held a press conference at the Research Cooperation Building on the Ewha campus on October 5, 2023, where he presented the new quantum platform using electron spins of single atoms on a solid surface and announced that his team had successfully established a multi-qubit (quantum bit) system by using three electron spins. With this groundbreaking achievement, the research team is expected to take the initiative in opening a new era of quantum information science for the future. As a research leader on the quantum properties of single atoms placed on a solid surface, the research team of the IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience published the research finding in May 2023 that they were able to control single-atom electron spins and harness them as qubits by using the “scanning tunneling microscope in combination with electron spin resonance (ESR-STM),” a state-of-the-art instrument that the team had independently developed. In a previous study, Heinrich’s team had also proposed a method to “remotely control” the spin state of remote atoms, as opposed to the atoms directly interacting with a probe tip. This time, they were successful in establishing a “multi-qubit” system to allow the application of the previous study’s finding to a multi-qubit structure. The qubit platform proposed by the research team consists of a structure in which a number of titanium atoms are placed on the surface of a thin magnesium oxide insulator. First, the researchers manipulated each atom’s position with precision using the probe tip of the scanning tunneling microscope to construct a structure of multiple titanium atoms to enable interactions between the spinning atoms. They then set the probe tip at the titanium atom to serve as a sensor in the structure and applied the remote control method, thereby successfully controlling and measuring multiple distant qubits simultaneously using only a single probe tip. The greatest advantage of the proposed platform is that it can control information exchanges between qubits more precisely down to the atomic scale through a bottom-up integration method using a probe tip. This platform differs from existing ones in that it can prevent crystal defects in the solid material and enable the implementation of atomic integrated circuits with individual qubits of 1 nanometer or less in size. The platform can also select various atoms as materials for qubits, as opposed to other platforms that need to use specific materials such as superconductors.
- No.131
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- Date2023.10.10
- Views11613
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Ewha Research Teams Conduct Research Projects in the Fields of Artificial Intelligence and Media

Ewha Research Teams Conduct Research Projects in the Fields of Artificial Intelligence and Media With Ewha’s establishment of the “Ewha Vision 2030+” development strategy and dedication of its utmost efforts toward building a creative research ecosystem to produce world-class achievements, Ewha research teams from the Department of Content Convergence and the Division of Communication & Media have respectively performed major government-supported research projects based on their outstanding research capabilities, thereby strengthening Ewha’s status as a research-intensive university. The team led by Professor Myoung Jun Kim from the Department of Content Convergence has been selected as the lead organization for the 2023 Future-oriented Cultural Industry Technology Development Project. The team will conduct research to “develop AI-based technology to analyze broadcasting content stories and predict their ripple effect” with a total research funding of KRW 3.4 billion over the next three years. Organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and supported by the Korea Creative Content Agency, the Future-oriented Cultural Industry Technology Development Project aims to develop key technologies that facilitate the advancement of the content industry. Assigned to the only AI-based research and development task out of the seven tasks selected, the team plans to develop an AI model to predict the success potential of Korean films and series, which are currently gaining international attention. Professor Kim’s team will work with Kotech Co., Ltd. to carry out this challenging research to develop AI technology with the capacity to understand and analyze the story content of movies and dramas. A research team from the Division of Communication & Media (Principal Investigator: Professor Yun Jung Choi) has successfully completed the first phase of the Social Sciences Korea (SSK) project supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea and will undertake the second phase of the project with additional research funding of approximately KRW 900 million. The research team for the development and application of the Children Media Quality Index (CMQI) was selected in September 2020 for a development project scheduled to be conducted in three phases over the next ten years. Designed to complement the limitations of the existing rating system, the CMQI enables the more specific measurement of video content in terms of language, violence, emotional expressions, etc. In the first phase of the project, the team conducted academic research on children’s media using various methodologies to develop the CMQI. In this second phase of the project, the research team will place greater emphasis on establishing a research hub for children’s media for the first time in Asia under the vision of “creating a healthy media environment through the advancement and dissemination of the CMQI.”
- No.129
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- Date2023.09.25
- Views13597
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Research of Professor Suyeon Cho-led Team Selected as the Cover of World-Renowned Scientific Journal Chemical Reviews

Research of Professor Suyeon Cho-led Team Selected as the Cover of World-Renowned Scientific Journal Chemical Reviews The research team led by Professor Suyeon Cho of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science has published a groundbreaking review paper on designing low-dimensional materials (LDMs) to build ultra-high-speed, high-density semiconductor devices required for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The research paper by Professor Cho’s team has been selected for the cover of the international scientific journal Chemical Reviews (IF: 72.087). It was co-authored by Seungyeon Lee from the Graduate Program in System Health Science and Engineering of Ewha’s BK 21 FOUR program, in collaboration with the team led by Professor Yang Heejun of KAIST’s Department of Physics. The paper, titled “Phase-Engineering of 2D Materials,” was published online on August 17, 2023 (Thu.). The Fourth Industrial Revolution, characterized as ICT technologies ranging from AI and 5G mobile communication services to autonomous vehicles and robots, is closely linked to the development of system semiconductors. To realize the development of ultra-small, high-performance system semiconductors, biomimetic semiconductor devices with ultra-low power, high density and high response speed are attracting great expectations as an innovative way to reduce the load incurred by communication and calculation. With the aim to develop next-generation semiconductor devices with high density and high response speed, such as biomimetic semiconductor devices, the paper published by Professor Cho’s team reported various research findings and introduced their significance in terms of controlling diverse structural phases and movements of low-dimensional materials at the nanoscale. The paper also reported that numerous follow-up studies on low-dimensional materials will be able to utilize not only metal-insulator transitions but also magnetism of 2D materials, strongly correlated band structures and phase transitions resulting from changes in topological relations. Notably, the paper verified that structural phase engineering using electrical, optical and plasma post-processing could form a new low-dimensional phase boundary, possibly leading to the development of new materials. The utilization of this technology is expected to enable fast data processing, which may enhance the ease of use for technologies requiring high response speed in real time, such as 5G service-based, massive real-time services and autonomous vehicle technologies.
- No.127
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- Date2023.09.08
- Views37505
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Three Research Teams from Ewha Selected for Projects Organized by the Ministry of Science and ICT

Ewha has been selected as the lead organization for major projects organized by the Ministry of Science and ICT aimed at developing advanced original technologies and fostering an artificial intelligence ecosystem, thereby showcasing the school’s exceptional research capabilities. The team led by Professor Seongjae Cho has been selected for the 2023 Next-generation Intelligent Semiconductor Technology (Device) Development Project. The team will conduct research on “developing high-density, low-power and non-volatile 3D vertical synapse arrays and architectures based on charge storage for on-chip learning” with a total research funding of KRW 2.75 billion by 2025. As the lead organization, Ewha’s Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering will oversee the general management of the project as well as the development and processing of flash memory synaptic cells. The project is participated in by research teams from seven universities in Korea. Professor Seongjae Cho expressed his hope for the project, remarking that the research will increase the standard of system autonomy while enabling the development of next-generation AI semiconductors that will approach a final form whose hardware is capable of establishing billions of AI parameters. The team led by Professor Hyukjin Lee has been selected for the 2023 Genome Editing, Control and Restoration-based Technology Development Project to conduct research on the “development of an in-vivo genome-editing technologies based on next-generation lipid nanoparticles (LNPs)” with a total research funding amounting to KRW 2.2 billion over the next five years. Professor Hyukjin Lee of the College of Pharmacy will collaborate with researchers at Yonsei University and the bio-venture company ToolGen, Inc. to develop a mRNA/ LNP-based genome editing technology. Although mRNA/LNPs have been used as vaccines and therapeutics by global pharmaceutical companies such as Moderna, Pfizer and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, there is no precedent for the clinical application of LNPs as delivery agent to organs with the exception of the liver. Through this project, Professor Lee will develop LNPs as potential delivery systems for the eye and central nervous system, based on which he also plans to develop an in-vivo genome-editing technology. The team led by Professor Kyung-Shik Shin has been selected for the 2023 AI Learning Data Construction Support Project. Professor Shin’s team will conduct research on “constructing comprehensive AI learning data to prevent mental and physical diseases related to parenting stress and promote healthy parenting” with a total project funding of KRW 1.7 billion. The 2023 AI Learning Data Construction Support Project was designed to build data to address important social problems facing our society, such as the declining birthrate and changing demographic structure. The Ewha research team will secure large-scale clinical composite data to comprehensively assess parenting stress for the first time in Korea. The project is led by Professor Kyung-Shik Shin from the Division of Business Administration as the principal investigator and participated in by Korea’s top researchers in the relevant areas, such as data science and brain science and medicine, including Ewha faculty from the Department of Pharmacy, the Ewha Brain Institute, the Division of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Medicine. Meanwhile, the Department of Fashion Industry has been selected as a participating institution for the “3D data for traditional hanbok” category in the 2023 AI Learning Data Construction Support Project. Following in 2020 and 2022, the Department of Fashion Industry has been selected as a participating institution in 2023, dedicating its utmost efforts to nurturing talent in the fashion industry based on AI.
- No.125
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- Date2023.08.11
- Views11725
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Three Ewha Research Teams Selected for the 2023 Korea Health Technology R&D Project

Three Ewha Research Teams Selected for the 2023 Korea Health Technology R&D Project Ewha’s researchers have marked the outstanding achievement of being consecutively selected for major projects of the 2023 Korea Health Technology R&D Project, aimed at discovering future new growth engines based on innovative research results. Professor KIM YOUNG JU The team led by Professor KIM YOUNG JU of the Department of Medicine has been selected for the 2023 Global Research Cooperation Support Project. Consequently, the team will conduct “Korea-UK biohealth joint research for the management of high-risk pregnant women using AI-based multi-omics analysis and organ-on-a-chip analysis” with project funding of KRW 1.25 billion until December 2025. The Global Research Cooperation Support Project was designed to support joint research on healthcare-related fields, such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, regenerative medicine, digital healthcare and space medicine, conducted in collaboration between Korean researchers and their counterparts from major partner countries including the U.S., Switzerland and the UK. The project is aimed at promoting research cooperation between the researchers involved, effectively secure promising future technologies and enhance Korea’s research competitiveness. This selection will allow the team to conduct multi-ethnic research on the verification of bacterial risk scores and the advancement of bacteria tests for predicting premature births jointly with a research team from the University of Sheffield in the UK, thereby making an early headway into the global market for preterm labor diagnosis and treatment. Professor Yonghyun Lee, Professor Chang Mo Moon The team led by Professor Yonghyun Lee of the Department of Pharmacy has been selected for the Human Microbiome-based Diagnosis and Treatment Technology Development Project. The team will conduct research on the “development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatment technology based on microbiome-control nanobiotics” with project funding of KRW 1.05 billion over the next four years. In a fierce competition with 36 competitors, Professor Lee’s team was selected as the final winner to embark on the development of IBD treatment technology. Professor Lee will conduct joint research with Professor Chang Mo Moon at the Department of Gastroenterology of Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, who is active in carrying out research regarding the treatment of colorectal cancer and IBD, with the aim of discovering new treatment materials through the analysis of IBD-related human microbiome/metabolites and securing nano-bio materials which can modulate the intestinal microbiota community. Ultimately, Professor Lee’s team plans to develop a new, nanobiotics-based treatment technology filled with therapeutic agents and take the lead in developing new microbiome drugs in Korea. Professor Tae-Jin Song In addition, the team led by Professor Tae-Jin Song of the Department of Medicine has been selected for a project titled “The Development of Problem-solving Technology in Clinical Care for Brain Nervous System Diseases.” The project was designed to provide support for research topics with significant urgency and ripple effects in the context of problem-solving in the said field, in a bid to satisfy the currently unmet medical needs in the area of cerebral nervous system diseases. Over the next four years, Professor Song’s team will receive a total of KRW 1 billion to develop AI-based digital diagnosis and treatment devices for dysarthria and speech disorders following a stroke. The project will be jointly conducted by Professor Song as well as Professors Moo Seok Park, Yoonkyung Chang, Dong Woo Shin, Min Kyoung Kang and Hyung Woo Lee at the Department of Neurology, and Professors Seo Yon Yang and You Gyoung Yi at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Ewha Womans University Medical Center. Professor Tae-Jin Song was recently selected for a project titled “The Development of Core Original Technology for Human-centered AI” promoted by the Ministry of Science and ICT, thereby demonstrating his lead in researching the development of AI-based digital diagnosis and remedies for nervous system diseases. Meanwhile, the UroGyn Effectiveness Evaluation Center at Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital has been selected as the 2023 Growth-type Disease Effectiveness Evaluation Center, supported by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The center is set to receive a total of KRW 9 billion over the next five years until 2027 to establish a unique, customized consumer-and-market-oriented system optimized for the evaluation of effectiveness against urinary and female diseases. It will also play a leading role in promoting the development and application of new drugs in Korea by providing advanced and specialized effectiveness evaluation services.
- No.123
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- Date2023.07.26
- Views17130
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“Special Lecture by a Great Scholar with a Nobel Prize” Held with Professor Gerardus 't Hooft

“Special Lecture by a Great Scholar with a Nobel Prize” Held with Professor Gerardus 't Hooft Ewha Womans University, the leader in fostering female talent in next-generation science fields, invited Professor Gerardus 't Hooft, the co-winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics, and held a “Special Lecture by a Great Scholar with a Nobel Prize.” The lecture event took place both face-to-face and remotely through the Research Cooperation Building Jupiter Seminar Room on June 30. Undergraduate and graduate students from around 20 domestic and overseas universities joined Ewha students at the event and listened attentively to the message of one of the world’s most prominent scholars of quantum field theory. The “Special Lecture by a Great Scholar with a Nobel Prize” was jointly hosted by the Department of Physics, Research Institute for Basic Sciences, and Autonomous Priority Research Institute at Ewha and the Center for Quantum Nanoscience at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS). It was intended to provide Ewha students with opportunities for learning across a wide range of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Prior to the lecture, Professor Gerardus 't Hooft reflected from the podium on female scientists who made great achievements in physics, such as Marie Curie and Emmy Noether, and conveyed to Ewha students that he hoped more women would enter science fields. In his special lecture on the theme of “Beyond the Textbooks: Where did the quantum come from?”, Professor Hooft introduced the historical background and meaning of the development of quantum mechanics. Towards the end of the lecture he turned to his new view on quantum theory. Professor Hooft argued that cell automation is a potential concept that provides a simpler theory that can explain the microscopic world, including elementary particles. In particular, he suggested a methodology for interpreting quantum mechanics from the classical point of view using cell automation and described how this interpretation would be compatible with Bell’s theorem. Professor Hooft remarked, “Historically, several problems in science were concluded with unexpected answers. I am continuously finding more astonishing and simpler theories to explain quantum mechanics and elementary particles.” After the lecture, a Q&A session was provided for students. “Good questions from when I studied physics 50 years ago might not be good ones anymore,” said Hooft in his closing remarks. “Pose questions without answers, questions only you can ask, and attempt to solve them.” Earlier in the day of the special lecture, President Eum Mee Kim spoke with Professor Hooft. Ewha has established a development strategy under its “Ewha Vision 2030+” that includes the theme “A Creative and Innovative Platform Leading to a Sustainable Society.” The school is particularly concentrating on building a creative research ecosystem and strengthening its status as a research-intensive university. During their conversation, President Kim discussed with Professor Hooft the importance of basic science, the roles of a research-intensive university, and fostering female scientists in the STEM fields.
- No.121
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- Date2023.07.05
- Views20519
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Ewha Research Teams Selected for Advanced Research Center Program and Basic Research Laboratory

Ewha Research Teams Selected for Advanced Research Center Program and Basic Research Laboratory Two Ewha research teams were recently selected for the Advanced Research Center Program and four more for the Basic Research Laboratory Program in the Korean government-supported “2023 Basic Research Project.” Ewha Womans University has been focusing on developing research capacity by carrying out diverse projects with the aim of building a creative research ecosystem for producing world-class outcomes, and a number of research teams from the school have been drawing attention by being selected for this project designed to enhance basic research capabilities. The Advanced Research Center Program is a project to improve the national basic research capacity by selecting creative and outstanding research groups and supporting core fields with the potential for global competitiveness and foster next-generation creative convergent researchers. In particular, reinforcing national basic research capacity, including the formulation of new academic theories and resolution of scientific challenges, by training outstanding research groups in the natural sciences is a priority for the project. The Multitasking Macrophage Research Center (MMRC) (PI: Professor Soo Young Lee, Department of Life Sciences [Graduate School]) was selected for the Science Research Center (SRC) program in recognition of the importance of the research subject in terms of basic science and the excellent research capacity demonstrated by the joint research team, including the director of the research center. The MMRC will receive KRW 10.53 billion in research funding over the next seven years (four + three years). The Environment Blind Spot Strategy Advanced Research Center (PI: Professor Ahjeong Son, Environmental Science and Engineering), which pursues the realization of social profit, was selected for the Convergence Research Center (CRC) program to receive research funding of up to approximately KRW 8 billion over seven years (two + two + three years) for conducting multidisciplinary convergence research. By identifying creative approaches and solutions for plastic-derived harmful micro-substances and environmental blind spots within society, the research team is expected to suggest a new paradigm for resolving environmental issues through cooperative efforts between engineering and the humanities and social sciences. In addition, the Department of Statistics, the Department of Chemistry & Nanoscience, the Department of Food Science & Biotechnology, and the Department of Cyber Security were selected for the Basic Research Laboratory (BAL) program, which is intended to drive the activation of joint research focused on certain research subjects. The selected teams will conduct convergence and in-depth research supported by a total of KRW 1.375 billion in funding over the coming 33 months (June 2023 – February 2026). Promoting the “Ewha Frontier 10-10 Project” to lead changes in the future of society and drive innovative growth, Ewha is intensively supporting project teams of “advancement fields” showing global competitiveness and promising “challenge fields” for the future. In addition, the school has been creating sustainable creative research environments and has established the Ewha Leading-edge Convergence Medi-healthcare Cluster (ELEC), through which it is raising its status and capacity as a world-class research-intensive university.
- No.119
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- Date2023.06.26
- Views21347

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