64 winners in the professional and creative sectors
Award winners in domestic and international contests, 1st place in international academic conference, publication in SCI international journals, passing certified appraiser and customs broker exams during enrollment, and other 'Y-Type Human Resources' in various fields
[February 23, 2017]
<2016 Second Half Y-Type Human Resources Award Ceremony>
YU (President Sur Gil-soo) held the 2016 second half 'Y-Type Human Resources' awards.
This was organized to congratulate students who participated in national and international contests in the second half of 2016 or who published papers in SCI-level international journals as main authors. 'Y-Type Human Resources' are the ideal human resources pursued by YU and refers to human resources with both creativity and progressiveness based on character.
At this award ceremony held at the YU Cheonma Art Center Sapphire Hall at 3 p.m. on the 23rd, a total of 64 students won the Y-Type Human Resource Award including 16 individual awards and four teams (48 students) for group awards.
YU students took first place in various domestic and foreign contests from July to December last year receiving the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award and the Minister of Employment and Labor Award, while also being recognized for their expertise and creativity in various fields by taking first place in international academic conferences and publishing their research in SCI international journals.
In particular, Min Ji-hoon (25), who is planning to enroll in the YU Graduate School (School of Materials Science and Engineering), received attention by taking first place in an international academic conference joined by master's and PhD researchers from around the world in 2016 as an undergraduate when he was a senior. Min participated in ‘IPMC 2016 (International Process Metallurgy Conference 2016)’, an international conference on metals joined by over 200 master's and PhD researchers from around the world including Indonesia, Canada, Singapore and Finland, and took first place in the poster session showing the results of over 100 studies. Most of the participants are master's and PhD level researchers, and it is very rare for an undergraduate to win the award.
The School of Mechanical Engineering club 'YUSAE' that took overall first place in the Baja SAE KOREA at Yeungnam University 2016 and the School of International Economics and Business' 'International Economics Research Society' that won the grand prize for the second consecutive year in the '2016 College Student Trade Remedy Contest' were selected for group awards and therefore won the Y-Type Human Resource Award.
Also, Lee Dae-ha (24), a junior in the School of International Economics and Business who passed the certified appraiser examination as a student, Lee Jae-hyung (24, scheduled to enroll in graduate school) in the School of Chemistry who was recognized for his research capacities by publishing two studies in SCI international academic journals as a senior, and Lim Da-ye (22) in the College of Music (major in orchestra) who won first place in the '13th National Orchestra Concours' were also selected as the 2016 Y-Type Human Resources after being recognized for their outstanding capacities in their respective majors.
YU President Sur Gil-soo awarded each student personally and said, "I am very proud of our students who displayed their abilities in their fields and received recognition for their abilities." He added, "YU will provide full support so that the Y-type human resources of YU equipped with professionalism and creativity based on character can become global leaders of the world."
