Inauguration on February 1, 2013, and 4 Year Term
Concentrate on improving status of Yeungnam University..
[December 31, 2012]
Professor Noh, Seok Kyun (57, School of Chemical Engineering, photo) was appointed as the 14th president of YU.
The Yeungnam Educational Foundation (chairperson Woo, Eui Hyung) recently held an executive board meeting and appointed Professor Noh, Seok Kyun as the 14th president of YU. His term will be for 4 years starting on February 1, 2013.
President-elect Noh stated, "I would like to thank the executive board and the faculty for selecting me. I will do my best for the development of the university so that it may regain its past glory and status." He also added, "We will stabilize the university system that has become lacking after the normalization of the foundation and work hard to improve the school's finances together with our educational foundation," while also adding, "We will balance education between majors and general education courses for students, while focus support on professors who excel in research and teaching."
Mr. Noh, who was born in 1955, studied at Yonsei University Department of Chemistry (bachelors), KAIST (master's), and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PhD), while completing his post-doc at Cornell University. He has been serving as a professor at the YU College of Engineering School of Chemical Engineering, while also holding major positions such as the vice-dean of the College of Engineering, vice-president of office of funded research, director of office of research cooperation foundation, research manager of the regional research cluster center, director of the BK21 display materials and process engineering program, chairperson of faculty assembly, chairman of the Yeungnam Educational Foundation Normalization Committee, and director of the planning and coordination department. Outside of the university, he is a life-long member of the Korean Chemical Society (1978-current), lifelong member and director of the Polymer Society of Korea (1978-current), lifelong member of Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (1995-current), lifelong member of Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (1996-current), and full member of the American Chemical Society (1988-current). He also served as the joint representative of the 「Promotion Proclamation of The Citizens' Coalition for Scientific Society」 since 2010.
His major achievements in research include publication of 104 theses in SCI and SCI-E journals, publication of 30 theses in Korean and international academic journals, presentation of 207 theses in academic conferences both in Korea and abroad, and writing of 9 books, while holding 19 registered patents. After 2000, he was given a total of 7.0995 billion won for research expenses.
