Conference Preliminary Program
25th Northeast Regional Conference
(NRC)
Moving Forward another Quarter Century, TOGETHER
April 30, 2016
Crowne Plaza Englewood
401 S Van Brunt St, Englewood, NJ 07631
Hosted
Korean–American Scientists and Engineers Association
New Jersey, New York Metropolitan and Philadelphia Chapters
Partnered with
New York Korean Biologists (NYKB)
Korean American Society in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals (KASBP)
Philadelphia Korean Scholars Association (PKSA)
Korean-American Women in Science and Engineering (KWiSE)
Korean-American IT Engineers and Entrepreneurs (KITEE)
Congratulatory Message from the KSEA President
Honorable Guests, Ladies, and Gentlemen: Welcome to New Jersey! It is wonderful that so many fellow KSEA members, friends, and guests from the Northeastern states can come and participate in the KSEA’s Northeast Regional Conference. The NRC has provided an exceptional opportunity for researchers and practitioners in a number of exciting fields to gather and share their knowledge and experience. Although I am unable to attend the Conference due to personal conflicts, I am sure that this year’s event will continue the tradition of strong technical content and networking opportunities that the NRC has always provided for its attendees.
This Conference is the first time that KSEA’s local chapters in the Northeastern states can join with Affiliated Professional Societies, such as the NYKB, KASBP, KWiSE, KITEE, and PKSA, under the theme, “Moving Forward Another Quarter Century, TOGETHER”. This type of collaboration is a great example of how two main axes of KSEA, i.e., the local chapters and Affiliated Professional Societies, can work together to create networking opportunities both socially and technically. I wholeheartedly applaud this effort!
Serving and leading the KSEA as President allows me to return some of the benefits I have gained from this dynamic organization, but at the same time this opportunity poses many challenges. I am pleased to report to you the following important initiatives that have been accomplished the 44th Administration:
- Proper representation of local chapter presidents in the Council developing and including the concept of ‘Region’ in the KSEA structure
- Registration of local chapters as non-profit organizations
- Integration of the Technical Groups and Affiliated Professional Societies
- Revamping the KSEA information technology system and the encryption of members’ passwords
- Improving the membership application and renewal processes
- Improving the security of the election system
Each of these tasks is important for the healthy and prosperous future of the KSEA. You have experienced some of these changes already, and I ask for your willingness to continue your active support of KSEA as we move forward with progressive changes to improve our organization even more in the future.
Congratulations to the Conference Co-Chairs, Drs. Youngsun Kim, Sae Woong Park, and Moses Noh, the Conference organizers, advisors, presenters, volunteers, and generous sponsors for making this Conference another successful event!
Youngsoo Richard Kim
President, KSEA
Welcome to 25th Northeast Regional Conference (NRC)
Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) NJ, NY-Metro and Philadelphia will hold the 25th KSEA Northeast Regional Conference (NRC 2016) at Crowne Plaza Englewood, NJ, on April 30, 2016. For the first time, the 25th NRC is collaborated with professional organizations including KASBP, NYKB, KWiSE, KITEE and PKSA. The objective of this conference is to provide a forum in which scientists and engineers in major areas present their research findings and share ideas. We are hoping that the 25th KSEA Northeast Regional Conference (NRC 2016) will also contribute greatly to the advancement of research and development in both USA and Korea. In addition, we believe it will provide an opportunity for members and experts in other technical fields to establish professional networks, as well as to explore career opportunities.
The 25th KSEA Northeast Regional Conference would like to extend an invitation to you to this wonderful forum. We are looking forward to seeing you all at the 25th KSEA Northeast Regional Conference.
| Youngsun Kim, Ph.D. | Sae Woong Park, Ph.D. | Moses Noh, Ph.D. |
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KSEA-NJ Conference Co-chair |
KSEA-NY Metropolitan Conference Co-chair |
KSEA-NY Philadelphia Conference Co-chair |
Program at a Glance
| AM/PM | Time | April 30, 2016 (Saturday) | ||||||||
| IT | BT | YG | Engineering | Entrepreneurship | KWiSE | |||||
| AM | 9:30-10:20 |
Registration and Networking (Lob) |
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| 10:20-11:50 |
Rm A AM Session |
Rm B AM Session |
Rm C AM Session |
Rm D AM Session |
Rm E AM Session |
Join other session | ||||
| 11:50-12:00 | Group Photo | |||||||||
| PM | 12:00-1:30 | Networking Lunch | ||||||||
| 1:30-3:00 |
Plenary session NRC Ceremony and Keynote speech |
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| 3:00-3:20 | Coffee Break | |||||||||
| 3:20-4:50 |
Rm A PM Session |
Rm B PM Session |
Rm C PM Session |
RmD PM Session |
Join other session |
Rm E PM Session |
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| 4:50-5:00 | Closing (at each session) | |||||||||
| 5:20-8:00 | Networking Dinner (Poong Lim) | |||||||||
| 8:00-10:00 | Have a safe trip home and see you next year | |||||||||
Program
Registration Lob
9:20 AM – 10:20 AM
Coordinators: Jaewon Kang, Vencore Labs
Jun Hyuk Heo, Merck
Sahee Kim, RevHealth, LLC
NY chapter
Dahea You, Rutgers University
Technical Session I TBD
10:20 AM – 11:50 AM
Group Photo Time Ballroom
11:50 PM – 12:00 AM
Networking Lunch Ballroom
12:00 PM – 1:30 AM
Plenary Session Ballroom
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Coffee Break 1st Floor Lob
3:00 PM – 3:20 PM
Technical Session II TBD
3:20 PM – 5:00 PM
Networking Dinner
5:20 PM – 8:00 PM
Poong Lim Restaurants
2053 Lemoine Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Plenary SESSION
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Moderator: Youngsun Kim, KSEA-NJ Chapter President
1:30 PM – 1:35 PM
Opening and Welcome Remarks:
Sae Wong Park, KSEA-NY KSEA NY Metro President &
Moses Noh, KSEA-Philadelphia President
Reflection on 25 years of NRC Ballroom
1:35PM – 1:50 PM
Kang Wook Lee (former KSEA President), IBM
Professional Organization Presentation Ballroom
1:50 PM – 2:15 PM
- Korean-American IT Engineers and Entrepreneurs (KITEE)
- Korean-American Women in Science and Engineering (KWiSE)
- Philadelphia Korean Scholars Association (PKSA)
- Korean American Society in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals (KASBP)
- New York Korean Biologists (NYKB)
Keynote Speech Ballroom
2:15 PM -3:00 PM
“Dream for Novel Prize in Science and the Korean”
Chin Ok Lee (former KSEA President) The Rockefeller University
TECHNICAL SESSION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FORUM
Opening Remarks Room
10:20 AM – 10:25 AM
Ohbong Kwon, CUNY/New York City College of Technology
Information Technology I Room
10:20 AM – 11:50 AM
Chair: Ohbong Kwon, CUNY/New York City College of Technology
“SK at a Glance”
Hanul Park, SK
“AI/ML and new approach: Topology”
Minkyu Kim, ASML
“Impact of Advisement on the Success Rate of Developmental Students”
Jinsoo Park, Essex County College
”Visualizing Phylogenetic Trees”
Sung-Hyuk Cha, Pace University
Information Technology II Room
3:20 PM – 4:50 PM
Chair: John Lee, Vencore Labs
“Joint Interference and User Association Optimization in heterogeneous Networks”
Changkyu Kim, New York University
TBD
Kooksang Moon, JP Morgan Chase
“Why Lee Sedol Lost to AlphaGo?”
Sung-Kwon Kang, IBM
Closing Remarks Room
4:50 PM – 5:00 PM
Jaewon Kang, Vencore Labs
BIO & PHARMA SCIENCE FORUM
Opening Remarks Room
10:20 AM – 10:25 AM
Eunsung Junn, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Bio & Pharma Science I Room
10:20 AM – 11:50 AM
Chair: Eunsung Junn, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
“Exploring intracellular structures and functions at nanometric scale with light”
Sanghyuk Lee, Rutgers University, Piscataway
“Light Pollution and Cancer”
Mingzhu Fang, Rutgers University, Piscataway
“Dynamic silencing of Drosophila vision during rapid gaze changes”
Anmo J. Kim, The Rockefeller University
Bio & Pharma Science II Room
3:20 PM – 4:50 PM
Chair: Yune-Sang Lee University of Pennsylvania
“Using single cell transcriptomic data to study the heterogeneity in human female embryonic stem cells”
Kyoung Jae Won, University of Pennsylvania
“The rate of transphyletic regulatory interactions”
Jongmin Nam Rutgers University, Camden
“Binding Dynamics of Streptococcal-glucosyltransferase B to Candida albicans Using Single-molecule Force Spectroscopy”
Geelsu Hwang, University of Pennsylvania
Closing Remarks Room
4:50 PM – 5:00 PM
Hyun Jae Pi, CSHL
Young Generation (YG) FORUM
Session Theme: Stepping Up as Leaders
Inspiring and effective leaders have enormous impact in their community, including workplace and school. A highly effective organization has strong work culture and powerful organizational dynamic as a result of having quality leaders. In this year’s YG Session, we will focus our discussion on various aspects of being a successful leader with distinguished speakers and fun interactive activities.
YG Session Organizing Committee Chair:
Jason Ki
YG Session Organizing Committee Members:
Sahee Kim, Seo Young Lee, and Dahea Diana You
YG Session Staff:
Joanne Haeun Lee, Jiyeon Joy Park, Sun Ho Ro–
Opening Remarks Room
10: 20 AM – 10:30 AM
Jason Ki, Ph.D. Candidate, the City College of New York
YG Session I Room
10:30 AM – 11:10 AM
Panel Discussion on Leadership
Moderator: Seo Young Lee, PharmD Candidate of 2017, Rutgers University
Panelists:
Stella Jeon, Life Sciences Solutions at Thermo Fisher Scientific
Bong Jun Ko, Ph.D., IBM
Michael Lee, NJIT
Stephen Suh, Ph.D., Hackensack University Medical Center
Young Yim, Phreesia
11:10 AM – 11:35 AM
YG Spotlight
Dahea Diana You, PharmD, Ph.D. Candidate, Rutgers University & Local YG Chapter Representatives
11:35 AM – 11:50 PM
Networking/Interactive Session
Seo Young Lee, PharmD Candidate of 2017, Rutgers University
YG session II Room
03:20 PM – 4:10 PM
Leadership Workshop/Interactive Session
Sahee Kim, PharmD, RevHealth, LLC
04:10 PM – 4:30 PM
YG Participant Presentations
04:30 PM – 4:50 PM
Keynote Speech
John Lee, PhD, KPMG
Closing Remarks Room
Jason Ki, Ph.D. Candidate, the City College of New York
Engineering FORUM
Opening Remarks Room
10: 20 AM – 10:25 AM
Eon Soo Lee, NJIT
Engineering I Room
10:20 AM – 11:50 AM
Chair: Eon Soo Lee, NJIT
“Samsung Today”
Sung Wook Yoon, Director, Samsung Electronics
“Overview of Device Nanostructuring for Efficient Polymer and Hybrid Solar Cells”
Chang-Yong Nam, Brookhaven National Lab – Center for Functional Nanomaterials.
“Low-cost Urban Traffic Congestion Monitoring System for Smart City “
Joyoung Lee, Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
“Efficient Solar Water Splitting Via Tunable Photoanode-Photocathode-Catalyst Interface Devices”
Shinjae Hwang, Dept. Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University
Engineering II Room
3:20 AM – 5:00 PM
Chair: Moses Noh, Drexel University
“Electrocatalytic upgrading of furfural for generation of renewable biofuels and chemicals”
Sungyup Jung, Dept. The City College of New York at CUNY
“Fatigue Risk and Reliability Assessment for Highway Sign Structure”
Hyungjoo Choi, Dept. Civil/Structural Engineering, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
“Drug delivery to triple negative breast cancer cells”
Bumjune Kim, Biomedical Engineering, CCNY
“Synthetic Cell Penetrating Peptides for Drug Delivery and Stem Cell Applications”
Won H Suh, Temple University
“Inkjet printing for biomedical applications: flexible microelectrodes”
Yoontae Kim, Drexel University
Closing Remarks Room
5:00 PM – 5:05 PM
Moses Noh (Drexel University)
Entrepreneurship FORUM
Opening Remarks Room
10:20 AM – 10:30 AM
Myung Jong Lee (City College of New York)
10:20 AM – 11:50 PM
Chair: Kyeong Ho Yang (Dialogic)
Presentation Room
10:30 AM – 11:20 AM
Maximizing the Opportunities in the Open Economy
JunHwan Chang, Esq. (Managing Attorney of Chang, Cho & Associates)
Panel Discussion Room
11:20 AM – 11:50 AM
New opportunities for startups in the international market
Panelist 1: JunHwan Chang, Esq.
Panelist 2: Scott Lee, CEO of BOK Solutions (To be confirmed)
Panelist 3: Sunguook Wee, Cofounder of SoBeNe (To be confirmed)
Panelist 4: Leon Kim, Founder of BENU Agency (To be confirmed)
KWiSE FORUM
Session Theme: Women who want it all
Opening Remarks Room
Chair: Yeon Bai (Montclair State University)
03:20 PM – 3:50 PM
“Healing Growing Pain”
Christine Yoon, A Blessing place
03:50 PM – 4:20 PM
“Workplace Lactation”
Yeon Bai, Montclair State University
04:20 PM – 4:50 PM
“Resume that works”
Alice Kim, Columbia University Center for Career Education
Closing Remarks Room
04:50 PM – 5:00 PM
Minsun Shin (Montclair State University)
