Topic: Age of Converging Science and Technology

Speaker:

                             Professor Jung-Il Jin）

          KU-KIST Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Time: 2014/11/10 星期一 3:00 pm

Room:无机/超分子楼二楼圆形报告厅

Inviter: Prof. Myongsoo Lee

Abstract:

         The 21^st century is called the Age of Converging Science & Technology or the Age of Converging Culture. This lecture provides the significance of converging science & technology, its historical background, and the way how this new cultural trend is influencing the science community. Since the USA NSF and DOC published the report, ‘Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance’ (ed. Roco and Bainbridge) in 2002, many countries are adopting policies and educational changes to encompass this idea of innovation. The USA strategy puts the highest priority in converging NBIC (nano, bio, information, and cogno) sciences. Many scientists today believe that converged technologies will be in the vanguard in the 21^st century.

Research Intersts

? Structure-Property Relationships in Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymers and Low MW Liquid Crystals

? Electrical and Optical Properties of Polyconjugated Organic Polymers

? Chemical Vapor Deposition Polymerization of Polyconjugated Polymers in Nano Dimensions and Polymer Nanoscience

? Materials Science of DNAs and Magnetic Polymers

Activities in Academic Societies

(1)International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)

Jan. 2002 - Dec. 2005              Vice President of Polymer Division

Jan. 2006 - Dec. 2007              President, Polymer Division

Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2009              President

Jan. 2010 - Dec. 2011              Past President

(2)Federation of Asian Polymer Societies (FAPS)

Jan. 2008 – Dec. 2009             President

Jan. 2010 – Dec. 2011             Past President