1,058 Bachelor’s Degrees, 715 Master’s Degrees and 96 Doctoral Degrees were awarded.
Dankook University (President Chang Ho-sung) held its Fall Commencement Ceremony for the Class of 2011 at the Student Auditorium of both campuses. 1,058 Bachelor’s degrees (Jukjeon 628, Cheonan 430), 715 Master’s degrees (Jukjeon 552, Cheonan 163) and 96 Doctoral degrees (Jukjeon 69, Cheonan 27) were awarded during the ceremony.
In his speech, President Chang congratulated all of the graduates and asked them not to fear failure and become leaders in the age of change and competition.
Chairman of the Board, Dr. Kim Hak-joon, asked the graduates to honestly and diligently live their independent lives based on the knowledge they gained at Dankook University.
“I hope you all will keep learning in this Knowledge Revolution Era and live together and share with one another in the community,” said Alumni President Yoon Seok-ki.
▶ Introduction of University Flag
▶ Reporting of Academic Affairs
▶ Commencement Address (President Chang Ho-sung)
▶ Congratulatory Speech (Chairman of the Board Kim Hak-joon)
▶ Congratulatory Speech (President of the Alumni Yoon Seok-ki)
▶ Granting of Degrees
▶ Excellence Award
▶ Most Charitable Award
▶ View of the Commencement Ceremony (Jukjeon)
▶ View of the Commencement Ceremony (Cheonan)
Yook Kyung-soo published 100 SCI research papers during 5 years of Master’s and Ph.D. study; received his Ph.D. in the commencement ceremony on August 17th.
A DKU researcher has published 100 SCI research papers in major journals in and out of the country during his studies. He is Dr. Yook Kyung-soo (34, Polymer Science and Engineering) who received his Ph.D. in the Fall Commencement Ceremony for the Class of 2011
Yook’s specialization is OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes), which is integral for next-generation displays used in smartphones, and organic solar cells, an area attracting attention as next-generation renewable energy. He was admitted in September of 2007 as a Master’s candidate and published 34 papers during his Master’s studies. After advancing to Doctoral studies in September 2009, he wrote 66 additional SCI papers. This sums up to an average of 20 papers published per year.
His studies are outstanding not only in quantity but in quality.
Many of his studies have been published in internationally recognized journals. Three papers were published, respectively, in Advanced Materials and Advanced Functional Materials, and 12 papers were published in Applied Physics Letters. He has also published his finding in many other prestigious international journals in materials and physics area and also holds 11 patents.
His major achievements during his research at the university include development of the most efficient blue OLED for solution processes (2011) and development of the most efficient dark navy OLED (2011). Based on the research results, he was awarded the Best Research Paper by the International Society for Information Displays (2009) and The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (2009). In addition he won the Best Master’s Thesis Award from the Polymer Society of Korea (2010). He also transferred his technology developed in 2011 about highly efficient blue devices to domestic enterprises.
After graduation, Yook Kyung-soo will be joining the research team of Stephen R. Forrest at the University of Michigan, who hold the source technology for OLED and organic solar cells, and he will keep his research on developing the world’s best organic solar cell.