I visited University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Yale University with Eugene Pak, director for research and development at Seoul National University AICT (Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology) at the end of May (2011).
In the first picture, we pose with Professor Scott Stobel, Vice President for West Campus at Yale University. Professor Stobel took time to show us the very impressive facilities at West Campus and to describe such new innovations as the Biodesign Institute. When Bayer decided to sell its primary research center in North America, Yale had the foresight to purchase it, and, in effect, double to size of its campus. We also toured the Yale Medical School.
The second photo is of a presentation at the Beckman Institute at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, by Professor Kevin Kim. Professor Kim introduced his work on drug delivery systems. The Director of the Beckman Institute, Dr. Art Kramer, also met with us to discuss future cooperation with Korea in convergence technology. I had a chance to see several close friends at University of Illinois. Also included in the picture are the associate dean of Electrical Engineering Bruce Vojak, and researcher Soo Choi.
