Goals and Visions for the Future of the Division of New Material Engineering The Division of New Material Engineering was established in 1997 when the two departments of Metallurgical System Engineering and Ceramic Engineering were combined under a single division, and in 2006 the Division was founded in the Graduate School with 27 faculty members. The Graduate School Division of New Material Engineering is in the second stage of the BK21 Project, and Professor Min Dong-joon, the director of this project and Dean of the Division, explained that this is a very important time for the field. We are focusing on what new material ill be called on to do after 2007. And we think it will be based on the fusion of human-friendly technology and NT-IT-BT technology. A New Beginning with Humantronics Information Material The Division of New Material Engineering is calling attention to what can be called humantronics information material. Humantronics information material is a new word that defines an area of information material which realizes the combination of human and electronictechnology. It differs from the traditional system to system method by incorporating the human body into a two-way process, to the human body and from the human body. It is based on information technology, but will use nano technology to gain access to the human body and biotechnology to incorporate human information and IT. We are at a point where we have to go through a massive reconstruction in order to grow. There are many institutions which excel in IT or NT. In order to stand out and survive, we feel the need to concentrate on something different, like humantronics. We believe that the BK21 and Global 5-5-10 Projects will help us reach our goal. Research and Global Networking Director Min claims that Yonsei is in no way behind the global standard in this field. However, due to a lack of international communication and globalization efforts, we are not getting the recognition we deserve. This is the reason that while research itself is the most important standard to reach the Global 5-5-10 goal, efforts toward creating a global network are also being emphasized. These efforts can be divided into out-bound globalization and in-bound globalization. Out-bound globalization means reaching out to the world, and includes setting up on-site labs in the U.S. and Europe to be used as base-camps for graduate student training and participating in international research projects. KIST Europe in Germany, and Northwestern and Cornell in the U.S. are some of the sites these labs are being planned. For in-bound globalization, a Global 5-5-10 Center will be set up at Yonsei to invite international universities and research institutions to come to Yonsei to collaborate in research projects, and also invite international faculty and students. International exchange and cooperation efforts will also be made in other sectors, such as hosting international conferences and inviting international scholars for lectures or workshops. Students and faculty will be given opportunities to visit and study at foreign institutions, and the faculty will be encouraged to build their competence for global research and education. In order to move ahead, it is crucial that we work with people who are ahead of us. And rather than short-term personal relationships, it is important to build an ongoing process on a higher, institutional level. That way, things will be more clear and straightforward, and also more sustained. Training Personnel, Enforcing Research, and Globalization One of the major goals of the team is to give students confidence. By having them break out from the walls of Yonsei or Korea and move out into the world, students will be able to become aggressive and active. In order to make this happen, a system of global education is required. The on-site labs and in-bound globalization efforts mentioned above are hoped to help in this aspect. Also, students will be encouraged to utilize various resources within Yonsei to gain a broader insight as to what is happening and what will happen in the world of material technology. Research enforcement on the part of the faculty is also crucial. In addition to the various BK21, international, and Industry-Academy Cooperation research projects, major national projects are being planned in order to facilitate a more long-term process of research and cooperation. We have to do more than study material science. We need to get ideas, software, and hardware from other departments and areas. A new research and development structure needs to be created. The Future of the Division of New Material Engineering Doing something unique, showing everyone how innovative we are, is our biggest wish. I hope all of our current and new faculty members will be able to achieve what they are visioning right now in five or six years time, when both the BK21 and Global 5-5-10 projects come to a close. We are making efforts to enhance the quality of the faculty, students, funding, and research results. In five or six years, I truly hope we will have reached the goals we set in the beginning. Director Min emphasized the fact that in order for this to happen, cooperation and support from both inside and outside the department are called for. We will all be rooting for the Division of New Material Engineering to achieve their goals of incorporating humans and information technology and ranking in the top five of their field in ten years.