JBNU Focus
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Fragrant Olive to Cure Diabetes
Professor Hoi-Seon Lee (Bioenvironmental Chemistry) succeeded in isolating and refining biomaterials from fragrant olive (osmanthus fragrans) that could treat diabetes, attracting the world’s attention by publishing an article in a sister journal of Nature. In particular, it is expected to be used as a therapeutic agent for Type 2 diabetes in the future through animal testing.Aging and a Westernized diet are driving an increase in the number of diabetic patients. Since drugs are expensive and ..
2017-03-29
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'Outstanding Paper' on Korean Trade
Recently, Professor Han-Mo Oh(Commerce and Trade)'s paper "Export Market Expansion Through Indirect Learning: Evidence from Korean Exporters" was selected as an Outstanding Paper by the Journal of Korea Trade, an SSCI(Social Science Citation Index) level journal published by Emerald Magazine.The study, conducted with Professor Oh as the lead author, is an empirical analysis of the influence of learning from competitors and interfirm relationships on Korean export companies launched in developed..
2017-03-29
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Two Researchers Awarded Minister Prize
Dae Yoon Kim (Ph. D. student, Polymer and Nano Science and Technology), of the Heptic Polymer Composites Research Team, and Jun Hyun Choi (Resources and Energy Engineering), of the Advanced Educational Track for Unconventional & Recycling Resources, received the Minister's Award recently.The Korean Ministry of Education evaluated 185 researchers out of 30,000 at the recommendation of 545 teams participating in the "BK21 Plus" national project in 2016 and selected 30 researchers through the eval..
2017-03-29
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CBNU's Innovation of Engineering Education
Chonbuk National University's Innovation Center for Engineering Education (ICEE) received an "Excellent" rating with a prize of 200 million won (USD 178,000) from the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) at the institute's 2016 annual evaluation.The center has been carrying out the ten-year, two-stage ICEE project since 2012 with the support of KIAT, aiming at "Advancement of Industry Collaborative Engineering Education Platform by 4B Engineering (Basic, Brand, Business and Brid..
2017-03-29
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Big Data Classification Transferred to Business
Recently, Professor Yong Kim (Library and Information Science) and his team developed a technology that helps to extract information through content analysis.Also, Kim's team transfers this skill to enterprise for commercialization.Through this knowledge, it is possible to provide intelligent informationeasily and extract information from various contents.In particular, this technology can collect various data automatically about social risks to use this safety information conveniently and effi..
2017-03-28
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CBNU Shows Excellence of Hanok Worldwide
CBNU showed the excellence of the 'hanok', the house built in Korean traditional architectural style, by presenting and having exhibitions in New York and North Carolina.Further, ProfessorHae-kyung Nam(Architectural Engineering) made a presentation on thehanok at the 1st Asia-Pacific MOOCS Stakeholders Summit as the representative of Korea.The presentation started with the beauty andfeatures of the hanok and ended with the University's project tomake itself the mostKorean campususing hanoks.
2017-03-28
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PhD Student Receives Young Scientist Award
Yosep Han (Ph. D. Student, Resources and Energy Engineering) won the "Young Scientist Award 2017" from the Korean Society of Environmental Health and Technology (KOSEHT) recently.In particular, the society announced that Han had been awarded the prize for his outstanding achievements in environmental chemistry and exposure assessment.Established in 1985, KOSEHT is a domestic academic society focusing on various research topics in four areas: ecotoxicology, environmental chemistry, human toxicit..
2017-03-28
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CBNU Trains Ugandan Agro-livestock Experts
Chonbuk National University held the first welcoming ceremony for the students of the Department of Agricultural Convergence Technology.In particular, it is the achievement of international development cooperation project that the University carried out last year in order to nurture agricultural and livestock specialists in developing countries.CBNU signed an MOU with Makerere University in Uganda for cooperation in human resources development. In this semester, 17 graduate students including 1..
2017-03-28
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CBNU Ranks 7th in Financial Support from MOE
CBNU received the 7th largest amount of financial support from the Ministry of Education in 2016.CBNU has received a lot of support from CK, ACE, and LINC business.Since 2014, our university also has received 7 billion won annually through the university specialization project.Last year, 3 billion won was awarded annually to the human resource capacity building project.Most of these projects are focused on cultivating human resources.It is expected that CBNU will be able to gain a great boost i..
2017-03-07
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