UMN grad student roommate

http://z.umn.edu/gradroommates

Fellowship, Scholarship, Funds, & Award

(1) KSEA (Korean-american Scientists and Engineers Association) Scholarship
http://scholarship.ksea.org/
http://scholarship.ksea.org/InfoGraduate.aspx

(2) UMN ECE Distinguished Research Award

(3) UMN Graduate School Best Dissertation Award
http://www.grad.umn.edu/fellowships/bestdiss/index.html

(4) UMN COGS (Councill Of Graduate Students) Travel Grant Award
http://www.cogs.umn.edu/awards.html

(5) UMN COGS (Councill Of Graduate Students) Leadership Award
http://www.cogs.umn.edu/awards.html

(6) UMN COGS (Councill Of Graduate Students) Graduate Student Teaching Award
http://www.cogs.umn.edu/

(7) UMN Graduate School Fellowships
http://www.grad.umn.edu/fellowships/index.html

(8) UMN Graduate School - Other Funding Oppotunities
http://www.grad.umn.edu/admissions/funding/other/index.html

Prospective co-workers

(1) Prof. Steven Ringel @ OSU - Electrical & Computer Engineering
https://emdl.osu.edu/

(2) Prof. John Rogers @ UIUC - Materials Science & Engineering
http://rogers.matse.illinois.edu/

(3) Prof. Moon J. Kim @ UT Dallas - Materials Science & Engineering
http://explorer.utdallas.edu/editprofile.php?pid=3170&onlyview=1
http://moonkim.org/

All set for myself alone!

University of Minnesota at Twin Cities.. So here I am now.

It has been 10 days since my 'Independence Day' arrival to the city on Thursday, July 4, 2013. The Twin Cities are neat and cute. It is not as empty as Laramie, WY, nor as tropical as Austin, TX. The Minneapolis-St.Paul metropolitan area is a great combination of refined buildings and the green, with Mississippi River crossing the center of Twin Cities. I like the skyscrapers of downtown both daytime and nighttime. Especially, I like the one I see everyday in the morning while walking to work. So far, my favorite spot is the balcony at Coffman Hall with a wide-spread view of the downtown.

About the school, the pressure has already begun. The work itself and the Professor are amazing and I am certain that this is an extraordinary opportunity for my life and career, which not many people will be lucky enough to have. Meanwhile, the most of the pressure originate from the fear from the deep inside of myself. During recent a few days, I realized myself that at the moment I hold a fear, as a rookie for the field, about the unknown dark path that I have never been on. More precisely speaking, it might be a fear that I am behind other people who already have previous education and experience. So what? So now am I afraid to fail even though I have just begun my new & hopeful career after a long detouring?? Should I be??? I DO NOT think so. The fear is the barrier that I will overcome. I know that I am the only one who should face the fear and is responsible for my own life. It is a battle against myself.

Today, I put two pics in front of my office desk: Da man and a Hope. Keep in mind your own confidence! Stay focused on what follows after never-give-up 5-min saving endeavors!

So here I am all set for getting through all by myself.

PV Education

http://www.pveducation.org/

38th IEEE PVSC

* Jjang: optical spacer (top priority)
* Markus Beck (vice president, Samsung SDI): CIGS surface recombination-limited cell
* Claiborne McPheeters (UT): DiffractMOD -> Jsc optimization
* Edward T. Yu
* Sung Ju Tark: PC1D, AFORS-HET (1D), SILVACO (2D)
* Dongkyun Kim: FDCD (optical), Sentaurus (electronic)

고산 스님

― 내가 아는 승려들 중에는 술도 마시고 고기도 먹는다. 이들은 "계율은 작은 것이다. 계율에 매여선 안 된다. 이를 뛰어넘어야 깨달음과 무애(無碍)의 경지에 이른다"고 말한다.

"부처님께서 '이치는 금방 깨달으나, 다생습기(多生習氣·오랜 생에 걸쳐 몸에 밴 습관)는 금방 없앨 수 없다'고 했다. 설사 계율을 안 지키는 처사도 금방 깨닫고, 소 잡는 백정도 소 잡는 칼을 들고도 부처님 법문 한마디에 깨닫는다. 깨닫는 이치는 그렇다 해도, 다생습기는 남아 있다. 바람이 그쳤지만 물결이 계속 출렁이는 것과 같은 이치지. 이런 고로 서서히 없애는 것이다."

http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/05/27/2012052700950.html