Inaugural ceremony of the KIMIRo president in the second term

I was elected as the KIMIRo president in the 2nd term on Jan 24th 2022. I think the reason for nomination will be : - R&D budget securement - competitive technology level of KIMIRo Thank you, all KIMIRo Board members. I announced several key plans : - launch of some subsidiary companies beyond R&D - stabler status of KIMIRo, such as affiliate of central government - KIMIRo budget securement as always  

2022-01-24 00:00:00

donation ceremony of 6 art works

Artist Haeryun Kwon(penname Yerin) donated her 6 art works to KIMIRo for further growth of KIMIRo. KIMIRo and Yerin got the donation ceremony and KIMIRo handed over appreciation plaque. Yerin delivered KIMIRo staff some artist's viewpoint while making art works. Thank you for your donation.

2022-01-24 00:00:00

Chairman of high school alumni association

I volunteered for the chairman of alumni association for 2022. Such idea once hit me abruptly. Otherwise I might lose any further chance to meet my old school mates. Such spontaneous idea for any treat for my old friends. But there seems to be not much to do available in such pandemic environment. I may need to try something good at all for our old friends at least.   

2022-01-01 00:00:00

year-end party with KIMIRo professors

We celebrated the year of 2021 together with small party  (wine, chicken, pizza, fruits, rice roll). 3 colleagues have joined.  We cheered up, comforted each other and enjoyed all together. Thank you all for your dedication, Of course I have been also dedicated, I think !

2021-12-30 00:00:00

KIMIRo farewell party

What kind of farewell party will be available in such COVID restriction ? Each work teams were separated and they shared chicken and pizza in each team. I got around each team one after another. Thank you all KIMIRo memebrs for your joining.

2021-12-08 00:00:00

KIMIRo meeting on business strategy

Mr. Hwang, Chairman of Advisory Committee and I got meeting in Jeju. The discusstion issues are relatively free regarding business strategy of KIMIRo in general. We shared our viewpoints. The issues are too many, just one fifth among them has been discussed. 3 participants : K. H. Hwang(Chairman), S. M. Choi(meeting organizer), and me

2021-12-02 00:00:00

Internal evaluation committee meeting on R&D program of MOHW

We organized and utilized "Internal evaluation committee" since the beginning of R&D program on medical microrobotics supported by Ministry of Health and Welfare 2019. The significance of the committee became much bigger than before, because the official external evaluation was omitted. KHIDI, in charge of program management also joined this meeting. One main focus during discussions was how to make the R&D result practical.

2021-11-25 00:00:00

Book publication as a tribute to my mother's memory

5 years ago my mother passed away. She was 98 years old. I have been in sorrow whenever I happen to remind of my mother from time to time. I am newly learning about my mother more with the time : spiritual purity, full of curiosity, strong internal mind, artistic talent, full of Christianity. Her close friends of the same church, JoongHeung Church, used to call my mother 'white-haired girl' as the penname. What an amazing perfect penname ! Her penname became the title of the book of the memory. I asked all my family members, pastor and close friends of my mother to join book writing for my mother. Everyone consented to do for my mother. Finally very admirable book was created with the cover with the art work of 'Spore of white dandelion' of Yerin on Nov 25th 2021. The book has 185 pages in total and is composed of 3 parts : representative photographs of my mother, manuscripts to the memory of my mother, dozens of photographs related to my mother. I distributed the book just to family members and close friends who know my mother at least. Thank All devotions and contributions ! It will be a good spiritual heritage for coming sons and daughters ! It will be a good book also for me to read further.  

2021-11-25 00:00:00

Visit of HwaCheon CEO, Y. D. Kwon

HwaCheon CEO, Mr. Youngdoo Kwon visited KIMIRo with CEO Yoon of TPS Korea. KIMIRo arranged Lab tour for them and had technical discussions. I have known him since long probably from the beginning of 1990's on. We agreed machine tool and robot to merge potentially with the time. KIMIRo staff shared and enjoyed an hour with him together during lunch.

2021-11-23 00:00:00

Inquiry into Yanglim villatge of history and cultute

On Oct 30th 2021 I was invited to Yanglim village of history and culture with my wife. The program was offered by Gwangju MICE for promotion of culture and sightseeing. It was the unique chance for me to learn about history of one part of Gwangju since my move to Gwangju for work 17 years ago. Yanglim village is historic in terms of early Catholic culture in Gwangju.

2021-10-30 00:00:00

The second KIMIRo Advisory Committee

We held the second KIMIRo Advisory Committee meeting on Oct. 28th 2021 in Seoul.  The main theme was how to proceed commercialization of medical devices of KIMIRo efficiently. The 1st step was agreed to establish one subsidiary company of KIMIRo. Such committee and discussions will follow further...

2021-10-28 00:00:00

46 min-long EBS talk show

I appeared on EBS long talk show with title "Innovation of medical robotics". The program showed a very fluent progress impression regarding my over 35-year research journey. I was also satisfied with such professional TV talk show. Mr. Gwanyong Jung was a talented TV show leader. I heard, I gave somewhat old impression due to clumsy makeup ! Thank EBS for such chance.   EBS talk show 1  https://youtu.be/yb9DgVnTRe4    EBS talk show 2  https://youtu.be/iVzQpCyhQ24

2021-10-08 00:00:00