Every year, KUSCO’s scholarship program recognizes outstanding Graduate Students who have demonstrated excellent talents in the fields of science and engineering and helps identify and nurture potential leaders of scientific community for closer cooperation between Korea and US in the future. KUSCO operates this program in cooperation with the KSEA.

After reviewing more than 60 applications this year, KUSCO’s final decision for its 2012 Graduate Scholarship was made for these 15 outstanding students as follows:

LastName FirstName Major School
Kim Seung Hyun Dental Medicine University of Pennsylvania
Han Ji Eun Biostatistics University of North Carolina
Oh Won Chan Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience University of California, Davis
Na Youn Cellular and Molecular Medicine Johns Hopkins University
Ham Youngjib Civil Engineering Virginia Tech
Eom YSinchul Materials Science California Institute of Technology
Bae Juhee Computer Science NCSU
Seol Youngsoo Mathematics Iowa State University
Park Hyunwook physics University of Virginia
Sung Chul Computer Science Texas A&M University
Oh Jin Yong Electrical Engineering University of California, Davis
Kim Peter Biological & Biomedical Sciences Yale University
Kim Hyun-Woo Information Sciences Pennsylvania State University
Rho Jun Suk Mechanical Engineering University of California, Berkeley
Lee Kangmu Electrical Engineering University of California, San Diego

Also, KUSCO is pleased to announce 2012 Scholarship for Descendants of Korean War Veterans at its first.
This program is designed to express our sincere appreciation those who scarified their lives in Korean war and to strengthen Korea-US friendship within American societies as well.
Here is the list of recipients :

Name

Institution

Major

Tiffany Bobcock

NOVA
Southeastern Univ.

Marine Biology

Andrew Haynes

Univ. of Colorado

Aerospace Engineering

Each scholarship recipient received a $1,500 award along with travel support.

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