Congratulations! KSEA and KUSCO selected 15 outstanding graduate students (12 of them joined the ceremony) in 2018 who excel in academics as well as in services to the community, and have demonstrated a potential to become future leaders of the society for closer cooperation between the U.S. and Korea.
| Name | School Name | Major |
| Seongjun Park | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science/ Mechanical Engineering |
| Vinna Nam | California Northstate University | Pharmacy |
| Chulwoo Park | George Washington University | Global Health |
| Hong Gyoon Jung | Southern Illinois University | Quality Engineering Management |
| Yuna Oh | Weill Cornell Medicine | Medical Degree |
| Ji Young Kim | University of Michigan | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Jaehoon Jeong | University of Maryland | Information Systems |
| Junho Lee | Texas A&M University | Civil Engineering |
| Jin Hong Mok | Ohio State University | Food, agricultural and biological engineering |
| Jun Kim | Rice University | Environmental Engineering |
| Haena Kim | University of Washington | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Namho Cho | Arizona State University | Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering |
| Yooseob Song | Louisiana State University | Civil Engineering |
| Ji Soo Park | Georgia Institute of Technology | Supply Chain Engineering (Industrial Engineering) |
| Brandon Wang | New York University | Emergency Medicine |