The opening ceremony for the new Graduate Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy building at POSTECH was held on the 30th of June 2009. A breathtaking achievement since the Institute was conceived in late 2005. There is now no excuse for not achieving the best research in steels.
Tony DeArdo in Harry's new office |
Waiting at the lift |
On the roof garden |
Roof garden |
Looking down at the blast furnace from the fifth floor |
The lifts |
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Tony, in a pensive mood |
The wonderful auditorium designed by Professor Sung Mo Jung |
This is where the opening ceremony of the new building began |
The blast furnace, looking towards the top from the ground floor |
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Professor Sung Mo Jung in Harry's new office, which itself was made ergonomic by Sung Mo |
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Peter Hayes (University of Queensland), Bart Blanplain (University of Leuven), Hae Geon and Emeritus Professor Henri Gaye socialising in Harry's new office |
....later to be joined by In Gee and Rongshan |
The blast furnace and anvil from the outside |
full of admiration for the new building |
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In the library |
John Speer (Colorado School of MInes) and Bruno de Cooman in the library |
The formal opening ceremony began on Tuesday |
Pedro Eduardo Jose Rivera diaz del Castillo (Delft University) |
Philosopher Professor J. R. Yang (National Taiwan University) |
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Professor Rob Boom (Corus-Tata) |
Henri talking to the Head of the Korean Institute for Welding |
Yang and Han Soo Kim |
Michale Ray, Raghavan Ayer, Hyun Woo Jin and Brian Newbury, all from ExxonMobil |
Harry with Brian Newbury |
Raghavan with Pedro at dinner |
The French (Henri and Professor Barlat) |
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The ceremony in progress, just before the room got filled |
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Professor Devesh Misra (Louisiana University) |
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Hae Geon giving his overview |
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Awards to the magnificent architects |
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Awards to the construction company |
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Professor Seetharaman (Carneigie Mellon University) on the left and Professor Scheller (Technical University of Freiberg) on his side |
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The best looking crowd at the ceremony |
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Good friends from Seoul National University and POSTECH |
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In the CML Supercomputer room |
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