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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